1.Represent truthfully and in detail. C.

and
A. Chronic D. its’
B. Adhere
C. Advent 7. The boy was both in complexion and in
temperament.
D. Idea
A. acquiescent
B. curtailed
2. Choose the best word to complete the
C. enshroud
analogy.
D. sanguine
Resign : Director :: Abdicate :
A. Ruler
8. Dic , Dict
B. Referee
A. Write
C. Athlete
B. Touch
D. Quit
C. Rule
D. Speak
3 .As it is used in line 6, the word "bugs"
most nearly means:
A. another word for insect 9. Tenuous
A. cowardly
B. a word for a specific class of insects
B. tilted
C. another term for ladybug
C. shaky
D. a word representing the insect class as a
whole D. determined

4. He had a desire to see her again. 10. Dissembling

A. plausible A. deceiving
B. repudiate B. destroying
C. objective C. going insane
D. fervent D. disguising

5. After my parents scolded me, I 11. Raman _______ for reaching home
SULLENLY climbed the stairs to my late.
room. (A) took him to task
A. stomping (B) die in harness
B. screamingly (C) carried of his feet
C. resentfully (D) faced the music
D. loudly
12. The light bulb ______. Please change
6. Choose the correctly punctuated word it.
to fit in the blank. (A) broke in
I knew what model car it was, but I (B) burnt out
wasn't sure about ------ color. (C) dealt with
A. its (D) carried on
B. it's
 17. This colour has gone ____________
13. Choose one word that would fit in fashion.
both the blanks. (A) out from
(i) During the cyclone the _____ of the tree (B) out for
fell off. (C) out of
(ii) The new bank has opened three ____ in (D) of
rural areas.
18. Choose the correct spelling.
A. leaves (A) Pseudonym
B. offices (B) Pseuodnym
(C) Pseudoname
C. branches
(D) Seudonum
D. routes
19. Select the correct phrase.
14. Find two words with the same sound (A) Take it and leave it
but different spelling for the given (B) Take it or give it
sentences. (C) Take it or leave it
I cannot ____ to see any animal suffering. (D) Leave it or take it R
The giant pulled the roof off the house with
his ____ hands. 20. After his retirement, Mr. Smith______
mowing his garden, as it is his favourite
A. bare,beer pastime.
B. bare, bear
C. bear, bare A. will usually see
D. bear, bee B has usually seen
C. is usually seen
D. does usually see
15. ------ book you just read is one of ------
finest works of ----------Virginia Woolf.
21. I am also responsible, _________as
You can find more of her work in that
you are, for trusting that fraudster who
section
deceived us by making us invest in that
fake property.
A. A, the, the
A. as if
B. The, a, no article
B. as soon
C. The, the, no article
C. although
D. The, no article, a
D. inasmuch
16. We have to let the law _____________
22. _________ You were the Prime
and wait for the court’s verdict in this
Minister of the country for one day, what
matter.
would you do for its welfare?
A. take it course
A. Despite
B. make its course
B. Although
C. take course
C. Supposing
D. take its course
D. Now that
 A. Penurious
23. The idiom, the whole nine yards' B. Penirious
C. Punurious
means
D. Pinurious

A. the collective area of nine yards FOR QUESTIONS 27 AND 28, CHOOSE
B. everything possible one can do in a THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE
particular situation GIVEN WORD.
C, everything one can do for society's
welfare 27. Facsimile
D. to cover the area of nine yards with every A. Original
possible means available B. Replica
C. Archetype
D. Paradigm
24. Rani said to her mother, "Mom, have
you seen my red dress? I am unable to 28. Mettlesome
find it."
Rani asked her mother ______ red dress. A.Valiant
She was unable to find it. B.Fearful
A. whether she had seen her C. Cowardice
B. if had she seen my D. Amateur
C. that she saw her
D. whether has she seen her FOR QUESTIONS 29 AND 30, CHOSE
THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE
25 a. The guide showed us a ______ of GIVEN WORD
wild rabbits during our safari.
A. clutter 29. Vacuous
A. Unreasoning
B. clew B. Airhead
C. fluffle C. Fatuous
D. pride D. Brimming

FOR QUESTIONS 25 b AND 26, 30. Congruity

CHOOSE THE OPTION WITH A. Symmetry
B. Discord
CORRECT SPELLING.
C. Anonymity
D. Concord
25 b. How do you spell the word that
means "in opposition to a civil authority
or government"?
READING
A. Siditious
B. Saditious
C. Setitious
FOR QUESTIONS 31 TO 35 READ THE
D. Seditious PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
26. How do you spell the word that means
"someone who is unwilling to spend"? In recent years, the number of people touring Egypt
has slowly dwindled. This is most likely due to the
violence in the Middle Eastern region and the few of Tutankhamun has managed to survive more or
bombings and kidnappings that have occurred in less intact to this day. Further south, near the town
recent year However, these cases are pretty much of Aswan, are the famous temples of Abu Simbel.
isolated, and the thousands of people who visit Constructed during the reign of Ramses II, better
Egypt every year thoroughly enjoy their experience known as Ramses the Great, these two temples
there. much larger-than-life statues guarding the
entrances. And beautiful hieroglyphs still adorn the
Egypt is famous for a lot of things, from their exotic walls of the temples.
perfumes and fine cotton to the mysteries of
mummification and their ancient religion. However, The few monuments I've mentioned are just a small
I would like to focus on the architectural and fraction of the many wonders that can be found in
engineering wonders of the Egyptian civilization. Egypt. If you have any interest in ancient
When the tribes in Europe and Africa were still civilizations or want to know more about the
wonders of ancient Egypt, you owe it to yourself to
building huts and shelters, the Egyptians had
visit this ancient land before its wonders are
already constructed monstrous monuments
eventually swept away by the sands of time.
hundreds of feet in height and width.
It is this superiority that has elevated the ancient
Egyptian civilization to the status of one of the 31.What is unique about the Sphinx of Egypt?
greatest civilizations in the world. By far the most
A. It is a gigantic structure that guards the entrance
famous of Egypt's architectural wonders are the 3
of King Tutankhamun's tomb.
Great Pyramids, located at Giza, near Cairo. These B. It is a statue of the pharaoh with the head of a
monuments are hundreds of feet in height and have man and the body of a lion.
survived the test of time for the last 4500 years. C. It is a gigantic statue with the head of a and the
There are over a hundred pyramids of various sizes body of a lion.
in Egypt, and more in neighbouring Sudan. D. It embodies the greatness of the pharaohs of
monuments as tombs for the great pharaohs of Egypt.
ancient Egypt and stand as testimony to the power
and influence of these pharaohs. Next to the Great 32.What caused the dwindling number of visitors to
Pyramids at Giza is the enigmatic Sphinx) A Egypt?
gigantic statue with the head of a man and the body
of a lion, the great Sphinx stares silently at the east, A The unbearable hot temperature of the country.
perhaps watching the sunrise or perhaps protecting B. The violence in the Middle Tastern region
the great pyramids from whatever evils that may
threaten to destroy them. The Sphinx is just as old C. The ever-changing power of those in government
D. The rapid decrease in insurgency
as the pyramids, ageing over 4500 years (or more,
depending on which group of archaeologists you
33. The synonym of the word 'exotic' as used in the
believe).The architectural wonders of ancient Egypt passage is
are not limited to those at Giza,
A shocking
As you travel along the Nile River (incidentally the B. expensive
longest river in the world). you will come across C. alluring
other monuments. Chief of these is the Valley of D. cheap
Kings near Luxor. It is here that many kings from
many of the ancient Egyptian dynasties were 34. Consider the given statements and choose the
entombed. Each tomb is unique and a wonder in its correct answer.
own right. Unfortunately, most of the treasure that
was entombed with the pharaohs has long been Statement I: The great pyramids serve as tombs for
stolen by tomb raiders. Only the well-hidden tomb the great pharaohs of ancient Egypt and stand as
testimony to the power and influence of these Soon, he discovered dead bodies of all the past
pharaohs. kings. He understood that as soon as they were left
on the island the wild animals had come and killed
Statement II: Many kings from the ancient dynasties them.
were entombed in the famous temples of Abu The king went back to the country and collected
Simbel. 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and
instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the
A. Statement II is true but I is not. deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. Over
B. Statement I is true but II is not. the months, the island turned into a beautiful place.
C. Both the Statements I and II are true. The young king would wear simple clothes and
D. Both the Statements I and II are false. spend very little from his earnings as a king. He
sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When
35. What is significant about the temples of Abu nine months passed like this, the king called the
Simbel? ministers and told them: "I know that I have to go to
the island after one year, but I would like to go there
A. They have much larger-than-life statues the right now." But the ministers didn't agree to this and
entrances. said that he had to wait for another three months to
B.They house the actual dead bodies of the complete the year.
Egyptian kings. After the completion of his term, he was put on an
C. They were the places of sacrifice for the elephant to take him around the country to say
pharaohs of Egypt. goodbye to the citizens. However, this king was
D. They used to be the palace of Ramses the Great. unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked
him, "All the other kings would cry at this moment.
FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 40 READ THE Why is it that you are laughing?" He replied,
PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTONS "While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries
THAT FOLLOW. of the kingdom, I always thought about the future
and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a
Long time ago, there was a country, where the beautiful abode for me where I can stay
people would change a king every year. The person peacefully."
who would become the king had to agree to
a contract that he would be sent to an island after 36. What did the young man notice on his visit to
one year of his being a king. the remote island after three days of being king?
One king had finished his term and it was time for
him to go to the island and live there. The people A. That the animals on the island were too many
dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on and they could not be killed by a single man
an elephant and took him around the cities to say B. That the island was very big and had deep
goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of trenches and high mountains
sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. C. That the previous kings had been killed by the
After bidding farewell, the people took the king to wild animals on the island
a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their D. That the island was made very beautiful and
way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just clean with the help of the workers
recently. They saw a young man who
had survived by holding on to a floating piece of 37. What could be said about the island after the
wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up young king had made his servants work on it?
the young man and took him to their country. They
requested him to be king for a year. First he refused A. The dangerous island had been turned into a
but later he agreed to be the king. beautiful place.
After three days of being a king, he asked the B. The island still remained the same despite all the
ministers if they could show him the island where young king's efforts.
all the other kings were sent. The island was C. The island was barely tolerable now.
covered with a thick jungle and sounds D. The island was safe from all types of attacks.
of vicious animals were heard coming out of it.
 c. However, they look nice together. Our parents’
38.Which of the following describe(s) the young differences start with their appearance.
king correctly? d. They don’t look similar at all.

(A) He was intelligent. A) cdab

(B) He had foresight. B) bacd
(C) He was cunning. C) bdac
D) dbac
A. Only (A)
B. (A) and (B) ROUGH SPACE
C. Only (C)
D. Both (B) and (C)

39.What was the king's request to the ministers after

the completion of nine months?

A. That he should not be sent to the island after the

completion of one year
B. That he should be allowed to go to the island
immediately.
C. That he should be paid more in order to improve
work on the island
D. That he should be sent to the island after a year

40.What arrangements did the young king make for

money on the island?

A. Sold a large amount of his property

B. Spent all the money derived from his income as a
king
C. Borrowed money from the ministers and sent it
to the island
D. Spent very less of his income as a king and sent
it to the island for storage

41. Choose the most appropriate option. Everyone

should have periodic eye examinations to make sure
problems are quickly _______.
(A) prepared
(B) discover
(C) responded
(D) discovered

42. Reorder the jumbled sentences to make a

cohesive paragraph.
a. On the other hand, my mother is not so tall; she
is a little fat, has brown hair and a fair complexion.
b. My father is dark, very tall and of medium
weight.