Solved Question Paper - ENGLISH LANGUAGE held on 17.03.2013
Directions : In questions no. 1 to 10, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.
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1. The number of guests (A)/ invited to the wedding(B) / are one thousand.(C)/ No error. (D) |
2. Supposing if (A)/ he tells the truth (B) / he can escape punishment. (C) / No error. (D) |
3. For a long time (A)/ I did not know who was sitting besides me (B) / because it was so dark. (C) / No error. (D) |
4. Rabindranath Tagore was not (A)/ the first Nobel Laureate (B) / without a university degree. (C) / No error. (D) |
5. The problem of soil erosion (A)/ is one of serious imports (B) / in various countries. (C) / No error. (D) |
6. She (A)/ is my (B) / confidante. (C) / No error. (D) |
7. Don’t depend on (A)/ Raju for he will (B) / always lets you down. (C) / No error. (D) |
8. Each and every person (A)/ have (B) / to do this work. (C) / No error. (D) |
9. It is (A)/ a quarter to ten (B) / by my watch. (C) / No error. (D) |
10. My cousin with her parents (A)/ have gone (B) / to Chennai. (C) / No error. (D) |
Directions: In questions no. 11 to 20, 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 by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.
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11. The photographer rolled a machine _______ the middle ________ the room.
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12. If I _______ a more reliable car, I _______ to Delhi rather than fly.
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13. He’s been bitten _______ a dog.
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14. _______ resigned, we would have been forced to sack him.
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15. Women who swear _______ beauty products are in for a shock.
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16. ______ of people come here to gossip.
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17. Do congratulate him ________ his success.
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18. He is _______ the top of the class.
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19. Telling a small lie sometimes enables one to avoid __________ another’s feelings.
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20. We should not laugh _______ physically challenged people.
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Directions: In questions no. 21 to 23, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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21. gall
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22. valour
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23. glimpse
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Directions: In questions no. 24 to 26, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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24. obligatory
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25. fragile
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26. crowded
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Directions: In questions no. 27 to 29, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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27. I am tired of the rat-race in the corporate sector.
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28. Sachin is an indifferent student. He is often all at sea.
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29. I am waiting for the old man to kick the bucket so that I can get his money.
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Directions: In questions no. 30 to 34, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is newled, your answer is (D).
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30. To contact the police he tried hard.
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31. He is reputed to be closed fisted man.
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32. Dust is a problem particular to India.
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33. Its not possible to judge a man by his appearance.
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34. The dog is certainly a noble animal.
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Directions: In questions no. 35 to 39, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence.
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35. To free anything from germs
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36. One who leaves one’s country in order to settle permanently in another
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37. Belonging to the same period
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38. One who compiles a dictionary
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39. One who knows everything
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Directions : In questions no. 40 to 45, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicated it by blackening the appropriate oval in the Answer Sheet.
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40.
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43.
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45.
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