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K. Lalitha Bai
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Model Questions
Directions (Q.No.1 - 5): Read
each sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical mista-
ke/error in it. The error, if any, will
be in one part of the sentence. Mark
the number of that part with error
as your answer. If there is 'No
error', mark (5) as your answer.
1. It is estimated that by the end of
the 21st century (1)/ the cost to
the average individual of going
into space (2)/ was a fraction of
the current price (3)/ per
economy ticket of transatlantic
airplane travel. (4)/ No error (5)
2. The suspense over the Chief
Minister's face in Rajasthan will
continue for one more day, (1)/ as
the newly elected Congress
Legislature Party (CLP) (2)/ fails
to reach a consensus after adopt-
ing a one-line resolution (3)/ in
its first meeting convened here
on Wednesday. (4)/ No error (5)
3. His suit of armor made the knight
invulnerable (1)/ to his enemy’s
attack, (2)/ and he was able to
escape (3)/ safe to his castle. (4)/
No error (5)
4. Chief executives of public sector
banks, (1)/ met the new Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Governor
Shaktikanta Das on Thursday,
(2)/ requested the central bank to
relax the prompt corrective
action norms (3)/ on the ground
that it was hurting credit off-take.
(4)/ No error (5)
5. Misfiring and error-prone (1)/
India’s Hockey team (2)/ paid the
price (3)/ as it crashes out of the
World Cup. (4)/ No error (5)
Directions (Q.No.6 - 10):Which
of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4)
given below each sentence should
replace the phrase underlined in the
sentence to make it grammatically
correct? If there is no error mark
(5) No correction required as your
answer.
6. Although he is as brilliant as, if
not more brilliant than, many of
his fellow students, he is very
lazy and his thesis will be
unfinished.
1) he is very lazy with his thesis
remaining unfinished.
2) he is very lazy and will not
finish his thesis.
3) he is very lazy and will
finishing his thesis.
4) he is very lazy and his thesis
will been unfinished.
5) No correction required
7. Doctors are loath to prescribe
powerful painkillers because
their abuse as addictive drugs is a
danger for many patients.
1) as addictive drugs, their abuse is
2) the abuse of such addictive
drugs is
3) the abuse of such addictive
drugs are
4) the abuse of them as addictive
drugs is
5) No correction required
8. The beginning of the show alwa-
ys brought in lots of money, yet
the average singer ended the sho-
w with a decrease in what their
tip may be.
1) with what was a decrease in
what their tips were able to be
2) having decreased that which
their tips might be
3) decreasing in their tips
4) with a decrease in tips
5) No correction required
9. Because memory weakens with
age, for the experiment to be
valid, it is important that a group
to be tested for drug induced
memory loss be compared with a
control group.
1) being tested for memory loss
induced by drugs are compa-
red with
2) being tested for drug induced
memory loss should be com-
pared to
3) being tested for drug induced
memory loss are to be compa-
red to
4) that is to be tested for drug
induced memory loss are to be
comparable with
5) No correction required
10. As the journalist left to interview
the convicted murderer, she was
advised of the man’s short tem-
per, told she should not anger
him, and was given a tape
recorder.
1) told she should not anger him,
and
2) that she should not angered
him and
3) should not anger him, and was
4) that she should not anger him,
and was
5) No correction required
Directions (Q.No.11 - 15): Each
question below has a blank/ two
blanks, each blank indicating that
something has been omitted. Choose
the word/ set of words from the five
options for each blank that best fits the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.
11. To find out what her husband
bought for her birthday, Sujatha
attempted to ___ his family
members about his recent
shopping ____.
1) prescribe, trips
2) probe, excursions
3) alienate, spree
4) converge, binge
5) revere, splurge
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12. Choosing a small, fuel-efficient
car is a _____ purchase for a
recent college graduate.
1) corrupt 2) tedious
3) unhallowed
4) sardonic 5) judicious
13. Such a ______ violation of
school policy should be punished
by nothing less than ______.
1) copious, removing
2) flagrant, expulsion
3) raucous, excursion
4) nominal, transfer
5) morose, eviction
14. With all of the recent negative
events in Sneha’s life, she felt
______ forces must be at work.
1) resurgent
2) premature 3) malignant
4) punctilious
5) antecedent
15. The _____ rumors did a great
deal of _____ even though they
turned out to be false.
1) bemused, injure
2) prosaic, dent
3) apocryphal, damage
4) ebullient, harm
5) tantamount, scratch
Directions (Q.No.16 - 20) Read
the following passage carefully and
answer the questions given below it.
Certain words have been printed in
bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
Federal prosecutors are examining
whether foreigners illegally
funneled donations to President
Trump’s inaugural committee
and a pro-Trump super PAC in
hopes of buying influence over
American policy, according to
people familiar with the inquiry.
The inquiry focuses on whether
people from Middle Eastern
nations — including Qatar, Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates — used straw donors to
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disguise their donations to the
two funds. Federal law prohibits
foreign contributions to federal
campaigns, political action
committees and inaugural funds.
The line of questioning
underscores the growing scope of
criminal inquiries that pose a
threat to Mr. Trump’s presidency.
The special counsel, Robert S.
Mueller III, is focusing on
whether anyone in the Trump
campaign conspired with Russia
to tip the 2016 presidential
election in Mr. Trump’s favour,
while prosecutors in New York
are pursuing evidence he secretly
authorized illegal payments of
hush money to silence accusa-
tions of extramarital affairs that
threatened his campaign. The
inquiry into potential foreign
donations to the inaugural fund
and the super PAC is yet another
front being pursued by multiple
teams of prosecutors. Thomas J.
Barrack Jr., a billionaire financier
and one of Mr. Trump’s closest
friends, raised money for both
funds. Tom has never talked with
any foreign individual or entity
for the purposes of raising money
for or obtaining donations related
to either the campaign, the inaug-
uration or any such political
activity,” said Owen Blicksilver,
a spokesman for Mr. Barrack.
The inaugural committee focus
was reported earlier on Thursday
by The Wall Street Journal. The
super PAC, Rebuilding America
Now, was formed in the summer
of 2016 when Mr. Trump’s
presidential campaign was short
of cash and out of favor with
many major Republican donors.
While Mr. Trump insisted that he
could finance his own campaign,
he refused to dig too deeply into
his own pockets. According to
several of the people familiar
with the investigation, Paul
Manafort, who then headed the
campaign, suggested that Mr.
Barrack step into the void by
creating and raising funds for the
political action committee, which
could collect unlimited amounts
of money as long as it avoided
coordinating closely with the
candidate. In an interview with
investigators a year ago, Mr.
Barrack said that Mr. Manafort
seemed to view the political
committee as an arm of the
campaign, despite laws meant to
prevent such coordination,
according to a person familiar
with the interview. Federal
election law requires a cooling-
off period of at least 120 days
before campaign staff members
join a political committee
backing the same candidate, but
17
Mr. Manafort dispatched two
friends from the campaign,
Laurance Gay and Ken McKay,
to run the operation. A press
officer said at the time that the
committee violated no rules
because the campaign never paid
the two men.
16. The passage is about
1) Trump Inaugural Fund and
Super PAC said to be scruti-
nized for illegal foreign dona-
tions.
2) Revamping of the Federal ele-
ction law.
3) The inaugural committee’s re-
port by The Wall Street
Journal.
4) Foreign contributions to fede-
ral campaigns.
5) The special counsel conspi-
ring with Russia.
17. A straw donor is a:
1) A person who legally uses
money to make a political
contribution in his own name.
2) A person who raises funds.
3) A person who illegally uses
another person's money to
make a political contribution
in their own name.
4) A person who is pursued by
multiple teams of prosecutors.
5) A person who illegally pays
money to silence accusations
of extramarital affairs.
18. As per the passage how does the
inquiry affect Trump?
1) It affects Mr. Trump’s closest
friends who raised money for
both funds.
2) Mr. Trump’s presidential
campaign was short of cash
and out of favor with many
major Republican donors.
3) Mr. Trump insisted that he
could finance his own
campaign.
4) The enquiry poses a threat to
Mr.Trump’s presidency.
5) He is confident of coming out
as a clean slate and not
severely affected.
19. To dig deeply into one’s pockets
means:
1) To make someone work hard
for your benefit.
2) To utilize the resources
available.
3) To utilize others resources.
4) Raise funds for election
purpose illegally.
5) To spend a lot of one's money
20. The antonym of disguise is:
1) Obscure 2) Camouflage
3) Vague
4) Reveal 5) Indistinct
KEY
1) 3 2) 3 3) 4 4) 2 5) 4
6) 2 7) 2 8) 4 9) 5 10) 1
11) 2 12) 5 13) 2 14) 3 15) 3
16) 1 17) 3 18) 4 19) 5 20) 4