| Subject English | |||
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In each of the following questions, out of the given alternative, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence. | |||
| 1551. He could not tolerate his friend rejoicing in his ignominy. | |||
| (a) defeat | |||
| (b) dishonor | |||
| (c) misery | |||
| (d) victory | |||
| Ans. b | |||
| 1552. Nobody has yet seen the peregrination of heavenly beings on earth. | |||
| (a) visit | |||
| (b) arrival | |||
| (c) traveling | |||
| (d) casting glance on | |||
| Ans. c | |||
| 1553. During negotiations, the Managing Director remained obdurate. | |||
| (a) adamant | |||
| (b) tough | |||
| (c) co-operative | |||
| (d) flexible | |||
| Ans. a | |||
Choose the most suitable “one word” for the following phrases / expressions. | |||
| 1554. A place of ideal peace and happiness | |||
| (a) Aslum | |||
| (b) Utopia | |||
| (c) El Dorado | |||
| (d) Elysium | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1555. A heavy unnatural slumber | |||
| (a) Nap | |||
| (b) Insomnia | |||
| (c) Coma | |||
| (d) Stupor | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1556. A story in verse | |||
| (a) Elegy | |||
| (b) Hymn | |||
| (c) Sonnet | |||
| (d) Ballad | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1557. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river’s banks | |||
| (a) Swamps | |||
| (b) Archipelago | |||
| (c) Hinterland | |||
| (d) Isthmus | |||
| Ans. c | |||
| 1558. One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself. | |||
| (a) Anarchist | |||
| (b) Belligerent | |||
| (c) iconoclast | |||
| (d) Agnostic | |||
| Ans. a | |||
You are provided with the first part of a sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts labeled (P), (Q), (R) and (S).You are required to arrange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful sentence and them choose the correct combination. | |||
| 1559. If you have patience (P) to become an interesting and enthusiastic listener (Q) from the other person himself (R) and if you train yourself (S) You will get to know all the details, first hand | |||
| (a) PRSQ | |||
| (b) PSRQ | |||
| (c) RPSQ | |||
| (d) RSQP | |||
| Ans. c | |||
| 1560. As the whole human blood and its related blood products (P) the collection and distribution is (Q) are drugs (R) and rules there under (S) regulated under Drugs and Cosmetics Act | |||
| (a) QSPR | |||
| (b) PSRQ | |||
| (c) QPSR | |||
| (d) SPRQ | |||
| Ans. c | |||
| 1561. You must leave a note (P) Otherwise she will be terribly worried (Q) For your mother (R) At the usual hour (S) If you are not back home | |||
| (a) QPRS | |||
| (b) QPSR | |||
| (c) SRPQ | |||
| (d) SRQP | |||
| Ans. b | |||
| 1562. As the situation has changed, (P) It was last discussed this matter (Q) it was best to contact you (R) it appeared to me (S) Without losing time | |||
| (a) PRQS | |||
| (b) PRQS | |||
| (c) PRSQ | |||
| (d) SPRQ | |||
| Ans. b | |||
| 1563. The idea of the Yahoos (P) too (Q) in all its devastating implications, (R) is one to be explored (S) but not taken as the last word about human nature | |||
| (a) PRQS | |||
| (b) RQSP | |||
| (c) SPRQ | |||
| (d) SRPQ | |||
| Ans. b | |||
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. Faith in progress is deep within our culture. We have been taught to believe that our lives are better than the lives of these who came before us. The ideology of modern economics suggests that material progress has yielded enhanced satisfaction and well-being. But much of our confidences about our lives are easier than those of earlier generations. The field research of anthropologists, however, gives another view of the conventional wisdom. The lives of so-called primitive peoples are commonly thought to be harsh-their existence is dominated by the “incessant quest for food.” In fact, primitives do little work. by contemporary standards, we’d have to judge them very lazy. In the Sandwich island of Hawaii, man work only four hours a day. And Australian aborigines have similar schedules. The key to understanding why these “stone age peoples” fail to act like us – increasing their work effort to get more things ----- is that they limited desires. In the race between wanting and having, they have kept their wanting low and, in this way, ensure their own kind of satisfaction. They are materially poor by contemporary standards, but at least in one dimension –time –we have to count them richer. We have paid a price for prosperity. Capitalism has brought a dramatically increased standard of living, but at the cost of a much more demanding work--life. We have color television and compact disc players, but we need them to unwind after a stressful day at the office. We take vacations but we work so hard throughout the year that they become indispensable to our sanity. The conventional wisdom that economic progress has given us more things as well as more leisure is difficult to sustain. | |||
| 1564. The passage implicitly deals with — | |||
| (a) Trade off between work and leisure | |||
| (b) Value judgment in two different ages | |||
| (c) The bad work habit of primitives | |||
| (d) Our material progress | |||
| Ans. a | |||
| 1565. The case of aborigines of Hawii and Australia are presented as examples of – | |||
| (a) Noble savages with little sense of times | |||
| (b) Malingerers turn down opportunities to work | |||
| (c) People who implicitly believe in progress | |||
| (d) People unmotivated for material progress | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1566. The Primary purpose of the passage is to— | |||
| (a) Dispute an assumption | |||
| (b) Highlight a problem | |||
| (c) Answer a criticism | |||
| (d) Ridicule a theory | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1567. The author regards “the conventional wisdom” with ---- | |||
| (a) Resentment | |||
| (b) Skepticism | |||
| (c) Complacency | |||
| (d) Apprehension | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1568. The last few sentences of the passage provide— | |||
| (a) A series of assertion and qualifications with a conclusion | |||
| (b) A reconcitation of two opposing viewpoints | |||
| (c) A recapitulation of a previously made argument | |||
| (d) An example of the argument that has been proposed earlier. | |||
| Ans. d | |||
Find out which underlined part of the following sentences has an error. | |||
| 1569. A more sense of ethics and integrity is expected of a physician. | |||
| (a) more | |||
| (b) ethics | |||
| (c) integrity | |||
| (d) physician. | |||
| Ans. a | |||
| 1570. The use of fossil fuel is more worse for the environment. | |||
| (a) fossil | |||
| (b) more | |||
| (c) worse | |||
| (d) environment. | |||
| Ans. b | |||
| 1571. In a epidemic, unprotected children remain lesser vulnerable. | |||
| (a) epidemic | |||
| (b) unprotected | |||
| (c) lesser | |||
| (d) vulnerable. | |||
| Ans. c | |||
| 1572. A person can be called guilty until proven in a court of law. | |||
| (a) can | |||
| (b) guilty | |||
| (c) proven | |||
| (d) law | |||
| Ans. a | |||
| 1573. The news of Musa Ibrahim’s ascent to Mt Everest brought proud and joy for all Bangladeshis. | |||
| (a) ascent | |||
| (b) Mt | |||
| (c) Proud | |||
| (d) Bangladeshis | |||
| Ans. c | |||
Each of the following sentences contains a blank space. Below the sentence are a set of words lettered (a) through (d). Selects the word that best completes the sentence. | |||
| 1574. By nature, Imran was ____, given to striking up casual conversation with strangers the encountered at bus stops. | |||
| (a) Diffident | |||
| (b) Observant | |||
| (c) Reticent | |||
| (d) Gregarious | |||
| Ans. d | |||
| 1575. Fame is ____ ; today’s rising star is all too tomorrow’s washed-up has been. | |||
| (a) Rewarding | |||
| (b) Gradual | |||
| (c) Transitory | |||
| (d) Spontaneous | |||
| Ans. c | |||