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.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
2.
me
my
ours
mine
'My' means belonging to me. The given passage states that I was sitting there sulking over my failure to keep from having to spend my glistering summer months.
Hence, 'my' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 2:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Until I was / still a little weak, / I decided to walk home / from the metro station.
still a little weak
I decided to walk home
Until I was
from the metro station
Until is used to describe an effect that will take place & Still is used to denote the continuity of the action. In the given sentence, the narrator described the continuity of the actionof walking. So, we will remove the word 'until'.
Hence, 'I was still a little weak' is the most appropriate answer
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Cove
Bay
Crater
Pit
Hollow
bay
Cove- A small bay.
Pit- A large hole in the ground.
Crater- The round hole at the top of a volcano
Question 4:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
I don't recognise none of the politicians who have been invited to be the speakers today
I don't recognise none of
invited to be
the politicians who have been
the speakers today
Don't and none are two negative words that should not be used together in a sentence when referring to a common situation. However, 'any' is used in negative sentences. For example, I did not find any of my friends at the party. Hence, 'I don't recognize any of the politicians' will be the correct sentence structure.
Question 5:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Until I was / still a little weak, / I decided to walk home / from the metro station.
I decided to walk home
still a little weak
from the metro station
Until I was
Until is used to describe an effect that will take place & Still is used to denote the continuity of the action. In the given sentence, the narrator described the continuity of the actionof walking. So, we will remove the word 'until'.
Hence, 'I was still a little weak' is the most appropriate answer
Question 6:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
AFFINITY
attraction
aversion
weakness
inclination
aversion - a strong feeling of not liking somebody/something
affinity - a close similarity between two things
weakness - the state of being weak
inclination - a feeling that makes somebody want to behave in a particular way
attraction - a feeling of liking somebody/something
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Wise managers __________ opinions, get information, ask advice, act __________ and know the art of ____________ responsibilities to the subordinates.
solicit, transparently, delegating
entrust, transiently, accelerating
condemn, transnationally, elevating
coerce, translucently, relegating
Solicit means to ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
Transparently is in an honest and open manner. Delegating means to entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person. So option b is the most appropriate answer.
Question 8:
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.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
5.
commended
cheered
lauded
hissed
'Hissed' means to say something in an angry hissing voice. The given passage states that the narrator just sat there blinking at her until she finally put her hand over the receiver and hissed.
Hence, 'hissed' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 9:
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 have been wondering at taking skating as a hobby.
to take up
No improvement required
about taking up
on taking to
There is a prepositional error in the given sentence. The preposition 'at' must be replaced with 'about' as we generally use the preposition 'about' with 'wonder'.
Hence, 'about taking up' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
In exactly the same words as were used originally
Recurrence
Duplication
Repetition
Verbatim
Verbatim- in exactly the same words as were used originally
Repetition- doing something again, something that you do or that happens again
Duplication- the act or process of copying
Recurrence- a new occurrence of something that happened before
