Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
GEBA14
10142565
Register
Number
2014
GENERAL ENGLISH WITH GENERAL STUDIES
[Maximum Marks: 300
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
This Booklet has a cover (this page) which should not be opened till the invigilator gives signal to open
it at the commencement of the examination. As soon as the signal is received you should tear the right
side of the booklet cover carefully to open the booklet. Then proceed to answer the questions.
This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed it
shall be reported to the Invigilator within first 10 minutes.
Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
You must write your Register Number in the space provided on the tOIJright side of this page. Do not
write anything else on the Question Booklet.
An Answer Sheet will be supplied to you separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers. You must
write your Name. Register No., Question Booklet SI. No. and other particulars with Blue or Black Ball
point pen on side 2 of the Answer Sheet provided, failing which your Answer Sheet will not be
evaluated.
You will also encode your Register Number, Subject Code, Question Booklet SI. No. etc. with Blue or
Black ink Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode
properly or fail to encode the above information, your Answer Sheet will not be evaluated.
Each question comprises fow' responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct
response and mark in your Answer Sheet. 1n case, you feel that there are more than one correct
response, 'mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for
each question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct responses niarked by you in the
Answer Sheet.
In the Answer Sheet there are fou~ circles @ @ @ and@ against each question. To m;swer the
questions you are to mark with Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for each question. Select
one response for each question' in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer Sheet. If you mark
more than one answer for one question, the answer will q~treated as wrong. e.g. If for any item.'@ is
the correct answer, you have. to mark as follows:
@.@@
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are not allowed to take
this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the examination ..
After the examination is concluded, you must hand over vour Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. You are
allowed to take the Question Booklet with you only after the Examination is over.
The sheet before the last page of the Question Booklet can be used for Rough Work.
Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty as
the Commission may decide at their discretion.
For Question No. 101 to 200 in all matters and in cases of doubt, the English Version is final.
Do not tick-mark or mark the answers in the Question booklet.
ITAMILVERSION OF INSTRUCTIONS IS PROVIDED ON THE BACK COVER OF THIS BOOKLETI
[Turn over
1.
2.
(B)
1807 - 1882
1836 - 1907
(D)
1840 - 1928
Which one of the following poems has not l5eenwritten by the poet "H.W. Longfellow"?
.fi
(C)
3.
1770 - 1850
Be The Best
(B)
A Psalm of Life
(D)
Hiawatha
"'Ahimsa' means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering".
The above is a quote by
(A)
Rabindranath Tagore
(B)
Abdul KaIam
(C)
Swami Vivekananda
Mahatma Gandhiji
4.
5.
(C}
In Search of a Friend
(D)
(A)
Comparative
(C)
Superlative
Positive
GEBA14
[Turn over
6.
7.
(A)
Bless
(C)
Raise
(E) .Praise
Talkative
Abandoned Bhutia villages dot our path and I increasingly get the feeling that we are
traversing a long-forgotten route. On the fourth day we cross the ghost villages of Burfu and
Bilju before we reach Milam.
'Ghost Villages' are
(A)
(B)
$
(D)
8.
9.
(C)
(D)
v&l
(C)
happy
(D)
in my class
GEBA14
10.
-Match the characters given under Colullln A with the titles given under Colunin B :
Colullln A
Column B
(a)
Vera
I.
Holiday
(b)
Old man
2.
Open Window
. (c)
Phatik
3.
Lottery Ticket
(d)
Masha
4.
The Refugee
(a)
. (b)
(c)
(d)
(B)
(C)
(D)
./
He taught me Hindi.
11.
(B)
S V
(C)
S V
10 DO
J'f
12.
"v
(A)
13.
the orders.
obey
(B)
obeying
to obey
(D)
obeyed
China
(C)
Australia
~
(D)
India
England
GEBA14
[Turn over
14.
15.
(A)
Simple
(C)
Complex
Compound
(D)
None
Match the following words given in Column A with the blending words in Column Band
select the answer from the codes given below:
ColumnA
(a)
Column B
Electro + execute
17.
Heliport
2.
Smog
(c)
Smoke + fog
3.
Telex
(d)
Teleprinter + exchange
4.
Electrocute
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
.(A) 2
(C)
(D)
16.
1.
Identify the sentence that contains the Superlative form ofthe adjective.
,/J
(B)
(C)
(D)
Simple
(C)
Compound
GEBA14
""
(D)
6
Complex
None of the above
18.
19.
(A)
(B)
(C)
{jI!
20.
(A)
Kalpana Chawla
,j1f
Mahatma Gandhi
(C)
Rani of Jhansi
(D)
Helen Keller
William Wordsworth
(B)
Wadsworth Longfellow
'"
William Shakespeare
(D)
21.
William Blake
22.
'Failure is an accepted procedure in experimenting, research, testing and all scientific forms
of "finding out". Failure is simply the means of finding out what \villnot work so that it can
be eliminated in the search for what will work'.
What can be eliminated?
lilt
23.
(B)
failures in life
(C)
scientific processes
(D)
24.
(A)
dis-
(C)
il-
mis-
(D) un-
"Knowledge is an exacting mistress; she needs devotion, whole-hearted, on the part of the
person who seeks her".
What requires whole-hearted devotion?
25.
(A)
A mistress
(B)
A nation.
(C)
The pursuer
!/'
Knowledge
"Any organisation, society or even a nation without a vision is like a ship cruising on the
high seas without any aim or direction: It is clarity of nationai vision which constantly
drives the people towards the goal".
What drives the people towards the goal?
(A)
".
(C)
(D)
an organisation or society
GEBA14
26.
27.
(A)
a ship
(C)
a fish
a boat
28.
being alone
(B) . a pam
a group
(D)
a dormitory
A Psalm of Life
(B)
Sonnet No : 116
vIf
(D)
29.
The man who posed as a beggar in the story 'The Model Millionaire' was
(A)
Austin Ronaldo
(B)
Bebeto
(C)
Thomas Kaka
..:;
30.
Baron Hausberg
Candy
(B)
Chips
Corn
(D)
Cookies
GEBA14
[Turn over
31.
,,/j
32.
(B)
(C)
(D)
33.
_
(C)
(D)
.:f!'
34.
batted
(B)
(A)
talked
(C)
talk
(B)
is talking
P was talking
36.
is batting
35.
(A)
did she?
(C)
does she?
"
doesn't she?
ism
(C)
ful
GEBA14
JJ
ish
(D) ness
10
37.
Match the following synonym from Column A with Column B and select the correct answer
from the given codes
Column B
ColumnA
(a)
Logic
1.
Focus
(b)
Electron
2.
Inability to wait
(c)
Concentration
3.
Reasoning
(d)
Impatience
4.
Particle in a cell
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
(C)
J"
To cook
(8)
Having cooked
Cooking
(D)
39.
Cook
Pakistan
(B)
California
."
(D)
is an art.
Karnal
New Delhi
11
GEBA14
[Turn over
40.
He lives in a flat.
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent.
(A)
hotel
(B)
cottage
v!!'r
apartment
(D)
bungalow
41:.t
42.
cycle
cab
(C)
bike
(D)
tricycle
Anton Chekhov
(B)
0' Henry
tI'f)
(D)
43.
Oscar Wilde
Rudyard Kipling
merchant
(B)
.teacher
(C)
farmer
(D)
lawyer
GEBA14
12
44.
ten years
(B)
five years
(C)
three years
""
45.
seven years
Match the following poems under Column A with the poets under Column B and select the
correct code:
Column B
ColumnA
(a)
l.
Jack Prelutsky
(b)
2.
(c)
3.
D.H. Lawrence
(d)
Snake
4.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(C)
(D)
(A)
Vfl'19
46.
(A)
Galpaguccha
(B)
Chitra
(C)
Binodini
Gitanjali
13
GEBA14
[Turn over
47.
~
(B)
(C)
48.
(B)
..fJ'\
(D).
49.
there is a way.
an
~a
(C)
the
(D)
no
GEBA14
14
50.
51.
52.
(B)
we, wheels
underground, round
(D)
dark, drive
Lebanon
./jf
America
(B)
France
(D)
England
Optimism
(C)
53.
the, through
Humanism
(B)
Naturalism
(D)
Existentialism
54.
(A)
William Wordsworth
(C)
William Blake
,y;
William Shakespeare.
Which one of the following literary works is concerned with 'Global Warming'?
(A)
Migrant Bird
(C)
(B)
~
15
GEBA14
[Turn over
55.
56.
(A)
Shilpi
(C)
W
~
57.
58.
59.
ilia~~~
~is
soul, slumbers
(D)
soul, dead
Storys
(C)
Storyses
(B)
~
Storeys
Stories
Donkey
(C)
Dawn
(B)
..?'
De\V
Draw
(B)
,.".
(D)
GEBA14
16
60.
61.
(A)
letter
(C)
message
(B)
news
.JlIf
62.
.;Itr
(B)
(C)
63.
(B)
Mahatma Gandhi
Kalpana Chawla
64.
(A)
Raghu
(C)
milk
(B)
prefers
than'tea
,/J
(C)
go to the ------
fare, fair
(B)
fare, fear
fair, fire
GEBA14
[Turn over
65.
$J
66.
68.
Anton Chekhov
(D)
Oscar Wilde
Saki
(B).
Pearl S Buck
(C)
Sundara Ramaswamy
Susannah Hickling.
England
(C)
India
France
(D) Africa
How many plays have been written by the famous Playwright William Shakespeare?
$J
(C)
69.
Pearl S Buck
(C)
67.
Guy de Maupassant
37
(B)
38
36
(D)
27
Positive
(B)
Negative
(C)
Comparative
"jj1 . Superlative
GEBA14
18
70. -
rII'f
(C)
71.
Simile
(B)
Metaphor
Oxymoron
(D)
Onomatopoeia
72.
(A)
Winning
(C)
Defeat
.jI!{
(D)
Death
Victory
.?f
73.
office
(B)
abroad
outer space
(D)
home
,JIIf
'(D)
74.
Rudyard Kipling
Rabindranath Tagore
(C)
Robert Frost
(D)
Robert Browning
19
GEBA14
[Turn over
75.
.fI'
76.
Caesar's
place
(C) .
(D)
from Caesar's
palace
77.
writer
painter
(C)
teacher
(D)
colonel
In the story 'The Selfish Giant', the Giant was covered with -
blossoms when he
.Jf'
White
(B)
Golden
(C)
Yellow
(D)
Silver
.78.
(B)
New Delhi
(C)
New Jersey
(D)
New Zealand
GEBA14
20
in
79.
'It is heartening to meet Laxmi, our porter, the following morning. He is a sturdy young
luan'.
Sturdy means
80.
(A)
Learned
(C)
Short
(B)
;
Tall
Strong
.Match the British English words under Column A with their American English equivalents
under Column B :
Column A
(a)
Autumn
1.
Truck
(b)
Holiday
2.
Freight
(c)
Lorry
3.
Fall
(d)
Goods
4.
Vacation
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
'3
(D) 3
81.
82.
What is the American English word for the British English word 'Underground'?
(A)
Pavement
(B)
First floor
(D)
Pathway
Subway
What is the American English word for the British English word, 'Terminus'?
(A)
(C)
Column B
.;JlIf
.Final
(D)
Bus stand
21
Depot
Shop
GEBA14
[Turn over
83.
(A)
famous Scientists
(B)
richest Men
(D)
84.
in Europe.
talented Neurosurgeons
85.
flash light
(B)
candle
tube light
(D)
pen torch
moon, soon
(B)
like, from
(C)
laughter, found
.If
86.
ready, run
(C)
The read
(D)
Read
GEBA14
22
87,
88.
International
(B)
. Interest
(C)
Interior
(D)
Interim
Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word from the options given: .
Nowadays, the cciteria to avail Educational Loan is flexible.
(A)
~
89.
Supple
Stiff
(C)
Stupid
(D)
Expandable
Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word from the options given:
Napoleon faced a catastrophic defeat.
~
Success
(B)
Failure
(C)
Excitement
(D)
Danger
90.
Habitats
Residents
(C)
Truants
. (D)
Tyrants
23
GEBA14
[Turn over
91.
Match the following poems under Column A with the poets under Column B and select the
correct code:
Column A
(a)
A Psalm of Life
1.
Khalil Gibran
(b)
2.
Douglas Malloch
(c)
Be The Best
3.
Thomas Hardy
(d)
Earth
4.
H.W. Longfellow
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(8)
""
(D)
92.
Column B
Which one of the following options is not a famous tragedy of William Shakespeare?
(A)
Hamlet
(B)
King Lear
(C)
Othello
..;'!l
93.
Acquiring knowledge is one's primary duty - not only for one's success in the examination
but also for one's life.
What is one's primary duty?
(A)
Playing well
(B)
(C)
Working earnestly
GEBA14
Acquiring k~nowledge
24
94.
astrologer
vert
astronaut
95.
(C)
teacher
(D)
doctor
96.
(C)
R.K. Narayanan
(D)
A Psalm of Life
(B)
Be The Best
.".
(D)
97.
'The 16th century palace complex was built by the N(iyaks and later renovated by the
Marathas'.
Who renovated the palace complex?
(A)
~
Nayaks
Marathas
(C)
Cholas
(D)
Palla vas
.25
GEBA14
[Turn over
98.
ColumnA
(a)
Sundara
(b)
l.
Hughie
Oscar Wilde
2.
Mark Antony
(c)
William Shakespeare
3.
Gunga Ram
(d)
Kushwant
4.
Rowther
Singh
(a)
(b)
(c)
(A)
(B)
(C) 3
4.
i/J
99.
Ramasamy
(d)
100.
Marcus Brutus
Mark Antony
(C)
Casca
(D)
Cassius
Alan Trevor
Hughie
(C)
Shelley
(D)
Diane
GEBA14
26