DIRECTIONS : Choose the correct combination of the given words.

1. The Buddha
(P) who had
(Q) set views
(R) was opposed to all these
(S) or closed to all those
A. PQRS
B. RPQS
C. SRPQ
D. PQSR
2. The leader's public meeting was disrupted
(P) by a section of the audience
(Q) any firm assurance
(R) he had not given them
(S) who felt that for the solution of their
problems
A. RQPS
B. SRQP
C. QPSR
D. PSRQ
3. You must leave a note
(P) otherwise she will be terribly worried
(Q) for your mother
(R) at the usual hour
(S) if you are not back home
A. QPRS
B. SRQP
C. SRPQ
D. QPSR
4. According to an engineer
(P) might hit the market next year
(Q) a newly developed air cooler system
(R) that employed in conventional room coolers
(S) which is based on a principle radically different from
A. PQRS
B. SQRP
C. QSRP
D. RSQP
5. The exhibition committee
(P) attractive and useful
(Q) to make the exhibition
(R) making efforts
(S) has been
A. SRPQ
B. SRQP
C. QPRS
D. QPSR
6. Why do people
(P) despite a desire
(Q) to quit and dsepite
(R) continue smoking
 (S) the known health hazards?
A. PQRS
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
D. RPQS

7. The reporter of the newspaper informs us that

(P) Lala Lajpat Rai spent
(Q) lecturing widely and attracting many American leaders
(R) to sympathise with the Indian nationalist position
(S) almost five years in America
A. PSQR
B. PSRQ
C. RPSQ
D. SPQR
8. The boy
(P) with big blue eyes
(Q) watched him
(R) and he never said a word
(S) that had an uncanny cold fire in them
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. QRPS
D. QPSR
9. Milton said that
(P) those persons
(Q) would be damned
(R) who do not obey
(S) God's commands
A. PQRS
B. RSQP
C. SRPQ
D. SRQP
10. The next stop
(P) lying in the centre
(Q) of a bay
(R) was a port
(S) that our ship halted at in South Wales
A. PQRS
B. RSQP
C. SRPQ
D. SRQP
11. The house,
(P) about half a mile distant
(Q) that stands in front of us,
(R) was built of stones
(S) which were drug out of its own site
A. QPRS
B. QRPS
C. QRSP
D. QSPR
12. Without books
(P) no cultured society is possible
(Q) no fresh ideas are possible
(R) and
(S) without fresh ideas
A. PRSQ
B. RSQP
C. RSPQ
D. QRSP
13. It was
(P) in keeping with my mood
(Q) a soft summer evening
(R) as I walked sedately
(S) in the direcction of the new house
A. QPRS
B. QRPS
C. SRPQ
D. SQPR
14. As we all know
(P) a legislation
(Q) needs the assent of the President
(R) passed by the houses of Parliament
(S) to become law
A. QPRS
B. PQSR
C. PRQS
D. SPQR
15. He said that those who,
(P) would miss a very interesting game
(Q) to be played
(R) between two famous teams
(S) would not accompany him
A. SPQR
B. SRPQ
C. SQRP
D. QRPS
16. It is a rule
(P) by anyone and admits
(Q) that must not
(R) of no variation
(S) be violated
A. PSQR
B. QPRS
C. QSPR
D. RQPS

17. Village and small industries while requiring limited capital

(P) can provide
(Q) a variety of goods for consumption
(R) and produce
(S) employment to large numbers
A. PSRQ
B. PQRS
C. PRQS
D. PRSQ
18. The effectiveness of a film
(P) the needs of the audience
(Q) is judged by
(R) and its relation to
(S) its theme
A. PQRS
B. PSQR
C. QSRP
D. QPRS
19. I read an advertisement that said
(P) posh, airconditioned
(Q) gentlemen of taste
(R) are available for
(S) fully furnished rooms
A. PSRQ
 B. PQRS
C. SRPQ
D. PSQR
20. Spiders
(P) built webs
(Q) in houses
(R) that many people fear
(S) those eight legged bugs
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. SRPQ
D. SPQR
21. The professor
(P) who has explored many jungles
(Q) will lecture on the new expedition
(R) about which I have read
(S) which he is now planning
A. RSQP
B. QRSP
C. PQRS
D. PRQS
22. I
(P) one hand before me on the wall,
(Q) unlocked the door,
(R) to guide me in the heavy blackness
(S) and went softly down the stairs
A. PQRS
B. RQPS
C. QPRS
D. QSRP
23. We can think of
(P) often confused in the public mind
(Q) which suggest the need for
(R) two factors
(S) an international language
A. RPQS
B. PQRS
C. SQRP
D. PSQR
24. As the situation has changed,
(P) since we last discussed this matter
(Q) it was best to contact you
(R) it appeared to me
(S) without losing time
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. PRQS
D. SPQR

Theme Detection:

DIRECTIONS : Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a

question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.
1. Throughout the ages the businessman has helped build
civilisation's great cities, provided people with luxuries and
 artists with patronage, and lift his fellow citizens to understand
the standard of living. In the last few centuries the
businessman has seeded the Industrial Revolution around the
world.
The passage best supports the statement that the
businessman
A. is accountable to the
society
B. has contributed to the
growth of civilisation
C. is capable of raising his
standard of living
D. is the beneficiary of the
Industrial Revolution
2. There is a shift in our economy from a manufacturing to a
service orientation. The increase in service sector will require
the managers to work more with people rather than with
objects and things from the assembly line.
The passage best supports the statement that
A. service organisations will
not deal with objects and
things.
B. managers should have a
balanced mind.
C. manufacturing
organisations ignore
importance of people.
D. interpersonal skills will
become more important in the
future work place.

3. The only true education comes through the stimulation of the

child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which
he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to
act as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original
narrowness of action and feeling, and to conceive himself from
the stand point of the welfare of the group to which he
belongs.
The passage best supports the statement that real
education
A. will take place if the children imbibe action and
feeling
B. will take place if the children are physically strong
C. comes from the self centred approach of the
students
D. comes through the interaction with social situations
4. The virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with
or immediately ruled by anything other than itself. It insists
that it alone shall touch the work in order to bring it into being.
Art requires that nothing shall attain the work through art
itself.
The passage best supports the statement that
A. art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B. art is for the sake of art and life.
C. artist should use his art for the sake of society.
D. art is for the sake of art alone.
5. The consumption of harmful drugs by the people can be
prevented not only by banning their sale in the market but also
by instructing users about their dangerous effects which they
must understand for their safety. Also the drug addicts may be
provided with proper medical facilities for their rehabilitation.
This will help in scaling down the use of drugs.
The passage best supports the statement
 that consumption of harmful drugs
A. can be eliminated with the help of banning their
sale.
B. are on increase in the society.
C. are due to lack of medical facilities.
D. can always be reduced.
6. One of the important humanitarian by product of technology is
the greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour.
In a highly industrialized society, there is no essential
difference between Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they
are equally useful and hence equally valuable for in the
industrial society individual productivity fixes the size of the
pay cheque and this fixes social status.
The passage best supports the statement that
A. all individuals, irrespective of caste and creed, are
born equal
B. industrial society is a greater leveller of men.
C. technology decides individuals society status
D. human labour has dignity and value.