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Directions (1-3): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in
Q1. You should have passed the medical examination.
(a) The medical examination should have been passed by you.
(b) The medical examination should be passed by you.
(c) The medical examination could be passed by you.
(d) The medical examination could have been passed by you.
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Sub+Modal+V1+Obj (active) changes into “Obj+Modal+have+been+V3+by+Sub” (passive)
Q2. Did they pay the junior doctors their salary on time?
(a) Were the junior doctors being paid their salary on time?
(b) Were the junior doctors paid their salary on time?
(c) Was the junior doctors paid their salary on time?
(d) Had the junior doctors been paid their salary on time?
S2. Ans.(b)
Q3. Please bring a glass of wine.
(a) You are ordered to bring a glass of wine.
(b) Let a glass of wine is brought.
(c) You are requested to bring a glass of wine.
(d) You should bring a glass of wine.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. In an imperative sentence we use “you are ordered/requested to” while changing active voice into passive voice. Since here a request is made so we use “requested”.
Directions (4-5): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the opposite meaning of the given word.
Q4. CHASTE
(a) Pure
(b) Immaculate
(c) Sullied
(d) Virtuous
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. Chaste means abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse. And, sullied means damaged the purity or integrity of.
Q5. JUBILANT
(a) Rejoicing
(b) Melancholy
(c) Triumphant
(d) Cheerful
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Jubilant means feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph. While,
melancholy means a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. Hence, option (b) is apt.
Q6. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Courteousness and refinement of manner
(a) Plaudit
(b)Adulation
(c)Urbanity
(d)Profanity
S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Urbanity: courteousness and refinement of manner.
Plaudit: an expression of praise or approval.
Adulation: excessive admiration or praise.
Profanity: blasphemous or obscene language.
Q7. Select the most appropriate idiom (in the context) to fill in the sentence.
Sam has been ____________ ever since his father died in a car accident.
(a) upto the mouth
(b) inside the mouth
(c) away from the mouth
(d) down in the mouth
S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Correct idiom is “down in the mouth” which means visibly sad or depressed.
Directions (8-10): Each question in this section has a sentence with three parts labelled (1), (2) and (3). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer against the corresponding letter i.e. (1) or (2) or (3). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (4).
Q8. Lack of winter rains (1)/ have delayed the sowing of (2)/ wheat crop in this area. (3)/ No error. (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘has’ instead of ‘have’ as the subject ‘lack’ is singular in number.
Q9. The teacher let the boy off (1)/ with a warning (2)/ though he was convinced with his guilt. (3)/ No error. (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use ‘of’ instead of ‘with’ as the verb ‘convinced’ always takes the preposition ‘of’ after it
Q10. Our first trip was the most interesting one, (1)/ but our second one (2)/ was even more interesting. (3)/ No error. (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Remove ‘the’. Article ‘the’ is used before a superlative degree adjective only when comparison is made with all. If no comparison is made, the superlative degree adjective is used as positive degree adjective.
Q11. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
An impression exists today that attempts are being (made to effect) changes in the existing system.
(a) made effect
(b) made affect
(c) made to effective
(d) No Improvement
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. No improvement is required. In Passive voice sentence, ‘make’ can be associated with ‘to’ i.e. takes infinitive (To + V1) with it. While in active voice, ‘make’ is followed by ‘bare infinitive’.
Q12. Long in the tooth
(a) Too old for a particular activity
(b) To go to a dentist
(c) To have pain in mouth
(d) To bite something into pieces
S12. Ans.(a)
Directions (13-14): Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence.
Q13. A higher salary does not necessarily _________ to financial independence.
(a) Led
(b) Leads
(c) Lead
(d) Leading
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Lead’.
As per the context of the passage the word `Lead’ fits in properly & hence it is
the correct choice.
Q14. A real farmer is someone who would __________ a significant part of his income from agriculture.
(a) Donate
(b) Drive
(c) Earned
(d) Derive
S14. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Derive’.
As per the context of the passage the word `Derive’ fits in properly & hence it is
the correct choice.
Q15. A balanced diet ___________ foods from all the major food groups in the right proportions to provide the body with ideal nutrition.
(a) Reserves
(b) Maintained
(c) Preserves
(d) Comprises
S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Comprises’.
As per the context of the passage the word `Comprises’ fits in properly & hence it is
the correct choice.
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