Question 1 :
<span>Read the passage and answer the question given below.</span><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>It must be realized to make compulsory education a success, it is absolutely necessary to make it entirely free. India is a poor country and we cannot expect our people to pay directly for the education of their children. Even in rich countries like England and U.S.A. mas education is not only free but there are many additional facilities like mid-day meal for children, free medical service, and scholarship on a generous scale. Since education is a fundamental civil and human right and basic to the health of the body politics, funds must be found for the purpose whatever the cost of the scheme. If we consider educational and cultural activities to be important, funds will be forthcoming. What we have to do is to rearrange our priority. With this in view, we have to adopt a many-sided programme of national planning and economic and industrial reconstruction. If not there will always be arguments and statistics to prove that it is impossible to introduce free, compulsory and universal education in India.</span><div><br/></div><div>Which of the following statements is incorrect?</div></div>
Question 2 :
<span>Read the passage and answer the question given below. </span><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>This country now needs a new equilibrium, a new spirit of national reconciliation that can be brought about only by moving forward to the new frontiers of true equality, fuller opportunity and greater compassion for the weaker sections of its people. Our goal is total freedom for the people that can fully reflect their urges and aspirations for a better life. We cannot remain content by merely reliving our past even under the condition of complete freedom, without a matching concept of the present and the future. We can survive only by seizing every constructive opportunity that can offer a creative alternative to the legacies of the past. It is only through such a lofty endeavour that the country can discover itself with a new sense of adventure and faith in ourselves.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div>We cannot remain satisfied with the past. We should think of ____. 
Question 3 :
Which of the two sentences given below convey the following meaning?<br/>We do not have sufficient water. 
Question 4 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the question that follows. </span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Ah! Whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead </span>non-guilty<span> for him and free him of his miseries.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>Whatever others said about him, he ________.
Question 5 :
<span>Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C) or (D), to complete sentence.</span><div><u>WONDERLAND PARK<br/></u>Come see the new baby elephants.<br/>Feeding time daily at 7 A.M.<br/>Visitors are welcome to watch.</div>
Question 6 :
Identify the correct sequence of the given phrases, which can make a meaningful sentence:<br/>P. a <br/>Q. empty house <br/>R. boy walked <br/>S. into an <span><br/></span>
Question 7 :
<span>Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C) or (D), to complete sentence.</span><div><u>ONCE IN A LIFETIME OFFER<br/></u>BUY 2 GET 1 FREE.<br/>MAKE THE MOST OF THIS OFFER.<br/>ONLY TILL STOCKS LAST.<br/>Conditions apply.</div>
Question 8 :
<span>Refer the given story carefully and answer the question that follows:</span><div><br/></div><div>King Metabo<br/>King Metabo was a famous javelin thrower. One day he went out hunting with his daughter, Camille on his back. All of a sudden, the king was attacked by a band of enemies. He had to flee from them until he came to a fast flowing river, which he was unable to swim across because of his daughter on his back. It seemed as if he was lost until he thought of a way out. Tying his daughter to his javelin, he hurled it with all his strength to the other side of the river; then he dived in himself and swam across to where Camille was. His enemies were so amazed that they gave up the chase.</div><div><br/></div><div>It was difficult for the king to swim across because____.<br/><br/></div>
Question 9 :
A passage is given below followed by several inference . You have to examine each interference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity , Mark your answer as:<br><br>Investors today have more investment options than were available just a few years ago. Choice in any decision-making is good in so far it provides variety, differentiation and bench-marking. It could also, however, at times lead to clutter and "noise" if the options are mostly similar and undifferentiated. To make sense of this choice conundrum, it is imperative for an investor to define objective - both returns and digestible risk and then identify the possible options. The investor also needs to select the mix and regularly monitor that objectives and investment outcomes remain aligned. Sounds simple, but can present the most confounding situation which multiplies with the quantum of wealth. <br>Multiple investment options of similar types helps in making better investment decisions.
Question 10 :
The given conservation has mixed up sentences. Reorder them correctly and select the correct option.<br/>A. No, I don't. Only the important ones.<br/>B. Do you know many words?<br/>C. Only a little, not very well.<br/>D. Do you speak French?<br/>
Question 11 :
'As a century draws & to a close, people start behaving much like people coming to the end of a long life. People approaching death often start reflecting on the events of their lives. Similarly, people alive in 1999_________'<br> Which of the following most logically completes the paragraph above?
Question 12 :
<div><div><span><font color="#4d4d4d" face="Alegreya"><span>Read the passage given below and pick the option that best fits the question that follows:</span></font><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Deriving your authority from the government, your position would secure the respect and consideration of everyone, especially in a service where official rank carries so much weight. This would secure you every attention and comfort on your way and there, together with a complete submission to your orders. I know these things are a matter of indifference to you except so far as they may further, the great objects you have in view, but they are of importance in themselves, and of every importance to those who have a right to take an interest in your personal position and comfort. </span></div></div><div><br/></div>The writer's attitude towards the person addressed is characterized by ______.
Question 13 :
Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part.<br/>(a) <u>The meeting adjourned abruptly</u>   (b) <u>by the Chairman after</u>   (c) <u>about three hours of deliberation</u>. 
Question 14 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.<br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic of life, food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours. I shall take it as axiomatic that mankind has, by that time, chosen the later alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>What does increased use of technology imply?<span><br/></span>
Question 15 :
Arrange the sentences in a logical sequence.<br/><br/>(i) He loved to distribute them among small kids.<br/>(ii) He wore a long, loose shirt with many pockets.<br/>(iii) And in doing so his eyes brightened.<br/>(iv) The pockets of his shirt bulged with toffees and chocolates.<br/>
Question 16 :
The purpose of the proposed law requiring a doctor's prescription for obtaining hypodermic needles is to lower the incidence of drug related deaths, both accidental and intentional, involving hypodermic needles. But even knitting needles can be lethal if they fall into the wrong hands; yet everyone would agree that imposing legal restrictions on obtaining knitting needles would be preposterous. Hence, the proposed law involving hypodermic makes no sense and should not be enacted. Which of the following, it true, would provide most support for the argument above ?
Question 17 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the question that follows. </span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Ah! Whatever could be said was said. All held him guilty. Even his own mother who claimed to understand him the best. All had betrayed him in his hour of need. Yet, there he was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail. In the cold, dark and damp cell he never for a moment lost faith in God and goodness and was waiting anxiously for an angel to come, plead </span>non-guilty<span> for him and free him of his miseries.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>The truth must prevail means?<span><br/></span>
Question 18 :
<div><div><div><span>Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.</span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>Once upon a time, I went for a week's holiday to the Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was overall happiness was over until the world ended. He could not express his sorrow too much. But in me, the Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there was to make a fuss about. It wasn't as if we were parting forever or dying. 'Buck up', I said, 'do buck up'. He refused to buck up and I left him plunged in gloom. </span><br/></div></div><div><br/></div>What does the author mean by 'buck up'?
Question 19 :
<div><div><span><font color="#4d4d4d" face="Alegreya"><span>Read the passage and answer the question that follows:</span></font><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span>He drooped off to sleep. The cigarette slipped out of his mouth and burnt a great black hole in his only shirt. The smell of the burn awoke him, and he got up, cursing under his breath, and fumbled in the dark for a needle in order to sew up the hole. Otherwise, his wife would see it in the morning and would nag away at him for a couple of hours. But he could not find a needle. He fell asleep again.</span></div></div><div><br/></div>Which one of the following statements best sums up the man's reaction to his problem? 
Question 20 :
Arrange the parts to form a meaningful sentence:<br/><br/>P) <u>no conclusive evidence</u><br/>Q) <u>the enquiry committee found</u><br/>R) <u>to the airplane</u><br/>S) <u>of a thermal shock</u> <br/>