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51. 1. Long ago in a Danish kingdom
P : would nightly roam the countryside and
Q : then would stalk the king’s high hall and there
R : who rising from his marshy home
S : lived a gruesome monster named Grendel
6. kill as many people as he could lay his hands on.
(A) R P S Q (B) S Q P R (C) P Q S R (D) S R P Q

D




52. 1. Tourists are flooding into
P : about the dream trip they would
Q : remote parts of the earth;
R : and adventurous people are thinking
S : what used to be considered
6. like to take to these places.
(A) R S P Q (B) S Q R P (C) Q R S P (D) R P Q S


B





53. 1. Bernard Shaw’s first play was presented in 1892.
P : Then came a series of plays.
Q : It received wide acceptance.
R : It was enacted to a packed audience in London.
S : Finally, in 1905, he emerged as the best playwright with ‘Man and Superman’.
6. Critics hailed him as the greatest playwright of the 20th century.
(A) R P Q S (B) Q P S R (C) P Q S R (D) R Q P S

B




54. 1. The system of Sati prevailed among upper caste Hindus in the 19th century.
P : However, reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy launched powerful anti-Sati campaign.
Q : Between 1815 and 1818 in Bengal alone, 800 women became Satis.
R : The British did not take any legal action against this practice.
S : They feared a backlash from orthodox elements.
6. Lord William Bentinck was responsible for passing a law abolishing Sati.
(A) P Q R S (B) Q R P S (C) Q P S R (D) R S P Q


D



55. 1 : Ants seem to be able to do everything but think.
P : An ant has very little individuality and is not beset by any anti-social urges or desires as
men and women so often are.
Q :When an individual ant is subjected to any kind of intelligence test it generally comes
out of it rather badly.
R :Any food an ant finds is shared and it will unhesitatingly sacrifice itself if the nest is
threatened.
S :There are no equivalents of police in an ant’s nest because there would be nothing for them to
do.
6 : All the work it does is done for the community
(A) Q P S R (B) P Q R S (C) Q R S P (D) S P R Q

A







56. 1 : Now Kannan shook the box, held the slit up to light and tried to find out how much it
contained.
P : The blacksmith had made a good job of it—the slit was exactly of the thickness of a coin,
which could go one way through it.
Q :But not one coin came out of it.
R :He held the box upside down and shook it violently till he felt deaf with the clanging of
coins.
S :No power on earth could shake a coin out of it again.
6 : After a while he put it down and looked about for something with which to widen the slit.
(A) P Q R S (B) R Q P S (C) P S R Q (D) S P Q R


B







57. 1 : The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man.
P : All these aspects constitute the nature of man.
Q : It shows how the human being is a rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.
R : More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.
S : Nothing can give him fulfillment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.
6 : A man who does not harmonise them, is not truly human.
(A) P S R Q (B) R S P Q (C) Q P S R (D) P S Q R





C





58. 1 : For decades, American society has been called a melting pot.
P. Differences remained – in appearance, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more.
Q. The term has long been a cliche, and a half-truth.
R. But homogenization was never achieved.
S. Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native
lands and become almost imperceptibly woven into the American fabric.
6. In recent years, such differences – accentuated by the arrival of immigrants from Asia
and other parts of the world in the United States – have become something to celebrate
and to nurture.
(A) Q R S P (B) S Q R P (C) S Q P R (D) Q S R P


D
SR









59. 1. The caste system is a unique institution inherent in the Indian culture.
P : It is a successful expression of the ideal ‘Unity in Diversity’.
Q : It survived many upheavals in our History.
R : It played an important role in the preservation of our society.
S : Its existence is dated back to the Rig-Veda Age.
6. It is considered to be the strength and weakness of our culture.
(A) S Q P R (B) P Q R S (C) S P R Q (D) Q R P S


A










60. 1. The teacher had to
P : be specially careful
Q : because he enjoyed
R : about how he faced up to this problem
S : the confidence
6. of all the boys.
(A) P R Q S (B) Q P S R (C) S P R Q (D) P S R Q





A





61. 1. Movies made in
P : all around
Q : Hollywood in America
R : by people
S : are seen at the same time
6. the globe
(A) Q S R P (B) Q R P S (C) P S R Q (D) Q P S R



A









62. 1. : Convention has a necessary part to play in the life of everyone.
P : It is necessary had useful for this reason.
Q : Of course, there is nothing absolute about conventions.
R : They vary from country to country, from age to age.
S : In all social affairs it prescribes more or less generally accepted rules of behaviour.
6. : Their purpose, however, is always the same.
(A) S Q R P (B) P Q S R (C) R P S Q (D) S P Q R




A






63. 1. : No one can seriously pretend to remain unaffected by advertisement.
P : Even in the sanctity of our living rooms advertisers pounce upon their helpless victims
as they tune in to their favourite radio or television programmes.
Q : It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the solicitous overtures to buy this or that article
that fill our streets, newspapers and magazines.
R : Most often they bank upon our sense of fear for not doing or possessing this or that for our
youth, beauty, health and security.
S : No matter how hard we resist, clever little tunes and catch-phrases seep into our
subconscious mind and stay there.
6 : Though they seem so varied all these advertisements have one thing in common: they
make strong appeals to our emotions.
(A) P Q S R (B) Q R P S (C) R P S Q (D) S Q P R


D









64. 1 : A great part of Arabia is desert.
P : The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the day time.
Q : These springs are few and far apart, but wherever these is one, green grass very soon
covers that ground all around it.
R : Here there is nothing but sand and rock.
S : Here and there is the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the
ground.
6 : Such place is called an oasis.
(A) P S R Q (B) R S Q P (C) R P S Q (D) P Q S R






C












65. 1. : Many things about Konark seem shrouded in mystery.
P : It is, of course, a religious shrine.
Q : But here there also seems to be a great emphasis on purely human grandeur.
R : Why was it built?
S : Long before the temple was built, sometime in the 13th century, Konark was one of the
five holiest places in Orissa.
6. : King Narasimha probably had it built as much as a memorial to himself as he did in
honour of the Sun-God.
(A) R P Q S (B) R P S Q (C) S R P Q (D) S P Q R





D






66. 1 : Most of you probably did not see Gandhiji at close quarters.
P : One of these qualities was that he managed to draw out the good in another person.
Q : But he somehow spotted the good and laid emphasis on that good.
R : He had amazing qualities.
S : The other person may have had plenty of evil in him.
6 : The result was that that poor man had to try to be good.
(A) Q P S R (B) R P S Q (C) P R Q S (D) Q S P R



B







67. 1 : Everybody thinks that this is the Age of Reason.
P : Reason takes a backseat at such times.
Q : The ordinary events of life seem to support this view.
R : We must therefore avoid the development of such situations.
S : But the behavior of people in crises make us doubt this.
6 : Obviously we must re-examine the view that this is the age of Reason.
(A) R Q P S (B) S R Q P (C) P S R Q (D) Q S R P




D

SAB SOCHTE HIA KI YE TIME REASON KA HIA ,, "Q" ORDINARY EVENT IS VIEW KO SUPPORT KRTI HAI.. SO D IS RYT






68. 1 : Our villages are not now as serene and peaceful as they had been twenty five years ago.
P : The village people now seldom live under the overall command of any single powerful
headman.
Q : Local political leaders mostly control and command them.
R : Party politics had entered into the peaceful villages forcing the villages to live polarized
political lives.
S : One dangerous consequence of this is that they are often dragged into clashes even with
their own relations of different political beliefs.
6 : This often vitiates the traditional tranquillity of the rural way of living.
(A) P R S Q (B) R P Q S (C) Q P R S (D) P S R Q




B






69. 1. India is mostly the land of villages.
P: India was very backward before independence.
Q: But after independence India has made tremendous progress.
R: Most of the people live in villages.
S : Agriculture is the main occupation of these people.
6. Today India exports many industrial goods all over the world.
(A) SRQP (B) RSPQ (C) PRQS (D) QPRS





B

LAND OF VILLAGE ..MOST PPL LIVE IN VILLAGE..(r) OPTION B




70. 1. Brainstorming requires a focus question that is clear and unambiguous.
P: One strategy to implement a brainstorm would be to write down the question.
Q: In fact, participants must be encouraged to suggest any response, however strange.
R: It is important that no value be attached to the responses at this stage.
S : Participants can then document near the question the responses from the group.
6. The aim would be to allow individual ideas to spark off each other.
(A) QRPS (B) RQPS (C) PSRQ (D) QPSR



C


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101. It will greatly surprise him if they choose him.
(A) He will be greatly surprised if he is chosen
(B) He will be greatly surprised if he was chosen
(C) He will be greatly surprised if he is to be chosen
(D) He will greatly surprised if he is chosen




A






102. Spectators thronged the streets.
(A) The streets were thronged by the spectators.
(B) The streets were thronged with the spectators.
(C) The streets are thronged with the spectators.
(D) The streets were throng with the spectators.




B


103. The first railway was built by George Stephenson.
(A) George Stephenson builds the first railway.
(B) George Stephenson has built the first railway.
(C) George Stephenson builded the first railway.
(D) George Stephenson built the first railway.



C
ANS SHOULD BE D


104. A thunderstorm often turns milk sour.
(A) Milk is often turned sour by a thunderstorm.
(B) Milk was often turned sour by a thunderstorm.
(C) Milk are often turned sour by a thunderstorm.
(D) Milk can be often turned sour by a thunderstorm.



A



105. One may accomplish many things by a little effort.
(A) Many things might be accomplished by a little effort.
(B) Many things may be accomplished by a little effort.
(C) Many things will be accomplished by a little effort.
(D) Many things can be accomplished by a little effort.




B







106. The flames engulfed the house
(A) The house is engulfed in the flame.
(B) The house was engulfed in the flame.
(C) The house was engulfed by the flame.
(D) The house is engulfed by the flame.




B


107. Who knows you?
(A) By whom are you known? (B) Whom are you known by?
(C) To whom are you known? (D) Who are you known?




C



108. This box contains ten cigars.
(A) Ten cigars are contained in this box.
(B) Ten cigars are contained by this box.
(C) Ten cigars are contained with this box.
(D) Ten cigars were contained in this box.



A




109. We are taught French here.
(A) A teacher teaches us French here. (B) French is taught here.
(C) A lady teaches us French here. (D) You teach us French here





A



110. The news of Tsunami surprised us.
(A) We were surprised upon the news of Tsunami
(B) we were surprised at the news of Tsunami
(C) we were surprised with the news of Tsunami
(D) we were surprised on the news of Tsunami



B





111. India expected to win this World Cup.
(A) The World Cup was expected to be won by India.
(B) It was expected by India to win the World Cup.
(C) To win the World Cup has been expected by India.
(D) India expected that the World Cup be won by it.


B





112. You should endure what you cannot cure .
(A) What cannot be cured should be endured
(B) What could not be cured should be endured
(C) What cannot be cured should endured
(D) What cannot be cured has to be endured


A




113.Have this gate crashed.
(A) Crash this gate. B) Get someone to crash this gate.

(C) Let this gate be crashed. (D) Have crashed this gate .



B



114.Great oaks are felled by little strokes.
(A) Little strokes fells great oaks. (B) Little strokes fell great oaks.
(C) Little strokes fall great oaks. (D) Little strokes will fall great oaks.




B




115. I don’t understand what you say.
(A) It is not understood by me what is said.
(B) It is not understood what you say.
(C) I do not understand that is said by you.
(D) What is said by you is not understood by me.


D




116. Every one will laugh at you and will reject your proposal.
(A) You are laughed at and your proposal will be rejected.
(B) You were laughed at and your proposal will be rejected.
(C) You will laughed at and your proposal can be rejected.
(D) You will be laughed at and your proposal will be rejected.


D




117. In Group ,every suggestion is listened to and every problem is sorted out .
(A) In Group ,we listen to every suggestion and sort out every problem
(B) In Group ,we listened to every suggestion and sorted out every problem
(C) In Group ,we will listen to every suggestion and sort out every problem
(D) In Group ,we listen every suggestion and sort out every problem


A





18.The crops were harvested
(A) The farmers harvested the crops (B) We harvested the crops
(C) Someone harvested the crops (D) The farmers harvest the crops





A

119. The surface feels smooth.
(A) The surface is smooth when it is felt.
(B) The surface was smooth when it is felt.
(C) The surface is smooth when it was felt.
(D) The surface is smooth when feel.



A





120. The people regarded him as an impostor and called him a villain.
(A) He is regarded as an imposter and was called a villian
(B) He was regarded as an imposter and is called a villian
(C) He was regarded as an imposter and was called a villian
(D) He will be regarded as an imposter and called a villian

C



121. Are they not creating problems for us?.
(A) Are problems being created for us?
(B) Are not problems being created for us?
(C) Are problems not being created for us?
(D) Are problems not been created for us?


C

122.By whom was the jug broken ?
(A) Who broke the jug? (B) Who did break the jug?(C) who the jug was broken by? (D) Who does break the jug?



A






123.Let everyone be given a chance.
(A) Give a chance to everyone. (B) Give a chance for everyone.
(C) Let a chance given to everyone. (D) I will give up a chance


A




124. The committee is looking into the matter.
(A) The matter was being looked into by the committee
(B)The matter is being looked into by the committee
(C) The matter is being looked by the committee
(D) The matter is been looked into by the committee



B



125. Spread the clothes and go away
(A) Let the clothes be spread and you are ordered to go away
(B) Let the clothes be spread and let you gone
(C) Let the clothes spread and you are ordered to go away
(D) Let the clothes be spreaded and you are ordered to go away



A


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126. ‘Cheer up, mother, I’ll go and get work somewhere,’ said Bhim.
(A) Bhim asked his mother to cheer up because he would go and get work somewhere.
(B) Bhim asked his mother to cheer up because he will go and get work somewhere.
(C) Bhim asked his mother to cheer up because he would go and got work somewhere. ( D )
Bhim asked his mother to cheered up because he would go and get work somewhere.



A






127. ‘No,’ said the child; ‘I won’t kneel, for if I do, I shall spoil my new pants.’
(A) The child said that he will not kneel,for if he did,he would spoil his new pants.
(B) The child said that he would not kneel,for if he do,he will spoil his new pants.
(C) The child said that he would not kneel,for if he did,he would spoil his new pants.
(D) The child said that he cannot kneel,for if he did,he would spoil his new pants.


C








128. ‘I have just one word to say to you,’ said the dealer. ‘Either make your purchase, or walk out
of my shop.’
(A) The dealer told him that he has just one word to say to him. He must either make his
purchase or walk out of his shop.
(B) The dealer told him that he had just one word to say to him. Make his purchase or walk
out of his shop.
(C) The dealer told him that he had just one word to say to him. He must either make his
purchase or walk out of his shop.
(D) The dealer told to him that he had just one word to say to him. He must either make his
purchase or walk out of his shop.


C






129. A young Rajah once said to his Courtier, ‘How is it that I am so often ill ? I take great care of
myself; I never go out in the rain; I wear warm clothes; I eat good food. Yet I am always
catching cold or getting fever.’
(A) A young Rajah once asked his Courtier how it was that he was so often ill. He took great
care of himself; he never went out in the rain; he wore warm clothes; he ate good food. Yet
he was always catching cold, or getting fever.
(B) A young Rajah once asked his Courtier how it is that he is so often ill. He took great care
of himself; he never went out in the rain; he wore warm clothes; he ate good food. Yet he
was always catching cold, or getting fever.
(C) A young Rajah once asked his Courtier how it was that he was so often ill. He takes great
care of himself; he never goes out in the rain; he wears warm clothes; he eats good food.
Yet he is always catching cold, or getting fever.
(D) A young Rajah once asked his Courtier how it was that he was so often ill. He took great
care of himself; he never went out in the rain; he wore warm clothes; he ate good food. Yet
he is always catching cold, or getting fever.


A






130. ‘My hour has come,’ thought he. ‘Let me meet death like a man.’
(A) He thought that his hour had come and decided to meet death like a man.
(B) He thought that his hour came and decided to meet death like a man.
(C) He thought that his hour's come and decided to meet death like a man.
(D)He thought that his hour had come and decided that he will meet death like a man




A







131. ‘Ah ! you don’t know what these beans are,’ said the man; if you plant them over-night, by
morning they grow right up to the sky.’
(A) The man exclaimed that she did not know what those beans are. He added that if she
planted them over-night, by morning they will grow right up to the sky.
(B) The man exclaimed that she did not know what those beans were. He added that if she
planted them over-night, by morning they would grow right up to the sky.
(C) The man exclaimed that she does not know what those beans were. He added that if she
planted them over-night, by morning they would grow right up to the sky.
(D) The man exclaimed that she did not know what those beans are. He added that if she
planted them over-night, by morning they would grow right up to the sky.


B






132. Said the wolf to the fox, ‘Now either yield yourself as vanquished, or certainly I will kill you.’
(A) The wolf asked the fox to yield himself as vanquished. If he did not, he would certainly kill
him.
(B) The wolf asked the fox to yield himself as vanquished. If he did not, he will certainly kill
him.
(C) The wolf asked the fox to yield himself as vanquished. If he did not, he certainly killed
him.
(D) The wolf asked the fox to yield himself as vanquished. If he do not, he would certainly kill
him.



A






133. He said : ‘How are you, my dear friend ? What can I do for you ? What are you in want of?
(A) He asked how she is, what he can do for her and what she is in want of.
(B) He asked how she was, what he could do for her and what she was in want of.
(C) He asked how she was, what he could do for her and what she is in want of.
(D) He asked how she was, what he could do for her and what she were in want of.




B






134. She replied, "I was happy playing with the pebbles on the seashore, and I care only for the
sparkle of the little waves on the shining sand."
(A) She replied that she has been happy playing with the pebbles on the seashore, and she
cares only for the sparkle of the little waves on the shining sand.
(B) She replied that she had been happy playing with the pebbles on the seashore, and she
cared only for the sparkle of the little waves on the shining sand.
(C) She replied that she was happy playing with the pebbles on the seashore, and she cared
only for the sparkle of the little waves on the shining sand.
(D)She replied that she had been happy playing with the pebbles on the seashore, and she
cares only for the sparkle of the little waves on the shining sand.


B




135. He said,"I did not see you yesterday and so I cannot let you come in today."
(A) He said that he had not seen him the previous day and so he could not let him come in
that day."
(B) He said that he had not seen him yesterday and so he could not let him come in that day."
(C) He said that he did not see him the previous day and so he cannot not let him come in
that day."
(D) He said that he had not seen him the previous day and so he could not let him come in
today."



A



136. The visitor said to them "Please give me a glass of water."
(A) The visitor said please give him a glass of water.
(B) The visitor said to them to give him a glass of water.
(C) The visitor ordered them to give a glass of water.
(D) The visitor requested them to give him a glass of water.


D



137. The policeman told the students, "Do not park your vehicles here."
(A) The policeman asked them not park your vehicles here.
(B) The policeman asked them not to park their vehicles here.
(C) The policeman asked them not to park their vehicles there.
(D) The policeman asked them not to park his vehicle here.



C


138. The man said, "All the boys are playing in the street."
(A) The man told us that all the boys had been playing in the street.
(B) The man told us that all the boys were playing in the street.
(C) The man told us that all the boys play in the street.
(D) The man told us that all the boys in the street are playing






B





139. She said, "I am sorry, I did not write."
(A) She apologized for I did not write.
(B) She apologized she is sorry, she did not write.
(C) She apologized she is sorry, she has not written.
(D) She apologized and added that she was sorry, she had not written.


D




140. "Alright, yes, I was wrong and you were right," he said.
(A) He admitted that he has been wrong and I have been right.
(B) He admitted that I was wrong and you were right.
(C) He admitted that I was wrong and he was right.
(D) He admitted that he had been wrong and I had been right


B

SHOULD BE D





141. Nirmal said to us, "My father gave me a purse yesterday."
(A) Nirmal told us that my father given me a purse the previous day.
(B) Nirmal told us that his father had given him a purse the previous day.
(C) Nirmal told us that his father has given him a purse yesterday.
(D) Nirmal told us that his father had given him a purse yesterday.

B






142. I asked my brother if he had returned the money to his friend.
(A) "Had you. returned the money to my friend."
(B) I said to my brother, "Have you return the money to his friend ?"
(C) "Have you returned the money to your friend ?"
(D) "Do you return the money to his friend."

C







143. Bala's mother : 'Will you lock the door Bala ?'
(A) Bala's mother told Bala that he need not lock the door.
(B) Bala's mother asked Bala if he would lock the door.
(C) Bala's mother asked Bala if he had locked the door.
(D) Bala's mother said lock the door.



B





144. "Are you ready Raju ?" Mother asked.
(A) Mother asked Raju if he would be ready.
(B) Mother told Raju if he was ready.
(C) Mother asked Raju if he was ready.
(D) Mother wanted to know from Raju if he was ready.





C

145. Ann told my brother, "I will meet you in your class."
(A) Ann told my brother that he will meet her in her class.
(B) Ann told my brother that I would meet you in your class.
(C) Ann told my brother that she would meet him in his class.
(D) Ann told my brother that she would meet him in her class




 C


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