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CGL - I (Q. 1-25) four parts marked as A, B, C and D. Choose the part
1. Select the option that expresses the given sentence of the sentence with the error and mark it as your
in indirect speech. answer. If there is no error, mark ‘D” as your answer.
My friend said to me, “Do you know the recipe of I will make sure (A)/ I meet him (B)/whenever he
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mango ice-cream?” will come (C)/ no error (D).
(a) My friend asked me that I knew the recipe of (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
mango ice-cream 9. Choose the word which means opposite of the one
(b) My friend asked me if I know the recipe of
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given below : Subtle
mango ice-cream. (a) Evident (b) Severe (c) Heavenly (d) Odd
(c) My friend asked me if I knew the recipe of 10. Which of the following is the straightening of
mango ice-cream. teeth?
(d) My friend asked me that I know the recipe of (a) Orthopedics (d) Geriatrics
mango ice-cream. (c) Orthodontia (d) Neuralgia
2. Select the word that is opposite in meaning
(antonym) to the word given below.
Tractable
ST 11. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the given
word : LIBERAL
(a) broad-minded (b) conservative
(a) Immobile (b) Stubborn
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(c) hopeful (d) decent
(c) Docile (d) Flexible 12. Select the most appropriate one-word substitute
3. Select the alternative that will improve the for the given idiom and phrase.
underlined part of the sentence in case there is no Pretty penny
improvement select “No improvement”. (a) Irascible (b) Rare
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She died of an accident, leaving a void that could (c) Egoist (d) Expensive
never be filled. 13. In the following question, the given sentence has
(a) died in an accident (b) died by an accident four parts marked as A, B, C and D. Choose the part
(c) died in the accident (d) No improvement of the sentence with the error and mark it as your
4. Choose the word nearest in meaning lo the given
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answer. If there is no error, mark ‘D’ as your answer.
one : WISDOM Despite of the heavy rain (A)/, the football match
(a) Learning (b) Sagacity continued (B)/ as scheduled.(C)/no error(D).
(c) Intelligence (d) Density (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
5. Select the word that is spelt accurately. 14. Select the word with correct spelling.
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(a) Advantagios (b) Adventagious (a) Retrospact (b) Ritrocpect
(c) Advantegious (d) Advantageous (c) Ritrospect (d) Retrospect
6. Select the option that expresses the given sentence 15. Choose the alternative which best expresses the
in active voice. underlined phrase:
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Parents should be respected by their children. He is out and out a reactionary.
(a) Children are to respect their parents. (a) deadly against (b) in favour of
(b) Children should be respecting their parents (c) no more (d) thorough
(c) Children shall be respecting their parents. Direction (16-20) : In the following passage there are
(d) Children should respect their parents.
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blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out
7. In the following items, a sentence is given with a the appropriate words.
blank space that is required to be filled with a After years of __(1)__over whether Pluto is a planet,
phrasal verb. Select the most appropriate response in 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
from the options provided. voted to remove Pluto’s planetary status. Now
The committee has decided to _____ the event due some researchers are __(2)__ this decision, citing
to unforeseen circumstances. the manner in which scientific tradition has dealt
(a) call off (b) hold up with the taxonomy of planets. The IAU, in 2006,
(c) break out (d) look through designated Pluto a ‘dwarf planet’ along with Ceres
8. In the following question, the given sentence has [PB-1] in the asteroid belt and Xena, an object in the Kuiper
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belt, which is an icy ring of frozen objects that circle (c) resembled (d) surrounded
the solar system beyond Neptune’s orbit. It was a 24. Select the appropriate option for (4) ?
bid to overcome sentiment and go by a scientific (a) accounted for (b) declared
rationale. The meeting defined three conditions (c) indicated (d) referred
for a celestial object to be called a planet: one, it 25. Select the appropriate option for (5) ?
must orbit the Sun; two, it should be massive enough (a) immersion (b) impacting
to acquire an approximately spherical shape; three, (c) immersing (d) imposing
it has to ‘clear its orbit, that is, be the object that CGL - II (Q. 1-45)
__(3)__ the maximum gravitational pull within its 1. Choose the correct word for “something that
orbit. Owing to this third property, if an object deviates from what is standard, normal, or
ventures close to a planet’s orbit, it will either expected.”
collide with it and be accreted, or be ejected out. (a) Spurious (b) Anomaly
However, Pluto is affected __(4)__ Neptune’s gravty. (c) Schmaltzy (d) Paradigm
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It also shares its orbit with the frozen objects in the 2. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Kuiper belt Based on this, the IAU __(5)__ that Pluto (a) Attendance (b) Manageable
did not ‘clear its orbit’. Dwarf planets, on the other (c) Happiness (d) Defination
hand, need only satisfy the first two conditions. 3. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in
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16. Seloct the most appropriate option to fill in the meaning as the word printed in Bold.
blank No. (1) Bigotry
(a) Entertaining (b) Speculating (a) Egalitarianism (b) Dogmatism
(c) Arguing (d) Teaching (c) Tolerance (d) Liberalism
17. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the 4. Choose the correct word for ‘Difficult and
blank No. (2)
(a) Agreeing
(c) Rejecting
(b) Bound
(d) Challenging
18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the
ST unpleasant to do or deal with’
(a) Malice
(c) Clatter
(b) Onerous
(d) Comity
5. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning
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blank No. (3) of the idiom/phrases given in Capital.
(a) Exerts (b) Pulls (c) Donates (d) Ushers I had to sell my favorite car FOR A SONG because |
19. Select the most appropriate option to il in the blank was in need of money.
No. (4) (a) Very costly (b) Very cheap
(a) to (b) for (c) at (d) by
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(c) Give as a gift (d) Give for free
20. Select the most appropriate option to il in the blank 6. Choose the meaningful word from the given
No. (5) jumbled words: RSMONTE
(a) was deem (b) deemed (a) Montres (b) Monster
(c) wil be deeming (d) will deem (c) Emonstr (d) Monestr
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Comprehension (21-25) : The following passage has five 7. Which medical professional specializes in the care
numbered blanks. For each blank, four alternatives of infants?
are given. Identify the correct option for each blank: (a) Obstetrician (b) Cardiologist
At 7.17 am. on June 30, 1908, an explosion erupted (c) Gynecologist (d) Pediatrician
in the forest of Siberia, Russia. The massive
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8. Choose the correctly spelt word :
explosion ___1___ shockwaves on barometers as (a) Hetrogenous (b) Hetrogeneous
far away as England. A ___2___ number of trees- (c) Hetterogenous (d) Heterogeneous
eighty million to be precise were flattened and lay 9. Select the most appropriate antonym of the bold/
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in a radial pattern. The trees that remained standing underlined word in the sentence.
___3___ telegraph poles as they had been stripped He would have to find work to augment his income
of their limbs and bark. This explosion is ___4___ as (a) decrease (b) multiply (c) amplify (d) haggle
the “Tungusta event’, and it is generally accepted 10. Choose the correct proverb.
that this was the result of a cosmic body, such as a (a) A chain is only as weak as its weakest link.
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meteorite, ___5___ with the earth. (b) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
21. Select the appropriate option for (1) ? (c) A chain is only as weak as its strongest link.
(a) presented (b) listed (d) A chain is only as tall as its weakest link.
(c) registered (d) expressed 11. Select the option that can be used as a one-word
22. Select the appropriate option for (2) ? substitute for the given group of words.
(a) remarkable (b) fantastic Nature of double dealing.
(c) dramatic (d) powerful (a) Duplicity (b) Duplicate
23. Select the appropriate option for (3) ? (c) Duplicacy (d) Dual
(a) represented (b) featured 12. Identify the correct direct speech for the sentence
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given below: answer. If there is no error, mark ‘D’ as your answer.
The Forbes told that it was ot responsible for any One must use(A)/ one’s best efforts (B)/if he
information published in the magazine. wishes to succeed(C)/No error.(D)
(a) The Forbes said “It was not responsible for any (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
information published in the magazine”. Comprehension(21-25) : Read the following passage and
(b) The Forbes said, “We are not responsible for answer the question that follows:
any information published in the magazine”. For many consumers on the hunt for a new desktop
(c) The Forbes says, “It is not responsible for any or laptop PC, one of the biggest considerations is
information published in the magazine”. the type of processor the system should have. Two
(d) The Forbes says, “We are not responsible for of the CPU families most often in contention in
any information published in the magazine”. mainstream systems are the Intel Core i5 and the
13. Choose the appropriate word to complete the given Intel Core i7. And that makes picking tricky because
sentence. the two lines have a lot in common.
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Nancy’s _____ spirit helped her overcome The differences among Intel’s key processor
numerous personal and professional challenges. families are clearer when you’re looking at the Core
(a) indomitable (b) vacillating i3 (found mainly in budget systems) or the Core i9
(c) weak (d) frail (powerful CPUs for content creation and other high-
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14. Each item in this section consists of a sentence with performance scenarios). The differences between
an underlined word(s) followed by four words/ the Core i5 and the Core i7 can seem subtle and
group of words. Select the option that is nearest in more nuanced, especially when the prices for a Core
meaning to the underlined word and mark your i5 versus a Core i7 PC can sometimes be so close.
response accordingly. There isn’t always a clear-cut, definitive answer to
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Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived
in Paris.
(a) quaint (b) drollery (c) flagrant (d) guileless
In the following item has a sentence with three
ST which is better in a given situation, and often, it
just comes down to your budget. But knowing the
essentials about each can help you make a smarter
choice. It’s difficult to find the key difference
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underlined parts labelled as (a), (b), and (c). Read between i7 and i5.
each sentence and identify any error in any 21. Select the appropriate title for the given passage.
underlined part, and indicate your response on the (a) Comparision of processors
Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e. (c) Benefit of i3 processor
(a) (b) or (c). If you find no error, your respanse (c) Disadvantages of i9
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should be indicated as (d). (d) Buying a gaming processor
Given the complex of the problem (a) / the 22. Select the antonym of “contention”
committee is not expected (b) / to arrive at a (a) disagreement (b) agreement
decision any time soon. (c) / No error (d) (c) fight (d) ferocious
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(a) a (b) b (c) c (d) d 23. Which processor is used for content creation?
16. Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given (a) i9 (b) i3 (c) i8 (d) i7
word : Sluggard 24. Differences in which two processors are very
(a) Agile (b) Perverse subtle?
(c) Languid (d) Dicey (a) i3 and i7 (b) i5 and i9
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17. Which term describes the art or practice of magic? (c) i3 and i5 (d) i5 and i7
(a) Witchcraft (b) Waffle 25. Which two processors is found in budget system?
(c) Whistle (d) Windsor (a) i3 and i7 (b) i5 and i9
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18. Choose the most suitable determiner for the given (c) i3 and i5 (d) i5 and i7
sentence. 26. Select the segment of the sentence that contains
______ was when Mary decided to relieve her mind the grammatical error. If there is no error, mark ‘No
of a troubling thought. error’ as your answer.
(a) This (b) That (c) Those (d) There Each boy was given (A) a storybook and he started
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19. In the following question, out of the four (B)/ reading the first story. (C)/ No error (D)
alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
the word given. 27. In the following question, a sentence has been
Slapdash given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the 4
(a) Meticulous (b) Hasty alternatives suggested, select the one which best
(c) Eloquent (d) Loquacious expresses the same sentence in indirect/Direct
20. In the following question, the given sentence has speech.
four parts marked as A, B, C and D. Choose the part The fireman asked the boy where he lived.
of the sentence with the error and mark it as your (a) “Do you live here?”, the fireman asked the boy.
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(b) “Where do you live!”, the fireman asked the 36. Select the option that expresses the given sentence
boy. in indirect speech.
(c) “Where do you live?”, the fireman asked the She said, “I had just realized the truth about the
boy. mysterious painting.”
(d) “Is this where you live?”, the fireman asked the (a) She said that she has just realized the truth about
boy. the mysterious painting.
28. An idiom is given below together with its meanings. (b) She said that she had just realize the truth about
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom. the mysterious painting.
Hit the sack (c) She said that she had just realized the truth
(a) To eat delicious food (b) To go to bed about the mysterious painting.
(c) To punch a sack (c) To get good marks (d) She said that she will had just realized the truth
29. Which term describes a column of air moving about the mysterious painting.
rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel 37. Identify the best way to improve the underlined
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shape? part of the given sentence. If there is no
(a) Whirlpool (b) Whisk improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
(c) Whirlwind (d) Wrinkle She is a very good sprinter. I can’t run as fast as she
30. Select the correct passive form of the given does.
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sentence. (a) No improvement (b) like she is doing
I have brought your book so that the difficult topics (c) as she doing (d) as she do
are understandable. 38. Select the most appropriate idiom for the given
(a) Your book have been brought by me so that the sentence.
difficult topics are understandable. Feeling nervous or scared.
(b) Your book has been brought by me so that the
difficult topics are understandable
(c) Your book has brought by me so that the difficult
topics are understandable.
ST (a) As keen as mustard. (b) To play ducks and drakes.
(c) A smart cookie. (d) Heart in mouth
39. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given
word : HOSTILITY
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(d) Your book has been brought me so that the (a) goodwill (b) enmity
difficult topics are understandable. (c) sympathy (d) friendship
31. Choose the response, whichever is the most 40. In the following question, out of the given
appropriate expression and mark your answer alternatives, choose the one which best expresses
accordingly. the opposite meaning of the given word.
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Your guess is as good as mine EDIFICATION
(a) a smart person (b) an unintelligent person (a) Lamentation (b) Annotation
(c) I do not know (d) none of these (c) Corruption (d) Segregation
32. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given 41. Pick the Synonym for the word: Bewildered
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word : CONVICTED (a) Confused (b) Alert
(a) Alleged (b) Blamed (c) Acquitted (d) Charged (c) Conscious (d) Comprehendible
33. Select the sentence which is the correct Passive 42. Find out which part has an error and mark it as your
Voice version of the following sentence: answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your
“Some one has broken two of my dinner plates.” answer.
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(a) Two of my dinner plates are broken. Haute water (A)/ circulates through (B)/ the heating
(b) Two of my dinner plates are being broken by system (C). No Error (D)
someone. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
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(c) Two of my dinner plates had been broken. 43. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(d) Two of my dinner plates have been broken. (a) Zodiac (b) Zoadiac (c) Zodiaac (d) Zodiacc
34. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word 44. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word
that will suit the sentence’s context. that will suit the sentence’s context.
The negotiations between the two countries have The old man _____ his life savings to his
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been ______, lasting for several months. grandchildren.
(a) Concise (b) Brief (a) Gave (b) Donated
(c) Fleeting (d) Protracted (c) Bequeathed (d) Transferred
35. Select the option which means the same as the 45. In the following question, out of the given
group of words given: alternatives, choose the one which best expresses
A constitutional right to reject a decision or the opposite meaning of the given word.
proposal made by a lawmaking body. FECUND
(a) Veto (b) Jurisprudence (a) Barren (b) Solid
(c) Escrow (d) Affidavit (c) Unploughed (d) Hard
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