(A) He immediately acknowledged Mohan’s good work and invited him to his home
for dinner.
(B) One day a wealthy merchant sent his son’s bicycle to the shop for repair.
(C) The next day the merchant came to claim the bicycle and noticed that it was
shiny.
(D) After repairing the bicycle, Mohan cleaned it up and made it look new.
(E) Once upon a time, there was a boy named Mohan who worked as an apprentice
in a bicycle shop.
(F) Other apprentices in the shop laughed at Mohan for doing unnecessary work.
Q1. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence
after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after
rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
Directions (6-10) : In each of these
questions, there are two blanks indicating that something has been omitted.
There are five alternatives given. Choose the one that best fits the meaning of
the sentence or sentences as a whole.
Q6. When you are living with your …………
values and principles, you can be straightforward, honest and …………
(a) core, updated
(b) inherited, distinct
(c) innate, durable
(d) cultural,
perceptive
(e) inborn, vehement
Q7. In the role of a counselor, you are
an authoritative figure whose objective is to …………. attentively and sensitively
to employees who ……….. you with their feelings.
(a) project, focus
(b) manage, direct
(c) listen, trust
(d) concentrate,
believe
(e) consider, explain
Q8. If a junior executive neglects his
professional development and ………… education, he can easily and quickly become
obsolete in a world changing at ………….. rates.
(a) management, voluminous
(b) highest, vulnerable
(c) better, selective
(d) continuing,
dizzying
(e) summed, profound
Q9. Harassment is just plain ………… .
There is never a valid reason or a good ……….. for it.
(a) wrong, excuse
(b) murder, command
(c) falsehood, remedy
(d) killing, magic
(e) offence, strategy
Q10. Man is …………. . He likes to know how
things work. The search for understanding is ………… in its own right.
(a) evolving, prophetic
(b) inquisitive,
legitimate
(c) appreciative,
fundamental
(d) curious, philosophical
(e) social, judgemental
Directions (11-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which
has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Q11.(a)Sustainable
(b)Indispensable (c) Measurable (d)Gullible (e)necessity
Q12. (a) Implication (b) Surplus (c) Survival (d)
Sermonizing (e) improvement
Q13. (a) Losers (b) Majors (c) Mayors (d) enablers (e)persons
Q14. (a)Revolutionized (b)Marginalize (c)Compartmentalized (d)Shot
(e)Insurrected
Q15. (a)Rigid (b)Frigid (c)Turbid (d)Morbid
(e) Emphatic
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is EBDFCA.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The
correct sequence is EBDFCA.
S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. The
correct sequence is EBDFCA.
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. The
correct sequence is EBDFCA.
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. The
correct sequence is EBDFCA.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol.
‘Inborn’ means ‘innate’ or ‘inherent’. The meaning conveyed by the sentence is,
‘when you are living with values that come from within you then you can be
open, honest ad vehement’ (‘vehement’ meaning ‘marked by great energy or
vigour’). In option (a), ‘core’ means ‘candid’ (frank). Option (e) is better
suited to the given statement.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Only
option (c) will suit the two blanks. ‘Concentrate’ should be followed by ‘upon’
and not ‘to’; consider’ (v. transitive) should be followed by a noun or pronoun
(consider what or whom?)
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol.
‘Continuing’ here means ‘ongoing’; dizzying refers to ‘a very fast speed’ or
‘rapidly’.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. It is
to be noted that ‘harassment’ cannot be called anything but a plain ‘wrong’; it
is not ‘murder’, ‘killing’, ‘falsehood’ or an ‘offence’. So it should be clear
that option (a) is the answer at the first glance. But even where the second
blank is concerned, only ‘excuse’ will fit it well.
S10. Ans.
(b)
Sol. Only
‘inquisitive’ and ‘curious’ will fit the first blank owing to the sentence that
follows–‘He likes to know how things work.’ But only ‘legitimate’ of option (b)
will suit the second blank, not ‘philosophical’ of option (d).
S11. Ans.
(b)
Sol.
Indispensable is akin to essential. People cannot be sustainable, measurable or
gullible
S12. Ans.
(c)
Sol.
Survival goes with essential the rest of the choices don’t make any sense.
S13. Ans.
(d)
Sol.
Enablers are the people who translate plans into action
S14. Ans.
(c)
Sol.
Compartmentalized means divide into discrete sections or categories.
S15. Ans.
(a)
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