- 1. Choose the correct options and fill in the blanks:-
India has been able to successfully _____its population through family planning programmes.
A) Stabilise
B) Stratify
C) Establish
D) Sterilise
- 2. Adolescence is the _____wherein a child enters adulthood.
A) threshold
B) condition
C) period
D) position
- 3. Endangered species have a fifty per cent or greater probability of ____within five years or two generations whichever is longer.
A) Completion
B) extinction
C) Complication
D) Distinction
- 4. Each item in this section consists of a sentence with Capital words followed by four words/groups of words (A), (B), (C) and (D). Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the word given in Capital letters and choose the appropriate answer.
The flood situation during the monsoon this year was CALAMITOUS
A) Encouraging
B) Catastropihic
C) Welcome
D) abundance
- 5. He was appointed as the "HONORARY" member of the team.
A) Invited
B) Unpaid
C) Paid
D) Accepted
- 6. The church decided to "EXCOMMUNICATE" him for his actions.
A) reward
B) expel
C) promote
D) admit
- 7. Find the opposite meaning of the word given in Capital letters.
His "SARTORIAL" manner is judged.
A) Uncompromising
B) Unstylish
C) Crude
D) Common
- 8. Find the opposite meaning of the word given in Capital letters.
The "DELUGE" affected the popluation.
A) Deforestation
B) Drought
C) Coludbrust
D) Drizzle
- 9. Find the opposite meaning of the word given in Capital letters.
His "PERSPICACITY" was remarkable.
A) Dullness
B) Deviousness
C) Smartness
D) Dedication
- 10. Select the correct pair of Hononyms to fill in the blanks:-
What she ______is that he is a _____person.
A) Mean, meant
B) Growing, Grown
C) Meant, mean
D) Grown , groaned
- 11. Select the correct pair of Hononyms to fill in the blanks:
The sales of ______, _______ by 20% on Valentine's day.
A) Roll, rolled
B) Roses, Rose
C) Dates, dated
D) pear, pair
- 12. Select the correct pair of Hononyms to fill in the blanks:-
There was a big hole in the well which they are trying to close. It took a ___day for them to do the job.
A) hold
B) whole
C) while
D) whale
- 13. sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B), and (C) . Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined ( Capital) Part. Indicate your response in the Answer sheet. If no error, then mark (D).
A) [A] Over a long period of time, layers of
B) [C] UP TO A HEIGHT OF A FEW KILOMETRES.
C) [D] No error.
D) [B] SEDIMENTS BUILDS
- 14. sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B), and (C) . Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined ( Capital) Part. Indicate your response in the Answer sheet. If no error, then mark (D).
A) [D] No error
B) [A]Whenever the sky is clear,
C) [C] THE STARS IN THE NIGHT
D) [B] you can see
- 15. sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B), and (C) . Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined ( Capital) Part. Indicate your response in the Answer sheet. If no error, then mark (D).
A) [C] HAD DRIVEN CAREFULLY.
B) [D] No error
C) [A] She wouldn't have has an accident, if she
D) [B] has an accident, if she
- 16. Sentence fillers
Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or gourp of words given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider most approproate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet.
The first film on Tagore was such a success that now they are going to make a________
A) Sequential
B) Sequel
C) Serial
D) Sequence
- 17. The united Nations had _____2020 as the International year of Plant Health.
A) Ordered
B) Roled
C) Foretold
D) Declared
- 18. The Election Commission on Saturday _______ that the Assembly elections in five States will be held from November 12 to December 7
A) Issued
B) announced
C) pronounced
D) Promulgated
- 19. Mahatma Gandhi was a lover of humanity and a ______believer in the goodness of human nature.
A) Powerful
B) hopeful
C) Cheerful
D) Staunch
- 20. The Victims were fruit vendors and they were going in an auto when they __________an accident on the way.
A) experienced
B) ran into
C) met with
D) heard
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