Q1:

Passage

Easy

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.

I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.

What makes the 10-year-old narrator ordinary?

(A) He rides his bike

(B) He plays ball

(C) He makes children run away

(D) He gets stared at

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Q2:

Antonyms

Easy

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.

I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.

What is the antonym of 'stared at'?

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Q3:

Passage

Medium

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.

I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.

Why do you think the narrator is unlike any other ordinary kid?

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Q4:

Passage

Easy

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.

I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.

What does the narrator wish to ask the magic lamp?

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Q5:

Passage

Easy

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.

I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.

Who notices the faces and noises people make at the narrator?

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Q6:

Passage

Easy

She ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a cup of milk. But she lighted no fire, and when night came, no candle, but crept with her baby to bed.

What woke her? The wonder was that she had slept-she had not meant to. But she was young, very young. Perhaps the shrinking of the galvanized roof-yet hardly, since that was so usual. Something had set her heart beating wildly; but she lay quite still, only she put her arm over her baby. Then she had both round it, and she prayed, "Little baby, little baby, don't wake!"

The moon's rays shone on the front of the house, and she saw one of the open crackes, quite close to where she lay, darken with a shadow. Then a protesting growl reached her; and she could fancy she heard the man turn hastily. She plainly heard the thud of something striking the dog's ribs, and the long flying strides of the animal as it howled and ran. Still watching, she saw the shadow darken every crack along the wall. She knew by the sounds that the man was trying every standpoint that might help him to see in; but how much he saw she could not tell. She thought of many things she might do to deceive him into the idea that she was not alone. But the sound of her voice would wake baby, and she dreaded that as though it were the only danger that threatened her. So she prayed "Little baby, don't wake don't cry!"

The girl sees a shadow against which of the following sources of light?

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Q7:

Passage

Medium

She ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a cup of milk. But she lighted no fire, and when night came, no candle, but crept with her baby to bed.

What woke her? The wonder was that she had slept-she had not meant to. But she was young, very young. Perhaps the shrinking of the galvanized roof-yet hardly, since that was so usual. Something had set her heart beating wildly; but she lay quite still, only she put her arm over her baby. Then she had both round it, and she prayed, "Little baby, little baby, don't wake!"

The moon's rays shone on the front of the house, and she saw one of the open crackes, quite close to where she lay, darken with a shadow. Then a protesting growl reached her; and she could fancy she heard the man turn hastily. She plainly heard the thud of something striking the dog's ribs, and the long flying strides of the animal as it howled and ran. Still watching, she saw the shadow darken every crack along the wall. She knew by the sounds that the man was trying every standpoint that might help him to see in; but how much he saw she could not tell. She thought of many things she might do to deceive him into the idea that she was not alone. But the sound of her voice would wake baby, and she dreaded that as though it were the only danger that threatened her. So she prayed "Little baby, don't wake don't cry!"

Match the characters in List-I with the corresponding activity in List-II.

List-IList-II
(A) Baby(I) Running
(B) Dog(II) Creeping
(C) Man(III) Sleeping
(D) Narrator(IV) Praying

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Q8:

Passage

Medium

She ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a cup of milk. But she lighted no fire, and when night came, no candle, but crept with her baby to bed.

What woke her? The wonder was that she had slept-she had not meant to. But she was young, very young. Perhaps the shrinking of the galvanized roof-yet hardly, since that was so usual. Something had set her heart beating wildly; but she lay quite still, only she put her arm over her baby. Then she had both round it, and she prayed, "Little baby, little baby, don't wake!"

The moon's rays shone on the front of the house, and she saw one of the open crackes, quite close to where she lay, darken with a shadow. Then a protesting growl reached her; and she could fancy she heard the man turn hastily. She plainly heard the thud of something striking the dog's ribs, and the long flying strides of the animal as it howled and ran. Still watching, she saw the shadow darken every crack along the wall. She knew by the sounds that the man was trying every standpoint that might help him to see in; but how much he saw she could not tell. She thought of many things she might do to deceive him into the idea that she was not alone. But the sound of her voice would wake baby, and she dreaded that as though it were the only danger that threatened her. So she prayed "Little baby, don't wake don't cry!"

According to the passage, arrange the following experiences of the girl in the correct sequence.

(A) heart beating wildly

(B) sensing a hasty movement

(C) seeing a shadow

(D) going to sleep

(E) hearing a thud

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Q9:

Passage

Medium

She ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a cup of milk. But she lighted no fire, and when night came, no candle, but crept with her baby to bed.

What woke her? The wonder was that she had slept-she had not meant to. But she was young, very young. Perhaps the shrinking of the galvanized roof-yet hardly, since that was so usual. Something had set her heart beating wildly; but she lay quite still, only she put her arm over her baby. Then she had both round it, and she prayed, "Little baby, little baby, don't wake!"

The moon's rays shone on the front of the house, and she saw one of the open crackes, quite close to where she lay, darken with a shadow. Then a protesting growl reached her; and she could fancy she heard the man turn hastily. She plainly heard the thud of something striking the dog's ribs, and the long flying strides of the animal as it howled and ran. Still watching, she saw the shadow darken every crack along the wall. She knew by the sounds that the man was trying every standpoint that might help him to see in; but how much he saw she could not tell. She thought of many things she might do to deceive him into the idea that she was not alone. But the sound of her voice would wake baby, and she dreaded that as though it were the only danger that threatened her. So she prayed "Little baby, don't wake don't cry!"

As per your reading of the passage, what is the source, of the woman's discomfort?

(A) She is feeling cold

(B) She is afraid the baby will wake up

(C) She is scared of the dog

(D) She is afraid of an attack

(E) She is unable to sleep

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q10:

Synonyms

Medium

She ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a cup of milk. But she lighted no fire, and when night came, no candle, but crept with her baby to bed.

What woke her? The wonder was that she had slept-she had not meant to. But she was young, very young. Perhaps the shrinking of the galvanized roof-yet hardly, since that was so usual. Something had set her heart beating wildly; but she lay quite still, only she put her arm over her baby. Then she had both round it, and she prayed, "Little baby, little baby, don't wake!"

The moon's rays shone on the front of the house, and she saw one of the open crackes, quite close to where she lay, darken with a shadow. Then a protesting growl reached her; and she could fancy she heard the man turn hastily. She plainly heard the thud of something striking the dog's ribs, and the long flying strides of the animal as it howled and ran. Still watching, she saw the shadow darken every crack along the wall. She knew by the sounds that the man was trying every standpoint that might help him to see in; but how much he saw she could not tell. She thought of many things she might do to deceive him into the idea that she was not alone. But the sound of her voice would wake baby, and she dreaded that as though it were the only danger that threatened her. So she prayed "Little baby, don't wake don't cry!"

Choose the word closet in meaning to "galvanized"

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Q11:

Passage

Easy

Knowledge has many forms and it is available at many places. It is acquired through education, information, intelligence and experience. It is available in academic institutions, with teachers, in libraries, in research papers, seminar proceedings and in various organizations and workplaces with workers, managers, in drawings, in process sheets and on the shop floors. Knowledge, though closely linked to education, comes equally from learning skills such as those possessed by our artists, craftsmen, hakims, vaidyas, philosophers and saints, as also our housewives. Knowledge plays a very important role in their performance and output too. Our heritage and history, the rituals, epics and traditions that form part our consciousness are also vast resources of knowledge as are our libraries and universities. There is an abundance of unorthodox, earthy wisdom in our villages. There are hidden treasures of knowledge in our environment, in the oceans, bioreserves and deserts, in the plant and animal life. Every state in our country has a unique core competence for a knowledge society.

How is knowledge acquired according to the author?

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Q12:

Passage

Easy

Knowledge has many forms and it is available at many places. It is acquired through education, information, intelligence and experience. It is available in academic institutions, with teachers, in libraries, in research papers, seminar proceedings and in various organizations and workplaces with workers, managers, in drawings, in process sheets and on the shop floors. Knowledge, though closely linked to education, comes equally from learning skills such as those possessed by our artists, craftsmen, hakims, vaidyas, philosophers and saints, as also our housewives. Knowledge plays a very important role in their performance and output too. Our heritage and history, the rituals, epics and traditions that form part our consciousness are also vast resources of knowledge as are our libraries and universities. There is an abundance of unorthodox, earthy wisdom in our villages. There are hidden treasures of knowledge in our environment, in the oceans, bioreserves and deserts, in the plant and animal life. Every state in our country has a unique core competence for a knowledge society.

In the author's opinion, knowledge is available:

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Q13:

Passage

Medium

Knowledge has many forms and it is available at many places. It is acquired through education, information, intelligence and experience. It is available in academic institutions, with teachers, in libraries, in research papers, seminar proceedings and in various organizations and workplaces with workers, managers, in drawings, in process sheets and on the shop floors. Knowledge, though closely linked to education, comes equally from learning skills such as those possessed by our artists, craftsmen, hakims, vaidyas, philosophers and saints, as also our housewives. Knowledge plays a very important role in their performance and output too. Our heritage and history, the rituals, epics and traditions that form part our consciousness are also vast resources of knowledge as are our libraries and universities. There is an abundance of unorthodox, earthy wisdom in our villages. There are hidden treasures of knowledge in our environment, in the oceans, bioreserves and deserts, in the plant and animal life. Every state in our country has a unique core competence for a knowledge society.

Why does the author feel that our history is a vast resource of knowledge?

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Q14:

Passage

Easy

Knowledge has many forms and it is available at many places. It is acquired through education, information, intelligence and experience. It is available in academic institutions, with teachers, in libraries, in research papers, seminar proceedings and in various organizations and workplaces with workers, managers, in drawings, in process sheets and on the shop floors. Knowledge, though closely linked to education, comes equally from learning skills such as those possessed by our artists, craftsmen, hakims, vaidyas, philosophers and saints, as also our housewives. Knowledge plays a very important role in their performance and output too. Our heritage and history, the rituals, epics and traditions that form part our consciousness are also vast resources of knowledge as are our libraries and universities. There is an abundance of unorthodox, earthy wisdom in our villages. There are hidden treasures of knowledge in our environment, in the oceans, bioreserves and deserts, in the plant and animal life. Every state in our country has a unique core competence for a knowledge society.

How is knowledge hidden in nature?

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Q15:

Passage

Medium

Knowledge has many forms and it is available at many places. It is acquired through education, information, intelligence and experience. It is available in academic institutions, with teachers, in libraries, in research papers, seminar proceedings and in various organizations and workplaces with workers, managers, in drawings, in process sheets and on the shop floors. Knowledge, though closely linked to education, comes equally from learning skills such as those possessed by our artists, craftsmen, hakims, vaidyas, philosophers and saints, as also our housewives. Knowledge plays a very important role in their performance and output too. Our heritage and history, the rituals, epics and traditions that form part our consciousness are also vast resources of knowledge as are our libraries and universities. There is an abundance of unorthodox, earthy wisdom in our villages. There are hidden treasures of knowledge in our environment, in the oceans, bioreserves and deserts, in the plant and animal life. Every state in our country has a unique core competence for a knowledge society.

Why is every state in India unique?

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Q16:

Grammar

Easy

Choose the correct option which best expresses the following sentence in Active Voice:

He was appointed chairman.

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Q17:

Grammar

Easy

Choose the correct option which best expresses the following sentence in Passive Voice.

My father will write a letter.

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Q18:

Grammar

Medium

Choose the correct option which best expresses the following same sentence in Indirect speech.

Anil said, "Ali deserved the prize".

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Q19:

Grammar

Easy

Choose the option which best expresses the following sentence in Direct speech:

The speaker said that two wrongs do not make a right.

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Q20:

Rearrangement

Medium

Arrange the various parts of the following sentence in the correct order.

(A) and the coronation od many

(B) have occurred here

(C) westminister Abbey is a large Gothic church

(D) English and British Monarchs

From the given list choose the most appropriate re-arrangement:

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Q21:

Rearrangement

Medium

Given below are four jumbled segments. Select the option that gives their correct order:

(A) the habit of drifting through

(B) or a definite plan for attaining it

(C) the first one is

(D) life without a definite purpose

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q22:

Foreign Words

Easy

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined words.

The Mayor appointed an ad hoc committee to study the project.

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Q23:

Foreign Words

Medium

Choose the correct meaning(s) for the following word: "Malafide"

(A) after death

(B) in remembrance

(C) in bad faith

(D) with deception

(E) in good faith

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q25:

Synonyms

Medium

Select the appropriate meaning of the word: DECIPHER

(A) Confuse

(B) Decode

(C) Negate

(D) Interpret

(E) Inadequate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q26:

Grammar

Medium

Choose the sentence that does not have the articles placed correctly:

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Q28:

Grammar

Easy

Select the most appropriate Exclamatory form of the sentence:

It was very foolish of me to throw my mobile.

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Q29:

Grammar

Medium

Select the most appropriate Exclamatory form of the sentence given below:

I wish I were an astronaut.

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Q32:

Grammar

Medium

Select the most appropriate Modal to be filled in the blank in the sentence given below:

I _________ visit my friend daily when she was in the hospital.

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Q33:

Grammar

Easy

Select the appropriate Modal to fill in the blank in the sentence given below:

Since the remote is with my mother, I _________ not switch on the T.V.

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Q36:

Grammar

Medium

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error:

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Q37:

Grammar

Medium

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error:

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Q38:

Phrasal Verbs

Easy

Complete the following sentence by using a appropriate phrasal verb:

We must try to _________ poverty from the country.

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Q39:

Phrasal Verbs

Easy

Complete the sentence by using an appropriate phrasal verb:

A committee was set up to _________ the problem.

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Q40:

Word Usage

Easy

Match List-I with List-II.

List-IList-II
(A) Weather(I) Making no noise
(B) Whether(II) If
(C) Quiet(III) Wholly or completely
(D) Quite(IV) Climate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q41:

Rearrangement

Medium

Arrange the following segments to create a meaningful:

(A) of a great amphitheatre of hills

(B) of any kind in sight

(C) I was sitting on the south edge

(D) without a habitation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q43:

Antonyms

Hard

Select the appropriate Antonym of the word HAGGARD

(A) Robust

(B) Emaciated

(C) Gaunt

(D) Lively

(E) Heinous

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q44:

Grammar

Medium

Identify the sentence in which an Adverb of Manner has been used:

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Q45:

Word Usage

Medium

Replace the underlines words in List-I with a single Adverb from List-II

List-IList-II
(A) In terms of technique she is very competent.(I) Theoretically
(B) It is reasonable and sensible that the money should be divided between her sons.(II) Technically
(C) It is possible that we could work on Sunday, but we'd be exhausted.(III) Traditionally
(D) It is the custom that the festival is held on the last weekend in May.(IV) Logically

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q47:

Grammar

Hard

Select the correct option to make the (grammatically correct) sentence.

_________ we had to cancel the trip.

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Q48:

Idioms

Medium

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom:

CROSSING THE RUBICON

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Q50:

Grammar

Medium

Identify the Adjective clause in the following sentence:

A man whose habits are industrious, is sure to succeed.

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