Directions (1-5): Improve the bracketed part of the sentences.
Q1. Obviously he isn’t (cut up) to be a good teacher.
(a) cut out
(b) cut in
(c) cut for
(d) No improvement
Q2. Power got with money is the most (craved for) today.
(a) sought after
(b) wished for
(c) welcomed for
(d) No improvement
Q3. The brown shirt (wants washing).
(a) has to wash
(b) is in need of a wash
(c) requires a wash
(d) No improvement
Q4. You are asked to copy this letter (word by word).
(a) word for word
(b) word with word
(c) word to word
(d) No improvement
Q5. The weak man is a slave to his (sensuous) pleasures.
(a) sensory
(b) sensual
(c) secondary
(d) No improvement
Directions (6-10): In the following questions, groups four words are given. In each group, one word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word.
Q6.
(a) Prioratise
(b) Picturesque
(c) Visualize
(d) Individuality
Q7.
(a) Mendacious
(b) Obnoxcious
(c) Pernicious
(d) Ferocious
Q8.
(a) Rapport
(b) Support
(c) Repport
(d) Purport
Q9.
(a) Audacious
(b) Auspicious
(c) Caprisious
(d) Credulous
Q10.
(a) Neurosurgeon
(b) Homoeopath
(c) Bureaucrat
(d) Veteinary
Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences
Q11. One who journeys from place to place
(a) Quack
(b) Cannibal
(c) Itinerant
(d) Courier
Q12. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God.
(a) Atheism
(b) Pantheism
(c) Scepticism
(d) Animism
Q13. A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
(a) Dam
(b) Mound
(c) Channel
(d) Embankment
Q14. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter.
(a) Pun
(b) Alliteration
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Epithet
Q15. A situation that stops an activity from progressing.
(a) Bypass
(b) Breach
(c) Bottleneck
(d) Blockhead
SOLUTIONS
1.A
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.B
15.C
