ENGRO TEST

2. A.Everyone visiting the house asked the young girl

B. how could she kill the wolf
C. single handed and without a weapon.
D.No error.
A.When I get a cold B. it takes me weeks
C. to shake it off. D.No error.
Direction (for Q.Nos. 3 - 6):

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any
will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
3.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.When the national B. anthem was being
C. sung, everyone were D.standing in silence.
E. No error.
4.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.He tried as he could B. Naveen did not
C. succeed in getting D.his car to start up.
E. No error.
5.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.I am contacting you B. sometime in next week
C. to explain to you D.my problem in detail.
E. No error.
6.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.Immediately after boarding the bus,
B. Mahesh asked the conductor.
C. that if he knew
D.where the museum was,
E. No error.
Direction (for Q.No. 7):

In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given
word.
7.FORAY
A.Maraud B. Contest
C. Ranger D.Intuition
Direction (for Q.Nos. 8 - 9):
In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given.
Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can
replaces it without altering the meaning of the sentence.
8.The attitude of Western countries towards the Third World Countries is rather callous to say
the least.
A.passive B. unkind
C. cursed D.unfeeling
9.When he returned he was accompanied by a sprightly young girl.
A.beautiful B. lively
C. intelligent D.sportive
Direction (for Q.No. 10):

Each sentences below consist of a word or a phrase which is bold. It is followed by four words
or phrases. Select the word or pharse which is closes to the OPPOSITE in meaning of the bold
word or phrase.
10.A friendly dog meet us at the farmgate.
A.helpful B. understanding
C. quiet D.hostile
Direction (for Q.No. 11):

Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence
meaningfully complete.
11.Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
A.at B. over
C. for D.on
Direction (for Q.No. 12):

Find the correctly spelt words.

12.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.Eflorescence B. Efllorescence
C. Efflorescence D.Efflorascence
Direction (for Q.No. 13):

In each questions below five words are given. Find out that word, the spelling of which is
WRONG. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are spelt correctly, the
answer is 'E', i.e., "All Correct".
13.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.Psychologist B. Psychaitrist
C. Physiologist D.Psychoanalyst
E. All correct
Direction (for Q.No. 14):
In each sentence below, four words which are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D) have been printed in
bold type, one which may be either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly
spelt.The letter of that word is answer.If all the four words are appropriate and also correctly
spelt, mark 'E', i.e., 'All Correct' as the answer.
14.(solve as per the direction given above)
A.The funeral
B. was plain and ostentatious
C. It differed
D.in nothing from the ordinery
E. All correct
Direction (for Q.No. 15):

In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given
alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.
In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.
15.The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than 4 hours now.
A.have been waiting B. had waited
C. has been waiting D.No improvement
Direction (for Q.Nos. 16 - 17):

In each question, an incomplete statement (Stem) followed by fillers is given. Pick out the best
one which can complete incomplete stem correctly and meaningfully.
16.Because he believes in democratic principles, he always ......
A.decides all the matters himself
B. listen to others views and enforces his own
C. shown respect to others opinions if they match his own
D.reconciles with the majority views and gives us his own
E. imposes his own views on others
17.Mahesh need not have purchased the bag, means ......
A.it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has purchased it
B. it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it
C. it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it
D.it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has not purchased it
E. Mahesh already has a bag but still he purchased another one
Direction (for Q.No. 18):

In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given
in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These
are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.
18. There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill
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in hospital at Putney.
P : 'No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least.
Q
Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.
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R : It was 1729.
The best he could do, as he got to the beside was "I say Ramanujan, I thought the number
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of taxi I came down in was a very dull number"
It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two
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cubes.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.PRSQ B. QSRP
C. QSPR D.SQRP
Direction (for Q.No. 19):

In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given word/sentence.
19.One who eats everything
A.Omnivorous B. Omniscient
C. Irrestible D.Insolvent

Direction (for Q.No. 20):

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and
underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of
idiom/phrase.
20.I felt like a fish out of water among all those business tycoons.
A.troubled B. stupid
C. uncomfortable D.inferior