SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS

1. He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating.

(a) courage

(b) audacity

(c) capacity

(d) strength

2. Your despicable remarks call for no reply

(a) sarcastic

(b) contemptuous

(c) critical

(d) contemptible

3. He earns enough to satisfy his wants.

(a) desires

(b) aims

(c) pleasures

(d) needs

4. The merchant was renowned for his simple way of living.

(a) notorious

(b) famous

(c) noted

(d) notable

5. "I have learnt a great deal working in factories, and for a time I've been a weaver. Here are my

testimonials,Mr. Davis."

(a) credentials

(b) tokens

(c) testaments

(d) witnesses

6. The Director leaves on tour of the overseas branches of the company.

(a) round up

(b) private visit

(c) journey

(d) official visit

7. He is gregarious, he loves argument, he cannot bear to lose one.

(a) silent

(b) talkative

(c) greedy

(d) sociable

8. The base of Indian politicians is the group of sycophantsaround them who earn bad name for their leaders.

(a) critics

(b) flatterers

(c) foppish

(d) jarnor

9. Twenty people were killed as the boat floundered in the storm.

(a) drowned

(b) capsized

(c) lost

(d) disintegrated

10. The oppressive weather made the work difficult for them.

(a) turbulent

(b) disappointing

(c) unbearable

(d) cold

11. The claims of students look hollow when they attributetheir poor performance to difficulty of examination.

(a) inundate

(b) inhere

(c) impute

(d) infer

12. He is known for his compliant nature.

(a) livid

(b) complaining

(c) adamant

(d) yielding

13. I found his crude manners abominable.

(a) flattering

(b) sloppy

(c) detestable

(d) attractive

14. Most of the politicians these days have a large numbertoadiesaround them.

(a) followers

(b) professionalassistants

(c) servants

(d) sycophants

15. Social reformers and thinkers abominate every type discrimination and injustice practiced anywhere in the

work

(a) Eradicate

(b) detest

(c) condemn

(d) violate

16. He was a very docile person and thus a favouriteofneighbours.

(a) easily irritated (b) easily managed

(c) easily disturbed (d) easily fooled

17. We cherish the tradition of bravery.

(a) revive

(b) learn

(c) hold dear

(d) imitate

18. On scrutiny the police officer found out that the document provided by the landlord were totally fabricated.

(a) historical

(b) genuine

(c) forged

(d) prepared

(e) constructed

19. The man did not relish his nearness to the tigress.

(a) enjoy

(b) like

(c) guess

(d) risk

20. Nearly half of India's population is still living in abjectpoverty.

(a) wretched

(b) solid

(c) grave

(d) enough

ANTONYMS

21. He is a very timid person.

(a) dashing

(b)

outgoing

(c) bold

(d) chivalrous

22. Rajuoften walks to school.

(a) rarely

(b)

never

(c) always

(d) sometimes

23. One can acquire fame only by being truthful, honest a faithful.

(a) lose

(b) deprive

(c) forsake

(d) surrender

24. The treaty was ratified by the heads of states.

(a) set aside

(b) unsettled

(c) destroyed

(d) annulled

25. Always avoid late-night jobs.

(a) inspire

(b) compel

(c) pursue

(d) take

26. Mother Teresa devoted her life to the service of thepand the destitute

(a) greedy

(b) noble

(c) rich

(d) extraordinary

27. Many people try to resist reforms in the society.

(a) repel

(b) welcome

(c) accept

(d) fight

28. He was always prepared to refute the idea

(a) agree

(b) subscribe

(c) recommend

(d) endorse

29. There was a marked deterioration in his condition.

(a) reformation

(b) amendment

(c) improvement

(d) revision

30. We should not belittle others achievement

(a) recommend

(b) praise

(c) encourage

(d) inspire

31. Wood is opaque but glass is .....

(a) hard

(b) smooth

(c) soft

(d) transparent

32. My plans may sound rather nebulous to you, but they are very ......To me

(a) clear

(b) concrete

(c) prominent

(d) conspicuous

33. Take these stale buns away and bring the ..... ones.

(a) new

(b) fresh

(c) good

(d) sweet

34. Though they expected a surplus, theannual accounts showed a .....of several thousand rupees.

(a) reduction

(b) shortness

(c) loss

(d) deficit

35. People often prefer ambiguity to .......

(a) clarity

(b) perversity

(c) rationality

(d) certainty

36. You can't tackle him, so just ........ him.

(a) oppose

(b) overlook

(c) avoid

(d) appease

37. Never neglect the ideals of elders, rather always ........ them.

(a) follow

(b) cherish

(c) praise

(d) grasp

38. I had always thought that Manick was candid in his dealings, but he turned out to be .......

(a) rude

(b) cunning

(c) vague

(d) deceptive

39. Never dissipate energy resources, but always ....... them.

(a) utilize

(b) organize

(c) mobilise

(d) conserve

40. What one considers ...... may be vice to another

(a) courtesy

(b) kindness

(c) virtue

(d) goodness

COMPREHENSION

PASSAGE - I

The Nobel Committee in fact, a notoriously conservative body which among other things has a marked antipathy to pure sciences, especially to Mathematical Physics, Restrained by a cause in Alfred Nobel's will that the prize should go to the person whose `discovery or invention' shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind, the committee initially ignored the great theoretical advances in Physics, Wrecked, no doubt, by guilt that he had become a merchant of death through his invention of dynamite and smokeless powder and plagued by sadistic fantasies of destruction, the Swedish chemist, engineer and aspiring poet, Alfred Nobel, who has been described as Europe's richest vagabond, left his colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge, Five prizes were installed, one each for literature (to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature, the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency), Physics, Chemistry, medicine and peace (to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations for abolition or reduction of armies, and for holding or promotion of peace)

41. The Nobel Committee has been called a conservation body because, (a) it is conservative in its choice of subjects. (b) its members believe in a conservative ideology. (c) its members are old fashioned. (d) it awards prizes only to those people who adopt a conservative approach.

42. In the beginning, the Nobel committee ignored the great advances in theoretical physics because (a) they were different from other branches of physics. (b) they were concerned with theory and did not suggest its application. (c) the committee felt that the discovery and invention in the field did not contribute to the benefit of mankind. (d) they proved to be merchants of death and hence dangerous to mankind.

43. Nobel prize would not be given to (a) a diplomat who negotiated a peace settlement (b) a doctor who discovered a vaccine. (c) a composer who composed a symphony (d) an author who wrote a novel.

44. Alfred Nobel left his colossal fortune to the cause of progress in human knowledge because he (a) was `Europe's richest vagabond (b) was a chemist, engineer and on aspiring poet. (c) felt guilty for having invented highly destructive things (d) felt guilty for having earned so much money.

PASSAGE II

Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy

where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous, unwittingly, we may use a word, which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus, speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.

45. Speech can be a curse, because it can (a) Reveal our intentions (c) Hurt others

(b) Lead to carelessness (d) Create misunderstanding

46. A `slip of the tongue' means something said (a) Unintentionally (c) Without giving proper thought

(b) Wrongly by chance (d) To hurt another person

47. The best way to win a friend is to avoid in speech

(a) Ambiguity

(b) Verbosity

(c) Pomposity

(d) Irony

48. While talking to an uneducated person, we should use (a) Polite language (b) Ordinary speech (c) His vocabulary

(d) Simple words

49. If one used the same style of language with everyone, one would sound

(a) Democratic

(b) Foolish

(c) Boring

(d) flat

PASSAGE ? III

Ernest Rutherford was the son of a Scot emigrant to New Zealand. His parents had 12 children, of whom Ernest was the fourth. His education was in a state primary school from which children at the age of 13 could get grants of scholarships to secondary schools and to the universities. Rutherford had no intention of following an academic career. He was no book-worm. He was good in any rough-and-tumble and a keen football player. But he was good at Latin and he had a passion for music and a mechanical bent of mind. At Nelson College, a state boarding school, he was an outstanding pupil, he sat for a scholarship to Canterbury College and this was because his masters expected it of him, and he won it. There, Rutherford as a student was fascinated by Hertz's work on radio waves and he began to conduct his own experiments in the clock room of the collage, where the students, hung their gowns.

50. Rutherford was his parent's ....child

(a) last

(b) only

(c) fourth

(d) second

51. Nelson College was

(a) State boarding school in New Zealand.

(c) School in Scotland

(d)

(b) College in England School in the United States.

52. Rutherford sat for a scholarship test because (a) he was an outstanding student (c) he thought of following an academic career.

(b) he was a book warm (d) his masters wanted him to do that

53. Rutherford carried out his own private experiments in (a) some corner of the cloakroom of Nelson College (b) some corner of the cloakroom of Canterbury Collage (c) a corner of the room allotted to him in the boarding house. (d) in the laboratory of Nelson College.

54. The phrase `mechanical bent' suggests that Rutherford (a) was quite mechanical (b) was devoid of human warmth, emotion, feeling, intelligence etc. (c) did things and lived as thoughtlessly as a machine. (d) had an aptitude for the science of machinery.

PASSAGE IV

It is to progress in the human sciences that we must look to undo the evils which have resulted from a knowledge of the physical world hastily and superficially acquired by populations unconscious of the changes in themselves that the new knowledge has made imperative. The road to a happier world than any known in the past lies open before as if atavistic destructive passions can be kept in leash while the necessary adaptations are made. Fears are inevitable in our time, but hopesare equally rational and far more likely to bear good fruit. We must learn to think rather less of the dangers to be avoided than of the good that will lie within our grasp if we can believe in it and it dominate our thoughts. Science, whatever unpleasant consequences it may have by the way is in its very nature aliberator, a liberator of bondage to physical nature and in to come, a liberator from the weight of destructive passions. We are on the threshold of utter disaster or unprecedentedly glorious achievement. No previous age has been fraught with problems so momentous; and it is to science that we must look to for a happy future.

55. What does science liberate us from? It liberate us from (a) bondage to physical nature. (c) idealistic hopes of a glorious future.

(b) fears and destructive passions (d) slavery to physical nature and from passions.

56. To carve out a bright future a man should (a) try to avoid dangers (c) cultivate a positive outlook.

(b) overcome fears and dangers (d) analyse dangers that lie ahead

57. If man's bestial yearning is controlled. (a) the present will be brighter than the future (c) the future will be brighter than the present

(b) the present will become tolerant. (d) the future will be tolerant.

58. Fears and hopes, according to the author

(a) can yield good results

(b) can bear fruit

(c) are irrational

(d) are closely linked with the life of modern man

59. Should human sciences be developed because they will, (a) eliminate the destruction caused by a superficial knowledge of the physical world (b) make us conscious of the changes in ourselves. (c) make us conscious of the changing world. (d) provide more knowledge of the physical world

Spotting errors 60. The road (a) / to famous monument (b) / passes through a forest (c)/No error (d) 61. If you have faith in Almighty (a) / everything will turn out (b) / to be all right (c) / No error (d) 62. One of the most (a) / widely spread (b) / bad habit (c) / is the use of tobacco, (d) / No error (e) 63. Thebus could not (a) / ascend the steep hill (b) / because it was in the wrong gears (c) / No error (d) 64. The interviewer asked the candidate (a) / to what district (b) / he came from (c) / No error (d). 65. He is (a) / taller (b) / than me (c) / No error (d). 66. The widely publicized manifesto(a)/ of the new party(b)/ is not much different than ours,(c)/ No error(d). 67. He knows very well (a) / what is expected from him (b) / but he is not able to fulfill all the expectations (c) /

No error (d).

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