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PRACTICE ENGLISH QUESTIONS BASED ON NEW PATTERN – PART-2
Directions (Q.1-10): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be
used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed
in the statement sentences.
1). Ramu passed the test. Rajesh also passed the test.
(i) However
(ii) As well as
(iii) Since
a) (i) & (ii)
b) Only (iii)
c) Only (i)
d) Only (ii)
e) (i), (ii) and (iii)
2). Madhu had little chance of success. She decided to go ahead.
(i) Either - or
(ii) But
(iii) Nevertheless
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
b) (i) & (ii)
c) Only (i)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) Only (iii)
3). Rekha has many friends. She also has several enemies.
(i) Not only – but also
(ii) Whereas
(iii) Owing to
a) (i) & (ii)
b) Only (iii)

c) Only (i)
d) Only (ii)
e) (i), (ii) and (iii)
4). You must study hard. You will not succeed in the examination.
(i) Neither - nor
(ii) Whereas
(iii) Otherwise
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
b) Only (iii)
c) Only (ii)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) Only (i)
5). The warehouse was big. It was well-ventilated.

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(i) And
(ii) Not only – but also
(iii) As well as
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
b) (i) & (ii)
c) Only (iii)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) Only (i)
6). He has failed many times. He still hopes to win.
(i) As soon as

(ii) Having
(iii) Because of
a) (i) & (ii)
b) Only (iii)
c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
d) Only (i)
e) Only (ii)
7). The cat crept slowly through the grass. The cat was watching the mouse the whole time.
(i) Creeping slowly
(ii) As
(iii) Although
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
b) (i) & (ii)
c) Only (i)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) Only (ii)
8). The diamond was hidden under the floorboards. It was safe many years.
(i) Although
(ii) Otherwise
(iii) Hidden under
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
b) (i) & (iii)
c) Only (iii)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) Only (i)
9). Sai weighed the gravity of the situation. He considered whether to stop or speed away.
(i) Considering whether
(ii) Weighing the
(iii) Because
a) (i), (ii) & (iii)

b) (ii) & (iii)
c) Only (ii)
d) (i) & (ii)
e) Only (i)

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10). The teachers trained him well. They helped him find a work when his training was through.
(i) And
(ii) But
(iii) Yet
a) Only (i)
b) (i) & (ii)
c) Only (iii)
d) (ii) & (iii)
e) (i), (ii) & (iii)
Explanation:
1). Answer: d)
Ramu, as well as, Rajesh passed the test.
2). Answer: e)
He had little chance of success; nevertheless he decided to go ahead.
3). Answer: c)
Not only has he many friends but also several enemies.
4). Answer: b)
You must study hard otherwise you will not succeed in the examination.
5). Answer: a)

The house was big and well-ventilated.
The house was not only big but also well-ventilated.
The house was big as well as well-ventilated.
6). Answer: e)
Having failed for many times, he still hopes to win.
7). Answer: c)
Creeping slowly through the grass, the cat watched the mouse the whole time.
8). Answer: b)
Although the diamond was hidden under the floorboards, it was safe for many years.
Hidden under the floorboards, the diamond was safe for many years.
9). Answer: d)
Weighing the gravity of the situation, Sai considered whether to stop or speed away.
Considering whether to stop or speed away, Sai weighed the gravity of the situation.
10). Answer: a)
The teachers trained him well and they helped him find a work when his training was through.
Sentence Rearrangement

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Direction (Q. 11-20): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A), B),
C) and D). By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of
the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of
sentences and mark it as your answer.
11). A. However, organized attempts to promote foreign trade were made only after Independence, particularly
with the onset of economic planning.
B. The origin of India’s foreign trade can be traced back to the age of the Indus Valley civilization.

C. During that period, India was a supplier of food stuffs and raw materials to England and an importer of
manufactured goods.
D. But the growth of foreign trade gained momentum during the British rule.
a) ABDC
b) DACB
c) CBAD
d) BDCA
e) ACDB
12). A. The United Nations was set up 70 years ago to save future generations from the scourge of war.
B. Preferably, assessments are best when undertaken by those who are not themselves camp followers and
cheerleaders
C. While it has arguably succeeded in preventing another great war, its track record on peace and security has not
always been stellar.
D. Assessments on the vitality, durability and success of diplomacy in any year — including 2015 — are best
carried out away from high-decibel levels and cantankerous TV anchors.
a) ADBC
b) DABC
c) BCAD
d) BCDA
e) ACDB
13). A. Under investment in libraries, information technology, laboratories, and classrooms make it very difficult
to provide top quality instruction or engage in cutting-edge research.
B. The rises in the number of part-time teachers and freeze on new full time appointments in many places have
affected morale in the academic profession.
C. At many of them, politics has introduced into campus life, influencing academic appointments and decisions
across levels.
D. India’s colleges and universities, with just a few expectations, have become large, under unfounded,
ungovernable institutions.
a) ACBD
b) DCAB

c) CBAD
d) BDCA
e) CADB
14). A. Result: consumer goods companies, retail chains and banks which were having a free run, alluring and
exploiting gullible customers will have to be more transparent and rationale while doing business.
B. The biggest move, of course, was the ban on zero per cent interest EMI’s (equated monthly installments).

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C. The RBI recently put an end to several unfair practices in retail banking through a series of customer friendly
circulars to commercial banks and credit card companies.
D. The RBI comes just weeks before the onset of the festival season, and much to the chagrin of retail players.
a) CADB
b) DACB
c) ADBC
d) BDCA
e) ACDB
15). A. Just as implementation is the touchstone for planning, people’s participation is the centerpiece in rural
development.
B. Rural development in India has witnessed several changes over the years in its emphasis, approaches,
strategies and programmes.
C. Rural development can be richer and more meaningful only through the participation of clienteles of
development.
D. It has assumed a new dimension and perspective as a consequence.
a) ABDC
b) DACB

c) BDCA
d) CABD
e) ACDB
16). A. Ironically, as globalization and the Internet have in some sense erased geographic boundaries, xenophobic
tendencies are only growing more pronounced in various pockets all around the world.
B. The tragic shooting at Orlando, and Brexit exemplify how intolerance and divisiveness are spreading their
tentacles across either side of the Atlantic.
C. Recent events in the news suggest that the world is growing more insular and polarized.
D. Closer home, the racial attacks against Africans in Delhi suggest that India, despite its rich diversity and famed
hospitality, also harbors deep prejudices.
a) CBDA
b) BCAD
c) ADBC
d) DACB
e) ACBD
17). A. Most traditional organizations have accepted, in theory at least, that they must either change or die.
B. Even giants such as eBay, Amazon.com, and America Online recognize that they need to manage the changes
associated with rapid entrepreneurial growth.
C. Despite some individual successes, however, change remains difficult to pull off, and few companies manage
the process as well as they would like.
D. The new economy has ushered in great business opportunities-and great turmoil.
a) ABDC
b) DACB
c) BDCA
d) CABD
e) DABC
18). A. Buying a house is the single largest financial investment an individual makes.

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B. Occasionally, deviant promoters are called to account as was the case in the detention of Unitech’s promoters.
C. Yet, in India this act is fraught with risk and individuals depend on weak laws for justice.
D. This incident shows up the fallout of an absence of proper regulation to cover contracts between buyers and
real estate promoters.
a) DABC
b) BDCA
c) CADB
d) ACBD
e) BADC
19). A. The top managements of the four banks are in the process of preparing a blueprint that would explain the
rationale for absorbing one or two entities, said the people cited above, none of whom wanted to be named.
B. India’s banking sector may be getting ready for a wave of consolidation as the country tries to build institutions
of world class proportions.
C. Four big state run banks – State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India –
have already begun on exercise to identify takeover targets to gain access to franchises that would augment their
capabilities, said three top bankers familiar with the move.
D. Employees at these state run banks are engaged in the exercise after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave the
lenders the go-ahead to decide how they would strategiese to remain relevant in the emerging economic scenario.
a) ADCB
b) CABD
c) BCAD
d) DCBA
e) CDBA
20). A. This may hold true although the separation line between goods and services has become quite blurred
reflecting the growing service content of manufacturing and a certain tendency towards the industrialisation of
parts of the service sector.

B. Nevertheless, empirical research on FDI is still concentrated on manufacturing.
C. The long-term trend of an increasing share of service sector FDI has accelerated over the last twenty years.
D. As the basic characteristics of services and goods differ – the main specifics of services are intangibility,
inseparability of production and consumption, heterogeneity, perishability and restricted ownership one would
expect that the determinants of internationalisation are not the same in the two sectors.
a) DBCA
b) CBDA
c) BDAC
d) ABDC
e) ADCB
Answer:
11)d 12)e 13)b 14) a 15) c 16) a 17) e 18) d 19) c 20) b
Odd one out in paragraph
Directions (Q21-30): Five statements are given below, labeled a, b, c, d and e. Among these, four statements
are in logical order and form coherent paragraph. From the given options, choose the option the does not
fit into the theme of the paragraph.

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21). A. As unemployment has risen throughout the world, governments have become more focused on protecting
their own industries than on promoting international commerce.
B. The US, though typically an enthusiastic supporter of open markets, included flailing “buy American” clauses
in its stimulus package and propped up its failing auto industry with handouts.
C. But according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in the part of the world that was hit hardest by the trade
crash – Asia – the number of Free-Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed by Asian countries has grown from just three
in 2000 to 56 by the end of August 2009.

D. Nineteen of those FTAs are among 16 Asian economies, a trend that could help the region become a powerful
trading bloc.
E. When there is a free trade agreement it makes it a lot easier for countries to deal with each other and work out
good deals.
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph
22). A. A decade after the devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004, that killed more than 2 lakh people across.
B. This change in governance distinguished UNESCO from its predecessor, the CICI, in how member states
would work together in the organization's fields of competence.
C. 14 countries and leveled entire towns and villages, is the world, and India, where 12,000 people died, better
prepared to deal with a crisis of that magnitude?
D. In a heartening departure from the usual story of benign government neglect that characterizes long – term
responses to such events, indications are that some lessons have indeed been learnt.
E. Ten years on, and not without some finger – pointing and political jockeying, the multilateral, UNESCO –
supported Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System has established a network of seismometers,
tidal gauges and tsunami buoys to detect undersea tremors.
a) C
b) A
c) E
d) D
e) B
23). A. “In the absence of data, there are only two options: you can stay with existing structures and forecast them
or, as a lot of people have done, make assumptions about what the structures are.
B. That India’s economic momentum has slowed down is now beyond doubt.
C. Advance GDP estimates and gross value added (GVA) for the current fiscal year from the Central Statistics
Office clearly reveals the extent of the slowdown.
D. While GDP growth is now pegged at 7.1 per cent, compared with a 7.6 per cent pace in 2015-16, GVA is

forecast to expand at 7 per cent this year, easing from the 7.2 per cent posted 12 months earlier.
E. And as the Chief Statistician emphasized, these projections were based solely on data from the first seven
months through October and do not factor in the impact from the withdrawal of high-value banknotes and the
consequent cash crunch.
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph

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24). A. The move to make New Delhi’s iconic Connaught Place a pedestrian zone from February, and keeps out
cars and other vehicles from its middle and inner circle roads; during a three-month trial programme is an
inspiring attempt to reconquer public space.
B. Urban design in India is the preserve of State governments and local bodies, which have failed spectacularly to
provide a safe, comfortable and accessible experience for walkers.
C. The pilot project in the national capital represents a refreshing change, taking a leaf out of the book of global
cities that have pedestrianised their landmarks, often in the face of conservative opposition.
D. Prominent examples are Times Square in New York and the route along the Seine in Paris, and the curbs on
cars in central avenue in Madrid.
E. Contrary to apprehensions that restrictions affect commercial activity, the experience around the world has
been quite the opposite: better walking and public transport infrastructure and availability of food plazas attract
more people, improving the local economy.
a) C
b) A

c) E
d) B
e) All fits to the paragraph
25). A. The assault on the purity of the environment is the price that we pay for many of the benefits of modern
technology.
B. If global warming is your issue, and then pushes to make plants that remove CO2 from the environment better
than anything nature has produced so far.
C. For the advantage of automotive transportation we pay a price in smog-induced diseases; for the powerful
effects of new insecticides, we pay a price in dwindling wildlife and disturbances in the relation of living things
and their surroundings; for nuclear power, we risk the biological hazards of radiation.
D. By increasing agricultural production with fertilizers, we worsen water population.
E. The highly developed nations of the world are not only the immediate beneficiaries of the good that technology
can do that are also the first victims of environmental diseases that technology breeds.
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph
26). A. There was a marked difference of quality between the personages who haunted near bridge of brick and
the personages who haunted the far one of stone.
B. Those of lowest character preferred the former, adjoining the town; they did not mind the glare of the public
eye.
C. They had been of no account during their successes; and though they might feel dispirited, they had no sense
of shame in their ruin.
D. Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a administration, yield to it their allegiance
and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to
reform.
E. Instead of sighing at their adversaries they spat, and instead of saying the iron had entered into their souls they
said they were down in their luck.
a) C

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c) D
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph
27). A. Two were reading different sections of a newspaper while Roger was stirring his coffee and chatting,
although no one seemed to be listening.
B. The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without discrimination.
C. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation is always weak
and often wanting entirely.
D. There is no point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and says, "This is
important and that does not amount to row of beans; deserves no one’s attention, and should travel the wires no
farther".
E. The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph
28). A. Modern economies do not differentiate between renewable and non-renewable materials, as its method is
to measures everything by means of a money price.
B. Thus, taking various alternatives fuels, like coal, oil, wood or water power: the only difference between them
recognized by modern economics is relative cost per equivalent unit.
C. When energy is produced by the sun and it can easily be recreated, this is an example of renewable energy.

D. The cheapest is automatically the one to be preferred, as to do otherwise would be irrational and 'uneconomic'.
E. From a Buddhist point of view of course this will not do, the essential difference between non-renewable fuels
like coal and oil on the one hand and renewable fuels like wood and water power on the other cannot be simply
overlooked.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) E
e) All fits to the paragraph
29). A. The Indian middle class consist of so many strata that it defines categorization under a single term class,
which would imply a considerable degree of homogeneity.
B. Corruption is a poison which has been spread in the mind of wrong people of the society, community and
country.
C. Yet two paradoxical features characterize its conduct fairly uniformly; extensive practice and intensive
abhorrence of corruption.
D. In the several recent surveys of popular perceptions of corruptions, politicians of course invariably and
understandably top the list, closely followed by bureaucrats, policemen, lawyers, businessmen and others.
E. The quintessential middle class. If teachers do not figure high on this priority list, it is not for lack of trying,
but for lack of opportunities.
a) C
b) B
c) D
d) E

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e)

All fits to the paragraph

30). A. Soft bodied animals like caterpillars often fall a prey to voracious hunters like birds or reptiles.
B. Despite having no means to 'actively' defend them, with weapons like claws or jaws, they have nevertheless,
evolved other equally effective deterrents.
C. A particular species of the caterpillar lives at an altitude over 2.500 metres in the Himalayas.
D. It uses prominent colour to inform would be predators of its in edibility.
E. Butterfly wings are amazingly fragile, yet also incredibly strong, thin as tissue; these wings carry the butterfly
on flights of thousands of miles.
a) A
b) E
c) C
d) D
e) All fits to the paragraph
Explanations:
21). Answer: d)
Option d) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
unemployment and opportunities with respect to available sources. But
option d) is explaining about the free trade agreement.
22). Answer: e)
Option e) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
Tsunami and its effects. But option e) is defining about the UNESCO and its work with member states.
23). Answer: a)
Solution: Option a) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking
about economy which was slow. But option a) is defining about the structures and its related data.
24). Answer: e)
Option e) is the answer since all the options are talking about the Unblocking the cities pedestrian zone.
25). Answer: b)

Option b) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
impurity in the environment and the diseases caused due to that. But option b) is defining about the issue of global
warming.
26). Answer: c)
Option c) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are explaining about
two different types of people. But option c) is defining about the people’s character in an organization.
27). Answer: a)
Option a) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
content in the newspaper. But option a) is defining about conversation between two persons who are reading the
newspaper.
28). Answer: c)
Option c) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are explaining about the
modern economy with respect to renewable and non-renewable materials. But option c) is defining about the
renewable energy source.

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29). Answer: d)
Option d) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
characteristics of middle class and surveys. But option d) is explaining about the description of corruption.
30). Answer: b)
Option b) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about the
Caterpillar and its habits. But option b) is defining about the butterflies.

Sentence Improvement
Directions (Q 31-40): Which of the words/phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the

words/phrases given in bold in the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If
the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer.
31). When it was frightened that the serfs might go too far and increase their freedom from serfdom, the
protestant leaders united the princes at crushing them.
a) Worried, rise, combined, into crushing
b) Feared, gain, joined, in crushing
c) Scared, swell, unified, without crushing
d) Terrified, enhance, integrated, while crushing
e) No improvement required
32). They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of
society bearing well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.
a) Creatures, synchronized, bringing, detach
b) Mortals, controlled, accepting, divide
c) Persons, standardized, abiding, split
d) Media, adjusted, allowing, break
e) No improvement required
33). Realizing is the importance of technical education for mounting country; the government laidaside a large
sum on it in the last plan-period.
a) Substance, growing, put, within
b) Meaning, swelling, locate, into
c) Implication, rising, lay, inside
d) Significance, developing, set, during
e) No improvement required
34). In India today many of our scholars still converse in terms of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man,
not understanding that much has ensued since then.
a) Researchers, contrary, knowing, developed
b) Academicians, communicate, realizing, followed
c) Intellectuals, talk, appreciating, happened
d) Investigators, discuss, recognizing, occurred
e) No improvement required

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35). The logic of Berlin wall had already been undermined but when the news came through that the wall itself
had been opened I jumped into a car.
a) Reason, subverted, during, leaped
b) Motive, threatened, for, hopped
c) Explanation, dispirited, in favor, dived
d) Details, deflated, in support, soared
e) No improvement required
36). It is the social process that manages the use and request of a technology which decideswhether a particular
technology brings more good than bad.
a) Controls, application, determines, delivers
b) Organizes, demand, chooses, conveys
c) Directs, purpose, prefers, fetches
d) Supervises, function, requires, obtains
e) No improvement required
37). The great Acharyas have said that, having determined a great goal, give up yourself to that goal
and work towards it, drawing your insight from that goal whereby you will get a new column of energy.
a) Discovered, surrender, act, inspiration
b) Realized, capitulate, perform, motivation
c) Established, relent, operate, impulse
d) Created, cede, proceed, inclination
e) No improvement required
38). While we learn most words from familiar conversations, the best way of growing one's vocabulary is by
reading good books and mentioning to the dictionary whenever one comesathwart a difficult word.

a) Easy, rising, looking, over
b) Casual, improving, pointing, above
c) Informal, increasing, referring, across
d) Comfortable, expanding, spotting, through
e) No improvement required
39). A serious theoretical problem often raised about general disarmament is that even if youthrive in
eliminating all nuclear weapons on earth, you cannot eliminate man's knowledge of the science following it.
a) Notional, common, deteriorate, next to
b) Conceptual, universal, succeed, behind
c) Speculative, complete, bloom, subsequent to
d) Fancied, entire, decline, over
e) No improvement required
40). Caring people extend a practical gospel that underlined hard work, temperance and prudence and the result
was quite remarkable.
a) Solicitous, swell, accentuated, discretion
b) Kind, expand, high light, diplomacy
c) Attentive, broaden, bring out, carefulness
d) Thoughtful, spread, emphasized, frugality
e) No improvement required

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Explanations:
31). Answer: b)
Feared – be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.
Gain – an increase in wealth or resources.

Joined – link or connect.
In crushing – bring about a feeling of overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment in (someone).
32). Answer: e)
Insects - An insignificant or contemptible person.
Regulated - control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.
Bearing - (of a person) carry.
Separate – forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.
33). Answer: d)
Significance – the state or fact of being of great significance or value.
Developing – grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
Set – fixed or arranged in advance.
During – throughout the course or duration of (a period of time).
34). Answer: c)
Intellectuals – a person possessing a highly developed intellect.
Talk – speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings;
Appreciating – understand (a situation) fully; recognize the full implications of.
Happened – be experienced by (someone); befall.
35). Answer: e)
Logic - reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.
Undermined - erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation).
Through - moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location).
Jumped - (of a person) move suddenly and quickly in a specified way.
36). Answer: a)
Controls – the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
Application – the action of putting something into operation.
Determines – firmly decide.
Delivers – bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or ordered goods) to the proper recipient or address.
37). Answer: a)
Discovered – find (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the course of a search.
Surrender – the action of surrendering or committing to particular work.

Act – take action; do something.
Inspiration – the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something
creative.
38). Answer: c)
Informal – having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature.
Increasing – become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
Referring – mention or allude to.

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Across – from one side to the other of (something).
39). Answer: b)
Conceptual – of, relating to, or based on mental concepts.
Universal – of, affecting or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all
cases.
Succeed – achieve the desired aim or result.
Behind – at or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it.
40). Answer: d)
Thoughtful – absorbed in or involving thought.
Spread – the fact or process of spreading over an area.
Emphasized – give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
Frugality – the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.
Fill Ups
Directions (Q 41-50): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence
there are four words denoted by numbers a), b), c), d) and e). Find out ONE word that to be fitted in both
the sentences I and II and another word that fit to the sentence III and to make it meaningfully complete.

41). I. The young politician ________ with his party and decided to contest the election as an independent
candidate.
II. He didn't break his leg when he ______ of the tree, but he did some serious damage to the tissue around
the bones in his ankle.
III. We should __________ our traditional ways to utilize the knowledge of medicine to plug the loopholes
in modern healthcare.
a) Fell down, implement
b) Fell out, evolve
c) Fell through, tackle
d) Fell off, forward
e) Fell in, progress
42). I. Militants within the party are calling for the leader's resignation, saying that he has ______ the
party's principles.
II. It is really sad that an organization which openly decries the constitution and the national flag and
__________ the national movement is not being checked.
III. It is gross superstition to suppose that knowledge can be _______ only by going to schools and colleges.
a) Sustained, accomplished
b) Rebuked, garnered
c) Censured, achieved
d) Reprimand, attained
e) Betrayed, obtained
43). I. The kind-hearted judge pardoned the thief since he had __________ for the theft.
II. Even before Otto left Rome the pope had, however, _______ of his recognition of a power which
threatened altogether to overshadow his authority, and had begun to conspire against the new emperor.

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III. The booklets__________ you through the process of starting your own business.
a) Called, teaching
b) Accepted, test
c) Repented, pilot
d) Forced, embolden
e) Denied, assess
44). I. The five-year-old angel, whose appearance in her life several weeks ago _______ her into the
Immortal underworld, squeezed through the cracked door.
II. Instead of waiting for the other to attack again, Darian spun and _______ his knife into the creature's
belly.
III. The vehicle careened down the block, narrowly missing a mail truck that _______ its irritation, and
sped around the corner before Dean had staggered to his feet.
a) Plunged, honked
b) Forced, hooted
c) Pushed, roared
d) Fell, yelled
e) Stabbed, bawled
45). I. The hornbeam _________ well on stiff, clayey, moist soils, into which its roots penetrate deeply; on
chalk or gravel it does not flourish.
II. Prosperity requires civil liberties, prosperity ___________ under lower taxes, and prosperity shrivels as
wars disrupt the free flow of labor and capital.
III. Though he frequently refers to the envy and ___________ which pursued him, Phaedrus seems to have
attracted little attention in antiquity.
a) Increases, extraction
b) Thrives, detraction
c) Raises, origin
d) Enhances, deviation
e) Improves, digression
46). I. He took each side of her collar and pulled, the ___________movement ripping the black uniform

down the middle.
II. The swimmer glided through the water with ______ motion on his way to setting a new world record in
the breaststroke.
III. I do remember some theories __________ relativity suggesting some sort of motion in space might
allow time travel if space-time geometrics are possible.
a) Unforced, about
b) Graceful, with respect to
c) Refined, reverence
d) Effortless, concerning
e) Worthless, awe
47). I. It was a weekly summer ritual for one or the other, but _______ both; they enjoyed stocking up on
local-grown produce.
II. If you _________ wear an item of clothing, perhaps you should donate it to charity.
III. The steam crane has the __________ advantage of being completely self-contained.
a) Rarely, huge

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b)
c)
d)
e)

Often, massive
Regularly, vast
Commonly, enormous

Seldom, immense

48). I. The old counts began irresolutely to __________ Nicholas and beg him to abandon his purpose.
II. It is suitable for a parent, teacher, or employer, to ________ for neglect of duty; but not for an inferior
to adopt such a course towards a superior.
III. Nowadays, the rate of birth and death along with immigration and emigration increases, the rate of
crimes are _________ as well.
a) Caution, increased
b) Reproach, higher
c) Admonish, Soaring
d) Censure, advanced
e) Rebuke, difficult
49). I. Everyone who works at that company is required to be completely ___________to all the terms of the
contract.
II. Since the fracture was so serious, the doctor instructed him to keep his arm immobile and __________ to
his body.
III. In order to _______ food supplies throughout the harsh winter, the settlers had to reduce the size of
food portions.
a) Adherent, sustain
b) Fanatic, prolong
c) Militant, protract
d) Radical, extend
e) Combative, pull out
50). I. Dean, who'd been on the force for their entire tenure, was used to their early morning __________
and paid no attention.
II. That was some fun watching how the giant two-headed lizard's constant __________ among itself
eventually led to its extinction, a lesson for us all.
III. Russia has expressed support for a freeze, while China has voiced ___________ about lack of flexibility
on the part of the US.
a) Wrangling, distress

b) Squabbling, apprehensions
c) Disputing, anxieties
d) Bickering, concerns
e) Arguing, dreads
Explanations:
41). Answer: b)
Fell out - Fall out means stop being friendly due to disagreement, break relations with.
Evolve - develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
42). Answer: e)
Betrayed – be disloyal to.
Obtained – get, acquire, or secure (something).

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43). Answer: c)
Repented – feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
Pilot - done as an experiment or test before introducing something more widely.
44). Answer: a)
Plunged – push or thrust quickly.
Honked – make or cause to make a honk (sound).
45). Answer: b)
Thrives – grow or develop well or vigorously.
Detraction - a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious or petty criticism.
46). Answer: d)
Effortless – requiring no physical or mental exertion.
Concerning - on the subject of or in connection with; about.

47). Answer: e)
Seldom – not often; rarely.
Immense – extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
48). Answer: c)
Admonish - warn or reprimand someone firmly.
Soaring - fly or rise high in the air.
49). Answer: a)
Adherent - someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas / sticking fast to an object or surface.
Sustain - strengthen or support physically or mentally.
50). Answer: d)
Bickering - argue about petty and trivial matters.
Concerns - anxiety; worry.

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