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Directions: Read the following sentence carefully and choose the most appropriate option to complete the sentence.

The violent _________ between Bodo political outfits and gradually emerging non-Bodo political conglomerations is a reflection of the agenda of elite ethnic dominance.

  1. blowup

  2. hostility

  3. rivalry

  4. duel

  5. revelry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rivalry refers to an ongoing state of competition or opposition. This is the correct option because the second part of the sentence suggests ongoing problems.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

People are talking about who is going to win in these elections. Everyone wants his candidate to win. The situation has become ____________.

  1. a hot potato

  2. a drop in the bucket

  3. a piece of cake

  4. all bark and no bite

  5. an axe to grind


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. This phrase means a controversial issue or situation which is difficult to deal with.

Directions: Read the following sentence carefully and complete the sentence by choosing the most appropriate alternative.

The Supreme Court has given ___________ to the safety of human participants and animals rather than the argument that these ceremonies have cultural and religious significance for the Tamil community.

  1. primacy

  2. authority

  3. supremacy

  4. domination

  5. ascendancy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Primacy is a noun which means the state of being first in order of rank, importance etc. (priority). This sentence gives us a clue for the correct choice by the words ‘rather than the ...’ In a state of comparison the safety of human participants and animals has been given more importance.

Directions: Read the following sentence carefully and choose the most appropriate option to complete the sentence.

Pakistan's National Assembly on Tuesday __________ passed a resolution seeking an end to the ban on video-sharing website, YouTube.

  1. unanimously

  2. customarily

  3. frequently

  4. concomitantly

  5. instantly


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option because it means of one mind or in complete agreement. The clue lies in the  first part of the sentence where 'Pakistan assembly' is used as a collective noun. It shows that all the people voted together.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

There were some ___________ who arrived before the function was to start. The function started at 9 p.m. and they had been sitting there since 7 p.m.

  1. eager beaver

  2. early birds

  3. eagle eyes

  4. eyes on stalk

  5. bad eggs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Here, the early bird is a person who has arrived before the function was about to start.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

Building a new house is not a child's play. It needs a considerable amount of ___________. A lot of effort is involved!

  1. ego trip

  2. eating dirt

  3. elbow room

  4. walking on eggshells

  5. elbow grease


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Here, elbow grease refers to using considerable amount of energy and strength to do work.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

The politicians these days are so corrupt. The public is suffering in poverty but they are ____________.

  1. raising eyebrows

  2. raising the roof

  3. raking in money

  4. raising one's sight

  5. raking over the ashes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Raking in money refers to making money in large quantities.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

Suman went shopping without any worry. She knew her toddler son was in _____________ with her mother.

  1. safe hands

  2. safe bet

  3. same wavelength

  4. saving face

  5. saving grace


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Being in safe hands means being looked after by a reliable person and is therefore at no risk.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable phrase/idiom:

The bridegroom was impeccably dressed for the wedding, not ______________.

  1. a hair's breadth

  2. hairy at the heels

  3. tearing his hair out

  4. a hair out of the place

  5. a hand on a platter


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Not a hair out of the place refers to being dressed perfectly.

Directions: Some parts of the following sentence have errors while others are error free. Choose the segment with errors and if the sentence is error free, then choose the fifth option.

I will have been studying grammar for two years by the end of this semester.

  1. I will have been

  2. studying grammar for

  3. two years by the end

  4. of this semester

  5. No error


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct choice because this sentence is grammatically correct. And has no error.

Directions: From the given options, only one word is correctly spelt.

Find the correctly spelt word?

  1. Wayfarer

  2. Wayfairer

  3. Wheyfarer

  4. Wayrarer

  5. Wayfared


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Wayfarer is a traveller, especially on foot.

Directions: From the alternatives that follow, choose the correct meaning of the foreign expression given in italics.

En masse

  1. Whole family

  2. All together

  3. Between ourselves

  4. In place of a parent

  5. Voice of the public


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. En masse means all together. It is a french expression that means in a mass or all together. The people rushed to the gate en masse.

Directions: From the alternatives that follow, choose the correct meaning of the foreign expression given in italics.

Ad Hoc

  1. Improvised

  2. Extempore

  3. Generally

  4. Specially

  5. In step with time


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Ad Hoc is a Latin expression that means for this purpose or specially. For a special purpose. For eg. An ad hoc committee was appointed to handle the project.

Directions: From the alternatives that follow, choose the correct meaning of the foreign expression given in italics.

Bona fide

  1. Genuine

  2. Natural

  3. Certain

  4. Actual

  5. Exact


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Bona fide is a latin expression, which means genuine. E.g: My maths professor is a bona fide expert in numbers theory.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which best describes the meaning of the word orator.

  1. Lector

  2. Politician

  3. Legislator

  4. Chieftain

  5. Announcer


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. A lector is a lecturer in a college or university.

Directions: Read the following sentence carefully and complete the sentence by choosing the most appropriate alternative.

So great was the fear of piracy that photography was banned, and there was a/an ___________ on all trade for one month.

  1. embark

  2. embargo

  3. confiscation

  4. sequester

  5. impound


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct choice in this sentence. Embargo means a restriction or a prohibition on something. The sentence gives a clue through the word ‘banned’. It is clear that the appropriate word should be related to this and thus, embargo is the correct choice.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which best describes the meaning of the word ''despise''.

  1. Execrate

  2. Neglect

  3. Flout

  4. Defy

  5. Abase


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. To execrate is to feel or express great loathing for something. To despise is to dislike something strongly.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which is the opposite in meaning to the word 'hazard'.

  1. Certainty

  2. Fact

  3. Surety

  4. Safeguard

  5. Assurance


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Hazard is something that may cause an injury or harm. Safeguard is something that serves as a protection and defence or ensures safety.

Directions: Out of given options, choose the one that can be substituted for the given sentence:

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour

  1. Eccentric

  2. Curious

  3. Erratic

  4. Droll

  5. Bizarre


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Eccentric is a person of unconventional and slightly strange behaviour. E.g: He noted her eccentric appearance and decided against marrying her.

Directions: Some parts of the following sentence have errors while others are error free. Choose the segment with errors and if the sentence is error free, then choose the fifth option.

She works on two jobs to make ends meet; at least, that was her reason for not having time for joining us.

  1. She works on two jobs to make ends meet.

  2. at least

  3. that was her reason for not

  4. having time for joining us

  5. No error


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This segment has error. There is subject verb disagreement in this segment. The correct segment should be ‘having time to join us’.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which is the opposite in meaning to the word 'onslaught'.

  1. Aegis

  2. Ebb

  3. Retreat

  4. Retirement

  5. Torrent


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option. An onslaught is an vigorous attack or assault., whereas a retreat is an act of moving back or withdrawing. E.g: Under orders from superiors, the soldiers had a speedy retreat.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which is the opposite in meaning to the word 'goner'.

  1. Confident

  2. Joyful

  3. Calm

  4. Content

  5. Secure


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. A goner is a person or a thing that is past recovery, dead, lost. Content is someone who is in a state of peaceful happiness. E.g: He seemed more content, less bitter.

Directions: Out of given options, choose the one that can be substituted for the given sentence:

Disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.

  1. Spookish

  2. Obnoxious

  3. Wierd

  4. Terrible

  5. Macabre


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Macabre is something disturbing because it is concerned with or causing a fear of death. E.g: His macabre humor sickened me.

Directions: Read the following sentence carefully and complete the sentence by choosing the most appropriate alternative.

The hotel has an extensive shopping area in an arcaded ___________ near the main lobby.

  1. retreat

  2. cloister

  3. portico

  4. colonnade

  5. porch


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is an architectural term that describes a covered walkaway around a courtyard. This is the correct choice. The sentence gives us a clue by describing it as an arcade which is a covered passageway.

Directions: Out of given options, choose the one that can be substituted for the given sentence:

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

  1. Coterie

  2. Clan

  3. Party

  4. Faction

  5. Coalition


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Faction is a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics. E.g: A small faction of the party showed dissent because their leader was not given a chance to fight elections.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which is the opposite in meaning to the word ''smart''.

  1. Naive

  2. Clumsy

  3. Dowdy

  4. Unskilled

  5. Typical


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Smart is someone who is very good at learning or thinking about things. Clumsy, on the other hand, is awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace. E.g: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.

Directions: Out of given options, choose the one that can be substituted for the given sentence:

Someone who feels embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

  1. Abashed

  2. Disconcerted

  3. Chargined

  4. Annoyed

  5. Rattled


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Abashed is someone feeling embarassed, disconcerted or ashamed. E.g: My friend was abashed when I told him that he is dull.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which is the opposite in meaning to the word 'impudent'.

  1. Timid

  2. Polite

  3. Nice

  4. Retiring

  5. Modest


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Impudent is not showing due respect for another person. Modest is someone who is unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements. E.g: He was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise.

Directions: Out of given options, choose the one that can be substituted for the given sentence:

Someone lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

  1. Cheap

  2. Uncouth

  3. Vulgar

  4. Tawdry

  5. Foolish


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Uncouth is someone lacking good manners, refinement, or grace. He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time. This is the correct option.

Directions: Out of the given options, choose the word which best describes the meaning of the word "analysis".

  1. Survey

  2. Audit

  3. Examination

  4. Scrutiny

  5. Enquiry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Examination is the detailed inspection or study and analysis is the detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.

Directions: Some parts of the following sentence have errors while others are error free. Choose the segment with errors and if the sentence is error free, then choose the fifth option.

A bouquet of yellow roses lend colour and fragrance to the room.

  1. A bouquet

  2. of yellow roses

  3. lend colour and fragrance

  4. to the room

  5. No error


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This segment is incorrect because there is subject verb disagreement. It should be ‘lends colour and fragrance’. The subject is singular i.e. a bouquet is singular and therefore the verb should be singular too i.e. lends.

S1. The Council of Europe Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence will take effect this August.

A. In particular, the plight of victims who happen to be in abusive relationships in Eastern Europe have come in for some scrutiny by Human Rights Watch over the last three years. B. The new treaty seeks to address the psychological effects of violence among adults in the family on children, protection for male victims where relevant and provision for a monitoring mechanism and prosecution of perpetrator. C. Not surprisingly, there are striking parallels to the situation in Europe around the world, as is evident from a 2013 World Health Organization study. D. Persistent instances of physical abuse encountered among large migrant populations of women, and the need to strengthen the legal framework forms part of the context to the Istanbul Convention. S6 In fact, the same report characterises physical or sexual violence against women as a public health phenomenon of epidemic proportions, affecting more than one-third of all women globally.

Directions: In the following question the first and the last sentence are marked S1 and S6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named ABCD. These parts are not given in their correct order. Read the sentences carefully and find out which of the following orders is correct.

  1. BACD

  2. DABC

  3. CDAB

  4. CADB

  5. DCBA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. The opening sentence introduces the topic and the first sentence to follow takes this topic forward by telling us the context of this convention. The next sentence follows with the details of the context under which this convention would take place. The next sentence of this passage is a discussion on the prospects of the new treaty being developed. The next sentence mentions that there are parallels to this situation over the world. Thus, the last sentence S6 concludes with the details of the report mentioned in the previous sentence. All the sentences of the passage are therefore linked within the context.

Directions: Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. Anchrage

  2. Anquorage

  3. Angkorage

  4. Anchorage

  5. Ancorage


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct option. The correct spelling is anchorage. An anchorage is a place for vessels to anchor. When the camp awakened next morning the sloop was at her anchorage.

Directions: From the given options, only one word is correctly spelt.

Find the correctly spelt word?

  1. Paraphernalia

  2. Parapheenalia

  3. Paraphermalia

  4. Paraphednalia

  5. Paraphefnalia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. The miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity is called its paraphernalia.

What are the views of the author on the career prospects for graduates in humanities?

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

It has become oddly fashionable to look down on the humanities over the last few decades. Today’s students are being told that studying the classics of English literature, the history of the twentieth century, or the ethics of privacy are a fun but useless luxury. To best prioritize our scarce education resources, we ought instead to focus on technical subjects such as math and engineering. This short-term market logic doesn’t work across the thirty-or-so-year horizon of a full career. A generation ago, lawyers made more money than investment bankers. Today, we have too many law graduates (though there appears to be data to support it’s still worth the money) and the investment banks complain about a lack of talent. It is basically impossible to project that sort of thing into the far future. We are also told that a degree in the humanities is unlikely to make you successful. But quite a few people with humanities degrees have had successful careers and, in the process, created numerous jobs.
One might think that most people starting out or running tech companies in the heart Silicon Valley would be from the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Not so, studies found that 47 percent of the 652 technology and engineering company founders surveyed held terminal degrees in the STEM fields, with 37 percent of those degrees being in either engineering or computer technology and 2 percent in mathematics. The rest graduated with a healthy combination of liberal arts, health-care and business degrees.

 

  1. The author looks down upon graduates in humanities.

  2. The author thinks that the graduates in humanities do not have bright career prospects.

  3. The author thinks that in thirty years time humanities or liberal arts graduates will not find a job.

  4. The author thinks that graduates in humanities have as much a chance at a successful career as any other stream.

  5. We cannot determine the views of the author.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The author thinks that graduates in humanities have as much a chance at a successful career as any other stream. This view is backed up by the study that proves that the entrepreneurs in silicon valley are a healthy combination of liberal arts, health-care and business degrees as well as science, mathematics, technology or engineering.

The term 'short term market logic' refers to

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

It has become oddly fashionable to look down on the humanities over the last few decades. Today’s students are being told that studying the classics of English literature, the history of the twentieth century, or the ethics of privacy are a fun but useless luxury. To best prioritize our scarce education resources, we ought instead to focus on technical subjects such as math and engineering. This short-term market logic doesn’t work across the thirty-or-so-year horizon of a full career. A generation ago, lawyers made more money than investment bankers. Today, we have too many law graduates (though there appears to be data to support it’s still worth the money) and the investment banks complain about a lack of talent. It is basically impossible to project that sort of thing into the far future. We are also told that a degree in the humanities is unlikely to make you successful. But quite a few people with humanities degrees have had successful careers and, in the process, created numerous jobs.
One might think that most people starting out or running tech companies in the heart Silicon Valley would be from the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Not so, studies found that 47 percent of the 652 technology and engineering company founders surveyed held terminal degrees in the STEM fields, with 37 percent of those degrees being in either engineering or computer technology and 2 percent in mathematics. The rest graduated with a healthy combination of liberal arts, health-care and business degrees.

  1. the investment patterns of people

  2. the belief that some subjects can insure better career prospects than some others

  3. the belief that lawyers earn more

  4. the belief that investment bankers will be in demand in future

  5. the belief that studying the classics of English literature, the history of the twentieth century, or the ethics of privacy are a fun but useless luxury


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct choice. The term 'short term logic' refers to the popularity of some subjects over others because of the current popularity of some subjects. It has also been demonstrated through the examples of professions like lawyers (who are too many) and investment bankers (who are looking for more talented people).

S1 The Asia region continues to grapple with a particular and premeditated form of violence against women, that is, the sex-selective abortion of female foetuses. P. However, gender violence has received focused attention only over the past two decades.
Q. It has distorted the gender ratios of the population in the 0-6 year age-group. R. A worrisome aspect of this phenomenon is the extent to which it reinforces traditional stereotypes over generations. S. The mitigation of different forms of inequalities between men and women has engaged the attention of the international community over a relatively longer period. S6 Hence, the comprehension of its various dimensions and the codification of laws are as yet in the early stages of evolution.

Directions: In the following question the first and the last sentence are marked S1 and S6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named PQRS. These parts are not given in their correct order. Read the sentences carefully and find out which of the following orders is correct.

  1. RSPQ

  2. PQRS

  3. QPRS

  4. SPQR

  5. QRSP


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct option. The sentence S1 introduces the topic of sex selective abortions. The sentence that follows contains the information regarding the skewed gender ratios. Thus, the second sentence follows the first one logically. The next sentence logically follows by discussing how traditional stereotypes have been reinforced due to the skewed gender ratios. The next sentence discusses how the international communities are also paying attention to this phenomenon. Finally the next sentence discusses the fact that it is only in the past two decades that it has been paid attention to. Thus, the closure of the passage logically follows by stating that it is still early for codification of laws for the same.

According to the passage what subjects have become popular in the past few decades?

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

It has become oddly fashionable to look down on the humanities over the last few decades. Today’s students are being told that studying the classics of English literature, the history of the twentieth century, or the ethics of privacy are a fun but useless luxury. To best prioritize our scarce education resources, we ought instead to focus on technical subjects such as math and engineering. This short-term market logic doesn’t work across the thirty-or-so-year horizon of a full career. A generation ago, lawyers made more money than investment bankers. Today, we have too many law graduates (though there appears to be data to support it’s still worth the money) and the investment banks complain about a lack of talent. It is basically impossible to project that sort of thing into the far future. We are also told that a degree in the humanities is unlikely to make you successful. But quite a few people with humanities degrees have had successful careers and, in the process, created numerous jobs.
One might think that most people starting out or running tech companies in the heart Silicon Valley would be from the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Not so, studies found that 47 percent of the 652 technology and engineering company founders surveyed held terminal degrees in the STEM fields, with 37 percent of those degrees being in either engineering or computer technology and 2 percent in mathematics. The rest graduated with a healthy combination of liberal arts, health-care and business degrees.

 

  1. The focus is on math and engineering.

  2. The focus is on science and technology.

  3. The focus is on science, technology, engineering and maths.

  4. The focus is on liberal arts.

  5. The focus is on a business degree.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The third sentence of the passage states this clearly and says that, popular perception of people to best prioritize our scarce education resources, is the need to focus on technical subjects such as math and engineering.

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