TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1–5) : Rearrange the following sentences (A),
(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) The merchant and his donkey were walking along
together. They had not walked far when they reached a river on the way.
(B) There was nothing the merchant could do except return
home, where he loaded his donkey with more bags of salt. As they reached the
slippery riverbank again, the donkey fell into the river, this time
deliberately. Thus the salt was wasted again.
(C) One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his
donkey with bags of salt to go to the market, in order to sell the salt.
(D) The merchant laughed at the donkey and said, “You
foolish donkey, your trick has been discovered. You should know that you cannot
fool anyone too many times.”
(E) By now the merchant knew the donkey’s trick. He wanted
to teach the animal a lesson. As he returned home the second time with the
donkey, the merchant loaded bags of sponges on its back.
(F) The duo set out on their trip to the market a third
time. On reaching the river, the donkey very cleverly fell into the water
again. But now, instead of the load becoming lighter, it became heavier.
(G) Unfortunately, the donkey slipped and fell into the
river. As it scrambled up the bank of the river, it noticed that the bags of
salt loaded on his back had become lighter.
Q1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) C
(e) G
Q2. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) G
(d) F
(e) E
Q3. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) F
(c) D
(d) G
(e) E
Q4. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) B
(c) F
(d) C
(e) G
Q5. Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) G
(b) F
(c) E
(d) D
(e) B
Directions (6 – 10)
: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or
idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q6. He got to the top (a)/ and was very disappointed (b)/
when he found that (c)/ someone else has reached it first. (d)/ No Error (e)
Q7. The paper displays (a)/ the author’s grasp of the
subject (b)/ which not only stems from his experience (c)/ but also from his
original thinking. (d)/ No Error
(e)
Q8. No source of energy (a)/ is so cheap (b)/ as the solar
energy (c)/ in the present age of energy crises.(d)/ No Error (e).
Q9. Carrying such a large (a)/ amount of money (b)/ with
you (c)/ is dangerous in Mumbai.(d)/ No
Error (e).
Q10. India’s independence (a)/ had been a result (b)/ of
the sacrifices of (c)/ many patriots. (d)/
No Error (e).
Directions (11-15) : Each question below
has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose
the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as
whole.
Q11. She was a/an ____________ liar who had mastered the
art of making untrue statements in a manner that sounded ____________.
(a) Congenial, creditable
(b) Incorrigible, plausible
(c) Convincing, illogical
(d) Blatant, incongruous
(e) sordid, moronic
Q12. Physicians may soon have ………. to help paralysed people move their limbs
by bypassing the ………. nerves that once controlled their muscles.
(a) instruments, detrimental
(b) ways, damaged
(c) reason, involuntary
(d) impediments, complex
(e) apparatus, disturbed
Q13. The internet is a medium where the users have nearly
……… choices and ………. constraints about where to go and what to do.
(a) unbalanced, non-existent
(b) embarrassing, no
(c) unlimited, minimal
(d) choking, shocking
(c) maximum, few
Q14. Environmental studies ………… an essential part of
school education and they should be ………. to young children as well.
(a) cover, inculcated
(b) comprise, given
(c) constitute, imparted
(d) include, provided
(e) makes, bestowed
Q15. The different moods of the subjects had a direct ……….
not only on what was observed but, even more ………, on the meaning of what was perceived.
(a) effect, strongly
(b) impact, than
(c) power, what
(d) understanding, accurately
(e) affect, hugely
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct
sequence is CAGBEFD
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct
sequence is CAGBEFD
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct
sequence is CAGBEFD
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct
sequence is CAGBEFD
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct
sequence is CAGBEFD
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. Use ‘had’ in
place of ‘has’ as the reporting speech ‘he found’ is in the past.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘not only’
should be used before ‘from’.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Use ‘other’
after ‘no’.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Use of ‘with
you’ is superfluous here.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘has been’
instead of ‘had been’.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Incorrigible, plausible’ is the correct choice for
the given question.
Incorrigible means (of a person or their behavior) not able
to be changed or reformed.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘ways,
damaged’, fits the tow blanks perfectly.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘unlimited, minimal’ fits the two blanks most
perfectly.
S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. To
‘constitute’ is to ‘make up’; to comprise is to ‘contain’ or ‘include’.
Moreover ‘inculcated’ in option (a) should be followed by ‘into’ and not ‘to’.
S15. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Even more
than’ or ‘even more what’ do not work as short phrases.
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