Q1
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GENIAL
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Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GENIAL
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REVAMP
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RESCIND
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RESPLENDENT
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONY
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CANTANKEROUS
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FELICITY
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
UNRUFFLED
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FELINE
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TENUOUS
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXQUISITE
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WRESTED
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXPOSTULATED
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERPETUAL
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DAUNTLESS
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SEETHING
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STINGY
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXULTATION
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DOUGHTY
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBVIATE
Directions: Each of the following 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 most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SACRILEGE
PASSAGE I
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non guilty for him and free him of his miseries.
Three of the following statements indicate that he had a sparkling hope. Which statement does not?
PASSAGE I
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non guilty for him and free him of his miseries.
Whatever others said about him, he
PASSAGE I
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non guilty for him and free him of his miseries.
In the dark dungeon he always waited for
PASSAGE I
Ah! whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead non guilty for him and free him of his miseries.
The truth must prevail means
PASSAGE II
Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man's face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.
The man was scribbling down
PASSAGE II
Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man's face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.
The man caught author's attention because
PASSAGE II
Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man's face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.
The author found that man's reply quite startling because
PASSAGE II
Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger aboard. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man's face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.
From the passage we gather that
PASSAGE III
With the inevitable growth of specialization I see the universities facing two great dangers. First, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. And secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.
The author calls growth of specialisation 'inevitable'. Which one of the following statements is likely to be the most correct reason for this inevitability?
PASSAGE III
With the inevitable growth of specialization I see the universities facing two great dangers. First, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. And secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.
Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the central theme of the passage?
PASSAGE III
With the inevitable growth of specialization I see the universities facing two great dangers. First, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. And secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.
Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the warning implied in the passage?
PASSAGE IV
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness; the children laughed; the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.
The firewood had been
PASSAGE IV
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness; the children laughed; the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.
The parents looked
PASSAGE IV
One December night, a family had gathered around their fireside and piled it high with wood gathered from mountain streams and ruins of great trees that had come falling down the mountain sides. The fire roared and brightened the room with its light. The faces of the father and mother had a quiet gladness; the children laughed; the oldest daughter was the picture of happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother who sat sewing in the warmest place was the picture of happiness grown old.
The oldest daughter looked
PASSAGE V
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then – this thought had come to her before – that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed she had never thanked him for the help he had given her father.
She glanced at him when
PASSAGE V
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then – this thought had come to her before – that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed she had never thanked him for the help he had given her father.
Her unpleasant feeling passed when
PASSAGE V
The unpleasant feeling passed and she glanced guardedly up at him. He was walking unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him. She felt then – this thought had come to her before – that there might be more to him than she had imagined. She felt ashamed she had never thanked him for the help he had given her father.
She was ashamed because
PASSAGE VI
As I slung my pack onto my shoulders a big mosquito thudded against my cheek. There had been a few through the day, but it was early in the season – the ice had gone out just two weeks before – and I had scarcely noticed them. But now as I wound down the ridge, the last breeze faded, and they were on me. Rising in clouds from the soggy tundra, they pelted against my face. I reached in my pocket for the repellent, and came up empty.
The traveller could not feel the breeze because
PASSAGE VI
As I slung my pack onto my shoulders a big mosquito thudded against my cheek. There had been a few through the day, but it was early in the season – the ice had gone out just two weeks before – and I had scarcely noticed them. But now as I wound down the ridge, the last breeze faded, and they were on me. Rising in clouds from the soggy tundra, they pelted against my face. I reached in my pocket for the repellent, and came up empty.
The traveller carried with him
PASSAGE VI
As I slung my pack onto my shoulders a big mosquito thudded against my cheek. There had been a few through the day, but it was early in the season – the ice had gone out just two weeks before – and I had scarcely noticed them. But now as I wound down the ridge, the last breeze faded, and they were on me. Rising in clouds from the soggy tundra, they pelted against my face. I reached in my pocket for the repellent, and came up empty.
When he was in the arctic, the time of the year was
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Having visited the Taj Mahal many tourists think that Agra has little else to offer.
S6: There are few other buildings to match the delicacy of this tomb.
P: One of these is surely the tomb of Itimad-ud-daulah.
Q: The design of the whole tomb was given by his daughter Nur Jahan.
R: After seeing the Taj one could profitably visit half a dozen other Mughal buildings.
S: This tomb has the delicacy of a baroque jewel case.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: For years the old chair stood in one of the empty attics.
S6: I saw my parents madly in love again.
P: So when I saw it for the last time, it stood there.
Q: When my mother died, I wanted to sell it but could not.
R: It was there for many years after my father died.
S: I peeped in the past.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Illness may start with almost any sign, but some of them are much commoner than others.
S6: As soon as this happens he must become alert about the signs.
P: It is important to note these signs.
Q: Often the first sign of something wrong is that the patient just does not feel fit.
R: They may help a doctor to decide what is wrong.
S: He usually relies on these signs for the diagnosis of the illness.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Newton was perhaps the greatest scientist that ever lived.
S6: Newton went home and worked quietly by himself for about 18 months.
P: But when he was only 22, a terrible plague epidemic swept over England.
Q: He was the son of a Lincolnshire farmer, and was born in 1642.
R: Therefore the universities were closed.
S: He went to Cambridge to study mathematics when he was 19.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Poverty is a God's curse.
S6: Is not poverty a God's boon!
P: These persons get themselves enrolled as poor persons and get all the benefits of poverty.
Q: It is not necessary for a person to be actually poor for getting enrolled because it can be easily managed.
R: It may be true for a few but to many it is just its opposite.
S: Such persons consider it to be a source of enjoying life without earning enjoyment.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Belur is 35 km. from Hassan.
S6: They depict young women – musicians and dancers – in various poses.
P: Seen from afar, the star-shaped temple, characteristically Hoysala, is not very impressive.
Q: It stands in a courtyard surrounded by a rectangular wall.
R: But closer it is dazzling and marvellous; and the entire exterior is decorated with sculptures, the loveliest being the panels right and left of the main door.
S: Chennakesava Temple is dedicated to Vishnu.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: When his business failed, he began to look for a job in an office.
S6: Unable to bear misfortunes any further, he started toying with the idea of ending his life of burdens and strains.
P: To overcome depression he took to drinking and became addicted to it.
Q: He soon realized that nothing was more difficult than to find a job.
R: Without job he failed to meet the daily requirements of his family which made him highly depressed.
S: Quarrel ensued invariably between husband and wife when he returned home in a state of drunkenness.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Unlike many modern thinkers, Tagore had no blueprint for the world's future.
S6: As a poet he will always delight, as a singer he will always enchant, as a teacher he will always enlighten.
P: His thought will therefore never be out of date.
Q: He merely emphasised certain basic truths which men may ignore only at their peril.
R: He believed in no particular 'ism'.
S: He was what Gandhi ji rightly termed the Great Sentinel.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Louis Pasteur had a very busy and interesting life.
S6: He was always very proud of being able to help his country in this way.
P: Among the people whom Pasteur was able to help were brewers, breeders of silk worms, and cow keepers, all of whom were trying to carry on important industries.
Q: He worked hard in his laboratory with test tubes and all kinds of experiments.
R: He was working to help people who were suffering in some special way from disease.
S: He not only made some exciting discoveries about germs but he was able to use his discoveries in very practical ways.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Tom Walker and his wife were always at loggerheads.
S6: Tom silently thanked God for this relief.
P: She never tired of reproaching him on this score.
Q: Tom was incurably lazy and talkative.
R: One day Mrs. Walker caught a deadly cold, and shortly afterwards, died.
S: This was a constant source of irritation to his wife.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: So we went on in the quiet, and the twilight deepened into night.
S6: Then as the darkness grew deeper, she put her arms round my neck, and, closing her eyes tightly pressed her face against my shoulder.
P: The ground grew dim and the trees black.
Q: The clear blue of the distance faded, and one star after another came out.
R: Neena's fears and her fatigue grew upon her.
S: I took her in my arms and talked to her and caressed her.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Kennedy kicked moodily at the leg of the chair which he was holding.
S6: It was a depressing beginning.
P: Now his chief desire seemed to be to score off the human race in general, his best friend included.
Q: If he had asked Fenn to help him in a tight place, then he knew he could have relied on him.
R: Last term he and Fenn had been as close friends as you could wish to see.
S: The feeling that his whole world had fallen about his ears was increasing with every hour he spent at Kay's.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: I sat at the table and ate.
S6: I was just the normal Ramaswamy, husband of Madeleine.
P: My breathing became suddenly difficult.
Q: I concentrated on my food and I was convinced I had to eat.
R: I stopped, however, any exhibition of the extraordinary.
S: But lungs have temperament.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Todd borrowed this dollar last year on the 8th of April.
S6: And I said, 'certainly'.
P: He needed a dollar to pay his taxi and I lent it to him.
Q: He merely said, 'Let me have a dollar, will you'!
R: It happened quite simply and naturally.
S: I hardly realised it till it was all over.
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given. The middle four sentences (P, Q, R, S) have been jumbled. Find the proper sequence.
S1: People have always been fascinated by dreams.
S6: But a small number, perhaps less than 5% have them regularly.
P: In fact, only recently have there been serious studies to find out how many of us actually have nightmares.
Q: Now that is changing.
R: But the study of nightmares has been curiously neglected.
S: While results so far are inconclusive, it seems fair to say that at least half the population has occasional nightmares.
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
I went to his house (a) but couldn't see him (b) because he went out before I arrived (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
When I shall see him (a), I will tell him (b) that what he has done is wrong (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
Literature remains the interest of a minority (a) and the majority has chosen to ignore (b) those aspects of language which, at school they were told to value highly (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
I look forward (a) to meet you (b) in future (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
If I was the king (a), I would change (b) the face of my country (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
He admits (a) that he is not following (b) the instructions (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
Life on board ship (a) was not as I expected (b) it to be (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
He did not pass the examination (a) inspite of his best efforts (b). No error (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
I tried to read your letter (a), but it was so badly written (b) that I had to leave the attempt (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
I prefer (a) my job to yours (b). No error (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
If there a guarantee (a) then we are prepared (b) to place a bulk order for your product (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
I meet him once a blue moon (a) so I do not know much (b) about his activities (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
My daughter-in-laws (a) who are in Kolkata (b) have come to visit us (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
He asked me (a) what my name is (b) and where I came from (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
There has always been some form of education (a) but there has not (b) always been schools (c). No error (d).
Directions: Each sentence is underlined in three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find the error, if any. If no error, answer (d).
At the annual function of the school (a) the principal advised to the students (b) to be ideal (c). No error (d).
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
He / found the house and knocked at / without any difficulty / the door / twice
(P) (Q) (R) (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
A good garden, / should display (P) / round about a huge building or palace (Q) / laid out on a magnificent scale (R) / fresh beauties every month (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
When a spider / has a meal, (P) / its next meal, (Q) / until it has to last for many months (R) / it eats enough (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Mother tongue is / for the development (P) / as natural (Q) / of man's mind (R) / as mother's milk (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
The year (P) / that has just ended (Q) / has proved to be (R) / disastrous (S) / for my uncle's family
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
When I look back on my life (P) / I find it hard to believe (Q) / which has been eventful despite (R) / what cynics say that it is an illusion (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Guards often use / to search for cavities (P) / metal probing rods (Q) / which they push through (R) / the ground (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
I realized more than ever (P) / and how we lived and worked (Q) / how cut off we were from our people (R) / and agitated in a little world apart from them (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Medical practice in recent years (P) / has changed so radically (Q) / you only get specialists in a variety of fields (R) / that you can no longer find a good general practitioner (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
If everything / will be a great success (P) / the closing function (Q) / we are sure (R) / goes on well (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
With an idea to reach the deprived child (P) / by the United Nations (Q) / the year 1979 has (R) / been declared as the International Year of the Child (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
The gardener / with a little brown moustache (P) / a short fellow (Q) / and sharp little brown eyes (R) / tiptoed into the room (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
If you have something interesting / express it clearly (P) / to write about (Q) / simply and with the human touch (R) / (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
One cloudless morning / towards the valley (P) / the pilots flew off together (Q) / of the farmer's house (R) / in close formation (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
When he had ridden / to the end of his mad little journey (P) / in front of his rocking horse (Q) / he climbed down and stood staring fixedly (R) / into its lowered face (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
The meeting / if Mr. Rai (P) / would have been over on time (Q) / with long financial report (R) / did not hold us up (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
The long gruelling hours had finally paid off / on drawing after drawing, (P) / working (Q) / tirelessly (R) / painting after painting (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
For us (P) / before this Monday (Q) / to complete this work (R) / is very important (S) / and it should not be delayed
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
When the party (P) / realized that (Q) / elections were over (R) / in the assembly it had lost its majority (S)
Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. Re-arrange the parts labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
If you must arm yourself (P) / so before starting a war (Q) / that the enemy may think twice (R) / you want peace (S)
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REPLENISH
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RELENTLESS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RESILIENCE
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUERULOUS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACQUITTED
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GRUDGING
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVULGE
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GARRULOUS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REJUVENATED
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THWARTED
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BIG WIGS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRONE TO
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBSEQUIOUS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FIGHT SHY OF
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BY FITS AND STARTS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PAUCITY
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIFFIDENCE
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DELETERIOUS
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXASPERATE
Directions: Each of the following items consists of a word or group of words in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ON THE SLY
Directions: You are given four alternative meanings to each of the following idioms/phrases. Choose the most appropriate one.
BLOW BY BLOW
Directions: You are given four alternative meanings to each of the following idioms/phrases. Choose the most appropriate one.
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
Directions: You are given four alternative meanings to each of the following idioms/phrases. Choose the most appropriate one.
CHOCK-A-BLOCK
Directions: You are given four alternative meanings to each of the following idioms/phrases. Choose the most appropriate one.
A FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP
Directions: You are given four alternative meanings to each of the following idioms/phrases. Choose the most appropriate one.
FOR GOOD