Directions (1-2): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.
Q1. A few mile before reaching Rangdum (A)/ we passed a camping site with a few tents pitched (B)/ on the green grass by an aquamarine stream.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Q2. The first section of the road was surfaced and offered (A)/ resplendent views of the Suru Valley, with green fields (B)/ enclosed in poplars, willows and apricot trees.(C)/ No Error (D)
A
B
C
D
Directions (3-4): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Q3. As we approached a monastery built on top of a hill in a wide valley, the sunlight_________ turned the mountains behind the monastery into a color palette of beige and brown.
on dusk
at a dusk
at dusk
at the dusk
Q4. The party _________ its demand to the government that petroleum products be brought within the ambit of the Goods and Service Tax.
reinstated
reiterated
reimbursed
requited
Directions (5-6): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q5. Make a go of something
To judge something
To make something out of use
To succeed at something
To tease or bully
Q6. Life of Riley
A life of difficulties and poverty
A life of great ease, comfort, or luxury
An unhealthy life
A person who makes everything exciting around him
Directions: (7-8) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q7. One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field
Lunatic
Virtuoso
Stoic
Arsonist
Q8. A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Cynic
Bohemian
Cypher
Termagant
Directions (9-10): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Q9.
Forbearance
Fortuitious
Fractious
Fallacious
Q10.
Idiosyncratic
Impecunious
Impetuous
Intransigient
Directions (11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a (xi) __________ to the power of evolution. The laureates (xii)________ evolution and used it in the laboratory with amazing results. Frances H. Arnold, an American who was given one-half of the prize, used ‘directed evolution’ to synthesize variants of naturally occurring enzymes that could be used to manufacture biofuels and pharmaceuticals. The prizes reaffirms the importance of the concept of evolution in our understanding of life as among the most (xiii)___________of forces we are exposed to. The Physiology and Medicine prize has gone to the American James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, from Japan, for showing how different strategies can (xiv)_______ the metaphorical ‘brakes’ acting on the immune system and thereby unleash the system’s power on cancer cells to curb their (xv)________. These immunologists have enhanced the power of the body’s immune system to go beyond its natural capacity.
Q11. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a __________ to the power of evolution.
terrain
title
torpor
tribute
Q12. The laureates __________ evolution and used it in the laboratory with amazing results.
hampered
harnessed
hoisted
hitched
Q13. The importance of the concept of evolution in our understanding of life as among the most _________of forces we are exposed to
superficial
rupture
profound
protest
Q14. For showing how different strategies can _____________ the metaphorical ‘brakes’
inhibit
induce
prod
impel
Q15. Cancer cells to curb their ____________
diminution
depletion
existence
proliferation
SOLUTIONS
1.A
2.C
3.C
4.B
5.C
6.B
7.B
8.D
9.B
10.D
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.D
