Directions(Q.
1–12) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below
it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
Fungi form an isolated group within the plant kingdom
and indeed are regarded by many as forming a separate kingdom of their own.
They differ from all other plants by their lack of the green pigment
chlorophyll, in the thread-like units known as hyphae and their method of reproduction.
Reproduction occurs by
spores either of sexual or asexual origin. The spore germinates, sending out s
germ-tube that elongates to produce a thread-like usually septate, filament
that branches out repeatedly. By continued ramification these threads or hyphae
(singular hyphae) form a cobweb or felt-like sheet known as a mycelium. In most
instances, fusion between two hyphae, usually from different mycelia, must
occur before a fruit-body can be produced. Even then this process will only
take place given the correct climatic conditions and a sufficient food supply.
Fungi differ from the higher plant forms by the absence of the green pigment
chlorophyll, which enables the plants to photosynthesize. By this process green
plants are able to obtain their
carbohydrates; the chlorophyll in their leaves fixes atmospheric carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight and
water to manufacture sugar for their nutrition. As fungi are unable to do this they
have to obtain their carbohydrates from decomposed animal or plant tissues.
Hence they are found in habitats rich
in rotting vegetation such as woodland, grassland, compost heaps, sawdust
piles, on dung or manure heaps or burnt ground colonized by moss. Fungi obtaining their food from these sources
are known as saprophytes; others obtaining their food materials directly from
living plants or animals are known as parasites. Examples of parasitic fungi on trees and herbaceous
plants are the woody bracket fungi and mildews respectively; diseases of man
such as athlete’s foot, ringworm and farmer’s lung are also caused by parasitic
fungi.
1) What are fungi?
a) Fungi
are plants.
b) They
are animals.
c) Fungi
are cells.
d) Fungi
are dead matter.
e) Fungi
are the green pigment called chlorophyll.
2)
Point out the correct statement:
a) All
plants have chlorophyll.
b) All
plants other than fungi have chlorophyll.
c) Only
Fungi have chlorophyll.
d) All
of the above
e) None
of these
3)
How to fungi reproduce?
a) They
reproduce through seeds.
b) They
reproduce sexually or asexually.
c) Spores
are the means for their reproduction.
d) They
reproduce from seeds.
e) None
of these.
4)
Which is correct?
a) Fungi
form cobwebs.
b) Fungi
are like spiders in their capacity to produce cobwebs.
c) Spores
produce hyphae which sometimes look like cobwebs.
d) A
mycelium is nothing but a cobweb.
e) None
of these.
5)
Sugar cannot be produced by plants
unless:
a) Chlorophyll
is present.
b) Sunlight,
Water and Carbon Dioxide are present
c) Chlorophyll
is not present.
d) Both
a and b
e) None
of these.
6)
Fungi grow on rotting vegetation or
animals because
a) They
cannot produce their own food.
b) Their
habitat provides them with the food they need.
c) Their
habitat contains the chlorophyll which they need to produce carbohydrates.
d) They
are parasites.
e) None
of these.
Directions(Q.7–9)Choose
the word which is MOST SIMILAR in MEANING in context to the word printed in
bold as used in the passage.
7)
Isolated
a) Separate
b) Accompanied
c) Integrated
d) Connected
e) None
of these
8)
Fix
a) Fasten
b) Restore
c) Take
d) All
of the above
e) None
of these
9)
Rich
a) Worthless
b) Fruitful
c) Lean
d) Fertile
e) None
of These
Directions(Q.10–12)Choose
the word which is OPPOSITE in MEANING in context to the word printed in bold as
used in the passage.
10)
Able
a) Unable
b) Disable
c) Enable
d) Clumsy
e) Poor
11)
Parasitic
a) Dependent
b) Independent
c) Leech-like
d) Both
a and c
e) None
of these
12)
Colonized
a) Uninhabited
b) Inhabited
c) Settled
d) Both
b and c
e) None
of these
Directions(Q.13-20)Each sentence below
has a blank/s, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose
the word/s that best fit/s the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
13) The
good is often ____ with the bones.
a) Bury
b) Interred
c) cover
d) Fleshed
e) Exhumed
14) Dowry
is no longer permitted by law even in ____ marriages
a) Love
b) Bigamous
c) Polygamous
d) Natural
e) Conventional
15) When
he left the cocktail party, he was as ____ as a judge.
a) Sober
b) Drunk
c) Wise
d) Boring
e) Brave
16) The
prisoner was released on ____ for good behavior.
a) Bailed
b) Parole
c) Guarantee
d) Grounds
e) Probationed
17) Boswell’s
Life of Samuel Johnson is considered to be the greatest ____ ever written.
a) Novel
b) Essay
c) Autobiography
d) Biography
e) Fiction
18) Rajiv’s
speech was so interesting that Sanjay was all ____
a) Up
b) Listening
c) Ears
d) Tense
e) Pale
19) Hindus
are a ____ majority in India.
a) Linguistic
b) Religion
c) Religious
d) Ethnic
e) Stupid
20) My
very thoughts were like the ____ rustle of dead leaves.
a) Lively
b) Funny
c) Welcome
d) Ghostly
e) Loud
Directions (Q.21-30)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 5(Ignore errors
of punctuation if any.)
21) They
did not follow the 1. / directions properly so 2. / they had difficult 3. / in
reaching my house. 4. No Error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
22) The
group members 1. / had to suffer a 2. / lot of problems as 3. / their leader
were biased. 4. No Error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
23) He
was supposed 1. / to pick them 2. / up from the airport 3. / but he reaches
late. 4. No Error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
24) He
gained admission 1. / to one of the 2. / best commerce colleges 3. / in the
city. 4. No Error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
25) His
friends tried 1. / to convince him to 2. / participate in the competition 3. /
but he refused. 4. No Error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
26) Illegal
sand mining has become 1. / a boom business fuelled 2. / by the ever-increasing
demand 3. / of the construction industry. 4./ No error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
27) Much
is the inflow of travelers that 1. / it is tough to book an air ticket 2. / to
Ahmedabad and the international flights 3. / too are almost over-booked 4. /No
error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
28) Experts
believe that a 1. / gradually decreasing infant mortality rate 2. / is lead to
a proportionate 3. / decrease in the size of our brains. 4./ No error 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
29) In
just two months after having 1. / planted these, most of the plants have 2. /
either dried up and are suffering 3. / due to lack of maintenance. 4./ No error
5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
30) He
have started/l. making a note of/2. his appointments as /3. he tends to forget
them/4. No error5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
Directions(Q.31–35) Rearrange the
following 6 sentences 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.
1. “I can’t bear it!” he
screamed, “I’II pay the fine.”
2. After he had received
a few strokes he began to turn and twist to avoid the whip.
3. So he paid the fine and was let
off, but he became the laughing-stock of the city for having taken three
punishments for one crime.
4. A man was caught stealing a
bag of onions and was taken to the court where the judge gave him a choice of
three punishments: eat the stolen onions in one sitting; submit to a hundred
lashes of the whip or pay a fine.
5. “I can’t eat the onions so
give me the lashes instead,” he said.
6. The man said he would eat
the onions and began confidently, but after eating a few, his eyes began to
burn, his nose started running and his mouth felt as if it was on fire.
31) Which
of the following should be the fifth sentence after rearrangement?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 1
d) 6
e) 5
32) Which
of the following should be the first sentence after rearrangement?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 3
d) 1
e) 6
33) Which
of the following should be the last sentence after rearrangement?
a) 2
b) 5
c) 4
d) 1
e) 3
34) Which
of the following should be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 2
d) 6
e) 4
35) Which
of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement?
a) 2
b) 6
c) 4
d) 5
e) 1
Directions (Q.36–40)In each question
below, four words print in bold type are given. These are lettered 1, 2, 3. and
4.. One of these words printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or
inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is
inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if any. The letter of that word is your answer.
If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the
context of the sentence then mark 5. i.e. ‘All Correct’ as your answer.
36) All
the officers 1. were asked 2. to report
to duty 3. at sharp 4. 7 a.m. All Correct 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
37) She
fell ill due 1. to anxiety just 2. one week
3. before the ecsam. 4. All Correct5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
38) They
requested 1. everyone to take their 2. seats
3. and maintain silence.4. All Correct 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
39) They
spoke 1. in such a laud 2. voice that even
their neighbours 3. could hear them. 4. All
Correct 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
40) Manish
accused 1. his rival 2. of steeling
3. his designs. 4. All Correct 5.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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