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Question 2 MCQ · 2.0 marks
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
What does the sentence “turned it over and over” suggest?
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She threw the key away
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She examined the key
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She lost the key
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She polished the key
Published solution
Turning the key over and over means handling it repeatedly to look at it from different sides. Together with 'looked at the key quite a long time', this shows careful examination and curiosity. Nothing suggests that she discarded, lost or cleaned it.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** She keeps the key rather than throwing it away.
B: **Correct:** Repeated looking and turning indicate examination.
C: **Incorrect:** The key remains in her possession.
D: **Incorrect:** No cleaning or polishing is described.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
In the passage, who does the word “I” refer to:
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The girl
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The gardener
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The narrator
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An older woman
Published solution
The story is told about the girl in the third person: she looked, she thought. The phrase 'As I have said before' is an intervention by the storyteller addressing the reader. Thus I refers to the narrator, not to the girl or another character identified in the scene.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** The girl is described as she, not as the speaking I.
B: **Incorrect:** The gardener is not the speaker of this narration.
C: **Correct:** The first-person comment comes from the storyteller.
D: **Incorrect:** No older woman is identified as the speaker here.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The closed garden is a symbol of:
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Wealth
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Fear
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Mystery
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Punishment
Published solution
The garden has been locked for ten years, and the girl wonders what is inside and what happened there. Its inaccessibility stimulates questions and imagination. Among the offered ideas, it symbolizes mystery, rather than being introduced as a sign of wealth, a threat or a punishment.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Possession or wealth is not the significance emphasized.
B: **Incorrect:** Curiosity rather than fear dominates the girl's response.
C: **Correct:** The locked, unexplored place represents the unknown.
D: **Incorrect:** No punishment is associated with it in this excerpt.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Which word means “tired and weak without energy”?
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Languid
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Contrary
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Benevolent
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Stirred
Published solution
Languid means lacking energy, weak or listless. In the passage the heat in India left her too languid to take interest in things, in contrast with the energizing air of the moor. Contrary means difficult or oppositional; stirred means made active.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Languid directly describes low energy and weakness.
B: **Incorrect:** Contrary describes an oppositional disposition, not physical listlessness.
C: **Incorrect:** Benevolent means kind or well-intentioned.
D: **Incorrect:** Stirred suggests activity rather than lack of energy.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
In what context is the verb “awakening” used in the passage?
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It presents imagination as weak
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It creates a humorous tone
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Imagination can be physically seen
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It suggests that imagination is becoming active
Published solution
Awakening normally means becoming awake. Applied to imagination, it is figurative: the girl's previously inactive mind is beginning to form ideas and interests. Her plans for the garden illustrate that new mental activity; the word does not mean imagination can be physically seen.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** The movement is from inactivity toward activity, not toward weakness.
B: **Incorrect:** The context is descriptive rather than primarily humorous.
C: **Incorrect:** Imagination is a mental capacity, not a visible object here.
D: **Correct:** Her imagination is beginning to become active.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The word “appetite” from the passage suggests:
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A dislike for new experiences
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A growing interest
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A fear of change
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A need for sleep
Published solution
The passage literally says the fresh air gave her an appetite, meaning hunger, then compares that physical revival with the stirring of her mind. Among the options, growing interest captures the broader parallel with her new curiosity. The other choices contradict the positive awakening; none gives the literal hunger meaning, which is important to distinguish.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Her interest is growing rather than declining.
B: **Correct:** This fits the wider parallel between physical appetite and renewed mental interest.
C: **Incorrect:** The passage shows curiosity rather than fear of change.
D: **Incorrect:** Appetite is not a need for sleep.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The word “moor” refers to:
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A type of food
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Open Land
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A lock
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A small house
Published solution
A moor is an extensive open area of uncultivated land, often with grasses, heather or other low vegetation. Here the wind and fresh air come from that landscape. It is not a food or part of the locked-garden mechanism.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Moor is not a food in this context.
B: **Correct:** It refers to an open uncultivated landscape.
C: **Incorrect:** The lock is a separate object.
D: **Incorrect:** It is not a small building.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The phrase “less contrary” means:
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More stubborn
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More cooperative
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More silent
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More fearful
Published solution
Contrary can describe a person who habitually resists or disagrees. Feeling less contrary therefore means becoming less oppositional and more cooperative or agreeable. The passage presents a positive change in her disposition alongside her new energy and interests.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Less contrary means less, not more, stubborn.
B: **Correct:** More cooperative expresses the intended improvement.
C: **Incorrect:** Silence is not the meaning of contrary.
D: **Incorrect:** Fear is not the disposition being described.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
What does “fighting with the wind” represent?
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She enjoyed strong winds
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She was angry with the weather
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She wanted to go back to India
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The fresh air was making her stronger
Published solution
The wind is not an enemy with which she literally fights. Moving in the strong fresh air stirs her blood and builds her physical vitality, while also stimulating her mind. The phrase contributes to the contrast between her earlier weakness and her increasing strength in the new environment.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Enjoyment of wind alone misses its strengthening effect in the passage.
B: **Incorrect:** The phrase does not express anger at the weather.
C: **Incorrect:** It does not suggest a wish to return to India.
D: **Correct:** The physical encounter with fresh air contributes to her stronger, more active state.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over and thought about it. As I
have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders
about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she
could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls,
and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she
wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange
must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it, she could go into it every
day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite
alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked
and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much. Living as it were, all by
herself in a house with a hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do
to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her
imagination. There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to
do with it. Just as it had given her an appetite, and fighting with the wind had stirred her blood, so
the same things had stirred her mind. In India, she had always been too hot and languid and weak
to care much about anything, but in this place, she was beginning to care and to want to do new
things. Already she felt less "contrary," though she did not know why.
Source: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
How does the girl change from the beginning to the end of the passage?
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She becomes more active
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There is no change
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She is more fearful
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She becomes lonely
Published solution
The girl develops plans, becomes curious about the locked garden and wants to try new activities. The narrator explicitly contrasts this with her earlier hot, languid and uninterested state. Her imagination and body become more active; loneliness is part of the setting, not the principal change described.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Both her curiosity and her physical energy increase.
B: **Incorrect:** The passage explicitly describes awakening and renewed interest.
C: **Incorrect:** The change is toward curiosity rather than greater fear.
D: **Incorrect:** Her solitude is already part of the setting, not the main developing change.
**The word “string” has _____ consonant clusters in it. The word begins with a _____ cluster.**
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2; CC
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1; CC
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2; CCC
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1; CCC
Published solution
String has the sound sequence /strɪŋ/. Its initial /s t r/ is one three-consonant cluster, CCC. The final ng represents the single nasal /ŋ/, so it does not create another cluster. Count spoken sounds rather than treating n and g as separate merely because both are written.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** This incorrectly counts a final cluster and understates the initial one.
B: **Incorrect:** The initial /str/ has three consonants, not two.
C: **Incorrect:** Final /ŋ/ is one consonant sound, so there is not a second cluster.
D: **Correct:** There is one cluster, the initial three-consonant /str/.
**The word “scrunch” has _____ consonant clusters in it. The word begins with a _____ cluster.**
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2; CCC
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1; CC
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2; CC
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1; CCC
Published solution
Scrunch is /skrʌntʃ/: its initial /skr/ contains three consonant sounds, while its ending /ntʃ/ contains /n/ plus the affricate /tʃ/. These make two clusters, and the initial one is CCC. The ch affricate counts as one sound, not two separate consonants.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** There is an initial /skr/ cluster and a final /n tʃ/ cluster.
B: **Incorrect:** This misses the final cluster and miscounts the initial one.
C: **Incorrect:** The initial cluster has three consonants.
D: **Incorrect:** This misses the final cluster.
**Identify the sequence of consonant and vowel sounds in the word “spring”.**
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CCCVC
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CCVC
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CVCVC
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CVCCVC
Published solution
Spring is /sprɪŋ/. The sounds are /s/, /p/, /r/, /ɪ/, /ŋ/: three consonants, one vowel and one final consonant. The resulting pattern is CCCVC. Written ng represents the single velar nasal /ŋ/ here.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** The five-sound sequence is three consonants, a vowel and a consonant.
B: **Incorrect:** This omits one initial consonant.
C: **Incorrect:** No vowel interrupts the initial /spr/ cluster.
D: **Incorrect:** This invents a vowel inside the initial cluster and an extra consonant.
**Identify the sequence of consonant and vowel sounds in the word “flight”.**
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CCVC
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CCCVC
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CCVVC
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CVCVC
Published solution
Flight is /flaɪt/. It has two initial consonants /f,l/, one vowel nucleus /aɪ/ and final /t/. A diphthong is one vowel nucleus for this classification, and the written gh is silent. Thus the pattern is CCVC.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** The spoken sequence is /f l aɪ t/.
B: **Incorrect:** There are only two initial consonant sounds.
C: **Incorrect:** The diphthong counts as one vowel nucleus, not two separate vowels.
D: **Incorrect:** No vowel occurs between /f/ and /l/.
**Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option**
**which has the same sound.**
“Method”
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Thatch
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Those
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Loathe
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Bathe
Published solution
Method contains the voiceless dental fricative /θ/. Thatch begins with that same sound. Those, loathe and bathe instead use voiced /ð/. The same spelling th can therefore correspond to different consonant sounds.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Thatch begins with the matching voiceless /θ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Those uses voiced /ð/.
C: **Incorrect:** Loathe uses voiced /ð/.
D: **Incorrect:** Bathe uses voiced /ð/.
**Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option**
**which has the same sound.**
“Nought”
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Dough
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Cough
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Bought
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Doubt
Published solution
In the pronunciation model intended by the exercise, nought and bought share the vowel /ɔː/. Dough uses the GOAT vowel, cough typically the LOT vowel in British English, and doubt the MOUTH diphthong. Compare sounds rather than the shared letters ought or ough; vowel mergers can vary by accent.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Dough has a different vowel, typically /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Cough has the different LOT vowel in the intended British model.
C: **Correct:** Bought shares the intended /ɔː/ vowel.
D: **Incorrect:** Doubt has /aʊ/.
**Which word contains the same vowel sound as in “cat”?**
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Bat
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bed
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Cut
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Cot
Published solution
Cat has the TRAP vowel /æ/. Bat uses the same vowel; bed uses /e/ or /ɛ/, cut /ʌ/, and cot the LOT vowel. The first or final consonant need not match when the question asks only for the vowel.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Bat shares /æ/ with cat.
B: **Incorrect:** Bed has a different vowel.
C: **Incorrect:** Cut has the STRUT vowel.
D: **Incorrect:** Cot has the LOT vowel.
**Which word contains the same vowel sound as in “sit”?**
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Seat
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Sip
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Sheet
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Soot
Published solution
Sit has the short KIT vowel /ɪ/. Sip shares that vowel. Seat and sheet instead have the longer FLEECE vowel /iː/, and soot normally has /ʊ/ in the pronunciation model intended here. A different final consonant does not change the target vowel match.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Seat uses /iː/, not /ɪ/.
B: **Correct:** Sip uses the matching short /ɪ/.
C: **Incorrect:** Sheet uses /iː/.
D: **Incorrect:** Soot normally uses /ʊ/ in the intended model.
**Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option**
**which has the same sound.**
“Crank”
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Ranch
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Gnat
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Pugnacious
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During
Published solution
In crank, the nasal before /k/ is /ŋ/, as in /kræŋk/. During ends in /ŋ/ in the standard pronunciation targeted here, so it contains the same nasal. Ranch has /n/, gnat begins /n/, and pugnacious contains /n/ after /g/, not /ŋ/ at the relevant position.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Ranch contains /n/ before its affricate.
B: **Incorrect:** Gnat begins with /n/; its g is silent.
C: **Incorrect:** Pugnacious has the /g n/ sequence, not the target nasal at that position.
D: **Correct:** During contains the matching velar nasal /ŋ/.
**Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option**
**which has the same sound.**
“Brink”
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Reign
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Rein
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Ring
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Repugnant
Published solution
Brink ends in /ŋk/, with the velar nasal /ŋ/ before /k/. Ring ends in that same nasal. Reign and rein end in alveolar /n/, while repugnant contains /n/ rather than the required /ŋ/ in the relevant sequence.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Reign ends in /n/.
B: **Incorrect:** Rein also ends in /n/.
C: **Correct:** Ring ends in the matching /ŋ/.
D: **Incorrect:** Repugnant does not supply the required velar nasal.
**Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option**
**which has the same sound.**
“Guile”
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Gale
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Bile
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Guilt
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Guess
Published solution
Guile contains the PRICE diphthong /aɪ/. Bile shares it. Gale has /eɪ/, guilt has /ɪ/, and guess has /e/ or /ɛ/. Identical initial letters are not evidence that the vowels are the same.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Gale has /eɪ/.
B: **Correct:** Bile has the same /aɪ/ vowel as guile.
C: **Incorrect:** Guilt has short /ɪ/.
D: **Incorrect:** Guess has the DRESS vowel.
Information is an uncountable noun in ordinary English: say some information or more information, not two informations. This makes D the clearest intended example. However, A also includes football used as a game/activity noun, usually treated as uncountable. The question is therefore not perfectly exclusive if 'contains an uncountable noun' is read broadly; the source's intended contrast is information versus the explicitly counted people, dresses and birds.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Boys is countable, but football as an activity can be uncountable; this makes the stem potentially nonexclusive.
B: **Incorrect:** Dresses is explicitly countable with two.
C: **Incorrect:** Birds is explicitly countable with three.
D: **Correct:** Information is the unambiguous mass noun targeted by the source.
**Fill in the blank with a noun:**
“My mother bought a new ________ from the bakery.”
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Cake
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Sweetly
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Baked
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Hungry
Published solution
After 'a new', the phrase needs a singular countable noun naming something bought from a bakery. Cake meets that requirement. Sweetly is an adverb, baked a verb/participle form, and hungry an adjective; none supplies the required object noun.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Cake is the singular countable object noun.
B: **Incorrect:** Sweetly is an adverb.
C: **Incorrect:** Baked is not the required noun in this construction.
D: **Incorrect:** Hungry is an adjective.
**Choose the correct sequence of pronouns:**
“_____ saw the movie, and the teacher congratulated_____”
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We, us
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Us, we
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Me, I
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Him, he
Published solution
The first blank is the subject of saw, so use the subject form we. The second is the object of congratulated, so use us. 'We saw the movie, and the teacher congratulated us' preserves both case roles and a consistent group reference.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** We is the subject form and us the object form.
B: **Incorrect:** This reverses the subject and object forms.
C: **Incorrect:** Me cannot be the subject of saw in standard English.
D: **Incorrect:** Him cannot be the subject and he cannot be the object here.
**Which pair contains one object pronoun and one subject pronoun?**
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He, she
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Me, us
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Him, her
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They, them
Published solution
They is a subject pronoun and them is its object form. The question asks for a pair containing one of each, not necessarily object first. He/she are both subjects, while me/us and him/her are both object forms in these personal-pronoun uses.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Both are subject pronouns.
B: **Incorrect:** Both are object pronouns.
C: **Incorrect:** Both are object pronouns in the intended use.
D: **Correct:** They supplies the subject form and them the object form.
Painted expresses an action that Maya performs, with a picture as its object. In the other sentences is, was and are link subjects to descriptions or identities. Those linking uses do not describe an action such as painting.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Is links cake to the adjective delicious.
B: **Incorrect:** Was links sky to cloudy.
C: **Incorrect:** Are links we to the identity friends.
D: **Correct:** Painted expresses the action performed by Maya.
She is third-person singular, so the present-tense form is has: 'She has a new bicycle'. Have is incorrect for that subject in this ordinary affirmative sentence. The other options correctly pair are with they, am with I, and were with we.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** They are is correct plural agreement.
B: **Incorrect:** I am is correct agreement.
C: **Incorrect:** We were is correct past plural agreement.
D: **Correct:** She requires has, not have.
**Identify the sentence with a distributive adjective.**
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Every student submitted the assignment
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Students submitted the assignment on time
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Students did not submit the assignment
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Students submitted the assignment twice
Published solution
Every distributes the statement to each member of the group individually, so it is traditionally called a distributive adjective/determiner. 'Every student' means each student without exception. The other choices make statements about students without a distributive word.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Every distributes the statement across individual students.
B: **Incorrect:** On time is a time-related phrase, not a distributive adjective.
C: **Incorrect:** Negation does not itself make a distributive adjective.
D: **Incorrect:** Twice states frequency, not distribution across individuals.
**Which sentence has both an attributive and a predicative adjective?**
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The smart student is intelligent
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The student studies hard
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The intelligent student studies
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The student is intelligent
Published solution
An attributive adjective stands within a noun phrase before the noun, as smart before student. A predicative adjective occurs after a linking verb, as intelligent after is. A contains both positions: 'The smart student is intelligent'. The other sentences have at most one of the two adjective uses.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Smart is attributive and intelligent is predicative.
B: **Incorrect:** Hard modifies studies adverbially.
C: **Incorrect:** Intelligent is attributive only.
D: **Incorrect:** Intelligent is predicative only.
After the ceremony locates the meeting in time, answering when. Near the library answers where, because of the meeting answers why, and happily answers how. Identify the semantic role of the phrase rather than simply selecting any phrase after met.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** After the ceremony states the time.
B: **Incorrect:** Near the library states location.
C: **Incorrect:** Because of the meeting states cause.
D: **Incorrect:** Happily states manner.
**Fill in the blank with an adverb:**
“The teacher spoke ________so that everyone could understand.”
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Clear
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Clearly
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Clarity
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Cleared
Published solution
The blank modifies the action spoke, explaining how the teacher spoke. Clearly is the adverb meaning in an understandable way. Clear is an adjective, clarity a noun, and cleared a verb/participle form; none is the required manner adverb here.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Clear is an adjective in the intended distinction.
B: **Correct:** Clearly is the manner adverb modifying spoke.
C: **Incorrect:** Clarity is a noun.
D: **Incorrect:** Cleared is a verb/participle form.
The ordinary collocation is need for assistance. Interest in, belief in and dependence on are standard noun-preposition pairings. A noun's required preposition is part of its conventional construction; the preposition cannot be copied from an unrelated noun.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Interest in is standard.
B: **Incorrect:** Belief in is standard.
C: **Incorrect:** Dependence on is standard.
D: **Correct:** Use need for assistance rather than need on assistance.
Admiration for, respect for and enthusiasm for are conventional combinations. Influence normally takes on or over when naming what is affected: influence on behavior, influence over a decision. Influence for is not the intended noun-preposition collocation, although unrelated sentences can put for after the noun for other reasons.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Admiration for is the ordinary pairing.
B: **Incorrect:** Respect for is the ordinary pairing.
C: **Incorrect:** Enthusiasm for is the ordinary pairing.
D: **Correct:** Influence normally takes on/over for the affected object.
**Identify the incorrect use of a correlative conjunction:**
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Either John or Peter will lead the team
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Neither the teacher nor the students were ready
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Not only she sings but also dances
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Both honesty and diligence are important
Published solution
Parallel alternatives should be linked by correlative conjunctions. The fronted negative expression not only requires subject-auxiliary inversion: 'Not only does she sing, but she also dances'. Alternatively, 'She not only sings but also dances' keeps normal subject order. 'Not only she sings...' follows neither correct pattern in this sentence.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Either...or correctly links the two possible leaders.
B: **Incorrect:** Neither...nor is correctly paired, with were agreeing with the nearer plural students.
C: **Correct:** The fronted not only construction needs does she sing.
D: **Incorrect:** Both...and correctly links the two noun subjects.
**What relationship does the conjunction express?**
“We stayed indoors because it was raining.”
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Addition
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Cause
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Contrast
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Choice
Published solution
Because introduces the reason for staying indoors: it was raining. The rain is presented as the cause of the decision, not as an additional independent activity, a contrasting outcome or an alternative choice.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The relation is not simple addition.
B: **Correct:** The because-clause states the cause/reason.
C: **Incorrect:** There is no concession or contrast.
D: **Incorrect:** No alternative is being offered.
**Which interjection could replace the following sentence?**
“I made a mistake”
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Oops!
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Hurray!
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Bravo!
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Hush!
Published solution
Oops is the conventional interjection acknowledging a small mistake or mishap. Hurray celebrates, bravo praises achievement, and hush asks someone to be quiet. Match the emotion or communicative function, not just the exclamation mark.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Oops acknowledges a mistake.
B: **Incorrect:** Hurray expresses joy or celebration.
C: **Incorrect:** Bravo expresses praise.
D: **Incorrect:** Hush requests quiet.
**Choose the emotion associated with the interjection:**
“Wow! This waterfall is beautiful”
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Regret
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Surprise
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Pain
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Anger
Published solution
Wow conveys surprise or admiration at the waterfall's beauty. The positive description fixes that meaning here. Interjections depend on context: the same written form could express a different reaction elsewhere, but not regret, pain or anger in this sentence.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** There is no regretted action or loss.
B: **Correct:** The speaker reacts with surprised admiration.
C: **Incorrect:** No pain is expressed.
D: **Incorrect:** The positive description does not express anger.
**Provide the correct homophones to complete the following paragraph.**
Meera made a tactical ______ (faint/feint) at her opponent but her hope for success remained
______(faint/feint). Nevertheless, her quick thinking was ________ (complimented/complemented) by
her opponent who thought her actions ________(complimented/complemented) her courage.
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faint / feint / complemented / complimented
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feint / faint / complimented / complemented
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feint / faint / complemented / complimented
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faint / feint / complimented / complemented
Published solution
A tactical feint is a deceptive move; faint means weak, matching the weak hope. Complimented means praised, so the opponent compliments her quick thinking. Complemented means completed or enhanced, so her actions complement her courage. Reading each word's role gives feint/faint/complimented/complemented.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The first two meanings are reversed, and the final pair is reversed.
B: **Correct:** All four words match the intended meanings in order.
C: **Incorrect:** The final praise/enhancement distinction is reversed.
D: **Incorrect:** Faint and feint are incorrectly assigned to the first two blanks.
**Choose the correct option:**
“ I _______ help you with your homework tonight if you still need assistance.”
Hint: Suggestion
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Must
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Can
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Would
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Ought
Published solution
'I can help you ... if you still need assistance' offers available help. Can expresses ability or availability and is the natural suggestion/offer here. Ought needs to before a following verb, must implies necessity, and would generally needs a suitable conditional or polite-offer frame not supplied in these options.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Must expresses necessity rather than the offered assistance.
B: **Correct:** Can makes a natural offer of available help.
C: **Incorrect:** Would is not the best unqualified offer under the supplied hint.
D: **Incorrect:** Ought normally requires ought to help.
**Choose the correct option:**
“They _______ come to the party, but they are still waiting for a taxi driver.”
Hint: Possibility
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Must
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May
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Should
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Have to
Published solution
May expresses the stated possibility: attendance is not certain because transport is still unresolved. Must and have to express necessity, while should expresses expectation or advice. The sentence is not imposing an obligation on the partygoers.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Must expresses stronger necessity or inference.
B: **Correct:** May directly expresses uncertain possible attendance.
C: **Incorrect:** Should suggests an expectation or recommendation rather than the stated possibility.
D: **Incorrect:** Have to expresses obligation.
**Read the sentences below and choose the option that accurately describes the underlined**
**word.**
Sentence 1 - “The soldiers refused to desert the army during the battle.”
Sentence 2 - “The soldiers trudged through the Sahara desert under the sweltering heat.”
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They are spelled differently but pronounced the same.
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They are spelled the same but pronounced differently and have different
meanings.
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They are spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
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They are exact synonyms in both contexts.
Published solution
Desert as a verb means abandon and has second-syllable stress, /dɪˈzɜːt/ in a common British model. Desert as the dry landscape is a noun with first-syllable stress, /ˈdezət/. These are heteronyms: the same spelling, different pronunciation and meanings. They are not synonyms or merely different spellings of the same sound.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Both are spelled desert.
B: **Correct:** The spelling is identical but pronunciation and meaning differ.
C: **Incorrect:** Their stress and vowel patterns differ.
D: **Incorrect:** Abandoning and an arid landscape have different meanings.
**Complete the following sentence using the correct word.**
“Familiar” is to “Ordinary” as “Ubiquitous” is to:
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Widespread
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Scarce
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Rare
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Unusual
Published solution
The analogy pairs words with broadly similar meanings. Ubiquitous means present or encountered everywhere, so widespread is its closest listed equivalent. Scarce and rare mean uncommon, which is the opposite direction; unusual means not ordinary.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Widespread is the closest synonym of ubiquitous.
B: **Incorrect:** Scarce means insufficient or uncommon.
C: **Incorrect:** Rare means uncommon.
D: **Incorrect:** Unusual contrasts with ordinary rather than matching ubiquitous.
**Identify the odd one out that does not form a collocation with the noun “mistake”:**
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Fatal
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Costly
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Cruel
Published solution
Fatal mistake and costly mistake are established collocations for an error with disastrous or expensive consequences. Cruel ordinarily describes a person, action or treatment causing suffering, not the conventional adjective in this mistake-collocation set. The question asks for the least natural established pairing, not a claim that it could never appear in creative prose.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Fatal mistake is standard.
B: **Incorrect:** Costly mistake is standard.
C: **Correct:** Cruel is not the conventional collocation intended with mistake.
**Complete the following sentence using the correct word.**
“Everyone considered it an _____ performance worthy of applause.”
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Aggravating
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Outstanding
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Lowly
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Terrible
Published solution
An outstanding performance is exceptionally good and therefore worthy of applause. Aggravating means irritating, lowly means humble or low in status, and terrible means very bad. The positive evaluation in the second part of the sentence identifies outstanding.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Aggravating means irritating rather than applause-worthy.
B: **Correct:** Outstanding means exceptionally good.
C: **Incorrect:** Lowly does not express exceptional quality.
D: **Incorrect:** Terrible conflicts with worthy of applause.
**Complete the following sentence using the correct word.**
“The doctor said the patient was still _____ and needed more rest.”
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Wonderful
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Splendid
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Unwell
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Terrific
Published solution
Still unwell means not yet recovered, which explains why the patient needs further rest. Wonderful, splendid and terrific normally express positive evaluations and do not describe continuing illness in this medical context.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Wonderful does not express ongoing illness.
B: **Incorrect:** Splendid is a positive evaluation.
C: **Correct:** Unwell states that the patient has not fully recovered.
D: **Incorrect:** Terrific normally means excellent, not ill.
**Choose the appropriate option.**
“She had to make up an excuse for being late.”
Here, what does “make up” mean?
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To wait on the phone
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To interrupt something
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To lie about something
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To forgive each other
Published solution
Make up an excuse means invent an explanation rather than report the true reason. Here it implies a fabricated excuse for lateness. Make up can also mean reconcile in a different construction, but the object an excuse fixes the inventing meaning in this sentence.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Waiting on a telephone is not this meaning.
B: **Incorrect:** Interruption is not this meaning of make up.
C: **Correct:** Inventing an excuse is the intended fabrication/lying sense.
D: **Incorrect:** Reconciliation is another sense of make up, but not with an excuse as object.
**Choose the appropriate option.**
“Uma went through a lot of pain after the bike accident.”
Here, what does “went through” mean?
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To experience something
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To become very angry
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To find something by chance
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To express anger
Published solution
Go through a difficult experience means undergo or experience it. Uma endured pain after the accident. The phrase is not the phrasal verb for finding by chance, nor does it specifically mean becoming angry.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Experience or undergo matches went through pain.
B: **Incorrect:** Anger is not the meaning of the phrase here.
C: **Incorrect:** Come across, not go through, can mean find by chance.
D: **Incorrect:** Expressing anger is not the described action.
**The verb in an “or”, “either/or”, or “neither/nor” sentence agrees with the noun or pronoun**
**____________ it.**
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Closest to
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Farthest from
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Friendly to
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In the middle of
Published solution
The exercise applies proximity agreement to alternative subjects joined by or/either...or/neither...nor. The verb agrees with the nearer subject, especially when one alternative is singular and the other plural. This rule should be applied to the grammatical alternatives, not a random nearby noun inside a modifying phrase.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** The nearer alternative controls agreement under the intended proximity rule.
B: **Incorrect:** The farther alternative is not the rule intended.
C: **Incorrect:** Friendly to is not a grammatical agreement relation.
D: **Incorrect:** Middle position does not determine agreement.
**Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:**
"Either my research guide or my supervisor ___________ attending the online viva."
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Will
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Are
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Were not
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Is
Published solution
Both research guide and supervisor are singular alternatives, and the nearer subject supervisor takes is. The complete progressive form is 'is attending'. Will cannot directly precede attending without be; are and were not have plural agreement in this construction.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Will needs be before attending.
B: **Incorrect:** Are is plural and does not agree with the singular supervisor.
C: **Incorrect:** Were not is plural in this ordinary indicative context.
D: **Correct:** Is gives singular agreement and a complete progressive verb phrase.
Academician normally has primary stress on the mi syllable: a-ca-de-MI-cian, commonly /əˌkædəˈmɪʃən/. The apostrophe in Acade'mician marks that syllable. Secondary stress earlier in a long word does not replace the requested primary stress.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** This puts primary stress at the beginning rather than on mi.
B: **Incorrect:** This shifts primary stress too early.
C: **Correct:** The marker is immediately before the primary-stressed mi syllable.
D: **Incorrect:** This likewise places the primary stress too early.
**Choose the appropriate stress for the usage of the word “address” in the following sentence:**
“The President will address the nation after the inauguration ceremony.”
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ADDress
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addRESS
Published solution
Address is a verb here, meaning speak formally to an audience. The standard verb form is stressed on the second syllable: addRESS. First-syllable stress is associated with one common noun pronunciation, not the intended verb use in 'will address the nation'.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** This is not the intended verb stress.
B: **Correct:** The verb address has second-syllable primary stress.
**Which among the following rightly represent the stress pattern in the underlined words in**
**the given sentence?**
“The loudspeaker used during the processions in the city has become a matter of public nuisance.”
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LOUD speaker, PROcessions
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LOUD speaker, proCEssions
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Loud SPEAKER, proCEssions
Published solution
Loudspeaker is a compound noun with primary stress on its first element, LOUD. Processions has primary stress on its second syllable, proCEssions. The option must get both right; the plural ending does not move the stress of procession.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Processions is not stressed on its first syllable.
B: **Correct:** Both LOUDspeaker and proCEssions are correctly stressed.
C: **Incorrect:** This places compound-noun stress on speaker rather than loud.
**The plural markers for the words “keys”, “icons”, and “pointers” are:**
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/z/, /z/, and /z/ respectively
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/s/, /s/, and /z/ respectively
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/s/, /s/, and /s/ respectively
Published solution
The regular plural ending is voiced /z/ after a voiced nonsibilant. Key ends in a vowel, icon in /n/, and pointer in a vowel or /r/, depending on accent. All those environments take /z/, not /s/. Thus keys, icons and pointers share the same voiced plural marker.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** All three bases end in voiced nonsibilant sounds and take /z/.
B: **Incorrect:** Keys and icons do not take /s/.
C: **Incorrect:** None of these three regular endings is /s/ in the intended forms.
**The plural markers for the words “jokers”, “clowns”, and “jesters” are:**
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/z/, /s/, and /s/ respectively
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/z/, /z/, and /z/ respectively
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/s/, /s/, and /z/ respectively
Published solution
Joker and jester end in a vowel or /r/ depending on accent, and clown ends in /n/. These are voiced nonsibilant environments, so all three plural endings are /z/. The ending follows the final spoken sound, not whether the word contains an earlier voiceless consonant.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Clowns and jesters have voiced /z/ endings.
B: **Correct:** All three endings are voiced /z/.
C: **Incorrect:** Jokers and clowns do not take /s/.
**Identify whether the sound /t/ (in bold) in the following word is aspirated or not.**
Po**t**ato
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+asp
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–asp
Published solution
The marked /t/ in potato begins the stressed second syllable, /pəˈteɪtəʊ/ in a common British model. A voiceless stop at the beginning of a stressed syllable, without preceding /s/, is normally aspirated. Therefore the target /t/ is classified +asp here.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** The marked /t/ begins the stressed syllable and is aspirated.
B: **Incorrect:** The target is not the later unstressed stop.
**Identify whether the sound /t/ (in bold) in the following word is aspirated or not.**
Passiona**t**e
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+asp
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–asp
Published solution
The marked final /t/ in passionate belongs to an unstressed ending, not the onset of a stressed syllable. It therefore lacks the strong aspirated onset release tested in the exercise and is classified -asp. Do not apply the word-initial stressed-stop rule to every written t.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The marked stop is not in the stressed-syllable onset environment.
B: **Correct:** The final unstressed /t/ is classified unaspirated here.
**The sound /k/ in the word “practical” is in the initial position of a stressed syllable.**
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True
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False
Published solution
Practical has primary stress on its first syllable, PRAC-ti-cal. The /k/ sounds do not begin that stressed syllable: its onset begins /pr/. Thus the claim that /k/ occupies the initial position of a stressed syllable is false. Identify syllable position, not simply whether the word contains a stressed syllable.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The stressed syllable begins with /pr/, not /k/.
B: **Correct:** No /k/ is the onset of the primary-stressed syllable here.
**The sound /k/ in the word “cancel” is in the initial position of a stressed syllable.**
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True
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False
Published solution
Cancel has first-syllable stress, CAN-cel. The initial sound /k/ begins that stressed syllable. It is the standard environment for aspiration of an English voiceless stop when no /s/ precedes it, so the statement about its position is true.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** The initial /k/ begins the stressed first syllable.
B: **Incorrect:** The stated stressed-syllable position is correct.
Opportunity normally has five syllables: op-por-tu-ni-ty. Reduced unstressed vowels still form syllables. Count the spoken vowel nuclei rather than assigning one syllable to every pair or group of written vowels.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Three omits two spoken syllables.
B: **Incorrect:** Four omits one of the usual spoken syllables.
C: **Correct:** The standard form contains five syllables.
Tensile has two syllables, ten-sile, whether the final syllable is pronounced with a diphthong or a reduced vowel in the relevant accent. A diphthong still forms a single vowel nucleus. Therefore the correct count is two.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The word is not one syllable.
B: **Correct:** Ten-sile gives two syllables.
C: **Incorrect:** The final vowel sequence does not require an extra third syllable.
Machine has two syllables, ma-chine, with stress on the second. Disyllabic is the precise label for a two-syllable word. Monosyllabic means one; polysyllabic is a broader label in general usage, but the exercise asks for the exact two-syllable category.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Machine is not monosyllabic.
B: **Incorrect:** This is less specific than the exact two-syllable category intended here.
C: **Correct:** Disyllabic precisely identifies its two syllables.
**Choose the correct option:**
“Turn right________ the first traffic lights, then turn left.”
6406537424344.
At
6406537424345.
On
6406537424346.
In
6406537424347.
Into
Published solution
At identifies a particular point or landmark along the route: 'turn right at the first traffic lights'. On and in would express different spatial relations; into would indicate entering a space, not turning at a landmark.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** At marks the traffic lights as the point where the turn occurs.
B: **Incorrect:** On does not express the intended turn landmark here.
C: **Incorrect:** In does not express this point along the route.
D: **Incorrect:** Into suggests entering rather than turning at the landmark.
**Choose the correct option:**
"People prefer travelling a long distance ____ bus."
6406537424348.
By
6406537424349.
At
6406537424350.
With
Published solution
By plus a transport mode describes how someone travels: by bus, by train, by air. The bare singular vehicle noun is normal in this construction. If describing physical presence on a particular vehicle, one might say on the bus, but that is a different structure.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** By bus is the conventional expression for mode of travel.
B: **Incorrect:** At bus is not a grammatical travel-mode phrase.
C: **Incorrect:** With bus does not express the transport mode in this construction.
**What is the type of error in the sentence?**
“The manager asked for the file and the recordings of the meeting. It was unavailable.”
6406537424351.
Tense inconsistency
6406537424352.
Subject- verb Agreement
6406537424353.
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Published solution
The preceding request mentions the file and the recordings, a plural coordinated referent. If both are meant, the next sentence should say 'They were unavailable'. It is singular and also leaves unclear which item is meant, so the intended issue is pronoun-antecedent agreement/reference. If only one item was intended, it should be identified explicitly.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** The problem is reference/number, not an unexplained tense switch.
B: **Incorrect:** It was has internal singular agreement; the mismatch is with the intended antecedent.
C: **Correct:** The singular pronoun does not clearly agree with the preceding coordinated items.
**"The details and agenda for the meeting is attached below" is a grammatically correct**
**sentence.**
6406537424388.
True
6406537424389.
False
Published solution
Details and agenda are two coordinated noun elements joined by and. They normally take plural are: 'The details and agenda for the meeting are attached below'. The nearby singular meeting belongs to a prepositional phrase and does not control the main verb.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The singular is does not agree with the coordinated subject.
B: **Correct:** The sentence needs are attached under the normal agreement reading.
**Fill in the blanks with the suitable options.**
Ramesh: Hello! Good evening! Am I speaking to someone at the Electricity Board office?
Official: Yes. (i) _________
Ramesh: This is Ramesh from Krishna Nagar. We have been facing a power outage for the last
three hours.
Official: Yes sir, we are aware of the issue. (ii) _________________
Ramesh: Can you tell me when the power will be restored?
Official: We have sent our team to fix the issue. But (iii) ______________
Ramesh: Oh! I need to (iv)______________ some arrangements for the night then.
Official: Sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're trying our best.
Ramesh: (v) _________________
Official: You're welcome, sir.
Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in the blank (i) with an appropriate response.
6406537424269.
We are very busy.
6406537424270.
Did you call already?
6406537424271.
How can I help you?
Published solution
After confirming that the caller reached the office, the official should invite the request politely. 'How can I help you?' fits Ramesh's next statement about the outage. The other responses either discourage the call or ask an unsupported question about earlier contact.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** This dismisses the caller before hearing the issue.
B: **Incorrect:** No earlier call has been established.
C: **Correct:** This politely opens the service interaction.
**Fill in the blanks with the suitable options.**
Ramesh: Hello! Good evening! Am I speaking to someone at the Electricity Board office?
Official: Yes. (i) _________
Ramesh: This is Ramesh from Krishna Nagar. We have been facing a power outage for the last
three hours.
Official: Yes sir, we are aware of the issue. (ii) _________________
Ramesh: Can you tell me when the power will be restored?
Official: We have sent our team to fix the issue. But (iii) ______________
Ramesh: Oh! I need to (iv)______________ some arrangements for the night then.
Official: Sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're trying our best.
Ramesh: (v) _________________
Official: You're welcome, sir.
Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in the blank (ii) with an appropriate response.
6406537424272.
There is a major fault in the transformer.
6406537424273.
We can't do anything now.
6406537424274.
Try turning it off and on again.
Published solution
The official says the outage is known. Giving its cause, a major transformer fault, directly explains the situation and fits the later statement that a repair team has been sent. The conversation is not about a faulty individual appliance that the caller should restart.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** A transformer fault explains the area outage and subsequent repair work.
B: **Incorrect:** This contradicts the later claim that a team has been sent.
C: **Incorrect:** Restarting an appliance does not address the reported area supply failure.
**Fill in the blanks with the suitable options.**
Ramesh: Hello! Good evening! Am I speaking to someone at the Electricity Board office?
Official: Yes. (i) _________
Ramesh: This is Ramesh from Krishna Nagar. We have been facing a power outage for the last
three hours.
Official: Yes sir, we are aware of the issue. (ii) _________________
Ramesh: Can you tell me when the power will be restored?
Official: We have sent our team to fix the issue. But (iii) ______________
Ramesh: Oh! I need to (iv)______________ some arrangements for the night then.
Official: Sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're trying our best.
Ramesh: (v) _________________
Official: You're welcome, sir.
Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in the blank (iii) with an appropriate response.
6406537424275.
Use a hand-fan if it's too hot.
6406537424276.
It's difficult to give you an exact time of restoration.
6406537424277.
The workers need some extra cash to fix it quickly.
Published solution
Ramesh asks when power will return. After saying repairs are underway, the official qualifies the reply with but, indicating uncertainty about an exact restoration time. This leads naturally to Ramesh planning for the night rather than being given a guaranteed time.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** This does not answer the restoration-time question professionally.
B: **Correct:** This directly states uncertainty about the requested timing.
C: **Incorrect:** This is inappropriate and unsupported by the service conversation.
**Fill in the blanks with the suitable options.**
Ramesh: Hello! Good evening! Am I speaking to someone at the Electricity Board office?
Official: Yes. (i) _________
Ramesh: This is Ramesh from Krishna Nagar. We have been facing a power outage for the last
three hours.
Official: Yes sir, we are aware of the issue. (ii) _________________
Ramesh: Can you tell me when the power will be restored?
Official: We have sent our team to fix the issue. But (iii) ______________
Ramesh: Oh! I need to (iv)______________ some arrangements for the night then.
Official: Sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're trying our best.
Ramesh: (v) _________________
Official: You're welcome, sir.
Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in the blank (iv) with an appropriate response.
6406537424278.
Make
6406537424279.
Create
6406537424280.
Establish
Published solution
Make arrangements is the conventional collocation for organizing plans or practical measures. 'Make some arrangements for the night' means prepare alternatives while the power is out. Create or establish can be used with other nouns, but are not the natural fixed pairing intended here.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Make arrangements is the standard collocation.
B: **Incorrect:** Create is less idiomatic with arrangements in this sentence.
C: **Incorrect:** Establish is not the ordinary planning expression here.
**Fill in the blanks with the suitable options.**
Ramesh: Hello! Good evening! Am I speaking to someone at the Electricity Board office?
Official: Yes. (i) _________
Ramesh: This is Ramesh from Krishna Nagar. We have been facing a power outage for the last
three hours.
Official: Yes sir, we are aware of the issue. (ii) _________________
Ramesh: Can you tell me when the power will be restored?
Official: We have sent our team to fix the issue. But (iii) ______________
Ramesh: Oh! I need to (iv)______________ some arrangements for the night then.
Official: Sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're trying our best.
Ramesh: (v) _________________
Official: You're welcome, sir.
Based on the above conversation, answer the given subquestions.
Fill in the blank (v) with an appropriate response.
6406537424281.
You're the reason this country is not improving.
6406537424282.
Thank you, and please try to restore it as soon as possible.
6406537424283.
I'm definitely filing a complaint against you.
Published solution
The official has apologized and explained that repairs are being attempted. Thanking them and requesting prompt restoration is a polite, relevant response, and the following 'You're welcome' naturally replies to that thanks. The insults and threat do not fit that adjacency pair.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** This personal insult is inappropriate and does not elicit you're welcome.
B: **Correct:** It expresses thanks and a relevant request, fitting the reply.
C: **Incorrect:** The following you're welcome does not naturally respond to a complaint threat.
**Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best**
**fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense**
**consistency of the excerpt.**
Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge (i)____ busy in
his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people
in the court outside (ii)____ wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and
stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone
three, but it was quite dark already—it had not been light all day—and candles (iii)____ in the
windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. The fog
came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and (iv)____ so dense without, that although the court
was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come
drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature (v)____ hard by, and
was brewing on a large scale.
Extracted from: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
Project Gutenberg, 11 Aug. 2004.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (i)
6406537424284.
Sit
6406537424285.
Sits
6406537424286.
Sat
6406537424287.
Had sat
Published solution
The story recounts past events, introduced by once upon a time. Sit has the irregular simple-past form sat, so 'Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house' matches the original narrative time. Had sat would require an earlier-past relation not supplied here.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Sit is the base/present form, not this past narrative.
B: **Incorrect:** Sits is present singular.
C: **Correct:** Sat is the correct simple-past form of sit.
D: **Incorrect:** Had sat introduces an earlier-past relation not needed at this point.
**Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best**
**fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense**
**consistency of the excerpt.**
Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge (i)____ busy in
his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people
in the court outside (ii)____ wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and
stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone
three, but it was quite dark already—it had not been light all day—and candles (iii)____ in the
windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. The fog
came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and (iv)____ so dense without, that although the court
was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come
drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature (v)____ hard by, and
was brewing on a large scale.
Extracted from: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
Project Gutenberg, 11 Aug. 2004.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (ii)
6406537424288.
Go
6406537424289.
Goes
6406537424290.
Went
6406537424291.
Going
Published solution
After a perception verb, a bare infinitive can follow the object: 'hear the people go wheezing up and down'. Hear is already governed by could, and go supplies the perceived movement. It should not be independently inflected as goes or went inside this nonfinite complement.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Hear + object + bare infinitive gives hear the people go.
B: **Incorrect:** Goes is a finite singular form incompatible with this structure.
C: **Incorrect:** Went is not the bare infinitive required in the construction.
D: **Incorrect:** Going can follow hear in other contexts, but hear the people go wheezing is the intended construction and quoted wording here.
**Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best**
**fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense**
**consistency of the excerpt.**
Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge (i)____ busy in
his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people
in the court outside (ii)____ wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and
stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone
three, but it was quite dark already—it had not been light all day—and candles (iii)____ in the
windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. The fog
came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and (iv)____ so dense without, that although the court
was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come
drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature (v)____ hard by, and
was brewing on a large scale.
Extracted from: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
Project Gutenberg, 11 Aug. 2004.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (iii)
6406537424292.
Flare
6406537424293.
Flared
6406537424294.
Flares
6406537424295.
Were flaring
Published solution
The surrounding narrative uses simple past: it was dark and the fog came. Flared fits the coordinated past description of candles burning in the windows. Were flaring could describe ongoing action in a differently framed account, but flared maintains the original narrative form sought by the exercise.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Flare is a present/base form.
B: **Correct:** Flared preserves the simple-past narrative.
C: **Incorrect:** Flares is present singular and also mismatches plural candles.
D: **Incorrect:** This changes the narrative aspect from the original simple-past wording.
**Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best**
**fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense**
**consistency of the excerpt.**
Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge (i)____ busy in
his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people
in the court outside (ii)____ wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and
stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone
three, but it was quite dark already—it had not been light all day—and candles (iii)____ in the
windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. The fog
came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and (iv)____ so dense without, that although the court
was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come
drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature (v)____ hard by, and
was brewing on a large scale.
Extracted from: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
Project Gutenberg, 11 Aug. 2004.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (iv)
6406537424296.
Is
6406537424297.
Was
6406537424298.
Had been
6406537424299.
Was being
Published solution
The sentence continues describing the fog: it 'was so dense'. Was is the past linking verb connecting the subject to the adjective dense. Was being would normally suggest temporary behavior rather than the described physical state; had been would shift the relation to an earlier past.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Is shifts the story to present time.
B: **Correct:** Was supplies the appropriate past linking verb.
C: **Incorrect:** Had been introduces an earlier-past relation not intended here.
D: **Incorrect:** Was being is unnatural for this simple density description.
**Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best**
**fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense**
**consistency of the excerpt.**
Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge (i)____ busy in
his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people
in the court outside (ii)____ wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and
stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone
three, but it was quite dark already—it had not been light all day—and candles (iii)____ in the
windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. The fog
came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and (iv)____ so dense without, that although the court
was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come
drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature (v)____ hard by, and
was brewing on a large scale.
Extracted from: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
Project Gutenberg, 11 Aug. 2004.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb to fill the blank (v)
6406537424300.
Live
6406537424301.
Lives
6406537424302.
Lived
6406537424303.
Was living
Published solution
'One might have thought that Nature lived hard by' is an imagined impression within the past account. Lived is the matching past form and hard by means nearby. The clause describes an imagined state rather than changing to present time or emphasizing ongoing residence.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Live lacks the required finite past form for Nature.
B: **Incorrect:** Lives shifts to present time.
C: **Correct:** Lived matches the past narrative and original state description.
D: **Incorrect:** Was living changes the intended simple state/aspect.
**Match the words in List A to those in List B which contain the same diphthongs.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Lyre
6406537424390.
Hoist
6406537424391.
Brain
6406537424392.
Here
6406537424393.
Dire
6406537424394.
Doe
Published solution
Lyre and dire share the same vowel sequence in the pronunciation model used by the matching exercise. In a non-rhotic accent this is often represented /aɪə/, which may be described as a triphthong rather than a simple diphthong. Despite that loose wording, the matching pair is unambiguous. The listed alternatives have different vowel nuclei, as the option explanations show.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** Hoist has /ɔɪ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Brain has /eɪ/.
C: **Incorrect:** Here has /ɪə/ in the intended non-rhotic model.
D: **Correct:** Dire has the same /aɪə/ vowel sequence as lyre in that model.
E: **Incorrect:** Doe has the GOAT vowel /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
**Match the words in List A to those in List B which contain the same diphthongs.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Cloy
6406537424395.
Hoist
6406537424396.
Brain
6406537424397.
Here
6406537424398.
Dire
6406537424399.
Doe
Published solution
Cloy and hoist share the diphthong /ɔɪ/. Their initial and final consonants differ, but the requested vowel movement is the same. The listed alternatives have different vowel nuclei, as the option explanations show.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** Hoist has /ɔɪ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Brain has /eɪ/.
C: **Incorrect:** Here has /ɪə/ in the intended non-rhotic model.
D: **Incorrect:** Dire has the same /aɪə/ vowel sequence as lyre in that model.
E: **Incorrect:** Doe has the GOAT vowel /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
**Match the words in List A to those in List B which contain the same diphthongs.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Glow
6406537424400.
Hoist
6406537424401.
Brain
6406537424402.
Here
6406537424403.
Dire
6406537424404.
Doe
Published solution
Glow and doe share the GOAT vowel, commonly /əʊ/ in British models or /oʊ/ in American models. The match is unchanged by that accent difference. The listed alternatives have different vowel nuclei, as the option explanations show.
**Answer: E.**
A: **Incorrect:** Hoist has /ɔɪ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Brain has /eɪ/.
C: **Incorrect:** Here has /ɪə/ in the intended non-rhotic model.
D: **Incorrect:** Dire has the same /aɪə/ vowel sequence as lyre in that model.
E: **Correct:** Doe has the GOAT vowel /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
**Match the words in List A to those in List B which contain the same diphthongs.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Sheer
6406537424405.
Hoist
6406537424406.
Brain
6406537424407.
Here
6406537424408.
Dire
6406537424409.
Doe
Published solution
Sheer and here share the NEAR vowel in the intended pronunciation model, often /ɪə/ in a non-rhotic accent. Accent-specific rhotic forms still preserve the matching pair. The listed alternatives have different vowel nuclei, as the option explanations show.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Hoist has /ɔɪ/.
B: **Incorrect:** Brain has /eɪ/.
C: **Correct:** Here has /ɪə/ in the intended non-rhotic model.
D: **Incorrect:** Dire has the same /aɪə/ vowel sequence as lyre in that model.
E: **Incorrect:** Doe has the GOAT vowel /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
**Match the words in List A to those in List B which contain the same diphthongs.**
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Avail
6406537424410.
Hoist
6406537424411.
Brain
6406537424412.
Here
6406537424413.
Dire
6406537424414.
Doe
Published solution
Avail and brain share /eɪ/. In avail, compare the stressed second syllable vail rather than its initial reduced vowel. The listed alternatives have different vowel nuclei, as the option explanations show.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Hoist has /ɔɪ/.
B: **Correct:** Brain has /eɪ/.
C: **Incorrect:** Here has /ɪə/ in the intended non-rhotic model.
D: **Incorrect:** Dire has the same /aɪə/ vowel sequence as lyre in that model.
E: **Incorrect:** Doe has the GOAT vowel /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
State True or False:
The CSTT was established on October 1, 1971.
6406537424354.
True
6406537424355.
False
Published solution
The passage dates CSTT's establishment to October 1,1961. The proposed statement changes the year to 1971, ten years later. Because one essential fact is wrong, the whole statement is false according to the supplied passage.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** The year 1971 contradicts the passage's 1961.
B: **Correct:** The statement is false because the establishment year is changed.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
State True or False:
The “Shabd” website has received over 1,00,000 hits since its launch.
6406537424356.
True
6406537424357.
False
Published solution
The passage reports 1,36,968 hits, which is 136,968. That number exceeds 1,00,000, or 100,000. Therefore the statement accurately compares the passage's number with the threshold; it is a reading-comprehension claim about the supplied passage, not a new live-traffic estimate.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** 136,968 is greater than 100,000.
B: **Incorrect:** The stated threshold is exceeded by the reported figure.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
State True or False:
The AICTE Technical Book Writing and Translation project includes only five Indian languages.
6406537424358.
True
6406537424359.
False
Published solution
The passage says the AICTE project operates in 12 scheduled Indian languages. 'Only five' contradicts that figure. Do not confuse this project count with the 22 languages mentioned for CSTT's terminology website; the two refer to different parts of the passage.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Five is not the number given for the AICTE initiative.
B: **Correct:** The passage gives 12, so the statement is false.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
What is the primary goal of the AICTE Technical Book Writing and Translation initiative?
6406537424360.
To promote English language education
6406537424361.
To provide technical education in Indian languages
6406537424362.
To increase the use of foreign textbooks
6406537424363.
To reduce the number of Indian language textbooks
Published solution
The initiative is introduced as supporting technical education, including engineering and medicine, in Indian languages for better understanding and learning outcomes. Its central purpose is access to technical material in those languages, not expanding English-only or foreign-textbook use.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** English promotion is not the stated objective of this initiative.
B: **Correct:** Providing technical material in Indian languages directly matches the stated purpose.
C: **Incorrect:** The initiative concerns Indian-language resources rather than increased foreign-textbook use.
D: **Incorrect:** It expands rather than reduces Indian-language textbook provision.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
Which organization is responsible for preparing standardised scientific and technical terminology
in Indian languages?
6406537424364.
National Education Policy
6406537424365.
All India Council for Technical Education
6406537424366.
Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology
6406537424367.
Granth Academies
Published solution
CSTT stands for Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology. The passage explicitly assigns it the preparation and standardization of terms in Indian languages, using expert advisory committees. Other named bodies use or distribute the material, but are not the organization identified for this terminology task.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** NEP is the policy framework, not the terminology-producing organization.
B: **Incorrect:** AICTE operates the technical book initiative, but CSTT is the named terminology body.
C: **Correct:** The passage explicitly assigns standardized terminology preparation to CSTT.
D: **Incorrect:** Granth Academies use terminology in textbook preparation.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
What does the CSTT’s “Shabd” website primarily offer?
6406537424368.
English language learning resources
6406537424369.
Historical documents
6406537424370.
Technical terms in Indian languages
6406537424371.
Government reports
Published solution
The Shabd website makes CSTT's collected technical vocabulary available across Indian languages and subject areas. Its headwords come from dictionaries, glossaries and reference materials. It is not primarily a general English course, an archive of historical documents or a collection of government reports.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** General English teaching is not its stated primary function.
B: **Incorrect:** It is a terminology resource rather than a historical-document archive.
C: **Correct:** Technical terms in Indian languages are its core content.
D: **Incorrect:** Government reports are not identified as its principal offering.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a discipline covered by the CSTT’s glossaries?
6406537424372.
Music and Fine Arts
6406537424373.
Economics
6406537424374.
Astrophysics
6406537424375.
Public Administration
Published solution
The passage's long discipline list explicitly includes Music and Fine Arts, Economics and Public Administration. Astrophysics is not named. The question asks what is not mentioned, not what the organization might cover outside the excerpt.
**Answer: C.**
A: **Incorrect:** Music and Fine Arts is explicitly listed.
B: **Incorrect:** Economics is explicitly listed.
C: **Correct:** Astrophysics does not appear in the supplied list.
D: **Incorrect:** Public Administration is explicitly listed.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
Restructure the following sentence for clarity:
"The CSTT also takes up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth
Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells located in various parts of the country."
6406537424376.
The CSTT publishes university-level textbooks through various Granth
Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells across the country.
6406537424377.
University-level textbooks are published by the CSTT through Granth
Academies and other boards located in various parts of the country.
6406537424378.
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells located in various
parts of the country are used by the CSTT for publishing university-level textbooks.
6406537424379.
The CSTT publishes textbooks for universities using its Granth Academies and
textbook boards, located throughout the country.
Published solution
A clearer revision uses the direct verb publishes instead of the longer takes up the publication of. It also shortens located in various parts of the country to across the country while preserving Granth Academies, textbook boards and publication cells. A retains the relevant content with the cleanest active structure.
**Answer: A.**
A: **Correct:** This is concise, active and retains all three publication channels.
B: **Incorrect:** The passive form is less direct and the channels are less completely stated.
C: **Incorrect:** This makes the sentence longer and less direct with are used by.
D: **Incorrect:** This omits publication cells from the original list.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
What is the main purpose of the CSTT’s workshops and seminars?
6406537424380.
To advertise new textbooks
6406537424381.
To popularize standard terminology in Indian languages
6406537424382.
To recruit new staff
6406537424383.
To update the government on education policies
Published solution
The passage says workshops, seminars and related programmes aim to increase the use and popularize standard terminology in Hindi and other Indian languages. The events support adoption and understanding of that terminology, rather than recruitment, advertising or government policy updates.
**Answer: B.**
A: **Incorrect:** Advertising new books is not the stated principal purpose.
B: **Correct:** Popularizing standard terminology directly matches the passage.
C: **Incorrect:** Staff recruitment is not mentioned as the purpose.
D: **Incorrect:** The events are not described primarily as policy briefings.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
In alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, to impart education in the Indian
languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the
government has initiated technical education, including engineering and medicine in Indian
languages. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced “AICTE Technical
Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages. The government is also
collaborating with technical education departments to distribute one set of books in Indian
languages for the libraries of each degree and diploma-level institution. The Commission for
Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) has also launched a website offering technical terms in
all 22 official Indian languages for various educational subjects.
The CSTT, established on October 1, 1961, focuses on preparing standardised scientific and
technical terminology in Indian languages. It regularly publishes a range of bilingual, trilingual,
and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, and monographs, besides publishing
quarterly journals named ‘Vigyan Garima Sindhu’ and ‘Gyan Garima Sindhu’. The CSTT also takes
up the publication of university-level textbooks through its Granth Academies, textbook boards,
and publication cells located in various parts of the country.
It also undertakes the publication of administrative and various departmental glossaries that are
widely used by government departments, institutions, research laboratories, autonomous
organisations, and public sector units besides organising workshops, seminars, symposiums,
conferences, orientation, and training programmes to increase the use and popularise the
standard terminology of Hindi and other Indian languages.
The CSTT prepares the terminologies through the Expert Advisory Committees consisting of
subject and language experts, along with linguists, who are focused on finding out the equivalent
terms in the specific subject areas and language. The terminology prepared by CSTT is used by
Granth Academies, textbook boards, and publication cells for textbook preparation and is also
used by institutions such as NTA, NCERT, NTM, AICTE, and so on. The “Shabd” website contains
words taken from various definitional dictionaries, glossaries, and reference materials that have
been published by the CSTT over the years. The site first went active in March this year and since
then, it has had 1,36,968 hits from across the country and the world.
The entire collection, which as of now includes about 322 glossaries, has about 21,84,050
headwords. This covers disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering,
Agricultural Sciences, and more than 60 subjects such as Journalism, Public Administration,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Psychology, Physics, Economics, Ayurveda, Mathematics, Civil and
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Political Science, Agriculture, Culture, Transport,
Geology, Capital Market, Cell Biology, Broadcasting, Music and Fine Arts, CSIT, AIML, Linguistics,
Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Nematology, Sericulture, LIS, and others.
Adapted from: The Hindu
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something that is regularly published by the
organisation?
6406537424384.
Bilingual, trilingual, and multilingual glossaries
6406537424385.
Definitional dictionaries and monographs
6406537424386.
Quarterly journals titled Vigyan Garima Sindhu and Gyan Garima Sindhu
6406537424387.
Bilingual, trilingual, and multilingual monographs and annual journals titled
Vigyan Garima Sindhu and Gyan Garima Sindhu
Published solution
The passage lists bilingual, trilingual and multilingual glossaries, definitional dictionaries, monographs and quarterly journals with the two given titles. D changes the journals' frequency to annual and attaches a multilingual description to monographs that is not the stated wording. It is the inaccurate item in the list.
**Answer: D.**
A: **Incorrect:** These glossary categories are explicitly listed.
B: **Incorrect:** Dictionaries and monographs are explicitly listed.
C: **Incorrect:** The titles and quarterly frequency match the passage.
D: **Correct:** Annual contradicts quarterly, and the full described publication item is not what the passage states.
