UPSC, CAT English Lang. Free online Test

UPSC, CAT English Lang. Free online Test

English Model Test Paper

Directions : Of the four alternatives given under each sentence, fill the blank space.

1. Experts fail to understand the ........ behind the decision.

(a) Ideology

(b) Judgments

(c) Politics

(d) Rationale

ANSWER: (d)

2. The servant obeyed the master’s orders in....... manner.

(a) Candid

(b) Plaintive

(c) Obsequious

(d) Complaisant

ANSWER: (d)

3. Can anything........ a mother’s love for her child?

(a) Exchange

(b) Replace

(c) Compensate

(d) Displace

ANSWER: (b)

4. Pandit Nehru’s life........ some of the greatest events of the century.

(a) Overcame

(b) Spanned

(c) Included

(d) Encompassed

ANSWER: (b)

5. There was a........ silence after the announcement.

(a) Awkward

(b) Uneasy

(c) Eternal

(d) Eerie

 ANSWER: (b)

6. There was no........of projects to be posed for aid.

(a) Want

(b) Paucity

(c) Dearth

(d) Scarcity

ANSWER: (c)

7. The firm is….... heavy losses due to wrong policies.

(a) Making

(b) Maintaining

(c) Incurring

(d) Reporting

ANSWER: (c)

8. The Defense Minister said today that the Government was determined to........ the accord and fulfill the

        Legitimate aspirations of the people.

(a) Perform

(c) Implement

(b) Practice

(d) Entertain

ANSWER: (c)

9. He did not make a single........ to any controversial matter in his speech..

(a) Illusion

(b) Allusion

(c) Elision

   (d) Elucidation

ANSWER: (b)

10. However, the group’s long term strategy is to ........ on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure

And energy.

(a) Depend

(b) Breed

(c) Develop

(d) Concentrate

ANSWER: (d)

11. Finding that there was no use moving any further, the officer ordered the army’s ........

(a) Withdrawal

(b) Retreat

(c) Restoration

(d) Revival

ANSWER: (b)

12. We offered a ....... of incentives to attract a new banker.

(a) Bundle

(b) Assurance

(c) Gift

(d) Package

ANSWER: (d)

13. Every individual wishes to lead a ...... life.

(a) Respected

(b) Respectful

(c) Respectable

(d) Respective

ANSWER: (c)

14. The more your action and thought are allied and........ the happier you grow.

(a) Invincible

(b) Divergent

(c) Integrated

(d) Unravel led 

ANSWER: (c)

15. Some students are........ and want to take only the courses for which they see immediate value.

(a) Indolent

(b) Foolish

(c) Pragmatic

(d) Theoretical

ANSWER: (c)

16. Such ......   clothes did not appeal to her nor did they suit her.

(a) Simple

(b) Gaudy

(c) Ornate

(d) Fatuous

ANSWER: (b)

17. He knew what he was doing was right and so their catcalls did not, ....... him.

(a) Worry

(b) Threaten

(c) Faze

(d) Disconcert

ANSWER: (c)

18. The doctor was overcome with........ when he came to know that the patient had died due to negligence

       on his part.

(a) Conscience

(b) Remorse

(c) Humiliation

(d) Emotion

ANSWER: (b)

19. You will have to face some practical problems when you start ......., this plan.

(a) Prosecuting

(b) Projecting

(c) Prescribing

(d) Prescribing

ANSWER: (b)

20. Every Shakespearean hero has an internal........ in his character.

(a) Fault

(b) Defect

(c) Flaw

(d) Weakness

ANSWER: (c)

21. He was able to........his small income by working in a hotel at night.

(a) Amplify

(b) Supplement

(c) Expand

(d)Multiply

ANSWER: (b)

22. This test........no previous knowledge of the subject: any graduate is expected to

       complete it successfully.

(a) Concerns

(b) Presupposes

(c) Assumes

(d) Necessitates

ANSWER: (c)

23. The rain water that does not flow to the rivers.......beneath the soil to form

        underground Water.

(a)    Flows

(b)   Penetrates

(c)    Seeps

(d)   Percolates

ANSWER: (d)

24. Questions will be  answered by a………of experts.

(a)Group

(b) Staff

(c) Band

(d) Panel

ANSWER: (d)

25. The……….animal was on the lookout for food.

(a) Uncivilized

(b) Wild

(c) Primitive

(d) Savage

ANSWER: (b)