Each question carries equal marks. Each Wrong answer will carry negative marks.
Total Marks – 70 Time 60 minutes
1-5: Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space as your answer.
1. The train’s crossing the bridge just before the bridge collapsed was ______________. a) Accidental b) Providential c) Fatal d) Deplorable
2. The Court has directed the University to ____________ the publication of results until further orders. a) Quicken b) Accelerate c) Defer d) Cancel
3. The US Ambassador to India submitted his ____________ to the President of India. a) Orders b) Certificates c) Bio data d) Credentials
4. As the crowd didn’t heed the warning, the police _____________ to lathi charge. a) Resorted b) Retaliated c) Moved d) Marched
5. I shall avail ______________ of your advice. a) Him b) Me c) Yourself d) Myself
6-10: Each of the questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered pair of words.
6. ANGLE : DECATE a. area : square inch b. milk : quart c. society : classes d. letter : alphabet e. time : minutes
7. CONFIRMED : INVETERATE a. knowledge : supposed b. financial : bankrupt c. immature : callow d. credible : incredible e. careful: punishing
8. LULLABY : BARCAROLE a. birth : marriage b. night : morning c. cradle : gondola d. song : poem e. carol : sonneteer
9. ZOOLOGY : ANIMALS a. ecology : pollution b. botany : plants c. chemistry : atoms d. history : people e. mathematics : geometry
10. DORY : VAN a. dairy : cow b. fish : vehicle