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TEST(ELCT) MOCK TEST 03

No of Questions : 50 Time (1.00 Hrs) Full Marks : 50

Directions (Q. Nos. 1–5): In questions, part of the Directions (Q. Nos. 11–15): In questions out of the
sentences have errors and some have none. Find four alternatives, choose the one which best
out which part of the sentence has an error expresses the meaning of the given word.
corresponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If 11. HEIST
there is no error, your answer (d). a) Delay b) Theft
1. Our equipment gets (A)/ damage very often in c) Protest d) Confirm
summer (B)/ because there are too many power 12. GRIM
cuts. (C)/No error (D) a) Upsetting b) Murder
2. Most children liked to rest in the afternoon (A)/ c) Damage d) Refuse to obey
after they returned from school (B)/but my son 13. RUBBLE
seems to have an inexhaustible source of energy. a) Regularity b) Defy
(C)/No error (D) c) Remains d) Intensity
3. The cutting down on costs (A)/was the main 14. BOLSTER
reason for the firm to survive (B)/even during a a) Mock b) Support
very difficult period. (C)/No error (D) c) Quirk d) Coherent
4. I will go (A)/ for the dance classes tomorrow (B)/ 15. EXTIRPATE
if I have recovered from fever. (C)/No error. (D) a) Root out b) Superficial
5. The principal announced (A)/ in the school c) Applicable d) Reverie
assembly that the school fees (B)/ will be hiked Directions (Q. Nos. 16–20): In questions choose
from the beginning of the next academic session. the word opposite in meaning to the word.
(C)/No error(D) 16. PROMINENT
Directions (Q. Nos. 6–10): In questions, sentences a) Obscure b) Obdurate
are given with blanks to be filled in with an c) Obligatory d) Objection
appropriate word s). Four alternatives are 17. AUTONOMOUS
suggested for each question. Choose the correct a) Dependent b) Plain
alternative out of the four. c) Impractical d) Conceal
6. If you exercise ……………… for half an hour daily, 18. ERUDITE
then you will rid yourself from the problem of a) Literate b) Illiterate
hypertension. c) Chivalrous d) Gloomy
a) recurrently b) regularly 19. INOPPURTUNE
c) routinely d) continuously a) Problematic b) Convenient
7. The unruly behavior of the parliamentarians c) Ghoulish d) Jaunty
……………… the speaker. 20. BRUISE
a) incensed b) estranged a) Beautify b) Contort
c) enflamed d) disparaged c) Deform d) Tragedy
8. Crimes against women are ……………… of the deep Directions (Q.Nos.21–25): In questions four
rooted patriarchal systems of our society. alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase
a) indications b) manifestations underlined in the sentence. Choose the
c) demonstrations d) explanations alternative which best expresses the meaning of
9. To better the public transport system, the the Idiom / Phrase.
municipality ……………… the scheme of securing 21. Stand corrected
dedicated lanes for buses. a) To admit that one has been wrong
a) marketed b) launched b) To correct someone else for their wrong
c) floated d) enhanced doings
10. Three Indian ad agencies have ……………… awards c) To defend oneself on being caught red-
at the International competition. handed
a) obtained b) attained d) To run away from punishment
c) bagged d) procured 22. Behind the eight ball
a) Visit a pleasant place
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b) Improve to do better 33. Incapable of making errors

c) To be advantageous a) Infallible b) Incorrigible
d) At a disadvantage c) Impervious d) Inexplicable
23. A ghost of a chance 34. Governed by a sense of duty
a) Commonplace a) Conscious b) Sensible
b) Become more important or popular c) Intelligent d) Conscientious
c) To be in a hurry 35. The depository where state records are
d) A very small possibility documents are preserved
24. To bring to heel a) Museum b) Library
a) To be successful c) Emporium d) Archive
b) To force someone or something to obey Directions (Q. Nos. 36–40): In questions groups of
c) To wish someone good luck four words are given. In each group, oe word is
d) To confine or trap correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
25. Long in the tooth 36. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) To speak (or write) too much a) harass b) haras
b) To be elderly or aging c) harass d) herrass
c) To take a long route 37. Which of the following spellings is correct?
d) To live long a) inadvertent b) inadvartant
Directions (Q. Nos. 26–30): In questions a part of c) inadvertent d) inadvertent
the sentence is understand. Below are given 38. Which of the following spellings is correct?
alternatives to the underlined part at (1), (2) and a) indispensable b) indispensible
(3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the c) indispensable d) indespensible
correct alternative. In case no improvement is 39. Which of the following spellings is preferred in
needed your answer is (4). American English?
26. Grandfather always (finds faults) with the poor a) judgement b) judgment
gardener. c) judgemant d) judgmant
a) find fault b) find faults 40. Which of the following spellings is correct?
c) is finding faults d) No improvement a) liason b) liasson
27. (As) you find me absent, please leave the parcel c) liasone d) liaison
with my colleague. Directions (Q. Nos. 41-45): You have brief
a) Unless b) As passage with 5 questions following the passage.
c) Should d) No improvement Read the passage carefully and choose the best
28. When the prodigal son returned home, his father answer to each question out of the four
welcomed him (with open hands). alternatives.
a) with open hearts Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent
b) with open mind from a very young age. His first word was lapis
c) with open arms (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before
d) No improvement he could talk. He was the only son in the family
29. Mr. Shah (is having) two houses. and very good-looking, so he was thoroughly
a) has b) got spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go
c) has been having d) No improvement unless his doting parents allowed him to take one
30. Contrast this work of art (to) that. of the father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from
a) for b) with pigeons, his great love was art, and when in 1891
c) by d) No improvement his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job as
Directions (Q. Nos. 31–35): In questions out of the a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with
four alternatives, choose the one which can be him to the college. He often watched his father
substituted for the given words / sentence. paint and was sometimes allowed to help. One
31. A place where birds are kept evening his father was painting a picture of their
a) Aviary b) House pigeons, when he had to leave the room. He
c) Aquarium d) Apiary returned to find that Pablo had completed the
32. That which has a double meaning picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and
a) Doubtless b) uncertain lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and
c) Controversial d) Ambiguous

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brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just would drop in for a short visit and a cup of coffee.
13. One day, when he found no one home, he left a
41. As a boy, Pablo Picasso was chunk of dirt on her porch. This started what was
a) ordinary looking but talented later to be known as his “calling card”.
b) handsome and talented Grandmother would come home occasionally and
c) handsome and studious instantly know that Dave had been by when she
d) handsome and hardworking spotted the chunk of dirt on her porch. Although
42. He was spoilt mostly because he was Grandmother had a poor upbringing in Italy, she
a) a smart boy managed to do well in the United States. She was
b) loved by one and all always healthy and independent and enjoyed a
c) the only son in the family fulfilling life. Recently she had a stroke and died.
d) always surrounded by notorious boys Everyone was saddened by her death. David was
43. Picasso went to school only when disconsolate. His life-long friend was now gone.
a) his father accompanied him 46. What is the opposite of the word ‘disconsolate’?
b) his father went with him a) Devastated b) Hilarious
c) he was allowed to paint at school c) Exuberant d) Sombre
d) he was allowed to carry a pet with him. 47. David would drop in for a short visit and leave a
44. When his father painted in the college, Pablo _____ as a sign on grandma’s porch if she was not
a) occasionally helped him at home.
b) rarely helped him a) schedule b) chunk of dirt
c) always helped him c) calling card d) cup of coffee
d) invariably helped him 48. Grandmother used to be _____ .
45. Pablo’s father gave up painting because he a) rich in Italy but poor in the United States
a) did not like the job b) in the United States but is now in Italy
b) retired from the college c) poor earlier but became rich later on
c) was impressed by his son’s talent d) rich earlier but now poor
d) lost interest in painting. 49. Grandmother enjoyed a _____ life.
Directions (46-50): A passage is given with 5 a) healthy but sickly
questions following it. Read the passage carefully b) good and healthy
and choose the best answer to each question out c) rich but sickly
of the four alternatives and click the button d) poor and healthy
corresponding to it. 50. Grandmother’s death made everyone
My brother, David, was always close to our a) sad including David
grandmother. Both of them shared a love of b) disconsolate excluding David
Mother Nature and of food that they had grown c) happy and disconsolate
themselves. Whenever his schedule permitted, he d) sad excluding David

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ANSWER KEY

1. b) 11. b) 21. a) 31. a) 41. b)

2. c) 12. a) 22. d) 32. d) 42. c)
3. d) 13. c) 23. d) 33. a) 43. d)
4. c) 14. b) 24. b) 34. d) 44. a)
5. c) 15. a) 25. b) 35. d) 45. c)
6. b) 16. a) 26. d) 36. a) 46. c)
7. a) 17. a) 27. c) 37. d) 47. b)
8. b) 18. b) 28. c) 38. c) 48. c)
9. b) 19. b) 29. a) 39. b) 49. b)
10.c) 20. a) 30. b) 40. d) 50. a)

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