UPSC, Bank & Civil Service English Lang. Practice Exam

UPSC, Bank & Civil Service English Lang. Practice Exam

English Model Test Paper

1. The western society is known for its …… whereas Indian society is …….

(1) conservatism          strict

(2) permissiveness       restrictive

(3) activeness              impassive

(4) waywardness         submissive

Ans. (2)

2. When listened to his cogent arguments, all my ……..  were ….. and I was forced to agree with his point of view.

(1) questions                unanswered

(2) doubts                    confirmed

(3) senses                     stimulated

(4) doubts                    dispelled

Ans. (4)

3. Rest

(1) The doctor told him to rest for a few days.

(2) His mother rests in peace in their family graveyard.

(3) This car hit the three, rolled over and came to rest in a ditch.

(4) Why don’t you rest for something?

Ans. (4)

4. Ride

(1) Nowadays he is riding low in his office.

(2) I went for a ride last Saturday on my brother’s bike.

(3) Your boss is riding you too hard at the moment.

(4) I don’t think one can take me for a ride easily.

Ans. (3)

5. Match

(1) Fans in India go crazy over a cricket match.

(2) Do you think this shirt matches three trousers?

(3) Don’t show a match to the bonfire yet.

(4) This car has no match in the market.

Ans. (3)

6. Introduce

1) The host introduced the guests to one another.

(2) Introducing insulin into the body is a delicate matter.

(3) The employees welcomed the changes introduced by the new Director.

(4) You should introduce a few jokes into your next speech.

Ans. (2)

7. Press

(1) The manager is pressed by my qualifications.

(2) The crowd pressed against the door trying to get into the building.

(3) The children pressed some flowers in their books,

(4) I want to press my shirt.

Ans. (1)

8. 1. Planning in India is a difficult problem.

P. So planners cannot decide the size of the plan.

Q. The gap between what people want and what can be done is big.

R. Moreover resources are limited.

S. Plan can be drawn on the basis of actual resources.

6. But without planning no nation can progress

(1) Q P R S

(2) P Q R S

(3) Q R S P

(4) P R Q S

Ans. (1)

9. 1. The press is often called ‘the fourth estate.’

P. With enough freedom It can mould public opinion and express it freely.

Q. It requires freedom so that it may act its part effectively.

R. It plays a very important role in democracy.

S. A censored press cannot perform all these functions effectively.

6. We are happy that the Indian press has enough opportunity to play its role well.

(1) P Q R S

(2) P R Q S

(3) Q R S P

(4) R Q P S

Ans. (4)

10. 1. It is often said that spiritualism is vanishing from our lives.

P. In the present age and in the age to come God will be the first casualty.

Q. In the present age we have achieved only material progress.

R. Our past ages were characterised by spiritualism.

S. Progress through materialism will assume even greater intensity in the times to come.

6. Materialism without losing the tinges of morality seems to be a better choice.

(1) PRQS

(2) QPSR

(3) QSRP

(4) QPRS

Ans. (3)

11. In the sentence ‘To begin with the latter, some of them …. Latter’ refers to

(1) physicists

(2) matter

(3) psychologists

(4) mind

Ans. (4)

12. Plain man thinks that material objects exist because

(1) they constitute his metaphysic

(2) they are real in his thought process

(3) certain electrons and protons form them

(4) he can perceive them

Ans. (4)

13. Which of the following does the modem science support according to the passage?

(1) Mind and matter are necessary to organise events

(2) The metaphysical division of events.

(3) The discovery of the equally important mind and matter

(4) Mind or soul does not exist as an entity.

Ans. (4)

14. “But the Philosopher was apt to reduce it usually to Here it refers to

(1) his analysis of man

(2) the human body

(3) the mind of man

(4) idea in the mind

Ans. (2)

15. The credit of Japan’s industrial and economic development goes to the strategy of....

(1) isolating its own economy from the world economy

(2) effectively facing internal and external economic competition.

(3) merging its industries with those of foreign players.

(4) elimination of loss-making industries and acquisition of profit-making ones.

(5) None of these

Ans. (2)

16. The finding of the Augus-Reid Group is in favour of...

(A) Protectionists

(B) Advocates of free trade

(1) (A) Only

(2) (B) Only

(3) (A) Only in 8 countries

(4) (A) Only in 4 countries

(5) None of these

Ans. (5)

17. It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that.

(1) there is a swing of public opinion in favour of free trade.

(2) advocates of free trade are gradually out-numbering protectionists.

(3) American free traders are on decline very much than any other countries.

(4) most of the people in the countries who are champions of free trade are in favour of free trade.

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

18. The study undertaken by Augus Reid Group was with a view to find out

(1) the implications of restricting imports.

(2) the result of increase in international trade.

(3) view point of people in free trade vs. protectionism.

(4) how people know different countries differ on economic issues.

(5) various measures to improve economic situation.

Ans. (3)

19. The author suggests the Government to…

(1) give a preferential treatment to local industries.

(2) allow free trade without any restrictions.

(3) judiciously decide the extents of protection and free trade.

(4) mitigate conditions of poverty the country.

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

20. Which of the following is misinterpretation of “Swadesi”, according to some economists?

(1) Intense internal competition leading to mergers etc.

(2) Its equivalence to Japan’s developmental strategies.

(3) Intense competition with the best in the world.

(4) Our own strategies disregarding global economy

(5) None of these

Ans. (5)

21. Which one of the following sentences is true in the context of the passage?

(1) Majority Is in favour of protectionism.

(2) Not many are in favour of protectionism.

(3) Only G-7 countries are in favour of free trades

(4) World Trade Organisation and International Monetary Fund, etc, are in favour of protectionism.

(5) None of these

Ans. (1)

22. What according to the passage is the effect of promotion of free trade in G-7 countries?

(1) Contrary to whatever is desirable

(2) Same as was anticipated

(3) Encouraging, though not perfectly as desired

(4) Not mentioned in the passage

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

23. What, according to the author, is “amazing” as per the report of the study?

(1) The trend for increase in the number of 1ree traders

(2) Decrease in the number of protectionists

(3) The inconclusive findings of the survey

(4) Increase and decrease in the numbers of protectionists and free traders respectively

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

24. Calibrated

(1) Influenced by sentiments

(2) Gauged with standard

(3) Decide arbitrarily

(4) Based on conjectures

(5) Based on imagination

Ans. (2)

25. Stupendous

(1) Enormous

(2) Negligible

(3) Tiny

(4) Marvellous

(5) Unprecedented

Ans. (2)