(Directions: Question numbers 1-5)
Following sentences will have 2 blanks, each blank is indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. It ___ Mother’s day tomorrow and Facebook and Whatsapp ____ is guaranteed to reach its peak
a) Was, usefulness
b) Is, ignorance
c) Is, usage
d) Has, income
e) Will, growth
2. Once there lived a cunning dog who always ___to ____ others with his awful acts
a) Tricked , fool
b) Prays, cheating
c) Desires, betrayed
d) Barks, annoy
e) Tried, deceive
3. To make me feel ___, I just want to be ___alone in my sloppy pair of pyjamas and some sinful desserts all for myself.
a) Happy, remained
b) Great, leave
c) Comfortable, last
d) good, alone
e) Scary, retain
4. National award winning film Baahubali, ____ its recent German release will _____ in France on June 8.
a) Later on , produce
b) Before, released
c) Hence , directed
d) Earlier, increased
e) After, release
5. History’s ____accomplishments sometimes ____ the simplest of origins.
a) Grateful, had
b) Useless, has
c) Grandest, have
d) Many, having
e) Sovereign, have been
(Questions 5-15)
Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions
True, it is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and to act with due regard to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and the properties of law abiding men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will obey these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done
with due regard to the rights and well-being of others. But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the hands of a Minister who is responsible to the State Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of Police.
6. The expression 'customs and ceremonies' means :
(a) fairs and festivals.
(b) habits and traditions.
(c) usual practices and religious rites.
(d) superstitions and formalities.
7. A suitable title for the passage would be :
(a) the function of the army.
(b) laws and the people's rights.
(c) the fear of the law and citizen's security.
(d) the functions of the police.
8. Which of the following is not implied in the passage?
(a) Law protects those who respect it.
(b) Law ensures people's religious and social rights absolutely and unconditionally.
(c) A criminal is deterred from committing crimes only for fear of the law.
(d) The forces of law help to transform irresponsible citizens into responsible ones.
9. According to the writer, which one of the following is not the responsibility of the police?
(a) To protect the privileges of all citizens.
(b) To check violent activities of citizens.
(c) To ensure peace among citizens by safeguarding individual rights.
(d) To maintain peace during extraordinary circumstances.
10. Which of the following reflects the main thrust of the passage?
(a) It deals with the importance of the army in maintaining law and order.
(b) It highlights role of the police as superior to that of the army.
(c) It discusses the roles of the army and the police in different circumstances.
(d) It points to the responsibility of the Minister and the Inspector General of Police.
11. "They are made to secure die property of citizens against theft and damage", means that the law :
(a) helps in recovering the stolen property of the citizens.
(b) assist the citizens whose property has been stolen or destroyed.
(c) initiate process against offenders of law.
(d) safeguard people's possessions against being stolen or lost.
12. Out of the following which one has the opposite meaning to the word 'restrained' in the passage?
(a) Promoted
(b) Accelerated
(c) Intruded
(d) Inhibited
13. Which one of the following statement is implied in the passage?
(a) Peaceful citizens seldom violate the law, but bad citizens have to be restrained by the police.
(b) Criminals, who flout the law, are seldom brought to book.
(c) The police hardly succeed in converting bad citizens into good citizens.
(d) The police check the citizens, whether they are good or bad, from violating the law.
14. Which of the following statements expresses most accurately the idea contained in the first sentence?
(a) It is the job of the army to ensure internal peace at all times.
(b) It is the police that should always enforce law and order in the country.
(c) Army and the police ensure people's security through combined operations.
(d) It is in exceptional circumstances that the army has to ensure peace in the country. :
15. The last sentence of the passage implies that:
(a) The Inspector General of Police is the sole authority in matters of law and order.
(b) In every State maintenance of public peace is under the overall control of the responsible Minister.
(c) A Minister and a responsible State, Assembly exercise direct authority in matters pertaining to law and order.
(d) The Inspector General of Police is responsible to the State Assembly for maintaining law and order.
(Questions 16-20)
Re arrange the following six sentences a, b, c, d, e, f in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given questions
a)-This is in addition to what they incur on drinking water or towards power bills for drawing bore water.
b)-That translates in to Rs.1500 a da for their water requirement
c)-People living in different localities of Hyderabad are shedding additional amounts ranging from Rs. 2,000 to Rs.5,000 for daily needs of water like cleaning, washing or bathing.
d)-Families living in Telangana capital are forced to re-work their monthly budgets, thanks to the depleting ground water.
e)-Occupants of the 20 flats use up 10,000 liters of water a day on an average. As the water board is unable to supply water as peer their demands, they depend on private suppliers who charge 750 rupees for a water tanker
f)-Thus each family had to spend roughly Rs.2250 a month just for water supply.
16.Which of the following statement should be the First sentence after rearrangement ?
1) b
2)a
3)d
4)c
5)e
17.Which of the following statement should be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement ?
1) b
2)a
3)d
4)c
5)e
18.Which of the following statement should be the Third sentence after rearrangement ?
1) b
2)a
3)d
4)c
5)e
19.Which of the following statement should be the Last sentence after rearrangement ?
1) b
2)a
3)f
4)c
5)e
20. 16.Which of the following statement should be the Second sentence after rearrangement ?
1) b
2)a
3)d
4)c
5)e
(Questions 21-25)
Read the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in the. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with error as your answer. If there is no error mark your answer as “No error”( Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
21. The Reserve Bank of (1)/India has decided to(2)/ cleaning up the balance sheets(3)/ of Indian banks(4)/ No error(5)
22.The Anil Ambani led Reliance Group (1) /alone owes Rs 1,21,000 Crore of loans with(2)/ the banks and had an annual interest liability(3) of 8299 Crore against earnings before income tax of 9848 Crore(4)/ No error (5)
23.The Lanco group plans to sell (1) /power assets worth Rs.25,000 crore (2)/to de-leverage its balance sheet(3)/ and retire debts of about Rs.18000 crore(4)/ No error(5)
24.Facebook Inc lost the first round (1)/in a court fight against some of its users who(2)/ sued the social networking company , allegedly(3)/ it ‘unlawfully’ collected and stored users biometric data(4)/ No error (5)
25.At whatever point(1)/ in life you are(2)/ , you have to has(3)/ intellectual honesty(4)/ (5)
Questions (26-30)
In the following questions, which of the phrases given against the sentence should replace the word/phrase given tin the bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? if the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required , select ‘No correction required’ as the answer.
26. After being rescued and nursed back to health, homeless dogs and cats is adopting by citizes at a pet adoption drive in Madhapur.
a) are adopting
b)have been adopted
c)has adopt
d)were adopted
e)No correction required
27. Nature and civil society activists vowed to campaign against the SRDP under which several tress might be felled in KBR Park
a) Environmentalists and civil societies
b) Environment and socialists
c) Environmentalists and civil society
d) Naturists and civic body
e) No error
28. Nostalgia is probably one of the things associated with those who hold the Residency building in Koti Women’s college close to their hearts
a) few of the many
b)unique of the
c)many of the
d)some of the
e) No error
29. The federal Reserve ‘s debate over wish to raisingU.S. interest rates in June may be decided in the coming week.
a) whether to raise
b)raising
c) without increase
d) should raise
e) No error
30. Shastri has indicated his wishesto continue in the post with a proper contract in place.
a) willfulness
b)wish
c)wishes
d)willingness
e) No error
Answer Key
1)c
2)e
3)d
4)e
5)c
6)c
7)d
8)b
9)d
10)c
11)d
12)b
13)d
14)d
15)b
16)3
17)5
18)2
19)3
20)4
21)3 ( “Clean up” instead of “cleaning up” )
22)2 (2“to” instead of “with” )
23)5 (No error)
24)3 ( ‘Alleging’ instead of ‘Allegedly’)
25)3(‘have’ instead of ‘has’)
26)d
27)c
28)e
29)a
30)d
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