📍20 FEBRUARY MOCK

1)

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word in brackets to fill in the blank.

She __________ requested him to pay the bills. (persistently)

2)

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.

He was / bad injured / in the / last match.

3)

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.

The chief guest concluded his speech as he requested to stop by the organisers.

4)

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined part of the following sentence.

The playwright has faced many ups and downs in his literary career, which spanned for almost 30 years.

5)

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

How have they been ordered by the minister?

6)

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

A famous company conducted the workshop for its customers.

7)

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Study of flying airplanes

8)

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

(A) to become severely seasick
(B) a world tour, but he was
(C) a nervous flyer and tended
(D) he wanted to go on

9)

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Astute

10)

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct logical sequence to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

a. This figure is predicted to climb as the percentage of Americans residing in rural areas falls by an average of 1.6% annually.

b. The United Nations reports that India’s urban population is growing at a rate of 1.1 percent annually, while the country's
rural population is shrinking at a rate of 0.37 percent annually.

c. While 82% of Americans live in urban settings, only 30% of Indians do so.

d. It's still a considerably smaller percentage of the Indian population than it is in the US that resides in urban areas.