Directions (Q.1-15): Read the following passage to answer the given questions. Some words in the passage are given in italics to help you locate them while answering some of the question.
In June of 1994, briefly in London, I asked my host, Gopal Gandhi, to accompany me on a trip to Marx’s grave in Highgate cemetery. We set off on a warm Saturday afternoon, by tube, to Highgate station. We came out of the station into the sun, and proceeded to ask the first man we saw for directions to the cemetery.
“Climb the stairs onto the main road, and turn right,” he said. “It is about two hundred yards away, on your right-you can’t miss it.” We did as we were told, and started walking. A vista of houses and shops, street-fronted, was all we saw on both sides of the road. A park on the right briefly intervened, but there was no sign of any graves within. We walked on, down a gently sloping road, talking, as two Indians would, of Marx and Mahatma Gandhi.
I told Gopal the story of how Gandhi, in his 75th year, tried to read Das Kapital while interred in the Aga Khan’s Palace in Poona in 1942-43, but found the going too difficult and gave up after the daunting first chapter on commodity fetishism. Gopal told me, in turn, the story of a press conference conducted by Gandhi’s successor, Vinoba Bhave, at the height of the “Bhoodan” movement. Vinoba was asked the difference between Gandhism and communism, and he answered, “Communism is Gandhism plus Violence.” This quick-witted reply pleased the reporters, but afterwards the sage was brought down to earth by Jayaprakash Narayan, who challenged him, “If Communism is Gandhism plus Violence, is Gandhism but Communism minus Violence?”
We talked, and walked, till the two hundred yards became two thousand. The houses were now set further apart from the road, visibly newer and with well-kept lawns – we were in suburbia. We had been the victims, we realized, of an ill-informed if all-knowing guide. Then we spied a petrol pump, the equivalent in London of the paanwallah, so to speak, the station where everybody calls and where the employees make it their business to know every local landmark.
“Here is where we shall find out,” said both of us to-gether, and walked in. An adorable old lady sitting behind the counter told us we would have to go all the way back to where we began. “Just before you reach the tube station,” she said, “take the curving road to the right, climb Highgate hill and there is the cemetery, on the left, as you go over the crest. You can’t miss it.” And then, as we thanked her and went out of the door, “Give Marx my love.”
We retraced our steps. Highgate hill proved to be a hard and surprisingly steep climb. I had not realized that London could have slopes as steep as any in Shimla. The day was hot, and I was overdressed, guided by my learned notions of an English summer day, as mistaken apparently as my notion of the English landscape. The sweat dripped through my shirt on to my jacket, and I began to feel desperately thirsty, almost dehydrated. I yearned for a cold drink, but was too diffident to suggest it to Gopal, somehow feeling it would be contrary to the spirit of the ascetic Gandhi and the austere Marx.
At last we reached the top of the hill, and began our descent. We passed older houses, once again, with the odd sign marking the imminent redevelopment of some of them as apartment blocks. A post office, and a bank, but still no cemetery. Suddenly my mind recalled an essay by the Oxford historian Richard Cobb, about a walk through the streets of Paris in search of the grave of the French historian Albert Soboul. Cobb had as his companion a Chinese colleague, who had never met Soboul but worshipped him as the great Marxist interpreter of the French Revolution. The Englishman had known the historian well, as something of a charlatan in real life, a feckless husband and inventor of imaginary tales about his heroism in the Resistance, but he could not bring himself to tell his Chinese friend the truth.
1. What quest did the author set out for?
a) Acquaintance with the tenets of Marxism b) Journey to Marx’s grave
c) Fathoming of the Englishmen’s awareness
d) Exploration of the relationship between the two Gandhis e) None of these
2. Which of the following is true from the passage?
a) One Indian talked of One Indian b) One Indian talked of two Indians c) Two Indians talked of one Indian
d) Three Indians talked of two Indians
e) Two Indians talked of three Indians.
3. What do you infer from the passage about the following statement: “Gandhi read and enjoyed Das Kapital”?
a) Definitely true b) Probably true c) Can’t be said
d) Definitely false e) Probably false
4. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning of the word daunting as used in the passage?
a) beautiful b) violating c) encouraging d) murdering
e) treacherous
5. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word tube as used in the passage?
a) fluorescent lamp b) rubber pipe c) spoke
d) underground train e) tyre
6. Which of the following does the author think?
a) Communism is Gandhism plus Violence.
b) Gandhism is Communism minus Violence.
c) Gandhism and Communism are equal.
d) None of the above is clear form the passage. e) None of these
7. If you are in London, in search of a new address, who will you turn to?
a) paanwallah b) petrol pump c) any local man
d) an old lady e) None of these
8. Why did the author wear more clothes than necessary?
a) He was on a long journey b) The books he had read had misguided him.
c) The landscape demanded a wariness on his part
d) The sweat dripped through his shirt. e) None of these
9. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning of the word adorable as used in the passage?
a) traceable b) ugly c) young d) damnable
e) incorrigible
10. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word descent as used in the passage?
a) bottom b) sophisticated c) return d) abomination
e) climbdown
11. Why did the author not suggest Gopal Gandhi for a cold drink?
a) Gopal Gandhi did not feel as hot. b) The author is a coward
c) Cold drinks are consumer goods.
d) The author did not want to deprive Gandhi and Marx from sharing it.
e) None of these
12. While walking himself, whose walk did the author remember?
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Karl Marx c) Albert Soboul d) Richard Cobb
e) None of these
13. How would you classify Albert Soboul?
a) a man who professed truth b) an irresponsible husband
c) a real hero d) a historian with a Chinese point of view
e) None of these
14. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning to the word crest as used in the passage?
a) tail b) trough c) foothill d) hill e) mountain
15. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the word imminent as used in the passage?
a) eminent b) immediate c) future d) impending
e) forward
Directions (Q.16-20): Fill up the blanks with the choice which is the most appropriate.
16. Probing the _____ of life in India, Mark Tully takes the reader _______ into the country he has made his home, in his latest book, The Heart of India.
a) colours, across b) shades, straight c) strata, quick
d) nuances, deep e) strategy, vigorously
17. After the _______ success of his autobiography Straight UP, Arthur Daley is back with his second ______ into the world of letters: Back to Basics.
a) miserable, effort b) happy, trip c) diligent, career
d) swashbuckling, work e) runaway, foray
18. A writer-psychoanalyst ___ into the human psyche and ______ his observations.
a) explains, emits b) delves, pens c) explores, enters
d) looks, writes e) confides, declares.
19. His academic career was ______ by four years of military service in the First World War, an __ that pushed him to escape from the contours of traditional academic endeavour.
a) troubled, enigma b) thwarted, anathema c) supported, episode
d) interrupted, experience e) assisted, activity.
20. Jones has been around high-level politics at West-minister since 1968, when _ with what now seems the ____ reporter’s skill of immaculate shorthand, he became humble Times parliamentary reporter.
a) established, ancient b) satisfied, futile c) backed, correct
d) equipped, antediluvian e) enjoined, antiquarian
Directions (Q.21-30): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which first the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Baldness has long been a 21 subject among those no longer 22 flourishing heads of hair. But being bald is now in 23, according to one image consultant who is 24 claims by psychologists that bald men feel 25 and are less likely to succeed in life than their 26 colleagues. In recent years, some celebrities have gone out of their way to 27 their baldness, including Graham Gooch, Elton John and Bruce Forsyth, Others seem quite happy to be bald; in fact, baldness 28 them. Sean Connery, one of Britain’s sexiest men, is a 29 example. Lack of hair has no 30 the success of other screen stars such as Bruce Willis and John Malkovich.
21. a) romantic b) controversial c) finicky d) bristly
e) glaring
22. a) wearing b) brandishing c) exposing d) sporting
e) shining
23. a) currency b) toto c) vogue d) practice
e) detail
24. a) fighting b) cracking c) supporting d) disputing
e) counting
25. a) macho b) comfortable c) angry d) unattractive
e) hypothetical
26. a) hairy b) feathery c) hirsute d) darker
e) fairer
27. a) ignore b) underplay c) cover d) expose
e) show
28. a) splits b) becomes c) annoys d) decorates e) adorns
29. a) certain b) flimsy c) minor d) prime
e) clear
30. a) felt b) occupied c) established d) antagonised
e) affected
Directions: (Q.31-40): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1),2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
31. History has ______ demonstrated that monopolies hurt customers and actually _____ a very high cost burden on the economy.
a) partly, define b) avowedly, bargain c) amply, impose
d) earnestly hurt e) extensively, find
32. The wide and serious __________ of a national response to the Kashmiri demand for autonomy should not be
a) consequence, tolerated b) ramification, agreed
c) aftermath, welcomed d) atmospherics, adhered
e) implications, overlooked.
33. India and China are trying to give a new ______ to their _____ relations.
a) platform, core b) impetus, bilateral c) dimension , stretched
d) alternative, concerned e) spirit, collapse
34. Trade between the two countries had earlier achieved a ______ when they _____ an agreement in 1984 for mutual cooperation in various areas.
a) momentum, called b) deadlock made c) flashpoint, demarcated
d) standpoint, inked e) breakthrough, signed
35. The small sector is ___ up and contributing to the national economy in no small ____.
a) gearing, measure b) vying, effort c) heading, exercise
d) soaring, tactics e) bouncing, way
36. In very remote areas____ radio may not be available and satellite communications may be the only ______.
a) modern, notion b) outdated, source c) distinct, hope
d) conventional, option e) frequently, way out
37. After the freedom, politics ____ to be a means of service but instead became a source of _____ gain.
a) vanished, political b) ceased, material c) stopped, power
d) halted, corrupt e) diminished, commercial
38. What has been affecting the progress of ______ of elementary education ins not only shortage of funds but also _____ in expenditure in various programmes.
a) speed, mismanagement b) spread, allocation
c) universalisation, extravagance d) momentum, corruption
e) pace, deprivation
39. The military and paramilitary personnel must be _____ with proper ___ to uphold basic human values.
a) trained, awareness b) educated, skill c) supervised, humanity
d) humanized, training e) deployed, utility
40. Copyright law in an ___ of digital publishing _____ many challenges.
a) atmosphere, confronts b) era, poses c) age, tackles
d) array, faces e) arena, fears
Directions (Q.41-45): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error the answer is (5) Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
41. a) It is time the / b) police personnels were /
c) well educated and informed / d) of both do’s and don’t’s e) No error
42. a) Custodial deaths are / b) often due to mainly /
c) excessive beating of / d) suspected criminals / e) No error
43. a) The challenges left / b) by the growth of /
c) cyberspace are both d) novel and fascinating. e) No error
44. a) Shortage of space / b) is a major constraint /
c) in segregating various / e) categories of criminals/ e) No error
45. a) The police and prisons / b) are attempting to treat /
c) the symptoms rather d) the diseases effectively/ e) No error
Directions (Q.46-50): In the following questions, the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts named P, Q, Rand S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts, arrange them properly and find out which of the five combinations given below is appropriate, and mark it as your answer.
46. 1) The summit will give us
A) a historic opportunity to focus B) on the need for
C) evolving a common cyber law D) the attention of the world community
E) for mankind
a) PQRS b) PSQR c) SQRP d) SQPR e) SRQP
47. 1) Assuming that cyberspace
A) the related problem B) is identifying the
C) should be regulated or governed D) which has to be addressed
E) actors in cyberspace
a) RPSQ b) QPRS c) QPSR d) RPQS e) SRPQ
48. 1) Different nations have reacted
A) based on their perception B) posed by cyber space
C) differently to the problems D) of what was necessary
E) to protect their national interest
a) PQRS b) PRSQ c) RQPS d) SPQR e) SRPQ
49. 1) Since cyber squatting results in
A) consumer fraud and public confusion B) impairing the economy by depriving
C) the legitimate trademark owners of D) substantial revenues and goodwill,
E) many domain name disputes are arising in cyberspace.
50. 1) To address this problem
A) the problem of dealing B) lawyers who had to tackle
C) the experience of corporate D) it may be worth emulating
E) with corporate criminal liability.
a) QPSR b) SQPR c) RQPS d) SRQP e) QRSP
ANSWERS
1.b 2.e 3.d 4.c 5.d 6.d 7.b 8.b 9.d 10.e 11.c 12.d 13.b 14.b 15.d 16.d 17.e 18.b 19.d 20.d 21.d 22.d 23.c 24.d 25.d 26.c 27.c 28.b 29.d 30.e 31.c 32.e 33.b 34.e 35.a 36.d 37.b 38.c 39.d 40.b 41.b 42.b 43.a 44.e 45.c 46.b 47.a 48.c 49e 50.d
EXPLANATIONS
41.b; ‘Personnel’ in itself is a plural word. So it is wrong to add ‘s’ to it.
42.b; The order should be “often mainly due to”.
43.a; Challenges are ‘posted’ and never ‘left’ So, substitute ‘left’ with posted’.
45.c; The word ‘than’ should be used after ‘rather’.
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