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1
Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
A. Capping it all was a row about the legitimacy of holding election events in government property.
B. Not a problem, the Labour party insisted, for this was a PFI hospital and thus commercial
Property.
C. Gordon Brown then set out his manifesto in front of a peculiar mixture of party supporters and journalists, some of whom were jeered for asking impertinent questions.
D. The stage seemed set for a typical, if rather embarrassing, New Labour event.
E. In a Birmingham hospital, Soul Man blasted out while the likes of Pat McFadden and Bob
Ainsworth fumbled in choreographed order towards their seats.
(a) DEACB (b) DECAB (c) EBADC (d) EDCAB
2
Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
A. Far worse than even in some poor African countries.
B. This remains an area of grave concern: opening the cages will not solve the problems of basic education and health so public private partnerships may be needed.
C. Literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty and every other social indicator was always far worse in socialist India than in Asian miracle economies.
D. So, the socialist cage gave Indians neither economic growth nor social justice.
E. Vast sums of spent on health and education were wasted; teachers and health staff had an
absenteeism rate of 18 % to 58 % but were protected from disciplinary action by strong trade
Unions.
(a) EDCAB (b) BACED (c) CAEDB (d) EDBCA
3
Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
A. Hakim Ali argued against the use of tobacco: “It is not necessary for us to follow the Europeans, and adopt a custom, which is not sanctioned by our own wise men without experiment or trial.”
B. Here instinct worked better than reason but worked well enough!
C. The fact that fact may not be infallible, especially in the presence of uncertainty, is well illustrated by an episode regarding the then newly arrived practice of smoking tobacco.
D. Armed with that argument , Akbar tried smoking, but happily for him , he took an instant dislike of it and never smoked again.
E. Akbar ignored this argument on the ground that “we must not reject a thing that has been
adopted by the people of the world, merely because we can’t find it in our books; or else how
shall we progress.”
(a) CEBDA (b) CAEDB (c) CADEB (d) AEBDC
4
A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
What’s interesting is that very little of the outrage focuses on the assassination itself. By now, the West has accepted that Israelis will track down and assassinate terrorists no matter where in the world they hide. And, in the post 9/11 era, few people seem to mind. It is widely accepted that terrorists can rarely be brought to justice and convicted by courts of law. ___________________
(a) Last month an 11-member hit team dispatched by Israel’s Mossad travelled to Dubai and
assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Hamas military commander.
(b) All this has lessons for India.
(c) So, an assassination often seems like the most effective option.
(d) America infiltrates terror groups, encourages them to fight with each other, kidnaps and whisks away important terrorists.
5
A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
As society often reminds us, a woman never really has a home to call her own. As a young girl she lives in her father’s home and as a married lady, she occupies her husband’s. So, which is the home she can rightfully claim as hers? The answer is obvious – the one she buys for herself. More and more women are making this crucial decision and putting down their own money for a roof over their heads. ______________________
(a) From sweepers to surgeon, women in the workforce are increasingly breaking away from past tyrannies and asserting their right to live life on their own terms.
(b) It frees them from that ghastly insecurity of staying in relationships that may not be in their
Interest.
(c) ‘My house...my card...my pc...my money....’— the operative word here is ‘my’.
(d) This new equation is not restricted to ‘people like us’ – this change is cutting across all divides.
6
A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Here are a few scenes from a revolution: In early February, Barack Obama ended a six-month pressconference drought by taking questions from YouTube. When a madman crashed his plane into a Texas office building a couple of weeks later, the White House responded on its blog. __________________________________
(a) In response, Obama’s advisers have had to remake the rules of presidential p.r.
(b) But the White House has proved to be a harder perch from which to dominate the conversation.
(c) During the 2008 campaign, Obama’s team had been able to exploit new technologies as no
political campaign had before.
(d) And during the bipartisan summit on health reform, press secretary Robert Gibbs used Twitter to keep score.
7
The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Lay
(a) Bombers lay waste to enemy cities during wars.
(b) We will have to lay over in Paris on our way to London.
(c) The army was supposed to lay siege on the city till the enemy surrendered.
(d) The experts studied the lay of the land to determine if the location was suitable for the new
production facility.
8
The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Fall
(a) Credulous people fall prey to swindlers
(b) Politicians fall over themselves to please their voters during elections.
(c) I had to fall back on my savings when I was fired.
(d) Many underprivileged people fall in the cracks of our Healthcare system.
9
Four sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C and D. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
A. The greatest turbulence never destroyed all elements of the old order.
B. Unlike America or Australasia, Europe is an old continent, in the sense that it has a long and
continuous history of some two thousand years.
C. Even when it suffered severe changes and considerable disintegration, as during the barbarian invasion of the fifth century, enough of its past always survived to provide real continuity.
D. Beneath the patchwork suggested by a political map showing the division of Europe into states, there was a vast substratum of historical heritage and continuity.
(a) BDCA (b) DABC (c) ABCD (d) BCAD
10
Given below are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.
1. The Georgian windows in Bishop Terrick’s dining room looks out on to the gardens of Fulham
Palace.
2. This building, once the summer retreat of the Bishops of London, is now a museum and event
Venue.
3. Today it’s host to musicians who patiently peer out of one of the windows.
4. From the outside they’re framed through clouds of wisteria and look suitably romantic.
(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1 and 2
11
Given below are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.
1. The movie begins with Elia Suleiman as grown man sitting alone in a taxi from an airport being driven at night by an Israeli cabbie.
2. A storm blows up and the surrounding countryside was cloaked in rain and fog.
3. Briefly illuminated by flashes of lightning, the country is suddenly unfamiliar to both driver and
Passenger.
4. The cab stops besides the road and both men, ignoring the law, light cigarettes.
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 4
(d) All are incorrect
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