Directions
(1-5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in
the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the
questions given below.
(A) Who can trace to its first beginnings
the love of Damon for Pythias, of David for Jonathan, of Swan for Edgar?
(B) Similarly with men.
(C) There is about great friendships
between man and man a certain inevitability that can only be compared with the
age-old association of ham and eggs.
(D) One simply feels that it is one of the
things that must be so.
(E) No one can say what was the mutual
magnetism that brought the deathless partnership of these wholesome and
palatable foodstuffs about.
Q1. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions
(6-10): There are two gaps in each of the following sentences. From the pairs
of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately. The
first word in the pair should fill the first gap.
Q6. The best punctuation is that of
which the reader is least conscious; for when punctuation, or lack of it,
____________ itself, it is usually because it ____________.
(a) obtrudes…offends
(b) enjoins…fails
(c) conceals…recedes
(d) effaces…counts
(e) revealed…succeeds
Q7. The argument that the need for a
looser fiscal policy to ____________ demand outweighs the need to ____________
budget deficits is persuasive.
(a) assess…minimize
(b) outstrip…eliminate
(c) stimulate…control
(d) restrain…conceal
(e) confine…regulate
Q8. The Athenians on the whole were
peaceful and prosperous; they had ____________ to sit at home and think about
the universe and dispute with Socrates, or to travel abroad and ____________
the world.
(a) leisure…explore
(b) time…ignore
(c) ability…suffer
(d) temerity…understand
(e) pleasure…conclude
Q9. Their achievement in the field of
literature is described as ____________; sometimes it is even called
____________.
(a) magnificent…irresponsible
(b) insignificant…influential
(c) significant…paltry
(d) unimportant…trivial
(e) splendid…petty
Q10. From the time she had put her hair
up, every man she had met had groveled before her and she had acquired a mental
attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of ____________ and
____________.
(a) admiration…tolerance
(b) indifference…contempt
(c) impertinence…temperance
(d) arrogance…fidelity
(e) stubbornness…spirituality
Directions
(11-15): Choose the word which is not an antonym for the given word.
Q11. AMELIORATE
(a) aggravate
(b) intensify
(c) mitigate
(d) worsen
(e) hurt
Q12. THROTTLE
(a) encourage
(b) free
(c) help
(d) release
(e) strangulate
Q13. RAMSHACKLE
(a) dilapidated
(b) solid
(c) sturdy
(d) repaired
(e) good
Q14. INTERNMENT
(a) confinement
(b) slavery
(c) liberty
(d) freedom
(e) liberation
Q15. ITINERARY
(a) follower
(b) disagree
(c) journey
(d) inactivity
(e) crooked
Solutions
S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct sequence is CEDBA; E
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. A
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. C
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. B
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. D
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. obtrudes…offends
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. stimulate…control
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. leisure…explore
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. unimportant…trivial
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. indifference…contempt
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol.
AMELIORATE- make
(something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. THROTTLE- a device controlling the
flow of fuel or power to an engine; a person’s throat, gullet, or windpipe
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. RAMSHACKLE- in a state of severe disrepair
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol.
INTERNMENT- the
state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military
reasons.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.
ITINERARY- a
planned route or journey.
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