M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 1 P.T.O. B. A. (Hons.)/M.A. (ENGLISH) Directions

Home , Dalbir Singh Suhag, Manoj Mukund Naravane

B. A. (Hons.)/M.A. (ENGLISH)

Directions (Q. No. 1 & 2) : Supply the correct alternative (out of the four choices given) in the blanks to make a correct sentence.

1. Your building should conform…………….the approved plan.

(A) at (B) to

2. You behave as if you……………..the fort.

(A) owned (B) had owned

Directions (Q. Nos. 3 to 12) : Choose the correct alternative (out of the four choices given) :

3. The expression ex gratia means :

(A) An act of grace (B) Grant

4. ‘One who eats human flesh’ is :

(A) Omnivorous (B) Cannibal

5. Find the odd one out :

(A) Perception (B) Penetration

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 1 P.T.O. 6. Thunderclap means :

(A) Startling and unexpected

(B) Loud and clear

(D) Shocking and applauding

7. Choose the one nearest in meaning of the word ‘Muse’ :

(A) Infect (B) Appease

8. ‘One who hates woman’ is :

(A) Misogynist (B) Misologist

9. Choose the correct meaning of ‘Resolute’ :

(A) Persistent (B) Ardent

10. The negative of the sentence “Who will live with a psycho ?” would be :

(A) Nobody will live with a psycho.

(B) Who will not live with a psycho ?

(D) None of the above

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 2 11. The comparative form of the sentence “The garden of no other person is so green as your” would be :

(A) The garden of no other person is greener as yours.

(B) None of the garden of other persons is greener than yours.

(D) None of the above is correct.

12. The passive form of the sentence “See to it.” would be :

(A) Let’s see it (B) Let it be seen to

Directions (Q. Nos. 13-14) : Identify the following sentence types :

13. She could not lose, for she never gave up.

(A) It is a compound sentence

(B) It is a complex sentence

(D) None of the above

14. I will join only if I get an appointment letter.

(A) It is a compound sentence

(B) It is a complex sentence

(D) None of the above

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 3 P.T.O. Directions (Q. Nos. 15-17) : Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrases/words.

15. As the impish presenter of Lonely Planet’s travel series on the Discovery Channel, Wright...... one of the world’s most coveted jobs.

(A) is (B) takes

16. Though the warden had faith in us, she gave her...... hesitatingly.

(A) ascent (B) condone

17. He is stronger than...... man.

(A) any (B) any other

Directions (Q. Nos. 18-21) : Each of these questions consists of a word printed in capital letters, followed by four optional words. Choose the numbered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

18. REGARD :

(A) misregard (B) disregard

19. ALLEVIATION :

(A) lessening (B) intensify

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 4 20. FLAMBOYANT :

(A) excited (B) quiet

21. WANTON :

(A) Sportive (B) Ardent

Directions (Q. Nos. 22-24) : Identify the word nearest in meaning to the word in italics :

22. He has amassed a lot of wealth.

(A) Saved (B) Heaped

23. She does not like associating with fools.

(A) Marrying (B) Hosting

24. I appreciate the alteration suggested by the engineer.

(A) Improvement

(B) Alternation

(D) Adulteration

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 5 P.T.O. 25. Choosing the most appropriate alternative from the choices below, complete the

sentence meaningfully :

Before I had finished writing, you :

(A) are arriving to collect the answer sheet

(B) were arriving to collect the answer sheet

(D) arrived to collect the answer sheet

26. Who wrote : “The child is the father of the man” ?

(A) William Wordsworth (B) Alexander Pope

27. Which form of poetry mourns the lamentation over someone’s death ?

(A) Droll (B) Sonnet

28. Who among the following is a detective novelist ?

(A) Henry Fielding (B) Agatha Christie

29. Animal Farm, a novel of idea, is written by :

(A) H.G. Wells (B) George Eliot

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 6 30. Which one of the following figures of speech is based on sound in sense theory ?

(A) Hyperbole (B) Pun

31. The quote “The child is the father of the man” is a figurative example of :

(A) Metaphor (B) Euphemism

32. The expression ‘The ship cut through water’ is an example of :

(A) Metaphor (B) Imagery

33. Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line :

‘Gold to a philosopher is garbage’.

(A) Hyperbole (B) Pun

34. The following poetic lines – “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held

high;/ Where knowledge is free;...... ” – can be attributed to :

(A) Tennyson (B) Shakespeare

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 7 P.T.O. 35. English is a language that contains words from many other languages. The word

PETITE in English is taken from which of the following languages ?

(A) French (B) German

36. English is a language that contains words from many other languages. The word

CAPITAL in English is taken from which of the following languages ?

(A) German (B) Latin

37. Alphonse Daudet was a/an :

(A) French Novelist

(B) English Fabulist

(D) Russian Playwright

38. Which one of the following books is authored by Anees Jung ?

(A) Indian Seasons, Story of Indian Festivals

(B) Lost Spring, Stories of Stolen Childhood

(D) Lost Winter, Stories of Death

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 8 39. Which one of the following statements is correct about Louis Fischer, the author ?

1. He was born in Philadelphia.

2. He made a career as a journalist

3. He is the author of the book–The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.

(A) Both 1 and 3 (B) Only 3

40. What is correct description of Asokamitran’s writing style in “Poets and Pancakes” ?

(A) This piece is an example of a chatty, rambling style

(B) This piece is an example of serious and erudite writing

(D) This piece is an example of tragic writing

41. Who has famously said about himself – “I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays” ?

(A) Umberto Eco (B) V.S. Naipaul

42. Which one of the following statements is correct about Adrienne Rich ?

1. She was born in 1929.

2. She was born in USA.

3. She is widely known for her involvement in contemporary women’s move- ment as a poet and theorist.

4. A strong resistance to racism and militarism echoes through her work.

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 2 and 4

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 9 P.T.O. 43. Who among the following is the author of these lines ?

“What I want should not be

confused

with total inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death”.

(A) Adrienne Rich (B) Pablo Neruda

44. Who among the following is the author of these lines ?

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness...... ”

(A) Kamala Das (B) Pablo Neruda

45. Find the odd match out :

(A) My Mother at Sixty-Six – Kamala Das

(B) An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum – Stephen Spender

(D) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers – Adrienne Rich

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 10 46. Which of the following fictional works has not been converted into a movie ? (A) Sunlight on a Broken Column (B) English August (C) Five Point Someone (D) Guide

47. In which poem of Robert Frost do the following lines occur : “But I have promises to keep/ And miles to go before I sleep” ? (A) “Mending Walls” (B) “Road Not Taken” (C) “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (D) In none of the above

48. Arrange the following choices in an ascending/chronological sequence : (a) Milton; (b) Shakespeare; (c) Wordsworth; (d) Alexander Pope (A) bcda (B) abcd (C) abdc (D) dcab

49. The winner of Booker of Bookers is : (A) Salman Rushdie (B) Amitav Ghosh (C) Arvind Adiga (D) Vikram Seth

50. Avani Doshi was recently in news because : (A) Burnt Sugar got the 2020 Booker Prize (B) Burnt Sugar was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (C) Avani Doshi got the Booker of Bookers (D) None of the above

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 11 P.T.O. 51. In the epic Mahabharata Shikhandi happens to play an important role. What was Shikhandi known as in the previous birth ?

(A) Parvati (B) Durga

52. Whom did Duryodhana crown the king of Anga ?

(A) Sakuni (B) Dushasana

53. Haider a Hindi movie is an adaptation of :

(A) Comedy of Errors (B) Othello

54. Which Indian author was also known as the ‘Nightingale of India ?

(A) Lata Mangeshkar (B) Mahadevi Verma

55. 2020’s Farmers protest in NCR is against :

(A) The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020

(B) The Farmers agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020

(D) None of the above

56. Greta Thunberg is a :

(A) Journalist (B) Politician

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 12 57. Which of the following diseases are related to Corona Virus ?

(A) MERS (B) SARS

58. Who among the following became the first female Naval pilot ?

(A) Lt. Swaroop (B) Lt. Shubhangi

59. Find the correct match :

(i) Santoor : (a) Hari Prasad Chaurasia

(ii) Sarod : (b) Amjad Ali Khan

(iii) Sitar : (c) Pt. Ravi Shankar

(iv) Flute : (d) Shiv Kumar Sharma

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(A) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)

(B) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)

(D) (i)-(b), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(c)

60. Who is India’s first Chief of Defence Staff ?

(A) General Dalbir Singh Suhag

(B) General Bipin Rawat

(D) General Bikram Singh

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 13 P.T.O. 61. Which musical instrument is Goddess Saraswati generally associated with ?

(A) Veena (B) Sitar

62. What is the Gayatri Mantra dedicated to ?

(A) The Sun (B) The Galaxy

63. Pushkar in Rajasthan is famous for its :

(A) Shiv Temple (B) Brahma Temple

64. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

(i) Bharatnatyam : (a) Uttar Pradesh

(ii) Kathak : (b) Tamil Nadu

(iii) Kathakali : (c) Andhra Pradesh

(iv) Kuchipudi : (d) Kerala

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(A) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(d)

(B) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)

(D) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c)

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 14 65. The following are the events during India’s freedom struggle :

1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage

2. Minto-Morley Reforms

3. Dandi March

4. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms

Arrange the chronological order of the events above.

(A) 1-3-2-4 (B) 2-4-1-3

66. Which of the following is correctly matched ?

(A) Do or die – Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Swaraj is my birthright – Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Give me blood, I will give you freedom – Subhash Chandra Bose

67. The Wings of Fire : An Autobiography is written by :

(A) Rajendra Prasad (B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

68. Who said, “If it was proved to me that it (untouchability) is an essential part of Hinduism I for one would declare myself an open rebel against Hinduism itself” ?

(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) M. K. Gandhi

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 15 P.T.O. 69. Match the following :

List-I List-II

1. Rahul a. Buddha’s father

2. Alara Kalam b. Buddha’s cousin

3. Suddhodhana c. Buddha’s son

4. Devadatta d. The sage who taught mediation to Buddha

5. Siddharta e. Buddha’s original name

(A) 1-a, 2-e, 3-d, 4-b, 5-c

(B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-e

(D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-e, 4-d, 5-c

70. A tissue is a :

(A) kind of paper (B) medicine

71. The “Inquilab Zindabad” slogan was coined by :

(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad (B) Subhash Chandra Bose

72. Which was the first metal to be used by man ?

(A) Copper (B) Iron

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 16 73. Which of the following Vedas was the earliest composition ?

(A) Rigveda (B) Samaveda

74. One gets the feeling of uneasiness when the air :

(A) is perfectly dry

(B) contains a little amount of water vapour

(D) is of high density

75. Which of the following is not an epic ?

(A) The Ramayana (B) The Iliad

Directions (Q. Nos. 76-77) : The following base pair of words are related by logic. On the basis of it find the pair of words from alternatives given as four options, which shows the closest logically proximity to the given pair.

76. Fire : to burn

(A) Student : to learn (B) Man : to earn

77. Crèche : infants

(A) School : pupils (B) Bedlam : lunatics

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 17 P.T.O. Directions (Q. Nos. 78-79) : The following question consists of a group of words labelled A to D. In each group of these words below, one word does not belong to the group. Choose the one word which does not belong to that group.

78. (A) caustic (B) acid

79. (A) lengthy (B) unremitting

80. Which of the following pairs do not match ?

(A) Yack : Informal Talk

(B) Yak : Long Haired Tibetan Ox

(D) Yolk : Yellow Egg Centre

81. Which of the following pairs do not match ?

(A) Boar : Wild Pig

(B) Boer : A South African of Dutch Descent

(D) Bore : Not Interesting

82. Which of the following pairs do not match ?

(A) Aweful : Filled with Awe

(B) Awful : Really Bad

(D) Awful : Filled with Awe

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 18 83. Taxi charges in a city comprise fixed charge together with the charge of the

distance covered. For a journey of 13 km, the charges paid are Rs. 96 and for a

journey of 18 km, the charges paid are Rs. 131. The amount paid by a person

travelling 25 km is :

(A) 231 (B) 180

84. All teams have 5 to 15 players. If a team has more than ten players, they can have

reversible jerseys. Based on this information, which of the following must be

true ?

(A) Teams that have twelve players do not have reversible jerseys

(B) Teams that have thirteen players have reversible jerseys

(D) Teams that have less than ten players have reversible jerseys

85. Ms Wood sees that her student Julie has not come to the school and concludes

that she must have fever. What missing premise would make Ms Wood’s conclusion

valid ?

(A) Julie comes to school even if she is sick

(B) Julie stays home from school only when she has fever

(D) Julie always stays home from school when she has fever

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 19 P.T.O. 86. Imagine that your watch was correct at noon, but then it began to lose 30 minutes

each hour. It now shows 4 pm, but it stopped 5 hours ago. What is the correct

time now ?

(A) 9.30 pm (B) 11 pm

87. The following series of letters has some definite order; supply the next two letters

adhering the same order replacing ? ? marks :

A J K T U B I L S V C H M R W D G N Q X E F O ? ?

(A) YZ (B) PY

88. Neha leaves office at 6.00 p.m. and catches at 6.30 p.m. local train that arrives

in her town at 7.00 p.m. Her father leaves home to pick her up at 7.00 p.m. from

the station as she gets off the train. Yesterday, Neha left her office early and took

a 6.00 p.m. train and arrived at 6.30 p.m. As her father was not there to pick her

up, she started walking towards home. Her father left home at the usual time, saw

her daughter walking, turned around, picked her up and drove her home arriving

10 minutes earlier than usual. For how long did Neha walk before her father

picked her up ?

(A) 10 mins (B) 15 mins

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 20 89. In a one-day cricket match, Dhoni, Sharma, Sachin, Kohli and Ganguly scored on average of 39 runs. Kohli scored 7 more than Ganguly. Ganguly scored 9 fewer than Dhoni. Sharma scored as many as Kohli and Ganguly combined; and Sharma and Sachin scored 110 runs between them. How many runs did Sachin score ?

(A) 47 (B) 51

90. In a race Gurmit was not first. Jasmit came in after Harmit. Inderjeet was not ahead of Manjit. Gurmit was not in front of Jasmit. Inderjeet was not fourth of fifth. Manjit was not first. Who finished first and second in the race ?

(A) Harmit followed by Manjit

(B) Harmit followed by Jasmit

(D) Cannot be determined from the clues.

91. In Delhi, Co-operative Group Housing Society (CGHS) Building range from two storeys to eight storeys in height. According to the building bye-laws, if a CGHS building has more than four floors, it must have a lift. If the above statements are true, which of the following must be true ?

(A) All six-storeyed CGHS buildings have a lift

(B) Some CGHS buildings of less than five floors do not have a lift

(D) No two-storeyed building has a lift.

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 21 P.T.O. 92. Rampur is 100 kms from Sitapur. At 3 p.m. Bharat Express leaves Rampur for Sitapur and travels at a constant speed of 30 kmph. One hour later, Laxman Mail leaves Sitapur for Rampur and travels at a constant speed of 40 kmph. Each train makes one stop only at a station 10 kms from its starting point and remains there for 15 mins. Which train is nearer to Rampur when they meet ?

(A) Bharat Express

(B) Laxman Mail

(D) Cannot be determined from the data

93. Honesty is the best policy; this statement is :

(A) A fact (B) A value

94. Find the next number after 1332 in place of ? :

2743, 2198, 1729, 1332, ?

(A) 1015 (B) 1001

95. In 1980, Kerala earned Rs. x in tourist revenue. In 1990, tourist revenue quadrupled and in 2000, it reached 16x. Each of the following, if true, may explain the cause of rise in tourist revenue except :

(A) The number of hotel rooms has increased 16 times from 1980 to 2000

(B) Average expenditure per tourist has increased 8 times

(D) Average price of tourist services has increased 4 times M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 22 96. If HARD means 1357 and SOFT means 2468, what does 21448 stand for ?

(A) SCHOOL (B) SHOOP

97. If direction South-East has to become South-West, how should the other directions change ?

(A) East to West (B) East to South

98. At the end of a banquet 10 people shake hands with each other. How many handshakes will there be in total ?

(A) 20 (B) 45

99. The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday. What day is it today ?

(A) Tuesday (B) Wednesday

100. Jammu and Kashmir has been bifurcated into how many territories ?

(A) Two Union Territories

(B) Three Union Territories

(D) None of the above

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 23 P.T.O. 101. Strike the odd one out :

(A) Irfan Khan (B) Rishi Kapoor

102. Virus in a computer is :

(A) Micro-organism that disturbs integrated circuits

(B) Chemical that attacks silicon

(D) All of the above

103. ‘http’ in internet address stands for :

(A) hypertext transfer protocol

(B) hybrid text transfer protocol

(D) None of the above

104. What is the precise time taken by earth for one rotation ?

(A) 24 hrs.

(B) 24 hrs and 30 min.

(D) 24 hrs. 55 min. and 5 sec.

105. Black hole is a phenomenon to be found :

(A) In the sky (B) At the bottom of the ocean

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 24 106. What is the full form of ATM ?

(A) Automated Teller Machine

(B) Automatic Teller Machine

(D) None of the above

107. Sami will not go to the exhibition if Zakir goes. Zakir will go to the exhibition

if Genia has an extra ticket.

Based only on the information above, which of the following must be true ?

(A) Sami will go to the exhibition if Zakir does not go

(B) If Sami goes to the exhibition then Genia does not have an extra ticket

(D) If Genia does not have an extra ticket, no one will go to the exhibition

108. There is a stack of five books in different colours on a table. The green book is

second from the top. There are exactly three books between blue and orange. One

book is yellow. There are exactly two books lower than the red one. Where is the

yellow book in the order of stack ?

(A) The top

(B) The bottom

(D) Cannot be determined

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 25 P.T.O. 109. Manav loves to watch movies but he sees certain types of movies when he goes

with certain friends.

(i) Whenever Manav and Rehan go to the movies together, they always watch

a thriller.

(ii) Whenever Manav and Sahil go to the movies together, they always watch a

thriller.

(iii) Whenever Manav and Krati go to the movies together, they never watch a

thriller.

Yesterday in the afternoon, Manav went to watch a movie with someone and he

did not watch a thriller. With whom Manav went to watch movie yesterday

afternoon ?

(A) Manav went with a friend other than Rehan, Sahil nor Krati

(B) Manav went with Rehan and Sahil

(D) Manav went with Krati

110. Covaxin has been developed by :

(A) Bharat Biotech International Ltd.

(B) National Institute of Virology

(D) None of these

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 26 111. Covishield has been developed by :

(A) Serum Institute of India (B) Indian Council of Medical Research

112. Sputnik V in India will be produced by :

(A) Dr. Reddy Laboratories (B) Panacea Biotec

113. Which of the following cyclones devastated the eastern coast of India in 2021 ?

(A) Tauktae (B) Yaas

114. WHO has designated 2020 as :

(A) The year of the Nurse and Midwife

(B) The year of the frontline COVID workers

(D) None of the above

115. Which of the following got Oscar’s award in the category of ‘Best Picture’ ?

(A) Little Women (B) The Irishman

116. Who among the following is Dadasaheb Falke Awardee ?

(A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Rajinikanth

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 27 P.T.O. 117. In the code below each letter stands for one of the two words in a pair. The letters are not necessarily in the same order as the words are. Each letter always represents the same word.

1. AB means ‘happy rabbit’

2. XA means ‘rabbit foot’

3. XS means ‘foot ball’

4. FS means ‘ball game’

5. FC means ‘game time’

6. CD means ‘time flies’

How would you write ‘happy times’ in this code ?

(A) CB (B) DA

118. Identify the word opposite in meaning to the word in the italics in “He will not allow this defiant attitude.”

(A) Encouraging (B) Bold

119. It is a...... degree course.

(A) Three-years (B) Three-year

120. Modus operandi is :

(A) Successful operation (B) Successful mission

M-CL-24(Eng.)-A 28