MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2016
1. Fill up the blanks with an adverb choosing from the alternatives given.
The train goes _____ from Kolkata to Ahmedabad.
(A) down
(B) away
(C) indirect
(D) direct
2. He has no control ____ his son. Fill in with appropriate preposition:-
(A) for
(B) over
(C) on
(D) to
7. There is abundance of vegetables in the market. Here ‘abundance’ means :
(A) scarcity
(B) plenty
(C) substandard
(D) wastage
14. There are four parts of a sentence (PQRS) put in jumbled order. Put them in right order to form a meaningful sentence. Select the correct response.
That one person in a thousand (P)/ really living in the present (Q)/ knows the trick of (R)/ I believe(S).
(A) SPRQ
(B) PQSR
(C) SPQR
(D) PQRS
15. Choose an appropriate article/preposition to complete the sentence:
The teacher insisted ____ my participating in the debate competition.
(A) a
(B) in
(C) on
(D) at
26. Choose the correct combination so as to form a meaningful sentence :
Man considers ……
- Full granaries of the past
- Field of transitoriness
- Only the stubble
- And overlooks
(A) 3241
(B) 2431
(C) 1324
(D) 4231
27. Find out the antonym to ‘pompous’ from the alternatives given below:
(A) plenty
(B) splendid
(C) simple
(D) playful
33. Substitute the given word meaning with a single word choosing from the alternatives given.
The art of fine handwriting :
(A) script-writing
(B) calligraphy
(C) transcription
(D) typography
34. Fill in the blanks-
This is the girl ____ yesterday.
(A) I saw on
(B) there I saw
(C) which I saw
(D) whom I saw
35. The news ____ true.
(A) are
(B) were
(C) be
(D) is
40. There is an error in one of the four parts of the following sentence. Spot the error:
I/consider him/to be/a good student.
(A) to be
(B) I
(C) a good student
(D) consider him
41. Tick the correct answer – We should not make noise.
(A) None of the alternatives
(B) We should not make a noise
(C) We shall not made a noise
(D) We should not make the noise
42. The abstract noun of ‘coward’ is
(A) cowardly
(B) cowardice
(C) cowarded
(D) cowarding
43. Choose the correct option:
“The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion _____.”
(A) respect
(B) reconnoiter
(C) salute
(D) salvo
46. Choose the correct meaning of the quoted word from the options given below:
“Debutant” off-spinner Simon Harmer took three wickets before West Indian Captain Danesh Ramdin led to a fight back against South Africa on the first day of the third and final test at Newlands on Friday.
(A) one who in jealous of others
(B) one who makes his first appearance
(C) one who comes from a family of players
(D) one who climbs a peak for the first time
47. In question replace word/words in ” ” with an idiomatic expression/phrase from the given alternatives.
Vimala “could not control herself” when she received the news of her father’s death.
(A) hold on
(B) broke down
(C) set aside
(D) put up
49. Tick the correct answer-
He had a large number of money.
(A) None of the alternatives
(B) He had a big number of money
(C) He had a large amount of money
(D) He has a large amount of rupees
58. Choose a word opposite in meaning to the word given:
Bizarre:
(A) usual
(B) known
(C) regular
(D) expected
59. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition given below:
Vivekananda infused a new spirit _____ the people of our country.
(A) into
(B) inside
(C) to
(D) in
60. Choose the correct option : “Antarctica is also called the white continent.”
(A) assertive
(B) exclamatory
(C) imperative
(D) interrogative
67. Four alternative spellings of a single word are given. Tick the correctly spelt word.
(A) acquiscience
(B) acquiscence
(C) acquiescence
(D) acquiecence
70. He ordered of my dismissal.
Correct the error from the following alternatives:
(A) He ordered my dismissal
(B) He ordered me to dismissal
(C) He ordered of my dismissal
(D) He ordered for my dismissal
72. ‘Indolent’ is a person who does not work hard. What is the antonym of Indolent?
(A) diligent
(B) fit
(C) clumsy
(D) active
75. In question replace word/words in ” ” with an idiomatic expression/phrase from the given alternatives.
Pratim is in the habit of “doing something which causes terrible”.
(A) adding fuel to fire
(B) bearing no stone unturned
(C) falling in
(D) stirring up a hornet’s nest
78. Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct.
(A) Your new glasses have very nice.
(B) Your new glasses are very nice.
(C) Your new glasses was very nice.
(D) Your new glasses is very nice.
79. Choose the correct option :
“The slate was broken _____ Mohan _____ a hammer.”
(A) by, by
(B) with, with
(C) by, with
(D) with, by
80. ‘A leader of the people who can sway his followers by his oratory’
(A) connoisseur
(B) mendicant
(C) raconteur
(D) demagogue
82. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition :
He has met fierce criticism of his intentions to move ____ a market economy.
(A) to
(B) towards
(C) from
(D) in
84. Choose the proper order for re-arranging the following to form a complete meaningful sentence.
- copiers of European culture
- the Indians of coming generations
- but will be men, rooted in their own traditions and cultural heritage
- will not be unconvincing and self conscious
(A) ADCB
(B) ABDC
(C) BADC
(D) BDAC
85. If this man would not have been poor, he would not have worked so hard. Rewrite the sentence correcting error. Select the correct response.
(A) If this man would have been poor, he would were worked so hard.
(B) If this man was not poor, he would not have worked so hard.
(C) If this man have been poor, he would not have worked so hard.
(D) If this man would not be poor, he would work so hard.
91. Find out from the following words which one is spelt correctly :
(A) eticquete
(B) etiquette
(C) eticquette
(D) etiquete
93. The voice had to be listened to not only on account of its form but for the matter.
This sentence is an example of –
(A) Past indefinite
(B) Past perfect
(C) Past perfect continuous
(D) Past continuous
94. Fill in the blank with suitable idiom.
I know that you have done it and you must ____ otherwise I will have to report the matter to the higher authority.
(A) get by
(B) cut short
(C) come clean
(D) cut out
99. Tick the best alternative to express the meaning of the given word :
Affiliation:
(A) team
(B) attachment
(C) friendship
(D) together
104. Choose the alternative that best expresses the given sentence:
He said, “May God grant peace to the departed soul!”
(A) He prayed that God might grant peace to the departed soul.
(B) He wished by God to grant peace to the departed soul.
(C) He prayed that may God grant peace to the departed soul.
(D) He wished so that God might grant peace to the departed soul.
107. Choose the answer that best expresses the meaning of the given sentences.
People claim to have seen the suspect in several cities.
(A) The suspect was seen by people in several cities.
(B) The suspect is being seen in several cities.
(C) The suspect is claimed to have been seen in several cities.
(D) In several cities the suspect is seen.
108. Choose the correct option:
“Although he is foolish ____ he is praised.”
(A) yet
(B) even
(C) but
(D) even then
115. Choose the antonym of the quoted word:
The giant was seen as someone ‘repulsive’.
(A) intrepid
(B) attractive
(C) indulgent
(D) vile
116. Fill in the blank with suitable idiom.
He did not have any meals for days and was naturally reduced to _____.
(A) a pie in the sky
(B) a bag of bones
(C) a nine day wonder
(D) a thin skinned animal
119. Fill up the blanks choosing correctly from the alternatives given.
A child’s earliest words deal with concrete objects and actions. It is much later that he is able to grapple with ______.
(A) vagueness
(B) abstractions
(C) maxims
(D) solidity