PAPER-III: ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

Directions (51-53)  Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and blacken the rectangle corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If there is no error, blacken the rectangle in the answer sheet.

51. The number of students (A)/ in schools and colleges (B)/ increase every year. (C)/ No error (D) 

52. All streets are encumbered (A)/ by debris so they (B)/ emit fetid smell. (C)/ No error (D)

53. Despite of his hard (A)/ labour Suman did not (B)/ attain requisite marks. (C)/ No error (D)

Directions (54-57) Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and blacken the appropriate rectangle in the answer sheet.

54. He has no motive in offering this advice.

A) posterior 

B) prior

C) interior

D) ulterior

55. _______ of the leaders is the most popular in India?

A) who 

B) whom 

C) which 

D) what

56.  I _____ my students for coming late.

A) rebuked

B) applaused

C) criticised

D) provoked

57. He did not lend us money _______he was rich.

A) because 

B) as if 

C) however

D) as though

Directions (58-59): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which expresses the right meaning of the given word and blacken the appropriate rectangle in the answer sheet.

58. HINDRANCE:

A) obstacle 

B) resouces

C)  hedge 

D) ban

59. RESPLENDENT:

A) curse

B) generosity

C) greed

D) brilliant

Directions (60-61): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

60. Adamant

A) yielding

B) permissive

C) liberal

D) tolerant

61. Incredible

A) credulous

B) probable

C) possible

D) creditable

Directions ; In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

62. to fall back on

A) to oppose something important

B) to suffer an injury on the back in an accident

C) to fail to do something important in time

D) to seek support out of necessity

63. to make one’s blood boil

A) to make somebody furious

B) to develop fever

C) to get excited

D) to make someone nervous

Directions : A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives of the underlined part as A, B and C. Which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement needed, your answer is D. Blacken the appropriate rectangle in the answer sheet

64. He has come twenty minutes ago.

(A) had come

(B) will come

(C) came

(D) No Improvement

65. The book is consisted of

(A) consisted with

(B) consisted at

(C) constited from

(D) No improvement

66. Not to speak of literature he does not understand prose.

(A) what to speak

(B) why to speak

(C) not speaking

(D) No improvement

Directions (67-68): Choose one word substitution out of the four alternatives and blacken the rectangle.

67. Placing a thing beside another:

(A) impose

(B) repose

(C) expose

(D) juxtapose

68. Free from the system of rebirth :

(A) emancipation

(B) salvage

(C) liberty

(D) autonomy

Directions (69-70): In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

69. Find the correctly spelt word.

A) Correspondant 

B) Corraspondent

C) Corraspondant 

D) Correspondent

70. Find the correctly spelt word.

A) Deceit 

B) Deceipt 

C) Decept 

D) Deciept

Directions (71-75): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given and blacken your answer sheet.  

The main argument put forward in seeking pay increase isthe cost of living. The cost of living is (71) on the  retail price index and so takes (72) of inflation. In many (73) salary increase could  be inflationary, as it is (74) necessarily based on the ability of the employer to pay or on (75) increases.

71. (A) secured (B based 

      (C) directed (D) half

72. (A notice.  (B) account 

      (C) matter  (D) cares

73. (A) theories (B) books 

      (C) styles.     (D) cases

74. (A) seldom  (B) not 

      (C) always    (D) sometimes

75. (A) salary (B) staff 

      (C) cost     (D) inflation 

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