1 AUGMENT
A. Increase
B. Defend
C. Supplement
D. Decrease
2 AMATEURISH
A. Seasoned
B. Trained
C. Skilful
D. Numskull
3 IGNOMINIOUS
A. Valuable
B. Desirable
C. Respectable
D. Clever
4-5. In the questions given below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
4 Not until did he receive her letter he fully realised her problem.
A. Not until he received her letter did he fully realise
B. Not until had he received her letter that he
C. Not until he had received her letter that he
D. No Improvement
5 She was for waiting for Sushmita and I.
A. She was waiting for Sushmita and me
B. She were waiting for Sushmita and me
C. She were for waiting for Sushmita and I
D. No Improvement
6-10. In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.
6 He ___ himself a stiff drink before making his statement to the police officer.
A. threw
B. poured
C. filled
D. sipped
7 She was known to be a ____ so nobody entrusted any important work to her.
A. joker
B. worker
C. shocker
D. shirker
8 It was his ___ that led him to penury.
A. flamboyance
B. arrogance
C. extravagance
D. ebullience
9 The statue was so ___ that people stared at it in horror.
A. grotesque
B. exquisite
C. beatific
D. cumbersome
10 The monastic history of Christianity ____ prayers, chants and formalised words of meditation.
A. demand
B. includes
C. connecting
D. knew
Answers:-
Q.1 (D)
Q.2 (D)
Q.3 (C)
Q.4 (A)
Q.5 (A)
Q.6 (B)
Q.7 (D)
Q.8 (C)
Q.9 (A)
Q.10 (B)
