Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.
Impudent
Triumphant
Insolent
Polite
Confident
Impudent - lacking respect and not polite
Polite - having good manners and showing respect for others
Insolent - lacking respect
Confident - feeling or showing that you are sure about your own abilities, opinions, etc.
Triumphant- feeling or showing great happiness because you have won or succeeded at something
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
Shrija enquired about his daughter's reputation.
asked about his daughter's character
poked about his daughter's role
assessed about his daughter's strength
condemned about his daughter's well-being
'Enquired' generally takes the preposition 'for' whereas with 'asked' we generally use the preposition 'about'. Hence, 'asked about his daughter's character' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 3:
Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Investing on real estate / can earn you quick profit / but it comes with / a certain amount of risk attached to it.
Investing on real estate
a certain amount of risk attached to it
but it comes with
can earn you quick profit
Investing on real estate- is incorrect. The preposition "on" will be replaced by "in".
Invest in is a phrasal verb which means to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage. So (c) is the most appropriate structure.
Question 4:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The government enterprises were privatized as they were __________ heavy losses on a daily basis.
demanding
incurring
earning
containing
Incur- suffer unpleasant results.
Earn - obtain (money) in return for labour or services.
Contain - have or hold (someone or something) within.
Demand - an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.
According to the context of the sentences option (b) is the most appropriate answer.
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
Reema and Aasha were frolicking in the park
were participating in the garden
were performing in the garden
were playing in the garden
were enjoying in the garden
We will replace the word 'frolicking' with 'playing' as playing sounds better in the grammatical context of the given sentence.
Hence, 'were playing in the garden' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 6:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My family is my priority but there were times when I had to __________ because of work pressures.
sit in
look into
pull away
put off
pull away
Put off - to postpone something
Look into - to investigate something
Sit in - taking a passive part in the meeting
Pull away - to become less close to someone deliberately; withdraw
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
I keep telling myself how I am lucky to have such wonderful sisters.
how I am lucky for
how lucky I am to having
how lucky I am to have
how I am lucky for having
If an interrogative sentence (in which a question is asked) is written in the indirect form or is in the middle of a statement, then "Wh-word (Why, When, Where) + Subject + Verb" is grammatically the correct structure. Hence, 'how lucky I am to have' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.
Impudent
Insolent
Triumphant
Polite
Confident
Impudent - lacking respect and not polite
Polite - having good manners and showing respect for others
Insolent - lacking respect
Confident - feeling or showing that you are sure about your own abilities, opinions, etc.
Triumphant- feeling or showing great happiness because you have won or succeeded at something
Question 9:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost god-like attitude (1) _______ their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, (2) ________ they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in (3) ________ _detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealised or otherwise (4) _________ figure, but of a unique (5) _______of flesh and blood.
3.
present
last
self
every
'Every' means all of the people or things in a group of three or more. The given passage states that the entire story is meaningful in every detail.
Hence, 'every' is the most appropriate answer
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.
Despicable
Commendable
Laudable
Desirable
Contemptible
Contemptible: not deserving any respect at all
Despicable: very unpleasant or evil
Commendable: that people think is good
Laudable: deserving to be appreciated, praised or admired
Desirable : wanted, often by many people; worth having
Contemptible will be a synonym of the given word despicable.
