12.

Her rebuttal that she was not involved in the

cAse was considered by the court.
(a) Refusal (b) Denial
(c) Acceptance (d) Kindness
Directions In questions no. 13 to 17, choose the
alternative which best expresses the meaning
of the Idiom / Phrase.
13. Not worth a rap
(a) worth nothing (b) very expensive
(c) wortha lot (d) modestly priced
14. To leap the pale
Directions In questions no. 1& 2, sentences are given (a) to throw a bucket
with blanks to be filled in with an (b) to get into debt, to spend more than one's income
appropriate word. Choose the most (c) to have much of fear
appropriate alternative. (d) to become pale
1. He was virtually ... by the villagers for 15. To take the bull by the horns
absconding with the girl. (a) To punish a person severely for his arrogance
(a) driven (b) banished (c) ostracised (d) exploited (b) To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way
2. I ... he has been caught up in a traffic jam. (c) To handle it by fierce attack
(a) suspect (b) suppose (c) imagine (d) speculate (d) To bypass the legal process and take action according to
one's own whims.
Directions In questions no. 3 to 7, out of the four 16. To lose one's head
alternatives, choose the one which best (a) To get exhausted (b) To become nervousS
expresses the meaning of the given word. (c) To become confused and over excited
3. Restoration (d) To feel tired
(a) Renovation (b) Renewal
17. By the skin of one's teeth
(c) Reinstatement (d) Recreation (a) Hardly (b) In time (c) Hurriedly (d) Only just
4. Modish
(a) Adorned (b) Sentimental (c) Stylish (d) Vacillating Directions In questions no. 18 to 22, a sentence has been
given in Active /Passive Voice. Convert it
5. Abandon into Passive /Active Voice.
(a) Abscond (b) Discontinue (c) Neglect (d) Condense
6. Verate 18. Why are you raising a hue and cry?
(a) Why are a hue and cry being raised by you?
(a) Scold (b) Judge (c) Downgrade (d) Deny (b)Why is a hue and cry being raised by you?
7. Impetuous (c) Why a hue and cry are being raised by you?
(a) Violent (b) Resourceful (d) Why a hue and cry is being raised by you?
(c) Pleasing (d) Rash
19. They say that there are living beings on Mars.
Directions In questions no. 8 to 12, choose the word (a) They say that Mars has living beings.
opposite in meaning to the underline word. (b) It is said that there are people living on Mars.
8. This painting has a distinctive element which (c) On Mars, there are living beings.
can be noticed well. (d) It is said that there are living beings on Mars.
(a) Salient (b) Common (c) Great (d) Unique 20. Your remark was objected to and everyone
9. Theentry was carried out inadvertently. laughed at you.
(a) Purposely (b) Purpos0vely (a) Everyone objected your remark and laughed at you.
(c) Accidently (d) Not noticing (b) Everyone objected to your remark and you were laughed at.
10. The whole audience showed a disdainful (c) Everyone objected to and laughed at youand your remark.
attitude during the match. (d) Your remark was objected and you were laughed.
(a) Sneering (b) Respectful 21, Let everyone be given a chance.
(c) Mocking (d) Cheerful (a) Give everyone a chance.
(b) Give a chance for everyone.
Bficacy of the project needs an examination. (c) Let a chance be given to everyone.
(a) Inefficiency (b) Efficiency
(c) Value (d) Efectiveness (d) Iwill give up a chance.
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22. They cooked the dish and sent it to the office. Directions In the following four questions, out of th
(a) They cooked dish was sent to the office by them. four alternatives, choose the one which c
(b) The dish was cooked and sent to the office by them. besubstituted for the given words/sentenco
(c) The dish was sent to the office by them. 30. Something that cannot be taken away
(d) The dish was cooked and sent by them. (a) inalienable (b) edible
(c) legible (d) natural
Directions|In questions no. 23 & 24, a part of the
sentence is underlined. Below are given 31. Scale used for measuring the strength of an
alternatives to the underlined part which earthquake
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct (a) Celsius (b) Newtons (c) Richter (d) Linear
alternative.
32. A song embodying religious and sacredl
23. He said firmly that he would rather starve to emotions
stealing to het what he needed. (a) Lyric (b) Ode (c) Hymn (d) Ballad
(a) starve to rather stealing (b) starve to rather steal 33. A government by the nobles
(c) rather starve than steal (d) No improvement (a) Democracy (b) Bureaucracy
24. By the end or this century, scientists surely (c) Autocracy (d) Aristocracy
have discovered a cure for cancer.
(a) are discovering (b)will have discovered Directions In the following five questions, find the
(c) must discover
correctly spelt word.
(d) No improvement
Directions In questions no. 25 to 29, a sentence has been 34. (a) Receding (b) Receeding (c) Reeceding (d) Recedeing
given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four 35. (a) llusteous (b) listrious (c) llustrious (d) llustrious
alternatives suggested, select the one which 36. (a) Harasment (b) Harassment
best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/ (c) Harrassment (d) Harrasment
Direct. 37. (a) Satellite (b) Satelite (c) Sattelite (d) Sattellite
25. He said, Why didn't you send your
38. (a) Tresspass (b) Trespass (c) Tresspas (d) Trespas
application to me?"
(a) He enquired why Ihad not sent my application to him. Directions In the following two questions, find out
(b) He enquired why I did not send my application to him. which partof a sentence has an error.
(c) He enquired why had Inot sent my application to him. 39.Somewhere along the line I lost track of what
(d) He enguired why did I not send my application to him. Ashish said about heart ailments.
26. What did you see at the South Pole?" Ashok (a) Somewhere along the line
askedAnil. (b) llost track of
(a) Ashok asked Anil if he saw anything at the South Pole. (c) what Ashish said about heart ailments
(b) Ashok asked Anil what he had seen at the South Pole. (d) No error
(c) Ashok asked Anil what did he see at the South Pole.
(d) Ashok asked Anil that he saw anything at the South Pole. 40. When your father inquired about your marks
you lied to himn. Have you not?
27. He said that he went for a stroll every evening. (a) When your father inquired (b) about your marks
(a) He said, "I went for a stroll every evening". (c) you lied to him. Have you not? (d) No error
(b) He said, "Igo fora stroll every evening".
(c) He said, "I willgo for a strollevening". Directions In the following passage, in five questions
some of the words haue been left out. First
(d) He said, "he went for a stroll every evening" read the passage over and try to understand
28. I reiterated, Idon't care about the mission". what it is about. Then, fill in the blanks
(a) Ireiterated Ididn't care about the mission.
(b) Isaid again and again I didn't care about the mission.
with the help of the alternatives given.
(C) Ireiterated that Idid not care about the mission. Passage
(d) Irepeatedly said that | cared about the mission.
The Ganga all through its route is filled with innumerable
29. I said to my mother, "I will certainly take you points of interest, Its inspiring beauty, its spiritual value, 1t
to Jaipur this month."9 purity hasno ... (41)...But what distinguishes it so muchisthe
(a) Itold my mother he wOuld certainly take her to Jaipur that
month.
...(42)...help it has been in bringing ...(43)... a sense of uni
among the ...(44)... and thousands of people who bve
(b) Itold my mother that l| would certainly take her to Jaipur that alongside it. For, from ancient times, the river has been a bonu
month.
...(45)... the provinces that stretch on its blanks. The people
(c) Itold my mother that she would certainly take her to Jaipur who lived in these sites spoke (different, followed differen
that month.
(d) ltold to my mother that Iwould take yOu to Jaipur that customs and ate different types of food. All this should have
made them strangers to one another. But it did not.
month.
 41. (a) rivals (b) adversaries (c) enemles (d) opponents Wuhan may yield a more bountiful harvest, not with
42. (a) copious (b) voluminous (c) spacious (d) tremendous standing the fact that U.S. President Donald Trump has
43. (a) up (b) round (c) in (d) about crashed into the India-China equation. Geo-economics is
44. (a) dozens (b) hundreds (c) lakhs weighing in heavily in shaping the course of New
(d) millons Delhi-Beijing ties. China worries that the so-called trade war
45. (a) merging (b) covering (c) uniting (d) mixing that is brewing with the Trump administration is the
Directions Read the following passage carefully and beginning of Washington's long campaign to impede China's
answer the questions given below it. rise. The Chinese have made no bones about the urgency of
seeking India'sbacking to counter these headwinds blowing
Missed
Passage across the Pacific.
46. Trade War is brewing between
opportunities and false starts have been the
hallmarks of the India-China story. In the 1950s, the (a) India and China (b) India and USA
brotherly friendship" between the two countries led by (c) USA and China (d) No one of these
strong leaders Prime Minister 47. Wuhan is a city in
Chairman of the Communist Party ofJawaharlal
China Mao
Nehru and
Zedong (a) India (b) China (c) Thailand (d) Vietnam
promised to redefine Asia. Dreamers even 48. Year 1962 war was faught by
idea of India and China piloting a entertained the
in the developing world. But the post-colonial Renaissance
(a) India-Pakistan (b) China-Pakistan
trust-shattering
annulled all such hopes. The overhang 1962 war
of the border row has
(c) India-China (d) India-Sri Lanka
marred a full-scale 49. Chumar and Doklam are
ever since. Chineserapprochement between the two
President Xi Jinping's ambitiouscountries
(a) Cultural Festivals (b) Traditional Sports
2014 was sullied by the military visit in (c) Border Areas (d) Classical Dances
face-off in Chumar in 50. Mao
Ladakh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's journey to Zedong was a
2015 was trailed two years later by China in (a) Democratic leader
a near-war situation in (b) Communist leader
Doklam. But the April 2018 meeting of the two (c) Liberal leader (d) Western leader
leaders in