Q.1 Choose the word that means the same as the given word.

Edacious

Q.2 Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

He realized the brake, and the tractor slow moved forward.

Q.3 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Khushi wiped down the tables.

Q.4 Select the option that will improve the (bracketed) part of the sentence. In case of no improvement select the option ‘No improvement’.

The detention (arised two distinct) but closely linked questions.

Q.5 Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.

I don’t know if such thoughts have ever _____ to Liz Truss, who is still, at the time of writing, Britain’s prime minister.

Q.6 Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.

She said that she would not be coming to the school that day.

Q.7 Select the correctly spelt word.

Q.8 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To twiddle one’s thumbs

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Give cold shoulder

Q.10 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

• (P) Many year ago, Paul Bunyan was born in the north-eastern American state of Maine.
• (Q) His mother and father were shocked when they first saw the boy.
• (R) Paul was so large at birth that five large birds had to carry him to his parents.
• (S) when the boy was only a few weeks old, he weighed more than forty-five kilograms.

Q.11 Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Partial

Q.12 Find the part of the sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.

It’s 4 p.m. local time and quite a/large crowd has gathered form yesterday/evening around the giant stage.

Q.13 Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.

The businessman also insisted (that the police had issued him several summons).

Q.14 Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

The dog will whine at the door when he wants to go out.

Q.15 Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.

A hallucination is an error in perception that is why it is often _______ mental health issues.

Q.16 Select the word that is closest in meaning (synonym) to the word given below.

Vigorous

Q.17 Find the part of the sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.

As per the study, mosquito-borne dengue fever infects little 400 million people annually.

Q.18 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalayan mountain range.

• (P) It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of Chine.
• (Q) At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth.
• (R) In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.
• (S) The Tibetan name Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.”

The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has various meaning.

Q.19 Select the correctly spelt word.

Q.20 Select the word that is closest in meaning (synonym) to the word given below.

Conscientious

Comprehension:

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ____(1)_____ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ____(2)____ lack of eyelids and external ears. ____(3)____ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, ____(4)____ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes’ paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side ____(5)____ side, and most have only one functional lung.

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ____(1)_____ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ____(2)____ lack of eyelids and external ears. ____(3)____ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, ____(4)____ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes’ paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side ____(5)____ side, and most have only one functional lung.

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ____(1)_____ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ____(2)____ lack of eyelids and external ears. ____(3)____ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, ____(4)____ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes’ paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side ____(5)____ side, and most have only one functional lung.

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ____(1)_____ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ____(2)____ lack of eyelids and external ears. ____(3)____ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, ____(4)____ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes’ paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side ____(5)____ side, and most have only one functional lung.

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Comprehension:

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ____(1)_____ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ____(2)____ lack of eyelids and external ears. ____(3)____ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, ____(4)____ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes’ paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side ____(5)____ side, and most have only one functional lung.

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.