English language and communication

Instruction : Read the passage carefully and answer the following

questions

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By the time a child is six or seven she has all the essential
avoidances well enough by heart to be trusted with the care of a
younger child. And she also develops a number of simple
techniques. She learns to weave firm square balls from palm
leaves, to make pinwheels of palm leaves or frangipani blossoms,
to climb a coconut tree by walking up the trunk on flexible little
feet, to break open a coconut with one firm well-directed blow of
a knife as long as she is tall, to play a number of group games
and sing the songs which go with them, to tidy the house by
picking up the litter on the stony floor, to bring water from the
sea, to spread out the copra to dry and to help gather it in when
rain threatens, to go to a neighboring house and bring back a
lighted faggot for the chief's pipe or the cook-house fire.
But in the case of the little girls all these tasks are merely
supplementary to the main business of baby-tending. Very small
boys also have some care of the younger children, but at eight or
nine years of age they are usually relieved of it. Whatever rough
edges have not been smoothed off by this responsibility for
younger children are worn off by their contact with older boys.
For little boys are admitted to interesting and important activities
only so long as their behavior is circumspect and helpful. Where
small girls are brusquely pushed aside, small boys will be
patiently tolerated and they become adept at making themselves
useful. The four or five little boys who all wish to assist at the
important, business of helping a grown youth lasso reef eels,
organize themselves into a highly efficient working team; one boy
holds the bait, another holds an extra lasso, others poke
eagerly about in holes in the reef looking for prey, while still
another tucks the captured eels into his lavalava. The small girls,
burdened with heavy babies or the care of little staggerers who are
too small to adventure on the reef, discouraged by the hostility
of the small boys and the scorn of the older ones, have
little opportunity for learning the more adventurous forms of work

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and play. So while the little boys first undergo the

chastening effects of baby-tending and then have many
opportunities to learn effective cooperation under the supervision
of older boys, the girls' education is less comprehensive. They
have a high standard of individual responsibility, but the
community provides them with no lessons in cooperation with one
another. This is particularly apparent in the activities of young
people: the boys organize quickly; the girls waste hours in
bickering, innocent of any technique for quick and efficient
cooperation.

1 The primary purpose of the passage with reference to the society

under discussion is to
A Explain some differences in the upbringing of girls and boys.
B Criticize the deficiencies in the education of girls.
C Give a comprehensive account of a day in the life of an average
young girl.
D Delineate the role of young girls.
E Show that young girls are trained to be useful to adults.
2 The word 'brusquely' (line 22) most nearly means
A Quickly
B Gently
C Nonchalantly
D Abruptly
E Callously
3 The list of techniques in paragraph one could best be described as
A Household duties
B rudimentary physical skills
C important responsibilities
D useful social skills
E monotonous tasks
4 It can be inferred that the 'high standard of individual responsibility'
(line 38) is
A developed mainly through child-care duties
B only present in girls
C taught to the girl before she is entrusted with babies
D actually counterproductive
E Weakened as the girl grows older.

5 The expression 'innocent of' (line 42) is best taken to mean

A not guilty of
B unskilled in
C unsuited for
D uninvolved in
E uninterested in
6 It can be inferred that in the community under discussion all of the
following are important except
A domestic handicrafts
B well-defined social structure
C fishing skills
D formal education
E division of labor
7 Which of the following is the best description of the author's
technique in handling her material?
A Both description and interpretation of observations
B Presentation of facts without comment.
C Description of evidence to support a theory
D Generalization from a particular viewpoint.
E Close examination of preconceptions.
Instruction : Fill in the blanks with suitable word / words (8-14)
8 Unlike the ancient Greeks, we are interested in a person's ____ , the
things that make each person different from the general.
A Qualities
B Idiosyncrasies
C Failures
D Stereotypes
E Humanity
9 Even after a century of ____ investigation, the relation of the solar
cycle to terrestrial weather remains ____ .
A meticulous apparent
B cursory clear
C sedulous pertinent
D extensive enigmatic
E scientific unsecured
10 In the earliest moments of the Universe conditions of almost
inconceivable ____ raged through the swelling cosmos; yet this great
____ managed to produce only the simplest of atoms.
A tumult cataclysm

B
C
D
E

tranquility upheaval
violence complexity
turbulence conglomeration
chaos inertia

11 Literary criticism has in recent years become increasingly ____ ; it is

almost impossible for the non-literary person to understand its
analyses.
A Abstruse
B Accessible
C Colloquial
D wide-ranging
E professional
12 Bullock carts and hand pumps seem ____ in a village whose skyline
is dominated by telephone cables and satellite dishes.
A Anachronisms
B Exigencies
C Diversions
D Provocations
E Portents
13 Stuart reveled in ____; he would never seek ____ until all possibilities
for debate had been exhausted.
A altercation clarification
B polemics conciliation
C ambiguities consolation
D asceticism indulgence
E digressions direction
Instruction: Replace the underlined portion from the following
options. If there needs any replacement choose option A
14 Wordsworth was one of the first European poet to consider the
lowliest members of society to be valid subjects for poetry
A European poet to consider the lowliest members of society to be
B of European poets to consider the lowliest members of society to
be.
C European poets to consider the lowliest members of society as
D among European poets to consider the lowliest members of
society as
E European poets to consider the lowliest members of society
15 Moules review served as a welcome encouragement to the author:
Hardy set to work with renewed vigor and finished the serial ahead
of time.
A served as a welcome encouragement to the author: Hardy

B
C
D
E

served a welcome encouragement to Hardy, and the author

was welcome as an encouragement to Hardy, the author
was a welcome encouragement to the author, Hardy
served as a welcome encouragement to the author, Hard

16 The moment the manager came to know fraudulent action of his

assistant, he order immediately dismissed him
A Order immediately dismissed him
B immediately order dismissal of his
C ordered for immediately dismissal of him
D immediately ordered his dismissed
E ordered his immediate dismissal
17 Most of the Indian workers are as healthy as, if not healthier
than, British workers.
A As healthy as, if not healthier
B as if healthy as not healthier
C healthier but not as healthy
D so healthy, if not healthier
E as healthy, if not healthier
18 Later he became unpopular because he tried to lord it on his
followers.
A to lord it on
B to lord it for
C to lord over
D to lord it over on
E none of these
19 He has received no other message than an urgent asking him to
rush his village immediately.
A Asking him rush his village
B asked him to rush his village
C asking him to have rush his village
D asking him to rush to his village
E asking him rushing at his village
20 The impostor eluded detection for so long because she conducted
herself as though she were a licensed practitioner.
A as though she were a licensed practitioner.
B as though she was a licensed practitioner
C like she was a licensed practitioner
D like as if she was a licensed practitioner
E as if she was a practitioner with a license.

21 The government requires that these forms should be submitted

before the end of the financial year.
A that these forms should be submitted
B that these forms be submitted
C for these forms to be submitted
D these forms submission
E these forms should be submitted
22 It ought to be her with whom you share your secrets, not me.
A her with whom you share your secrets, not me.
B her with whom you share your secrets, not I.
C she with whom you share your secrets, not me.
D she with whom you share your secrets, not I.
E her with who you share your secrets, not me.
Instruction: Find the error from the underlined portion
23 I do not wish to make A a formal complaint, but I would have been
better pleased B if you gave C the award to the person who D best
deserved it. No error E
24 The tribesmen made offerings to placate A the gods, whom B, they
believed, were C angry with them D. No error E
25 From ancient times A, sculpture had been B considered the
prerogative C of men, and even now, in some parts of the world,
women sculptors face D hostility and suspicion. No error E
Instruction: Find the best word that is opposite to the meaning of
the given capitalized word.
26 ONUS
A Easement
B Capability
C Obligation
D Traction
E Belief
27 SQUALOR
A Impurity
B Wealth
C Consumption
D Feces
E Indigence

28 RETICENT
A Tired
B Elegant
C Shy
D Drained
E Forward
29 REMINISCE
A Originate
B Credit
C Create
D Reconvene
E Ignore
30 LOQUACIOUS
A Talkative
B Garrulous
C Verbose
D Reticent
E None of these
Analytical ability
Question No 1 - 5
In order to gain full course credit for him tour of a foreign city.
Zeeshan must visit exactly seven
famous places of interest-a foreign office, a river, the hill, a
library, a mosque, a club, and a
theater. Any tour plan that Zeeshan devises will allow him to keep to
him timetable and is thus
acceptable, except that he must plan his tour to conform with the
following conditions:
The foreign office must be one of the first three places visited.
The hill must be visited immediately before the river.
The library can be neither the first nor the last place visited.
The mosque must be either the first or the last place visited.
The club must be one of the last three places visited.

1. Which of the following is an acceptable order in which Zeeshan

may tour all seven places of
interest?
(A) Foreign office, theater, hill, library, club, river, and mosque
(B) Hill, river, foreign office, library, theater, club, and mosque
(C) Library, theater, foreign office, hill, river, mosque, and club
(D) Mosque, foreign office, club, hill, library. river, and theater
(E) Mosque, library, hill, river, foreign office, club, and theater
2. If, on him tour. Zeeshan visits the theater, the library, and the
foreign office, one directly after the
other in the order given, he must visit the river
(A) second
(B) third
(C) fourth
(D) fifth
(E) sixth
3. If, Zeeshan begins him tour at the hill, which of the following
could be the fourth place of interest
he visits on the tour?
(A) The foreign office
(B) The river
(C) The library
(D) The mosque
(E) The club
4. If Zeeshan is to visit the club sixth, he could visit the hill in any of
the following positions on him

tour EXCEPT
(A) first
(B) second
(C) third
(D) fourth
(E) fifth
5. If Zeeshan visits exactly one place of interest between him visits
to the foreign office and the club,
that place must be either the
(A) river or the hill
(B) river or the theater
(C) hill or the mosque
(D) library or the mosque
(E) library or the theater
Question No 6 - 12
The administrator of a commercial designing Firm is scheduling
exactly six tasksJ, K, L, M,
N, and Ofor a particular week, Monday through Saturday. Each
task can be completed in one
full day, and exactly one task will be 'scheduled for each day. The
tasks must be scheduled
according to the following conditions:
J must be completed sometime before L is completed.
M must be completed on the day immediately before or the day
immediately after the
day on which O is completed.
N must be completed on Thursday.

6. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule of tasks for the

week?
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
(A) J K M N O L
(B) J N L O M K
(C) K O M N L J
(D) M O J N K L
(E) O J M N L K
7. Any of the following could be completed on Saturday EXCEPT
(A) J (B) K (C) L (D)M (E) O
8. If K is completed on Wednesday, which of the following could be
true?
(A) J is completed on Tuesday. (B) L is completed on Monday.
(C) L is completed on Friday. (D) M is completed on Monday.
(E) O is completed on Thursday.
9. If O is completed on Monday, which of the following must be true?
(A) J is completed sometime before K.
(B) J is completed sometime before N.
(C) K is completed sometime before L.
(D) N is completed sometime before K.
(E) N is completed sometime before L.
10. If J is completed on Tuesday, which of the following must be
true?
(A) K is completed on Monday. (B) L is completed on Thursday.
(C) L is completed on Saturday. (D) M is completed on Wednesday.
(E) O is completed on Saturday.

11. If M is completed on Tuesday, any of the following could be true

EXCEPT:
(A) J is completed on Monday.
(B) K is completed on Saturday.
(C) L is completed on Wednesday.
(D) L is completed on Friday.
(E) O is completed on Wednesday.
12. If K is completed on Friday, which of *he following must be true?
(A) J is completed on Monday.
(B) J is completed on Wednesday.
(C) L is completed on Saturday.
(D) M is completed on Monday.
(E) O is completed on Tuesday.
Question No 13 - 15
Retail Store identify individual product by means of a four-symbol
identification code running
left to right. The symbols used are the four digits 6, 7, 8, and 9 and
the four letters L, M. N, and O.
Each code consists of two letters and two digits.
The two letters must be next to each other, and the two digits must
be next to each other,
Of the two digits, the left digit must be less than the right digit.
The two letters must be dissimilar letters.
13. Which of the following could be the third symbol in a code in
which the fourth symbol is 3?
(A) L
(B) M

(C) O
(D) 6
(E) 9
14. Which of the following must be true of any code in which the
letter L occurs?
(A)The letter M also occurs in that code.
(B) The letter N also occurs in that code.
(C) The letter O also occurs in that code.
(D)The letter L occurs in that code exactly once.
(E) The letter L occurs in that code exactly twice.
15. If the first symbol in a code is 7, any one of the following
symbols could occur in one of the
remaining three positions EXCEPT the
(A) digit 6
(B) digit 8
(C) digit 9
(D)letter N
(E) letter O