MOCK TEST NO.

Directions : (1 to 3) : In the following questions some part of the sentence may have errors. Find
out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If sentence is free
from error, select “No Error”.
1. (A) A chimpanzee can learn / (B) to recognize itself in a / (c) mirror and monkeys
cannot / (D) No error
2. (A) Researches have found that doctors who / (B) spend at least three hours a week
playing video games make/ (C) about 37 % few mistakes in laparoscopic surgery than
surgeons who do not play video games/ (D) No error
3. (A) Children enjoy listening / (B) to ghosts stories especially / (C) on the Halloween
night (D) No error
Directions : (4 to 5) : In the following questions out of the four alternatives, select the word
similar in meaning to the word given.
4. Amicable
(a) Hostile (c) Unpleasant
(b) Haughty (d) Sociable
5. Loquacious
(a) Garrulous (c) Reticent
(b) Taciturn (d) Colossal
Directions : (6 to 7) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word
opposite in meaning to the word given.
6. Aversion
(a) Hatred (c) Liking
(b) Awareness (d) Adorn
7. Fidelity
(a) Allegiance (c) Strength
(b) Perfidious (d) Weakness
Directions (8 to 10) : In the following questions, the sentence given with blanks to be filled in
with an appropriate word, select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by
selecting the appropriate option.
8. Simon __________ very polite at the moment, because he wants to make a good in
pression
(a) was being (c) is behaving
(b) has been (d) is being
9. The students are not prepared __________ the examination
(a) To give (c) To listen
(b) To take (d) To work
10. She could not __________ the meaning of the passage
(a) Apprehend (c) Comprehend
(b) Alfresco (d) Spurious
Directions (11 to 13) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word
which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
11. To turn over a new leaf
(a) To change completely one’s course of action.
(b)To shift attention to new problems after having studied the old ones thoroughly
(c) To cover up one’s fault by wearing new marks.
(d)To change the old habits and adopt new ones.
12. A fair crack of the whip
(a) Serve punishment
(b)An equal chance to do something
(c) A period of importance
(d)Failure of administration
13. To talk to one’s head off
(a) To talk loudly
(b)To talk in whispers
(c) To talk to oneself
(d)To talk excessively
 Directions (14 to 16) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the
alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase :
14. One who specializes in the mathematics of insurance.
(a) A statistician (c) An actuary
(b)An agent (d) Exuberant
15. Violation of the sanctity of the Church.
(a) Infringement (c) Sacrilege
(b) Irreverence (d) Transgression
16. Of one mind of opinion
(a) Voluntary (c) Referendum
(b) Homogenous (d) Unanimous
Directions (17 to 20) : Improve the bracket part of the sentence
17. A small makeshift stage (was construct) with a red curtain for a backdrop.
(a) are constructed (c) were constructed
(b) was constructed (d) No Improvement
18. (Both of them are not) able to solve this conundrum.
(a) None of them is able (c) Neither of them is able
(b) Neither of them are able (d) No improvement
19. I (am always wondered) what it would be like to be inside a chocolate factory
(a) have always wonder (c) have always wondering
(b) have always wondered (d) No improvement
20. They loaded their ships with spices and silks and (returns) with the summer monsoon
(a) returned (c) had returned
(b) return (d) No improvement

Directions (21 to 25) : In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the
passage carefully & select the correct answer for the given blank our of the four alternatives.
Clouds are an _______ part of the weather condition which exists around us. Warm air
_______upwards in the atmosphere carrying with it dust & moisture from evaporated
surface water. At higher _______ the air is cooler and the vapour in the warm air reaches its
‘dew points’ where it changes _______ to small particle of ice or into water, thus forming
clouds. ______ cloud formation takes place and different height & temperature, clouds are
of different type.

21. (a) Crucial (c) Atypical

(b) Essential (d)Necessary

22. (a) Rises (c) Arises

(b) Raises (d) Roses

23. (a) Altitudes (c) Elevates

(b) Attitudes (d) Upraise

24 (a) Neither (c) Both

(b) Whether (d) Either

25 (a) Because (c) Due to

(b) Since (d) Owing to