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.

Flout

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.

The library, if used properly, is invaluable in helping you develop discernment. It is rich………..(1)……….information that goes far beyond the……….(2)……….of any one text book or course…..(3)…….your text book authors does not make a particular……….(4)…………clear and you feel the need……..(5)………another description in greater detail………..(6)………in  other words, go to the library and ………7)….other books on the subject. By calling……(8)……..two or three writers dealing with the ……..(9)…….topic, you will find some…..(10)……of certain facts. In seeking additional sources, you will have gained immeasurably, for you will have seen what several experts perceive as being particularly important on common subject.
(Mark your answer 5)

Given sentences are not in their exact position. Rearrange them to make a coherent paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) FPIs can now also engage in the off-market sale of their shares with fewer restrictions.
(B) Foreign investors who have been fleeing the country since the Union budget presented early last month have something to cheer about finally.
(C) These measures to cut red tape will help lower the regulatory burden on investors, globalize India’s financial markets, and aid the growth of the broader economy by increasing access to growth capital.
(D) On Wednesday, SEBI, based on the recommendations of the H.R. Khan committee, eased several regulatory restrictions for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).
(E) Further, SEBI has allowed entities registered at an international financial services centre to be automatically classified as FPIs.(F) Among a slew of measures, the financial markets regulator has simplified the registration process for FPIs by doing away with the broad-based eligibility criteria and certain documentary requirements. 

Which of the following should be the third sentence after rearrangement?

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A polite word for something shocking.

Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

A snake in the grass

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.

Recrudescence

Directions : In the following questions, a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given which is divided into five parts, where the first part is fixed and highlighted , in the remaining parts of the sentence namely (A),(B),(C) and (D) You have to arrange the four parts to make a contextually and grammatically meaningful sentence. If no such rearrangement is possible mark (e) as your answer i.e. 'No rearrangement required'.

(A) Leaders of the Railway Employees Organization
 (B) alleged that the government wants to
 (C) hand over the rail infrastructure
 (D) to the private operators for financial benefit

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. For decades, there has been evidence that classroom techniques designed to get students to ___(25)____ in the learning process produces better educational outcomes at virtually all levels.

And a new Harvard study suggests it may be important to let students know it. The study shows that, though students felt as if they learned more through ____(26)___ lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in classrooms that employed so-called active-learning strategies.
 Lead author Louis Deslauriers, the director of science teaching and learning and senior physics preceptor, knew that students would learn more from active learning. But many students and faculty remained hesitant to switch to it.

“Often, students seemed genuinely to prefer smooth-as-silk traditional lectures,” Deslauriers said. “We wanted to take them at their word. Perhaps they actually felt like they learned more from lectures than

they did from ____________ (27) learning.” The question of whether students’ perceptions of their learning ____________ (28) with how well they’re actually learning is particularly important, Deslauriers said, because while students eventually see the value of active learning, initially it can feel ________________ (29).
 “Deep learning is hard work. The effort involved in active learning can be misinterpreted as a sign of poor learning,” he said. “On the other hand, a superstar lecturer can explain things in such a way as to make students feel like they are learning more than they actually are.”

To understand that dichotomy, Deslauriers and his co-authors designed an experiment that would expose students in an introductory physics class to both traditional lectures and active learning.

When the results were tallied, the authors found that students felt as if they learned more from the lectures, but in fact scored higher on tests following the active learning sessions. Ultimately, Deslauriers said, the study shows that it’s important to ensure that neither instructors nor students are ___ (30)____ into thinking that lectures are the best learning option. “Students might give fabulous evaluations to an amazing lecturer based on this feeling of learning, even though their actual learning isn’t optimal,” he said. “This could help to explain why study after study shows that student evaluations seem to be completely uncorrelated with actual learning.”

Fill at the (28).