Directions: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Iota
Bag
Bag
Lot
Lot
Box
Box
Bit
Bit
Correct Answer:
Bit
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Many of the apples was rotten.
were rotten
were rotten
No substitution
No substitution
was being rotten
was being rotten
is rotten
is rotten
Correct Answer:
were rotten
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 he reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at the door.
B. A man went away from his home.
C. Disappointed, he decided to take it himself.
D. One day he wrote a letter to his family, but could not find anyone to take the letter to his town.
ABCD
ABCD
DACB
DACB
CBAD
CBAD
BDCA
BDCA
Correct Answer:
BDCA
Directions: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Pompous
Showy
Showy
Boastful
Boastful
Flaunting
Flaunting
Humble
Humble
Correct Answer:
Humble
Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Want to curl up and die
Too tired from physical labour
Too tired from physical labour
Want to die comfortably
Want to die comfortably
Feel terribly ashamed and sorry
Feel terribly ashamed and sorry
Unable to sleep well
Unable to sleep well
Correct Answer:
Feel terribly ashamed and sorry
Friend
Friend
Fiery
Fiery
Scenic
Scenic
Neice
Neice
Correct Answer:
Neice
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The advanced nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to zero growth _______ in the population.
frequency
frequency
rate
rate
scale
scale
degree
degree
Correct Answer:
rate
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Although the children studied hard, but they could not understand the topic without the help of the teacher.
Although the children studied hard, they
Although the children studied hard, they
Although the children had study hard, but they
Although the children had study hard, but they
Although the children have studied hard, but they
Although the children have studied hard, but they
No substitution
No substitution
Correct Answer:
Although the children studied hard, they
Directions: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Yield (n)
Garden
Garden
Orchard
Orchard
Harvest
Harvest
Plantation
Plantation
Correct Answer:
Harvest
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.
Lack of required / vitamins and minerals / lead against / several complications / in the human body.
lead against
lead against
Lack of required
Lack of required
several complications
several complications
in the human body
in the human body
Correct Answer:
lead against
Directions: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Widespread
Famous
Famous
Limited
Limited
General
General
Overall
Overall
Correct Answer:
Limited
Directions: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The door _______ in the strong wind.
slapped
slapped
hooted
hooted
sizzled
sizzled
slammed
slammed
Correct Answer:
slammed
Inershia
Inershia
Indolence
Indolence
Insolence
Insolence
Idleness
Idleness
Correct Answer:
Inershia
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.
The Dussehra celebrations / in Mysore / this year / are grandest than / in any other part / of the state.
any other part
any other part
The Dussehra celebrations
The Dussehra celebrations
are grandest than
are grandest than
in Mysore
in Mysore
Correct Answer:
are grandest than
Directions: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who does not take any alcoholic drink
Perfectionist
Perfectionist
Astrologer
Astrologer
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Teetotaller
Teetotaller
Correct Answer:
Teetotaller
Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Read the instructions before you start making the dish,” Deepa's mother said to her.
Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before she started making the dish.
Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before she started making the dish.
Deepa's mother told to her to read the instructions before you start making the dish.
Deepa's mother told to her to read the instructions before you start making the dish.
Deepa's mother said her to read the instructions before she start making the dish.
Deepa's mother said her to read the instructions before she start making the dish.
Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before you had made the dish.
Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before you had made the dish.
Correct Answer:
Deepa's mother told her to read the instructions before she started making the dish.
Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Close all the windows.
All the windows be closed.
All the windows be closed.
Will you close all the windows?
Will you close all the windows?
Let all the windows be closed.
Let all the windows be closed.
Can you close all the windows?
Can you close all the windows?
Correct Answer:
Let all the windows be closed.
Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be at a loss for words
Not know what to say
Not know what to say
Habituated to using difficult words
Habituated to using difficult words
Lost the urge to speak
Lost the urge to speak
Not aware of the language
Not aware of the language
Correct Answer:
Not know what to say
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. At length the olive tree's branches broke with the snow's weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.
B. A shower of snow fell upon them and, finding the Olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches.
C. Finding the fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and did not injure it at all.
D. The olive tree ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all year round, the fig tree changed its leaves with the seasons.
ACBD
ACBD
DBAC
DBAC
ABCD
ABCD
DACB
DACB
Correct Answer:
DBAC
Directions: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft
Astronaut
Astronaut
Anchor
Anchor
Chauffeur
Chauffeur
Choreographer
Choreographer
Correct Answer:
Astronaut
will be
will be
are
are
is
is
be
be
Correct Answer:
are
extent
extent
number
number
figure
figure
total
total
Correct Answer:
number
wrapping
wrapping
including
including
showing
showing
counting
counting
Correct Answer:
including
much
much
such
such
more
more
so
so
Correct Answer:
such
industrialist
industrialist
industrial
industrial
industrialised
industrialised
industry
industry
Correct Answer:
industrial