Subject English
1201. VACCINE : PREVENT
(a) wound : heal
(b) victim : attend
(c) antidote : counteract
(d) diagnosis : cure
Ans. c
1202. ____ glass is, for all practical purposes, a solid, its molecular structure is that of a liquid.
(a) If
(b) Because
(c) Since
(d) Although
Ans. d
1203. The intensive search was conducted by the detectives to locate those criminals who ___ .
(a) have had escaped
(b) had escaped
(c) are escaping
(d) have been escaping
Ans. b
1204. The intellectual can no longer be said to live ___ the margins of society.
(a) against
(b) beyond
(c) inside
(d) before
Ans. b
1205. According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree ____ .
(a) my education will be employed by the university
(b) employment will be given to me by the University
(c) the University will employ me
(d) I will be employed of the University
Ans. c
1206. If a substance is cohesive, it tends to ‒ .
(a) retain heat
(b) bend without too much difficulty
(c) stick together
(d) break easily
Ans. c
1207. He stopped his car ___ when the light turned red.
(a) abruptly
(b) equitably
(c) ambiguously
(d) incisively
Ans. a
1208. The influence of the technological revolution in ___ and ___ the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few should worry us all.
(a) aggravating ‒ demolishing
(b) proliferating ‒ diminishing
(c) undermining ‒ neutralizing
(d) accelerating ‒ intensifying
Ans. d
1209. Few people would care to take the negative side of the proposition that the women of the world are ___ and ___.
(a) admired ‒ provoked
(b) oppressed ‒ scorned
(c) rebuked ‒ regaled
(d) slighted ‒ celebrated
Ans. b
1210. Anger, even when it is ___ has one virtue, it overcomes ___.
(a) sinful ‒ sloth
(b) unnecessary ‒ malice
(c) inevitable ‒ desire
(d) intense ‒ hate
Ans. c
1211. The word ‘dilly-dally’ means:
(a) to dilute
(b) wait impatiently
(c) repeat
(d) waste time
Ans. d
1212. The passive form of the sentence
“some children were helping the wounded man” ‒
(a) The wounded man was helped by some children
(b) The wounded man was helping some children
(c) The wounded man was being helped by some children
(d) The wounded man was to be helped by some children
Ans. c
Select the Appropriate prepositions (Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence from the given options)
1213. I lost their bags ____ the railway station.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) next
(d) of
(e) None of these
Ans. e
1214. There were two people ___ the picture.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) about
(d) in
(e) None of these
Ans. d
1215. My mom was working ___ the garden.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) by
(e) None of these
Ans. a
1216. My father forgot his umbrella ___ home.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) in
(d) to
(e) None of these
Ans. b
1217. They caught a train ___ London.
(a) on
(b) by
(c) to
(d) at
(e) None of these
Ans. c
Error Identification: (Indentify the error from the underlined words in the following sentence; if no error is found select ‘No Error’)
1218. Rubber is a good a insulator b of electricity c and so does d glass. No Error e .
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. d
1219. If frogs was a to become b extinct c , the snakes would also die d . No Error e .
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. a
1220. A dam is a wall constructed a across b a valley to enclose c an area in which water is stored d . No Error e .
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. e
1221. One of a most distinctive feature b of c Islamic architecture d is arch. No Error e .
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. b
1222. There are a as many b 100 million stars c in d the Milky way. No Error e .
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. b
Fill in the Gaps (Choose the best word to complete the sentence from the given options.)
1223. When he goes to his dentist, he prefers to go ___.
(a) lonely
(b) lone
(c) Solitary
(d) forlorn
(e) alone
Ans. e
1224. Science progresses by building of what has come before; important findings thus from the basis of ___ experiments.
(a) gradual
(b) ingenious
(c) subsequent
(d) repetitive
(e) perfunctory
Ans. c
1225. The banks cashier’s ___ of the funds was not discovered until the auditors examined the accounts.
(a) extradition
(b) embezzlement
(c) patronage
(d) subordination
(e) Verification
Ans. b