Combined Aptitude Test for English previou yar question papers

Will you please share with me the Combined Aptitude Test for English previou yar question papers?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want to get the Combined Aptitude Test for English previou yar question papers so here it is for you:

Directions—(Q. 1–5) Each sentence has one or two blanks. Choose the word or set of words that best completes the sentence meaningfully.

1. He went to the library ……… to find that it was closed.
(A) seldom
(B) never
(C) only
(D) solely
Ans : (C)

2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so ………that they can disappear at any moment.
(A) tentative
(B) tenuous
(C) consistent
(D) restrictive
Ans : (B)

3. Her reaction to his proposal was ………. She rejected it ……….
(A) inevitable–vehemently
(B) subtle–violently
(C) clever–abruptly
(D) sympathetic–angrily
Ans : (A)

4. His ……… directions misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take.
(A) complicated
(B) ambiguous
(C) narrow
(D) fantastic
Ans : (B)

5. It would be difficult for one so ……… to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion.
(A) emotional
(B) democratic
(C) intolerant
(D) liberal
Ans : (C)

Directions—(Q. 6–10) In each of the following sentences four words or phrases have been bold. Only one bold part in each sentence is not accepted in standard English. Identify that part and mark its letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your as answer.

6. Gaze for a thing (A) that are not (B) available easily (C) in the country is a universal phenomenon. (D)
Ans : (B)

7. It is foolish to be expecting (A) one person to be like another (B) person, for (C) each individual is born (D) with his characteristics traits.
Ans : (A)

8. The tendency to believe (A) that (B) man is inherently dishonest is something (C) that will be decried. (D)
Ans : (D)

9. I have not come across very (A) few (B) people who (C) think of thing beyond (D) their daily work.
Ans : (B)

10. He managed to board (A) the running train (B) but all his luggages (C) was (D) left on the station.
Ans : (C)

Directions—(Q. 11–15) Select the pair of words which are related in the same way as the capitalised words are related to each other.

11. SCALES : JUSTICE : :
(A) Weights : Measures
(B) Laws : Courts
(C) Torch : Liberty
(D) Launch : Peace
Ans : (C)

12. HOBBLE : WALK : :
(A) Gallop : Run
(B) Stammer : Speak
(C) Stumble : Fall
(D) Sniff : Smell
Ans : (B)

13. FRAYED : FABRIC : :
(A) Watered : Lawn
(B) Renovated : Building
(C) Thawed : Ice
(D) Worn : Nerves
Ans : (D)

14. YOLK : EGG : :
(A) Rind : Melon
(B) Nucleus : Cell
(C) Stalk : Corn
(D) Web : Spider
Ans : (B)

15. BAMBOO : SHOOT : :
(A) Bean : Sprout
(B) Pepper : Corn
(C) Oak : Tree
(D) Holly : Sprig
Ans : (A)

Directions—(Q. 16–20) For each of the following capitalized words, four words or phrases are given of which only one is synonymous with the given word. Select the synonym.

16. DEFER
(A) Respect
(B) Dislike
(C) Postpone
(D) Disrespect
Ans : (C)

17. DUBIOUS
(A) Clear
(B) Undoubtedly
(C) Hesitant
(D) Doubtful
Ans : (D)

18. COARSE
(A) Impolite
(B) Rough
(C) Polished
(D) Improper
Ans : (B)

19. PROXIMITY
(A) Nearness
(B) Aloofness
(C) Completely
(D) Nearly
Ans : (A)

20. ABSTAIN
(A) Stay
(B) Tempt
(C) Refrain
(D) Pardon
Ans : (C)

Directions—(Q. 21–25) Fill in blanks by selecting appropriate alternative.

21. I met him only a week ……….
(A) back
(B) past
(C) ago
(D) previous
Ans : (C)

22. Lovey asked me ……….
(A) why are you angry ?
(B) why I am angry ?
(C) why I was angry ?
(D) why was I angry ?
Ans : (C)

23. Even after repeated warnings, he ……… to office on time.
(A) never come
(B) never comes
(C) is never coming
(D) have never come
Ans : (B)

24. He told his wife that ……… from Germany.
(A) he will like to visit France
(B) he was liking to visit France
(C) he would like to visit France
(D) he is liking to visit France
Ans : (C)

25. Some people can ……… even with murder.
(A) get on
(B) get out
(C) get off
(D) get away
Ans : (D)

Directions—(Q. 26–30) Choose the correct antonym from the choises for each of the following capitalised words—

26. INDIFFERENT
(A) Curious
(B) Varied
(C) Alike
(D) Uniform
Ans : (A)

27. DISCREET
(A) Wise
(B) Diplomatic
(C) Prudent
(D) Careless
Ans : (D)

28. OBSOLETE
(A) Free
(B) Ancient
(C) Current
(D) Cultured
Ans : (C)

29. RATIONAL
(A) Sound
(B) Insane
(C) Judicious
(D) Sensible
Ans : (B)

30. SCEPTICAL
(A) Doubtful
(B) Convinced
(C) Questioning
(D) Cinic
Ans : (B

Kindly forward me previous year papers of Combined Aptitude Test (CET) for English, as I want to take admission in University of Delhi?

[Arun Vats]

As per your request, I am giving you question paper of the University of Delhi Combined Aptitude Test (CAT).

1. Their achievement in the field of literature is described as ______; sometimes it is even called ______.
(1) magnificent, irresponsible
(3) significant, paltry
(2) insignificant, influential
(4) unimportant, trivial

2. From the time she had put her hair up, every man she had met had grovelled before her and she had
acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of _______ and _______.
(1) admiration, tolerance
(3) impertinence, temperance
(2) indifference, contempt
(4) arrogance, fidelity

3. This simplified ________ to the decision-making process is a must read for anyone ______ important
real estate, personal, or professional decisions.
(1) primer, maximizing
(2) tract, enacting
(3) introduction, under (4) guide, facing

4. Physicians may soon have _____ to help paralyzed people move their limbs by bypassing the ____
nerves that once controlled their muscles.
(1) instruments, detrimental
(3) reason, involuntary
(2) ways, damaged
(4) impediments, complex

5. The Internet is a medium where users have nearly _____ choices and _____ constraints about where to
go and what to do.
(1) unbalanced, nonexistent
(3) unlimited, minimal
(2) embarrassing, no
(4) choking, shocking

6. 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 _____.
(1) obtrudes, offends
(3) conceals, recedes
(2) enjoins, fails
(4) effaces, counts

7. The argument that the need for a looser fiscal policy to _____ demand outweighs the need to _____
budget deficits is persuasive.
(1) assess, minimize
(2) outstrip, eliminate
(3) stimulate, control (4) restrain, conceal

8. 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.
(1) leisure, explore
(2) time, ignore
(3) ability, suffer
(4) temerity, understand

DIRECTIONS: The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form coherent paragraph.
Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given
choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
9.
A. To, much of the Labour movement, it symbolises the brutality of the upper classes.
B. And to everybody watching, the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the government‟s
weakness.
C. To foxhunting‟s supporters, Labour‟s 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it symbolises the party‟s
metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
D. Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.
E. To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in red coats after foxes, foxhunting
symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.
(1) DEACB
(2) ECDBA
(3) CEADB
(4) DBAEC

10.
A. In the case of King Merolchazzar‟s courtship of the Princess of the Outer Isles, there occurs a
regrettable hitch.
B. She acknowledges the gifts, but no word of a meeting date follows.
C. The monarch, hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess, dispatches messengers with gifts
to her court, beseeching an interview.
D. The princess names a date, and a formal meeting takes place; after that everything buzzes along
pretty smoothly.
E. Royal love affairs in olden days were conducted on the correspondence method.
(1) ACBDE
(2) ABCDE
(3) ECDAB
(4) ECBAD

11.
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.
(1) ACBED
(2) CEDBA
(3) ACEBD
(4) CEABD

12.
A. Events intervened, and in the late 1930s and 1940s, Germany suffered from "over-branding".
B. The British used to be fascinated by the home of Romanticism.
C. But reunification and the federal government's move to Berlin have prompted Germany to think
again about its image.
D. The first foreign package holiday was a tour of Germany organized by Thomas Cook in 1855.
E. Since then, Germany has been understandably nervous about promoting itself abroad.
(1) ACEBD
(2) DECAB
(3) BDAEC
(4) DBAEC

13.
A. The wall does not simply divide Israel from a putative Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967
borders.
B. A chilling omission from the road map is the gigantic 'separation wall' now being built in the West
Bank by Israel.
C. It is surrounded by trenches, electric wire and moats; there are watchtowers at regular intervals.
D. It actually takes in new tracts of Palestinian land, sometimes five or six kilometres at a stretch.
E. Almost a decade after the end of South African apartheid, this ghastly racist wall is going up with
scarcely a peep from Israel's American allies who are going to pay for most of it.
(1) BCADE
(2) BADCE
(3) AEDCB
(4) ECADB

14.
A. Luckily the tide of battle moved elsewhere after the American victory at Midway and an
Australian victory over Japan at Milne Bay.
B. It could have been no more than a delaying tactic.
C. The Australian military, knowing the position was hopeless, planned to fall back to the south-east
in the hope of defending the main cities.
D. They had captured most of the Solomon Islands and much of New Guinea, and seemed poised for
an invasion.
E. Not many people outside Australia realize how close the Japanese got.
(1) EDCBA
(2) ECDAB
(3) ADCBE
(4) CDBAE

15.
A. Call it the third wave sweeping the Indian media.
B. Now, they are starring in a new role, as suave dealmakers who are in a hurry to strike alliances
and agreements.
C. Look around and you will find a host of deals that have been inked or are ready to be finalized.
D. Then the media barons wrested back control from their editors, and turned marketing warriors
with the brand as their missile.
E. The first came with those magnificent men in their mahogany chambers who took on the world
with their mighty fountain pens.
(1) ACBED
(2) CEBDA
(3) CAEBD
(4) AEDBC

16.
A. The celebrations of economic recovery in Washington may be as premature as that "Mission
Accomplished" banner hung on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hail the end of the Iraq war.
B. Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles of families and communities continue unabated.
C. Washington responded to the favourable turn in economic news with enthusiasm.
D. The celebrations and high-fives up and down Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be found beyond the
Beltway.
E. When the third quarter GDP showed growth of 7.2% and the monthly unemployment rate dipped
to 6%, euphoria gripped the US capital.
(1) ACEDB
(2) CEDAB
(3) ECABD
(4) ECBDA

DIRECTIONS: In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered 1 to

4. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

17. Help

1. This syrup will help your cold.
2. I can't help the colour of my skin.
3. Ranjit may help himself with the beer in the fridge.
4. Do you really expect me to help you out with cash?

18. Reason
1. Your stand is beyond all reason.
2. Has she given you any reason for her resignation?
3. There is little reason in your pompous advice.
4. How do you deal with a friend who doesn't listen to a reason?

19. Paper
1. Your suggestions look great on the paper, but are absolutely impractical.
2. Do you know how many trees are killed to make a truckload of paper?
3. So far I have been able to paper over the disagreements among my brothers.
4. Dr. Malek will read a paper on criminalization of politic.

20. Business
1. I want to do an MBA before going into business.
2. My wife runs profitable business in this suburb.
3. If we advertise we will get twice as much business as we have now.
4. How you spend your money is as much my business as yours.

21. Service
1. Customers have to service themselves at this canteen.
2. It's a service lift; don't get into it.
3. I'm not making enough even to service the loan.
4. Jyoti's husband has been on active service for three months.

DIRECTIONS: Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures
the essence of the text.

22. Some decisions will be fairly obvious - “no-brainers.” Your bank account is low, but you have a two-
week vacation coming up and you want to get away to some place warm to relax with your family. Will
you accept your in-laws‟ offer of free use of their Florida beachfront condo? Sure. You like your
employer and feel ready to move forward in your career. Will you step in for your boss for three weeks
while she attends a professional development course? Of course.

A. Some decisions are obvious under certain circumstances. You may, for example, readily accept a
relative‟s offer of free holiday accommodation. Or step in for your boss when she is away.

B. Some decisions are no-brainers. You need not think when making them. Examples are condo offers
from in-laws and job offers from bosses when your bank account is low or boss is away.

C. Easy decisions are called “no-brainers” because they do not require any cerebral activity. Examples
such as accepting free holiday accommodation abound in our lives.

D. Accepting an offer from in-laws when you are short on funds and want a holiday is a no-brainer.
Another no-brainer is taking the boss‟s job when she is away.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D

23. Physically, inertia is a feeling that you just can‟t move; mentally, it is a sluggish mind. Even if you try to
be sensitive, if your mind is sluggish, you just don‟t feel anything intensely. You may even see a tragedy
enacted in front of your eyes and not be able to respond meaningfully. You may see one person exploiting
another, one group persecuting another, and not be able to get angry. Your energy is frozen. You are not
deliberately refusing to act; you just don‟t have the capacity.

A. Inertia makes your body and mind sluggish. They become insensitive to tragedies, exploitation, and
persecution because it freezes your energy and de-capacitates it.

B. When you have inertia you don‟t act although you see one person exploiting another or one group
persecuting another. You don't get angry because you are incapable.

C. Inertia is of two types– physical and mental. Physical inertia restricts bodily movements. Mental
inertia prevents mental response to events enacted in front of your eyes.

D. Physical inertia stops your body from moving; mental inertia freezes your energy, and stops your mind from responding meaningfully to events, even tragedies, in front of you.
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D