Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.

The book was libelous, so the publishers had to call upon all copies of it from the bookshops.

Choose the correct active voice statement of the given passive voice sentence.

The cake was baked by my grandmother.

Complete the given analogy

Kashmir:Pakistan::Taiwan: _______

Establish the cause and effect relationship

I: Importance of Yoga and exercise is being realized by all sections of the society.

II: There is an increasing awareness about health in the society particularly among middle age group of people.

Which of the following is an appropriate synonym for the word

Conceited

Direction: The following question carries a statement with two blanks. From the given options, choose the best synonym and antonym combination that can fit in the blanks respectively, to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

While there was much to _________ in the show, there was also, alas, much to ___________

Direction: In the following question, a word is given, which has been used in the three statements given below it. Identify the statement(s) in which the word fits contextually to convey a logical meaning.

Litter

1)The capacity of this tank is 1500 litters.

2)In the small basket Rakesh saw a litter of three kittens sleeping peacefully.

3) She said in a low voice that was a lot of litter on the streets behind their house.

Direction: The following question carries a sentence with an idiom/ phrase marked in bold. Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Davis finds out what's happened to his precious cargo.

Choose the word from the following options which is opposite in meaning to the other words

Read the passage given below and answer the questions accordingly. Some words in the passage may have been altered to provide a better understanding of the question.

I came across something in our bathroom the other day that has occupied my thoughts off and on ever since.

It was a little dispenser of dental floss.

It isn't the floss itself that is of interest to me but that the container has a toll-free number printed on it. You can

call the company's Floss Hotline twenty-four hours a day. But here is the question: Why would you need to? I

keep imagining some guy calling up and saying in an anxious voice, "OK, I've got the floss. Now what?" As a

rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not

ready for this level of oral hygiene.

My curiosity aroused, I had a look through all our cupboards and discovered with interest that nearly all

household products these days carry a hotline number. You can, it appears, call up for guidance on how to use

soap and shampoo, gain helpful tips on where to store ice cream so that it doesn't melt and run out of the

bottom of the container, and receive professional advice on parts of your body to which you can most

successfully and stylishly apply nail polish. ("So let me get this straight. You're saying not on my forehead?")

For those who do not have access to a telephone, or who perhaps have a telephone but have not yet mastered

its use, most products also carry helpful printed tips such as "Remove Shells Before Eating" (on peanuts) and

"Caution: Do Not Re-Use as Beverage Container" (on a bleach bottle). We recently bought an electric iron that

admonished us, among other things, not to use it in conjunction with explosive materials. In a broadly similar

vein, I read a couple of weeks ago that computer software companies are considering rewriting the instruction

"Strike Any Key When Ready" because so many people have been calling in to say they cannot find the "Any"

key.

Until a few days ago, my instinct would have been to chortle richly at people who need this sort of elemental

guidance, but then three things happened that made me modify my views.

First, I read in the paper how John Smoltz, the Atlanta Braves star, showed up at a training session one day with

a painful-looking welt across his chest and, when pressed for an explanation, sheepishly admitted that he had

tried to iron a shirt while he was wearing it.

Second, it occurred to me that although I have never done anything quite so foolish as that, it was only because

I had not thought of it.

Third, and perhaps most conclusively, two nights ago I went out to run two small errands - specifically, to buy

some pipe tobacco and mail some letters. I bought the tobacco, carried it straight across the street to a mailbox,

opened the lid, and deposited it. I won't tell you how far I walked before it dawned on me that this was not a

100 percent correct execution of my original plans.

You see my problem. People who need labels on mailboxes saying "Not for Deposit of Tobacco or Other

Personal Items" can't very well smirk at others, even those who iron their chests or have to seek lathering

guidance from a shampoo hotline.

I mentioned all this at dinner the other night and was appalled to see the enthusiasm and alacrity with which all

the members of the family began suggesting labels that would be particularly suitable for me, like "Caution:

When Door Says 'Pull' It's Absolutely No Use Pushing" and "Warning: Do Not Attempt to Remove Sweater Over

Head While Walking Among Chairs and Tables." A particular favorite was "Caution: Ensure That Shirt Buttons

Are in Correct Holes Before Leaving House." This went on for some hours.

I concede that I am somewhat inept with regard to memory, personal grooming, walking through low doorways,

and much else, but the thing is, it's my genes.

What's the tone of the passage?

Read the passage given below and answer the questions accordingly. Some words in the passage may have been altered to provide a better understanding of the question.

I came across something in our bathroom the other day that has occupied my thoughts off and on ever since.

It was a little dispenser of dental floss.

It isn't the floss itself that is of interest to me but that the container has a toll-free number printed on it. You can

call the company's Floss Hotline twenty-four hours a day. But here is the question: Why would you need to? I

keep imagining some guy calling up and saying in an anxious voice, "OK, I've got the floss. Now what?" As a

rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not

ready for this level of oral hygiene.

My curiosity aroused, I had a look through all our cupboards and discovered with interest that nearly all

household products these days carry a hotline number. You can, it appears, call up for guidance on how to use

soap and shampoo, gain helpful tips on where to store ice cream so that it doesn't melt and run out of the

bottom of the container, and receive professional advice on parts of your body to which you can most

successfully and stylishly apply nail polish. ("So let me get this straight. You're saying not on my forehead?")

For those who do not have access to a telephone, or who perhaps have a telephone but have not yet mastered

its use, most products also carry helpful printed tips such as "Remove Shells Before Eating" (on peanuts) and

"Caution: Do Not Re-Use as Beverage Container" (on a bleach bottle). We recently bought an electric iron that

admonished us, among other things, not to use it in conjunction with explosive materials. In a broadly similar

vein, I read a couple of weeks ago that computer software companies are considering rewriting the instruction

"Strike Any Key When Ready" because so many people have been calling in to say they cannot find the "Any"

key.

Until a few days ago, my instinct would have been to chortle richly at people who need this sort of elemental

guidance, but then three things happened that made me modify my views.

First, I read in the paper how John Smoltz, the Atlanta Braves star, showed up at a training session one day with

a painful-looking welt across his chest and, when pressed for an explanation, sheepishly admitted that he had

tried to iron a shirt while he was wearing it.

Second, it occurred to me that although I have never done anything quite so foolish as that, it was only because

I had not thought of it.

Third, and perhaps most conclusively, two nights ago I went out to run two small errands - specifically, to buy

some pipe tobacco and mail some letters. I bought the tobacco, carried it straight across the street to a mailbox,

opened the lid, and deposited it. I won't tell you how far I walked before it dawned on me that this was not a

100 percent correct execution of my original plans.

You see my problem. People who need labels on mailboxes saying "Not for Deposit of Tobacco or Other

Personal Items" can't very well smirk at others, even those who iron their chests or have to seek lathering

guidance from a shampoo hotline.

I mentioned all this at dinner the other night and was appalled to see the enthusiasm and alacrity with which all

the members of the family began suggesting labels that would be particularly suitable for me, like "Caution:

When Door Says 'Pull' It's Absolutely No Use Pushing" and "Warning: Do Not Attempt to Remove Sweater Over

Head While Walking Among Chairs and Tables." A particular favorite was "Caution: Ensure That Shirt Buttons

Are in Correct Holes Before Leaving House." This went on for some hours.

I concede that I am somewhat inept with regard to memory, personal grooming, walking through low doorways,

and much else, but the thing is, it's my genes.

What does the author condemn?

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

It was a dappled three-storied house, away from the (1) alleys of Benaras. There was a profound tranquillity about it. Set in the heart of a lush garden, you could stretch your arms from a window and caress a (2) parrot. A small amphitheatre hosted many (3) under the starlit sky. And then there was a room with elegant French windows - the taalim room. At least twenty men and women spent hours there, (4) in their music. The sitar, slide guitar, vocals, sarod, santoor, tabla - all rising to the didactic call of Ravi Shankar, who sat on a raised platform, singing, playing his sitar, instructing. The Guru would sometimes smile, sometimes frown, but he would not relent until every single disciple who had gathered at Hemangana, from all over the world,had (5) his every single musical utterance.

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

It was a dappled three-storied house, away from the (1) alleys of Benaras. There was a profound tranquillity about it. Set in the heart of a lush garden, you could stretch your arms from a window and caress a (2) parrot. A small amphitheatre hosted many (3) under the starlit sky. And then there was a room with elegant French windows - the taalim room. At least twenty men and women spent hours there, (4) in their music. The sitar, slide guitar, vocals, sarod, santoor, tabla - all rising to the didactic call of Ravi Shankar, who sat on a raised platform, singing, playing his sitar, instructing. The Guru would sometimes smile, sometimes frown, but he would not relent until every single disciple who had gathered at Hemangana, from all over the world,had (5) his every single musical utterance.

Direction: In the given question, there are four statements A, B, C and D that have to be arranged in a logical order to make a paragraph between 1 and 6.

1) In a move that will encourage banks to lend more for housing and possibly make high-value home loans cheaper, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday reduced the capital requirement for home loans.

A) The repo rate is the rate at which it lends to banks, while the reverse repo is the facility through which it borrows from banks.

B) It also retained the cash reserve requirement (CRR) at 4%.

C) The RBI has also improved the lendable resources of banks by Rs 50,000 crore by reducing the proportion of deposits that banks have to invest in government bonds.

D) In its monetary policy review, the RBI retained the repo rate at 6.25% and the reverse repo rate at 6%.

6) Significantly, however, the RBI cut its projection for consumer inflation to 2-3.5% in the April to September period, down from 4.5%, and to 3.5-4.5% in October to March, down from 5%.

Each question has an underlined word followed by four answer choices. You will choose the word that is a necessary part of the underlined word.

Language

Choose the odd one out

Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the speaker's argument?

Giving children computers in grade school is a waste of money and teachers time. These children are too young to learn how to use computers effectively and need to spend time on learning the basics, like arithmetic and reading. After all, a baby has to crawl before she can walk.

What is the full form of API?

Choose the sentence with correct spelling