English Practice Sheet 4 (CDSE)

In each of the following question, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words.
Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original
pair

1. Infertile : Desert
(a) Diligent : Damp (b) Verdant : Jungle (c) Tree : Cut (d) Skin : Wrinkle
2. Squander : Money
(a) Foresee : Predict (b) Achieve : Victory (c) Dally : Time (d) Trespass : Land
3. Skate : Rink
(a) Build : Column (b) Capital : Punishment (c) Feathers : Bird (d) Play : Stadium
4. Sympathy : Merciless
(a) Pathetic : Pity (b) Reticence : Frank (c) Predictability : Routine (d) Noise : Ear
5. Society : Human
(a) Spectators : Game (b) Jungle : Animal (c) Kinship : Family (d) Rivals : Team
6. Ship : Disembark
(a) Discharge : Board (b) Fail : Arrest (c) Train : Board (d) Horse : Dismount
7. Exercise : Strength
(a) Games : Contest (b) Defeat : Gain (c) Business : Resource (d) Practice : Skill
8. Education : Illiterate
(a) Rude : Well-mannered (b) Experience : Naive (c) Money : Miserly (d) Expel : Admit
9. Light : Opaque
(a) Air : Hermetic (b) Document : Author (c) Sand : Desert (d) Wood : Tree
10. Inherit: Property
(a) Exercise: Skill (b) Deceit: Morality (c) Transfer: Knowledge (d) Diligent:Beaver

Spot the error

1. The commission set up to submit a report (a) about the reasons for the fall in
educational standards (b) could not complete its work even after two years. No error. (c)
(d)
2. Though death is a daily fact, (a) it is a wonder that people should (b) behave to be
immortal. (c) No error. (d)
3. It would be more better (a) if you could paint (b) the gate green.(c) No error. (d)
4. Being his sole companion, (a) I was the one to who (b) he naturally looked for help. (c)
No error. (d)
5. He came to report that the work went very slowly (a) because the X-ray machine was not
working very good (b) that morning. (c) No error. (d)
6. The principal objected (a) to them wearing short skirts (b) at the function. (c) No error. (d)
7. I spent nearly four and half years (a) at Harrow (b) of which three were in the Army class.
(c)No error. (d)
8. Considerable encouragement for the scheme (a) has been received from the Bengal
Chamber of Commerce (b) which has promised their full support. (c) No error. (d)
9. He collected his bags,(a) said good-bye to us (b) and left for home immediately.(c) No
error. (d)
 10. All the players agreed to divide (a) the cash prize between themselves (b) without any
argument.(c) No error. (d)
11. Literature remains the interest of a minority (a) and the majority has chosen to ignore
those aspects of language (b) which, at school they were told to value highly. (c) No
error. (d)
12. I look forward (a) to meet you (b) in future.(c) No error. (d)

Ordering of words in a sentence

1. I realized
(P)more than ever
(Q) and how we lived and worked
(R) how cut off we were from our people
(S) and agitated in a little world apart from them
The correct sequence should be :
(a) Q S P R (b) S Q R P (c) P R Q S (d) R S Q P
2. Medical practice
(P) in recent years
(Q) has changed so radically
(R) you only get specialists in a variety of fields
(S) that you can no longer find a good general practitioner
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P S Q R (b) Q P S R (c) S P R Q (d) P Q R S
3. If everything
(P)will be a great success
(Q)the closing function
(R)we are sure
(S) goes on well
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) P R Q S (d) S Q P R
4. (P)With an idea to reach the deprived child
(Q)by the United Nations
(R)the year 1979 has been declared as
(S)the International Year of the Child
The correct sequence should be :
(a) R S P Q (b) R S Q P (c) P R S Q (d) P Q R S
5. The gardener
(P)with a little brown moustache
(Q)a short fellow
(R) and sharp little brown eyes
(S)tiptoed into the room
The correct sequence should be :
(a) P Q R S (b) Q P R S (c) Q P S R (d) Q S R P

Ordering of sentences

1. S1 : Louis Pasteur had a very busy and interesting life.

S6 : He was always very proud of being able to help his country in this way.
P : Among the people whom Pasteur was able to help were brewers, breeders of silk
worms, and cow keepers, all of whom were trying to carry on important industries.
 Q : He worked hard in his laboratory with test tubes and all kinds of experiments.
R : He was working to help people who were suffering in some special way from disease.
S : He not only made some exciting discoveries about germs but he was able to use his
discoveries in very practical ways.
The proper sequence should be
(a) S Q R P (b) P Q R S (c) Q R S P (d) R S Q P
2. S1 : Tom Walker and his wife were always at loggerheads.
S6 : Tom silently thanked God for this relief.
P : She never tired of reproaching him on this score.
Q : Tom was incurably lazy and talkative
R : One day Mrs. Walker caught a deadly cold, and shortly afterwards died.
S : This was a constant source of irritation to his wife.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P R Q S (b) Q S P R (c) S Q R P (d) P S Q R
3. S1 : So we went on in the quiet, and the twilight depened into night.
S6 : Then as the darkness grew deeper, she put her arms round my neck, and, closing
her eyes tightly pressed her face against my shoulder.
P : The ground grew dim and the trees black.
Q : The clear blue of the distance faded, and one star after another came out.
R : Neena’s fears and her fatigue grew upon her.
S : I took her in my arms and talked to her and caressed her.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P R Q S (b) Q P R S (c) Q P S R (d) R S P Q
4. S1 : Kennedy kicked moodily at the leg of the chair which he was holding.
S6 : It was a depressing beginning.
P : Now his chief desire seemed to be to score off the human race in general, his best
friend included.
Q : If he had asked Fenn to help him in a tight place, then he knew he could have relied
on him.
R : Last term he and Fenn had been as close friends as you could wish to see.
S : The feeling that his whole world had fallen about his ears was increasing with every
hour he spend at Kay’s
The proper sequence should be
(a) P R S Q (b) R S P Q (c) S R Q P (d) R Q P S
5. S1 : I sat at the table and ate.
S6 : I was just the normal Ramaswamy, husband of Madeleine.
P : My breathing became suddenly difficult.
Q : I concentrated on my food and I was convinced I had to eat.
R : I stopped, however, any exhibition of the extraordinary.
S : But lungs have temperament.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P R S Q (b) Q S P R (c) Q S R P (d) S P R Q

Replace the highlighted word with a more appropriate option

1. More than one person was killed in the accident.

(a) were killed (b) are killed (c) have been killed (d) No improvement
 2. Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.
(a) did they speak (b) they will speak (c) they had spoken (d) No improvement
3. The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than four hours now.
(a) have been waiting (b) had waited (c) has been waiting (d) No improvement
4. If he had time he will call you.
(a) would have (b) would have had (c) has (d) No improvement
5. All, but her, had made an attempt.
(a) All, but she, (b) All but her (c) All, but her (d) No improvement

Cloze Test

The founders of the Indian Republic ____ 1. the farsightedness and the courage to

(a) had

(b) has

(c) has had

(d) were

commit _____ 2. to two major innovations of historical significance in

(a) them

(b) themselves

(c) the people

(d) the course

nation-building and social engineering : first, to _____ 3. a democratic and civil

(a) build

(b) building

(c) constructing

(d) built

_____ 4. society and, second, to undertake economic development

(a) libertarian
(b) liberation
(c) liberating
(d) liberty

_____ 5. democratic political structure.

(a) with a
(b) within a
(c) for the
(d) without a

Hitherto, in all societies in which an economic takeoff or an early industrial and agricultural
_____6. had occurred,
(a) breakthrough

(b) breakout

(c) breaking

(d) investment

effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely limited. On the
other hand, _____ 7. the begining,

(a) with

(b) from

(c) within

(d) for

India was committed to _____ 8. democratic and civil libertarian political order

(a) few

(b) some

(c) a

(d) an

and a representative system of government _____ 9. on free and fair elections

(a) basing

(b) basis of

(c) based

(d) function

to be conducted on the basis of universal adult franchise

Read the passage and answer the following questions

Passage I

The world is very full of people appallingly- full, it has never been so full before, and they are all
tumbling over each other. Most of these people one doesn’t know and some of them one doesn’t
like. Well, that is one to do There are two solutions. One of them is the Nazi solution. If you don’t
like people, kill them, banish them, and segregate them. The other way is much less thrilling, but
it is on the whole the way of the democracies, and I prefer it. If you don’t like people, put up with
them as well as you can. Don’t try to love them : you can’t, you’ll only strain yourself. But try to
tolerate them.

1. What does the author mean by ‘appallingly’?

(a) He is making an appeal to the leaders of the masses
(b) In disconcertingly large numbers
(c) Very interesting
(d) Unpredictably
2. Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
According to the writer Nazi solution is
(a) the easiest solution
(b) the readiest solution
(c) the national solution
(d) the Hitlerian solution
3. Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
The author thinks that the other solution is much less thrilling because it is
(a) dull
(b) based on tolerance
(c) not based on love
(d) lacking in adventure
4. Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
The author prefers the second solution because
(a) he likes it
(b) he is not a Nazi
(c) he is essentially being a democrat
(d) there is no other way