Q.21 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error: “For as long as humans have lived on planet Earth, the moon is been a focus of fascination.”

Q.22 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given: “An obsessive desire to set fire to things.”

Q.23 Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence: “Willing to fit in with someone’s wishes or needs.”

Q.24 Choose the one that can be substituted for the given group of words: “A personal peculiarity.”

Q.25 Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word: “Abeyance”

Q.26 Rearrange the parts (P, Q, R, S) to find the correct combination:

P. “Wait a minute,” he commanded.
Q. Instantly the man released her arm, but he swiftly stepped in front of her.
R. “Let me go or I’ll scream!” she cried out.
S. “You want to help your father, don’t you?”

Q.27 Rearrange the sentences to make a proper paragraph:

P. Madge told especially thrilling tales about a fictional, mentally deranged older sister.
Q. Her mother on the other hand, told stories with a historical context.
R. Raised and educated at Ashfield, her parents’ comfortable home, Agatha Christie began making up stories as a child.
S. Her mother and her older sister Madge also made up stories.

Q.28 Rearrange the parts (P, Q, R, S) to find the correct combination:

P. She pushed the marmalade nearer to his hand, looked to see if he needed more milk, and went away again.
Q. What came to his hand was a London evening paper, and he looked at it with a puzzled lack of recognition.
R. Grant, who had had no intention of eating any more, buttered a toast and reached for one of the unread papers from last night’s store.
S. Had he bought an evening paper?

Q.29 Rearrange the parts (P, Q, R, S) to find the correct combination:

P. Few of these ever spoke to Laura, beyond a casual greeting.
Q. Others were poor people who came to ask his advice on some point, or to ask him to sign a paper.
R. Some of these, were fellow tradesmen of the town who looked in upon him to pass the time of day.
S. Uncle Tom had many friends.

Q.30 Rearrange the sentences to make a proper paragraph:

P. All his life, John Paul, Jr., had lived by the sea.
Q. Often, when the little fellow should have been in school, he was sent to sea in a fishing yawl to do his part toward providing for the family.
R. He was naturally strong, daring, and plucky; and he quickly learned to handle a boat.
S. His great ambition was to gain his father’s permission to sail on some vessel bound for America.

Q.31 Identify the segment which contains the grammatical error: “The dog wagged it’s tail on seeing its master again.”

Q.32 Select the one which best expresses the sentence in Passive voice: “Abhinav Bindra and Mary Kom won Gold medals in the London Olympics.”

Q.33 Select the one which best expresses the sentence in Direct/Indirect Speech: “The Prime Minister said that no one would be allowed to disturb the peace.”

Q.34 Select the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect Speech: “The boss said, ‘It’s time we began planning our work’.”

Q.35 Select the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect Speech: “‘You can phone from my office’, he said.”

Q.36 Choose the most logical sequence (S1 and S6 are fixed):

S1. There were no finger prints anywhere.
P: First of all it was impossible even for a child to enter through the hole in the roof.
Q: When the investigators tried to reconstruct the crime, they came up against facts.
R: Moreover, when the detectives tried to push a silver vase, it was found to be double the size of the hole.
S: Again, the size of the hole was examined by the experts who said that nothing had been passed through it.
S6. These conclusions made the detectives think that it was a fake theft.

Q.37 Select the correctly spelled word.

Q.38 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: “Sporadic”

Q.39 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank: “The prisoners made an elaborate plan to escape ______ the jail.”

Q.40 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given: “Active at night”