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DU LL.B. 2016 Question Paper 
Time: 2 hours                    Total Marks: 
700 
 
SECTION I- READING COMPREHENSION 
Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most 
appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. 
 
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 
11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition 
struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother 
who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving 
messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks 
for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon 
formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers. He also began working on 
the telegraph, and invented a version that could send four messages at once. Edison then 
moved with his family to New Jersey where he started his famous laboratory. In 1877, Edison, 
with the help from “muckers”, individuals from around the world looking to make fortune in 
America, invented the phonograph. The phonograph was a machine that recorded and played 
back sounds. In 1878, Edison invented the light bulb as well as the power grid system, which 
could generate electricity and deliver it to homes through a network of wires. He subsequently 
started the Edison Electric Light Company in October of 1878. Edison continued to invent or 
improve products and make significant contributions to X-ray technology, storage batteries and 
motion pictures (movies). Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, 
as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. 
 
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas 
Edison? 
(a) Inventing tin foil 
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker 
(c) Inventing the light bulb 
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray 
 
2. A phonograph most similar to: 
(a) A record player 
(b) A walkie talkie 
(c) A television 
(d) A microphone 
 
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DU LL.B. 2016 Question Paper 
Time: 2 hours                    Total Marks: 
700 
 
SECTION I- READING COMPREHENSION 
Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most 
appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. 
 
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 
11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition 
struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother 
who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving 
messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks 
for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon 
formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers. He also began working on 
the telegraph, and invented a version that could send four messages at once. Edison then 
moved with his family to New Jersey where he started his famous laboratory. In 1877, Edison, 
with the help from “muckers”, individuals from around the world looking to make fortune in 
America, invented the phonograph. The phonograph was a machine that recorded and played 
back sounds. In 1878, Edison invented the light bulb as well as the power grid system, which 
could generate electricity and deliver it to homes through a network of wires. He subsequently 
started the Edison Electric Light Company in October of 1878. Edison continued to invent or 
improve products and make significant contributions to X-ray technology, storage batteries and 
motion pictures (movies). Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, 
as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. 
 
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas 
Edison? 
(a) Inventing tin foil 
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker 
(c) Inventing the light bulb 
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray 
 
2. A phonograph most similar to: 
(a) A record player 
(b) A walkie talkie 
(c) A television 
(d) A microphone 
 
3. In which state did Thomas Edison not live? 
(a) Michigan 
(b) New york 
(c) Ohio 
(d) Massachusetts 
 
4. Which of the following describes Morse Code most appropriately? 
(a) A system of clicks that stands for current 
(b) A system of clicks that stand for letters 
(c) A system of clicks that stands for words 
(d) A system if clicks that stands for signals 
 
5. Who is a “mucker”? 
(a) Someone from Thomas Edison’s family 
(b) Someone from another country 
(c) Someone from another country hoping to make a fortune in America. 
(d) Someone from another country hoping to find a home in America. 
 
6. Which of the following is not included in Thomas Edison’s invention? 
(a) The first phonograph. 
(b) The improved stock ticker. 
(c) A power system that could deliver electricity to homes. 
(d) The first storage batter . y 
 
7. How many patents Edison registered worldwide? 
(a) 1093 
(b) More than 1093 
(c) 957 
(d) None of the above 
 
8. Select the word closely related to platitude: 
(a) Trite remark 
(b) Concerned feeling 
(c) Disdainful attitude 
(d) Protest 
 
9. Select the word closely related to buttress: 
(a) Negate 
(b) Buttering 
(c) Mock 
(d) Strengthen 
 
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DU LL.B. 2016 Question Paper 
Time: 2 hours                    Total Marks: 
700 
 
SECTION I- READING COMPREHENSION 
Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most 
appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. 
 
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 
11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition 
struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother 
who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving 
messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks 
for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon 
formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers. He also began working on 
the telegraph, and invented a version that could send four messages at once. Edison then 
moved with his family to New Jersey where he started his famous laboratory. In 1877, Edison, 
with the help from “muckers”, individuals from around the world looking to make fortune in 
America, invented the phonograph. The phonograph was a machine that recorded and played 
back sounds. In 1878, Edison invented the light bulb as well as the power grid system, which 
could generate electricity and deliver it to homes through a network of wires. He subsequently 
started the Edison Electric Light Company in October of 1878. Edison continued to invent or 
improve products and make significant contributions to X-ray technology, storage batteries and 
motion pictures (movies). Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, 
as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. 
 
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas 
Edison? 
(a) Inventing tin foil 
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker 
(c) Inventing the light bulb 
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray 
 
2. A phonograph most similar to: 
(a) A record player 
(b) A walkie talkie 
(c) A television 
(d) A microphone 
 
3. In which state did Thomas Edison not live? 
(a) Michigan 
(b) New york 
(c) Ohio 
(d) Massachusetts 
 
4. Which of the following describes Morse Code most appropriately? 
(a) A system of clicks that stands for current 
(b) A system of clicks that stand for letters 
(c) A system of clicks that stands for words 
(d) A system if clicks that stands for signals 
 
5. Who is a “mucker”? 
(a) Someone from Thomas Edison’s family 
(b) Someone from another country 
(c) Someone from another country hoping to make a fortune in America. 
(d) Someone from another country hoping to find a home in America. 
 
6. Which of the following is not included in Thomas Edison’s invention? 
(a) The first phonograph. 
(b) The improved stock ticker. 
(c) A power system that could deliver electricity to homes. 
(d) The first storage batter . y 
 
7. How many patents Edison registered worldwide? 
(a) 1093 
(b) More than 1093 
(c) 957 
(d) None of the above 
 
8. Select the word closely related to platitude: 
(a) Trite remark 
(b) Concerned feeling 
(c) Disdainful attitude 
(d) Protest 
 
9. Select the word closely related to buttress: 
(a) Negate 
(b) Buttering 
(c) Mock 
(d) Strengthen 
 
Direction: (Questions 10-14): Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given 
alternatives to fill in the gap(s): 
 
10. My mother asked me to demonstrate a of common sense to make the right decision. 
(a) Modicum 
(b) Fractious 
(c) Disdain 
(d) Culpability 
 
11. Although leprosy is not a highly contagious disease, those who have contracted it have 
always been pariahs and have been by others. 
(a) Accepted 
(b) Admonished 
(c) Sheltered 
(d) Ostracized 
 
12. The film’s hero, a pearl diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst 
themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they to him. 
(a) Work…help 
(b) Plan….incentives 
(c) Refuse….deceive 
(d) Collude….swindle 
 
13. After hours of acrimonious arguments the negotiations reached a(n) : neither side was 
willing to compromise. 
(a) Solution 
(b) Resolution 
(c) End 
(d) Impasse 
 
14. Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment 
is frequently . 
(a) Changed 
(b) Arbitrary 
(c) Lenient 
(d) Commuted 
 
Directions (Questions 15-19): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the 
idiom/phrase italicized and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which most 
appropriately which most appropriately express the meaning of the idiom/phrase. 
 
15. Professor Giri said, “We will have to cover a lot of ground in this course”. What did he mean 
by “cover a lot of ground”? 
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DU LL.B. 2016 Question Paper 
Time: 2 hours                    Total Marks: 
700 
 
SECTION I- READING COMPREHENSION 
Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most 
appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. 
 
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 
11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition 
struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother 
who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving 
messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks 
for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon 
formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers. He also began working on 
the telegraph, and invented a version that could send four messages at once. Edison then 
moved with his family to New Jersey where he started his famous laboratory. In 1877, Edison, 
with the help from “muckers”, individuals from around the world looking to make fortune in 
America, invented the phonograph. The phonograph was a machine that recorded and played 
back sounds. In 1878, Edison invented the light bulb as well as the power grid system, which 
could generate electricity and deliver it to homes through a network of wires. He subsequently 
started the Edison Electric Light Company in October of 1878. Edison continued to invent or 
improve products and make significant contributions to X-ray technology, storage batteries and 
motion pictures (movies). Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, 
as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. 
 
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas 
Edison? 
(a) Inventing tin foil 
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker 
(c) Inventing the light bulb 
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray 
 
2. A phonograph most similar to: 
(a) A record player 
(b) A walkie talkie 
(c) A television 
(d) A microphone 
 
3. In which state did Thomas Edison not live? 
(a) Michigan 
(b) New york 
(c) Ohio 
(d) Massachusetts 
 
4. Which of the following describes Morse Code most appropriately? 
(a) A system of clicks that stands for current 
(b) A system of clicks that stand for letters 
(c) A system of clicks that stands for words 
(d) A system if clicks that stands for signals 
 
5. Who is a “mucker”? 
(a) Someone from Thomas Edison’s family 
(b) Someone from another country 
(c) Someone from another country hoping to make a fortune in America. 
(d) Someone from another country hoping to find a home in America. 
 
6. Which of the following is not included in Thomas Edison’s invention? 
(a) The first phonograph. 
(b) The improved stock ticker. 
(c) A power system that could deliver electricity to homes. 
(d) The first storage batter . y 
 
7. How many patents Edison registered worldwide? 
(a) 1093 
(b) More than 1093 
(c) 957 
(d) None of the above 
 
8. Select the word closely related to platitude: 
(a) Trite remark 
(b) Concerned feeling 
(c) Disdainful attitude 
(d) Protest 
 
9. Select the word closely related to buttress: 
(a) Negate 
(b) Buttering 
(c) Mock 
(d) Strengthen 
 
Direction: (Questions 10-14): Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given 
alternatives to fill in the gap(s): 
 
10. My mother asked me to demonstrate a of common sense to make the right decision. 
(a) Modicum 
(b) Fractious 
(c) Disdain 
(d) Culpability 
 
11. Although leprosy is not a highly contagious disease, those who have contracted it have 
always been pariahs and have been by others. 
(a) Accepted 
(b) Admonished 
(c) Sheltered 
(d) Ostracized 
 
12. The film’s hero, a pearl diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst 
themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they to him. 
(a) Work…help 
(b) Plan….incentives 
(c) Refuse….deceive 
(d) Collude….swindle 
 
13. After hours of acrimonious arguments the negotiations reached a(n) : neither side was 
willing to compromise. 
(a) Solution 
(b) Resolution 
(c) End 
(d) Impasse 
 
14. Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment 
is frequently . 
(a) Changed 
(b) Arbitrary 
(c) Lenient 
(d) Commuted 
 
Directions (Questions 15-19): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the 
idiom/phrase italicized and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which most 
appropriately which most appropriately express the meaning of the idiom/phrase. 
 
15. Professor Giri said, “We will have to cover a lot of ground in this course”. What did he mean 
by “cover a lot of ground”? 
(a) We have to skip a large of syllabus 
(b) We have to complete a lot of material 
(c) We have to start from basics 
(d) We have to travel a lot 
 
16. Ramesh said to me, You have the floor. What does this mean? 
(a) You have practically won 
(b) You have full right to disagree 
(c) You have full permission to speak your mind now. 
(d) You have tenancy rights over the property’s floor 
 
17. “To play second fiddle” means: 
(a) To support the role and view of another person 
(b) To act like a minor criminal 
(c) To deceive your superior 
(d) To play the second musical instrument 
 
18. “Hanging fire” means: 
(a) Going to be sacrificed 
(b) Going on slowly 
(c) Being hotly debated 
(d) Going to be burnt soon 
 
19. “Go out on a limb” means: 
(a) Being at two places at the same time 
(b) Put oneself in an isolated or disadvantageous position 
(c) Going somewhere without being noticed. 
(d) Fracturing one’s own limb. 
 
Direction (Questions 20-26): Choose the most appropriate word that is nearly opposite in 
meaning to the given word. 
 
20. CORROBORATE 
(a) Deny 
(b) Differentiate 
(c) Affirm 
(d) Create artificially 
 
21. Archaic 
(a) Novel 
(b) Somber 
(c) Soft 
(d) Archeological finding 
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DU LL.B. 2016 Question Paper 
Time: 2 hours                    Total Marks: 
700 
 
SECTION I- READING COMPREHENSION 
Directions for Questions 1-7: Read the following passage carefully and choose the most 
appropriate answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. 
 
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed “AI” at an early age. At age 
11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edition 
struggled at school, but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother 
who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a “tramp together”, sending and receiving 
messages via Morse code, an electronically-conveyed alphabet using different clicks 
for each letter. In 1870, Edison moved to New York city and improved the stock ticker. He soon 
formed his own company that manufactured the new stock tickers. He also began working on 
the telegraph, and invented a version that could send four messages at once. Edison then 
moved with his family to New Jersey where he started his famous laboratory. In 1877, Edison, 
with the help from “muckers”, individuals from around the world looking to make fortune in 
America, invented the phonograph. The phonograph was a machine that recorded and played 
back sounds. In 1878, Edison invented the light bulb as well as the power grid system, which 
could generate electricity and deliver it to homes through a network of wires. He subsequently 
started the Edison Electric Light Company in October of 1878. Edison continued to invent or 
improve products and make significant contributions to X-ray technology, storage batteries and 
motion pictures (movies). Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, 
as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. 
 
1. As per the above paragraph, which of the following was the first accomplishment of Thomas 
Edison? 
(a) Inventing tin foil 
(b) Inventing an improved stock ticker 
(c) Inventing the light bulb 
(d) Inventing an improved x-ray 
 
2. A phonograph most similar to: 
(a) A record player 
(b) A walkie talkie 
(c) A television 
(d) A microphone 
 
3. In which state did Thomas Edison not live? 
(a) Michigan 
(b) New york 
(c) Ohio 
(d) Massachusetts 
 
4. Which of the following describes Morse Code most appropriately? 
(a) A system of clicks that stands for current 
(b) A system of clicks that stand for letters 
(c) A system of clicks that stands for words 
(d) A system if clicks that stands for signals 
 
5. Who is a “mucker”? 
(a) Someone from Thomas Edison’s family 
(b) Someone from another country 
(c) Someone from another country hoping to make a fortune in America. 
(d) Someone from another country hoping to find a home in America. 
 
6. Which of the following is not included in Thomas Edison’s invention? 
(a) The first phonograph. 
(b) The improved stock ticker. 
(c) A power system that could deliver electricity to homes. 
(d) The first storage batter . y 
 
7. How many patents Edison registered worldwide? 
(a) 1093 
(b) More than 1093 
(c) 957 
(d) None of the above 
 
8. Select the word closely related to platitude: 
(a) Trite remark 
(b) Concerned feeling 
(c) Disdainful attitude 
(d) Protest 
 
9. Select the word closely related to buttress: 
(a) Negate 
(b) Buttering 
(c) Mock 
(d) Strengthen 
 
Direction: (Questions 10-14): Choose the most appropriate word(s) among the four given 
alternatives to fill in the gap(s): 
 
10. My mother asked me to demonstrate a of common sense to make the right decision. 
(a) Modicum 
(b) Fractious 
(c) Disdain 
(d) Culpability 
 
11. Although leprosy is not a highly contagious disease, those who have contracted it have 
always been pariahs and have been by others. 
(a) Accepted 
(b) Admonished 
(c) Sheltered 
(d) Ostracized 
 
12. The film’s hero, a pearl diver, naively expects that the purchasers will compete amongst 
themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they to him. 
(a) Work…help 
(b) Plan….incentives 
(c) Refuse….deceive 
(d) Collude….swindle 
 
13. After hours of acrimonious arguments the negotiations reached a(n) : neither side was 
willing to compromise. 
(a) Solution 
(b) Resolution 
(c) End 
(d) Impasse 
 
14. Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment 
is frequently . 
(a) Changed 
(b) Arbitrary 
(c) Lenient 
(d) Commuted 
 
Directions (Questions 15-19): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the 
idiom/phrase italicized and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which most 
appropriately which most appropriately express the meaning of the idiom/phrase. 
 
15. Professor Giri said, “We will have to cover a lot of ground in this course”. What did he mean 
by “cover a lot of ground”? 
(a) We have to skip a large of syllabus 
(b) We have to complete a lot of material 
(c) We have to start from basics 
(d) We have to travel a lot 
 
16. Ramesh said to me, You have the floor. What does this mean? 
(a) You have practically won 
(b) You have full right to disagree 
(c) You have full permission to speak your mind now. 
(d) You have tenancy rights over the property’s floor 
 
17. “To play second fiddle” means: 
(a) To support the role and view of another person 
(b) To act like a minor criminal 
(c) To deceive your superior 
(d) To play the second musical instrument 
 
18. “Hanging fire” means: 
(a) Going to be sacrificed 
(b) Going on slowly 
(c) Being hotly debated 
(d) Going to be burnt soon 
 
19. “Go out on a limb” means: 
(a) Being at two places at the same time 
(b) Put oneself in an isolated or disadvantageous position 
(c) Going somewhere without being noticed. 
(d) Fracturing one’s own limb. 
 
Direction (Questions 20-26): Choose the most appropriate word that is nearly opposite in 
meaning to the given word. 
 
20. CORROBORATE 
(a) Deny 
(b) Differentiate 
(c) Affirm 
(d) Create artificially 
 
21. Archaic 
(a) Novel 
(b) Somber 
(c) Soft 
(d) Archeological finding 
 
22. Arbitrary 
(a) Customary 
(b) Mediate 
(c) Legitimate 
(d) Desperate 
 
23. Affable 
(a) friendly 
(b) surely 
(c) Winsome 
(d) Livid 
 
24. Adulate 
(a) Moderate 
(b) Admire 
(c) Lambaste 
(d) Adulterate 
 
25. Recant 
(a) Noisy 
(b) Militaries 
(c) Reuse 
(d) Assent 
 
26. Excoriate 
(a) Diminish 
(b) Excommunication 
(c) Abandon 
(d) Acclaim 
 
Direction (Question 27-31): In each of the following questions, there is certain relation between 
two given word on one side of: 
 
27. Club: Golf:: : 
(a) Candid : Disingenuous 
(b) Racket: tennis 
(c) Author: book 
(d) Ball: soccer 
 
28. Plaint: Rigid :: : 
(a) Petulant : Adulterated 
(b) Moist : wet