Question 1 :
<b>Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.</b> <br>Very soon I realised that Geeta is at fault.

Question 2 :
<b>In the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.</b> <br> <br>Neither the teacher (A)/ or the student (B)/ is keen on joining the dance. (C) No error (D)

Question 3 :
<b>Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.</b> <br>Very soon I realised that Geeta is at fault.

Question 4 :
<b>Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.</b> <br>Very soon I realised that Geeta is at fault.

Question 5 :
<b> In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.</b> <br>"Do you have anything to tell me, my angel?" said her mother.

Question 6 :
<b> In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.</b> <br>The teacher said to the students, "Work hard now if you wish to have a better future."

Question 7 :
<b> In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.</b> <br> <br>Progress in life depends (1)/ a good deal under crossing (2)/ one threshold after another. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 8 :
<b>Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.</b> <br>Unless aid arrives within the next few hours thousands are suffocating.

Question 9 :
<b>Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> <br> On the foggy winter afternoon of February 3, a phone call from a local, saying “An injured blackbuck, apparently attacked by stray dogs, is lying on a farm in Sardarpur village...” was enough to send a team of forest and wildlife personnel into rescue mode. They rushed to the spot in the Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary (AWS) to save the animal. <br> A young deer, about two years old, was lying on the farm with multiple injuries, after being attacked by a group of stray dogs. Chased by the canines, the blackbuck had rammed into barbed wires, which enclose agricultural fields to avoid crop damage from stray cattle. The injuries proved to be fatal, even though medical treatment was given, and the blackbuck succumbed within a few hours of the attack. <br> This is not an isolated incident. In 2019, so far, as many as eight blackbucks have died in the AWS, and a majority of them succumbed to their injuries, caused by barbed wires while trying to escape from stray dogs, officials told The Hindu. Other unnatural reasons for blackbuck deaths include road accidents and falling into water storage tanks and concrete drains. <br> For the blackbuck, Punjab’s State animal, it’s a fight for existence at the AWS in Fazilka district. It faces a severe threat from stray cattle, attacks by stray dogs, and habitat fragmentation due to change in land use and cropping patterns over the past few years. <br> <br>How many blackbucks have died in 2019 in AWS?

Question 10 :
<b> In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase given in bold.</b> <br> <br><b>Beat swords into ploughshares</b>

Question 11 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The snowstorm was getting worse. White flakes whirled around us as we fought our way against the wind. I had almost given up hope of sheltering, when we found an abandoned log cabin in front of us. <br> I squeezed through the door of the cabin and stepped cautiously inside with Jane close behind me. It was dark and musty smelling, but at least it was sheltered and dry. <br> Glad to be out of the storm, we settled down on the dusty floor to wait for a break in the weather. “What’s this?" asked Jane curiously. Her hand closing over something shiny. She held it up to the weak ray of light that pierced the gloom. A gold necklace glittered and shone. Its ruby pendant was a lustrous wintered in the faint beam. Strangely, there was no dust on the necklace. It was almost as though it had dropped from the throat of its owner moments ago. <br> We gazed at each other speechlessly. What strange mystery had we accidently stumbled upon? <br>What had the writer given up hope?

Question 12 :
<b>In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.</b> <br> <br> The old man Ram said, “Alas, my only son is dead!”

Question 13 :
In these questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

Question 14 :
<b> In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.</b> <br>Belonging to middle class.

Question 15 :
<b> The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options. </b> <br> <br>P: A person is just like a bubble. <br> Q: The air has reclaimed it; the atmosphere has reclaimed it. <br> R: This bubble doesn’t have any substance of its own, just like every other creature. <br> S: But when the bubble bursts, the substance that is inside the bubble, where is it?

Question 16 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> <br> The automotive industry is quietly but resolutely preparing for the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. No less than 22 original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for automobiles have registered themselves as EV manufacturers in the last three years and they plan to manufacture 77 EV variants. At the same time, we have seen a lot of debate about India’s EV vision. The dominant belief is that India will need both internal combustion and EV technologies to survive and coexist. There are many reasons for this belief to have taken shape; but this piece aims to focus on the issue of batteries. <br> Whether it is pure EVs or hybrids, the one thing common among them is the battery—what really makes the vehicles electric. The lithium-ion batteries, based on various chemistries of lithium, are widely considered to be a long-term constituent of all EVs. However, the EV vision often assumes that batteries will be available in plenty at unprecedented low-price points, and this hypothesis in turn assumes that the basic constituents of lithium-ion cells will always be available in surplus. Often, the unappreciated risk to any growth story is the strain on resources that are critical for driving growth. A recent A T Kearney study, in fact, firmly establishes that the supply of core elements that make up the lithium-ion batteries, including lithium and cobalt, will increasingly become a cause of concern. While the global supply just does not seem sufficient for cobalt, the ability to mine and extract lithium could prove to be a bottleneck. <br> Not surprisingly, the demand for, and prices of, cobalt have increased steadily since 2016, from less than \$30,000 per metric ton (MT) to \$60,000/MT. They are now breaching the \$90,000/ MT mark. In addition, reports of electronic OEMs attempting to procure cobalt directly from miners indicate a looming supply shortage. Lithium, on the other hand, has demonstrated a similar trend—while prices only doubled from around \$4,000/MT to \$8,000/MT between 2011 and 2016, they have shot up spectacularly to higher than \$16,000/MT levels between 2016 and early 2018. These trends pose a formidable challenge to India as our country depends largely on global markets for supply of these metals. Given the limited availability, it becomes important to look at newer energy storage technologies that can find a use in mobility applications. This could mean non-cobalt-based lithium chemistries or new storage technologies. Also, lithium batteries still have usable life left after reaching the end of mobility applications, which means they can potentially find a second life when they can be put to stationary applications. <br> Planning for reuse of “end-of-life” batteries should, in fact, be a part of any electric mobility business case. Even after second use, batteries will finally come to the end of their useful life. What happens when the internal chemistry exhausts all its cycles? Battery recycling, especially for lithium batteries, is still at an early stage globally. Any economy that aspires to push automobile electrification, among other uses of batteries, will need to think about the economics of end-of-life batteries. In India, the traditional lead-acid battery business successfully created a parallel industry of battery breaking units and recycling. Operating these was relatively easier; but handling lithium and its chemistries is a different ball game altogether. Globally, however, there are some signs of progress in lithium recycling processes. Belgian recycling group Unicore today operates a dedicated recycling facility with a capacity of 7,000 tons per year—equivalent to 35,000 EV batteries. US market leader Retriev, which operates three sites, and Tesla’s Gigafactory, will have on-site recycling and refurbishment facilities. What we need now is to step back and think about creating the ecosystem of enabling businesses that focus on four key factors necessary for EV growth: raw material supply, reuse, recycling and resale. <br> <br>Which of the following is/are synonyms of <b>dominant</b>? <br> I. Authoritative <br> II. Superior <br> III. Alternative <br> IV. Heritable

Question 17 :
<b>In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/ Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.</b> <br> "It's a scorching day today!" cried the school kids.

Question 18 :
<b> In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.</b> <br>The teacher said to the students, "Work hard now if you wish to have a better future."

Question 19 :
<b> In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.</b> <br> <br>Progress in life depends (1)/ a good deal under crossing (2)/ one threshold after another. (3)/ No error (4)

Question 20 :
<b>In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. </b> <br> <br> The climate question _____________ a leapfrog era for India’s development paradigm. Already, the country has chalked out an _____________ policy on renewable energy, hoping to generate a massive 175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources by 2022. This has to be _____________ pursued, breaking down the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar energy at every level and implementing net metering systems for all categories of consumers. <br> <br>175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources by 2022.

Question 21 :
<b> Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.</b> <br>It is revealing that the gender divide in cognition levels worsens with rise in age, as girls are often compelled to (drop in) of school for a variety of reasons.

Question 22 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The snowstorm was getting worse. White flakes whirled around us as we fought our way against the wind. I had almost given up hope of sheltering, when we found an abandoned log cabin in front of us. <br> I squeezed through the door of the cabin and stepped cautiously inside with Jane close behind me. It was dark and musty smelling, but at least it was sheltered and dry. <br> Glad to be out of the storm, we settled down on the dusty floor to wait for a break in the weather. “What’s this?" asked Jane curiously. Her hand closing over something shiny. She held it up to the weak ray of light that pierced the gloom. A gold necklace glittered and shone. Its ruby pendant was a lustrous wintered in the faint beam. Strangely, there was no dust on the necklace. It was almost as though it had dropped from the throat of its owner moments ago. <br> We gazed at each other speechlessly. What strange mystery had we accidently stumbled upon? <br>Why did the writer step cautiously inside the cabin?

Question 23 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The snowstorm was getting worse. White flakes whirled around us as we fought our way against the wind. I had almost given up hope of sheltering, when we found an abandoned log cabin in front of us. <br> I squeezed through the door of the cabin and stepped cautiously inside with Jane close behind me. It was dark and musty smelling, but at least it was sheltered and dry. <br> Glad to be out of the storm, we settled down on the dusty floor to wait for a break in the weather. “What’s this?" asked Jane curiously. Her hand closing over something shiny. She held it up to the weak ray of light that pierced the gloom. A gold necklace glittered and shone. Its ruby pendant was a lustrous wintered in the faint beam. Strangely, there was no dust on the necklace. It was almost as though it had dropped from the throat of its owner moments ago. <br> We gazed at each other speechlessly. What strange mystery had we accidently stumbled upon? <br>What did Jane find?

Question 24 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The snowstorm was getting worse. White flakes whirled around us as we fought our way against the wind. I had almost given up hope of sheltering, when we found an abandoned log cabin in front of us. <br> I squeezed through the door of the cabin and stepped cautiously inside with Jane close behind me. It was dark and musty smelling, but at least it was sheltered and dry. <br> Glad to be out of the storm, we settled down on the dusty floor to wait for a break in the weather. “What’s this?" asked Jane curiously. Her hand closing over something shiny. She held it up to the weak ray of light that pierced the gloom. A gold necklace glittered and shone. Its ruby pendant was a lustrous wintered in the faint beam. Strangely, there was no dust on the necklace. It was almost as though it had dropped from the throat of its owner moments ago. <br> We gazed at each other speechlessly. What strange mystery had we accidently stumbled upon? <br>Why did the writer step cautiously inside the cabin?

Question 25 :
<b> In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase given in bold.</b> <br> <br><b>Beat a hasty retreat</b>

Question 26 :
<b> Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> <br> The automotive industry is quietly but resolutely preparing for the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. No less than 22 original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for automobiles have registered themselves as EV manufacturers in the last three years and they plan to manufacture 77 EV variants. At the same time, we have seen a lot of debate about India’s EV vision. The dominant belief is that India will need both internal combustion and EV technologies to survive and coexist. There are many reasons for this belief to have taken shape; but this piece aims to focus on the issue of batteries. <br> Whether it is pure EVs or hybrids, the one thing common among them is the battery—what really makes the vehicles electric. The lithium-ion batteries, based on various chemistries of lithium, are widely considered to be a long-term constituent of all EVs. However, the EV vision often assumes that batteries will be available in plenty at unprecedented low-price points, and this hypothesis in turn assumes that the basic constituents of lithium-ion cells will always be available in surplus. Often, the unappreciated risk to any growth story is the strain on resources that are critical for driving growth. A recent A T Kearney study, in fact, firmly establishes that the supply of core elements that make up the lithium-ion batteries, including lithium and cobalt, will increasingly become a cause of concern. While the global supply just does not seem sufficient for cobalt, the ability to mine and extract lithium could prove to be a bottleneck. <br> Not surprisingly, the demand for, and prices of, cobalt have increased steadily since 2016, from less than \$30,000 per metric ton (MT) to \$60,000/MT. They are now breaching the \$90,000/ MT mark. In addition, reports of electronic OEMs attempting to procure cobalt directly from miners indicate a looming supply shortage. Lithium, on the other hand, has demonstrated a similar trend—while prices only doubled from around \$4,000/MT to \$8,000/MT between 2011 and 2016, they have shot up spectacularly to higher than \$16,000/MT levels between 2016 and early 2018. These trends pose a formidable challenge to India as our country depends largely on global markets for supply of these metals. Given the limited availability, it becomes important to look at newer energy storage technologies that can find a use in mobility applications. This could mean non-cobalt-based lithium chemistries or new storage technologies. Also, lithium batteries still have usable life left after reaching the end of mobility applications, which means they can potentially find a second life when they can be put to stationary applications. <br> Planning for reuse of “end-of-life” batteries should, in fact, be a part of any electric mobility business case. Even after second use, batteries will finally come to the end of their useful life. What happens when the internal chemistry exhausts all its cycles? Battery recycling, especially for lithium batteries, is still at an early stage globally. Any economy that aspires to push automobile electrification, among other uses of batteries, will need to think about the economics of end-of-life batteries. In India, the traditional lead-acid battery business successfully created a parallel industry of battery breaking units and recycling. Operating these was relatively easier; but handling lithium and its chemistries is a different ball game altogether. Globally, however, there are some signs of progress in lithium recycling processes. Belgian recycling group Unicore today operates a dedicated recycling facility with a capacity of 7,000 tons per year—equivalent to 35,000 EV batteries. US market leader Retriev, which operates three sites, and Tesla’s Gigafactory, will have on-site recycling and refurbishment facilities. What we need now is to step back and think about creating the ecosystem of enabling businesses that focus on four key factors necessary for EV growth: raw material supply, reuse, recycling and resale. <br> <br>Which of the following is/are synonyms of <b>dominant</b>? <br> I. Authoritative <br> II. Superior <br> III. Alternative <br> IV. Heritable

Question 27 :
<b> In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bracket. Below are given alternatives to the bracketed part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose option D if no correction is required. </b> <br> <br> An overdose of lime powder is (enough fatal) to an adult as to a kid.

Question 28 :
<b>Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The phase one trade deal U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He signed on Wednesday is but a temporary truce that leaves the key issues of the trade dispute unresolved. The pact that Mr. Trump has touted as a step toward creating a fairer and reciprocal partnership still leaves intact nearly three-fourths of punitive tariffs slapped on China since the onset of the trade rift in 2017. Even so, the limited terms the two largest economies agreed upon sets the political stage for further bilateral negotiations and to stem a further deterioration in the global growth scenario. China is to buy \$200-billion in goods and services in the coming two years — purchases in 2017, were valued at some \$187-billion. The proposed increase in exports is believed to be unprecedented in U.S. trade history and caused speculation on the impact these steep targets could have on China’s other trading partners. Agricultural exports form the smallest proportion of the latest offers relative to manufactured goods and services. This has been an important area of concern for the American farming sector ever since China imposed retaliatory tariffs on soyabean imports from the U.S. But Beijing has promised to open its markets in dairy products, poultry, fish and allied sectors. Whereas China has given assurances to remove barriers for American banking, insurance and other financial services, Washington would be more wary of guarantees on IP protection and alleged forced technology transfers; the last two have been among the more contentious aspects of the trade dispute, as seen in the attacks on Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. Separately, Washington has invoked provisions on threats to its national security to punish adversaries, an exceptional measure in the international trading arena. Crucially, the timing of the package enables Mr. Trump to claim some success in narrowing the trade deficit with China ahead of his November re-election bid. <br>Why does the author think that the recent trade deal between U.S. and China is nothing but a temporary truce?

Question 29 :
<b>Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The phase one trade deal U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He signed on Wednesday is but a temporary truce that leaves the key issues of the trade dispute unresolved. The pact that Mr. Trump has touted as a step toward creating a fairer and reciprocal partnership still leaves intact nearly three-fourths of punitive tariffs slapped on China since the onset of the trade rift in 2017. Even so, the limited terms the two largest economies agreed upon sets the political stage for further bilateral negotiations and to stem a further deterioration in the global growth scenario. China is to buy \$200-billion in goods and services in the coming two years — purchases in 2017, were valued at some \$187-billion. The proposed increase in exports is believed to be unprecedented in U.S. trade history and caused speculation on the impact these steep targets could have on China’s other trading partners. Agricultural exports form the smallest proportion of the latest offers relative to manufactured goods and services. This has been an important area of concern for the American farming sector ever since China imposed retaliatory tariffs on soyabean imports from the U.S. But Beijing has promised to open its markets in dairy products, poultry, fish and allied sectors. Whereas China has given assurances to remove barriers for American banking, insurance and other financial services, Washington would be more wary of guarantees on IP protection and alleged forced technology transfers; the last two have been among the more contentious aspects of the trade dispute, as seen in the attacks on Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. Separately, Washington has invoked provisions on threats to its national security to punish adversaries, an exceptional measure in the international trading arena. Crucially, the timing of the package enables Mr. Trump to claim some success in narrowing the trade deficit with China ahead of his November re-election bid. <br>Select the synonym of “Tout”

Question 30 :
<b>In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. </b> <br> <br> The climate question _____________ a leapfrog era for India’s development paradigm. Already, the country has chalked out an _____________ policy on renewable energy, hoping to generate a massive 175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources by 2022. This has to be _____________ pursued, breaking down the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar energy at every level and implementing net metering systems for all categories of consumers. <br> <br>The climate question _____________ a leapfrog era for

Question 31 :
<b>In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. </b> <br> <br> The climate question _____________ a leapfrog era for India’s development paradigm. Already, the country has chalked out an _____________ policy on renewable energy, hoping to generate a massive 175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources by 2022. This has to be _____________ pursued, breaking down the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar energy at every level and implementing net metering systems for all categories of consumers. <br> <br>has chalked out an _____________ policy on renewable energy,

Question 32 :
<b>In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. </b> <br> <br> The climate question _____________ a leapfrog era for India’s development paradigm. Already, the country has chalked out an _____________ policy on renewable energy, hoping to generate a massive 175 gigawatts of power ____________ green sources by 2022. This has to be _____________ pursued, breaking down the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar energy at every level and implementing net metering systems for all categories of consumers. <br> <br>the barriers to wider ___________ of rooftop solar energy

Question 33 :
<b>Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> The phase one trade deal U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He signed on Wednesday is but a temporary truce that leaves the key issues of the trade dispute unresolved. The pact that Mr. Trump has touted as a step toward creating a fairer and reciprocal partnership still leaves intact nearly three-fourths of punitive tariffs slapped on China since the onset of the trade rift in 2017. Even so, the limited terms the two largest economies agreed upon sets the political stage for further bilateral negotiations and to stem a further deterioration in the global growth scenario. China is to buy \$200-billion in goods and services in the coming two years — purchases in 2017, were valued at some \$187-billion. The proposed increase in exports is believed to be unprecedented in U.S. trade history and caused speculation on the impact these steep targets could have on China’s other trading partners. Agricultural exports form the smallest proportion of the latest offers relative to manufactured goods and services. This has been an important area of concern for the American farming sector ever since China imposed retaliatory tariffs on soyabean imports from the U.S. But Beijing has promised to open its markets in dairy products, poultry, fish and allied sectors. Whereas China has given assurances to remove barriers for American banking, insurance and other financial services, Washington would be more wary of guarantees on IP protection and alleged forced technology transfers; the last two have been among the more contentious aspects of the trade dispute, as seen in the attacks on Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei. Separately, Washington has invoked provisions on threats to its national security to punish adversaries, an exceptional measure in the international trading arena. Crucially, the timing of the package enables Mr. Trump to claim some success in narrowing the trade deficit with China ahead of his November re-election bid. <br>Select the synonym of “Tout”

Question 34 :
<b> In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.</b> <br> <br> The direct fallout of the American pullout from the negotiations is more bloodshed in the country. The gloves are now off (not that the Taliban was greatly restrained earlier) and the Taliban has already started _________ major attacks with the American troops fighting back. However, the current dispensation in Afghanistan, led by President Ashraf Ghani, might not be too displeased with the outcome. The September 28 elections are likely to go ahead, and Mr. Ghani has a chance to continue as President without _______ share power with the Taliban — a prospect Kabul has been uneasy about for a long time — to the extent that he actively discouraged all talks with the Taliban that did not involve Kabul. The Ghani government _________ pleased with the fact that U.S. troops are likely to continue in the country, for if left alone the government will not survive long. <br> The larger question that should concern the Afghan people is whether the Taliban is a changed lot or not. The Taliban has been making direct and indirect assertations about how they are a _________ evolved group on the question of girls’ education, treatment of women and minorities, among others. But these are claims _______ and that is precisely why a deal with the Taliban should include commitments on its domestic behaviour. <br> <br>and the Taliban has already started _________ major attacks with