Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The invigilator is advising the students not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
The students are being advised by the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
The students are being advised by the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
The students have been advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall by the invigilator.
The students have been advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall by the invigilator.
The students were advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall
The students were advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall
The students were advised the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
The students were advised the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
Correct Answer:
The students are being advised by the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
India is formally moving ahead to ______ 21 MIG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from Russia along with upgrades of their existing fleets.
accomplish
accomplish
achieve
achieve
advance
advance
procure
procure
Correct Answer:
procure
Directions: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. But the eagle, in wrath, gave the beetle a flap of his wing, and straightaway seized upon the hare and devoured him.
B. The beetle, therefore, interceded with the eagle, begging of him not to kill the poor suppliant, and pleaded with him not to kill so small an animal.
C. When the eagle flew away, the beetle flew after him, to learn where his nest was.
D. A hare, being pursued by an eagle, took himself for refuge to the nest of a beetle, whom he begged to save him.
ACDB
ACDB
DCAB
DCAB
CBAD
CBAD
DBAC
DBAC
Correct Answer:
DBAC
Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bang for the buck
A sorrowful heart
A sorrowful heart
More value for money
More value for money
Dash against something
Dash against something
Less value for money
Less value for money
Correct Answer:
More value for money
Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor.
The doctor said that everything are going to be alright.
The doctor said that everything are going to be alright.
The doctor said that everything will be alright.
The doctor said that everything will be alright.
The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.
The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.
The doctor said that everything is going to be alright.
The doctor said that everything is going to be alright.
Correct Answer:
The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.
Directions: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Generic
Specific
Specific
Definite
Definite
Universal
Universal
Precise
Precise
Correct Answer:
Universal
Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Raise the bar
To grow taller
To grow taller
To set higher goals
To set higher goals
To win a competition
To win a competition
To raise the price
To raise the price
Correct Answer:
To set higher goals
Directions: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body
Crowd
Crowd
Cluster
Cluster
Throng
Throng
Drove
Drove
Correct Answer:
Drove
Directions: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Regime
Country
Country
Rule
Rule
Territory
Territory
Space
Space
Correct Answer:
Rule
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The toy drummer plays the drum if you press the button at the back.
will play the drum if you will press
will play the drum if you will press
playing the drum if you pressed
playing the drum if you pressed
played the drum if you are pressing
played the drum if you are pressing
No substitution
No substitution
Correct Answer:
No substitution
Unmanageable
Unmanageable
Wildernesses
Wildernesses
Voilence
Voilence
Exterminated
Exterminated
Correct Answer:
Voilence
Directions: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Gradual
Abrupt
Abrupt
Slow
Slow
Regular
Regular
Gentle
Gentle
Correct Answer:
Abrupt
Directions: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. When we got near, we saw it was the steam rising from hot springs.
B. We saw in the distance a great column of smoke.
C. We wondered if it came from a chimney or a burning house.
D. We thought of taking a bath in the hot water.
BCDA
BCDA
ABCD
ABCD
BCAD
BCAD
ACDB
ACDB
Correct Answer:
BCAD
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Work and domestic ______ made Kajal short-tempered.
pressures
pressures
weights
weights
gravities
gravities
forces
forces
Correct Answer:
pressures
Pieceful
Pieceful
Creature
Creature
Specified
Specified
Decrease
Decrease
Correct Answer:
Pieceful
Directions: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Seize
Grab
Grab
Catch
Catch
Snatch
Snatch
Loosen
Loosen
Correct Answer:
Loosen
Directions: The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
You must avoid riding in a crowded bus / or travelling in a metro / during rush hour / as both are quiet unpleasant experiences.
as both are quiet unpleasant experiences
as both are quiet unpleasant experiences
during rush hour
during rush hour
or travelling in a metro
or travelling in a metro
You must avoid riding in a crowded bus
You must avoid riding in a crowded bus
Correct Answer:
as both are quiet unpleasant experiences
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Had you / not reached in time, / we will have / lost our lives.
Had you
Had you
lost our lives
lost our lives
not reached in time
not reached in time
we will have
we will have
Correct Answer:
we will have
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
While washing your hands, rub them together for 20 seconds to remove the microbes on them.
the microbes on their
the microbes on their
the microbes on those
the microbes on those
the microbes on they
the microbes on they
No substitution
No substitution
Correct Answer:
No substitution
Directions: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself
Triplet
Triplet
Trivet
Trivet
Triumvir
Triumvir
Trilogy
Trilogy
Correct Answer:
Trilogy
of
of
through
through
by
by
with
with
Correct Answer:
by
midst
midst
after
after
between
between
among
among
Correct Answer:
between
for
for
at
at
to
to
of
of
Correct Answer:
to
then
then
than
than
though
though
and
and
Correct Answer:
than
pacify
pacify
appease
appease
soothe
soothe
calm
calm
Correct Answer:
soothe