In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ELUCIDATE
In the following items each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences.
: Once upon a time there was a king who had a wonderfully nice garden.
: In the trees lived a nightingale that sang so sweetly that all who passed by stood still and listened.
P : In the middle of the garden there was a lovely forest with tall trees and deep lakes.
Q : In this garden were to be seen the most wonderful flowers with silver bells tied to them.
R : The garden was so large that even the gardener himself did not know where it began and where it ended.
S : These bells always sounded so that nobody should pass by without noticing the flowers. The proper sequence should be
: One of the first things the learning of a new language teaches you is that language comes from the region of the unconscious.
: The test of how much you know is: how much can you say without having to think how you are going to say it ?
P : What is often meant by “thinking in a language” is really the ability to use it without thinking about it.
Q : We grown-up people have to filter it through our minds - a much more laborious process.
R : That is why children learn a new language so effortlessly : it comes straight from their instincts.
S : But we cannot say that we know a language, or know what we have studied of it, until we can use it instinctively. The proper sequence should be
In the following questions, the sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four.
He is as firm ____ rock.
In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
Select the word with the correct spelling.
Improve the bracketed part of each sentence.
Simple Simon (sit right down) to eat the yummy pie.
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase as your answer.
To take somebody for a ride
In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given numbered blank out of the four alternatives.
In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, (84) a promise from his (85), assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an (86) journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus (87). Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern-day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India’s constitutional context, an island of immutability, (88) titled the “basic structure”.
Q:88
In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
PUNCTILIOUS
In the following questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
A person who maliciously destroys by fire
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
Ram is superior than (1)/ Shyam in his (2)/ vision of corruption free India. (3)/ No error (4)
Neeta served as President (1)/ of the oshinara club (2)/ since ten years. (3)/ No error (4)
In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
Girls have taken interviews to validate the claim.