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51.

A. She arrived where Gerard s branch started.
B. His heart stood still.
C. The bear was mounting steadily uphill.
D. But then he thanked God.

A. BCDA
B. ABCD
C. CABD
D. DCAB
Answer» D. DCAB
Discussion
52.

A. indeed
B. that he might have passed
C. he was
D. so eloquent

A. BADC
B. DACB
C. ABDC
D. CDAB
Answer» E.
Discussion
53.

A. try to use the camera
B. carefully
C. before you
D. read the manual

A. BDCA
B. DCAB
C. ACBD
D. CADB
Answer» E.
Discussion
54.

A. are not allowed
B. to change to a different class
C. unless there is a special reason
D. students

A. CDBA
B. BADC
C. ACBD
D. DABC
Answer» E.
Discussion
55.

1. Falcons have sharp angular wings
P. to dive sharply
Q. and allow them
R. to chase their prey
S. that give them the speed
6. to capture their victims

A. SQPR
B. QPRS
C. PRSQ
D. SRQP
Answer» E.
Discussion
56.

1. Information Technology is a recent development.
P. These changes are attributed to the Internet, website, e-mail and Fax.
Q.As a result of these techniques, the whole world has shrunken into a global village.
R. The invention of computer has accelerated the speed of computing.
S. It has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of communication.
6. Browsing Internet has become a regular feature.

A. QPRS
B. SRPQ
C. QRPS
D. SPRQ
Answer» C. QRPS
Discussion
57.

1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P. How did you manage it? asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. Oh, it was nothing , replied the traveller.
S. When I was in El Doab , he said, I made fifty Arabs run!
6. I ran, and they ran after me!

A. RPQS
B. QRSP
C. QSPR
D. PQSR
Answer» D. PQSR
Discussion
58.

1. One evening he lit a large lamp in the bedroom and sat near his wife.
P. Why not? , was the answer.
Q. Whatever you like.
R. Shall I read you something? , he asked.
S. What shall I read? , he continued.
6. He was somewhat taken aback by her answer.

A. RPSQ
B. SRQP
C. RQPS
D. SQPR
Answer» B. SRQP
Discussion
59.

1. Some animals like fishes lay eggs and leave them.
P. The mother does not care for the eggs at all.
Q. They lay thousands of eggs at a time but do not look after them.
R. Most of the eggs die and only a few of them develop into fishes.
S. She simply leaves the eggs and never comes back to them.
6. Is this not something terrible? Yet, it is a fact.

A. QPSR
B. PSQR
C. RQPS
D. QSPR
Answer» B. PSQR
Discussion
60.

1. My grandmother was an old woman.
P. But that was hard to believe.
Q. And she even had a husband.
R. People said that she had once been young and pretty.
S. She had been like this for the twenty years that I had known her.
6. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child.

A. QPSR
B. RSPQ
C. RPQS
D. SRQP
Answer» E.
Discussion
61.

1. It was 7 O'clock in the morning.
P. He was keenly looking at the approaching vehicles.
Q. His house was in the lead.
R. Shardul was waiting for his school bus.
S. Today is the final day of his school athletic meet.
6. As a leader of the house, he wanted to win the General Championship by scoring maximum points.

A. PRSQ
B. SRPQ
C. RSPQ
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
62.

1. Reporters gather news for newspaper.
P. The newspaper is sent to the distributors.
Q. The news is classified and arranged by the editors.
R. It is printed in the press.
S. Then the newspapers are sent to news agencies.
6. The news agencies sell the newspapers.

A. SRPQ
B. RPSQ
C. QRPS
D. PRQS
Answer» D. PRQS
Discussion
63.

1. The manual typewriter is worked by hand.
P. The required letter is thus printed on the paper.
Q. When one of the keys is tapped, a hammer goes and strikes the ribbon against the blank paper.
R. Then the roller automatically moves on, another key is tapped and the next letter is printed.
S. A sheet of paper is clipped against the roller.
6. A person who knows typing, can really work fast on this machine.

A. SQPR
B. RPQS
C. PSQR
D. QPSR
Answer» B. RPQS
Discussion
64.

1. The north eastern region presents a diverse system of habitats, ranging from
tropical rainforests to alpine meadows.
P. In eastern Himalayas the rainfall ranges from 125 to 300 cm, in Assam from 178 to 305 cms.
Q. The temperature in the region varies with location, elevation, topography, rainfall and humidity.
R. The uneven distribution affects the region in two opposite ways, floods and droughts.
S. It is largely a humid tropical region with two periods of rainfall; the winter rains come from the west and the Summer rains are brought by the monsoon winds.
6. The winter temperature in Shillong, for example, varies from 4 C to 24 C; in Gangtok, from 9 C to 23 C.

A. QRSP
B. SPRQ
C. PQRS
D. RSQP
Answer» C. PQRS
Discussion
65.

1. The second centre is much smaller.
P. It will be known as Dhana Dhanya Cultural Complex.
Q. It will come up at Alipore.
R. The State Government has decided to set up this centre.
S. But it is equally attractive.
6. This will be built in the memory of Dwijendralal Roy.

A. PQSR
B. RQSP
C. SQPR
D. QPSR
Answer» D. QPSR
Discussion
66.

(P) to the total cost of the product
(Q) in reasonable proportion
(R) advertising costs
(S) are no longer

A. RSQP
B. RPQS
C. RQSP
D. PSRQ
Answer» B. RPQS
Discussion
67.

(P) aimed at ameliorating the
(Q) the package of socioeconomic measures announced by the PM
(R) in the country has received the widespread support of people
(S) lot of the teeming millions

A. PRSQ
B. SQPR
C. QPSR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
68.

(P) is a disease
(Q) which is as
(R) common as the common cold
(S) dental decay

A. RPSQ
B. SQRP
C. QRPS
D. SPQR
Answer» E.
Discussion
69.

(P) american
(Q) as men
(R) earn as much
(S) working women

A. PSQR
B. PRQS
C. SRQP
D. PSRQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
70.

(P) no cultured society is possible
(Q) without books no fresh ideas are possible
(R) and
(S) without fresh ideas

A. QRSP
B. PRSQ
C. RSQP
D. RSPQ
Answer» B. PRSQ
Discussion
71.

(P) would miss a very interesting game
(Q) to be played
(R) between two famous teams
(S) he said that those who would not accompany him

A. SQRP
B. SRPQ
C. SPQR
D. QRPS
Answer» D. QRPS
Discussion
72.

1. Mother do you love me? , she asked.
P. She then looked into her mother s tear-filled eyes out of impatience for a reply.
Q. She kept waiting but her mother did not speak.
R. Then, she understood what words the mother s eyes spoke and the reason for her silence.
S. She got no direct reply and grew restless.
6. She climbed slowly on to her mother s lap.

A. PRQS
B. QSRP
C. SQPR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
73.

(i) Mumbai Metro Region Development Authority had decided to construct these skywalks after a transportation study found that 52 percent of journeys in Mumbai are taken on foot.
(ii) Given the lack of public spaces, like gardens, parks or even footpaths, some people find respite in the spaces provided by the recently developed skywalks.
(iii) The 'ugly caterpillars', as some Mumbaikars call them, block views from houses that overlook the skywalk and impinge in their privacy.
(iv) The Mumbai Skywalk Project has been a controversial one from its inception in 2008.
(v) But for people like me who choose to avoid the crowded paths of Mumbai's streets as much as possible, the skywalks give me little to complain about.

A. (ii) (iv) (iii) (v) (i)
B. (ii) (v) (i) (iv) (iii)
C. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (v)
D. (i) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Answer» B. (ii) (v) (i) (iv) (iii)
Discussion
74.

(i) The shop's most expensive gift ever was a Boeing jet for US$35 million in 1999.
(ii) Ginger Reeder, who handpicks all the 'fantasy items' for the catalogue, does not expect to sell everything.
(iii) In 1997, for instance, Neiman Marcus was unable to offload first editions of 90 of America's greatest novels, from The Great Gatsby to Catch-22.
(iv) The most memorable have included a submarine (US$20 million) and a mean-spirited camel who spat a lot.
(v) Selling is not the point. 'They are chosen for their uniqueness and their publicity value,' she says.

A. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)
B. (ii) (v) (i) (iv) (iii)
C. (ii) (v) (iii) (i) (iv)
D. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (v)
Answer» D. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (v)
Discussion
75.

(i) It grows even in marginal soils and tolerates heat waves and droughts.
(ii) Most Tanzanians are subsistence farmers.
(iii) It would be the perfect crop for 21st century Africa, were it not for the whitefly, whose range is expanding as the climate warms.
(iv) In Africa, small family farms grow more than 90 per cent of all crops, and cassava is a staple for more than 250 million people.
(v) The same viruses that have invaded Juma's field have already spread throughout East Africa.

A. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
B. (v) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
C. (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (v)
D. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (v)
Answer» B. (v) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Discussion
76.

(i) We not only murder to dissect, but we also murder all the organs, all the cells and so on until there is nothing left that was in the living animal.
(ii) Bradley railed against 'analysis' in the late 1800s.
(iii) When Russell became a realist, he attacked this element of Bradley's idealism, defending the thesis that the components of facts can be identified by analysis.
(iv) How did the word 'analytic' come into the tradition? The answer is pretty clear.
(v) When you try to break some fact down into components, he claimed, the result is neither the fact you started with nor even a set of things that were parts of the original fact.

A. (iii) (ii) (iv) (v) (i)
B. (ii) (iv) (iii) (v) (i)
C. (i) (iii) (v) (ii) (iv)
D. (iv) (ii) (v) (i) (iii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
77.

1. In the early 1920 s, settlers came to Alaska looking for gold.
P. Today, people use it to get from place to place.
Q. The trail they used to travel inland is known today as the Iditarod trail.
R. They travelled by boat, to Seward and Krik and from there by land into the gold fields.
S. The Iditarod trail quickly became a major thoroughfare in Alaska.
6. In the winters, the only means of travel down this trail is by dog sledge.

A. PSQR
B. RQSP
C. PQRS
D. QRSP
Answer» C. PQRS
Discussion
78.

(i) The religious attitude accepts the full, independent reality of value.
(ii) What, then, should we count as a religious attitude?
(iii) I will try to provide a reasonably abstract, and hence ecumenical account.
(iv) The first holds that human life has objective meaning or importance.
(v) It accepts the objective truth of two central judgments about value.

A. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (v)
B. (ii) (iii) (i) (v) (iv)
C. (v) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
D. (v) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Answer» C. (v) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Discussion
79.

1. Efforts should be made to stimulate exports.
P. We have another source of foreign exchange.
Q. But people are reluctant to part with it.
R. I mean the huge quantities of hoarded gold.
S. It is necessary to increase our foreign exchange reserves.
6. If they are willing, gold can be sold abroad.

A. PRSQ
B. SPRQ
C. SRPQ
D. PSRQ
Answer» C. SRPQ
Discussion
80.

1. It may seem odd
P. one should only read
Q. but people read for such a
R. to have to insist that
S. because one liked it
6. variety of reasons.

A. QPSR
B. RSPQ
C. SPRQ
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
81.

1. Most of the people acquire
P. which makes them hesitant
Q. their ancestral culture and
R. to accept new ideas and theories of
S. tradition without questioning them,
6. the changing world.

A. SPRQ
B. QRSP
C. QSPR
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
Discussion
82.

1. These positive effects vary from genetic changes that
P. to other related infections,
Q. make us more resistant to the diseases responsible
R. for epidemics and
S. which have effects on human that are
6. hard to pin down and quantify.

A. RPQS
B. QRPS
C. SQPR
D. PRSQ
Answer» C. SQPR
Discussion
83.

1. Jeff is a very good dancer,
P. who always tries new dance steps
Q. while the rest of the class is struggling.
R. which are demonstrated,
S. and masters them quickly
6. He shows off.

A. RPQS
B. SQPR
C. QRPS
D. PRSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
84.

(i) Soon afterwards, Lata falls in love with a dashing young student at her university, whose name is Kabir.
(ii) Lata is Hindu and Kabir is a name used by both Hindus and Muslims.
(iii) A suitable Boy is the story of Lata Mehra and her search for a husband.
(iv) However, it turns out that Kabir is Muslim.
(v) The novel opens with the wedding of Lata's elder sister, Savita, to Pran Kapoor and Mrs. Rupa Mehra's edict to Lata, 'You , too, will marry a boy I choose'.

A. (iii) (iv) (v) (i) (ii)
B. (v) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
C. (iii) (v) (i) (ii) (iv)
D. (v) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Answer» D. (v) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Discussion
85.

(i) Thus, the fact that one is born the first son of a king may mean that he gets to be the king in the next generation.
(ii) Any society may be thought of as a network of roles which must be manned continuously if the work of the society is to get done.
(iii) If the society is to survive, these more necessary or important roles must receive a sufficient supply of recruits from every generation.
(iv) But some of these roles are more necessary or important to the society than others.
(v) In some societies, such a supply is ensured by ascribing roles on cultural patterns or biological facts.

A. (iii) (ii) (i) (v) (iv)
B. (iii) (i) (ii) (v) (iv)
C. (ii) (iii) (i) (v) (iv)
D. (ii) (iv) (iii) (v) (i)
Answer» E.
Discussion
86.

(i) That is, they cannot expect to be understood if they refer to a canine mammal as a god instead of a dog.
(ii) A simple example, like the difference between I had stolen my car and I had my cart stolen, illustrates how crucial syntax is in English.
(iii) English speakers have more options with respect to syntax than they do with respect to phonology or morphology.
(iv) Syntax is the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses and sentences; loosely speaking , it is word order.
(v) But they do have the option of saying either I like dogs or Dogs I like.

A. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (v)
B. (iv) (ii) (v) (i) (iii)
C. (iii) (iv) (i) (v) (ii)
D. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (v)
Answer» C. (iii) (iv) (i) (v) (ii)
Discussion
87.

(i) In his early years, there is evidence that at times he had thought of becoming a sanyasi.
(ii) He never refused to meet them, however tired he was.
(iii) His criticism of their rituals, disciplines and practices, however, was devastating.
(iv) Although in his public talks Krishnaji castigated the wearers of the robe, deep within him he had always felt an immense kinship for the person who wore the robe.
(v) Awakening to its implications, he had not done so; but a special tenderness for the true sanyasis or Buddhist monks remained.

A. (iv) (i) (v) (ii) (iii)
B. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (v)
C. (v) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
D. (v) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Answer» B. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (v)
Discussion
88.

1. I can t stand here and promise that your future path is going to be wonderful.
P. Whatever one feels like doing today is set up as moral.
Q. People don t even pretend to care about what is right.
R. Instead, it might be very difficult, because our time is different than some other eras in human history.
S. If you look around, you can see that, little by little, it is a path leading to our destruction.
6. I am afraid that this legacy of freedom is facing an uncertain future.

A. PSRQ
B. RQPS
C. QSRP
D. PQRS
Answer» C. QSRP
Discussion
89.

The first clue
P. to the nature of this agenda
Q. lies in the origin of
R. the smart city idea itself

A. RPQ
B. QPR
C. QRP
D. PQR
Answer» E.
Discussion
90.

(P) blessing, there is
(Q) fact that it has been a great consolation
(R) if this government is not a wholesome
(S) no denying the

A. RSQP
B. QRSP
C. PRSQ
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
91.

(P) has been stagnant
(Q) a soft drink market that
(R) the ad is an attempt
(S) to put some fizz into

A. QPSR
B. SRPQ
C. RSQP
D. SQPR
Answer» D. SQPR
Discussion
92.

1. I boarded a bus from Tilak Nagar to the Railway Station.
P. It was very embarrassing when people looked at me as if I was a fool.
Q. The conductor came and I asked for a ticket.
R. I was very happy to occupy a seat as I was sure that my journey will be comfortable.
S. He told me that I had boarded a wrong bus.
6. But the conductor was kind enough to tell me that I could get down on the next-stand and get bus to the station.

A. PSRQ
B. SPQR
C. PQSR
D. RQSP
Answer» E.
Discussion
93.

1. Rohit went to the airport to see off his friend.
P. He explained that he had lost his bag in the crowd.
Q. Rohit asked him why he was worried and anxious.
R. Just then, a policman was seen with a teenager who had a bag in his hand.
S. The friend appeared worried and anxious about something.
6. They told the policeman about their lost bag and claimed it.

A. QSPR
B. RPSQ
C. PQRS
D. SQPR
Answer» E.
Discussion
94.

1. A film director decided to make a romantic film.
P. A long spell of audition was conducted to find a suitable heroine.
Q. Mr. Mohan Lal was signed as the hero of the film.
R. The director wanted a new face for the heroine of his film.
S. Finally, he selected a young school girl for his film.
6. The film was a box office hit.

A. QRPS
B. QPSR
C. RPSQ
D. RPQS
Answer» B. QPSR
Discussion
95.

1. Little indeed is known of the origin of English literature.
P. This has not prevented some scholars from writing their "lives" from hints in the texts themselves.
Q. So far as poets are concerned, again, little or nothing is known beyond the names of two of them.
R. We can be certain that poetry made its appearance long before the first prose was written down.
S. Critics have also relied on scanty contemporary references, and also a mass of conjecture that cannot be described as intelligent.
6. Not withstanding the mists, old English literature has an amazing richness.

A. PQRS
B. SRQP
C. PRQS
D. RQPS
Answer» E.
Discussion
96.

1. Man s
P. in the modern
Q. insatiable thirst for knowledge
R. the wonderful achievements of science
S. is at the root of
6. world.

A. SQPR
B. RSPQ
C. QSRP
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
Discussion
97.

1. Moisturisers for the face.
P. as oily ones may block
Q. in greater concentration on the face
R. the oil glands found
S. should be chosen carefully
6. and cause pimple/acne to break out.

A. SRPQ
B. SPQR
C. SQPR
D. SPRQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
98.

1. This summer was the most
P. to believe that next
Q. and we have reason
R. scorching in living memory,
S. year and the year after
6. will be hotter still

A. RQPS
B. SRPQ
C. SPQR
D. QSPR
Answer» B. SRPQ
Discussion
99.

1. Though the government
P. the growth of population
Q. has undertaken a series of plans
R. and for raising the standard of living of the people
S. for economic development
6. has upset all the plans.

A. SRPQ
B. QPRS
C. SPQR
D. QSRP
Answer» E.
Discussion
100.

1. What gives some persons
P. torturing physical pain
Q. after experiencing
R. after the loss of a precious loved one
S. the power to fight on
6. day after day?

A. PQSR
B. PQRS
C. PSQR
D. SRQP
Answer» E.
Discussion