SSC CGL Tier 2 April 12, 2015 Question Paper | SSC CGL Tier II Mock Test Series 2024 PDF Download

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 Directions : In Question nos. 1 to 10, Read 
the passage carefully and choose the best 
answer to each question out of the four 
alternatives and mark it by blackening the 
appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet. 
 
Passage 
 
 The recent change to all-volunteer armed 
forces in the United States will eventually 
produce a gradual increase in the proportion 
of women in the armed forces and in the 
variety of women’s assignments, but 
probably not the dramatic gains for women 
that might have been expected. This is so 
even though the armed forces operate in an 
ethos of institutional change oriented toward 
occupational equality and under the federal 
sanction of equal pay for equal work. The 
difficulty is that women are unlikely to be 
trained for any direct combat operations. A 
significant portion of the larger society 
remains uncomfortable as yet with extending 
equality in this direction. Therefore, for 
women in the military, the search for equality 
will still be based on functional equivalence, 
not identity or even similarity of task. 
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The 
growing emphasis on deterrence is bound to 
offer increasing scope for women to become 
involved in novel types of noncombat military 
assignments. 
1. It can be inferred from the passage that after 
the recent change 
 A. Some join willingly, some are forced. 
 B.  Everyone joins the military under 
   compulsion. 
 C.  Men are forced, women join willingly. 
 D.  Everyone joins the military willingly. 
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to  
 A.  present the new United States all-
volunteer armed forces as a model case 
of equal employment policies in actio  
 B.  present an overview of the different 
types of assignments available to 
women. 
 C.  analyze reforms in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces necessitated 
by the increasing number of women in 
the military. 
 D.  present a reasoned prognosis of the 
status of women in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces. 
 
3. A suitable title for the passage might be 
 A.  Current status of women in US navy. 
 B.  Current status of women in US teaching 
service. 
 C.  Current status of women in US airforce. 
 D.  Current status of women in US military 
4. Which of the following is closest in sense to 
the word ‘novel’ used in the passage? 
 A. boring    B. dull 
 C. prosaic   D. new 
5. The ‘dramatic gains for women’ and change 
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the 
larger society’ are logically related to each 
other in as much as the author puts forward 
the letter as 
 A. a reason for some of the former being lost 
again. 
 B. a public response to achievement of the 
former. 
 C. the major reason for absence of the 
former. 
 D. a pre condition for any prospect of 
achieving the former. 
6. The passage implies which of the following is 
a factor conducive to a more equitable 
representation of women in the United States 
armed forces than has existed in the past? 
 A. The level of awareness on the part of the 
larger society of military issues. 
 B. The past service records of women who 
has assignments functionally equivalent 
to men’s assignments. 
 C. An increased decline in the proportion of 
deterrence oriented non combat 
assignments.  
 D. The all-volunteer character of the present 
armed forces. 
7. It can be inferred from the passage that  
 A. The society encourages increased 
participation of women in direct combat. 
 B. The Government sanctions equal pay for 
equal work. 
 C. The change to all-volunteer armed forces 
took place many years ago. 
 D. Opportunities for women in military are 
certain to decline. 
8. According to the passage, despite the United 
States armed forces’ commitment to 
occupational equality for women in the military, 
certain other factors preclude women 
 A. drawing assignments from a wider range 
of assignments than before. 
 B. being assigned all of the military tasks 
that are assigned to men 
 C. recieving equal pay for equal work 
 D. having access to positions of 
responsibility  
SSC CGL 2014 TIER 2 APRIL 12, 2015  ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
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 Directions : In Question nos. 1 to 10, Read 
the passage carefully and choose the best 
answer to each question out of the four 
alternatives and mark it by blackening the 
appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet. 
 
Passage 
 
 The recent change to all-volunteer armed 
forces in the United States will eventually 
produce a gradual increase in the proportion 
of women in the armed forces and in the 
variety of women’s assignments, but 
probably not the dramatic gains for women 
that might have been expected. This is so 
even though the armed forces operate in an 
ethos of institutional change oriented toward 
occupational equality and under the federal 
sanction of equal pay for equal work. The 
difficulty is that women are unlikely to be 
trained for any direct combat operations. A 
significant portion of the larger society 
remains uncomfortable as yet with extending 
equality in this direction. Therefore, for 
women in the military, the search for equality 
will still be based on functional equivalence, 
not identity or even similarity of task. 
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The 
growing emphasis on deterrence is bound to 
offer increasing scope for women to become 
involved in novel types of noncombat military 
assignments. 
1. It can be inferred from the passage that after 
the recent change 
 A. Some join willingly, some are forced. 
 B.  Everyone joins the military under 
   compulsion. 
 C.  Men are forced, women join willingly. 
 D.  Everyone joins the military willingly. 
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to  
 A.  present the new United States all-
volunteer armed forces as a model case 
of equal employment policies in actio  
 B.  present an overview of the different 
types of assignments available to 
women. 
 C.  analyze reforms in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces necessitated 
by the increasing number of women in 
the military. 
 D.  present a reasoned prognosis of the 
status of women in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces. 
 
3. A suitable title for the passage might be 
 A.  Current status of women in US navy. 
 B.  Current status of women in US teaching 
service. 
 C.  Current status of women in US airforce. 
 D.  Current status of women in US military 
4. Which of the following is closest in sense to 
the word ‘novel’ used in the passage? 
 A. boring    B. dull 
 C. prosaic   D. new 
5. The ‘dramatic gains for women’ and change 
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the 
larger society’ are logically related to each 
other in as much as the author puts forward 
the letter as 
 A. a reason for some of the former being lost 
again. 
 B. a public response to achievement of the 
former. 
 C. the major reason for absence of the 
former. 
 D. a pre condition for any prospect of 
achieving the former. 
6. The passage implies which of the following is 
a factor conducive to a more equitable 
representation of women in the United States 
armed forces than has existed in the past? 
 A. The level of awareness on the part of the 
larger society of military issues. 
 B. The past service records of women who 
has assignments functionally equivalent 
to men’s assignments. 
 C. An increased decline in the proportion of 
deterrence oriented non combat 
assignments.  
 D. The all-volunteer character of the present 
armed forces. 
7. It can be inferred from the passage that  
 A. The society encourages increased 
participation of women in direct combat. 
 B. The Government sanctions equal pay for 
equal work. 
 C. The change to all-volunteer armed forces 
took place many years ago. 
 D. Opportunities for women in military are 
certain to decline. 
8. According to the passage, despite the United 
States armed forces’ commitment to 
occupational equality for women in the military, 
certain other factors preclude women 
 A. drawing assignments from a wider range 
of assignments than before. 
 B. being assigned all of the military tasks 
that are assigned to men 
 C. recieving equal pay for equal work 
 D. having access to positions of 
responsibility  
SSC CGL 2014 TIER 2 APRIL 12, 2015  ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
        
 
 
 
 
 
9. The word ‘opportunities’ used in the passage 
may be replaced by all except 
 A. scope    B. openings 
 C. prospects   D. failures 
10. Which sentence is an incorrect one? 
 A. The difficulty is that women are likely to 
be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 B. The recent change to all voluntary armed 
forces in US will produce a gradual 
increase in the proportion of women. 
 C. The difficulty is that women are unlikely 
to be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 D. Opportunities seem certain to arise 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 11 to 15, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 While threatening the (i) of universal values, 
the campaign to spread democracy will not 
succeed. The twentieth century (ii) that 
states could not simply remake the world or 
abbreviate historical transformations. Nor 
can they easily effect social change by 
transferring institutions (iii) borders. Even 
within the ranks of territorial nation-states, 
the conditions for (iv) democratic 
government are rare : an existing state 
enjoying legitimacy, consent, and the ability 
to mediate conflicts between groups. Without 
such consensus, there is no single sovereign 
‘people’ and therefore no (v) for arithmetical 
majorities. 
11. (i) = ? 
 A. integration   B. inability 
 C. ingratiation   D. integrity 
12. (ii) = ? 
 A. destabilised  B. disdained 
 C. disintegrated  D. demonstrated 
13. (iii) = ? 
 A. under    B. over 
 C. across    D. cross 
14. (iv) = ? 
 A. effervescent  B. effable 
 C. effective   D. effusive 
15. (v) = ? 
 A. decency   B. parity 
 C. legitimacy   D. effectiveness 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 16 to 35, 
sentence/passage is split into four parts and 
named A,B,C & D. These four parts are not 
given in their proper order. Read the 
sentence/passage and find out which of the 
four combinations is correct. Then find the 
correct answer and indicate it by blackening 
the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet 
 
16. A. choice of goals that are not 
 B. wisdom is equally needed 
 C. only beneficient but also attainable 
 D. in private life in the 
 A. BDAC    B. ADCB 
 C. ABCD    D. CBDA 
17. A. his writings are so philosophical  
 B. to read between the lines 
 C. that it is sometimes difficult 
 D. and find out what he wants to convey 
 A. ABCD    B. BCAD 
 C. BDAC    D. ACBD 
18. A. just to prove 
 B. disparaging each new production 
 C. no one liked their caustically 
 D. the playwright’s worthlessness 
 A. ADBC    B. DBAC 
 C. CBAD    D. CDAB 
19. A. to raise their status 
 B. from others 
 C. and to gain acceptance  
 D. people follow fashion 
 A. DBCA    B. DACB 
 C. BCAD    D. ABCD 
20. A. a lazy sulky 
 B. the rascal is 
 C. him at arms length 
 D. good for-nothing, keep 
 A. ADCB    B. BADC 
 C. CDBA    D. DCAB 
21. A. whole of last year 
 B. twice 
 C. during the  
 D. I only went fishing 
 A. BADC    B. DCAB 
 C. ACBD    D. CADB 
22. A. for some time 
 B. which is troublesome 
 C. the weather becomes cool and pleasant 
 D. though there is humidity in it 
 A. ACBD    B. CADB 
 C. CBAD    D. DBAC 
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 Directions : In Question nos. 1 to 10, Read 
the passage carefully and choose the best 
answer to each question out of the four 
alternatives and mark it by blackening the 
appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet. 
 
Passage 
 
 The recent change to all-volunteer armed 
forces in the United States will eventually 
produce a gradual increase in the proportion 
of women in the armed forces and in the 
variety of women’s assignments, but 
probably not the dramatic gains for women 
that might have been expected. This is so 
even though the armed forces operate in an 
ethos of institutional change oriented toward 
occupational equality and under the federal 
sanction of equal pay for equal work. The 
difficulty is that women are unlikely to be 
trained for any direct combat operations. A 
significant portion of the larger society 
remains uncomfortable as yet with extending 
equality in this direction. Therefore, for 
women in the military, the search for equality 
will still be based on functional equivalence, 
not identity or even similarity of task. 
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The 
growing emphasis on deterrence is bound to 
offer increasing scope for women to become 
involved in novel types of noncombat military 
assignments. 
1. It can be inferred from the passage that after 
the recent change 
 A. Some join willingly, some are forced. 
 B.  Everyone joins the military under 
   compulsion. 
 C.  Men are forced, women join willingly. 
 D.  Everyone joins the military willingly. 
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to  
 A.  present the new United States all-
volunteer armed forces as a model case 
of equal employment policies in actio  
 B.  present an overview of the different 
types of assignments available to 
women. 
 C.  analyze reforms in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces necessitated 
by the increasing number of women in 
the military. 
 D.  present a reasoned prognosis of the 
status of women in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces. 
 
3. A suitable title for the passage might be 
 A.  Current status of women in US navy. 
 B.  Current status of women in US teaching 
service. 
 C.  Current status of women in US airforce. 
 D.  Current status of women in US military 
4. Which of the following is closest in sense to 
the word ‘novel’ used in the passage? 
 A. boring    B. dull 
 C. prosaic   D. new 
5. The ‘dramatic gains for women’ and change 
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the 
larger society’ are logically related to each 
other in as much as the author puts forward 
the letter as 
 A. a reason for some of the former being lost 
again. 
 B. a public response to achievement of the 
former. 
 C. the major reason for absence of the 
former. 
 D. a pre condition for any prospect of 
achieving the former. 
6. The passage implies which of the following is 
a factor conducive to a more equitable 
representation of women in the United States 
armed forces than has existed in the past? 
 A. The level of awareness on the part of the 
larger society of military issues. 
 B. The past service records of women who 
has assignments functionally equivalent 
to men’s assignments. 
 C. An increased decline in the proportion of 
deterrence oriented non combat 
assignments.  
 D. The all-volunteer character of the present 
armed forces. 
7. It can be inferred from the passage that  
 A. The society encourages increased 
participation of women in direct combat. 
 B. The Government sanctions equal pay for 
equal work. 
 C. The change to all-volunteer armed forces 
took place many years ago. 
 D. Opportunities for women in military are 
certain to decline. 
8. According to the passage, despite the United 
States armed forces’ commitment to 
occupational equality for women in the military, 
certain other factors preclude women 
 A. drawing assignments from a wider range 
of assignments than before. 
 B. being assigned all of the military tasks 
that are assigned to men 
 C. recieving equal pay for equal work 
 D. having access to positions of 
responsibility  
SSC CGL 2014 TIER 2 APRIL 12, 2015  ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
        
 
 
 
 
 
9. The word ‘opportunities’ used in the passage 
may be replaced by all except 
 A. scope    B. openings 
 C. prospects   D. failures 
10. Which sentence is an incorrect one? 
 A. The difficulty is that women are likely to 
be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 B. The recent change to all voluntary armed 
forces in US will produce a gradual 
increase in the proportion of women. 
 C. The difficulty is that women are unlikely 
to be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 D. Opportunities seem certain to arise 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 11 to 15, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 While threatening the (i) of universal values, 
the campaign to spread democracy will not 
succeed. The twentieth century (ii) that 
states could not simply remake the world or 
abbreviate historical transformations. Nor 
can they easily effect social change by 
transferring institutions (iii) borders. Even 
within the ranks of territorial nation-states, 
the conditions for (iv) democratic 
government are rare : an existing state 
enjoying legitimacy, consent, and the ability 
to mediate conflicts between groups. Without 
such consensus, there is no single sovereign 
‘people’ and therefore no (v) for arithmetical 
majorities. 
11. (i) = ? 
 A. integration   B. inability 
 C. ingratiation   D. integrity 
12. (ii) = ? 
 A. destabilised  B. disdained 
 C. disintegrated  D. demonstrated 
13. (iii) = ? 
 A. under    B. over 
 C. across    D. cross 
14. (iv) = ? 
 A. effervescent  B. effable 
 C. effective   D. effusive 
15. (v) = ? 
 A. decency   B. parity 
 C. legitimacy   D. effectiveness 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 16 to 35, 
sentence/passage is split into four parts and 
named A,B,C & D. These four parts are not 
given in their proper order. Read the 
sentence/passage and find out which of the 
four combinations is correct. Then find the 
correct answer and indicate it by blackening 
the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet 
 
16. A. choice of goals that are not 
 B. wisdom is equally needed 
 C. only beneficient but also attainable 
 D. in private life in the 
 A. BDAC    B. ADCB 
 C. ABCD    D. CBDA 
17. A. his writings are so philosophical  
 B. to read between the lines 
 C. that it is sometimes difficult 
 D. and find out what he wants to convey 
 A. ABCD    B. BCAD 
 C. BDAC    D. ACBD 
18. A. just to prove 
 B. disparaging each new production 
 C. no one liked their caustically 
 D. the playwright’s worthlessness 
 A. ADBC    B. DBAC 
 C. CBAD    D. CDAB 
19. A. to raise their status 
 B. from others 
 C. and to gain acceptance  
 D. people follow fashion 
 A. DBCA    B. DACB 
 C. BCAD    D. ABCD 
20. A. a lazy sulky 
 B. the rascal is 
 C. him at arms length 
 D. good for-nothing, keep 
 A. ADCB    B. BADC 
 C. CDBA    D. DCAB 
21. A. whole of last year 
 B. twice 
 C. during the  
 D. I only went fishing 
 A. BADC    B. DCAB 
 C. ACBD    D. CADB 
22. A. for some time 
 B. which is troublesome 
 C. the weather becomes cool and pleasant 
 D. though there is humidity in it 
 A. ACBD    B. CADB 
 C. CBAD    D. DBAC 
        
 
 
 
 
 
23. A. reasons for this failure 
 B. one of the principal 
 C. dare not take risks 
 D. is that many people 
 A. BDAC    B. BADC 
 C. ACBD    D. CBAD 
24. A. have some influence on 
 B. alter much of his natural bent 
 C. no doubt, education and sorroundings 
 D. the direction of a man’s life; but they do 
not 
 A. CADB    B. DACB 
 C. CBAD    D. ADBC 
25. A. a valuable aid to education  
 B. the cinema offers 
 C. not only amusement 
 D. but is also 
 A. BCDA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. DABC 
26. A. inside the auditorium 
 B. other people 
 C. apart from us 
 D. there were several 
 A. CDBA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. ABDC 
27. A. people blame others for their misdeeds  
 B. of the present-day world arise 
 C. most of the troubles  
 D. from the fact that instead of doing their 
duty 
 A. DCBA    B. ABDC 
 C. CBAD    D. CBDA 
28. A. has only spread to other parts of the 
world recently 
 B. mango has been commericially cultivated 
 C. for many years, although its cultivation 
 D. in the Indo-Burma Malayan region of 
southeast Asia 
 A. ADBC    B. BDCA  
 C. BADC    D. BACB 
29. A. the public 
 B. aim is to educate 
 C. the NGOS’s 
 D. about the danger of smoking 
 A. BADC    B. CBAD  
 C. ABDC    D. CADB 
30. A. into the office 
 B. someone broke 
 C. highly confidential letters 
 D. and stole some 
 A. CABD    B. BADC 
 C. ABCD    D. BDCA 
31. A. to understand 
 B. to many people 
 C. threatening and even impossible 
 D. grammar appears 
 A. CABD    B. DACB  
 C. ADBC    D. BDCA 
32. A. can make indian farmers active 
 B. growth of industries 
 C. throughout the year 
 D. in cities around the villages 
 A. BDAC    B. CADB 
 C. BADC    D. DCAB 
33. A. well skilled in his job 
 B. he is a capable person 
 C. but his roughness of a rustic nature 
 D. devalues his achievements 
 A. CDBA    B. BCDA 
 C. BACD    D. ADBC 
34. A. he did not take revenge on Ravi 
 B. though he had 
 C. as he was magnanimous 
 D. done great harm to him 
 A. ADCB    B. CABD 
 C. BCAD    D. DACB 
35. A. although a great scientist 
 B. Einstein was weak in arithmetic 
 C. right from his school days 
 D. it has been established that 
 A. DABC    B. DCBA 
 C. DBCA    D. ADBC 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 36 to 45, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 A man stopped at a flower shop t (i) some 
flowers to be (ii) to his mother who lived 200 
miles (iii). As he got out of his car he noticed 
a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He 
asked her what was wrong and she (iv),“I 
wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But 
I only have seventy-five cents and a rose 
costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, 
“Come (v) in with me. I’ll (vi) you a rose.” He 
bought the little girl her rose and ordered his 
own mother’s flowers. As they were (vii) he 
offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes 
please! You can take me to my mother”. She 
directed him to a cemetery, (viii) she placed 
the rose on a freshly dug grave. The man 
returned to the flower shop, cancelled the 
delivery order, (ix) up a bouquet and (x) the 
two hundred miles to his mother’s house. 
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 Directions : In Question nos. 1 to 10, Read 
the passage carefully and choose the best 
answer to each question out of the four 
alternatives and mark it by blackening the 
appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet. 
 
Passage 
 
 The recent change to all-volunteer armed 
forces in the United States will eventually 
produce a gradual increase in the proportion 
of women in the armed forces and in the 
variety of women’s assignments, but 
probably not the dramatic gains for women 
that might have been expected. This is so 
even though the armed forces operate in an 
ethos of institutional change oriented toward 
occupational equality and under the federal 
sanction of equal pay for equal work. The 
difficulty is that women are unlikely to be 
trained for any direct combat operations. A 
significant portion of the larger society 
remains uncomfortable as yet with extending 
equality in this direction. Therefore, for 
women in the military, the search for equality 
will still be based on functional equivalence, 
not identity or even similarity of task. 
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The 
growing emphasis on deterrence is bound to 
offer increasing scope for women to become 
involved in novel types of noncombat military 
assignments. 
1. It can be inferred from the passage that after 
the recent change 
 A. Some join willingly, some are forced. 
 B.  Everyone joins the military under 
   compulsion. 
 C.  Men are forced, women join willingly. 
 D.  Everyone joins the military willingly. 
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to  
 A.  present the new United States all-
volunteer armed forces as a model case 
of equal employment policies in actio  
 B.  present an overview of the different 
types of assignments available to 
women. 
 C.  analyze reforms in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces necessitated 
by the increasing number of women in 
the military. 
 D.  present a reasoned prognosis of the 
status of women in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces. 
 
3. A suitable title for the passage might be 
 A.  Current status of women in US navy. 
 B.  Current status of women in US teaching 
service. 
 C.  Current status of women in US airforce. 
 D.  Current status of women in US military 
4. Which of the following is closest in sense to 
the word ‘novel’ used in the passage? 
 A. boring    B. dull 
 C. prosaic   D. new 
5. The ‘dramatic gains for women’ and change 
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the 
larger society’ are logically related to each 
other in as much as the author puts forward 
the letter as 
 A. a reason for some of the former being lost 
again. 
 B. a public response to achievement of the 
former. 
 C. the major reason for absence of the 
former. 
 D. a pre condition for any prospect of 
achieving the former. 
6. The passage implies which of the following is 
a factor conducive to a more equitable 
representation of women in the United States 
armed forces than has existed in the past? 
 A. The level of awareness on the part of the 
larger society of military issues. 
 B. The past service records of women who 
has assignments functionally equivalent 
to men’s assignments. 
 C. An increased decline in the proportion of 
deterrence oriented non combat 
assignments.  
 D. The all-volunteer character of the present 
armed forces. 
7. It can be inferred from the passage that  
 A. The society encourages increased 
participation of women in direct combat. 
 B. The Government sanctions equal pay for 
equal work. 
 C. The change to all-volunteer armed forces 
took place many years ago. 
 D. Opportunities for women in military are 
certain to decline. 
8. According to the passage, despite the United 
States armed forces’ commitment to 
occupational equality for women in the military, 
certain other factors preclude women 
 A. drawing assignments from a wider range 
of assignments than before. 
 B. being assigned all of the military tasks 
that are assigned to men 
 C. recieving equal pay for equal work 
 D. having access to positions of 
responsibility  
SSC CGL 2014 TIER 2 APRIL 12, 2015  ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
        
 
 
 
 
 
9. The word ‘opportunities’ used in the passage 
may be replaced by all except 
 A. scope    B. openings 
 C. prospects   D. failures 
10. Which sentence is an incorrect one? 
 A. The difficulty is that women are likely to 
be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 B. The recent change to all voluntary armed 
forces in US will produce a gradual 
increase in the proportion of women. 
 C. The difficulty is that women are unlikely 
to be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 D. Opportunities seem certain to arise 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 11 to 15, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 While threatening the (i) of universal values, 
the campaign to spread democracy will not 
succeed. The twentieth century (ii) that 
states could not simply remake the world or 
abbreviate historical transformations. Nor 
can they easily effect social change by 
transferring institutions (iii) borders. Even 
within the ranks of territorial nation-states, 
the conditions for (iv) democratic 
government are rare : an existing state 
enjoying legitimacy, consent, and the ability 
to mediate conflicts between groups. Without 
such consensus, there is no single sovereign 
‘people’ and therefore no (v) for arithmetical 
majorities. 
11. (i) = ? 
 A. integration   B. inability 
 C. ingratiation   D. integrity 
12. (ii) = ? 
 A. destabilised  B. disdained 
 C. disintegrated  D. demonstrated 
13. (iii) = ? 
 A. under    B. over 
 C. across    D. cross 
14. (iv) = ? 
 A. effervescent  B. effable 
 C. effective   D. effusive 
15. (v) = ? 
 A. decency   B. parity 
 C. legitimacy   D. effectiveness 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 16 to 35, 
sentence/passage is split into four parts and 
named A,B,C & D. These four parts are not 
given in their proper order. Read the 
sentence/passage and find out which of the 
four combinations is correct. Then find the 
correct answer and indicate it by blackening 
the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet 
 
16. A. choice of goals that are not 
 B. wisdom is equally needed 
 C. only beneficient but also attainable 
 D. in private life in the 
 A. BDAC    B. ADCB 
 C. ABCD    D. CBDA 
17. A. his writings are so philosophical  
 B. to read between the lines 
 C. that it is sometimes difficult 
 D. and find out what he wants to convey 
 A. ABCD    B. BCAD 
 C. BDAC    D. ACBD 
18. A. just to prove 
 B. disparaging each new production 
 C. no one liked their caustically 
 D. the playwright’s worthlessness 
 A. ADBC    B. DBAC 
 C. CBAD    D. CDAB 
19. A. to raise their status 
 B. from others 
 C. and to gain acceptance  
 D. people follow fashion 
 A. DBCA    B. DACB 
 C. BCAD    D. ABCD 
20. A. a lazy sulky 
 B. the rascal is 
 C. him at arms length 
 D. good for-nothing, keep 
 A. ADCB    B. BADC 
 C. CDBA    D. DCAB 
21. A. whole of last year 
 B. twice 
 C. during the  
 D. I only went fishing 
 A. BADC    B. DCAB 
 C. ACBD    D. CADB 
22. A. for some time 
 B. which is troublesome 
 C. the weather becomes cool and pleasant 
 D. though there is humidity in it 
 A. ACBD    B. CADB 
 C. CBAD    D. DBAC 
        
 
 
 
 
 
23. A. reasons for this failure 
 B. one of the principal 
 C. dare not take risks 
 D. is that many people 
 A. BDAC    B. BADC 
 C. ACBD    D. CBAD 
24. A. have some influence on 
 B. alter much of his natural bent 
 C. no doubt, education and sorroundings 
 D. the direction of a man’s life; but they do 
not 
 A. CADB    B. DACB 
 C. CBAD    D. ADBC 
25. A. a valuable aid to education  
 B. the cinema offers 
 C. not only amusement 
 D. but is also 
 A. BCDA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. DABC 
26. A. inside the auditorium 
 B. other people 
 C. apart from us 
 D. there were several 
 A. CDBA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. ABDC 
27. A. people blame others for their misdeeds  
 B. of the present-day world arise 
 C. most of the troubles  
 D. from the fact that instead of doing their 
duty 
 A. DCBA    B. ABDC 
 C. CBAD    D. CBDA 
28. A. has only spread to other parts of the 
world recently 
 B. mango has been commericially cultivated 
 C. for many years, although its cultivation 
 D. in the Indo-Burma Malayan region of 
southeast Asia 
 A. ADBC    B. BDCA  
 C. BADC    D. BACB 
29. A. the public 
 B. aim is to educate 
 C. the NGOS’s 
 D. about the danger of smoking 
 A. BADC    B. CBAD  
 C. ABDC    D. CADB 
30. A. into the office 
 B. someone broke 
 C. highly confidential letters 
 D. and stole some 
 A. CABD    B. BADC 
 C. ABCD    D. BDCA 
31. A. to understand 
 B. to many people 
 C. threatening and even impossible 
 D. grammar appears 
 A. CABD    B. DACB  
 C. ADBC    D. BDCA 
32. A. can make indian farmers active 
 B. growth of industries 
 C. throughout the year 
 D. in cities around the villages 
 A. BDAC    B. CADB 
 C. BADC    D. DCAB 
33. A. well skilled in his job 
 B. he is a capable person 
 C. but his roughness of a rustic nature 
 D. devalues his achievements 
 A. CDBA    B. BCDA 
 C. BACD    D. ADBC 
34. A. he did not take revenge on Ravi 
 B. though he had 
 C. as he was magnanimous 
 D. done great harm to him 
 A. ADCB    B. CABD 
 C. BCAD    D. DACB 
35. A. although a great scientist 
 B. Einstein was weak in arithmetic 
 C. right from his school days 
 D. it has been established that 
 A. DABC    B. DCBA 
 C. DBCA    D. ADBC 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 36 to 45, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 A man stopped at a flower shop t (i) some 
flowers to be (ii) to his mother who lived 200 
miles (iii). As he got out of his car he noticed 
a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He 
asked her what was wrong and she (iv),“I 
wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But 
I only have seventy-five cents and a rose 
costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, 
“Come (v) in with me. I’ll (vi) you a rose.” He 
bought the little girl her rose and ordered his 
own mother’s flowers. As they were (vii) he 
offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes 
please! You can take me to my mother”. She 
directed him to a cemetery, (viii) she placed 
the rose on a freshly dug grave. The man 
returned to the flower shop, cancelled the 
delivery order, (ix) up a bouquet and (x) the 
two hundred miles to his mother’s house. 
        
 
 
 
 
 
36. (i) = ? 
 A. request   B. requesting 
 C. ordering   D. order 
37. (ii) = ? 
 A. delivered   B. posted 
 C. taken    D. given 
38. (iii) = ? 
 A. away    B. beyond 
 C. across    D. between 
39. (iv) = ? 
 A. replied   B. asked 
 C. exclaimed   D. inquired 
40. (v) = ? 
 A. out    B. upon 
 C. on     D. of 
41. (vi) = ? 
 A. bought   B. bring 
 C. buying   D. buy 
42. (vii) = ? 
 A. leaving   B. going 
 C. relaxing   D. coming 
43. (viii) = ? 
 A. where    B. wear 
 C. ware    D. were 
44. (ix) = ? 
 A. pick    B. picking 
 C. picked    D. putting 
45. (x) = ? 
 A. driven    B. drove 
 C. drive    D. driving 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 46 to 48, out 
of the four alternatives, choose the one which 
best expresses the meaning of the given 
word and mark it in the Answer Sheet. 
 
46. Peculiar  
 A. rare    B. special 
 C. ordinary   D. strange 
47. tenet 
 A. belief    B. provision 
 C. view    D. perspective 
48. Repeal 
 A. cancellation  B. acceptance 
 C. dejection   D. rejection 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 49 to 75, a 
sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. 
Out of the four alternatives suggested, select 
the one which best expresses the same 
sentence in Direct/Indirect and mark your 
answer in the Answer Sheet. 
 
49. The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been 
arranged for him. 
 A. The prisoner enquired, ‘Is there a lawyer 
for me?’ 
 B. The prisoner said, ‘Have you arranged a 
lawyer for me?’ 
 C. The prisoner enquired, ‘Has a lawyer been 
arranged for me?’ 
 D. The prisoner asked, ‘Has a lawyer been 
arranged for me?’ 
50. His father said that it was time he visited his 
uncle. 
 A. ‘It is time you visited my uncle’, said his 
father. 
 B. ‘It is time you visit your uncle’, said his 
father. 
 C. ‘It was time you visited your uncle’, said 
his father. 
 D. ‘It is time you visited your uncle’, said his 
father. 
51. She said to the children, ‘You mustn’t play 
with fire.’ 
 A. She told the children they are not to play 
with fire. 
 B. She told the children not to play with fire. 
 C. She told the children they were not to play 
with fire. 
 D. She told the children they mustn’t play 
with fire. 
52. You will say, ‘I am ill.’ 
 A. You will say that you were ill. 
 B. You will say that you are ill. 
 C. You would say that you are ill. 
 D. You would say that you were ill. 
53. He says that he is very sorry. 
 A. He says, ‘I am very sorry’ 
 B. He said, ‘He was very sorry’ 
 C. He told me, ‘I felt sorry’ 
 D. He said, ‘He is very sorry’ 
54. The lady asked me how my uncle was. 
 A. The lady said to me, ‘How is your uncle?’ 
 B. The lady asked me, ‘How is your uncle 
doing?’ 
 C. The lady asked me, ‘How has your uncle 
been?’ 
 D. The lady said to me, ‘How was your 
uncle?’  
55. The old man said that he would soon be 
leaving the world. 
 A. The old man said, ‘I am going to leave the 
world soon.’ 
 B. The old man said, ‘I would soon leave the 
world.’ 
 C. The old man said, ‘I am soon leaving the 
world.’ 
 D. The old man said, ‘I shall soon be leaving 
the world.’ 
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 Directions : In Question nos. 1 to 10, Read 
the passage carefully and choose the best 
answer to each question out of the four 
alternatives and mark it by blackening the 
appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet. 
 
Passage 
 
 The recent change to all-volunteer armed 
forces in the United States will eventually 
produce a gradual increase in the proportion 
of women in the armed forces and in the 
variety of women’s assignments, but 
probably not the dramatic gains for women 
that might have been expected. This is so 
even though the armed forces operate in an 
ethos of institutional change oriented toward 
occupational equality and under the federal 
sanction of equal pay for equal work. The 
difficulty is that women are unlikely to be 
trained for any direct combat operations. A 
significant portion of the larger society 
remains uncomfortable as yet with extending 
equality in this direction. Therefore, for 
women in the military, the search for equality 
will still be based on functional equivalence, 
not identity or even similarity of task. 
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The 
growing emphasis on deterrence is bound to 
offer increasing scope for women to become 
involved in novel types of noncombat military 
assignments. 
1. It can be inferred from the passage that after 
the recent change 
 A. Some join willingly, some are forced. 
 B.  Everyone joins the military under 
   compulsion. 
 C.  Men are forced, women join willingly. 
 D.  Everyone joins the military willingly. 
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to  
 A.  present the new United States all-
volunteer armed forces as a model case 
of equal employment policies in actio  
 B.  present an overview of the different 
types of assignments available to 
women. 
 C.  analyze reforms in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces necessitated 
by the increasing number of women in 
the military. 
 D.  present a reasoned prognosis of the 
status of women in the new United States 
all-volunteer armed forces. 
 
3. A suitable title for the passage might be 
 A.  Current status of women in US navy. 
 B.  Current status of women in US teaching 
service. 
 C.  Current status of women in US airforce. 
 D.  Current status of women in US military 
4. Which of the following is closest in sense to 
the word ‘novel’ used in the passage? 
 A. boring    B. dull 
 C. prosaic   D. new 
5. The ‘dramatic gains for women’ and change 
in the attitude of a ‘significant portion of the 
larger society’ are logically related to each 
other in as much as the author puts forward 
the letter as 
 A. a reason for some of the former being lost 
again. 
 B. a public response to achievement of the 
former. 
 C. the major reason for absence of the 
former. 
 D. a pre condition for any prospect of 
achieving the former. 
6. The passage implies which of the following is 
a factor conducive to a more equitable 
representation of women in the United States 
armed forces than has existed in the past? 
 A. The level of awareness on the part of the 
larger society of military issues. 
 B. The past service records of women who 
has assignments functionally equivalent 
to men’s assignments. 
 C. An increased decline in the proportion of 
deterrence oriented non combat 
assignments.  
 D. The all-volunteer character of the present 
armed forces. 
7. It can be inferred from the passage that  
 A. The society encourages increased 
participation of women in direct combat. 
 B. The Government sanctions equal pay for 
equal work. 
 C. The change to all-volunteer armed forces 
took place many years ago. 
 D. Opportunities for women in military are 
certain to decline. 
8. According to the passage, despite the United 
States armed forces’ commitment to 
occupational equality for women in the military, 
certain other factors preclude women 
 A. drawing assignments from a wider range 
of assignments than before. 
 B. being assigned all of the military tasks 
that are assigned to men 
 C. recieving equal pay for equal work 
 D. having access to positions of 
responsibility  
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9. The word ‘opportunities’ used in the passage 
may be replaced by all except 
 A. scope    B. openings 
 C. prospects   D. failures 
10. Which sentence is an incorrect one? 
 A. The difficulty is that women are likely to 
be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 B. The recent change to all voluntary armed 
forces in US will produce a gradual 
increase in the proportion of women. 
 C. The difficulty is that women are unlikely 
to be trained for any direct combat 
operation. 
 D. Opportunities seem certain to arise 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 11 to 15, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 While threatening the (i) of universal values, 
the campaign to spread democracy will not 
succeed. The twentieth century (ii) that 
states could not simply remake the world or 
abbreviate historical transformations. Nor 
can they easily effect social change by 
transferring institutions (iii) borders. Even 
within the ranks of territorial nation-states, 
the conditions for (iv) democratic 
government are rare : an existing state 
enjoying legitimacy, consent, and the ability 
to mediate conflicts between groups. Without 
such consensus, there is no single sovereign 
‘people’ and therefore no (v) for arithmetical 
majorities. 
11. (i) = ? 
 A. integration   B. inability 
 C. ingratiation   D. integrity 
12. (ii) = ? 
 A. destabilised  B. disdained 
 C. disintegrated  D. demonstrated 
13. (iii) = ? 
 A. under    B. over 
 C. across    D. cross 
14. (iv) = ? 
 A. effervescent  B. effable 
 C. effective   D. effusive 
15. (v) = ? 
 A. decency   B. parity 
 C. legitimacy   D. effectiveness 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 16 to 35, 
sentence/passage is split into four parts and 
named A,B,C & D. These four parts are not 
given in their proper order. Read the 
sentence/passage and find out which of the 
four combinations is correct. Then find the 
correct answer and indicate it by blackening 
the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet 
 
16. A. choice of goals that are not 
 B. wisdom is equally needed 
 C. only beneficient but also attainable 
 D. in private life in the 
 A. BDAC    B. ADCB 
 C. ABCD    D. CBDA 
17. A. his writings are so philosophical  
 B. to read between the lines 
 C. that it is sometimes difficult 
 D. and find out what he wants to convey 
 A. ABCD    B. BCAD 
 C. BDAC    D. ACBD 
18. A. just to prove 
 B. disparaging each new production 
 C. no one liked their caustically 
 D. the playwright’s worthlessness 
 A. ADBC    B. DBAC 
 C. CBAD    D. CDAB 
19. A. to raise their status 
 B. from others 
 C. and to gain acceptance  
 D. people follow fashion 
 A. DBCA    B. DACB 
 C. BCAD    D. ABCD 
20. A. a lazy sulky 
 B. the rascal is 
 C. him at arms length 
 D. good for-nothing, keep 
 A. ADCB    B. BADC 
 C. CDBA    D. DCAB 
21. A. whole of last year 
 B. twice 
 C. during the  
 D. I only went fishing 
 A. BADC    B. DCAB 
 C. ACBD    D. CADB 
22. A. for some time 
 B. which is troublesome 
 C. the weather becomes cool and pleasant 
 D. though there is humidity in it 
 A. ACBD    B. CADB 
 C. CBAD    D. DBAC 
        
 
 
 
 
 
23. A. reasons for this failure 
 B. one of the principal 
 C. dare not take risks 
 D. is that many people 
 A. BDAC    B. BADC 
 C. ACBD    D. CBAD 
24. A. have some influence on 
 B. alter much of his natural bent 
 C. no doubt, education and sorroundings 
 D. the direction of a man’s life; but they do 
not 
 A. CADB    B. DACB 
 C. CBAD    D. ADBC 
25. A. a valuable aid to education  
 B. the cinema offers 
 C. not only amusement 
 D. but is also 
 A. BCDA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. DABC 
26. A. inside the auditorium 
 B. other people 
 C. apart from us 
 D. there were several 
 A. CDBA    B. BDAC 
 C. CBDA    D. ABDC 
27. A. people blame others for their misdeeds  
 B. of the present-day world arise 
 C. most of the troubles  
 D. from the fact that instead of doing their 
duty 
 A. DCBA    B. ABDC 
 C. CBAD    D. CBDA 
28. A. has only spread to other parts of the 
world recently 
 B. mango has been commericially cultivated 
 C. for many years, although its cultivation 
 D. in the Indo-Burma Malayan region of 
southeast Asia 
 A. ADBC    B. BDCA  
 C. BADC    D. BACB 
29. A. the public 
 B. aim is to educate 
 C. the NGOS’s 
 D. about the danger of smoking 
 A. BADC    B. CBAD  
 C. ABDC    D. CADB 
30. A. into the office 
 B. someone broke 
 C. highly confidential letters 
 D. and stole some 
 A. CABD    B. BADC 
 C. ABCD    D. BDCA 
31. A. to understand 
 B. to many people 
 C. threatening and even impossible 
 D. grammar appears 
 A. CABD    B. DACB  
 C. ADBC    D. BDCA 
32. A. can make indian farmers active 
 B. growth of industries 
 C. throughout the year 
 D. in cities around the villages 
 A. BDAC    B. CADB 
 C. BADC    D. DCAB 
33. A. well skilled in his job 
 B. he is a capable person 
 C. but his roughness of a rustic nature 
 D. devalues his achievements 
 A. CDBA    B. BCDA 
 C. BACD    D. ADBC 
34. A. he did not take revenge on Ravi 
 B. though he had 
 C. as he was magnanimous 
 D. done great harm to him 
 A. ADCB    B. CABD 
 C. BCAD    D. DACB 
35. A. although a great scientist 
 B. Einstein was weak in arithmetic 
 C. right from his school days 
 D. it has been established that 
 A. DABC    B. DCBA 
 C. DBCA    D. ADBC 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 36 to 45, in the 
following passage some of the words have 
been left out. Read the passage carefully and 
choose the correct answer to each question 
out of the four alternative and fill in the 
blanks. 
 
Passage 
 A man stopped at a flower shop t (i) some 
flowers to be (ii) to his mother who lived 200 
miles (iii). As he got out of his car he noticed 
a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He 
asked her what was wrong and she (iv),“I 
wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But 
I only have seventy-five cents and a rose 
costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, 
“Come (v) in with me. I’ll (vi) you a rose.” He 
bought the little girl her rose and ordered his 
own mother’s flowers. As they were (vii) he 
offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes 
please! You can take me to my mother”. She 
directed him to a cemetery, (viii) she placed 
the rose on a freshly dug grave. The man 
returned to the flower shop, cancelled the 
delivery order, (ix) up a bouquet and (x) the 
two hundred miles to his mother’s house. 
        
 
 
 
 
 
36. (i) = ? 
 A. request   B. requesting 
 C. ordering   D. order 
37. (ii) = ? 
 A. delivered   B. posted 
 C. taken    D. given 
38. (iii) = ? 
 A. away    B. beyond 
 C. across    D. between 
39. (iv) = ? 
 A. replied   B. asked 
 C. exclaimed   D. inquired 
40. (v) = ? 
 A. out    B. upon 
 C. on     D. of 
41. (vi) = ? 
 A. bought   B. bring 
 C. buying   D. buy 
42. (vii) = ? 
 A. leaving   B. going 
 C. relaxing   D. coming 
43. (viii) = ? 
 A. where    B. wear 
 C. ware    D. were 
44. (ix) = ? 
 A. pick    B. picking 
 C. picked    D. putting 
45. (x) = ? 
 A. driven    B. drove 
 C. drive    D. driving 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 46 to 48, out 
of the four alternatives, choose the one which 
best expresses the meaning of the given 
word and mark it in the Answer Sheet. 
 
46. Peculiar  
 A. rare    B. special 
 C. ordinary   D. strange 
47. tenet 
 A. belief    B. provision 
 C. view    D. perspective 
48. Repeal 
 A. cancellation  B. acceptance 
 C. dejection   D. rejection 
 
 Directions : In Question nos. 49 to 75, a 
sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. 
Out of the four alternatives suggested, select 
the one which best expresses the same 
sentence in Direct/Indirect and mark your 
answer in the Answer Sheet. 
 
49. The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been 
arranged for him. 
 A. The prisoner enquired, ‘Is there a lawyer 
for me?’ 
 B. The prisoner said, ‘Have you arranged a 
lawyer for me?’ 
 C. The prisoner enquired, ‘Has a lawyer been 
arranged for me?’ 
 D. The prisoner asked, ‘Has a lawyer been 
arranged for me?’ 
50. His father said that it was time he visited his 
uncle. 
 A. ‘It is time you visited my uncle’, said his 
father. 
 B. ‘It is time you visit your uncle’, said his 
father. 
 C. ‘It was time you visited your uncle’, said 
his father. 
 D. ‘It is time you visited your uncle’, said his 
father. 
51. She said to the children, ‘You mustn’t play 
with fire.’ 
 A. She told the children they are not to play 
with fire. 
 B. She told the children not to play with fire. 
 C. She told the children they were not to play 
with fire. 
 D. She told the children they mustn’t play 
with fire. 
52. You will say, ‘I am ill.’ 
 A. You will say that you were ill. 
 B. You will say that you are ill. 
 C. You would say that you are ill. 
 D. You would say that you were ill. 
53. He says that he is very sorry. 
 A. He says, ‘I am very sorry’ 
 B. He said, ‘He was very sorry’ 
 C. He told me, ‘I felt sorry’ 
 D. He said, ‘He is very sorry’ 
54. The lady asked me how my uncle was. 
 A. The lady said to me, ‘How is your uncle?’ 
 B. The lady asked me, ‘How is your uncle 
doing?’ 
 C. The lady asked me, ‘How has your uncle 
been?’ 
 D. The lady said to me, ‘How was your 
uncle?’  
55. The old man said that he would soon be 
leaving the world. 
 A. The old man said, ‘I am going to leave the 
world soon.’ 
 B. The old man said, ‘I would soon leave the 
world.’ 
 C. The old man said, ‘I am soon leaving the 
world.’ 
 D. The old man said, ‘I shall soon be leaving 
the world.’ 
        
 
 
 
 
 
56. Anne said, ‘It is time to leave for the 
meeting.’ 
 A. Anne said that it was time for the 
meeting. 
 B. Anne said its time to leave for meeting. 
 C. Anne said that it was time to leave for the 
meeting. 
 D. Anne told that it is time to leave for the 
meeting. 
57. I said to him, ‘Will you go to Delhi?’ 
 A. I asked him if he go to Delhi. 
 B. I asked him will he go to Delhi. 
 C. I said to him would you go to Delhi. 
 D. I said to him would he go to Delhi.  
58. He said, ‘I have read this novel.’ 
 A. He said that he had read this novel. 
 B. He said that he had read that novel. 
 C. He said that he has read this novel. 
 D. He said that he read that novel. 
59. Sita said, ‘I may go there.’ 
 A. Sita said that she will go there. 
 B. Sita says that she may go there. 
 C. Sita says that she is going there. 
 D. Sita said that she might go there. 
60. ‘Come home early’, said Mr Mathew to his 
clerk. 
 A. Mr Mathew asked his clerk to be home 
early. 
 B. Mr Mathew requested his clerk to come 
home a little early. 
 C. Mr Mathew told his clerk to come home as 
early as possible. 
 D. Mr Mathew ordered his clerk to come 
home early. 
61. He said that he intended to leave for Surat 
that night. 
 A. ‘I intend to left for Surat that night’, he 
said. 
 B. ‘I intend to leave for Surat tonight’, he 
said. 
 C. ‘I intend to leave for Surat tonight,’ he 
said. 
 D. ‘I intend to leave for Surat that night’, he 
said. 
62. I said, ‘Water is essential for life.’ 
 A. Water is essential for life was said by me. 
 B. I exclaimed that water was essential for 
life. 
 C. I said that water is essential for life. 
 D. I told that water was essential for life. 
63. He  said, ‘I was doing it.’ 
 A. He said that he had been doing it. 
 B. He said that he has done it. 
 C. He said that he had done it. 
 D. He said that he did it. 
64. She asked me if I was going to college. 
 A. She asked me, ‘Will you go to college?’ 
 B. She said to me, ‘Are you going to college?’ 
 C. She asked to me, ‘Was I going to college?’ 
 D. She said, ‘Am I going to college?’ 
65. The teacher said to him, ‘Is not poverty a 
curse?’ 
 A. The teacher asked him if poverty was not 
a curse. 
 B. The teacher asked him is poverty not a 
curse. 
 C. The teacher asked him was poverty not a 
curse. 
 D. The teacher asked him whether poverty is 
not a curse. 
66. He said, ‘Honesty is the best policy.’ 
 A. He said that honesty has been the best 
policy. 
 B. He said that honesty had been the best 
policy. 
 C. He said that honesty was the best policy. 
 D. He said that honesty is the best policy. 
67. He said, ‘If I had the tools I could mend the 
car.’ 
 A. He told he could mend the car. 
 B. He said that if he had the tools he could 
mend the car. 
 C. He said I could mend the car if I have the 
tools. 
 D. He tells that he had the tools he could 
mend the car. 
68. He exclaimed with joy that their team had 
won the tournament. 
 A. He said, ‘Our team won the tournament. 
 B. He exclaimed, ‘Hurrah! Our team has won 
the tournament !’ 
 C. He said, ‘Wow ! Our team won the 
tournament.’ 
 D. He said, ‘Our team has won the 
tournament.’ 
69. Daman says, ‘Priya is working in 
Ahmedabad.’ 
 A. Daman said that priya was working in 
Ahmedabad. 
 B. Daman say that priya was working in 
Ahmedabad. 
 C. Daman said that priya works in 
Ahmedabad. 
 D. Daman says that priya is working in 
Ahmedabad. 
70. Everybody says, ‘How well she sings !’ 
 A. Everybody comments that she sings well. 
 B. Everybody tells that she sang very well. 
 C. Everybody says that she sang well. 
 D. Everybody says how well she sings.