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Directions (For the 9 items which follow):
Each of the following nine items consists of a word or a group of
words in capital letters, followed by four words or groups of
words. Select the word or group of words that is most similar in
meaning to the word or group of words in capital letters.
1. BEAVER AWAY
a. To waste away
b. To sleep for long hours
c. To work hard
d. To steal something
2. BADGER
a. To ricochet
b. To err
c. To apologize
d. To pester persistently
3. SWISH
a. False
b. Fashionable
c. Annulment
d. Rapid
4. SURREPTITIOUS
a. To be impatient
b. Susceptible
c. Supportive
d. To act stealthily
5. SURROGATE
a. Surpassable
b. Substitute
c. Surfeit
d. Surveillant
6. UP-THE CREEK
a. To get lot of money
b. In dire difficulties
c. To be very successful
d. To achieve one’s aim by deceit
7. CAVEAT
a. Award
b. Controversy
c. Warning
d. Graphic
8. NIP AND TUCK
a. Close competition
b. Heavy rain
c. Fierce attack
d. Mixture
9. COMEUPPANCE
a. Sudden arrival
b. Parity
c. Paradox
d. Retribution

ANTONYMS
Directions (For the 7 items which follow):
Each of the following seven items consists of a word in capital
letters, followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word
or group of words that is furthest in meaning to the word in capital
letters.
10. SALACIOUS
a. Decent
b. Satisfying
c. Preciptious
d. Fortifying
11. SEDULOUS
a. Lack of emotions
b. Lack of steady effort
c. Affluent
d. Modest
12. SWINGEINE
a. Dull
b. Meagre
c. Disrepute
d. Proportionate
13. TEDIUM
a. Appreciation
b. Fixation
c. Neutrability
d. Liveliness
14. TENDENTIOUS
a. Impartial
b. Calm
c. Supplementary
d. Super-duper
15. TEMERITY
a. Humourous
b. Hybrid
c. Humility
d. Humiliation
16. CAPRICE
a. Excuse
b. Steady behaviour
c. Accusation
d. Exhortation

Directions (For the 5 items which follow):
In each of the following five items, a related pair of words (in
capital letters) is followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair
that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the
original pair (in capital letters).
17. CALLOW : MATURITY
a. Eager : Anxiety
b. Incipient : Fruition

c. Apathetic : Disinterest
d. Exposure : Weathering
18. DAMPEN : ENTHUSIASM
a. Moisten : Throat
b. Test : Commitment
c. Reverse: Direction
d. Mute : Sound
19. RUFFLE : COMPOSURE
a. Flourish : Prosperity
b. Adjust : Balance
c. Upset : Equilibrium
d. Chaff : Wheat
20. LATENT : MANIFESTATION
a. Dormant : Awakening
b. Patent : Appearance
c. Redoubtable : Impress
d. Aggrieved : Distress
21. CELERITY : SNAIL
a. Indolence : Sloth
b. Humility : Peacock
c. Nervous : Energy
d. Emulation : Rivalry

SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (For the 6 items which follow) :
(i) In this section, a number of sentences are given. The
sentences are underlined in three separate parts and each one
is labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out
whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence
has more than one error. When you find an error in any one of
the underlined parts (a), (b) or (c), indicate your response on
the separate Answer Sheet at the approximate space. You may
feel that there is no error in a sentence. In that case letter (d)
will signify a ‘No error’ response.
(ii) You are to indicate only one response for each item in your
Answer Sheet. (If you indicate more than one response, your
answer will be considered wrong) Errors may be in grammar,
word usage or idioms. There may be a word missing or there
may be a word which should be removed.
(iii) You are not required to correct the error. You are required
only to indicate your response on the Answer Sheet.
Example ‘P’ and ‘Q’ have been solved you for.

(EXAMPLES)
P. The young child singed
(a) (b)
A very sweet song. No error
(c) (d)
Explanation:
In item P, the word ‘signed’ in wrong. The letter under this part is
(b); se (b) is the correct answer. Similarly, for item Q, (d) is the
correct answer, as the sentence does not certain any error.
22. There were gapes of horror
(a)
form the spectators as
(b)
the performer fell from the tightrope
(c)
No error
(d)
23. She gazed at me
(a)
in misbelief when
(b)
I told her the news
(c)
No error
(d)
24. Acting from inside information
(a)
the police were able to arrest the gang
(b)
before the robbery occurred
(c)
No error
(d)
25. Amit did not have a girl-friend
(a)
till he was 21, but now
(b)
he is making up at the lost time
(c)
No error
(d)
26. She wanted to be an actress
(a)
but her father soon
(b)
nipped that idea in the bud
(c)
No error
(d)
27. Captain’s language was uncompromising
(a)
he told junior officers their work
(b)
must improve or they would be fired
(c)
No error
(d)

ORDERING OF SENTENCES
Directions (For the 10 items which follow):
In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The
first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the
beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed
and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required
to find out the correct sequence of the four sentences and mark
accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
Example ‘X’ has been solved for you.
(EXAMPLE)
X. S1 : There was a boy named Jack
S6 : At least she turned him out of the house
P : So the mother asked him to find work
Q : They were very poor
R : he lived with his mother
S : But Jack refused to work
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R – Q – P - S
(b) P – Q – R - S

(c) Q – P – R - S
(d) R – P – S - Q
Explanation: The correct sequence in this example is R-Q-PS,
which is marked by (a). Therefore, (a) is the correct
answer.
28. S1 : The first aeroplanes were fragile and
clumsy.
S6 : In those days people considered flight in
an aeroplane to be a miracle
P : When they took off they would not fly
very high
Q : They also broke down frequently
R: It was difficult for them to take off
S : They flew slowly and only in the
vicinity of the airfield
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R – P – S – Q
b. S – Q – R – P
c. R – Q – S – P
d. S – P – R – Q
29. S1 : Lions usually live in a family parties
called ‘prides’.
S6 : They actack man only when they are
wounded or otherwise aroused.
P : Wild lions are not normally a menance
to man.
Q : A pride is commonly made up of a lion,
two lionesses and cubs.
R : Sometimes pigs and other animals are
also killed by them.
S : They usually prey on zebras and
antelopes.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. P – S – R – Q
b. Q – R – S - P
c. P – R – S – Q
d. Q – S – R – P
30. S1 : Not long age television was a rarity.
S6: Only a few people understand the
technology behind it.
P: It has become a means of entertainment and
information.
Q: Yet nowadays there is one in virtually
every home.
R: But most of us do not know much about
how an image appears on the television screen
S: We have grown used to it.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. P – R – Q – S
b. Q – S – P – R
c. P – S– Q – R
d. Q – R – P – S
31. S1: I have know in my own life, in my own
experience, people who were hating one
another on account of their religious views.
S6: We are the inheritors of a great
world heritage.
P: They try to find out whatever is of value in
them.
Q: You will find that other religions are
studies with sympathy and respect by those
who do not adhere to them
R: All that has changed today.
S: The classics of the whole world form the
classics of every human being.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. P – S – R – Q
b. R – Q – P – S
c. P – Q – R – S
d. R – S – P – Q
32. S1: Javert was a strong, upright and just man.
S6: So he took the only way out for him-he
killed himself.
P: But now his life was turned upside down.
Q: It was his safe world of rules.
R: He would help no one, and he helped no
one.
S: He did not want favours from a thief.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q – P –S – R
b. S – R –Q – P
c. Q – R –S – P
d. S – P – Q – R
33. S1: Nowadays we pay a great deal of attention
to pure air, open windows and garden cities.
S6: Pasteurised milk is milk which has been
treated in this way.
P: Another useful discovery of Pasteur’s was
the process, now called, pasteurization.
Q: Pasteur was one of the first to show how
necessary all these are if we are to fight
against germs and disease.
R: Pasteur helped them by showing that by
heating win or milk to a temperature of 60
degree Centrigrade, the germs were made
harmless.
S: Some wine-growers were troubled by a
germ which has turned their win sour.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R – S –P – Q
b. Q– P – S – R
c. R – P – S – Q
d. Q– S – P – R
34. S1: Scientist have found that any train running
on wheels cannot go faster than 300 kilometres
an hour.
S6: Japanese engineers are, therefore, planning
another kind of train, a magnetic train without,
wheels, which would also float above the
ground.

P: One way of building such trains has already
been tried out
Q: If we want trains which can go still faster
we must build them without wheels.
R: But it would not be possible to run them on
the Tokaido line because in same tunnels there
would not be enough air to support them
S: Here, the whole train floats above the
ground on top of a cushion of air created by
powerful fans.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q–P–S–R
b. S–R–Q–P
c. Q–R–S–P
d. S–P–Q–R
35. S1: Newspapers are the cheapest medium of
information today.
S6: Consequently, 50 percent of our population
is denied across to information vital for the
functionaries of a democracy.
P: If you cannot buy a paper, you can go to a
public library.
Q: And yet newspapers do not reach nearly
fifty percent of our population.
R: They are also easily available to everybody
S: It is because people are illiterate.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R–S–Q–P
b. Q–P–R–S
c. R–P–Q–S
d. Q–S–R–P
36. S1: Social isolation, overcrowding, the
competitiveness of our society and several
other factors are responsible for stress.
S6: Yet some other get totally depressed and
often much worried.
P: In England we refer to competition in
society as the ‘rat-race’.
Q: All of us react to that rat-race in different
ways.
R: But some of us get very much tried and
bored every easily.
S: The pressures on all of us are very great
because speed and competition have become
part of everyday life.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R–P–Q–S
b. S–Q–P–R
c. R–Q–P–S
d. S–P–Q–R
37. S1: It is true that a few women have
opportunities to work outside the home.
S6: If women stop doing this work there would
be havoc in the public life.
P: Women do much work all the time within
the house.
Q: This work could be termed as
socially productive labour.
R: It consists of cooking, washing, cleaning,
fetching fuel and water etc.
S: This work is crucial to the survival of
society.
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. P–Q–R–S
b. R–S–P–Q
c. P–S–R–Q
d. R–Q–P–S

ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE
Direction (For the 10 items which follow)
In the following item, some parts of the sentence have been
jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are
labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sequence. Choose the
proper sequence and marks in your Answer Sheet accordingly.
Example ‘Z’ has been solved for you.
(EXAMPLE)
Z. It is well-known that
the effect it very bad
P Q
on children of cinema
R S
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) P–S–R–Q
(b) S-P-Q-R
(c) S-R-P-Q
(d) Q-S-R-P
Explanation:
The proper way of writing the sentence is “It is well-known that
the effect of cinema on children is very bad.” This is indicated by
the sequence P-S-R-Q and so (a) is the correct answer.
38. Life comes
Awed by all the things that their words can do
with computer and gadgets
P
who can get anything done by clinking a few
buttons
Q
a full circle when some technologically
challenged mothers
R
begin to believe that their child is a super-kid
in the digital world
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R–P–Q–S
b. P–R–Q–S
c. R–P–S–Q
d. P–R–S–Q
39. Unaware
Reading other periodicals and publication
P
ourselves with merely
Q
of the need to build
R

the intellect we tend to entertain
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q–P–R–S
b. R–S–Q–P
c. Q–S–R–P
d. R–P–Q–S
40. Loss of employment
in a country like India where
P
is no social security net to fall back on
Q
most people are still poor and there
R
or livelihood can be really injurious
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. S–R–P–Q
b. Q–P–R–S
c. Q–R–P–S
d. S–P–R–Q
41. Many people
organized their energies around a goal
P
but simply because they have never
Q
or brains or even courage
R
fail in life not for lack of ability
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. P–Q–R–S
b. S–R–Q–P
c. P–R–Q–P
d. S–Q–R–P
42. Being
to a viewing point a higher more expansive
place
P
to move from a point of view
Q
willing to change allows you
R
from which you can seen both sides
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R–Q–P–S
b. Q–R–P–S
c. Q–R–S–P
d. R–Q–S–P
43. Yet one area
to players who have violated the spirit of the
game
P
in which Indian Cricket administration
should definitely
Q
denying the benefits of Indian corporate
sponsorship
R
use its financial clout is in
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. R–P–Q–S
b. Q–S–R–P
c. R–S–Q–P
d. Q–P–R–S
44. While improvements
have definitely helped climbers now carry
lighter oxygen bottles
P
in technology over the years
Q
made of titanium and get regular weather
updates
R
through satellite phones the route to Mt.
Everest remains treacherous as ever
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q–P–R–S
b. S–R–P–Q
c. Q–R–P–S
d. S–P–R–Q
45. Life
the number of breaths you take
P
that take your breath away
Q
is not measured by
R
but by the moments
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q–P–S–R
b. R–S–P–Q
c. Q–S–P–R
d. R–P–S–Q
46. The greatest miss it but that it is too
P
danger for most of us
Q
is not that our aim is too high and we
R
low and we reach it
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. Q–S–P–R

b. P–R–Q–S
c. Q–R–P–S
d. P–S–Q–R
47. The fundamental
but an institutional framework that lays down
P
and cannot be trampled on by the ruling
government
Q
the rights of the people and rules of political
engagement
R
mark of a democracy is not elections
S
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence?
a. S–P–Q–R
b. P–S–R–Q
c. P–S–Q–R
d. S–P–R–Q

COMPREHENSION
Directions (For the 13 items which follow):
In this section, you have three short passages. After each passage,
you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read
and passage and then answer the questions based on it. You are
required to select your answers based on the contents of the
passage and opinion of the author only.
Example ‘T’ and ‘J” are solved for you

PASSAGE (EXAMPLE)
In our approach to life, be it pragmatic or otherwise, a basic fact
that confronts us squarely and unmistakable is the desire for peace,
security and happiness. Different forms of life at different levels of
existence make up the teeming denizens of this earth of ours. And,
no matter whether they belong to the higher groups such as human
beings or to the lower groups and as animals, all beings primarily
seek peace, comfort and security. Life is as dear to a mute creature
as it is to a man. Even the lowliest insect strives for protection
against dangers that threaten its life. Just as each one of us wants to
live and not to die, so do all other creature.
I. The author’s remains point is that
(a) different forms of life are found on earth
(b) different levels of existence are possible in nature
(c) peace and security are the chief goals of all living
beings
(d) even the weakest creature struggles to preserve its life
J. Which one of the following assumptions or steps is
essential in developing the author’s position?
(a) All forms of life have a single over-riding goal
(b) The will to survive of a creature is identified with a
desire of peace
(c) All beings are divided into higher and lower groups
(d) A parallel is drawn between happiness and life, and
pain and death.
Explanation:
I. The idea which represents the author’s main point is
“peace and security are the chief goals of all living
being”, which is response (c). So (c) is the correct
answer.
J. The best assumption underlying the passage in “The will
to survive of a creature is identified with a desire for
peace”, which is response (b). So (b) is the
correct answer.

PASSAGE I
J.K Galbraith has described the current inflation as a “revolt of the
rich against the poor”. Richard Parker supports this view with the
claim that it is the richest people that benefit by inflation: while the
rest, especially the poorest, suffer in proportion to their relative
property. On the other hand, a 1979 study published by the
Brookings Institute indicates that the lower classes are generally
benefited by inflation, while the upper classes lose. The confusion
over who suffers from inflation is extended to other questions such
as the major causes of inflation. In addition to the proponents of the
demand theory, there are many who doubt whether inflation is
essentially an economic problem at all. Konard Kellen holds that
inflation is not an economic problem but a psychological one. Paul
Samuelson cites a social factor, the evaluation of a more humane
society, as a root cause of inflation.
48. What does the author believe?
a. Only the rich suffer from inflation
b. Only the poor suffer from inflation
c. Both the rich and the poor suffer from
inflation
d. It is debatable as to who suffers from
inflation
49. From the passage, which one of the following
may be inferred?
a. The effect of inflation can be studied with
scientific precision
b. The effect of inflation cannot be studied
with scientific precision
c. Economists are biased towards the rich or
the poor
d. The effect of inflation varies from place to
place, and people to people
50. On the basis of the information given in the
passage, what are the causes of inflation?
a. Essentially economic
b. Essentially psychological
c. Essentially social
d. Highly controversial
51. How des the author write?
a. Objectively
b. Critically
c. Sympathetically
d. Persuasively



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