1st part (Qus no. 1 to 30)
2nd part (Qus no. 31 to 80)
3rd part (Qus no. 81 to 120 )
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ORDERING OF SENTENCES
Directions: In this section, each item consists of six
sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the
beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up
and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the
four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
1.
S1 : While teaching in the class-room, our
teacher suddenly fainted.
S6 : The headmaster at once sanctioned his
leave.
P : The headmaster soon joined us and spoke
to them in a soft voice.
Q : He was told that the patient needed
complete rest for a month.
R : He was at once taken to the hospital.
S : The doctors examined him with serious
faces.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
P Q R S
(b)
S P Q R
(c)
Q P SR
(d)
RSP Q
2.
SI : The colonial powers had a very simple
technique to rule the world.
S6 : Partition was the culmination.
P : They lumped tribes and people together,
played one against the other.
Q : India's provinces were more elaborately
designed to play the game of divide and rule.
R : Africa was divided, believe it or not,
on the basis of the lines of longitude and latitude.
S : They also purchased the loyalties of
those locals who were needed as supports for the colonial presence.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
P RS Q
(b)
P S R Q
(c)
S P Q R
(d)
RP S Q
3.
SI : The bank opened at 10.00 a.m.
S6 : The safe was empty.
P :
They lumped tribes and people together, played one against the other.
Q :
India's provinces were more elaborately designed to play the game of divide and
rule.
R : Africa was divided, believe it or not,
on the basis of the lines of longitude and latitude.
S : They also purchased the loyalties of
those locals who were needed as supports for the colonial presence.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
P Q R S
(b)
S P Q R
(c)
Q P R S
(d)
RSP Q
4.
S1 : The crowd swelled round the thief.
S6 : They were followed by the crowd which
left the thief alone.
P :
Suddenly he whipped out a knife from under his shirt.
Q : The thief stood quiet, his head hung in
shame.
R : The two young men holding him were
scared by the sight of the shining knife.
S : They took to their heels.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
Q P R S
(b)
S Q P R
(c)
S P Q R
(d)
R Q S P
5.
S1 : The old man wanted to cross the road.
S6 :
Holding him by hand the driver helped him to cross the road.
P : The driver got off and came to him.
Q :
He was fed up and was about to return.
R :
Then a car stopped in front of him.
S : He waited for a long time.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
S Q R P
(b)
S P R Q
(c)
Q R S P
(d)
P S R Q
6.
SI : The first thing you have to do is to speak
with a strong foreign accent and speak broken English.
S6 : Half a dozen people will immediately
overwhelm you with directions.
P : He
will be interested in you because you are a foreigner and he will be pleased
that he could figure out what you said.
Q : He will not expect you to be polite and
use elaborate grammatical phrases.
R :
Then every English person to whom you speak will at once know that you are a
foreigner and try to understand you and be ready to help you.
S :
If you shout, "Please! Charing Cross! Which way?" you will have no
difficulty.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
S R Q P
(b)
S R P Q
(c)
R Q P S
(d)
R S P Q
7.
Si : When
a lamb is born its mother may die.
S6 : If a means of overcoming this natural
tendency is found, the lives of millions of lambs can be saved.
P : Thus there will nearly always be both
motherless lambs and sheep without lambs.
Q :
However a sheep which has lost its own lamb will not feed or look after a
motherless lamb. R : At the same time some new born lambs are too weak to live.
S :
This happens in large flocks where many sheep give birth to lambs at the same
time.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
P QS R
(b)
R P Q S
(c)
S R Q P
(d)
S R P Q
8.
Si :
People very seldom have everything they want.
S6 : Our decisions indicate our scale of
preferences and therefore our priorities.
P :
Usually we have to decide carefully how to spend our income.
Q : They may all seem important, but their
true importance can be measured by deciding which we are prepared to live
without.
R :
When we exercise our choice, we do so according to our personal scale of
preferences.
S : In this scale of preferences essential
commodities come first, then the kind of luxuries which help us to be
comfortable, and finally those non-essentials which give us personal pleasure.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
P S Q R
(b)
P R S Q
(c)
Q P S R
(d)
R P Q S
9.
Si : On
5'h October 1818, when young Lincoln was approaching his tenth year, his mother
Nancy died of fever.
S6 : His total education at school
comprised only about a year during which he, however, managed to master
reading, writing, spelling and some arithmetic.
P : She was illiterate, but she brought
with her several books, among which were Pilgrim's Progress, Sindbad the
Sailor, Robinson Crusoe and Aesop's Fables.
Q
Lincoln always acknowledged this moral and intellectual debt to his step
mother.
R : The following year, his father married
Sarah Bush Johnson, a widow with three children.
S :
These books provided Lincoln with a mass of knowledge.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
RP QS
(b)
P S R Q
(c)
R P S Q
(d)
P S Q R
10.
Si :
Crude oil obtained from the field is taken to a refinery for treatment.
S6 : Lubricating oils of various grades are
obtained last of all.
P : The gas that comes off later is
condensed into paraffin.
Q : This allows substances with different
boiling points to be separated.
R : The first vapours to rise when cooled
provide the finest petrol.
S : The commonest form of treatment is
heating.
The proper sequence should be:
(a)
S Q R P
(b)
R S P Q
(c)
S R P Q
(d)
R P Q S
SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT
Directions : Look at the
underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible
substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the
underlined part, mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet. If none of the
substitutions improve the sentence, mark
(d) on your Answer Sheet
11.
We need honest workers, not people of redoubtable
integrity.
(a)
doubting
(b)
doubtful
(c)
doubtless
(d)
No improvemen
12.
I expect every player here to be conversant at
the rules of game.
(a)
on
(b)
about
(c)
With
(d)
No
improvement
13.
There is
no alternate, so we must leave now.
(a)
altering
(b)
alternative
(c)
alternation
(d)
No
improvement
14.
If I were
you, I would do it at once.
(a)
was
(b)
am
(c)
would be
(d)
No
improvement
15.
They set
a strong guard, lest any one could escape.
(a)
would
(b)
Might
(c)
Should
(d)
No
improvement
16.
The
matter called up an explanation of his conduct.
(a)
out
(b)
in
(c)
for
(d)
No
improvement
17.
The accused refused having murdered anybody.
(a)
disagreed
(b)
denied
(c)
declaimed
(d)
No
improvement
18.
We cannot
trust a man who plays false and loose with others.
(a)
false or loose
(b)
fast or
loose
(c)
fast and loose
(d)
No improvement
19.
He is still in vigorous health although he is on
the right side of sixty.
(a)
wrong
(b)
left
(c)
negative
(d)
No
improvement
20.
Any English are known for their practical
instincts.
(a)
Some
(b)
Many
(c)
The
(d)
No
improvement
21.
Fifty miles are a long distance to walk.
(a)
is
(b)
become
(c)
be
(d)
No improvement
22.
Economics today were not what it was a
century ago.
(a)
Are
(b)
Was
(c)
Is
(d)
No improvement
23.
Hearing the news of the accident, he broke
(a)
Broke up
(b)
Broke out
(c)
Broke down
(d)
No improvement
24.
The speaker asked the audience to bear upon him for a few minutes more.
(a)
On
(b)
With
(c)
For
(d)
No improvement
25.
Those men as are false to their friends
should be avoided
(a)
The men
(b)
Men
(c)
Such men
(d)
No improvement
26.
Many people find it difficult to make both hands
meet.
(a)
Bothe accounts
(b)
Both hands to mouth
(c)
Both ends meet
(d)
No improvement
27.
Young children are not physically capable to
carry these loads.
(a)
Have to carry these loads
(b)
Of carrying these loads
(c)
Carry these loads
(d)
No improvement
28.
I enjoyed the ballet by a troupe of
Russian dancers
(a)
Troop
(b)
Trouper
(c)
Trooper
(d)
No improvement
29.
The secretary threatened to resign his post.
(a)
From his post
(b)
To his post
(c)
For his post
(d)
No improvement
30.
By the time he arrived, everybody had
gone home.
(a)
When he arrived
(b)
At which he arrive
(c)
By which he arrive
(d)
No improvement
2nd part (Qus no. 31 to 80)