Directions—(Q. 1–5) Rearrange the following six sentences
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer
the questions given below them.
(a) I was pleased by their reaction.
(b) Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsure if I could
motivate the employees to donate to
those affected by the earthquake.
(c) Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they
had transferred them to my office in the
name of donations.
(d) When a reputed company invited me to deliver a lecture
on Corporate Social Responsibility, I agreed.
(e) It was an affluent company and the well dressed
employees who met me afterwards
promised to send lots of donations to my office.
(f) What I saw however when I opened the bags of ‘donations’
they had sent shocked me.
1. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence
after rearrangement ?
(A) (b)
(B) (c)
(C) (d)
(D) (e)
(E) (f)
Ans : (A)
2. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement ?
(A) (a)
(B) (b)
(C) (c)
(D) (d)
(E) (e)
Ans : (E)
3. Which of the following should be t h e FOURTH sentence
after rearrangement ?
(A) (a)
(B) (b)
(C) (c)
(D) (d)
(E) (e)
Ans : (A)
4. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH)
sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (b)
(B) (c)
(C) (d)
(D) (e)
(E) (f)
Ans : (B)
5. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement ?
(A) (a)
(B) (b)
(C) (c)
(D) (d)
(E) (e)
Ans : (D)
Directions—(Q. 6–10) Read each sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical error
or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one
part of the sentence. The letter of that
part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).
(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
6. He has travelled (A) / all over the world (B) / yet he
speaks (C) / several languages fluently.
(D) No error (E)
Ans : (C)
7. A successful company is (A) / any that makes a good (B) /
profit and provides (C) / high
returns to its shareholders. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (B)
8. The agreement on (A) / which all of us have (B) / worked
so hard will (C) / be sign tomorrow.
(D) No error (E)
Ans : (D)
9. It is necessarily to maintain (A) / a record of all
transactions (B) / in case the auditors (C) /
want to see it. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (A)
10. Very few young trainees (A) / willingly undertake (B) /
a posting to a branch (C) / located in a
rural area. (D) No error (E)
Ans : (E)
Directions—(Q. 11–18) In the following passage there are blanks,
each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each, five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find
out the appropriate word in each
case.
Today, twenty-two years after the bank …(11)…, it has over a thousand branches
all over the
country and the staff …(12)…
about twentythree lakh borrowers. We decided to operate …(13)…
from conventional banks who would ask their clients to come
to their office. Many people in
rural areas found this …(14)…. Our bank is therefore based on the …(15)… that people should
not come to the bank but that the bank should go to the
people. Our loans are also …(16)… we
give them for activities from candle making to tyre repair.
We also keep …(17)… checks on the
borrower through weekly visits. We do this to make certain
that the family of the borrower is
…(18)… from the
loan.
11. (A) origin
(B) commence
(C) existed
(D) began
(E) inaugurated
Ans : (E)
12. (A) assemble
(B) cope
(C) interact
(D) deal
(E) handle
Ans : (E)
13. (A) differently
(B) similar
(C) reverse
(D) opposite
(E) identically
Ans : (A)
14. (A) worried
(B) upset
(C) panicking
(D) anxious
(E) threatening
Ans : (D)
15. (A) principle
(B) discipline
(C) opportunity
(D) chance
(E) advantage
Ans : (A)
16. (A) worth
(B) vary
(C) disburse
(D) contrast
(E) diver
Ans : (B)
17. (A) consistently
(B) regular
(C) often
(D) frequently
(E) daily
Ans : (B)
18. (A) benefiting
(B) serving
(C) welfare
(D) obliged
(E) progress
Ans : (A)