Directions: Choose the one word which correctly defines the given expression.

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others.

Directions: Choose the one word which correctly defines the given expression.

Animals living on land and in water.

Directions: Choose the one word which correctly defines the given expression.

A room leading in to a large room or hall

Directions: Choose the one word which correctly defines the given expression.

Of unknown and unadmitted authorship.

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: I had halted on the road. S₆: I decided to watch him for a while & then go home. P : As soon as I saw the elephant, I knew I should not shoot him. Q : It is serious matter to shoot a working elephant. R : I knew that his mast was already passing off. S : The elephant was standing eighty yard from the road. What is the proper sequence?

Directions: Choose the option that best explains the underlined and italicized part of the sentence.

The leader's charisma attracted many followers.

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Choose the part containing errors. If there is no error mark (d) as your answer. How long (a) / were you (b) / learning English for? (c) / No error (d)

Directions: Choose the one word which correctly defines the given expression.

Cutting for stone in the bladder.

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Choose the part containing errors. If there is no error mark (d) as your answer. Several visitors (a) / have been expected (b) / to visit (c) / the place tomorrow. (d) / No error (e)

Directions: Choose the option that best explains the underlined and italicized part of the sentence.

He tried to mollify my hurt feelings.

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁ : Far away in a little street there is a poor house. S₆ : His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying. P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a. seam - stress. Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman. R : He has a fever and a asking for oranges. S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is laying ill. What is the proper sequence?

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: A man can be physically confined within stone walls. S₆: No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty. P : But his mind & spirit will still be free. Q : Thus his freedom of action may be restricted. R : His hopes & aspiration still remain with him. S : Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically. What is the proper sequence?

Directions: Choose the option that best explains the underlined and italicized part of the sentence.

Before I could expostulate he had spoken again.

Directions: Choose the option that best explains the underlined and italicized part of the sentence.

The agility of the athlete's body was very much appreciated by the spectators.

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Choose the part containing errors. If there is no error mark (d) as your answer. My father did not (a) / heard from my younger brother (b) / who is abroad for over a month. (c) / No error (d)

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: In India marriages are usually arranged by parents. S₆: She felt she was a modern girl and not a subject for bargaining. P : Sometimes girls & boys do not like the Idea of arranged marriages. Q : Most young people accept this state or affairs. R : Shanta was like that. S : They assume their parents can make good choices. Whats is the proper sequence?

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: There is a touching story of professor Amit visiting Pattlipur as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Pune. S₆: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes. P : No. Amit, that is the not a dull number in the very least. Q : Amit, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress. R : It was 1829. S : The best he could do, as he got to the besides was: “I say, Pattlipur, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number”. What is the proper sequence?

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Choose the part containing errors. If there is no error mark (d) as your answer. The lecture to be held (a) / in the auditorium tomorrow (b) / was open to the public (c) / and free of charge. (d) / No error (e)

Directions: The sentence is divided into three parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Choose the part containing errors. If there is no error mark (d) as your answer. While going (a) / through the report (b) / yesterday I find (c) / several factual mistakes. (d) No error (e)

Directions: Choose the option that best explains the underlined and italicized part of the sentence.

The old woman shows no sign of infirmity though she is eighty years old.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

The word 'appalling' means _____.

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us in to some corner of the world where people are not interested in minute and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accept the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

'Pre-industrial' means _______.

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us in to some corner of the world where people are not interested in minute and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accept the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

Why do we suffer acutely?

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us in to some corner of the world where people are not interested in minute and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accept the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

How does an Indian accept blank hours?

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us in to some corner of the world where people are not interested in minute and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accept the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

The opposite word for 'pre' is _______.

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us in to some corner of the world where people are not interested in minute and seconds. The unpunctuality of the Orient, for example, is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-time and regular train service. For a modern American Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accept the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine part of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes, each of which must be filled with some business or amusement, wholly alien to the Oriental, just as it was wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives in a pre-industrial world, time moves at a slow and easy pace; he does not care about each minute, for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes.