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Q1:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Unquestionably a literary life is for the most part an unhappy life; because, if you have genius, you must suffer the penalty of genius; and if you have only talent, there are so many cares and worries incidental to the circumstances of men of letters, as to make life exceedingly miserable. Besides the pangs of composition, and the continuous disappointment which a true artist feels at his inability to reveal himself, there is the ever-recurring difficulty of gaining the public ear. Young writers are buoyed up by the hope and the belief that they have only to print to be acknowledged at once as a new light in literature. You can never convince a young author that the editors of magazines and the publishers of books are a practical body of men, who are by no means frantically anxious about placing the best literature before the public. Nay, that for the most part they are mere brokers, who conduct their business on the hardest lines of a Profit and Loss account. But supposing your book fairly launches, its perils are only beginning. You have to run the gauntlet of the critics. To a young author, again, this seems to be as terrible on ordeal as passing down the files of Sioux or Comanche Indians, each one of whom is thirsting for your scalp. When you are a little older, you will find that criticism is not much more serious that the bye-play of clowns in a circus, when they beat around the ring the victim with bladders slung at the end of long poles. A time comes in the life of every author when he regards critics as comical rather than formidable, and goes his way unheeding. But there are sensitive souls that yield under the chastisement and, perhaps after suffering much silent torture, abandon the profession of the pen for ever, Keats, perhaps, is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by savage criticism; because, whatever his biographers may aver, that furious attack of Gifford and Terry undoubtedly expediated his death. But no doubt there are hundreds who suffer keenly hostile and unscrupulous criticism, and who have to bear that suffering in silence, because it is a cardinal principle in literature that the most unwise thing in the world for an author is to take public notice of criticism in the way of defending himself. Silence is the only safeguard, as it is the only dignified protest against insult and offence.

Why is the literary life mostly an unhappy one?

Most people don't understand literary people

They have to suffer the penalty of genius

Literary life is not about richness

They do not get the publishers easily

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q2:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Unquestionably a literary life is for the most part an unhappy life; because, if you have genius, you must suffer the penalty of genius; and if you have only talent, there are so many cares and worries incidental to the circumstances of men of letters, as to make life exceedingly miserable. Besides the pangs of composition, and the continuous disappointment which a true artist feels at his inability to reveal himself, there is the ever-recurring difficulty of gaining the public ear. Young writers are buoyed up by the hope and the belief that they have only to print to be acknowledged at once as a new light in literature. You can never convince a young author that the editors of magazines and the publishers of books are a practical body of men, who are by no means frantically anxious about placing the best literature before the public. Nay, that for the most part they are mere brokers, who conduct their business on the hardest lines of a Profit and Loss account. But supposing your book fairly launches, its perils are only beginning. You have to run the gauntlet of the critics. To a young author, again, this seems to be as terrible on ordeal as passing down the files of Sioux or Comanche Indians, each one of whom is thirsting for your scalp. When you are a little older, you will find that criticism is not much more serious that the bye-play of clowns in a circus, when they beat around the ring the victim with bladders slung at the end of long poles. A time comes in the life of every author when he regards critics as comical rather than formidable, and goes his way unheeding. But there are sensitive souls that yield under the chastisement and, perhaps after suffering much silent torture, abandon the profession of the pen for ever, Keats, perhaps, is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by savage criticism; because, whatever his biographers may aver, that furious attack of Gifford and Terry undoubtedly expediated his death. But no doubt there are hundreds who suffer keenly hostile and unscrupulous criticism, and who have to bear that suffering in silence, because it is a cardinal principle in literature that the most unwise thing in the world for an author is to take public notice of criticism in the way of defending himself. Silence is the only safeguard, as it is the only dignified protest against insult and offence.

What is the ambition of a young author?

To create big name in the literary world

To achieve name and fame instantly

To create a big dent in the knowledge world

To dislodge other big names in the literary world

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q3:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Unquestionably a literary life is for the most part an unhappy life; because, if you have genius, you must suffer the penalty of genius; and if you have only talent, there are so many cares and worries incidental to the circumstances of men of letters, as to make life exceedingly miserable. Besides the pangs of composition, and the continuous disappointment which a true artist feels at his inability to reveal himself, there is the ever-recurring difficulty of gaining the public ear. Young writers are buoyed up by the hope and the belief that they have only to print to be acknowledged at once as a new light in literature. You can never convince a young author that the editors of magazines and the publishers of books are a practical body of men, who are by no means frantically anxious about placing the best literature before the public. Nay, that for the most part they are mere brokers, who conduct their business on the hardest lines of a Profit and Loss account. But supposing your book fairly launches, its perils are only beginning. You have to run the gauntlet of the critics. To a young author, again, this seems to be as terrible on ordeal as passing down the files of Sioux or Comanche Indians, each one of whom is thirsting for your scalp. When you are a little older, you will find that criticism is not much more serious that the bye-play of clowns in a circus, when they beat around the ring the victim with bladders slung at the end of long poles. A time comes in the life of every author when he regards critics as comical rather than formidable, and goes his way unheeding. But there are sensitive souls that yield under the chastisement and, perhaps after suffering much silent torture, abandon the profession of the pen for ever, Keats, perhaps, is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by savage criticism; because, whatever his biographers may aver, that furious attack of Gifford and Terry undoubtedly expediated his death. But no doubt there are hundreds who suffer keenly hostile and unscrupulous criticism, and who have to bear that suffering in silence, because it is a cardinal principle in literature that the most unwise thing in the world for an author is to take public notice of criticism in the way of defending himself. Silence is the only safeguard, as it is the only dignified protest against insult and offence.

What is the general response of the editors and publishers towards young authors?

They are very sympathetic

They are very hostile

They are very welcoming

They are highly indifferent

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q4:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Unquestionably a literary life is for the most part an unhappy life; because, if you have genius, you must suffer the penalty of genius; and if you have only talent, there are so many cares and worries incidental to the circumstances of men of letters, as to make life exceedingly miserable. Besides the pangs of composition, and the continuous disappointment which a true artist feels at his inability to reveal himself, there is the ever-recurring difficulty of gaining the public ear. Young writers are buoyed up by the hope and the belief that they have only to print to be acknowledged at once as a new light in literature. You can never convince a young author that the editors of magazines and the publishers of books are a practical body of men, who are by no means frantically anxious about placing the best literature before the public. Nay, that for the most part they are mere brokers, who conduct their business on the hardest lines of a Profit and Loss account. But supposing your book fairly launches, its perils are only beginning. You have to run the gauntlet of the critics. To a young author, again, this seems to be as terrible on ordeal as passing down the files of Sioux or Comanche Indians, each one of whom is thirsting for your scalp. When you are a little older, you will find that criticism is not much more serious that the bye-play of clowns in a circus, when they beat around the ring the victim with bladders slung at the end of long poles. A time comes in the life of every author when he regards critics as comical rather than formidable, and goes his way unheeding. But there are sensitive souls that yield under the chastisement and, perhaps after suffering much silent torture, abandon the profession of the pen for ever, Keats, perhaps, is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by savage criticism; because, whatever his biographers may aver, that furious attack of Gifford and Terry undoubtedly expediated his death. But no doubt there are hundreds who suffer keenly hostile and unscrupulous criticism, and who have to bear that suffering in silence, because it is a cardinal principle in literature that the most unwise thing in the world for an author is to take public notice of criticism in the way of defending himself. Silence is the only safeguard, as it is the only dignified protest against insult and offence.

What attitude should an author adopt in the face of bitter critics?

All criticism should be accepted nicely.

All criticism should be rejected.

All criticism should be written about.

Silence is the best response.

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q5:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Unquestionably a literary life is for the most part an unhappy life; because, if you have genius, you must suffer the penalty of genius; and if you have only talent, there are so many cares and worries incidental to the circumstances of men of letters, as to make life exceedingly miserable. Besides the pangs of composition, and the continuous disappointment which a true artist feels at his inability to reveal himself, there is the ever-recurring difficulty of gaining the public ear. Young writers are buoyed up by the hope and the belief that they have only to print to be acknowledged at once as a new light in literature. You can never convince a young author that the editors of magazines and the publishers of books are a practical body of men, who are by no means frantically anxious about placing the best literature before the public. Nay, that for the most part they are mere brokers, who conduct their business on the hardest lines of a Profit and Loss account. But supposing your book fairly launches, its perils are only beginning. You have to run the gauntlet of the critics. To a young author, again, this seems to be as terrible on ordeal as passing down the files of Sioux or Comanche Indians, each one of whom is thirsting for your scalp. When you are a little older, you will find that criticism is not much more serious that the bye-play of clowns in a circus, when they beat around the ring the victim with bladders slung at the end of long poles. A time comes in the life of every author when he regards critics as comical rather than formidable, and goes his way unheeding. But there are sensitive souls that yield under the chastisement and, perhaps after suffering much silent torture, abandon the profession of the pen for ever, Keats, perhaps, is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by savage criticism; because, whatever his biographers may aver, that furious attack of Gifford and Terry undoubtedly expediated his death. But no doubt there are hundreds who suffer keenly hostile and unscrupulous criticism, and who have to bear that suffering in silence, because it is a cardinal principle in literature that the most unwise thing in the world for an author is to take public notice of criticism in the way of defending himself. Silence is the only safeguard, as it is the only dignified protest against insult and offence.

Explain "Abandon the profession of pen"

Publishing sector

literary life

Pen-making Industry

The world of critics

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q6:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Easy

Organisms change over time. Some of these changes make no difference to the success or failure of the organism that inherit them; other changes do. Take a group of antelopes in which one individual has longer legs than its siblings. Those longer legs make the individual better at escaping from predators, hence giving it an advantage in the survival stakes. Its descendants inherit this feature and are better able to survive as a consequence. Those longer legs have thus become an 'adaptation'. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes has adapted to its conditions, thanks to its development of this features. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes. Over the generations, the individual components of the genetic code within a species change, or mutate. So far as we know, mutations may provide no evolutionary advantage at all. They may be disadvantageous, in which case they are weeded out via natural selection; or they may be advantageous, in which case they persist through the generations.

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given word: MUTATION

undergo a change in the genetic code

transform into another organism

a rupture in the organism's growth

rapid change in the bone structure of the organism

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q7:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Organisms change over time. Some of these changes make no difference to the success or failure of the organism that inherit them; other changes do. Take a group of antelopes in which one individual has longer legs than its siblings. Those longer legs make the individual better at escaping from predators, hence giving it an advantage in the survival stakes. Its descendants inherit this feature and are better able to survive as a consequence. Those longer legs have thus become an 'adaptation'. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes has adapted to its conditions, thanks to its development of this features. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes. Over the generations, the individual components of the genetic code within a species change, or mutate. So far as we know, mutations may provide no evolutionary advantage at all. They may be disadvantageous, in which case they are weeded out via natural selection; or they may be advantageous, in which case they persist through the generations.

Choose the most appropriate answer to the following question. How have antelopes adopted to get better at escaping from predators?

The long legs of the antelopes help them run faster and have become an adaptations

Their horns help them defeat predators

They have no advantageous mutations

They have a keen sense of smell

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q8:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Medium

Organisms change over time. Some of these changes make no difference to the success or failure of the organism that inherit them; other changes do. Take a group of antelopes in which one individual has longer legs than its siblings. Those longer legs make the individual better at escaping from predators, hence giving it an advantage in the survival stakes. Its descendants inherit this feature and are better able to survive as a consequence. Those longer legs have thus become an 'adaptation'. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes has adapted to its conditions, thanks to its development of this features. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes. Over the generations, the individual components of the genetic code within a species change, or mutate. So far as we know, mutations may provide no evolutionary advantage at all. They may be disadvantageous, in which case they are weeded out via natural selection; or they may be advantageous, in which case they persist through the generations.

What happens to disadvantages mutations?

they are renewed through natural reduction

They persist through the generations

They remain an additional burden on the species

None of the above

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q9:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Organisms change over time. Some of these changes make no difference to the success or failure of the organism that inherit them; other changes do. Take a group of antelopes in which one individual has longer legs than its siblings. Those longer legs make the individual better at escaping from predators, hence giving it an advantage in the survival stakes. Its descendants inherit this feature and are better able to survive as a consequence. Those longer legs have thus become an 'adaptation'. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes has adapted to its conditions, thanks to its development of this features. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes. Over the generations, the individual components of the genetic code within a species change, or mutate. So far as we know, mutations may provide no evolutionary advantage at all. They may be disadvantageous, in which case they are weeded out via natural selection; or they may be advantageous, in which case they persist through the generations.

Why do some mutations persist through generations?

They are harmful to the animal

They make no difference to the animal's survival

They are ornamental

They are advantageous to the animal

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q10:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Organisms change over time. Some of these changes make no difference to the success or failure of the organism that inherit them; other changes do. Take a group of antelopes in which one individual has longer legs than its siblings. Those longer legs make the individual better at escaping from predators, hence giving it an advantage in the survival stakes. Its descendants inherit this feature and are better able to survive as a consequence. Those longer legs have thus become an 'adaptation'. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes has adapted to its conditions, thanks to its development of this features. Their evolution means that this particular lineage of antelopes. Over the generations, the individual components of the genetic code within a species change, or mutate. So far as we know, mutations may provide no evolutionary advantage at all. They may be disadvantageous, in which case they are weeded out via natural selection; or they may be advantageous, in which case they persist through the generations.

Choose an appropriate title for the passage from the following options:-

Adaptation and Mutation

Mutation: A Necessity

Genetic Code

Survival of the Antelope

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q11:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you can do so in rupees-coins; but it would be cumbersome to pay in nickel or copper coins, because they are heavy to carry and also because it takes much time to count them. The government therefore permits you to make the payment in rupee-notes. What are these rupee notes really? They are kind of money, right enough, although they are made of paper instead of metal. You can use them in just the same way that you use ordinary money. The reason why they are made of paper and used is that they save the trouble of carrying metal coins about-of course, paper is lighter than metal-and they also save using silver and other metals when they are scarce. What makes these mere pieces of paper bear the value of the number of rupees that is printed upon them? Why should a piece of paper, with "100" printed on it be worth twenty times as much as a piece of paper with "five" printed on it-and also worth a hundred times as much as a silver rupee-coin? The reason is that Government guarantees that the piece of paper is worth the amount printed on it and promised to pay that amount to any body who wishes to exchange this paper for the rupee-coins. Also, if you think about it you can easily realize that crores and crores more of rupee-coins would have to be minted, if all paper-money were abolished. Perhaps you may ask, "Then why not have paper money only?" Why use silver and Nickle and copper at all? The answer is-because money must, as we have already said, be something so useful that everyone wants. Also because the metals are the best form of money; and thirdly because it would be impossible to print just the right amount of paper money that would keep prices at their proper natural level. It any Government prints too much paper money, then prices go up at once. The supply of money is increased and therefore its value (in food, clothes, books, houses, land, tools and everything else) goes down. You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and the money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it. But if you think that, I am afraid you are forgetting that money is only useful for what it will buy; so it is no good at all having more money if there are no more things to buy with it. The more money there is, the higher will be the prices of everything. The same thing happens with rupee-coins as with paper money. But it is not likely to happen, for this reason: it is very easy to print a great deal of paper money, but not at all easy to increase the amount there is if it keeps very steady and changes very little. In fact that is one of the chief reasons why it was chosen to make coins of.

The Government allows payment to be made in _____

nickel

rupee coins

copper coins

rupee notes

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q12:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you can do so in rupees-coins; but it would be cumbersome to pay in nickel or copper coins, because they are heavy to carry and also because it takes much time to count them. The government therefore permits you to make the payment in rupee-notes. What are these rupee notes really? They are kind of money, right enough, although they are made of paper instead of metal. You can use them in just the same way that you use ordinary money. The reason why they are made of paper and used is that they save the trouble of carrying metal coins about-of course, paper is lighter than metal-and they also save using silver and other metals when they are scarce. What makes these mere pieces of paper bear the value of the number of rupees that is printed upon them? Why should a piece of paper, with "100" printed on it be worth twenty times as much as a piece of paper with "five" printed on it-and also worth a hundred times as much as a silver rupee-coin? The reason is that Government guarantees that the piece of paper is worth the amount printed on it and promised to pay that amount to any body who wishes to exchange this paper for the rupee-coins. Also, if you think about it you can easily realize that crores and crores more of rupee-coins would have to be minted, if all paper-money were abolished. Perhaps you may ask, "Then why not have paper money only?" Why use silver and Nickle and copper at all? The answer is-because money must, as we have already said, be something so useful that everyone wants. Also because the metals are the best form of money; and thirdly because it would be impossible to print just the right amount of paper money that would keep prices at their proper natural level. It any Government prints too much paper money, then prices go up at once. The supply of money is increased and therefore its value (in food, clothes, books, houses, land, tools and everything else) goes down. You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and the money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it. But if you think that, I am afraid you are forgetting that money is only useful for what it will buy; so it is no good at all having more money if there are no more things to buy with it. The more money there is, the higher will be the prices of everything. The same thing happens with rupee-coins as with paper money. But it is not likely to happen, for this reason: it is very easy to print a great deal of paper money, but not at all easy to increase the amount there is if it keeps very steady and changes very little. In fact that is one of the chief reasons why it was chosen to make coins of.

What are these rupee notes made of?

coins

nickel

paper

copper coins

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q13:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you can do so in rupees-coins; but it would be cumbersome to pay in nickel or copper coins, because they are heavy to carry and also because it takes much time to count them. The government therefore permits you to make the payment in rupee-notes. What are these rupee notes really? They are kind of money, right enough, although they are made of paper instead of metal. You can use them in just the same way that you use ordinary money. The reason why they are made of paper and used is that they save the trouble of carrying metal coins about-of course, paper is lighter than metal-and they also save using silver and other metals when they are scarce. What makes these mere pieces of paper bear the value of the number of rupees that is printed upon them? Why should a piece of paper, with "100" printed on it be worth twenty times as much as a piece of paper with "five" printed on it-and also worth a hundred times as much as a silver rupee-coin? The reason is that Government guarantees that the piece of paper is worth the amount printed on it and promised to pay that amount to any body who wishes to exchange this paper for the rupee-coins. Also, if you think about it you can easily realize that crores and crores more of rupee-coins would have to be minted, if all paper-money were abolished. Perhaps you may ask, "Then why not have paper money only?" Why use silver and Nickle and copper at all? The answer is-because money must, as we have already said, be something so useful that everyone wants. Also because the metals are the best form of money; and thirdly because it would be impossible to print just the right amount of paper money that would keep prices at their proper natural level. It any Government prints too much paper money, then prices go up at once. The supply of money is increased and therefore its value (in food, clothes, books, houses, land, tools and everything else) goes down. You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and the money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it. But if you think that, I am afraid you are forgetting that money is only useful for what it will buy; so it is no good at all having more money if there are no more things to buy with it. The more money there is, the higher will be the prices of everything. The same thing happens with rupee-coins as with paper money. But it is not likely to happen, for this reason: it is very easy to print a great deal of paper money, but not at all easy to increase the amount there is if it keeps very steady and changes very little. In fact that is one of the chief reasons why it was chosen to make coins of.

_____ are the best form of money

paper-notes

metals

nickel coins

copper coins

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q14:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you can do so in rupees-coins; but it would be cumbersome to pay in nickel or copper coins, because they are heavy to carry and also because it takes much time to count them. The government therefore permits you to make the payment in rupee-notes. What are these rupee notes really? They are kind of money, right enough, although they are made of paper instead of metal. You can use them in just the same way that you use ordinary money. The reason why they are made of paper and used is that they save the trouble of carrying metal coins about-of course, paper is lighter than metal-and they also save using silver and other metals when they are scarce. What makes these mere pieces of paper bear the value of the number of rupees that is printed upon them? Why should a piece of paper, with "100" printed on it be worth twenty times as much as a piece of paper with "five" printed on it-and also worth a hundred times as much as a silver rupee-coin? The reason is that Government guarantees that the piece of paper is worth the amount printed on it and promised to pay that amount to any body who wishes to exchange this paper for the rupee-coins. Also, if you think about it you can easily realize that crores and crores more of rupee-coins would have to be minted, if all paper-money were abolished. Perhaps you may ask, "Then why not have paper money only?" Why use silver and Nickle and copper at all? The answer is-because money must, as we have already said, be something so useful that everyone wants. Also because the metals are the best form of money; and thirdly because it would be impossible to print just the right amount of paper money that would keep prices at their proper natural level. It any Government prints too much paper money, then prices go up at once. The supply of money is increased and therefore its value (in food, clothes, books, houses, land, tools and everything else) goes down. You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and the money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it. But if you think that, I am afraid you are forgetting that money is only useful for what it will buy; so it is no good at all having more money if there are no more things to buy with it. The more money there is, the higher will be the prices of everything. The same thing happens with rupee-coins as with paper money. But it is not likely to happen, for this reason: it is very easy to print a great deal of paper money, but not at all easy to increase the amount there is if it keeps very steady and changes very little. In fact that is one of the chief reasons why it was chosen to make coins of.

If the government prints too much paper money, then prices _____ at once

go up

go down

remain stable

don't change

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q15:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Passage

Easy

Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you can do so in rupees-coins; but it would be cumbersome to pay in nickel or copper coins, because they are heavy to carry and also because it takes much time to count them. The government therefore permits you to make the payment in rupee-notes. What are these rupee notes really? They are kind of money, right enough, although they are made of paper instead of metal. You can use them in just the same way that you use ordinary money. The reason why they are made of paper and used is that they save the trouble of carrying metal coins about-of course, paper is lighter than metal-and they also save using silver and other metals when they are scarce. What makes these mere pieces of paper bear the value of the number of rupees that is printed upon them? Why should a piece of paper, with "100" printed on it be worth twenty times as much as a piece of paper with "five" printed on it-and also worth a hundred times as much as a silver rupee-coin? The reason is that Government guarantees that the piece of paper is worth the amount printed on it and promised to pay that amount to any body who wishes to exchange this paper for the rupee-coins. Also, if you think about it you can easily realize that crores and crores more of rupee-coins would have to be minted, if all paper-money were abolished. Perhaps you may ask, "Then why not have paper money only?" Why use silver and Nickle and copper at all? The answer is-because money must, as we have already said, be something so useful that everyone wants. Also because the metals are the best form of money; and thirdly because it would be impossible to print just the right amount of paper money that would keep prices at their proper natural level. It any Government prints too much paper money, then prices go up at once. The supply of money is increased and therefore its value (in food, clothes, books, houses, land, tools and everything else) goes down. You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and the money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it. But if you think that, I am afraid you are forgetting that money is only useful for what it will buy; so it is no good at all having more money if there are no more things to buy with it. The more money there is, the higher will be the prices of everything. The same thing happens with rupee-coins as with paper money. But it is not likely to happen, for this reason: it is very easy to print a great deal of paper money, but not at all easy to increase the amount there is if it keeps very steady and changes very little. In fact that is one of the chief reasons why it was chosen to make coins of.

The more money there is _____ will be the prices of everything.

the lesser

the higher

the better

the worse

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q16:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Match List I with List II Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals from in the sentences given in the list | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. _____ I go now? | I. shall | | B. We _____ learn swimming | II. can | | C. You _____ reach home before dark | III. should | | D. We _____ discuss this matter tomorrow | IV. ought to | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-I

A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q17:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in the most appropriate modal from the given options Measles _____ be quite dangerous

could

can

should

would

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q18:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Spot the error in the following sentence It is often said that some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some had greatness threst on them.

It is often said that

some men are born great

some achieve greatness and

some had greatness threst on them

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q19:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Change the voice of the following sentence from active to passive: "I opened the window" Choose the most appropriate option:

I was the one who opened option the window

The window was opened and I did it

The window was by I.

The window was opened by me.

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q20:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Change the voice of the following sentence from the passive to Active "The essay was edited by the professor."

The professor found the essay and edited it.

The professor edited the essay.

The professor edited something which was the essay.

The professor was edited by the essay.

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q21:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Foreign Words

Easy

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following foreign word: "nom de plume"

Plumage of a bird

Last resort

Pen-name

Method of operating

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q22:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Medium

Match the words in List I with their meanings in List II | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. Mandate | I. reward | | B. recompense | II. comfort in time of distress | | C. Solace | III. an official order to do something | | D. Tatters | IV. torn pieces of cloth or paper | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q23:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Foreign Words

Easy

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following foreign word: "Papier mache"

Paper mixed with glue

Paper mixed with metal

Paper mixed with soil

Paper mixed with charcoal

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q24:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Change the following sentence from Direct speech to Indirect Speech: The coach promised," If you will come before school tomorrow, I will teach it," Choose appropriate option.

The coach promised to meet me after school and teach it.

The coach promised that if I came before school the next day, he would teach it to me.

The coach promised to come before school and teach it to me.

The coach promised that I will be thought before school if I came

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q25:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Change the following sentence from Indirect speech to Direct Speech. She said, "Bravo! You did better than last time" Choose the most appropriate option:

She applauded him, saying that he had done better than last time.

She said bravo to him and pointed out that he had done better than last time.

She was happy that he had done better than last time.

She could not believe that he had done better than last time and said bravo to him.

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q26:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Synonyms

Easy

Choose the most appropriate synonym for the following word: "Alarm"

Foresee

Sleep

Awake

Shock

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q27:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Choose the best option to convert the given exclamatory sentence is to Assertive sentence:- How stupid of me to forget your name!

It is stupid of me to forget your name

I wonder how can I be stupid to forget your name

I can never be stupid to forget your name

Forgetting your name is my stupid behaviour

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q28:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Choose the best option to convert the given assertive sentence in to exclamatory sentence:- I wish I knew more people here

If only I knew more people here!

Oh! I knew more people here.

What a pity to have known more people here!

Alas! I could have known more people here.

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q29:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

**Match List I with List II** Fill in appropriate modals from list II in The sentences in List I. | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. No one _____ question the ways of God | I. Could | | B. How _____ you shout at your parents? | II. Would | | C. _____ you like to have breakfast with me? | III. Can | | D. We _____ respect our elders | IV. ought to | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q30:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in correct modals in the given sentence from the given options:- I wish I _____ help you, but I have no money.

may

could

might

can

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q31:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Which of the following is an appropriate subscription for a formal letter? Choose from the options given below:

Yours sincerely

Yours lovingly

Yours forever

Your dear friend

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q32:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Which of the following elements are Not found in informal letters? Choose from the options given below:

Signature

Date

Salutation or Courteous greeting

Subject

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q33:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Word Usage

Medium

Which of the following pair of words are not homonyms:

cite, site

pallet, palate

burn, burden

hear, here

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q34:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Rearrange the following jumbled phrases into a coherent sentence A. A given trait whenever they are present B. Among heterogenous organisms, C. Meaning that they result in the expression of D. Some adults are dominant

ACDB

BDCA

DACB

CDAB

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q35:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Medium

Rearrange the following jumbled phrases into a coherent sentence A. as Annu is senior than Susan B. though Susan had worked there before Annu C. Annu received the promotion instead of Susan D. in age

ABCD

DBAC

CADB

BACD

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q36:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

The given sentence is divided into three parts. Scan it carefully for errors and choose the most appropriate options A) I found less | B) books in the | C) library than that

A only

B and C

C only

No error

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q37:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

The given sentence is divided into three parts. Read each part carefully for errors and choose the most appropriate option. A) Few persons B) are free C) from worries

A only

A and C

C only

No errors

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q38:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Identify the option that demonstrates the most appropriate usage of an adjective clause.

She is senior and most intelligent than her friend.

Meera adopted a Two-years- old girl.

This tree is to big as the other tree.

She took a six-week course.

Correct Answer

Option 4

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q39:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Choose the options which demonstrates an appropriate usage of articles.

She would make a better statesman than philosopher

She would make better statesman than philosopher

She would make a better statesman than a philosopher

She would makes better statesman than a philosopher

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q40:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Which of the following sentences demonstrate appropriate use(s) of asterisks

The third and fourth chapter will be tested in exam

The third and fourth chapters will be tested in the exam

Third and fourth chapter will be tested in the exam

The third and fourth chapters will be tested in the exam

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q41:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate adverbs. Does she sing well? _____ she does

Yes

of course

I think

Certainly

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q42:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Medium

Read the following sentence care. Some part of the sentence may have an error. Choose the most appropriate options. Mumbai (A) | is New York (B) | of India (C)

A

B

C

No error

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q43:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Hard

Match List I with List II | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. Wherefore | I. adverb of reason | | B. seriously | II. adverb of degree | | C. probably | III. interrogative adverb | | D. consequently | IV. adverb of affirmation | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-IV

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q44:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Rearrangement

Hard

Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph A. Because, if the manager's subordinates are inefficient and ineffective and are not helped to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, the task may not be achieved. B. This may be just as true as the responsibility for achieving prescribed tasks. C. If it is achieved at too great a cost, or at the risk of other effects many of which are less obvious. D. It is often said that one of the prime responsibilities of a manager is the training and development of staff

CBAD

DBAC

DCAB

CDAB

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q45:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Easy

Choose the most appropriate antonym of the given word: UPROARIOUS

calm

Tumultuous

bleating

upright

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q46:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Antonyms

Medium

Match List I with List II Antonyms | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. luminous | I. initially | | B. eventually | II. supercilious | | C. subservient | III. unholy | | D. sacrosant | IV. dark | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Correct Answer

Option 3

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q47:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate prepositions I prefer tea _____ coffee

with

to

over

of

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q48:

18 June Shift 1

VA > Grammar

Easy

The soldiers were _____ war

at

in

on

of

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q49:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Phrasal Verbs

Medium

Match the phrasal words with most appropriate meaning | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. draw up | I. make someone sad or depressed | | B. drag out | II. prepare and write something | | C. drag down | III. use a resource to do something | | D. draw on | IV. make something longer than necessary | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

Correct Answer

Option 1

Correct Answer

Explanation →

Q50:

18 June Shift 1

Vocabulary > Idioms

Medium

Match the idioms with most appropriate meaning | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. fish out of water | I. good luck | | B. break a leg | II. someone about whom very little is known | | C. leave in the lurch | III. to be put in an unfamiliar situation | | D. dark horse | IV. abandon someone in a difficult situation | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

A-II, B-I, C-I, D-IV

Correct Answer

Option 2

Correct Answer

Explanation →

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