DU LLB Mock Test - 9 (New Pattern) - CLAT MCQ

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To have an axe to grind

In the following question, a group of four words is given. In the group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Notorious

Direction: In the following question, some part of the sentence is underlined. Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part underlined to make the sentence grammatically correct?

The herd of cattles belonged to the man who lives in the house next to mine.

Direction: Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition.

He is jealous _____ her success.

Direction: Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the below given word/ sentence.

Showing an inclination to disagree

Direction: In the following question, an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence.

He’s always been the black sheep of the family.

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Embrace

What type of noun does the underlined portion of the following sentence represent?

Officer Tarun should get an award for his bravery.

Direction: Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the below given word/ sentence.

To remove an objectionable part from a book.

Direction: Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition.

Unfortunately, we had to cancel it owing _____ the bad weather.

Select the answer choice that identifies the noun in the sentence.

Sparta and Athens were enemies during the Peloponnesian War.

Direction: In the following question, some part of the sentence is underlined. Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part underlined to make the sentence grammatically correct?

I was eagerly about joining the piano classes.

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct alternative out of the given four options.

In the earliest Vedic literature are found not only hymns in praise of the accepted Gods, but also doubts in regard to the worth of these Gods, the beginnings of a new religion incorporated into the earliest records of the old. And later, when Megasthenes was in India, the descendants of those first theosophists were still discussing the questions that lay at the root of all religions. And in many things they held the same opinions with the Greeks, saying that the universe was begotten and will be destroyed, and the world is a sphere, that there are different beginnings of all things, but water is the beginning of world-making.

India’s literature was pre-eminently priestly and religious. Religion forms either the subject-matter of the most important works, or, as in the case of the epics, the basis of didactic excursions and sectarian interpolations, which impart to worldly themes a tone peculiarly theological. History and oratory are unknown in Indian literature. The early poetry consists of hymns and religious poems; the early prose, of liturgies, linguistics, law, theology, sacred legends and other works, all of which are intended to supplement the knowledge of the Vedas, to explain ceremonies, or to inculcate religious principles. At a later date, formal grammar systems of philosophy, fables, and commentaries are added to the prose; epics, secular lyric drama, the Puranas and such writings to the poetry. But in all this great mass, till after the Hindus came into close contract with foreign nations, notably the Greek, from which has been borrowed, perhaps, the classical Hindu drama, there is no real literature that was not religious originally, or, at least, so apt for priestly use as to become chiefly moral and theosophical; while the most popular works of modern times are sectarian tracts, Puranas, Tantras and remodeled worldly poetry. The sources from which knowledge of Hindu religions is to be drawn are the best possible- the original texts. The information furnished by foreigners, from the times of Ktesias and Megasthenes to that of Mandelslo, is considerable, but one is warranted in assuming that what little in it is novel is inaccurate, since otherwise the information would have been furnished by the Hindus themselves; and that, conversely, an outsider’s statements often may give an inexact impression through lack of completeness. To take an example- Ktesias tells half the truth in regard to ordeals. His account is true, but he gives no notion of the number or elaborate character of these interesting ceremonies.

The sources to which we shall refer will be the two most important collections of Vedic hymns- the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda; the Brahmanic literature, with the supplementary Upanishads, and the Sutras or mnemonic abridgements of religious and ceremonial rules; the legal texts, and the religious and theological portions of the epic; and the later sectarian writings, called the Puranas. The great heresies again have their own special writings. Thus, far we shall draw on the native literature. Only for some of the wild modern sects, and for the religious of the wild tribes which have no literature, shall we have to depend on the accounts of European writers.

Q. Literature in India was:

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct alternative out of the given four options.

In the earliest Vedic literature are found not only hymns in praise of the accepted Gods, but also doubts in regard to the worth of these Gods, the beginnings of a new religion incorporated into the earliest records of the old. And later, when Megasthenes was in India, the descendants of those first theosophists were still discussing the questions that lay at the root of all religions. And in many things they held the same opinions with the Greeks, saying that the universe was begotten and will be destroyed, and the world is a sphere, that there are different beginnings of all things, but water is the beginning of world-making.

India’s literature was pre-eminently priestly and religious. Religion forms either the subject-matter of the most important works, or, as in the case of the epics, the basis of didactic excursions and sectarian interpolations, which impart to worldly themes a tone peculiarly theological. History and oratory are unknown in Indian literature. The early poetry consists of hymns and religious poems; the early prose, of liturgies, linguistics, law, theology, sacred legends and other works, all of which are intended to supplement the knowledge of the Vedas, to explain ceremonies, or to inculcate religious principles. At a later date, formal grammar systems of philosophy, fables, and commentaries are added to the prose; epics, secular lyric drama, the Puranas and such writings to the poetry. But in all this great mass, till after the Hindus came into close contract with foreign nations, notably the Greek, from which has been borrowed, perhaps, the classical Hindu drama, there is no real literature that was not religious originally, or, at least, so apt for priestly use as to become chiefly moral and theosophical; while the most popular works of modern times are sectarian tracts, Puranas, Tantras and remodeled worldly poetry. The sources from which knowledge of Hindu religions is to be drawn are the best possible- the original texts. The information furnished by foreigners, from the times of Ktesias and Megasthenes to that of Mandelslo, is considerable, but one is warranted in assuming that what little in it is novel is inaccurate, since otherwise the information would have been furnished by the Hindus themselves; and that, conversely, an outsider’s statements often may give an inexact impression through lack of completeness. To take an example- Ktesias tells half the truth in regard to ordeals. His account is true, but he gives no notion of the number or elaborate character of these interesting ceremonies.

The sources to which we shall refer will be the two most important collections of Vedic hymns- the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda; the Brahmanic literature, with the supplementary Upanishads, and the Sutras or mnemonic abridgements of religious and ceremonial rules; the legal texts, and the religious and theological portions of the epic; and the later sectarian writings, called the Puranas. The great heresies again have their own special writings. Thus, far we shall draw on the native literature. Only for some of the wild modern sects, and for the religious of the wild tribes which have no literature, shall we have to depend on the accounts of European writers.

Q. What contradictory feature of early Vedic literature is mentioned by the author in the passage?

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct alternative out of the given four options.

In the earliest Vedic literature are found not only hymns in praise of the accepted Gods, but also doubts in regard to the worth of these Gods, the beginnings of a new religion incorporated into the earliest records of the old. And later, when Megasthenes was in India, the descendants of those first theosophists were still discussing the questions that lay at the root of all religions. And in many things they held the same opinions with the Greeks, saying that the universe was begotten and will be destroyed, and the world is a sphere, that there are different beginnings of all things, but water is the beginning of world-making.

India’s literature was pre-eminently priestly and religious. Religion forms either the subject-matter of the most important works, or, as in the case of the epics, the basis of didactic excursions and sectarian interpolations, which impart to worldly themes a tone peculiarly theological. History and oratory are unknown in Indian literature. The early poetry consists of hymns and religious poems; the early prose, of liturgies, linguistics, law, theology, sacred legends and other works, all of which are intended to supplement the knowledge of the Vedas, to explain ceremonies, or to inculcate religious principles. At a later date, formal grammar systems of philosophy, fables, and commentaries are added to the prose; epics, secular lyric drama, the Puranas and such writings to the poetry. But in all this great mass, till after the Hindus came into close contract with foreign nations, notably the Greek, from which has been borrowed, perhaps, the classical Hindu drama, there is no real literature that was not religious originally, or, at least, so apt for priestly use as to become chiefly moral and theosophical; while the most popular works of modern times are sectarian tracts, Puranas, Tantras and remodeled worldly poetry. The sources from which knowledge of Hindu religions is to be drawn are the best possible- the original texts. The information furnished by foreigners, from the times of Ktesias and Megasthenes to that of Mandelslo, is considerable, but one is warranted in assuming that what little in it is novel is inaccurate, since otherwise the information would have been furnished by the Hindus themselves; and that, conversely, an outsider’s statements often may give an inexact impression through lack of completeness. To take an example- Ktesias tells half the truth in regard to ordeals. His account is true, but he gives no notion of the number or elaborate character of these interesting ceremonies.

The sources to which we shall refer will be the two most important collections of Vedic hymns- the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda; the Brahmanic literature, with the supplementary Upanishads, and the Sutras or mnemonic abridgements of religious and ceremonial rules; the legal texts, and the religious and theological portions of the epic; and the later sectarian writings, called the Puranas. The great heresies again have their own special writings. Thus, far we shall draw on the native literature. Only for some of the wild modern sects, and for the religious of the wild tribes which have no literature, shall we have to depend on the accounts of European writers.

Q. What does “Didactic excursion” as mentioned in the passage mean?

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct alternative out of the given four options.

In the earliest Vedic literature are found not only hymns in praise of the accepted Gods, but also doubts in regard to the worth of these Gods, the beginnings of a new religion incorporated into the earliest records of the old. And later, when Megasthenes was in India, the descendants of those first theosophists were still discussing the questions that lay at the root of all religions. And in many things they held the same opinions with the Greeks, saying that the universe was begotten and will be destroyed, and the world is a sphere, that there are different beginnings of all things, but water is the beginning of world-making.

India’s literature was pre-eminently priestly and religious. Religion forms either the subject-matter of the most important works, or, as in the case of the epics, the basis of didactic excursions and sectarian interpolations, which impart to worldly themes a tone peculiarly theological. History and oratory are unknown in Indian literature. The early poetry consists of hymns and religious poems; the early prose, of liturgies, linguistics, law, theology, sacred legends and other works, all of which are intended to supplement the knowledge of the Vedas, to explain ceremonies, or to inculcate religious principles. At a later date, formal grammar systems of philosophy, fables, and commentaries are added to the prose; epics, secular lyric drama, the Puranas and such writings to the poetry. But in all this great mass, till after the Hindus came into close contract with foreign nations, notably the Greek, from which has been borrowed, perhaps, the classical Hindu drama, there is no real literature that was not religious originally, or, at least, so apt for priestly use as to become chiefly moral and theosophical; while the most popular works of modern times are sectarian tracts, Puranas, Tantras and remodeled worldly poetry. The sources from which knowledge of Hindu religions is to be drawn are the best possible- the original texts. The information furnished by foreigners, from the times of Ktesias and Megasthenes to that of Mandelslo, is considerable, but one is warranted in assuming that what little in it is novel is inaccurate, since otherwise the information would have been furnished by the Hindus themselves; and that, conversely, an outsider’s statements often may give an inexact impression through lack of completeness. To take an example- Ktesias tells half the truth in regard to ordeals. His account is true, but he gives no notion of the number or elaborate character of these interesting ceremonies.

The sources to which we shall refer will be the two most important collections of Vedic hymns- the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda; the Brahmanic literature, with the supplementary Upanishads, and the Sutras or mnemonic abridgements of religious and ceremonial rules; the legal texts, and the religious and theological portions of the epic; and the later sectarian writings, called the Puranas. The great heresies again have their own special writings. Thus, far we shall draw on the native literature. Only for some of the wild modern sects, and for the religious of the wild tribes which have no literature, shall we have to depend on the accounts of European writers.

Q. The author would recommend which of the following for the authentic knowledge of Hindu religion?

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct alternative out of the given four options.

In the earliest Vedic literature are found not only hymns in praise of the accepted Gods, but also doubts in regard to the worth of these Gods, the beginnings of a new religion incorporated into the earliest records of the old. And later, when Megasthenes was in India, the descendants of those first theosophists were still discussing the questions that lay at the root of all religions. And in many things they held the same opinions with the Greeks, saying that the universe was begotten and will be destroyed, and the world is a sphere, that there are different beginnings of all things, but water is the beginning of world-making.

India’s literature was pre-eminently priestly and religious. Religion forms either the subject-matter of the most important works, or, as in the case of the epics, the basis of didactic excursions and sectarian interpolations, which impart to worldly themes a tone peculiarly theological. History and oratory are unknown in Indian literature. The early poetry consists of hymns and religious poems; the early prose, of liturgies, linguistics, law, theology, sacred legends and other works, all of which are intended to supplement the knowledge of the Vedas, to explain ceremonies, or to inculcate religious principles. At a later date, formal grammar systems of philosophy, fables, and commentaries are added to the prose; epics, secular lyric drama, the Puranas and such writings to the poetry. But in all this great mass, till after the Hindus came into close contract with foreign nations, notably the Greek, from which has been borrowed, perhaps, the classical Hindu drama, there is no real literature that was not religious originally, or, at least, so apt for priestly use as to become chiefly moral and theosophical; while the most popular works of modern times are sectarian tracts, Puranas, Tantras and remodeled worldly poetry. The sources from which knowledge of Hindu religions is to be drawn are the best possible- the original texts. The information furnished by foreigners, from the times of Ktesias and Megasthenes to that of Mandelslo, is considerable, but one is warranted in assuming that what little in it is novel is inaccurate, since otherwise the information would have been furnished by the Hindus themselves; and that, conversely, an outsider’s statements often may give an inexact impression through lack of completeness. To take an example- Ktesias tells half the truth in regard to ordeals. His account is true, but he gives no notion of the number or elaborate character of these interesting ceremonies.

The sources to which we shall refer will be the two most important collections of Vedic hymns- the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda; the Brahmanic literature, with the supplementary Upanishads, and the Sutras or mnemonic abridgements of religious and ceremonial rules; the legal texts, and the religious and theological portions of the epic; and the later sectarian writings, called the Puranas. The great heresies again have their own special writings. Thus, far we shall draw on the native literature. Only for some of the wild modern sects, and for the religious of the wild tribes which have no literature, shall we have to depend on the accounts of European writers.

Q. Which of the following is true in relation to the European writings about India?

Direction: In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

He actually lacked the ________ to go alone and talk to the Principal.

Subjective pronouns in sentences "We cannot go to movie, until my mom gives permission to go." is:

Direction: In the question, a sentence has been given in active/passive voice. Out of the given four alternatives, suggest the one which best expresses the given sentence in passive/active voice.

The accountant took the money from the customer.

Relative pronoun in sentence "success is only for those who believe in hard working." is:

Direction: In the following question below some statements are given followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements.

Statement: All the windows are doors. No door is a wall.

Conclusion:

1. Some windows are walls.

2. No wall is a door.

Direction: The following question statement is given followed by an argument. The answer according to arguments given in options.

Statement: Should there be a students union in college/university?

Argument:

I. No. This will create a political atmosphere in the campus.

II. Yes, it is very necessary Students are future political leaders.

Direction: Complete the following series by filling in the question mark?

7, 9, 8, 6, 10, 9, 5, 11, 10, ? ,12-

John, Rohit, Pranish, Siva, Vinith and Naren are sitting in row but not necessarily in the same order. Rohit and John are sitting at the extreme ends. Pranish sits next to Siva. There are two persons in between Siva and John. Vinith sits immediately to the left of John and Pranish sits third to the left of Vinith. If the arrangement is reversed, who sits second to the right of Siva?

Six persons Saif, Alia, Ileana, Varun, Kareena and Ranveer are sitting around the circular table(not necessarily in the same order). Saif sits second to the right of Ranveer. Kareena sits opposite to Alia but not adjacent to Saif. Varun is not adjacent to Saif. Who sits second to the left of Varun?