MBA, Bank Test Preparation

Model English Test 6

Questions 1 – 10

Each of the questions contains a pair of words. Below each question, you find five alternative pairs of words. From the alternatives, choose the pair which shows the same relationship as the question.

1. Soup : Dessert

a) sky : clouds
b) River : island
c) Sunlight : twilight
d) Bow : arrow
e) Food : nutrients

2. Sky : sea

a) leader : follower
b) master : servant
c) hat : shoe
d) leg : toe
e) terrace : parking lot

3. Rain : river

a) room : window b) star : sky
c) bullets : injury
d) rain : umbrella
e) tortoise : hare

4. Thread : cotton

a) beans : coffee
b) cloth : shirt
c) noodles : flour
d) vegetables : soup
e) None of the above

5. Portfolio : Securities

a) snake : scales
b) carpenter : furniture
c) classroom : students
d) bridge : road
e) panel : jurors

6. Kiln : Bricks

a) oven : cakes
b) factory : workers
c) extruder : intruder
d) soil : crops
e) house : roof

7. Impetuous : caution

a) arduous : easy
b) impassive : diligent
c) ingenuous : fake
d) fatuous : inanity
e) excessive : moderation

8. Embezzle : trust

a) adulterate : cheat
b) perjure : oath
c) plagiarize : right
d) admonish : scold
e) adjudge : deny

9. Innocuous : harmless

a) foul : right
b) joy : tears
c) kind : ruthless
d) ingenuous : artless
e) deleterious : healthy

10. Thunder : Storm

a) portent : catastrophe
b) summer : heat
c) tornado : wind
d) hurricane : depression
e) volcano : lava

Questions 11 - 15

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.

a) falsehood
b) lies
c) fiction
d) history

12. India has enough potential to become a --------------------- force in the world.

a) reckoning
b) important
c) significant
d) considerable

13. Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s patriotic speeches ------------------- people to dedicate their lives for the nation.

a) forced
b) inspired
c) inflamed
d) prompted

14. There have been quite a large number of ------------------------ to the Himalayas and some of them have been extremely successful.

a) attempts
b) expeditions
c) demands
d) attractions

15. We thought that the Godman had miraculous powers, but we soon found out that we were ---------------------?

a) wronged
b) made fools
c) mistaken
d) deceived

Questions 16 – 20

In the following questions, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Indicate that part of the sentence. If there are no errors choose (d) as your answer.

16. When the ship arrived in port, (a)/ the crew was taken into custody (b) / on a charge of mutiny. (c) / No error (d)

17. A thousand dollars (a) / is not (b) / a small sum. (c) / No error (d)

18. Anyone is welcome (a) / as long as they are willing (b) / to contribute to the cause. (c) / No error. (d)

19. The long and short of the matter (a) / are that the whole department (b) / is corrupt. (c) / No error (d)

20. Every one of the clerks (a) / have applied (b) / for casual leave today. (c) / No error. (d)

Questions 20 – 25

Against each key word are given five suggested meanings. Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the key word.

21. Tentative

a) experimental
b) prevalent
c) certain
d) mocking

22. Privation

a) hardship
b) prosperity
c) uncertainty
d) privacy

23. Valour

a) bravery
b) speed
c) determination
d) strength

24. Scrupulous

a) hesitant
b) careful
c) rash
d) clever

25. Zealous

a) enthusiastic
b) humiliating
c) accusing
d) stately

Answers

1. Sunlight : twilight
2. terrace : parking lot
3. star : sky
4. noodles : flour
5. classroom : students
6. oven : cakes
7. excessive : moderation
8. perjure : oath
9. ingenuous : artless
10. portent : catastrophe
11. fiction
12. reckoning
13. inspired
14. expeditions
15. deceived
16. Part b: It should be ‘the crew were taken into custody’ A collective noun is followed by a plural verb, if the group is being regarded as a collection of individual members. Singular verbs are used when the group is being thought of a single unit.
17. d: No error
18. Part b: It should be ‘as long as he/she is willing’
19. part b: It should be ‘is that the whole department’
20. part b: It should be ‘has applied’
21. experimental
22. hardship
23. bravery
24. careful
25. enthusiastic