CTS – Verbal - 4
Questions (1-5)
-Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follows
Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon which at a certain stage in a country's history gives life, growth and unity but, at the same time, it has a tendency to limit one, because one thinks of one's country as something different from the rest of world. One's perceptive changes and one is continuously thinking of one's own struggles and virtues and failing to the exclusion of other thoughts. The result is that the same nationalism which is the symbol of growth for a people becomes a symbol of the cessation of that growth in mind. Nationalism, when it becomes successful sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger internationally. Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good become not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you find a balance, I don't know. Apart from the political and economic problems of the age, perhaps, that is the greatest problem today because behind it there is tremendous search for something which it cannot found. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is folly to talk of culture or even of god. When human beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where economies come in. Human beings today are not in mood to tolerate this suffering and starvation and inequality when they see that the burden is not equally shared. Others profit while they only bear the burden.
1. Suitable title for this passage can be
A. Nationalism breeds unity
B. Nationalism - a road to world unity
C. Nationalism is not enough
D. Nationalism and national problems
Ans-C
2. Negative national feeling can make a nation
A. selfish
B. self-centred
C. indifferent
D. dangerous
Ans-B
3. The greatest problem in the middle of the passage refers to the question
A. how to mitigate hardship to human beings
B. how to contain the dangers of aggressive nationalism.
C. how to share the economic burden equally
D. how to curb international hatred
Ans-B
4. Others' in the last sentence refers to
A. other people
B. other nations
C. other communities
D. other neighbours
Ans-A
Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon which at a certain stage in a country's history gives life, growth and unity but, at the same time, it has a tendency to limit one, because one thinks of one's country as something different from the rest of world. One's perceptive changes and one is continuously thinking of one's own struggles and virtues and failing to the exclusion of other thoughts. The result is that the same nationalism which is the symbol of growth for a people becomes a symbol of the cessation of that growth in mind. Nationalism, when it becomes successful sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger internationally. Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good become not only static but aggressive and something that breeds conflict and hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you find a balance, I don't know. Apart from the political and economic problems of the age, perhaps, that is the greatest problem today because behind it there is tremendous search for something which it cannot found. We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is folly to talk of culture or even of god. When human beings starve and die. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where economies come in. Human beings today are not in mood to tolerate this suffering and starvation and inequality when they see that the burden is not equally shared. Others profit while they only bear the burden.
1. Suitable title for this passage can be
A. Nationalism breeds unity
B. Nationalism - a road to world unity
C. Nationalism is not enough
D. Nationalism and national problems
Ans-C
2. Negative national feeling can make a nation
A. selfish
B. self-centred
C. indifferent
D. dangerous
Ans-B
3. The greatest problem in the middle of the passage refers to the question
A. how to mitigate hardship to human beings
B. how to contain the dangers of aggressive nationalism.
C. how to share the economic burden equally
D. how to curb international hatred
Ans-B
4. Others' in the last sentence refers to
A. other people
B. other nations
C. other communities
D. other neighbours
Ans-A
5. Aggressive
nationalism
A. breeds threat to international relations
B. leads to stunted growth
C. endangers national unity
D. isolates a country
Ans-D
A. breeds threat to international relations
B. leads to stunted growth
C. endangers national unity
D. isolates a country
Ans-D
Questions (6-10) -
Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follows
Sometimes we went off the road and on a path through the pine forest. The floor of the forest was soft to walk on. The frost did not happen as it did on the road. But we did not mind the hardness of the road because we had nails in the soles and the heel nails bit on the frozen nuts. With nailed boots it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods.
6. We did not mind the hardness of road because
A. we had nailed boots on
B. it was good walking on the road
C. the walk was refreshing
D. the nails bit on the frozen roads
Ans-A
7. We found great joy on account of
A. wearing nailed boots
B. the good long walk on the road
C. walking occasionally through the forest
D. walking on frost with nailed boots on
Ans-D
8. Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as
A. the path was unaffected by the frost
B. it was good walking with nails in the boots
C. the walks was invigorating
D. it was sheer joy to walk in the forest
Ans-A
9. The floor of the forest was soft because
A. the forest did not harden it on account of trees
B. the travellers were wearing boots
C. the shoes had nails on their sole and heel
D. they enjoyed walking in the woods
Ans-A
10. 'Frozen nuts' means
A. very cold roads
B. wheel marks in which frost had become hard
C. the road covered with frost
D. hard roads covered with snow
Ans-C
Sometimes we went off the road and on a path through the pine forest. The floor of the forest was soft to walk on. The frost did not happen as it did on the road. But we did not mind the hardness of the road because we had nails in the soles and the heel nails bit on the frozen nuts. With nailed boots it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods.
6. We did not mind the hardness of road because
A. we had nailed boots on
B. it was good walking on the road
C. the walk was refreshing
D. the nails bit on the frozen roads
Ans-A
7. We found great joy on account of
A. wearing nailed boots
B. the good long walk on the road
C. walking occasionally through the forest
D. walking on frost with nailed boots on
Ans-D
8. Sometimes we walked through the pine forest as
A. the path was unaffected by the frost
B. it was good walking with nails in the boots
C. the walks was invigorating
D. it was sheer joy to walk in the forest
Ans-A
9. The floor of the forest was soft because
A. the forest did not harden it on account of trees
B. the travellers were wearing boots
C. the shoes had nails on their sole and heel
D. they enjoyed walking in the woods
Ans-A
10. 'Frozen nuts' means
A. very cold roads
B. wheel marks in which frost had become hard
C. the road covered with frost
D. hard roads covered with snow
Ans-C
11. Read the sentence to find
out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in
one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer.
A. I could not
put up in a hotel
B. because the boarding and lodging charges
C. were exorbitant
D. No error.
Ans-A
12. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer.
A. If you lend him a book
B. he will lend it to some one else
C. and never you will get it back.
D. No error.
Ans-C
13. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EMBEZZLE
A. Misappropriate
B. Balance
C. Remunerate
D. Clear
Ans-A
14. Choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
EXODUS
A. Influx
B. Home-coming
C. Return
D. Restoration
Ans-A
15. Choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
A. Pedantic
B. Verbose
C. Pompous
D. Ornate
Ans-A
16. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
B. because the boarding and lodging charges
C. were exorbitant
D. No error.
Ans-A
12. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer.
A. If you lend him a book
B. he will lend it to some one else
C. and never you will get it back.
D. No error.
Ans-C
13. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EMBEZZLE
A. Misappropriate
B. Balance
C. Remunerate
D. Clear
Ans-A
14. Choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
EXODUS
A. Influx
B. Home-coming
C. Return
D. Restoration
Ans-A
15. Choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
A. Pedantic
B. Verbose
C. Pompous
D. Ornate
Ans-A
16. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun
rise in the East?"
A. The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.
B. The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.
C. The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.
D. The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.
Ans-B
A. The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.
B. The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.
C. The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.
D. The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.
Ans-B
17. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
THRUST:SPEAR
A. mangle:iron
B. scabbard:sword
C. bow:arrow
D. fence:epee
Ans-D
18. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
CORPOREAL: SPIRITUAL
A. mesa:plateau
B. moron:savant
C. foreigner:immigrant
D. pedagogue:teacher
Ans-B
19. Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make it grammatically correct?
There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only
A. initials
B. signatures
C. pictures
D. middle names
E. No correction required
Ans-A
20. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom,
THRUST:SPEAR
A. mangle:iron
B. scabbard:sword
C. bow:arrow
D. fence:epee
Ans-D
18. Select the pair which has the same relationship.
CORPOREAL: SPIRITUAL
A. mesa:plateau
B. moron:savant
C. foreigner:immigrant
D. pedagogue:teacher
Ans-B
19. Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make it grammatically correct?
There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only
A. initials
B. signatures
C. pictures
D. middle names
E. No correction required
Ans-A
20. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom,
To drive home
A. To find one's roots
B. To return to place of rest
C. Back to original position
D. To emphasise
E. None of these
Ans-D
21. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Who is creating this mess?
A. Who has been created this mess?
B. By whom has this mess been created?
C. By whom this mess is being created?
D. By whom is this mess being created?
Ans-D
A. To find one's roots
B. To return to place of rest
C. Back to original position
D. To emphasise
E. None of these
Ans-D
21. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Who is creating this mess?
A. Who has been created this mess?
B. By whom has this mess been created?
C. By whom this mess is being created?
D. By whom is this mess being created?
Ans-D
22. Choose the
one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
They greet me cheerfully every morning.
A. Every morning I was greeted cheerfully.
B. I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
C. I am being greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
D. Cheerful greeting is done by them every morning to me.
Ans-B
23. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."
A. He told his father, "Please increase the pocket-money"
B. He pleaded his father to please increase my pocket money.
C. He requested his father to increase his pocket-money.
D. He asked his father to increase his pocket-money
Ans-C
They greet me cheerfully every morning.
A. Every morning I was greeted cheerfully.
B. I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
C. I am being greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
D. Cheerful greeting is done by them every morning to me.
Ans-B
23. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."
A. He told his father, "Please increase the pocket-money"
B. He pleaded his father to please increase my pocket money.
C. He requested his father to increase his pocket-money.
D. He asked his father to increase his pocket-money
Ans-C
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