Empower your English

I   Vocabulary:

Directions: Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the given word.

1.  Monologue
(a) Speech                                                                                                                                               
(b) Acumen
(c) Radical
(d) Peccadillo

2.  Dormant
(a) Precipitous
(b) Tranquil
(c) Immaculate
(d) Latent

3.  Vengeance
(a) Incumbent
(b) Exodus
(c) Retribution
(d) Masquerade

4.  Oblivious
(a) Forgetful
(b) Reciprocal
(c) Fallible
(d) Histrionic
  5. Retreat
(a)Zenith
(b)Genesis
(c)Asylum
(d)Misanthrope

II    Antonyms

DIRECTION: Choose the most appropriate word opposite (antonym) in meaning to the word.
1. AMALGAMATE 
[ A ]  disperse
[ B ]  bolster
[ C ]  mitigate
[ D ]  revolve
 
2. OCCLUDE 
[ A ]  disarm
[ B ]  open
[ C ]  Reject
[ D ]  organize
 
3. VILIFY 
[ A ]  repudiate
[ B ]  foment
[ C ]  rescind
[ D ]  laud
 
4. CONVENTIONAL 
[ A ]  halcyon
[ B ]  archaic
[ C ]  eccentric
[ D ]  germane
 
5. DISPARAGE 
[ A ]  repair
[ B ]  rarefy
[ C ]  hope
[ D ]  flatter
 
III   Synonyms

Direction: Choose the most appropriate word closest in meaning (synonyms) to the word given below.

1. BOMBASTIC
[ A ]  Sensitive
[ B ]  Pompous
[ C ]  Rapid
[ D ]  Sufficient
2. CHIDE
[ A ]  Unite
[ B ]  Fear
[ C ]  record
[ D ]  Scold

3. CONNOISSEUR
[ A ]  Gourmand
[ B ]  Lover of art
[ C ]  Humidor
[ D ]  delinquent
 
4. DECLIVITY
[ A ]  Trap
[ B ]  Quadrangle
[ C ]  Quarter
[ D ]  Downward slope
 
5. ECSTASY
[ A ]  Joy
[ B ]  Speed
[ C ]  treasure
[ D ]  warmth

IV   idioms / phrases

DIRECTION: Choose the exact meaning of the idioms/phrases

1. All the political parties are tarred with the same brush.
[ A ]  treated equally
[ B ]  profess the same policies
[ C ]  have the same merits
[ D ]  posses the same defects

2. Let us admit that we could not heap coals of fire on his head.
[ A ]  burn him alive
[ B ]  agitate him
[ C ]  make him feel sorry by retuning good for evil
[ D ]  put him to shame
 
3. Almost everybody has an eye on the main chance.
[ A ]  waits for the appropriate time
[ B ]  thinks of outwitting his rival
[ C ]  looks for better prospects
[ D ]  looks after his own welfare
4. For the first week, the apprentice felt like a fish out of water.
[ A ]  Frustrated
[ B ]  Homeless
[ C ]  Disappointed
[ D ]  Uncomfortable
 
5. His friends failed to see why he should ride the high horse just because he had won an election.
[ A ]  become abnormal
[ B ]  appear arrogant
[ C ]  indulge in dreams
[ D ]  hate others

For Answers, turn to page no ( 59 )
 
Enrich your Aptitude

Directions: Two pairs of words are given. The words in each of these pairs are associated with each other following some rule. On the basis of the same rule, you have to select one word from the alternative which could replace sign?

1.  Violet : Yellow ; Blue : Red ; Indigo : ?
[ A ]  White
[ B ]  Black
[ C ]  Yellow
[ D ]  Orange

2. Pen : write ; Brush : Tooth ; spade : ?
[ A ]  Cut
[ B ]  Dig
[ C ]  Stick
[ D ]  Food

3. Blue : Moon ; White : Hot ; Black : ?
[ A ]  Cloud
[ B ]  Sky
[ C ]  Sheep
[ D ]  Star

4. Cat : kitten ; Goat : Kid ; Sheep : ?
[ A ]  Ravan
[ B ]  Colt
[ C ]  Lamb
[ D ]  Filly

5. Bath room : Sink ; House : Kitchen ; Cloister : ?
[ A ]  College
[ B ]  Statue
[ C ]  Gate-keeper
[ D ]  Prayer
 
6. Cataract: Eye; Jaundice: liver; Pyorrhea: ?
[ A ]  Breadth
[ B ]  Nausea
[ C ]  Tongue
[ D ]  Tooth
 
7. Tuberculosis : Lung ; Piles : Buttock ; Hernia : ?
[ A ]  Intestine
[ B]  Abodomen
[ C ]  Kidney
[ D ]  Stomach
 
8. Mango : Grapes ; Plum : Pear ; Papaya : ?
[ A ]  Orange
[ B ]  Garlic
[ C ]  Potato
[ D ]  Lemon
 
9.  Rice : Paddy ; Meal : Wheat ; Whey : ?
[ A ]  Ice
[ B ]  Butter
[ C ]  Curd
[ D ]  Milk

Directions: Two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Question 10
Statements : All planets are moons.
All moons are stars
Conclusions : I. All moons are planets.
II. All planets are stars.
[ A ]  if only conclusion I follows;
[ B ]  if only conclusion II follows;
[ C ]  if either I or II follows;
[ D ]  if neither I nor II follows and

Question 11
Statements : All men are dogs.
All dogs are cats.
Conclusions : I. All men are cats.
II. All cats are men.
[ A ]  if only conclusion I follows;
[ B ]  if only conclusion II follows;
[ C ]  if either I or II follows;
[ D ]  if neither I nor II follows and

Question 12
Statements : All tubes are handles.
All cups are handles
Conclusions : I. All cups are tubes
II. Some handles are not cups.
[ A ]  if only conclusion I follows;
[ B ]  if only conclusion II follows;
[ C ]  if either I or II follows;
[ D ]  if neither I nor II follows and

Question 13
Statements : All flowers are stems.
All stems are roots
Conclusions : I. All roots are flowers
II. All stems are flowers.
[ A ]  if only conclusion I follows;
[ B ]  if only conclusion II follows;
[ C ]  if either I or II follows;
[ D ]  if neither I nor II follows and

Question 14
Statements : All apples are oranges
Some oranges are papayas.
Conclusions : I. some apples are papayas

II. Some papayas are apples
[ A ]  if only conclusion I follows;
[ B ]  if only conclusion II follows;
[ C ]  if either I or II follows;
[ D ]  if neither I nor II follows and

For Answers, turn to page no ( 59 )