NLSIU-1991 SECTION I/Part - a Directions: in Each of the Following Sentences, There Is a Missing Word Or Phrase
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117 ANSWERS-SECTION-1 Part -A 1a 6d 11c 16c 21c 2d 7a 12a 17a 22b 3c 8a 13c 18a 23d 4b 9b 14b 19b 24b 5d 10c 15b 20b SECTION II -Part - A 1b 6d 11c 16c 21c 26a 31b 36d 2d 7c 12a 17a 22d 27d 32b 37c 3b 8a 13c 18b 23d 28a 33a 38d 4b 9a 14a 19b 24a 29c 34a 39b 5b 10d 15c 20d 25c 30b 35c 40c Part - B 1a 3c 5a 7b 9d 2b 4b 6c 8d 10b SECTION III -Part - A 1d 3d 5b 2c 4c 6d Part - B 7d 8a 9c 10c 11b 12c SECTION-IV 3b 5c 7d 2d 4d 6a 8b NLSIU-1991 SECTION I/Part - A Directions: In each of the following sentences, there is a missing word or phrase. From the four selections given you are required-to encircle (0) the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. I. There………….. to the new policy. a) has been several objections b) have been several objections c) seem to have several objections d) is being several objections 2. Not one paper……….. on time a) has she finished b) she is finishing c) she has finished d) finishes she 118 3. On returning to her room she found…… missing. a) that several pieces of jewellery b) several pieces of jewellery C) pieces of several jewellery d) jewellery of several types 4. Accustomed to getting up early he……. in adjusting to the new schedule. a) found it was not difficult b) found it was not difficult for Wm c) had no difficulty d) did not find difficulty 5. She………….in India but also abroad a) is not only famous b) is famous not only C) not only is famous d) is famous only 6. The political & economic conditions in, the country……. with the passage of time a) has been changing b) have been changing c) had been changing d) will have changed 7. Over a period of time……….that a son alone could perpetuate the family line. a) the people had believed b) the people will believe, c) the people came to believe d) the people tried to believe 8. Four broad- topic areas……….. by the tutors concerned a) was suggested b) were planned to be suggested c) has been suggested d) were suggested 9. Another difficult problem is……………the best time to make available suggestions. a) that of deciding b) - that of deciding on C) that of deciding with d)' that of deciding upon 10. She is………… of all the girls in our class. a)more prettier b) , the prettiest d) the prettier c) the most prettiest 11. The alert policeman was not………….. by the suterfuge of the trickster.. a) taken b) taken to c). taken in d) taken off 12. The bride was asked to……….. her new saree. a) wear on b) put on C) get into, d) adorn 13. The party…….. after lunch for the final assault on the peaIL a) set for b) get off C) set to d) set out 14. Even after a month of his father's demise the son did not seem to have…….the grief. .a) got over b) got by c) got upon d) got into 15. To generate income, magazine publishers must decide whether to increase the subscription price or ………… a) to sell advertising b) if they should sell advertising c) selling advertising d) sold advertising 16. Travellers…… their-reservations well in advance if they want to fly during the Puja holidays. a) had better to get b) - had better get c) had to get better d) had better got 17. Since Ravi could not find his key………. a) he had to ay f6r it b) he is going to pay for it c) 'he will be paying for it d) he has been paying for it 18. The line is busy; someone the telephone now. a) must have been using b) must use C) was using d) must be using 119 19. The streets are wet; it last night. a) must have rained b) should have rained C) will have rained d) had rained 20. If you find that your subject does not develop well, discard it and choose another the same steps to the point., a) working with b) working on C) working through d) 'working upon 21. Pollution is not peculiar in our country. a) to rivers b) of rivers C) in rivers d) by rivers. 22. The instinct for self-preservation man to be ever ready for defending himself. a) urged in b) urge c) urged d) urges in 23. Every living and non-living thing on earth by many other organic andinorganic elements. a) affects and is affected b) effects and is effected C) is affecting d) can be effected 24. I would not put in any special effort to prepare for the examination but I think that I have a) fared not bad in it b) not fared badly c) not badly fared d) not fared badly Part - B Directions: The following sentences have been divided into three parts. One of the parts is incorrect. Encircle the incorrect part. Only one error is present in each sentence. 1. a) The end came, as the end of such matters b) generally come C) by gradual decay 2. a) Everyone were talking loudly b) when the teacher C) entered the classroom 3. a) If the Management does not b) concede our legitimate demands C) we have no other alternative but to launch a struggl 4. a) The patient was getting leaner day by day b) and failing in health, with the doctors c) not. being able to do anything about it 5. a) Due to the earth's rotation . b) ice drifts of the wind in the Antarctica C) whereas it drifts to the right in the northern hemisphere. 6. a) Food additives may play a vital role b)' to end the food supply crisis c) in the developing nations or the world 7. a) Antireflection paints has in use b) for some years to reduce C) the radar detectability of air planes 8. a) These informations b) does not fit in C) with what I told you yesterday 9. a) The independent state of Ireland consist 120 b) of only 26 countries out of the 32 c) that make up the whole island 10. a) The Judges of the. International Court of Justice b) are elected by the general assembly C) in conjunction to the Security Council 11. a) Every individual need to have b) the spirit of sportsmanship - c) to fight and win or lose gracefully 12. a) Quite a number of Bengali writers b) are known .c). after the borders of Bengal 13. a) Indian music has the most b) complicated variety C) of 'talc' structures of the world 14. a) A phased drive called'Operation Blackboard', b) in improving the basic infrastructure for primary school d) has been launched. 15. a) The Indian Space programme b) is directed towards harnessing space technology c) for self reliant manner 16. a) The modern Olympic Movement b) is one of the few truly heroic ventures C) of this times Part C Directions: Choose from among the alternative given the figurative meaning of the following words and phrases and make a sentence with words/phrases as the case may be. 1. bog down a) play down b) get caught c) to brag 2 gad about a) light hearted way b) talk about C) run around in circles 3. Opportunity never knocks twice a) fortune comes but once in a lire time b) make use of the present C) nobody knocks twice 4. industrious as a beaver a) to do with industrialisation b) like an animal c) very hardworking 5. Like a red bag to a bull a) infuriating b) decorative piece C) exhilirating 6. take a bow a) to retire' b) to recognise and accept applause c) to submit 7. cheque book journalisip a), journalism related to payments b) acquisition of news by large payments c) journalism related to banks 8. Freudian slip a) an unintentional act that reveals the state of mind 121 b) a sexual revelation c) state of, mind 9. Heated arguments a) excessive warmth b) to argue in anger C) temperamental argument 10. Soldier on a) to fight b) keep on working steadily c) 'to be disciplined 11. have done with , a) to do something b) to finish with c) to attack SECTION II Part - A Directions: The reading passage is followed by Five questions based on its content. Choose the best answer and encircle it.. In India the Sanskrit word Kabi is generally accepted as denoting poet, but the word, correctly interpreted, does not mean a person who, having been endowed with high powers of imagination and expression, is purely and simply a writer in verse; it means a seer, an enlightened and wise-person. And Rabindranath Tagore was much more than a mere versifier having high powers of imagination and expression; he was a Kabi in the strictest sense of the term. It is undoubtedly true that, in the course of his long life of eighty-one years he wrote magnificent verse,. songs, dramas and other works in prose, yet the real impression that his life and works give of him is not that of a poet but of a prophet, a searching but serene spirit in a tumultuous world, which he was ever striving to calm by pouring in ceaselessly the message of truth. He travelled extensively, visited many lands and people, studied deeply their different principles of philosophy and life, enriched has various experiences with life-long contemplation, and gave out to the world the wealth of his wisdom that "the wakeful ageless God calls today on our soul - the soul that is measureless, the soul that is undefeated, the soul that is destined to immortality and yet the soul which today lies in the dust." The poet was born on May 6,.