Directions: (1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it.

The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.[Ignore errors of punctuation, if any]. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Villagers want to build (1) / a bridge crossed the river (2)/ to connect their village (3)/ to the highway (4) With a fresh coat (1)/ of paint (2)/ the school can (3) / look much nice (4) I asked the salesman (1)/ If I could exchange (2) /the faulty camera (3) /with another one (4) I took me (1)/ almost a hour (2)/ to fill the (3)/ ap plication form (4) She insists (1)/ you stay (2) / until her husband (3)/ comes home (4) I dont understand (1)/ how she could (2)/ treat him (3) / so bad (4) It is the government (1) / responsibility to provide(2) / athletes with the necessary facilities(3)/ for their training (4) It is more better (1)/ if one of the parents (2)/ stays at home (3)/ to look after the children (4) These reports have (1)/ deterred some (2)/ women to have (3)/ the operation (4) I answered (1)/ the questions (2)/ as best as (3)/ I could (4)

8. 9. 10.

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E, and F in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them. A) B) C) D) E) F) 11. It was further revived by a Boston publishing firm, and from that time Mother Goose continued and grew in fame and interest till date. The first collection of verses under her name was published in London in book form by John Newbery. These were known long before they were designated as Mother Goose rhymes Some rhymes can be traced to popular ballads, folk songs and games, political satire, ancient proverbs, cries of street vendors, real or legendary events. About twenty five years later the book was reprinted in the United States in Worecester, Massachusetts. In fact, until the eighteenth century Mother Goose did not have a name in print in English literature. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence? 1) A 2) B 3) C Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence? 1) F 2) E 3) D Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence? 1) F 2) E 3) D Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D

12.

4) B

13. 14.

4) C 4) D

15.

Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence? 1) A 2) B 3) C

4) D

Directions (16-25): 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. After ten years of (16) inflation, prices have spiked 7.5% in the third week of July. This looks scary after all, Indians had got used to prices crawling up by 2% in the last two years, and a 10-year average inflation rate of about 5% - but you shouldnt worry. This burst of inflation is the result of three factors that have come together unexpectedly, are unlikely to (17) for long and are unlikely to (18) up together again A (19) rise in global oil prices, a monsoon that arrived late and a spike in global metal prices. North Sea crude has crossed $42 per barrel, driven up by low petroleum (20) and soaring demand in the US as war production heats up. Oil markets are also spooked by the (21) of Russian oil supplies falling on the back of the Yukos-Sibnet probe. Theres little that the government can do to (22) users from soaring oil prices -indeed. It shouldnt, if it wants to (23) efficiency. Higher transport costs have pushed up rates of vegetables and fruits; farm produce could also get affected by rains that arrived too late for Kharif sowing. China is (24) up steel and other metals from all over the world to (25) a construction boom ahead of the 2008 Olympics, making metal prices soar all over the world, and sparking inflation in India. 16 1) mere 4) vehement 17 1) obstinate 4) repeat 1) go 4) crop 1) sustained 4) erratic 1) lists 4) inventories 1) prospect 4) extent 1) support 4) insulate 1) position 4) pass 2) constitute 3) persist 2) moderate 3) retarding

18

2) scramble

3) mount

19

2) suspicious

Horrific

20

2) trades

3) services

21

2) progress

3) view

22

2) ignore

3) propel

23

2) promote

3) process

24

1) hurrying

2) passing

3) pairing

4) gobbling 25 1) keep 4) grow Directions (26-30): In each of the following questions, a sentence containing an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given. Find out correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and mark the number of that meaning as your answer. . 26. He was in high spirits when I met him in the restaurant 1) in a drunken state 3) talking incoherently 2) in a cheerful mood 4) deeply engrossed in thoughts 2) make 3) feed

27.

He struck several bad patches before he made good 1) came across bad sail 3) had a bumpy car ride 2) want through many illnesses 4) had many professional difficulties

28.

Truly he is a chip off the old block. 1) very similar to his father 3) an honourable man 2) a good actor 4) outdated in his mannerisms

29.

Veera has unknowingly bitten off more that she can Chew. 1) been very greedy 3) an upset stomach 2) always been hungry 4) little regard for others

30.

The bare bones of the conversation had been that he hated my guts 1) The naked truth 3) The main point 2) Just bones 4) The detailed analysis

Directions (31-35): Each question below has two blanks. There are four pairs of words below each sentence. Each pair is, numbered. Choose the pair of words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the sentence meaningfully. 31. The _____ playing of loud music has led the angry residents of this vicinity to file a police com plaint and move court against the organizers lack of ______ for the peoples need for a peaceful neighbourhood.

1) peaceful, thought 3) incessant, consideration

2) abrupt, hope 4) fashionable, friendliness

32.

The _____ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ______ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real. 1) temptation, reviled 3) impact, under estimated 2) understanding, menaced 4) dilemma, plagued

33.

Britain for the present, is deeply ______ in economic troubles, and the economic future, heavily ______ looks uncertain. 1) engrossed, responsive 3) saturate, enveloped 2) ingrained, skeptical 4) mired, mortgaged

34.

Our Constitution was based on the belief that the free ______ of ideas, people and cultures is essential to the ______ of a democratic society. 1) selection, concurrence 3) reversal, upholding 2) interchange, preservation 4) dissemination, congruence

35.

As this Country has become more ______ industrial and inter nationalized, it has like all Western democracies, experienced a necessary increase in the ______ of the executive 1) urbanized, role 3) synthesized, efficiency 2) objective, wealth 4) Civilized, convenience

Directions (36-40): In each question, there is a sentence with a part of the sentence printed in bold. Decide whether this bold part is correct and fits in the grammatical and contextual framework of the sentence. If it is to be changed, choose from options (1) to (3) to replace that part. If not, mark (4) as the answer i.e. No change required. 36. Except for you and I, everyone brought a present to the party. 1) With the exception of you and I everyone brought 3) Except for you and me, everyone brought 2) Except for you and I, everyone had brought 4) No change required

37.

Had I realized how close I was to falling, I would not have gone to the party 1) If I would have realized 3) When I realized how close 2) Had I realize how close 4) No change required

38.

If he was to decide to go to college, I for one, would recommend that he go to Yale University 1) If he were to decide to go to college 3) In the event that he decides to go to college 2) Had he decided to go to college 4) No change required

39.

Being as I am a realist, I could not accept his statement that super natural beings has caused the disturbance 1) That I am a realist 3) Being that I am a realist 2) Being a realist 4) No change required

40.

Although he is able to make political enemies with this decision, the Prime Minister does not mind doing if for the sake of public welfare. 1) liable from 3) acknowledging his liability to 2) of a mind to 4)No change required

Directions (41-50): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Cer tain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering those questions.

At one time it would have been impossible to imagine the integration of different religious thoughts, ideas and ideals. That is because of the closed society, the lack of any communication or interdependence on other nations. People were happy and content amongst themselves, they did not need any more. The physical distance and cultural barriers prevented any exchange of thought and beliefs. But such is not the case today. Today, the world has become a much smaller place, thanks to the adventures and miracles of science. Foreign nations have become our next door neighbours. Mingling of population is bringing about an interchange of thought. We are slowly realizing that the world is a single cooperative group. Other religions have become forces with which we have to reckon and we are seeking for ways and means by which we can live together in peace and harmony. We cannot have religious unity and peace so long as we assert that we are in possession of the light and all others are grouping in the darkness. That very assertion is a challenge to a fight. The political ideal of the world is not so much a single empire with a homogeneous, civilization and sin gle communal will a brotherhood of free nations differing profoundly in life and mind, habits and institutions, existing side by side in peace and order, harmony and cooperation and each contributing to the world its own unique and specific best, which is irreducible to the terms of the others.

The cosmopolitanism of the eighteenth century and the nationalism of the nineteenth are combined in our ideal of a world commonwealth, which allows every branch of the human family to find freedom, security and self realization in the larger life of man kind. I see no hope for the religious future of the world, if this ideal is not extended to the religious sphere also. When two or three different systems claim that they contain the revelation of the very core and centre of truth and the acceptance of it is the exclusive pathway to heaven, conflicts are inevitable. In such conflicts one religion will not allow others to steal a march over it and no one can gain ascendancy until the world is reduced to dust and ashes. To obliterate every other religion than ones is a sort of Bolshevism in religion which we must try to prevent. We can do so only if we accept something like the Indian solution, which seeks the unity of religion not in a common creed but in a common quest. Let us believe in a unity of spirit and not of organization, a unity which secures ample liberty not only for every individual but for every type of organized life which has proved itself effective. For almost all historical forms of life and thought can claim the sanction of experience and so the authority of God. The world would be a much poorer thing if one creed absorbed the rest. God wills a rich harmony and not a colourless uniformity. The comprehensive and synthetic spirit of Indianism had made it a mighty forest with a thousand waving arms each fulfilling its function and all directed by the spirit of God. Each thing in its place and all associated in the divine concert making with their various voices and even dissonance, as Heracletus would say, the most exquisite harmony should be our ideal.

41.

According to the passage, religious unity and peace can be obtained if 1) 2) 3) 4) We believe that the world is a single cooperative group We do not assert that we alone are in possession of the real knowledge We believe in a unity of spirit and not of organization None of these

42.

Which of the following according to the passage, is the Indian solution? Unity of religions in a common 1) Belief 3)search 2) Organization 4) None of these

43.

According to the author, which of the following is not true? 1) 2) 3) 4) Acceptance of Indianism is the exclusive pathway to heaven We should not assert that other religions have no definite pathway or goal God wants a genuine similarity in thoughts, ideals and values rather than an artificial appearance None of these

44.

According to the passage, the political ideal of the contemporary world is to 1) 2) 3) 4) create a single empire with a homogeneous civilization foster the unity of all the religions of the world create a world common wealth preserving religious diversity of all the nations None of these

45.

According to the passage, the world would be a much poorer thing if 1) 2) 3) one religion swallows all other religions one religion accepts the supremacy of other religions religions adopt toleration as a principle of spiritual life

4) None of these

46.

Which of the following statements is/are stated or implied in the above passage? A) B) C) People today are happy and cont ent amongst themselves There is no freedom and security in the religious sphere in the world today Indianism is directed by the spirit of God. 1) Only A & C 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) None of these

47.

Which of the following is most nearly the SAME in the meaning as the word rekon as used in the passage? 1) show regard 3) agree with 2) take into consideration 4) None of these

48.

Which of the following is mot OPPOSITE in the meaning of the word profoundly as used in the passage? 1) meagerly 3) scarcely 2) hardly 4) marginally

49.

According to the passage, what is Bolshevism in the religion? 1) 2) 3) 4) To ridicule the views sincerely held by others To accept others religious beliefs and doctrines as authentic as ours To adhere to rigid dogmatism in religion None of these

50.

According to the passage, the conflict of religions is inevitable mainly because each religion 1) 2) 3) 4) believes that anyone who disagrees with it ought to be silenced wants to steal a march over others claims to possess a complete and exclusive understanding of truth None of these

51.

In a certain code GLAMOUR is written as BMHLQTN. How is SERVING written in that code? 1) TFSUFMH 2) QDRTFMH 3) SFTUFMH 4) None of these

52.

How many such digits are there in the number 6837941 each of which is as far away from the beginning in the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number 1) None 3) Two 2) One 4) Three

Directions (53-55): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: M % R 4 A T # J @ 7 D 5 I F N1 E $ 3 6 W U 2 H 8 * K 9 B Q 53. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a letter? 1) None 3) Two 2) One 4) Three

54.

How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel? 1) None 3) Two 2) One 4) Three

55.

How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a number and immediately preceded by a letter? 1) None 3) Two 2) One 4) Three

Directions (56-60): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 56. Statements: Some books are trees All trees are roads All roads are wheels 1) Only I and II follow 3) Only I and III follow I. II. III. Conclusions Some wheels are books Some roads are books Some wheels are trees 2) Only II and III follow 4) All follow

57.

Statements: Alls tones are rivers All rivers are cars Some cars are trains 1) None follows 3) Only II follows I. II. III.

Conclusions: Some trains are stones Some cars are stones Some trains are rivers 2) Only I follows 4) Only III follows

58.

Statements: All desks are rooms Some rooms are halls All halls are leaves 1) None follows 3) Only II follows I. II. III.

Conclusions: Some leaves are desks Some halls are desks Some leaves are rooms 2) Only I follows 4) Only III follows

59.

Statements: Some bags are plates Some plates are chairs All chairs are tables I. II. III.

Conclusions: Some tables are plates Some chairs are bags No chair is bag

1) Only I follows 3) Only I and either II or III follow

2) Only either II or III follows 4) Only III follows

60.

Statements: All buildings are mirrors Some mirrors are pens No pen is paper I. II. III.

Conclusions: Some papers are buildings Some pens are buildings Some papers are mirrors

1) None follows 3) Only II follows

2) Only I follows 4) Only III follows