Merit Students Time: 1 Hr. BITSAT - ENGLISH Total Marks: 50 ______Q 1: In the following question some alternatives are replace the word printed in bold without changing the meaning of suggested for the idiom / phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the sentence. the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase The cyclone had blown some of the cars on to funny places. in bold. a) Irregular His oily tongue has won him promotion b) Odd a) Flattery c) Humorous b) Fluency in speech d) Cranky c) Soft speech Q 9: The following question, choose the alternative which can d) Word power replace the word printed in bold without changing the meaning of Q 2: In the following question an idiomatic expression a proverb the sentence. has been given. Choose the one which best expresses the The police need tangible proof of his guilt before they can act meaning of the given idiom or proverb. against him. Something up one's sleeve a) Emphatic a) A profitable plan b) Clear and certain b) Something important c) Convincing c) A grand idea d) Strong d) A secret plan Q 10: The following question, choose the alternative which can Q 3: In the following question some alternatives are suggested replace the word printed in bold without changing the meaning of for the idiom / phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the one the sentence. which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase in bold. Corruption stalks every sphere of national life. It is high time that India did something about the population a) Pollutes problem b) Poisons a) Appropriate time c) Pervades b) Already late d) Penetrates c) Auspicious moment Q 11: The following question, choose the alternative which can d) Desired occasion replace the word printed in bold without changing the meaning of Q 4: In the following question some alternatives are suggested the sentence. for the idiom / phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the one The opposition made a strident demand for putting the bill to which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase in bold. vote. In life, we have to take the rough with the smooth a) Vociferous a) Accept unpleasant as well as pleasant things b) Powerful b) Make unpleasant things better c) Courageous c) Be tough in order to be successful d) Brave d) Use pleasant words to make things smooth Q 12: The following question, choose the alternative which can Q 5: Pick out the correct synonyms for the following words. replace the word printed in bold without changing the meaning of Myopic the sentence. a) Astigmatic He had to curtail his leave as a lot of work was pending in his office. b) Cross-eyed c) Blind a) Shorten d) Short-sighted b) Postpone c) Cancel Q 6: Pick out the correct synonyms for the following words. Terse d) Extend a) Holy Q 13: The following sentence, a word has been printed in bold. Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which is closest to b) Compact the opposite in meaning of the bold word. c) Local The influence of political broadcasts on elections is d) Shrewd considerable. Q 7: Choose one alternative which is opposite in meaning to the a) Negligible given word. b) Insignificant Leap c) Inadequate a) Immerse d) Uninfluential b) Fall Q 14: The following sentence, a word has been printed in bold. c) Plunge Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which is closest to d) Sink the opposite in meaning of the bold word. Q 8: The following question, choose the alternative which can The Minister is optimistic about the new project just launched. ______Contact No. 9766616435 Page 1 of 5 a) Pessimistic b) Homeopathy b) Cynical c) Dermatology c) Stoical d) Orthopaedics d) Dubious Q 22: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be Q 15: The following sentence, a word has been printed in bold. substituted for the given words / sentences. Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which is closest to Person who believes that God is everything and everything is the opposite in meaning of the bold word. God His writings have been much eulogized by Indian scholars. a) Pantheist a) Disapproved b) Pantechnicon b) Disparaged c) Agnostic c) Condemned d) Theist d) Flouted Q 23: A word has been written in four different ways out of which Q 16: The following sentence, a word has been printed in bold. only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word. Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which is closest to a) Obsession the opposite in meaning of the bold word. b) Ossessien The committee set about making provisional arrangements for c) Obssesion the annual conference. d) Obssession a) Permanent Q 24: A word has been written in four different ways out of which b) Lasting only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word. c) Unconditional a) Lackadaisicle d) Abiding b) Lackdaisical Q 17: (I) Some of the African immigrants indulge in smuggling c) Lackadaisical in our country. d) Lackadisical (II) Many emigrants from India have settled in America. Q 25: A word has been written in four different ways out of which a) If only sentence I is correct only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word. b) If only sentence II is correct a) Sacriligious c) If both the sentence I and II are correct b) Sacreligious d) If I as well II are incorrect, but both could be made correct c) Sacrilegeous by interchanging the bold words d) Sacrilegious e) If neither I nor II is correct and the sentence could not be made correct by interchanging the bold words. Q 26: Some words are given, one of which may be wrongly spelt. Find out that word where the spelling is wrong. If all the Q 18: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be words are spelt correctly your answer is (e) i.e. all correct. substituted for the given words / sentences. A sea abounding in islands a) Magnificient a) Ocean b) Magnify b) Gulf c) Magnanimous c) Strait d) Magnetism d) Archipelago Q 27: Some words are given, one of which may be wrongly spelt. Find out that word where the spelling is wrong. If all the Q 19: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be words are spelt correctly your answer is (e) i.e. all correct. substituted for the given words / sentences. A drawing on transparent paper - a) Recitation a) Negative b) Recapitulation b) Transparency c) Repeatition c) Red print d) Renunciation d) Blue print Q 28: Some words are given, one of which may be wrongly spelt. Find out that word where the spelling is wrong. If all the Q 20: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be words are spelt correctly your answer is (e) i.e. all correct. substituted for the given words / sentences. One who sacrifices his life for a cause a) Survey a) Martyr b) Sureptitious b) Patriot c) Surround c) Soldier d) Surveillance d) Revolutionary Q 29: Pick out the correct synonyms for the following words. Besieged Q 21: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentences. a) Troubled Medical study of the skin and its diseases b) Destroyed a) Venereology ______Contact No. 9766616435 Page 2 of 5 c) Encircled waiting upon them. d) Skirted R. Yet he has grown so dependent on them that they have Q 30: Choose one alternative which is opposite in meaning to almost become the masters now. the given word. S. It is very true that they were made for the sole purpose of Tentative being man's servants. a) Developed . And if they don't get their meals when they expect them, b) Final they will just refuse to work. c) Immediate a) SPQR d) Urgent b) SRQP Q 31: Choose one alternative which is opposite in meaning to c) RSPQ the given word. d) RSQP Acquit Q 36: In this type of questions six sentences are given and a) Punish labelled . P, Q, R, S and and are the first and the b) Indict last sentences of a paragraph respectively. The middle four c) Confirm sentences viz. P, Q, R, and S are given in a jumbled order. It is d) Blame required to arrange these four sentences in a meaningful Q 32: Choose one alternative which is opposite in meaning to sequence and then choose the correct order from among the the given word. alternatives provided. Valuable . In a good many cases unnecessary timidity makes the a) Lowly trouble worse than it need be. b) Worthless P. I am not, of course, thinking of extreme forms of defiance. c) Inferior Q. If you show that you are afraid of them, you give promise of d) Invaluable good hunting, whereas if you show indifference, they begin to Q 33: Choose one alternative which is opposite in meaning to doubt their own power and therefore, tend to let you alone. the given word. R. A god will bark more loudly and bite more easily when people Forbid are afraid of him than when they treat him with contempt, and a) Celebrate the human herd has something of this same characteristics. b) Permit S. Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who c) Provoke obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it. d) Appreciate . If you hold in Delhi the views that are conventional in Delhi, Q 34: The question are provided with the first and last parts of a you must accept the consequences. sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts a) QPRS labelled P, Q, R and S. Arrange these parts so as to form a b) RPQS complete meaningful sentence. c) QPRS It is not, therefore P. That I pay a tribute d) RSPQ Q. To conductors as a class Q 37: In this type of questions six sentences are given and R. With any feeling of unfriendliness labelled . P, Q, R, S and and are the first and the S. to a particular member of that class. last sentences of a paragraph respectively. The middle four a) RQPS sentences viz. P, Q, R, and S are given in a jumbled order. It is b) RSPQ required to arrange these four sentences in a meaningful c) PQRS sequence and then choose the correct order from among the d) PSRQ alternatives provided. Q 35: In this type of questions six sentences are given and . The mail is first collected from different letter boxes. labelled . P, Q, R, S and and are the first and the P. From there it is sent to the head post office. last sentences of a paragraph respectively. The middle four Q. It is then sorted out at the sorting office. sentences viz. P, Q, R, and S are given in a jumbled order. It is R. The mail is again sorted out at the head office by the required to arrange these four sentences in a meaningful concerned beat postman. sequence and then choose the correct order from among the S. The sorted mail is sent to the zonal post office. alternatives provided. . Finally it is delivered to us. . We do not know whether the machines are the masters or a) RPQS we are. b) RSQP P. They must be given or rather 'fed' with coal and given petrol to c) QPRS drink from time to time. d) QSPR Q. Already man spends most of his time looking after and Q 38: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in ______Contact No. 9766616435 Page 3 of 5 the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and a) B then answer the question below. b) D A. Marie Curie's discovery of radium led to much improved c) A treatment for cancer. d) E B. It has helped man to live a more comfortable life. C. However, its how we use a thing that makes it 'good' or 'bad'. e) C D. The benefits conferred on the world in general by science Q 42: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in have been manifold and varied. the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and E. But the eventual discovery of the full properties of radium and then answer the question below. uranium has brought great destruction in its train. A. A study to this effect suggests that the average white-collar F. No educated man would deny this but many would point out worker demonstrates only about twenty five percent listening that it has brought evils as well as blessings. efficiency. Which of the following will be the fifth sentence? B. however, for trained and good listeners it is not unusual to see a) A all the three approaches during a setting, thus improving listening efficiency. b) B C. There are three approaches to listening; listening for c) C comprehension, listening for empathy, and listening for d) D evaluation. e) E D. Although we spend nearly half of each communication Q 39: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in interaction listening, we do not listen well. the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and E. Each approach has a particular emphasis that may help us to then answer the question below. receive and process information in different settings. A. Modern science has produced some good drugs for these Which sentence should come last in the paragraph? ailments. a) A B. Heart ailments are very common these days. b) B C. So I always prefer taking milk these days as it contains no fat. c) C D. But his can also be prevented by taking fatless food. d) D E. That is why people call this era as the age of heart troubles. Which of the following should be the third sentence? e) E a) B Q 43: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and b) D then answer the question below. c) A A. The alternative was a blitz by the health workers to popularize d) E preventive measures. e) C B. This information was considered inadequate. Q 40: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in C. People have been reading about AIDS in the mass media. the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and D. Nobody is sure so to how effective this would be. then answer the question below. E. People were also not being influenced enough to take A. Modern science has produced some good drugs for these preventive measures. ailments. Which sentence should come first in the paragraph? B. Heart ailments are very common these days. a) C C. So I always prefer taking milk these days as it contains no fat. b) D D. But his can also be prevented by taking fatless food. c) B E. That is why people call this era as the age of heart troubles. d) E Which of the following should be the second sentence? e) A a) B Q 44: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in b) D the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and c) A then answer the question below. d) E A. A case in point is the programme involving the Sardar Sarovar e) C Dam which would displace about 2,00, 000 people. Q 41: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in B. Critics decry the fact that a major development institution the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and appears to absorb more capital than it distributes to borrowers. then answer the question below. C. For all its faults critics, however concede that the bank A. Modern science has produced some good drugs for these remains a relatively efficient instrument for distribution of ailments. development aid money. B. Heart ailments are very common these days. D. One of the key complaints focuses on this non profit bank's C. So I always prefer taking milk these days as it contains no fat. recent "profitability". D. But his can also be prevented by taking fatless food. E. Although the lives of millions of people around the globe have E. That is why people call this era as the age of heart troubles. been improved by the bank's activities, it is now under fire. Which of the following should be the last sentence? F. The bank is also being blamed for large scale involuntary ______Contact No. 9766616435 Page 4 of 5 resettlement to make way for dams and other construction made the plane roll into a high speed turn. projects. E. Hardly had he responded to the message when he actually Which sentence should come first in the paragraph? saw what every fighter pilot dreaded most. a) B Which sentence should come last in the paragraph? b) C a) A c) D b) B d) E c) C e) F d) D Q 45: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in e) E the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and Q 48: The question are provided with the first and last parts of a then answer the question below. sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts A. Indeed, the mutations that the family has undergone in this labelled P, Q, R and S. Arrange these parts so as to form a century have been more challenging than at any time of its complete meaningful sentence. evolution. 1. If the question of record of human rights B. Thus, we have nuclear families, single parent families, P. In the last fifty years or so, surrogate families and global families to name just a few. Q. It is difficult to see how much of the countries, C. How these changes have redefined our world view is an R. Had been raised in the past, interesting field of study in themselves. S. That have staged the Olympics D. What we often forget is that the family as it exists today has 6. Would have been allowed to hold them. expanded its orthodox definition to include several variations. a) RPQS E. Each of these has brought its own attitudes and priorities. b) RQSP Which sentence should come fourth in the paragraph? c) PRQS a) A d) QPSR b) B Q 49: The question are provided with the first and last parts of a c) C sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts d) D labelled P, Q, R and S. Arrange these parts so as to form a e) E complete meaningful sentence. Q 46: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in 1. In this way, balancing his accounts the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and P. Would bring about then answer the question below. Q. Only extreme non-violence A. But I think a better definition of happiness is the capacity for R. With violence and non-violence enjoyment. S. Gandhi concluded that B. Turning to adults, ask any adult what he means by happiness 6. The end of British rule. and you will find a puzzled face for a moment. a) RSPQ C. In the teen age years the concept of happiness changes to b) RSQP enjoyment and pleasure. c) RPQS D. Because the more we can enjoy what we have, the happier d) RQSP we are. E. The meaning o the word happiness changes with growing Q 50: The question are provided with the first and last parts of a years, for a child's happiness has a magical quality. sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts F. Leave the puzzled face and refer to a dictionary it defines labelled P, Q, R and S. Arrange these parts so as to form a happy as 'lucky' or 'fortunate'. complete meaningful sentence. Which sentence should come first in the paragraph? 1. If the sword fish really attacked P. It could have cut it a) B Q. And that would have been b) C R. To pieces very quickly c) D S. The rubber raft with its vicious sword d) E 6. The end of the experiment. e) F a) RQSP Q 47: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E in b) SPRQ the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and c) PRQS then answer the question below. d) QSPR A. Seconds later, the glaring object swept past and he thought he had out maneuvered it. B. While flying over enemy territory, jones received the warning of an oncoming missile. C. He was proved wrong when he saw the vertical tail fins on fire. D. Without wasting time, he slammed the throttles forward and ______Contact No. 9766616435 Page 5 of 5