Directions (1-5): In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Q1. The rupee on Tuesday _______16 paise against the dollar to trade at a life-time low of 71.37 on strong demand for the U.S. currency.
soared
surged
slumped
spurted
Q2. Some athletes _________ at competing in the capital city’s unhealthy levels of air pollution.
impounded
baulked
distrained
leaped
Q3. Indonesia’s announcement reflects the growing ___________ and resources of countries in Asia, which is hosting three Olympics within the space of four years.
clout
travesty
purview
forbearance
Q4. It is time for concerted action to end the entrenched discrimination in law and society against those _________ by it.
idolized
afflicted
chuffed
muffled
Q5. Since last year, the Supreme Court ___________ a writ petition by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy seeking to uphold the fundamental rights of people
was hearing
is hearing
has been hearing
heard
Directions (6-10): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Q6.
Ambidextrous
Armageddon
Auditorium
Appaled
Q7.
Croisant
Croquet
Curriculum
Continuum
Q8.
Guerrilla
Gnarled
Homogenity
Hierarchy
Q9.
Mustache
Meringue
Milieu
Mortagage
Q10.
Odyssey
Oreigano
Orchestrate
Ogre
Directions (11-15): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
Stockholm is spread out on an archipelago of 14 islands, where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea. More airy than Venice, with wide-open spaces, it is one-third water. Its other two-thirds combine arched bridges, jet fountains, and palatial buildings trimmed with gold. For Stockholmers, fans of great outdoors, this is an amiable and graceful home and a healthy environment in which to live. Minutes from the city centre are parks and woodland for recreation, and clear water for swimming and fishing. In winter, everyone takes to ice-skating, on artificial rinks in the shadows of grand palaces, or on the frozen waters of the channel. Stockholm is also a city at the leading edge of fashion, design and advanced technology. Fashion houses and IT companies use the city as a test market for their innovations, especially as Stockholmers are followers of technology. Stockholm is the capital as well as the largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the government and Parliament of the country.
Q11. An archipelago is a collection of _____ .
cities
islands
lakes
coral-reefs
Q12. Stockholm is
One-third water and two-thirds arched bridges, jet fountains and palatial buildings
Two-thirds water and one-third land
Full of tall buildings
a city with lots of people
Q13. What is the opposite of the word 'amiable'?
Enervating
Refreshing
Invigorating
Unpleasant
Q14. Why is Stockholm used as a test market for innovation by IT companies and Fashion houses?
The Stockholmers are followers of technology
Stockholm is the largest city of Sweden
The citizens are fashionable
The people like the outdoors
Q15. Stockholm is important to the country because _____ .
it has palatial buildings
there are parks and woodlands for recreation
there are artificial skating rinks
it is the largest city and capital of Sweden
SOLUTIONS
1.C
2.B
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.D
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.D
14.A
15.D
