Jharkhand: State Level Question Paper (LANG) - 2015-16 | NTSE for Class 10 PDF Download

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PART – II 
LANGUAGE TEST 
Time: For General – 45 Minutes, For Disabled (Visually Impaired) -  60 Minutes  Full Marks: 
50 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. All the questions of this part are related to Language Test. 
2. This part contains 50 questions in Hindi Language and 50 questions in English Language. The 
candidate has to choose and attempt this test only in one Language i.e. either in Hindi or in 
English. 
 
Language Sub Full Marks 
No. of 
Questions 
Marks allotted 
to each 
Question 
Page No. 
Hindi 
Or 
English 
50 
 
50 
50 
 
50 
1 (One) 
 
1 (One) 
14-16 
 
17-20 
3. Before answering the questions, read these instructions very carefully. 
4. Each question carries 1 (One) mark. 
5. Answer to all the question is essential. 
6. This questions are to be answered on OMR Answer – Sheet supplied in the Examination Hall. 
7. Every question has four alternatives of which only one is correct. 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated by darkening the number of the correct alternative in 
the Answer Sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in the Test 
(Question) Booklet. 
 
 
Q. 1 – 5: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fallow. The original 
inhabitants of North America are the Red Indians. The European settlers occupied the Red Man’s 
land and ruthlessly chased them away. Sometimes they were compensated for the loss of their land, 
sometimes they were not. The Red Indians considered earth as precious. 
 
1. Who are the first dwellers of North America. 
(A) The Europeans    (B) The Red Indians 
(C) The Americans    (D) The Americans 
  
 
 
2. Which word or words in the passage mean ‘made amends for’? 
(A) Occupied    (B) Ruthlessly 
(C) Chased them away   (D) compensated for 
 
 
3. The earth was precious to 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Settlers     (D) Chasers 
 
 
4. How did the European settlers treat the Red Indians? 
(A) kindly     (B) graciously 
(C)  cruelly     (D) friendly 
 
 
5. Who compensated for the loss of land? 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Indians     (D) European settlers 
 
 
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PART – II 
LANGUAGE TEST 
Time: For General – 45 Minutes, For Disabled (Visually Impaired) -  60 Minutes  Full Marks: 
50 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. All the questions of this part are related to Language Test. 
2. This part contains 50 questions in Hindi Language and 50 questions in English Language. The 
candidate has to choose and attempt this test only in one Language i.e. either in Hindi or in 
English. 
 
Language Sub Full Marks 
No. of 
Questions 
Marks allotted 
to each 
Question 
Page No. 
Hindi 
Or 
English 
50 
 
50 
50 
 
50 
1 (One) 
 
1 (One) 
14-16 
 
17-20 
3. Before answering the questions, read these instructions very carefully. 
4. Each question carries 1 (One) mark. 
5. Answer to all the question is essential. 
6. This questions are to be answered on OMR Answer – Sheet supplied in the Examination Hall. 
7. Every question has four alternatives of which only one is correct. 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated by darkening the number of the correct alternative in 
the Answer Sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in the Test 
(Question) Booklet. 
 
 
Q. 1 – 5: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fallow. The original 
inhabitants of North America are the Red Indians. The European settlers occupied the Red Man’s 
land and ruthlessly chased them away. Sometimes they were compensated for the loss of their land, 
sometimes they were not. The Red Indians considered earth as precious. 
 
1. Who are the first dwellers of North America. 
(A) The Europeans    (B) The Red Indians 
(C) The Americans    (D) The Americans 
  
 
 
2. Which word or words in the passage mean ‘made amends for’? 
(A) Occupied    (B) Ruthlessly 
(C) Chased them away   (D) compensated for 
 
 
3. The earth was precious to 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Settlers     (D) Chasers 
 
 
4. How did the European settlers treat the Red Indians? 
(A) kindly     (B) graciously 
(C)  cruelly     (D) friendly 
 
 
5. Who compensated for the loss of land? 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Indians     (D) European settlers 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions the fallow. “ Once upon a time 
there was an old woman. Blind but wise”. Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Oragriot soothing 
restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures. “ Once 
upon a time there was an old woman. Blind, wise.” In the version I know, the woman is the daughter 
of slaves, black, American, and lives alone in a small house outside the town. Her reputation for 
wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people, she is both law and its 
transgression. The honour she is paid and the awe in which she is held reach beyond her 
neighbourhood to places far away, to the city where intelligence of rural prophets is the source of 
much amusement.  
 
6. How many versions of the story ‘ once upon a time’ is there 
(A) one     (B) two 
(C) five     (D) many 
 
 
7. Who is the father of the old woman? 
(A) Oragriot     (B) a rural prophet 
(C) a black slave    (D) a wise man 
 
 
8. How is her reputation for wisdom? 
(A) questionable    (B) common 
(C) average    (D) matchless 
 
 
9. For the urban people her wisdom is source of 
(A) honour     (B) amusement 
(C)  fear     (D) wonder 
 
 
10. Where does the old woman live? 
(A) A small house away from the town 
(B)  A small house in the town 
(C) A small luxurious house 
(D)  a lonely house in the town 
 
 
Q. 11-12:  The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 
given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the 
paragraph. 
11. S
1
 The remarkable phenomenon can be explained only in terms of the unity and continuity of 
Indian culture. 
S
2. ……………………………………………………… 
S
3
 …………………………………… 
S
4
 …………………………………… 
S
5
 One the contrary, a steady growth and extension of culture which has gradually permeated 
through every class and section of society. 
P What specially distinguishes the culture of India is its unbroken continuity. 
Q Here, there have been no violent or sudden breaks. 
R Unity is in one sense, the common characteristic of all culture. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) PQR     (B) RPQ 
(C) QPR     (D) RQP 
 
 
12. S
1
 There was a certain young man who learned archery from an expert archer. 
S
2 ………………………………………………. 
S
3
 ……………………………… 
S
4
 ………………………………. 
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PART – II 
LANGUAGE TEST 
Time: For General – 45 Minutes, For Disabled (Visually Impaired) -  60 Minutes  Full Marks: 
50 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. All the questions of this part are related to Language Test. 
2. This part contains 50 questions in Hindi Language and 50 questions in English Language. The 
candidate has to choose and attempt this test only in one Language i.e. either in Hindi or in 
English. 
 
Language Sub Full Marks 
No. of 
Questions 
Marks allotted 
to each 
Question 
Page No. 
Hindi 
Or 
English 
50 
 
50 
50 
 
50 
1 (One) 
 
1 (One) 
14-16 
 
17-20 
3. Before answering the questions, read these instructions very carefully. 
4. Each question carries 1 (One) mark. 
5. Answer to all the question is essential. 
6. This questions are to be answered on OMR Answer – Sheet supplied in the Examination Hall. 
7. Every question has four alternatives of which only one is correct. 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated by darkening the number of the correct alternative in 
the Answer Sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in the Test 
(Question) Booklet. 
 
 
Q. 1 – 5: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fallow. The original 
inhabitants of North America are the Red Indians. The European settlers occupied the Red Man’s 
land and ruthlessly chased them away. Sometimes they were compensated for the loss of their land, 
sometimes they were not. The Red Indians considered earth as precious. 
 
1. Who are the first dwellers of North America. 
(A) The Europeans    (B) The Red Indians 
(C) The Americans    (D) The Americans 
  
 
 
2. Which word or words in the passage mean ‘made amends for’? 
(A) Occupied    (B) Ruthlessly 
(C) Chased them away   (D) compensated for 
 
 
3. The earth was precious to 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Settlers     (D) Chasers 
 
 
4. How did the European settlers treat the Red Indians? 
(A) kindly     (B) graciously 
(C)  cruelly     (D) friendly 
 
 
5. Who compensated for the loss of land? 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Indians     (D) European settlers 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions the fallow. “ Once upon a time 
there was an old woman. Blind but wise”. Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Oragriot soothing 
restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures. “ Once 
upon a time there was an old woman. Blind, wise.” In the version I know, the woman is the daughter 
of slaves, black, American, and lives alone in a small house outside the town. Her reputation for 
wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people, she is both law and its 
transgression. The honour she is paid and the awe in which she is held reach beyond her 
neighbourhood to places far away, to the city where intelligence of rural prophets is the source of 
much amusement.  
 
6. How many versions of the story ‘ once upon a time’ is there 
(A) one     (B) two 
(C) five     (D) many 
 
 
7. Who is the father of the old woman? 
(A) Oragriot     (B) a rural prophet 
(C) a black slave    (D) a wise man 
 
 
8. How is her reputation for wisdom? 
(A) questionable    (B) common 
(C) average    (D) matchless 
 
 
9. For the urban people her wisdom is source of 
(A) honour     (B) amusement 
(C)  fear     (D) wonder 
 
 
10. Where does the old woman live? 
(A) A small house away from the town 
(B)  A small house in the town 
(C) A small luxurious house 
(D)  a lonely house in the town 
 
 
Q. 11-12:  The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 
given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the 
paragraph. 
11. S
1
 The remarkable phenomenon can be explained only in terms of the unity and continuity of 
Indian culture. 
S
2. ……………………………………………………… 
S
3
 …………………………………… 
S
4
 …………………………………… 
S
5
 One the contrary, a steady growth and extension of culture which has gradually permeated 
through every class and section of society. 
P What specially distinguishes the culture of India is its unbroken continuity. 
Q Here, there have been no violent or sudden breaks. 
R Unity is in one sense, the common characteristic of all culture. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) PQR     (B) RPQ 
(C) QPR     (D) RQP 
 
 
12. S
1
 There was a certain young man who learned archery from an expert archer. 
S
2 ………………………………………………. 
S
3
 ……………………………… 
S
4
 ………………………………. 
S
5
 What an incredible feat ! 
P He could shoot an arrow into a tree and then cleave that arrow into two with the next shot 
Q He began to boast that he was a greater archer than his guru. 
R The guru taught him so well that the student archer soon became proficient in his chosen field. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) RQP     (B) PQR 
(C) QRP     (D) QPR 
 
 
Q. 13-22 Choose the word which best fills the blank in the sentences from the four options given. 
 
13. You should consult a _______________for your cold and cough. 
(A) chemist     (B) druggist 
(C) physician    (D) surgeon 
 
 
14. Smoking is ____________________here 
(A) prohibited    (B) banned 
(C) stopped     (D) delayed 
 
 
15. There is no _________________treatment for the disease besides surgery. 
(A) alternate    (B) alternative 
(C) optional     (D) alter 
 
 
16. He ______________ his arrival date to his parents. 
(A) appraised    (B) praised 
(C) apprised    (D) prised 
 
 
17. Meena is an__________________teacher 
(A) ingenious    (B) ingenous 
(C) initial     (D) intense 
 
 
 
18. A ______________ dog never bites 
(A) crying     (B) howling 
(C) roaring     (D) barking 
 
 
19. He challenged his enemy for a_______________ 
(A) dual     (B) duel 
(C) duality     (D) duelity 
 
 
 
20. The bridegrooms’s sister was __________her jewellery. 
(A) flouting     (B) floating 
(C) flaunting    (D) fleeting 
 
 
21. I wanted to _______________ the sweet dish 
(A) test     (B) taste 
(C) tested     (D) like 
 
 
22. She appeared before us in a _________garment. 
(A) lose     (B) loose 
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PART – II 
LANGUAGE TEST 
Time: For General – 45 Minutes, For Disabled (Visually Impaired) -  60 Minutes  Full Marks: 
50 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. All the questions of this part are related to Language Test. 
2. This part contains 50 questions in Hindi Language and 50 questions in English Language. The 
candidate has to choose and attempt this test only in one Language i.e. either in Hindi or in 
English. 
 
Language Sub Full Marks 
No. of 
Questions 
Marks allotted 
to each 
Question 
Page No. 
Hindi 
Or 
English 
50 
 
50 
50 
 
50 
1 (One) 
 
1 (One) 
14-16 
 
17-20 
3. Before answering the questions, read these instructions very carefully. 
4. Each question carries 1 (One) mark. 
5. Answer to all the question is essential. 
6. This questions are to be answered on OMR Answer – Sheet supplied in the Examination Hall. 
7. Every question has four alternatives of which only one is correct. 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated by darkening the number of the correct alternative in 
the Answer Sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in the Test 
(Question) Booklet. 
 
 
Q. 1 – 5: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fallow. The original 
inhabitants of North America are the Red Indians. The European settlers occupied the Red Man’s 
land and ruthlessly chased them away. Sometimes they were compensated for the loss of their land, 
sometimes they were not. The Red Indians considered earth as precious. 
 
1. Who are the first dwellers of North America. 
(A) The Europeans    (B) The Red Indians 
(C) The Americans    (D) The Americans 
  
 
 
2. Which word or words in the passage mean ‘made amends for’? 
(A) Occupied    (B) Ruthlessly 
(C) Chased them away   (D) compensated for 
 
 
3. The earth was precious to 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Settlers     (D) Chasers 
 
 
4. How did the European settlers treat the Red Indians? 
(A) kindly     (B) graciously 
(C)  cruelly     (D) friendly 
 
 
5. Who compensated for the loss of land? 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Indians     (D) European settlers 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions the fallow. “ Once upon a time 
there was an old woman. Blind but wise”. Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Oragriot soothing 
restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures. “ Once 
upon a time there was an old woman. Blind, wise.” In the version I know, the woman is the daughter 
of slaves, black, American, and lives alone in a small house outside the town. Her reputation for 
wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people, she is both law and its 
transgression. The honour she is paid and the awe in which she is held reach beyond her 
neighbourhood to places far away, to the city where intelligence of rural prophets is the source of 
much amusement.  
 
6. How many versions of the story ‘ once upon a time’ is there 
(A) one     (B) two 
(C) five     (D) many 
 
 
7. Who is the father of the old woman? 
(A) Oragriot     (B) a rural prophet 
(C) a black slave    (D) a wise man 
 
 
8. How is her reputation for wisdom? 
(A) questionable    (B) common 
(C) average    (D) matchless 
 
 
9. For the urban people her wisdom is source of 
(A) honour     (B) amusement 
(C)  fear     (D) wonder 
 
 
10. Where does the old woman live? 
(A) A small house away from the town 
(B)  A small house in the town 
(C) A small luxurious house 
(D)  a lonely house in the town 
 
 
Q. 11-12:  The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 
given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the 
paragraph. 
11. S
1
 The remarkable phenomenon can be explained only in terms of the unity and continuity of 
Indian culture. 
S
2. ……………………………………………………… 
S
3
 …………………………………… 
S
4
 …………………………………… 
S
5
 One the contrary, a steady growth and extension of culture which has gradually permeated 
through every class and section of society. 
P What specially distinguishes the culture of India is its unbroken continuity. 
Q Here, there have been no violent or sudden breaks. 
R Unity is in one sense, the common characteristic of all culture. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) PQR     (B) RPQ 
(C) QPR     (D) RQP 
 
 
12. S
1
 There was a certain young man who learned archery from an expert archer. 
S
2 ………………………………………………. 
S
3
 ……………………………… 
S
4
 ………………………………. 
S
5
 What an incredible feat ! 
P He could shoot an arrow into a tree and then cleave that arrow into two with the next shot 
Q He began to boast that he was a greater archer than his guru. 
R The guru taught him so well that the student archer soon became proficient in his chosen field. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) RQP     (B) PQR 
(C) QRP     (D) QPR 
 
 
Q. 13-22 Choose the word which best fills the blank in the sentences from the four options given. 
 
13. You should consult a _______________for your cold and cough. 
(A) chemist     (B) druggist 
(C) physician    (D) surgeon 
 
 
14. Smoking is ____________________here 
(A) prohibited    (B) banned 
(C) stopped     (D) delayed 
 
 
15. There is no _________________treatment for the disease besides surgery. 
(A) alternate    (B) alternative 
(C) optional     (D) alter 
 
 
16. He ______________ his arrival date to his parents. 
(A) appraised    (B) praised 
(C) apprised    (D) prised 
 
 
17. Meena is an__________________teacher 
(A) ingenious    (B) ingenous 
(C) initial     (D) intense 
 
 
 
18. A ______________ dog never bites 
(A) crying     (B) howling 
(C) roaring     (D) barking 
 
 
19. He challenged his enemy for a_______________ 
(A) dual     (B) duel 
(C) duality     (D) duelity 
 
 
 
20. The bridegrooms’s sister was __________her jewellery. 
(A) flouting     (B) floating 
(C) flaunting    (D) fleeting 
 
 
21. I wanted to _______________ the sweet dish 
(A) test     (B) taste 
(C) tested     (D) like 
 
 
22. She appeared before us in a _________garment. 
(A) lose     (B) loose 
(C) close     (D) like 
 
 
Q. 23-27 Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms 
23. Chase a rainbow 
(A) pursue an illusion   (B) move with determination pursue a noble task 
(C) pursue a noble task   (D) move in definite direction 
 
 
24. Dogs eat dogs 
(A) to make vain killing   (B) heinous killing 
(C) a ruthless competition   (D) an easy competition 
 
 
25. To beat the air 
(A) to make vain efforts   (B) to do brave acts 
(C) to be on the right path   (D) to succeed 
 
 
26. Wet behind the ears 
(A) experienced    (B) eager 
(C) inexperienced    (D) mature 
 
 
27. Give someone way 
(A) help     (B) betray 
(C) do charity    (D) revolt 
 
 
Q. 28-32 In the following passage there are some blanks with numbers. Fill in the blanks by selecting 
the most appropriate word for each blank from given options of each number. The devils ----28--- a 
meeting. The one point agenda of the discussion –29--, how to destroy the world 30 but easily. One of 
the devils named ‘ Anger’ 31. He said, “ let me go and 32 the world.” 
28. (1) were holding    (2) were receiving 
(3) are holding    (4) is holding 
 
 
29. (1) are     (2) was 
(3) is     (4) were 
 
 
30. (1) slow     (2) fastly 
(3) fast     (4) hard 
 
 
31. (1) stand up     (2) went up 
(3) went     (4) stood up 
 
 
32. (1) destroy     (2) save 
(3) do destruction    (4) do saving 
 
 
Q. 33-36 Select the world which means the opposite of the given word. 
33. Banish 
(1) deport     (2) transport 
(3) expel     (4) accept 
 
 
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PART – II 
LANGUAGE TEST 
Time: For General – 45 Minutes, For Disabled (Visually Impaired) -  60 Minutes  Full Marks: 
50 
INSTRUCTIONS 
1. All the questions of this part are related to Language Test. 
2. This part contains 50 questions in Hindi Language and 50 questions in English Language. The 
candidate has to choose and attempt this test only in one Language i.e. either in Hindi or in 
English. 
 
Language Sub Full Marks 
No. of 
Questions 
Marks allotted 
to each 
Question 
Page No. 
Hindi 
Or 
English 
50 
 
50 
50 
 
50 
1 (One) 
 
1 (One) 
14-16 
 
17-20 
3. Before answering the questions, read these instructions very carefully. 
4. Each question carries 1 (One) mark. 
5. Answer to all the question is essential. 
6. This questions are to be answered on OMR Answer – Sheet supplied in the Examination Hall. 
7. Every question has four alternatives of which only one is correct. 
8. Answer to each question is to be indicated by darkening the number of the correct alternative in 
the Answer Sheet from amongst the ones given for the corresponding question in the Test 
(Question) Booklet. 
 
 
Q. 1 – 5: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that fallow. The original 
inhabitants of North America are the Red Indians. The European settlers occupied the Red Man’s 
land and ruthlessly chased them away. Sometimes they were compensated for the loss of their land, 
sometimes they were not. The Red Indians considered earth as precious. 
 
1. Who are the first dwellers of North America. 
(A) The Europeans    (B) The Red Indians 
(C) The Americans    (D) The Americans 
  
 
 
2. Which word or words in the passage mean ‘made amends for’? 
(A) Occupied    (B) Ruthlessly 
(C) Chased them away   (D) compensated for 
 
 
3. The earth was precious to 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Settlers     (D) Chasers 
 
 
4. How did the European settlers treat the Red Indians? 
(A) kindly     (B) graciously 
(C)  cruelly     (D) friendly 
 
 
5. Who compensated for the loss of land? 
(A) Red Indians    (B) Europeans 
(C) Indians     (D) European settlers 
 
 
Q. 6-10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions the fallow. “ Once upon a time 
there was an old woman. Blind but wise”. Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Oragriot soothing 
restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures. “ Once 
upon a time there was an old woman. Blind, wise.” In the version I know, the woman is the daughter 
of slaves, black, American, and lives alone in a small house outside the town. Her reputation for 
wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people, she is both law and its 
transgression. The honour she is paid and the awe in which she is held reach beyond her 
neighbourhood to places far away, to the city where intelligence of rural prophets is the source of 
much amusement.  
 
6. How many versions of the story ‘ once upon a time’ is there 
(A) one     (B) two 
(C) five     (D) many 
 
 
7. Who is the father of the old woman? 
(A) Oragriot     (B) a rural prophet 
(C) a black slave    (D) a wise man 
 
 
8. How is her reputation for wisdom? 
(A) questionable    (B) common 
(C) average    (D) matchless 
 
 
9. For the urban people her wisdom is source of 
(A) honour     (B) amusement 
(C)  fear     (D) wonder 
 
 
10. Where does the old woman live? 
(A) A small house away from the town 
(B)  A small house in the town 
(C) A small luxurious house 
(D)  a lonely house in the town 
 
 
Q. 11-12:  The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 
given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the 
paragraph. 
11. S
1
 The remarkable phenomenon can be explained only in terms of the unity and continuity of 
Indian culture. 
S
2. ……………………………………………………… 
S
3
 …………………………………… 
S
4
 …………………………………… 
S
5
 One the contrary, a steady growth and extension of culture which has gradually permeated 
through every class and section of society. 
P What specially distinguishes the culture of India is its unbroken continuity. 
Q Here, there have been no violent or sudden breaks. 
R Unity is in one sense, the common characteristic of all culture. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) PQR     (B) RPQ 
(C) QPR     (D) RQP 
 
 
12. S
1
 There was a certain young man who learned archery from an expert archer. 
S
2 ………………………………………………. 
S
3
 ……………………………… 
S
4
 ………………………………. 
S
5
 What an incredible feat ! 
P He could shoot an arrow into a tree and then cleave that arrow into two with the next shot 
Q He began to boast that he was a greater archer than his guru. 
R The guru taught him so well that the student archer soon became proficient in his chosen field. 
Choose from the options given below. 
(A) RQP     (B) PQR 
(C) QRP     (D) QPR 
 
 
Q. 13-22 Choose the word which best fills the blank in the sentences from the four options given. 
 
13. You should consult a _______________for your cold and cough. 
(A) chemist     (B) druggist 
(C) physician    (D) surgeon 
 
 
14. Smoking is ____________________here 
(A) prohibited    (B) banned 
(C) stopped     (D) delayed 
 
 
15. There is no _________________treatment for the disease besides surgery. 
(A) alternate    (B) alternative 
(C) optional     (D) alter 
 
 
16. He ______________ his arrival date to his parents. 
(A) appraised    (B) praised 
(C) apprised    (D) prised 
 
 
17. Meena is an__________________teacher 
(A) ingenious    (B) ingenous 
(C) initial     (D) intense 
 
 
 
18. A ______________ dog never bites 
(A) crying     (B) howling 
(C) roaring     (D) barking 
 
 
19. He challenged his enemy for a_______________ 
(A) dual     (B) duel 
(C) duality     (D) duelity 
 
 
 
20. The bridegrooms’s sister was __________her jewellery. 
(A) flouting     (B) floating 
(C) flaunting    (D) fleeting 
 
 
21. I wanted to _______________ the sweet dish 
(A) test     (B) taste 
(C) tested     (D) like 
 
 
22. She appeared before us in a _________garment. 
(A) lose     (B) loose 
(C) close     (D) like 
 
 
Q. 23-27 Select the meaning of the given phrases / idioms 
23. Chase a rainbow 
(A) pursue an illusion   (B) move with determination pursue a noble task 
(C) pursue a noble task   (D) move in definite direction 
 
 
24. Dogs eat dogs 
(A) to make vain killing   (B) heinous killing 
(C) a ruthless competition   (D) an easy competition 
 
 
25. To beat the air 
(A) to make vain efforts   (B) to do brave acts 
(C) to be on the right path   (D) to succeed 
 
 
26. Wet behind the ears 
(A) experienced    (B) eager 
(C) inexperienced    (D) mature 
 
 
27. Give someone way 
(A) help     (B) betray 
(C) do charity    (D) revolt 
 
 
Q. 28-32 In the following passage there are some blanks with numbers. Fill in the blanks by selecting 
the most appropriate word for each blank from given options of each number. The devils ----28--- a 
meeting. The one point agenda of the discussion –29--, how to destroy the world 30 but easily. One of 
the devils named ‘ Anger’ 31. He said, “ let me go and 32 the world.” 
28. (1) were holding    (2) were receiving 
(3) are holding    (4) is holding 
 
 
29. (1) are     (2) was 
(3) is     (4) were 
 
 
30. (1) slow     (2) fastly 
(3) fast     (4) hard 
 
 
31. (1) stand up     (2) went up 
(3) went     (4) stood up 
 
 
32. (1) destroy     (2) save 
(3) do destruction    (4) do saving 
 
 
Q. 33-36 Select the world which means the opposite of the given word. 
33. Banish 
(1) deport     (2) transport 
(3) expel     (4) accept 
 
 
34. Collision  
(1) opposition    (2) accident 
(3) agreement    (4) impact 
 
 
35. Drown  
(1) immerse    (2) float 
(3) sink     (4) overcome 
 
 
36. Urge  
(1) curb     (2) drive 
(3) impulse     (4) good 
 
Q. 37 – 40 Select the word which means nearly the same as the given word. 
37. Virile 
(1) impotent    (2) vigorous 
(3) weak     (4) effeminate 
 
 
38. Testimony  
(1) concealment    (2) contradiction 
(3) attestation    (4) denial 
 
 
39. Sabotage  
(1) support     (2) damage 
(3) assist     (4) save 
 
 
40. Apology  
(1) censure     (2) wrong 
(3) accusation    (4) atonement 
 
 
Q.41-50 In each of the following sentences you will find a blank. Fill in the blank from the given 
options. 
41. The investigators………………the case and came up with interesting facts. 
(1) dug into     (2) dug up 
(3) dig out     (4) dig inot 
 
 
42. We should…………dowry system. 
(1) do with     (2) do away 
(3) did with     (4) do away with 
 
 
43. Her entreaties for help……………… 
(1) fell of deaf    (2) fell deaf ears 
(3) fell on deaf ears    (4) fell at deaf ears 
 
 
44. The situation is rather complicated and it will take me sometime to …………………it. 
(1) get the hang of     (2) get hang of 
(3) have the hung of    (4) have hanged 
 
 
45. A sensible man …………….of the latest developments in different fields. 
(1) keeps breast    (2) keeps abreast