WORD SUBSTITUTION----ORDERING OF SENTENCES--180515
WORD SUBSTITUTION
Directions 59-63; For the expression which has
been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the response (A),
(B), (C) or (D) which most nearly expresses its meaning.
59.
Moralists are usually persons who abstain from alcoholic drinks
(A) teetotallers (B)
ascetics (C) pedants
(D) celibates
60.
The chairman is quick to find fault and is hard to please.
(A) frivolous (B)
facetious (C) fastidious
(D) ferocious
61.
Scriptural in junctions should not be opposed or treated with contempt
(A) flouted (B)
flounced (C) floundered
(D) flaunted
62.
A fortress on a commanding height for defence of a city is called
(A) citadel (B)
metropolis (C) megapolis
(D) headquarters
63.
Nostalgia is
(A) anxiety about future (B) feeling of insecurity
(C) longing for a period in the
past (D) an allergy to certain foods
ORDERING
OF SENTENCES
Q.64-73; In
this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given
in the beginning as S1 and S6. The
middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and
S. You are required to find the proper
sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly and mark your
response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
64. S1: While teaching in the class room, our
teacher suddenly fainted.
S6: the headmaster at once
sanctioned his leave
P : The headmaster soon joined us and spoke to them in a soft voice
Q : He was told that the patient needed complete rest for a month
R.: He was at once taken to the
hospital
S : The doctors examined him with
serious faces.
The proper sequence should be
(A) P Q
R S (B)
S P Q
R (C) Q
P S R
(D) R S
P Q
65. S1: The colonial powers had a very simple
technique to rule the world
S6: Partition was the culmination
P : They lumped tribes and people together, played one against the
other.
Q : India’s provinces were more elaborately designed to play the game of
divide and rule.
R.: Africa was divided, believe
it or not, on the basis of the lines of
longitude and latitude.
S : They also purchased the
loyalties of those locals who were needed as supports for the
colonial presence.
The proper sequence should be
(A) P
R S Q
(B) P S
R Q (C)
S P Q
R (D) R
P S Q
66. S1: The bank opened at 10.00 a.m.
S6: The safe was empty.
P : The peon opened the safe and returned the keys to the manager
Q : The manager and the peon went to the safe in the vault.
R.:
The manager and the peon looked into the safe.
S : They were shocked at what
they saw there.
The proper sequence should be
(A) Q
R P S
(B) Q P
R S (C)
S Q R
P (D) Q R S P
67. S1: The crowd swelled round the thief
S6: They were followed by the
crowd which left the thief alone.
P : Suddenly he whipped out a knife from under his shirt
Q : The thief stood quiet, his head hung in shame
R.: The two young men holding him
were scared by the sight of the shining knife.
S : They took to their heels.
The proper sequence should be
(A) Q
P R S
(B) S Q
P R (C)
S P Q
R (D) R Q S P
68. S1: The old man wanted to cross the road
S6: Holding him by hand the
driver helped him to cross the road
P : The driver got of and came to
him
Q : He was fed up and was about
to return
R.: Then a car stopped in front
of him
S : He waited for a long time..
The proper sequence should be
(A) S
Q R P
(B) S P R Q
(C) Q R
S P (D) P S R Q
69. S1: The first thing you have to do is
to speak with a strong foreign accent and speak
broken English.
S6: Half a dozen people will immediately overwhelm you with directions.
P : The will be interested in you
because you are a foreigner and he will be pleased that
he could figure out what you
said.
Q : He will not expect you to be
polite and use elaborate grammatical phrases.
R : Then every English person to
whom you speak will at once know that you are a
foreigner and try to understand
you and be ready to help you.
S : If you shout, “please!
Charing Cross Which way?” you will have no difficulty.
The proper sequence should be:
(A) S R
Q P (B)
S R P
Q (C) R
Q P S
(D) R S
P Q
70. S1: When a lamb is born its mother may
die.
S6: If a means of overcoming this natural tendency is found, the lives
of millions of
lambs can be saved.
P : Thus there will nearly always
be both motherless lambs and sheep without lambs.
Q : However a sheep which has lost its own lamb will not feed or loof
after a motherless
lamb.
R: At the same time some new born
lambs are too weak to live.
S: This happens in large flocks
where many sheep give birth to lambs at the same time.
The proper sequence should be:
(A) P Q
S R (B)
R P Q
S (C) S
R Q P
(D) S R
P Q
71. S1: People very seldom have everything
they want.
S6: Our decisions indicate our scale of preferences and therefore our
priorities.
P : Usually we have to decide
carefully how to spend our income.
Q : They may all seem important,
but their true importance can be measure by deciding
which we are prepared to live
without.
R : When we exercise our choice,
we do so according to our personal scale of
preferences.
S: In this scale of preferences essential commodities come first, then
the kind of luxuries
which help us to be comfortable, and finally those nonessentials which
give us
personal pleasure.
The proper sequence should be:
(A) P S
Q R (B)
P R S
Q (C) Q
P S R
(D) R P
Q S
72. S1: On 5th October 1818,
when young Lincoln was approaching his tenth year, his mother
Nancy died of fever.
S6: His total education at school comprised only about a year during
which he, however,
managed to master reading, writing, spelling and some arithmetic.
P :
She was illiterate, but she brought with her several books, among which were
Pilgrim’s Progress, Sindbad the Sailor, Robinson Crusoe and Aesop’s
Fables.
Q : Lincoln always acknowledged this moral
and intellectual doebt to his step mother.
R : The following year, his father married Sarah Bush Johnson, a widow
with three
children.
S : These books provided Lincoln with a mass of knowledge.
The proper sequence should be:
(A) R P
Q S (B)
P S R
Q (C) R
P S Q
(D) P S
Q R
73. S1: Crude oil obtained from the field
is taken to a refinery for treatment.
S6: Lubricating oils of various grades are obtained last of all
P : The gas that comes off later
is condensed into paraffin.
Q : This allows substances with different boiling points to be
separated.
R : The first vapours to rise when cooled provide the finest petrol.
S : The commonest form of treatment is heating.
The proper sequence should be:
(A) S Q
R P (B)
R S P
Q (C) S
R P Q
(D) R P
Q S
ANSWERS
60. (C): hard to please 61. (A): Treat with contemptuous
disregard
62. (A): A stronghold into which people
could go for shelter during a battle
63. (C): Longing for something past. 64. (D) 65. (B) 66. (B) 67. (A)
68. (A) 69. (C) 70. (B) 71. (B) 72. (A) 73. (A)
Post a Comment