1. A number of senior officials of banking institutions, including the Chairman of the SBI
was asked to go on leave.
A) No error
B) Chairman of SBI was asked to go on leave
C) A number of senior officials
D) of banking institutions, including the
2. Ashi had finished dressing before I woke up.
A) I woke up
B) No error
C) dressing before
D) Ashi had finished
Directions: In question nos. 3 to 4 out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best
expresses the meaning of the given word.
3. COSTUME
A) regalia
B) dressing
C) make-up
D) tune
4. CRUSH
A) cut
B) grind
C) rub
D) break
Directions (5-7): In the following questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word
5. DEBACLE
2) Downfall
1) Degeneration
4) Decline
3) Discomfiture
2) Downfall
1) Degeneration
4) Decline
3) Discomfiture
6. FLIMSY
1) Partisan
2) weak
3) irrational
4) funny
1) Partisan
2) weak
3) irrational
4) funny
7. PROPHYLACTIC
1) Preventive
2) Purgative
3) Toxic
4) Antagonistic
Directions (8-12): In these questions, some parts of the sentences have and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark the appropriate letter
(a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) in the Answer Sheet.
(a, b, c). If a sentence is free from error, mark (d) in the Answer Sheet.
8. The stamp is only one /(1) of the design /(2) ever printed. /(3) No error (4)
9. After he had apologized to the magistrate profusely /(1) for having broke the promise /(2) the magistrate was happy to forgive him/(3)No Error (4)
10. Each one of you (1) must make up their mind (2) as I did. (3) No Error (4)
11. During the last few years i) the company works hard /(2) to modernise its image. /(3) No Error (4)
12. Sudoku was first designed in the 1970s l/(1) by a retired architech (2) and freelance puzzle constructor. (3) No Error (4)
16. They reached the railway station before the train______?
1) left
2) had been left
3) had left
4) was leaving
17. All is not well________ the automobile sector,
1) down
2) in
3) to
4) of
18. Please write to me _____ this address.
1) to
2) on
3) upon
4) at
19. What___? it _____wonderful.
1) are you cooking, smelt
2) are you cooking, smells
3) is cooking, smell
4) is cooking, smelled
20.Loss of speech
1) Ambrosia
2) Amnesia
3) Aphasia
4) Insomnia
21.A person who attracts a lot of attention
1) Love-lorn
2) Caricature
3) Ostentatious
4) Cynosure
22.Misuse of funds
1) Embellishment
2) Embezzlement
3) Embankment
4) Embodiment
23.To avoid ____, there is a need for____ planning of the project.
1) cancellation; broad
2) problem; deliberate
3) pitfalls; systematic
4) inconvenience; convenient
5) losses; temporary
24.____ appears to be a small error in the beginning may turn out to be a ____ in the long run.
1) It; disaster
2) What; blunder
3) That; debacle
4) It; slip
5) What; incident
25.Being very ____ in nature, he always uses his ___ skills.
1) adamant; soft
2) polite; basic
3) humble; experimental
4) pushy; persuasive
5) mild; aggressive
26.Demand and supply do not__ thesame relationship as the one that___between height and weight:
1) possess; has
2) incur; is
3) defend; volunteers
4) bear; borne
5) have; exists
13. In the following questions choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning of the given word.
FERVENT
FERVENT
1) Enduring
2) Subdued
3) Dispassionate
4) In excitable
2) Subdued
3) Dispassionate
4) In excitable
14. In the following questions choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning of the given word.
FLORID
1) Ugly
2) Weak
3) Monotonous
4) Pale
FLORID
1) Ugly
2) Weak
3) Monotonous
4) Pale
Directions (15- 95): In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it in the Answer Sheet.
15. The______of the middle school is a woman of
1) Principles, Principal
1) Principles, Principal
2) Principals, Principal
3) Principal, Principle
4) Principle, Principals
3) Principal, Principle
4) Principle, Principals
16. They reached the railway station before the train______?
1) left
2) had been left
3) had left
4) was leaving
17. All is not well________ the automobile sector,
1) down
2) in
3) to
4) of
18. Please write to me _____ this address.
1) to
2) on
3) upon
4) at
19. What___? it _____wonderful.
1) are you cooking, smelt
2) are you cooking, smells
3) is cooking, smell
4) is cooking, smelled
Directions (Q. No. 20- 22):In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
20.Loss of speech
1) Ambrosia
2) Amnesia
3) Aphasia
4) Insomnia
21.A person who attracts a lot of attention
1) Love-lorn
2) Caricature
3) Ostentatious
4) Cynosure
22.Misuse of funds
1) Embellishment
2) Embezzlement
3) Embankment
4) Embodiment
Directions (Q. No. 31 - 34): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4)and (5). Find out which pair of wordscan be filled up in the blanks in thesentence in the same sequence tomake the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.
23.To avoid ____, there is a need for____ planning of the project.
1) cancellation; broad
2) problem; deliberate
3) pitfalls; systematic
4) inconvenience; convenient
5) losses; temporary
24.____ appears to be a small error in the beginning may turn out to be a ____ in the long run.
1) It; disaster
2) What; blunder
3) That; debacle
4) It; slip
5) What; incident
25.Being very ____ in nature, he always uses his ___ skills.
1) adamant; soft
2) polite; basic
3) humble; experimental
4) pushy; persuasive
5) mild; aggressive
26.Demand and supply do not__ thesame relationship as the one that___between height and weight:
1) possess; has
2) incur; is
3) defend; volunteers
4) bear; borne
5) have; exists