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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 option.
A. This may mean breaking up old relationships to create more positive and productive ones.
B. Relationships can be developed from and determined by politics.
C. Any assessment performed to change an organization’s environment should include possible
political ramifications of transformation.
D. Individual and organizational performance can be affected by myriad political influences, which can come from both internal and external sources.
E. Changing an organization’s environment should coincide with changing problematic political
Practices.
(a) EABDC
(b) DBEAC
(c) BADCE
(d) BEACD
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 option.
A. Earth has experienced climate change in the past without help from humanity.
B. The chemical make-up of the ice provides clues to the average global temperature.
C. For example, bubbles of air in glacial ice trap tiny samples of Earth’s atmosphere, giving scientists a history of greenhouse gases that stretches back more than 800,000 years.
D. Using this ancient evidence, scientists have built a record of Earth’s past climates, or
“Paleoclimates.”
E. We know about past climates because of evidence left in tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers,
ocean sediments, coral reefs, and layers of sedimentary rocks.
(a) ACDEB
(b) EACBD
(c) BDCEA
(d) AECBD
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 option.
A. Thus, employee and manager alike may resist attempts to uproot established company traditions or fiddle with untried, risky procedures.
B. The truth is if you want to learn to do it better, you’ve got to try a lot of things, many of which won’t work.
C. Their responses to creativity initiatives may in fact take shape vigorously, adamantly and fearfully.
D. With society officially downgrading the idea of creativity so strongly, it becomes problematic for businesses to get their managers and other employees thinking truly freely and “out of the box”.
E. Also, genuine creativity, by definition, subverts the status quo by facing down long-held assumptions and uncorking new ways of approaching things.
(a) DEBAC
(b) DEACB
(c) DBEAC
(d) ACBED
4
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.
GET
(a) The talk show fell flat- the anchor did not get his jokes across to his audience.
(b) I don’t know how the news of his resigning got around.
(c) She is always getting at her husband because he doesn’t clean the yard.
(d) With that innocent face, he could get off with murder.
5
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.
HANG
(a) The detective spent several months hanging around the club making friends with the suspects.
(b) He is a loner and hangs back from group activities.
(c) Some of the students hung back after the lecture to have a word with the teacher.
(d) She hung on to the shares hoping to make a huge profit.
6
There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Herodotus celebrates the glory of human ___________ with a vigor that ________ parochial Plutarch.
(a) diversity, infuriates
(b) bigotry, incenses
(c) creativity, flails
(d) ingenuity, flays
7
There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
A Beethoven quartet does not represent sorrow, but ________ it in hearer and player alike;and yet it is emphatically not a ______ experience. Like tragedy it brings intense pleasure and insight.
(a) incites, tragic
(b) elicits, sad
(c) invokes, pleasurable
(d) imbues, memorable
8
From the given words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
The doctor advised that a glass of brandy at night may affect (A)/effect (B) his recovery.
He was actuated (A)/activated (B) by ambition.
My father is not averse (A)/adverse (B) to the idea of my studying abroad.
The witness was asked to indite (A)/indict (B) the reasons for his support of the plaintiff.
(a) ABAB
(b) BBBA
(c) BAAA
(d) AAAB
9
From the given words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
The statement is usually ascribed (A)/ prescribed (B) to Winston Churchill.
All aspirants (A)/ aspirators (B) to the title had to report by 9 a.m.
The novelist amended (A)/emended (B) the manuscript before sending it to his publisher.
The carpet will complement (A)/ compliment (B) my furniture.
(a) ABAB
(b) AAAA
(c) AABB
(d) AABA
10
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.
The quality of theatrically released films has been dropping so precipitously in recent years that the Academy Awards are no longer a fair gauge of audiovisual entertainment. Several decades ago audiences could expect a film such as The Social Network every week; now we are lucky to have one or two a year. Add to this the fact that serious dramas have more or less migrated to television, and it’s clear that the Oscars have become progressively less relevant.
(a) All long-form audiovisual entertainment, released on any distribution platform, should be eligible for consideration, which of course would be a logistical nightmare for The Academy.
(b) Grown-up films and creative projects are “over” in the new era, and many are turning to long-form television.
(c) Last year arguably the best male performance of the year (Al Pacino in You Don’t Know Jack) was not eligible for the Oscars because it was ‘Made for TV’.
(d) Besides, ‘Made for TV’ movies would not in any way downgrade the specialness of ‘theatrical’ movies, if anything they would come as a wakeup call for all the movie studios.
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. Thanks to the coalition, we now have PCTs and hospitals that are confused, low in morale and have no clear idea of their future.
2. What may seem good political win for anti-Tory forces at Westminster feels like mayhem on the ground.
3. No responsible politician can afford to feel happy about “the pause” and the giant question mark hanging around the structural future of the NHS.
4. Labour has to have their own plan, which advances their own thinking post-government.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) Only 4
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