Sentence improve ment: 1. a. are at cross purposes 2. c. That you are not cheated 3. D. where has he gone. No improvement.

4. c. No sooner did I hear the shot than 5. d. hardly he had entered. No improvement 6. a. shall we. 7. a. What was the matter. Antonyms. 8. Probity Ans: dishonesty. 9. Contest Ans: Accept 10. Sporadic Ans: Persistent 11. Implication Ans: Exoneration 12. Apposite inappropriate 13. Gregarious Ans: unsociable 14. Chivalry Ans: discourtesy 15. Dismal Ans: Bright 16. Sanguine Temper Ans: Despairing nature 17. Meagre Ans: Abundant

18. Imperial Ans: Create 19. Ostensibly Ans: Vaguely 20. Consolidated Ans: Broken 21. Chronic Ans: Temporary 22. Diligent Ans: Carless 23. Callous Ans: Generous 24. Vituperative Ans: CONGRATULATORY 25. Awkward Ans: Graceful 26. Smug Ans: Dissatisfied 27. Oppressive Ans: Gentle 28. Obscure Ans: clear 29. Clinch Ans: Lose 30. Enervate Ans: strengthen 31. To put up with Ans: to move along with Synonyms 32. Crass

Ans: coarse 33. Accomplish Ans: Achieve 34. cursory Ans: quick 35. Envisaged Ans: contemplated 36. Fickle Ans: Inconsistent 37. Resentment Ans: anger 38. Obdurate ans: adamant 39. Obscure ans: unknown 40. Reluctant Ans: averse 41. Revelation Ans: disclosure 42. ostracise Ans: Banish 43. Appalled Ans: alarmed 44. Imbecility Ans: stupidity, 45. Collusion Ans: A secret agreement 46. Hesitant Ans: Undecided 47. Deceptive Ans: misleading

48. Palpable ans: obvious 49. Laid-back Ans: easy-going 50. Sauntering Ans: strolling 51. Pompous ans: grandiose Passage 1: Ono day we were becalmed among a group of small islands... 52. The Captain sent the boat to the shore to: Ans: fetch some water 53. The savage brandished their spears in order to Ans: frighten the crew 54. The inhabitants of the islands were ans: primitive tribes. Passage II: Nelson Mandela was appointed.. 55. The purpose of Mandela's talk was to help people Ans: b. Oppose oppression 56. It is clear from the passage that the black Africans Ans: has an unfovourable government Passage III One day an army won a land battle against the enemy. 57. The commander went round the camp at midnight because he ans: wished to check if his soldiers has obeyed his order 58. The commander entered his son's tent because Ans: had to punish any soldier who disobeyed his order. 59. The son was writing a letter because her ans: was eager to tell his mother about his own deeds Passage IV

60. 61. 62 63. 64. Passage V On day a tea contractor , Mr. Sharma... 65. when did Mr. Sharma's friend go to see what was wrong Ans: D. When he heard something unusual 66. When Mr. Sharma saw the tiger he was Ans: A. surprised 67. Mr. Sharma stayed on to fight the tigress for Ans: A. He wanted to try to protect his wife and daughter. Orde ring of sentences: 68. S1 When he joined the college, he was an adolescent and immature. Ans: C. RPSQ 69. S1 There is still another important characteristic of living thinsg Ans: B. RQPS 70. S1 Your resources like money are limited Ans: C. PRQS 71. S1 In ancient India the city of Ujjain was quite famous Ans: B. SPRQ 72. One of the odd-looking birds of the ocean is the penguin ans: B. QPRS 73. Clothes should fit well. Ans: d. SQPR 74. Get hold of the catalogues of the colleges in the United States. Ans: C. RQPS 75. If we dump sewage into a stream, on a s mall scale, the stream dissolves it and purifies it. Ans: A. QSPR. 76. She was born into a poor family of labourers and died because poverty could not let her live. Ans: A. QPRS

77. We were so evenly matched that for a time the end was difficult to tell. Ans: D. RSQP 78. William Cowper was born in 1731 at the rectory of Berkhametead Ans: D. QPRS 79. Jubo Young, the astronaut, pilote d the 75-ton s pace shuttle, Columbia. Ans: D. QSRP 80.Rutherford was the son of a Scot's emigrant to New Zealand ans: QSPR. 81. Issac possessed a wonderful faculty of acquiring knowledge by the simplest means. Ans: C. RQPS 82. Life is a gift of God to man Ans: b. prqs 83. The Common man has a vote in parliament. Ans: D. SPRQ ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE 84. It is foolish.. Ans: b. QSRP 85. The distressing face is that.. Ans: RQSP 86. I once had Ans: b. QSRP 87. People know. Ans: D. QSPR 88. He has hardly... Ans: QPSR 89. Mr. Sexana was a profound scholar who.. Ans: A. PQRS 90. The government wants that Ans: c. RQSP 91. The general line about television..

Ans: C. PRQS 92. The second test of good government is that Ans: C. RPSQ 93. The teacher warned that Ans: A. PQRS 94. Towards the end of eighteenth century, quite a number of economists.. Ans: b. RQSP 95. The best way of understanding our won civilization.. Ans: C. PSRQ 96. What greater thing is there.. Ans: D. PRSQ 97. Fame.. Ans: B. SPRQ 98. When he was a child.. Ans: A. QSPR

Spotting Error: 99. a. Nowadays. 1oo. b. Was not upto the mark. 101.C. my old parents returned to India. 102. B. On the reasons for the fall in educational standards 103. b. it is a wonder that people 104. a. It would be much better 105. b. I was the one to whom 106.