I. Correct the misspelled words in the following
list. Put a tick mark against the
correctly spelled word, if any. (5 Marks)
1. Previlage
___________________ 6. Suvienier _____________________
2. Aquitted
___________________ 7. Exhuberence _____________________
3. Forsee
___________________ 8. Fullfill _____________________
4. Fluroscent
___________________ 9. Tempremental _____________________
5. Managable
___________________ 10. Perceverence _____________________
II. U se the following words in sentences to bring
out their meaning. (You may use
any part of speech or tense of the given word. Eg. If
the given word is Do,
you
may use doing, did, done, etc.) (20 Marks)
1. a. Braid ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Upbraid ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2. a. Bare ____________________________________________________________
b. Bear (Verb) ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3. a. Elusive ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Illusory ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4. a. Demur ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Demure ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. a. Probity ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Probation ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6. a. Mall ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Maul ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7. a. Veil ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Wail ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
8. a. Rein ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Reign ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9. a. Timber ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Timbre ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
10. a. All
together ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
b. Altogether ____________________________________________________________
III. Each sentence
below has one or two blanks. Following the sentence are four words or sets
of words labeled A
through D. Choose the word or sets of words which, when inserted in
the sentence, best
fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. (10 Marks)
1. To prevent household fires, all flammable liquids, oily rags,
and other ____________________
materials should be properly disposed of.
a.
extinguishable b. restricted
c.
combustible d. unctuous
2. Ashish was intent on remaining the top ranked student in class;
because even the smallest
mistakes irked him, he reviewed all his answers
_______________________ before he handed
the papers to the invigilator.
a.
hastily b. meticulously
c.
explicitly d. honestly
3. Because Mr. Malgaonkar neither _______________________ nor
defends either side in the
labour dispute, both parties admire his journalistic
_______________________ .
a.
criticises ... vitality b. attacks ... neutrality
c.
confronts ... aptitude d. protects ... integrity
4. It is ironic that the _______________________ insights of the
great thinkers are voiced so often
that they have become mere _______________________ .
a.
banal ... beliefs b. dubious ... habits
c.
abstract ... assessments d. original ... cliches
5. Some primatologists claim that a few apes have been taught to
communicate using rudimentary
sign language, but skeptics argue that the apes are only
_______________________ their trainers.
a.
condoning b. mimicking
c.
flattering d. acknowledging
6. Most people imagine organ fugues to be _______________ and
____________________ ,
due to their technical difficulty and challenging counterpoint.
a.
thoughtful ...informative b. inscrutable ... classical
c.
extemporaneous ... expressive d. daunting ... esoteric
7. Since many disadvantaged individuals view their situation as _______________________
as
well as intolerable, their attitude can best be described as
_______________________ .
a.
sustainable ... devaluing b. squalid ... obscure
c.
unalterable ... resigned. d. acute ... optimistic
8. Only when one actually visits the ancient ruins of the
marvelous bygone civilisations, does one
realise the ephemeral and _______________________ nature of human
endeavour.
a.
transient b. permanent
c.
artistic d. sanguine
9. The Roman Emperor Claudius was viewed with
_______________________ by historians until
newly discovered evidence showed him to be _______________________
administrator.
a.
suspicion ... a deficient b. antagonism ... an eager
c.
disdain ... a capable d. favour ... an ingenious
10. Igor’s style is best described as _______________________ ;
his signature vivid colours and
bold patterns, combined with his dramatic bearing, always make him
the centre of attention.
a.
shrill b. imperious
c.
vehement d. flamboyant
IV. Correct the
following sentences. (25 Marks)
1. The Head of the Department ignored the advices of her
colleagues insisting that she would take
no action until more reliable informations were presented.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Many 19th Century horror stories being made into films such
like Dracula and Frankenstein.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Paul Robeson achieved world recognition as both a concert
artiste as well as a radical Civil
Rights activist.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. For a long time Indian teams performed poorly because each of
its members were only interested
in promoting their own private agenda.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
5. The Summer weather in San Francisco is colder than any city on
the West Coast of the
United States.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
6. After spending a long time on the Eastern seaboard, the Ocean,
with its violent and changeable
moods, had begun to seem like an open book to him.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
7. On the platform stood the woman who they all accused of
murdering her child.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
8. It looked as if him and me were going to be blamed, but a
security guard vouched for
our innocence.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
9. Neither the business tycoons nor the Ministry of Home Affairs
were willing to accept
responsibility for the large amount of money illegally transferred
from the country to
untraceable offshore accounts.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
10. After a hard day’s work, he laid down on the grass and looked
up at the vast blue sky.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
11. He stopped in his tracks as he saw, right in front of him, a
woman sadder and more beautifuller
than anything he had ever seen before,
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
12. When in London, they visited No. 22, Hyde Park Gate where
Virginia Woolf was born in 1882
and spent 22 years of her early life.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
13. Aarti felt badly for her friend when her parents were rude to
him because his father was a
mine worker.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
14. She asked me to send her all the material I had on the
Vijayanagaram Empire to help her in the
composition of her first historic novel.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
15. There is considerable merit in your paper ideawise, but
structurewise it is badly arranged.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
16. He called the airline and demanded that his luggage should be
brought to the
house immediately.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
17. Her one worry were the storms that swept the lake all through
the Summer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
18. The rest of the manuscript and the letter from Whitney was
destroyed in the fire.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
19. The doctor insisted on she taking a leave of absence.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
20. Before going to Columbia University he was a student here between
2008 to 2009.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
21. Strewn on the floor in clumsy piles, he glanced idly through
the remains of his book collection.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
22. My objections are first, the injustice of the measure, second,
that it is unconstitutional.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
23. Because there were less members than needed to meet the
quorum, the meeting was postponed
to another day.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
24. While waiting to be seated at the Opera House, the usher
approached her with a
solicitous smile.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
25.
My summer’s work proved not only interesting, but I also learned much from it.
___________________________________________________________________________
V. The following section is
intended to test your knowledge of verb tenses. You are required
to correct the sentences where a
wrong tense is used, or to fill the blanks with the correct
form of the verb given in
parenthesis. (10 Marks)
1.
The year before, I had travelled to London so that I could have been spending
some time with a
friend who lived there.
2.
Ann Baker already did four radio interviews about her new book.
___________________________________________________________________________
3.
He begged that she be ceasing this behaviour at once for fear of unforeseen
consequences.
___________________________________________________________________________
4.
I want to meet you since I saw your performance last week at the Academy.
___________________________________________________________________________
5.
I came to teach at this University 11 years ago when my son was 8-years- old.
By the time he is
22,
I ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ here for
14
years. (teach)
6.
I am feeling sick; I ________________ ________________ ________________
________________
so much chocolate. (eat)
7.
I remember ________________ the book, but I do not remember ________________it.
(borrow;
return)
8.
After the interval Pavarotti ________________ ________________ an aria from
Othello.
(go
on; sing)
9.
She ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ with
Elvis
Presley in his last film, but the part _______________ to her sister. (appear;
go)
10.
Spain ________________ (play) Netherlands in today’s final.
VI. Put in the correct or most
appropriate preposition. For some, several answers are
possible. (5 Marks)
1,
There seemed to be no way ______________________ the house. But then he thought
______________________the
window at the back he had left open that morning.
2.
They cycled ______________________ America, ______________________ the
mountains,
______________________
the rivers, and______________________ the forests.
3.
_____________ the days of Winter, she spent a lot of time sitting
______________________
the
window, looking ______________________ the snow falling ______________________
the
parked cars.
4.
______________ our stay in Paris, I went ______________________ the manuscript
carefully
making
notes.
5.
She walked ________________ the river plucking yellow flowers
______________________
the
plants which grew ______________________ the water.
6.
Since the doors were double locked and windows tightly shut, no one could enter
the building
______________________
______________________the skylight.
7.
There was no one ______________________ Japan ______________________ the
tourists
______________________
the beach.
8.
Since the meeting ______________________ Warsaw, relations
______________________
Germany
and Hungary have steadily improved.
9.
I have given myself ______________________ the end of September to finish the
book.
10.
She looked ______________________ ______________________ the top floor window.
Twenty
feet ______________________ in the garden stood a red fox.
VII. Write an essay of no more
than 200 words on any ONE of the following. (25 Marks)
1.
Is the Jan Lok Pal Bill an appropriate response to the pervasive corruption
that plagues Indian
society?
What are its dangers?
2,
The 2-G Spectrum scam has once again shown the Indian Media soundly asleep on
its watch.
Except
for a small newspaper in Delhi, the rest of the media did not have even a whiff
of
the
trouble brewing in high places. Have the Indian media become a fan club for
corporates,
celebrities,
power brokers and politicians?
3.
The past few months have seen enormous changes in the fortunes of the dictators
of the Middle
East
and North Africa. What has touched off this sustained struggle for democracy among
people
thought
to be docile and mindlessly subservient to the ruling elite? Do you think these
struggles
will
bring long-lasting changes in the politics of this region?
4.
From Posco to Jaitapur, from the international ban on endosulfan to the dedication
of new tiger
sanctuaries,
environmental issues have recently assumed centre stage as at no time before.
Do
you
think vigorous environmental activism will be at the expense of the double
digit economic
growth
which is said to be necessary to lift the majority of our population out of
poverty?
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