Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Calamity

In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

All the sugar ……………… been used up to bake the cake.

Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .

The term flora is use for denote plants of a particular region or period.

Direction: In these questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct as they are. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, write (d) as the answer.

A free press is not a privilege (a) / but the organic necessity (b) / in a free society (c) / No error (d)

Directions (5): In the following passages, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.(Mark your answer 5)
Jawaharlal Nehru was probably the first important public leader to realise that if India were to (1) its problems, it would have to (2) the age of science. The Government of free India was one of the first in the world to set up a department of science and technology. The (3) the Government has attached to science is also clear (4) the fact that the portfolio of science and technology has always been (5) by the Prime Minister himself.

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

She remained a receptionist until well in middle age.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

She ate the sweets greedily.

Directions: Each sentence below has two blanks , each blank indicating that something has been omitted . Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

This is the latest in a series of___________where forest departments have gone against the advice of conservation researchers; the fact that they were arm-twisted into doing so by animal-lovers makes it even more___________.