General English Model Test - 3

101. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Placing a thing beside another
(a) Impose 
(b) Repose 
(c) Juxtapose 
(d) Expose

C

102. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
One who does not follow the usual rules of social life
(a) Bohemian 
(b) Artisan 
(c) Partisan 
(d) Physician

A

103. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
One who knows many languages
(a) Linguist 
(b) Polyglot 
(c) Translator 
(d) Phonetician

A & B

104. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses its meaning:
I can no longer put up with her insolence.
(a) Endure 
(b) Evade 
(c) Suppress 
(d) Assume

A

105. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses its meaning:
My close friend got the sack from his first job recently.
(a) Resigned 
(b) Got rid of 
(c) Was demoted from (
d) Was dismissed from

D

106. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses its meaning:
Our founder had done a herculean task by constructing this great educational institution.
(a) A work of no worth 
(b) An effortless job 
(c) A work requiring very great effort
(d) A work requiring very great intelligence

C

107. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses its meaning:
He was progressing by leaps and bounds because of his hard work.
(a) Rapidly 
(b) Slowly 
(c) Peacefully 
(d) Strongly

A

108. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses its meaning:
As the bomb exploded, people ran belter-skelter.
(a) In great fear 
(b) In disorderly haste 
(c) In haste 
(d) In great sorrow

B

109. A word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word:
(a) Meagre
 (b) Meeger 
(c) Meager 
(d) Meagar

A

110. A word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word:
(a) Embarrassment 
(b) Embarassment 
(c) Embarasment 
(d) Embarrasment

A

111. A word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word:
(a) Successfully 
(b) Sucessfully 
(c) Succesfully 
(d) Successfuly

A

112. Identify the mis-spelt word:
(a) Apprehension 
(b) Intension 
(c) Imagination 
(d) Confusion

B

113. Identify the mis-spelt word:
(a) Elementary 
(b) Secondary 
(c) Laundary 
(d) Momentary

C

114. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
ECONOMICAL
(a) Expensive 
(b) Lucrative 
(c) Extravagant 
(d) Stingy

A

115. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
EMINENT
(a) Prominent 
(b) Elite 
(c) Scholarly 
(d) Ordinary

D

116. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
FLAMBOYANT
(a) Quiet 
(b) Excited 
(c) Disturbed 
(d) Distressed

A

117. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
SEGREGATE
(a) Join 
(b) Unite 
(c) Separate 
(d) Aggregate

A

118. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
VALIDATE
(a) Disprove 
(b) Authenticate 
(c) Ingenuine 
(d) Legalise

A

119. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
Clemency
(a) Empathy 
(b) Kindness 
(c) Sympathy 
(d) Forgiveness

B

120. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
DEGENERATION
(a) Deterioration 
(b) Degradation 
(c) Demotion 
d) Humiliation

B

121. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
Confiscate
(a) To confuse 
(b) To obscure 
(c) To seize by authority 
(d) To steal

C

122. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
ACUMEN
(a) Intelligence 
(b) Insight 
(c) Wisdom 
(d) Knowledge

B

123. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
BENEVOLENT
(a) Friendly 
(b) Charitable 
(c) Affectionate 
(d) Helpful

B

124. Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative:
My colleague has been a .......... worker of the telephone department for the last thirty years.
(a) Conscious 
(b) Conscientious 
(c) Conscionable 
(d) Consensus

B

125. Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative:
In ............ ten years, man will have probably learnt to live long as a result of the advanced human genome research.
(a) Other 
(b) Roughly 
(c) Probably 
(d) Another

D

126. Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative:
The furniture .......... to be delivered today.
(a) Is 
(b) Are 
(c) Have 
(d) Were

C

127. Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative:
I felt as if the ground was .......... beneath my feet.
(a) Slipping 
(b) Sinking 
(c) Smashing 
(d) Crumbling

A

128. Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative:
That story would make a good subject ........ a novel.
(a) For 
(b) To 
(c) In 
(d) Of

A

129. Find out which part of the sentence (a, b or c) has an error. If there is no error, then mark your answer as (d):
(a) When I arrived
(b) I found them both/ sitting at the table
(c) waiting on me
(d) No error.

C

130. Find out which part of the sentence (a, b or c) has an error. If there is no error, then mark your answer as (d):
(a) Knowledge of
(b) at least two languages
(c) are required to pass the examination
(d) No error

C

131. Find out which part of the sentence (a, b or c) has an error. If there is no error, then mark your answer as (d):
(a) It is high time
(b) he stood on his own
(c) two legs
(d) No error

C

132. Find out which part of the sentence (a, b or c) has an error. If there is no error, then mark your answer as (d):
(a) He did
(b) nothing else
(c) than play
(d) No error

C

133. Find out which part of the sentence (a, b or c) has an error. If there is no error, then mark your answer as (d):
(a) If I was you
(b) I would not attend
(c) the function
(d) No error

A

134. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
The old lady made many charitable..........
(a) Awards
(b) Benedictions
(c) Benefactions
(d) Benefactors

C

135. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
Your ......... tactics may compel me to cancel the contract as the job must be finished on time.
(a) Offensive
(b) Lukewarm
(c) Dilatory
(d) Repugnant

C

136. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
Tourists forget their ....... ideas as soon as they visit our country.
(a) Predatory 
(b) Preconceived 
(c) Sick 
(d) Precise

B

137. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
If you are seeking ........ that will resolve all your ailments, you are trying for an impossible task.
(a) A direction
(b) An implement
(c) A panacea
(d) A precedent

C

138. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
There was a sudden ...... of interest in the Victorian art.
(a) Revolution
(b) Resurgence
(c) Fertility
(d) Appearance

B

139. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
The ...... flew back and forth across the dinner table.
(a) Repartee 
(b) Repetition 
(c) Gaiety 
(d) Insult

A

140. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
She ...... his forgiveness.
(a) Besotted 
(b) Bestowed 
(c) Besought 
(d) Bestirred

C

141. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
The reasoning in this article is so ....... that we cannot understand how can anyone be deceived by it.
(a) Specious 
(b) Sceptical 
(c) Coherent 
(d) Cogent

A

142. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
When the lady slipped on the road, it brought forth ..... smile from her little son.
(a) A quiet
(b) A shy
(c) An ingenuous
(d) An eloquent

C

143. In the given sentence has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after each sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group which you consider the most appropriate for the blank spaces and mark your choice accordingly.
We lost confidence in him because he never ..... the grandiose promises he had made.
(a) Played with
(b) Delivered on
(c) Performed
(d) Retreated from

B

144. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
The battle of all call centers outside the US (P)/ of compromise of personal information by the proliferation (Q)/ critics now raising the issue (R)/ has taken a further twist with. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) Q R S P
(b) S P Q R
(c) Q P S R
(d) S R Q P

D

145. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
Characteristic proposed by both sides (P)/ was the very hesitant progress (Q)/ of the confidence building measures (R)/ of the cautious approach. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) S P R Q
(b) R Q S P
(c) S Q R P
(d) R P S Q

C

146. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
But people affected by the raising of the dam height to 90 meter (P)/ which testify to the fact that the rehabilitation of (Q)/ has not been completed (R)/ there are innumerable cases. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) S Q P R
(b) P R Q S
(c) S R Q P
(d) P Q R S

A

147. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
In New York, or a man visiting a playground without a child (P)/ carrying an open bottle of water on a bus (Q)/ are fineable offences (R)/ which is believed to be cash- strapped. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) S Q R P
(b) Q P R S
(c) S Q P R
(d) Q S P R

C

148. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
The new directors use new technology to embellish their production (P)/ improve on their acting and (Q)/ through sheer hard work— they continuously hone their skill, (R) are rewriting record books. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) S R Q P
(b) P Q R S
(c) S Q R P
(d) P R Q S

A

149. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
The banks using more technology (P)/ have already changed (Q)/ and selling techniques (R)/ the old ways of doing business. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) P S Q R
(b) Q R P S
(c) Q S P R
(d) P R Q S

C

150. In these questions, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence to mark your answer accordingly.
Undoubtedly, at its traditional best (P)/ and that too by showcasing Indian hockey (Q)/ winning the tournament (R)/ is an achievement. (S)
The proper sequence should be
(a) P S R Q
(b) R Q P S
(c) P Q R S
(d) R S P Q

B

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