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Directions (Q.1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.



Once upon a time, there lived an old lion. The lion, the king of the forest, had grown old. He became frail and due to this, he could not hunt for food. With each passing day he became more and more weak. He realized that he would not live for long if it continued like that. He thought how he could arrange for his food. After pondering over it for quite some time, he decided that he should have an assistant.

The lion thought that a fox would be the best person to handle this position as he was intelligent and clever. He summoned the fox and said, “Dear friend, I have always liked you because you are smart. I want to appoint you as my minister and advise me on all the affairs of the forest.“ The old lion also asked the fox that since he was the king of the forest he should not have to hunt for his food. With respect to this, the fox’s first duty as minister was to bring him an animal to eat every day. The fox could not refuse the king and accepted the offer.

After the conversation, the fox went out to find an animal for the lion. On the way, he met a fat donkey. He said, “My friend, I have got good news for you. You are very lucky. Our king, the lion, has chosen you to be his chief minister. He asked me to meet you and inform you about his decision.” The donkey was scared of the lion and said, “I am afraid of the lion. He might kill me and eat me up. Why has he chosen me as his chief minister? I am not even fit enough to be a minister as I am not as intelligent as other animals.” The clever fox laughed and said, “Dear, you don’t know you great qualities. Our king is dying to meet you. He has chosen you because you are wise, gentle, and hardworking. By serving the king, you will be second most powerful animal of our forest. Imagine, all the other animals will respect you and seek favors from you.” “You must not lose your greatest chance in life.” So, the poor donkey was convinced and got ready to go along with the fox.



In this way, the fox managed to attract the donkey to the lion’s den. When the fox and donkey approached, the lion was hungrier than ever. But he kept a smiling face and said, “Welcome, my dear friend. Come near me, you are my chief minister.” As the donkey came closer, the lion pounced on him and killed him instantly. The lion thanked the clever fox and was happy to get the food. As the lion sat down to take his meal, the fox said, “Your Majesty, I know you are very hungry but a king must take a bath before his meal.” The lion thought it was a good idea and told the fox to keep a watch on the carcass of the donkey. The fox silently sat down to keep a watch of the donkey and thought to himself, “I took all the trouble of getting the donkey here. It is I who deserve the best portion of the meal.” Thus the fox cut open the head of the donkey and at up the whole brain. When lion returned he shouted, “What happened to the donkey’s brain? I wanted to eat the brain first.” The fox smilingly replied. “Your Majesty, donkeys have no brains. If he had any he would not have come near a lion at all.”

1.
Why did the lion decide to have an assistant for himself?

A) He was too lazy to hunt for himself.

B) He was old and weak and could not hunt anymore.

C) He wanted someone to help him kill the tat donkey.

D) He could not handle the affairs of the forest alone.

E) None of these.

2.
Why did the lion select the fox as his assistant?

A) He had heard that the fox had good hunting skills.

B) He wanted the fox to take over as the king of the forest.

C) The fox had offered to let the lion have his leftovers.

D) He had planned to eat the fox after luring him to become his assistant.

E) None of these.

3.
Which of the following is the moral of the story?

A) An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

B) Fools are deaf to wise words.

C) Never believe an enemy’s sweet talks.

D) Morality can be best tested while one as power.

E) One can only lead a horse to water, not make him drink it.

4.
Which of the following is TRUE in context of the passage?

A) Finally, the fox got the best part of the meal.

B) The donkey was appointed as chief minister to the king.

C) The donkey, which the fox had brought for the king, did not have any brain in his head.

D) The donkey was very intelligent and clever.

E) None is true.

5.
What, according to the lion, was the fox’s primary duty as a minister?

A) To force all animals to respect their king and seek favours from him.

B) To convince the donkey to become his chief minister

C) To take over as the king of the forest since the lion had grown too old

D) To bring him an animal to eat every day

E) To bring him an animal to eat every day

6.
Why did the fox say ‘our king is dying to meet you’ to the donkey?

A) Why did the fox say ‘our king is dying to meet you’ to the donkey?

B) The king desperately wanted the donkey to be is chief minister as he was gentle and hardworking.

C) The fox wanted to convince the donkey to come with him to the lion so that the lion could eat him.

D) The king wanted to meet the donkey since all other animals respected the donkey more than the king.

E) None of these.

7.
What did the lion do when he saw the donkey in his den?

A) He was impressed by the donkey and made him his chief minister.

B) He ordered the fox to kill him and eat his brain.

C) He went to take a bath before meeting the donkey.

D) He immediately noticed that the donkey did not have any brain.

E) None of these.

8.
What did he fox do when the lion went to take a bath before having his meal?

A) He secretly told the donkey to run away as the lion had planned to kill him.

B) He ate up the donkey’s brain as he had done all the hard work of bringing him to the lion’s den

C) He held himself responsible for the death of the poor donkey and did not let the lion eat the donkey.

D) He killed the lion with the help of the donkey and became the king of the forest.

E) None of these.

9.
Which of following best describes the donkey?

A) Honest

B) Wicked

C) Clever

D) Opportunist

E) Foolish

10.
Which one of the phrases given below the following statements should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningfully correct sentence in the context of the passage?

When the lion did not see any brain in the donkey’s head __________.

A) He spared his life and let him go.

B) He got upset with the fox for having selected such a donkey.

C) He took his decision to make him the chief minister back.

D) The fox explained to him that donkeys do not have any brains

E) None of these.

Directions(Q.11-15): Which of the phrases (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E) given below each sentence should replace the word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required mark (E) as the answer.

11.
Please take out your shoes and put out the light.

A) Take our your shoes and switch off the light

B) Take our your shoes and put on the light

C) Take off your shoes and put out the light

D) Put off your shoes and switch off the light.

E) No correction is required

12.
On account of she lacked a sense of responsibility I confiscated the keys.

A) On account that her

B) On account she

C) On account that she

D) Because she

E) No correction is required

13.
We are constantly surrounding of sounds and noise.

A) Constantly surrounding about sounds

B) Constantly surrounding by sounds

C) Constantly surrounded by sounds

D) Constantly surrounding with

E) No correction is required

14.
I leave in hurry because it was getting dark.

A) Left with hurry

B) Leave with hurry

C) Leave and hurry

D) Hurriedly left

E) No correction is required

15.
Sachin is the older of the two sons.

A) Is older than

B) Will be older of

C) Is elder than

D) Is the elder of

E) No correction is required

Directions(Q.16-20): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete in context of the sentence.

16.
Changes in sales, for example, need not to be analyzed with respect to other ____, because the sale of a product may ‘naturally’ have its own patterns trends, seasonal or cyclic fluctuations.

A) Variables

B) Tools

C) Statistics

D) Regions

E) Countries

17.
In his first public comments, the president said with concern that the leak of classified information from the battle field ‘could potentially_____ individuals or operations’.

A) Strengthen

B) Kill

C) Jeopardize

D) Disturb

E) Identify

18.
By the government’s _____ some relief from raging price rise can happen anytime in the next six months.

A) Notice

B) Reckoning

C) Plan

D) Suggestion

E) Posting

19.
Anger, the psychologists say, has as much to do with cooperation as with conflicts, and emotions are used to ____ others into cooperating in the long run.

A) Prod

B) Bringing

C) Take

D) Invite

E) Ask

20.
What started as a matter of national pride seems to be coming in for _____ from various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled.

A) Shame

B) Feedback

C) Loss

D) Flak

E) Increase

Directions(Q.21-25): Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as below.

21.
MODEST

A) Humble

B) Sufficient

C) Meager

D) Sober

E) Unpretentious

22.
DRAMATIC

A) Unprecedented

B) Thrilling

C) Spectacular

D) Effective

E) Feeble

23.
SHRINK

A) Contract

B) Physician

C) Wither

D) Shrivel

E) Reduce

24.
PREDOMINANTLY

A) Clearly

B) Aggressively

C) Mainly

D) Firstly

E) Faintly

25.
MASSIVE

A) Tall

B) Tough

C) Total

D) Little

E) Severe

Direction(Q. 26-30): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

26.
DIMINISHED

A) Created

B) Rose

C) Increased

D) Lessen

E) Finished

27.
EXHAUSTED

A) Started

B) Revitalize

C) Fresh

D) Replenished

E) Tired

28.
ARTIFICIAL

A) Valid

B) Simulated

C) Unadulterated

D) False

E) Genuine

29.
DISTRIBUTED

A) Assembled

B) Dispersed

C) Disbanded

D) Gets-together

E) Concentrated

30.
CONCEDED

A) Realized

B) Gave up

C) Resisted

D) Relaxed

E) Surrendered

Directions (Q. 31-45): 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.



As the country embarks on planning....(31)…. the 12th plan (2012-17) period, a key question mark....(32)…. hangs over the process is on the energy requirements.

Growth is energy-hungry and the aspirations of growing at 9-10 % will....(33)….huge demands on the energy resources of the country. In this energy jigsaw, renewable energy will....(34)….like never before in the 12th plan and the....(35)…..

By the rule of the thumb, India will....(36)….about 100 gigawatts (Gw)- 1000000 megawatts of capacity addition in the next five years. Encouraging trends on energy efficiency and sustained....(37)….by some parts of the government - the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, in particular , needs to be complimented for this- have led to substantially lesser energy intensity of economic growth. However, even the tempered demand numbers are....(38)….to be below 80GW. As against this need, the coal supply from the domestic sources is unlikely to support more than 25 GW equivalent capacities. Imported coal can add some more, but at a much....(39)….cost.Gas-based electricity generation is unlikely to contribute anything substantial in view of the unprecedented gas supply challenges. Nuclear will be....(40)….in the foreseeable future. Among imported coal, gas, large hydro and nuclear, no more than 15-20 Gw equivalent can be....(41)…. to be added in the five-year time block.

....(42)…. ....(43)….this capacity addition in the renewable energy based power generation has touched about 3Gw a year. In the coming five years, the overall capacity addition in the electricity grid....(44)…. renewable energy is likely to range between 20Gw and 25Gw. additionally, over and above the grid-based capacity, off-grid electricity applications are reaching remote places and....(45)….lives where grid-based electricity supply has miserably failed.

31.
A) Against

B) For

C) Onwards

D) At

E) On

32.
A) That

B) Inside

C) Always

D) Who

E) Where

33.
A) Forward

B) Subject

C) Place

D) Demand

E) Replace

34.
A) Pass

B) Publish

C) Feature

D) Find

E) Light

35.
A) Likewise

B) Publicity

C) Next

D) After

E) Earlier

36.
A) Waste

B) Require

C) Highlight

D) Generate

E) Consumed

37.
A) Structures

B) Efforts

C) Projections

D) Practices

E) Developmental

38.
A) Sure

B) Unsure

C) Unexpected

D) Unlikely

E) Likely

39.
A) Nominal

B) Excelled

C) Higher

D) Lower

E) Expected

40.
A) Failure

B) Success

C) Dangerous

D) Maximum

E) Marginal

41.
A) Certain

B) Linked

C) Remarked

D) Expected

E) Sure

42.
A) When

B) But

C) However

D) If

E) As

43.
A) For

B) With

C) Is

D) Ever

E) Against

44.
A) Through

B) Project

C) Versus

D) Against

E) Capacity

45.
A) Lightening

B) Making

C) Touching

D) Saving

E) Generating