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1901.

Q: ln the question given below choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer. Prolix

A. Tedious
B. Baleful
C. Precise
D. Clear
Answer» D. Clear
1902.

Q: ln the question given below choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer. Stridency

A. Loudness
B. Elastic
C. Euphony
D. Thick
Answer» D. Thick
1903.

Q: ln the question given below choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer. Internecine

A. Deadly
B. Constructive
C. Offence
D. Devotion
Answer» C. Offence
1904.

Q: Literature cannot be said to have served its true purpose until it has been ______ into the actual life of the person who reads.

A. transfigured
B. transgressed
C. translated
D. transmuted
Answer» D. transmuted
1905.

Q: Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.List of issues to be discussed at a meeting

A. Schedule
B. Agenda
C. Time-table
D. Plan
Answer» C. Time-table
1906.

Q: Linger

A. Quicken
B. Stop
C. Wait
D. Defer
Answer» B. Stop
1907.

Q: Like every weekday (A)/ since the past two years, (B)/ she made her way / to platform number 7 (C)/ and waited for the Churchgate-bound train from Virar (D).

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. No error
Answer» C. C
1908.

Q: The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.Light is _____ than sound.

A. sounder
B. lighter
C. faster
D. more faster
Answer» D. more faster
1909.

Q: Life is never meant toA-country like IndiaB-be easy, especially if youC-live in a developing

A. BAC
B. ACB
C. BCA
D. ABC
Answer» D. ABC
1910.

Q: Life is an event of give and take.

A. make believe
B. adjustment
C. always
D. giving
Answer» C. always
1911.

Q: Let me do this.

A. Let this be done by me.
B. Let I do this.
C. Let us do this.
D. This be done by me.
Answer» B. Let I do this.
1912.

Q: Leisure

A. Toil
B. Ease
C. Rest
D. Comfort
Answer» B. Ease
1913.

Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Left out in cold

A. gullible
B. incorrigible
C. delible
D. infallible
Answer» B. incorrigible
1914.

Q: “Would you open the door please?”

A. She asked me to please open the door.
B. She requested me to open the door.
C. She requested me to please open the door.
D. She asked me open the door.
Answer» C. She requested me to please open the door.
1915.

Q: “Would you mind taking off your shoes before entering the house?”. He said to the foreigner.

A. He requested the foreigner to take off his shoes before entering the house.
B. He told the foreigner that he must take off his shoes before entered the house.
C. He said the foreigner that to take off his shoes before entered the house.
D. Before entering the house he said that shoes must be taken off.
Answer» B. He told the foreigner that he must take off his shoes before entered the house.
1916.

Q: “Where do you live?” asked the stranger.

A. The stranger asked were I lived.
B. The stranger enquired where I was living.
C. The stranger questioned where did I live.
D. The stranger wanted to know where I live.
Answer» B. The stranger enquired where I was living.
1917.

Q: “What’s that noise ? It sound like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.

A. Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
B. Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
C. Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
D. Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
Answer» B. Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
1918.

Q: “what about the going for a picnic,” he said, “it’s time to go now.”

A. He enquired going for a picnic as it was time to go then.
B. He asked what about going for a picnic and said that it was time to go then.
C. He proposed going for a picnic as it was time to go then.
D. He suggested going for a picnic as it was time to go now.
Answer» D. He suggested going for a picnic as it was time to go now.
1919.

Q: “वैध" शब्द के लिए मानक अंग्रेजी शब्द है ।

A. Law
B. Bill
C. Valid
D. Act
Answer» D. Act
1920.

Q: “Tomorrow” gives me no time !” said Amanda.

A. Amanda exclaimed that tomorrow gives her no time.
B. Amanda said that tomorrow gave her no time at all.
C. Amanda exclaimed that tomorrow had given her no time.
D. Amanda exclaimed that the following day gave her no time.
Answer» E.
1921.

Q: “There are ceremonies going on”, he said to me.

A. He told me that there were ceremonies going on.
B. He told that there have been ceremonies going on.
C. He told that there had been ceremonies going on.
D. He told that there are ceremonies going on.
Answer» B. He told that there have been ceremonies going on.
1922.

Q: “The last thing I want for my daughter is a boy who drinks ! ”said Brinda.

A. Brinda proclaimed that the last thing she wanted for her daughter was a boy who drank.
B. Brinda said the last thing she should want for her daughter was a boy who drank.
C. Brinda told that the last thing she wants for her daughter was a boy who drinks.
D. Brinda complained that the last thing she wants for her daughter is a boy who drank.
Answer» B. Brinda said the last thing she should want for her daughter was a boy who drank.
1923.

Q: “Prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust” — in this quote prejudicial means

A. an opinion formed in the mind beforehand
B. previous suggestion
C. prehistoric knowledge
D. to instruct previously
E. being harmful
Answer» F.
1924.

Q: “Is that so ?” the Sahib said cheerfully, “Well, I like village folk”.

A. The Sahib cheerfully asked if it was such and said he likes village folk.
B. The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk.
C. The Sahib told with cheer that it was so and asked if he liked village folk.
D. The Sahib was asking cheerfully if it was so and added that he liked village folk.
Answer» C. The Sahib told with cheer that it was so and asked if he liked village folk.
1925.

Q: “Indeed, violence is bad, not intrinsically, but because of these motives that go with it'. This suggests

A. Violence is basically good.
B. Violence is bad only when it is associated with certain motives.
C. Violence is bad because the people who exercise it are bad.
D. Violence is basically bad
Answer» C. Violence is bad because the people who exercise it are bad.
1926.

Q: “I have been seen the film before” Suneetha says.

A. Suneetha said that she had seen the film before.
B. Suneetha says that she has been the film before
C. Suneetha said that film was seen by her before.
D. Suneetha said that saw the film earlier.
Answer» C. Suneetha said that film was seen by her before.
1927.

Q: “___he has drawn the PM’s attention ____” In this line ‘He’ refers to

A. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
B. Supreme Court
C. HD Shourie
D. Ministers
E. Formers petroleum minister
Answer» D. Ministers
1928.

Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D). Q.20. “Do you remember his phone number? I don’t suspect so.”

A. don’t think
B. don’t thing
C. may think
D. No improvement
Answer» B. don’t thing
1929.

Q: “Forgive thine enemies”_ is one of the teachings of_

A. Mohammed
B. Mahaveer
C. Jesus Christ
D. Gandhiji
Answer» D. Gandhiji
1930.

Q: “Do you want some more sweets” asked my friend.

A. My Friend asked me if I want some more sweets.
B. My Friend said to me If I wanted some more sweets.
C. My Friend asked me whether I wanted some more sweets.
D. My Friend asked mee that I wanted some more sweets.
Answer» D. My Friend asked mee that I wanted some more sweets.
1931.

Q: “Children are increasingly found to be frustrated,” says Dr. Sharma.

A. Dr. Sharma says that children are increasingly find to be frustrated.
B. Dr. sharma said that children are increasingly found to be frustrated.
C. Dr. Sharma said that children were increasingly found to be frustrated.
D. Dr. Sharma says that children are increasingly found to be frustrated.
Answer» E.
1932.

Q: “Can you pay him in cash ?” she said to me.

A. She asked me if he could pay me in cash.
B. She asked me if I could pay him in cash.
C. She asked him if I should pay him in cash.
D. She asked him if I can pay him in cash.
Answer» C. She asked him if I should pay him in cash.
1933.

Q: “Be quiet” I said to them.

A. I told them to be quiet.
B. I asked them to remain quiet.
C. I told to them for being quiet.
D. I ordered them to remain quiet.
Answer» B. I asked them to remain quiet.
1934.

Q: “And you believe all this?” asked Sriram, in surprise.

A. Sriram asked me in surprise if I believed all this.
B. Sriram asked me in disbelief if I was believing all this.
C. Surprised, Sriram asked me whether I believed all that.
D. Sriram was amazed that I believed all that.
Answer» D. Sriram was amazed that I believed all that.
1935.

Q: Lavish

A. Scarce
B. Bountiful
C. Simple
D. Austere
Answer» C. Simple
1936.

Q: Lateral thinking method is ______ with creation of new ideas that is a procedure and readiness to look at things in a diverse approach.

A. aggressive
B. apprehensive
C. regressive
D. neoconservative
Answer» C. regressive
1937.

Q: Lata Manageshar was_________ with a natural talent for music.

A. given
B. Found
C. Endowed
D. Entrusted
Answer» D. Entrusted
1938.

Q: Last week the committee summarily rejected their proposal for acquisition of the investment bank.

A. have rejected in summary
B. summarily reject
C. is rejected summarily
D. were summarily rejected
E. No correction required
Answer» F.
1939.

Q: Last evening, the actor throw a party at his residence.

A. threw a party
B. threw the parties
C. thrown a party
D. throw the party
E. No correction required
Answer» B. threw the parties
1940.

Q: Lack of civic-mindedness or of patriotism

A. Shag
B. Clergy
C. Iconomachy
D. Incivism
Answer» E.
1941.

Q: Kumar ____ boy swam across the sea for safety

A. a 17 year aged
B. the 17 year old
C. a 17 years old
D. a 17 year old
Answer» E.
1942.

Q: Krishna hugs Sudama, welcomes him to his___and treats him with utmost love and respect.

A. Shelter
B. Abode
C. Villages
D. Roofs
Answer» C. Villages
1943.

Q: Direction: In questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.Krishna said to Subhas. "I'll return the book after I have read it ".

A. Krishna told Subhas that he will return the book after he read it.
B. Krishna told Subhas that he would return the book after he had read it.
C. Krishna told Subhas that he will return the book after he has read it.
D. Krishna told Subhas that he would return the book after he has read it.
Answer» C. Krishna told Subhas that he will return the book after he has read it.
1944.

Q: Kolkata, _________ Tagore lived is a crowded city.

A. where
B. that
C. which
D. when
Answer» B. that
1945.

Q: Knowledge and wisdom makes (A) / an individual truly complete (B) / and self-assured. (C) / No error. (D)

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
1946.

Q: King George V's accession _______ the throne was celebrated with great pomp.

A. for
B. with
C. against
D. to
Answer» E.
1947.

Q: King George V's accession _____the throne was celebrated with great pomp.

A. against
B. to
C. for
D. with
Answer» C. for
1948.

Q: Kindly confirm by letter and telephone (A) / that you will be able (B)/ to attend the interview. (C)/No error (D).

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
1949.

Q: Killer of prophet

A. patricide
B. Sororicide
C. Mariticide
D. Vaticide
Answer» E.
1950.

Q: Kiling of birds

A. Vulpicide
B. Matricide
C. Herbicide
D. Avicide
Answer» E.