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1. Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.<br><br> Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who was buried in a lavish tomb filled with gold artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by an archaeological team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb was mostly intact, an extraordinary find given that most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been looted in ancient times. But while Tutankhamun's tomb was lavish, historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the young pharaoh was sickly and spent his short rule trying to undo a religious revolution that his father had started. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten. In his fervor, Akhenaten ordered the names and images of other Egyptian deities to be destroyed or defaced. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around 1332 B.C. when he was about 9 years old. Given his young age, he would have relied heavily on his advisers. At some point his name was changed to Tutankhamun, removing the word 'aten' - a reminder of his father's religious revolution - from his name. Tutankhamun also condemned his father's actions in a stela (a stone with inscription) found at Karnak, saying that Akhenaten's religious revolution caused the gods to ignore Egypt. Part of the stela reads 'the temples and the cities of the gods and goddesses, starting from Elephantine as far as the Delta marshes ... had fallen into decay and their shrines were fallen into ruin, having become mere mounds overgrown with grass ... The gods were ignoring this land...' Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill-health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot). A number of canes have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb, finds that support the idea that the pharaoh had difficulty walking at times. It's not known what killed Tutankhamun. There have been numerous hypotheses put forward over the years. It's been suggested that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg or from injuries suffered in a chariot accident. The boy king died in 1323 B.C. around the age of 18. His death was unexpected, and his tomb appears to have been finished quickly. Microbes found on the wall of the tomb indicate that the paint on the wall wasn't even dry when the tomb was sealed. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. While the treasures were incredible, the tomb was unusually small for a pharaoh's burial, containing only 110 square meters (1,184 square feet) of floor space. The tomb's small size may have been because the pharaoh died young and unexpectedly and there wasn't time to carve out a larger tomb.

What is the main theme of the passage?

2. Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.<br><br> Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who was buried in a lavish tomb filled with gold artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by an archaeological team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb was mostly intact, an extraordinary find given that most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been looted in ancient times. But while Tutankhamun's tomb was lavish, historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the young pharaoh was sickly and spent his short rule trying to undo a religious revolution that his father had started. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten. In his fervor, Akhenaten ordered the names and images of other Egyptian deities to be destroyed or defaced. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around 1332 B.C. when he was about 9 years old. Given his young age, he would have relied heavily on his advisers. At some point his name was changed to Tutankhamun, removing the word 'aten' - a reminder of his father's religious revolution - from his name. Tutankhamun also condemned his father's actions in a stela (a stone with inscription) found at Karnak, saying that Akhenaten's religious revolution caused the gods to ignore Egypt. Part of the stela reads 'the temples and the cities of the gods and goddesses, starting from Elephantine as far as the Delta marshes ... had fallen into decay and their shrines were fallen into ruin, having become mere mounds overgrown with grass ... The gods were ignoring this land...' Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill-health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot). A number of canes have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb, finds that support the idea that the pharaoh had difficulty walking at times. It's not known what killed Tutankhamun. There have been numerous hypotheses put forward over the years. It's been suggested that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg or from injuries suffered in a chariot accident. The boy king died in 1323 B.C. around the age of 18. His death was unexpected, and his tomb appears to have been finished quickly. Microbes found on the wall of the tomb indicate that the paint on the wall wasn't even dry when the tomb was sealed. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. While the treasures were incredible, the tomb was unusually small for a pharaoh's burial, containing only 110 square meters (1,184 square feet) of floor space. The tomb's small size may have been because the pharaoh died young and unexpectedly and there wasn't time to carve out a larger tomb.

The discovery of a number of canes in the tomb indicates that Tutankhamun:

3. Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.<br><br> Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who was buried in a lavish tomb filled with gold artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by an archaeological team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb was mostly intact, an extraordinary find given that most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been looted in ancient times. But while Tutankhamun's tomb was lavish, historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the young pharaoh was sickly and spent his short rule trying to undo a religious revolution that his father had started. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten. In his fervor, Akhenaten ordered the names and images of other Egyptian deities to be destroyed or defaced. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around 1332 B.C. when he was about 9 years old. Given his young age, he would have relied heavily on his advisers. At some point his name was changed to Tutankhamun, removing the word 'aten' - a reminder of his father's religious revolution - from his name. Tutankhamun also condemned his father's actions in a stela (a stone with inscription) found at Karnak, saying that Akhenaten's religious revolution caused the gods to ignore Egypt. Part of the stela reads 'the temples and the cities of the gods and goddesses, starting from Elephantine as far as the Delta marshes ... had fallen into decay and their shrines were fallen into ruin, having become mere mounds overgrown with grass ... The gods were ignoring this land...' Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill-health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot). A number of canes have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb, finds that support the idea that the pharaoh had difficulty walking at times. It's not known what killed Tutankhamun. There have been numerous hypotheses put forward over the years. It's been suggested that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg or from injuries suffered in a chariot accident. The boy king died in 1323 B.C. around the age of 18. His death was unexpected, and his tomb appears to have been finished quickly. Microbes found on the wall of the tomb indicate that the paint on the wall wasn't even dry when the tomb was sealed. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. While the treasures were incredible, the tomb was unusually small for a pharaoh's burial, containing only 110 square meters (1,184 square feet) of floor space. The tomb's small size may have been because the pharaoh died young and unexpectedly and there wasn't time to carve out a larger tomb.

Tutankhamun's father was a revolutionary. What was his revolution?

4. Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.<br><br> Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who was buried in a lavish tomb filled with gold artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by an archaeological team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb was mostly intact, an extraordinary find given that most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been looted in ancient times. But while Tutankhamun's tomb was lavish, historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the young pharaoh was sickly and spent his short rule trying to undo a religious revolution that his father had started. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten. In his fervor, Akhenaten ordered the names and images of other Egyptian deities to be destroyed or defaced. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around 1332 B.C. when he was about 9 years old. Given his young age, he would have relied heavily on his advisers. At some point his name was changed to Tutankhamun, removing the word 'aten' - a reminder of his father's religious revolution - from his name. Tutankhamun also condemned his father's actions in a stela (a stone with inscription) found at Karnak, saying that Akhenaten's religious revolution caused the gods to ignore Egypt. Part of the stela reads 'the temples and the cities of the gods and goddesses, starting from Elephantine as far as the Delta marshes ... had fallen into decay and their shrines were fallen into ruin, having become mere mounds overgrown with grass ... The gods were ignoring this land...' Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill-health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot). A number of canes have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb, finds that support the idea that the pharaoh had difficulty walking at times. It's not known what killed Tutankhamun. There have been numerous hypotheses put forward over the years. It's been suggested that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg or from injuries suffered in a chariot accident. The boy king died in 1323 B.C. around the age of 18. His death was unexpected, and his tomb appears to have been finished quickly. Microbes found on the wall of the tomb indicate that the paint on the wall wasn't even dry when the tomb was sealed. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. While the treasures were incredible, the tomb was unusually small for a pharaoh's burial, containing only 110 square meters (1,184 square feet) of floor space. The tomb's small size may have been because the pharaoh died young and unexpectedly and there wasn't time to carve out a larger tomb.

Tutankhamun had a short rule. Most of his time was used in:

5. Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.<br><br> Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who was buried in a lavish tomb filled with gold artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by an archaeological team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb was mostly intact, an extraordinary find given that most of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been looted in ancient times. But while Tutankhamun's tomb was lavish, historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the young pharaoh was sickly and spent his short rule trying to undo a religious revolution that his father had started. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten. In his fervor, Akhenaten ordered the names and images of other Egyptian deities to be destroyed or defaced. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around 1332 B.C. when he was about 9 years old. Given his young age, he would have relied heavily on his advisers. At some point his name was changed to Tutankhamun, removing the word 'aten' - a reminder of his father's religious revolution - from his name. Tutankhamun also condemned his father's actions in a stela (a stone with inscription) found at Karnak, saying that Akhenaten's religious revolution caused the gods to ignore Egypt. Part of the stela reads 'the temples and the cities of the gods and goddesses, starting from Elephantine as far as the Delta marshes ... had fallen into decay and their shrines were fallen into ruin, having become mere mounds overgrown with grass ... The gods were ignoring this land...' Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill-health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot). A number of canes have been found in Tutankhamun's tomb, finds that support the idea that the pharaoh had difficulty walking at times. It's not known what killed Tutankhamun. There have been numerous hypotheses put forward over the years. It's been suggested that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg or from injuries suffered in a chariot accident. The boy king died in 1323 B.C. around the age of 18. His death was unexpected, and his tomb appears to have been finished quickly. Microbes found on the wall of the tomb indicate that the paint on the wall wasn't even dry when the tomb was sealed. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. While the treasures were incredible, the tomb was unusually small for a pharaoh's burial, containing only 110 square meters (1,184 square feet) of floor space. The tomb's small size may have been because the pharaoh died young and unexpectedly and there wasn't time to carve out a larger tomb.

Which statement is not true according to the passage?

6. Question

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Our new office is equipped _________ all the latest technology.

7. Question

Select the wrongly spelt word.

8. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

The keeper of a museum

9. Question

Select the antonym of the given word.<br> LIVELY

10. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.

Every year our association is having a meeting to elect the officers.

11. Question

Select the antonym of the given word.

ENTHUSIASM

12. Question

Select the wrongly spelt word.

13. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Large enclosure for keeping the birds in

14. Question

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The assistant in the library picked up the books from the tables and put _____ back on the shelves.

15. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.

Everybody <strong>wants to be winning</strong> a prize in the art competition.

16. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution required.

Thirteen miners <strong>were trapped inside a coal mine</strong> due to flooding from a nearby river yesterday.

17. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

What does the word scout mean? During a war a soldier is chosen to go _____ (17)_____of an army in order to _____ (18)_____out where the enemy is. He then _____ (19)_____back to the commander all the _____ (20)_____ he has gathered about the _____ (21)_____. <br> Such a soldier is known as a scout.

18. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

What does the word scout mean? During a war a soldier is chosen to go _____ (17)_____of an army in order to _____ (18)_____out where the enemy is. He then _____ (19)_____back to the commander all the _____ (20)_____ he has gathered about the _____ (21)_____. <br> Such a soldier is known as a scout.

19. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

What does the word scout mean? During a war a soldier is chosen to go _____ (17)_____of an army in order to _____ (18)_____out where the enemy is. He then _____ (19)_____back to the commander all the _____ (20)_____ he has gathered about the _____ (21)_____. <br> Such a soldier is known as a scout.

20. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

What does the word scout mean? During a war a soldier is chosen to go _____ (17)_____of an army in order to _____ (18)_____out where the enemy is. He then _____ (19)_____back to the commander all the _____ (20)_____ he has gathered about the _____ (21)_____. <br> Such a soldier is known as a scout.

21. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

What does the word scout mean? During a war a soldier is chosen to go _____ (17)_____of an army in order to _____ (18)_____out where the enemy is. He then _____ (19)_____back to the commander all the _____ (20)_____ he has gathered about the _____ (21)_____. <br> Such a soldier is known as a scout.

22. Question

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

The old man climbed seven floors with hardly no effort at all.

23. Question

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

In this novel I came across some words which meaning I do not know.

24. Question

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

To my point of view he should not have behaved in such a manner.

25. Question

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

I thanked him for his advices.

26. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentences.

Don't take it seriously. He was simply <strong>pulling your leg. </strong>

27. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentences.

A friend is no friend if he<strong> leaves you in the lurch. </strong>

28. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentences.

Many people in our country like to feather their own nest from the money they raise for social work.

29. Question

Select the synonym of the given word.

AMPLIFY

30. Question

Select the synonym of the given word.

REPLETE

31. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Dusk sets in at the Varagaliar elephant camp deep within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). It's dinner time for the 25 years old tusker and he's ___(31)____ balls made of steamed ragi flour mixed ___(32)____ some rice, green gram, salt and jaggery. ___(33)____ are half-a-dozen Forest Department ___(34)____ around, including V. Ganesan, the Field Director ___(35)____ ATR.

32. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Dusk sets in at the Varagaliar elephant camp deep within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). It's dinner time for the 25 years old tusker and he's ___(31)____ balls made of steamed ragi flour mixed ___(32)____ some rice, green gram, salt and jaggery. ___(33)____ are half-a-dozen Forest Department ___(34)____ around, including V. Ganesan, the Field Director ___(35)____ ATR.

33. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Dusk sets in at the Varagaliar elephant camp deep within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). It's dinner time for the 25 years old tusker and he's ___(31)____ balls made of steamed ragi flour mixed ___(32)____ some rice, green gram, salt and jaggery. ___(33)____ are half-a-dozen Forest Department ___(34)____ around, including V. Ganesan, the Field Director ___(35)____ ATR.

34. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Dusk sets in at the Varagaliar elephant camp deep within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). It's dinner time for the 25 years old tusker and he's ___(31)____ balls made of steamed ragi flour mixed ___(32)____ some rice, green gram, salt and jaggery. ___(33)____ are half-a-dozen Forest Department ___(34)____ around, including V. Ganesan, the Field Director ___(35)____ ATR.

35. Question

Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Dusk sets in at the Varagaliar elephant camp deep within the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). It's dinner time for the 25 years old tusker and he's ___(31)____ balls made of steamed ragi flour mixed ___(32)____ some rice, green gram, salt and jaggery. ___(33)____ are half-a-dozen Forest Department ___(34)____ around, including V. Ganesan, the Field Director ___(35)____ ATR.

36. Question

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.<br> A. Once the formalities are done, you can start using your account and save time and money. <br> B. Opening a bank account can seem intimidating. <br> C. Getting your account opened is just a matter of providing certain details and funding your account. <br> D. Fortunately, most banks follow a standardized process.

37. Question

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. <br> A. A man on a bike had to ride on the pavement. <br> B. When he tried to plunge onto the road, a car hit him. <br> C. As the bus inched through the evening life, the traffic grew. <br> D. There was no space on the road any more.

38. Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Colours, they say have the power to calm, pacify and relax; they can energise, activate and .

39. Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

In ancient Greece, women were not allowed to _____ in the Olympic Games.

40. Question

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

DEFICIT

41. Question

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

ATTRIBUTE

42. Question

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

FUSE (Verb)

43. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

An instrument for measuring the atmospheric pressure

44. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

Scarcely <strong>had he gone out than a client</strong> came to meet him.

45. Question

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Dinesh was looked after by his grandmother when his parents went abroad.

46. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The dog played in the pond <strong>to his heart's content. </strong>

47. Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

'These <strong>glasses suit you to a T</strong>,' said Ria to Vandana.

48. Question

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

An old misunderstanding <strong>exists among the two families</strong>, so they are not friendly any more.

49. Question

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

The part of a country's government responsible for its legal system

50. Question

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Ananya plucks fresh flowers from the garden every day.

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