31. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately
On the other hand, some writers have expressed __________ that a few publishing houses refuse to
publish women writers whose works are, as they are described, "not bold enough", that is they are
not sensational enough to _________ the market.
(a) concern, stimulate (b) disquiet, titillate
(c) anxiety, manoeuvre (d) apprehension, excite
32. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Some of us can be struck by the absurdity of some of this new era's manifestations: Big Brother
doesn't need to __________telescreens on us – rather he has to fight off the applicants who want to
display their every movement on television. He doesn't need a secret police to rifle _________through
our locked diaries – we post them online for everyone to read.
(a) impose, surreptitiously (b) monitor, secretly
(c) train, stealthy (d) enforce, slyly
33. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Art is often depicted as something that comes at the _________ of life, as if creation requires
locking oneself up in a sensory deprivation tank. The seduction of Picasso is that he created a
grand body of work that was all about __________down life's pleasures and occasionally spitting
out the bones.
(a) detriment, devouring (b) fruition, chomping
(c) demise, gorging (d) expense, gobbling
37. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Run
(a) Oscar has run through the fortune he inherited after the death of his uncle.
(b) I had the run of the entire farm when I lived with my grandparents.
(c) Vinay likes to run down his rivals.
(d) The government is trying its best to curb run away inflation.
38. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Key
(a) The critics claimed that the singer was out of key during the performance.
(b) He composed a beautiful symphony in a key of C major.
(c) Despite the media's expectations the celebrity wedding was a low-key event.
(d) Politicians need to key their strategies to the prevailing mood of the public.
Directions for questions 48 to 50: The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the
most appropriate answer to each question.
The floods in Pakistan have given rise to a veritable deluge of photographs documenting devastation. On a
daily basis, we have been seeing representations of untold suffering, as people struggle to survive, while
filth and chaos reign around them. Nevertheless, despite efforts to mobilise relief, a certain degree of
apathy often accompanies our responses to such images.
The problem is so much larger than photography can ever hope to capture that they wash over us. For two
facts stand out when it comes to how we gather news of disasters elsewhere: first, photo-documentary
plays a key part, and second, there is a predictable sameness to such photographs. Whether it be
Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami, Pakistan or Haiti back in January, the photo-reportage that emerges
inevitably confirms the uniformity of human suffering, the base commonality of despair, concerns, needs
and pain.
Too often, they also confirm that the hardest hit are always the poor, whether they be in Louisiana or
Nowshera. Yet, for those of us who are far away and better off – concerned, no doubt, but personally
unaffected – comes a sense of deja vu leading to a slightly jaded response. We feel sympathy, but not an
urge to ask big questions or to battle seriously for action. So of what use are these images if they cannot
move us out of our comfort zone when we, the globally privileged, are precisely those who can make a
difference?
The plain fact is that the suffering of others is part of what we expect to see from the media. Photoreportage
of disasters and mass displacements are mainstream images, despite the efforts made by
individual photographers to provide original and distinct points of view. They also confirm our relative safety:
this suffering is that of others, and not ours. And so the images are solely seen in passing.
Perhaps our pallid responses signal a crisis of conscience. Perhaps we have problems of our own to deal
with. Or is there something slightly inuring about photo-reportage? Does this signal the limits of photography’s
documentary potential?
Could it be, then, that images that actually work in terms of seizing our minds are those that do not try to
put facts squarely before us? Instead, the images that shake us most present their audience with conundrums,
bringing into our sightline paradoxical juxtapositions. When an Israeli ex-soldier posts photographs on
Facebook of herself “at work” (albeit guarding handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners), in exactly
the same way in which so many of us post images of ourselves in the workplace, we are faced at once with
the intensely familiar and the totally extraneous and abhorrent.
For the same images also churn up in our collective memories the photographs of Abu Ghraib that continue
to haunt the democratic conscience of the west. And in bringing all of this together, in aligning us all
together as co-users of Facebook, we, the “good” people of the world, feel the unexpected discomfort of
rubbing shoulders with the troubling shadows and the muffled screams of our troubled times.
Such images are spaces of contradiction. They force us to ask questions, to think again. They plunge us
into uncertainty. Who knows – the irony may then be that when it comes to what makes a photograph
work, it is precisely the earnest zeal for transparent documentary that undermines photography’s potential
as a mobilising force.
48. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(a) Human beings are apathetic to the suffering of others.
(b) News reporting has become a commercial activity and lost credibility.
(c) The poor are always the worst affected during natural disasters.
(d) People are becoming less sensitive to documentaries.
49. According to the passage, which of the following would be the most effective in drawing the viewer’s
attention to a natural disaster?
(a) An image that the viewer comes across in an unexpected medium.
(b) An image that contrasts the known with the appalling.
(c) An image that puzzles and shocks the viewer.
(d) An image taken from a different perspective.
50. Which of the following would be a suitable title for the passage?
(a) Is photo-reportage becoming ineffective?
(b) Images that move us and those that don’t.
(c) Depiction of natural disasters in the media.
(d) The growing culture of indifference.
43. In the question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then,
choose the most appropriate option.
A. The finding suggests some cases of the disease could be caused by the immune system
running amok and attacking healthy tissues or failing to fight infection that leave people susceptible
to the condition.
B. The study is the first to use evidence from the human genome to confirm the long-held suspicion
that the immune system plays role in the disease.
C. "People have speculated about a link between the immune system and Parkinson's disease for
some time and this study suggests that link is real", said Cyrus Zabetian.
D. Parkinson's disease is caused by a steady dying-off of brain cells that produce a chemical
called dopamine.
(a) A and D (b) B and C (c) only D (d) only C
54. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. Teams focus on controlling pain, nausea and other side effects; they also address patients'
worries and make sure they have help with making meals, dressing and bathing when not
hospitalized.
B. Palliative care typically begins with a long conversation about what the patient with a terminal
diagnosis wants out of his remaining life.
C. Hospice care is intensive palliative care including home nursing, but insurers usually cover it
only if the patient abandons medical treatment.
D. It includes the options any oncologist addresses: surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and their
side effects.
E. But it also includes how much suffering a patient wishes to bear, effects on the family, and legal,
insurance and religious issues.
(a) BDEAC (b) CDEAB (c) BCDEA (d) ADEBC
55. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. From the moment he arrived there its citizens resented him and his Martians and his youth and
his talent.
B. Hollywood claimed Welles never would make the grade.
C. At announcements that his first two productions had been called off, the town nodded knowingly.
D. He was just a big bag of publicity.
E. When he grew a beard for his first film, a sporty press agent sent him a bearded ham for
Christmas; columnists dubbed him with nicknames like "Little Orson Annie."
(a) BDAEC (b) CBEAD (c) EABDC (d) BAECD
56. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. That's something Al Hirschfeld did so beautifully, especially as his artwork changed during
different phases.
B. The more spare it was, I found, the more moved I was.
C. I fight when people ask me to put color in a picture.
D. A line with a hand at the end of it can give you just enough to envision an arm.
E. I love color, but I'm more intrigued by the relationship between black and white and space.
(a) CEDBA (b) CEABD (c) ABCDE (d) DCEBA
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately
On the other hand, some writers have expressed __________ that a few publishing houses refuse to
publish women writers whose works are, as they are described, "not bold enough", that is they are
not sensational enough to _________ the market.
(a) concern, stimulate (b) disquiet, titillate
(c) anxiety, manoeuvre (d) apprehension, excite
32. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Some of us can be struck by the absurdity of some of this new era's manifestations: Big Brother
doesn't need to __________telescreens on us – rather he has to fight off the applicants who want to
display their every movement on television. He doesn't need a secret police to rifle _________through
our locked diaries – we post them online for everyone to read.
(a) impose, surreptitiously (b) monitor, secretly
(c) train, stealthy (d) enforce, slyly
33. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Art is often depicted as something that comes at the _________ of life, as if creation requires
locking oneself up in a sensory deprivation tank. The seduction of Picasso is that he created a
grand body of work that was all about __________down life's pleasures and occasionally spitting
out the bones.
(a) detriment, devouring (b) fruition, chomping
(c) demise, gorging (d) expense, gobbling
37. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Run
(a) Oscar has run through the fortune he inherited after the death of his uncle.
(b) I had the run of the entire farm when I lived with my grandparents.
(c) Vinay likes to run down his rivals.
(d) The government is trying its best to curb run away inflation.
38. The word given below has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option
corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Key
(a) The critics claimed that the singer was out of key during the performance.
(b) He composed a beautiful symphony in a key of C major.
(c) Despite the media's expectations the celebrity wedding was a low-key event.
(d) Politicians need to key their strategies to the prevailing mood of the public.
Directions for questions 48 to 50: The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the
most appropriate answer to each question.
The floods in Pakistan have given rise to a veritable deluge of photographs documenting devastation. On a
daily basis, we have been seeing representations of untold suffering, as people struggle to survive, while
filth and chaos reign around them. Nevertheless, despite efforts to mobilise relief, a certain degree of
apathy often accompanies our responses to such images.
The problem is so much larger than photography can ever hope to capture that they wash over us. For two
facts stand out when it comes to how we gather news of disasters elsewhere: first, photo-documentary
plays a key part, and second, there is a predictable sameness to such photographs. Whether it be
Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami, Pakistan or Haiti back in January, the photo-reportage that emerges
inevitably confirms the uniformity of human suffering, the base commonality of despair, concerns, needs
and pain.
Too often, they also confirm that the hardest hit are always the poor, whether they be in Louisiana or
Nowshera. Yet, for those of us who are far away and better off – concerned, no doubt, but personally
unaffected – comes a sense of deja vu leading to a slightly jaded response. We feel sympathy, but not an
urge to ask big questions or to battle seriously for action. So of what use are these images if they cannot
move us out of our comfort zone when we, the globally privileged, are precisely those who can make a
difference?
The plain fact is that the suffering of others is part of what we expect to see from the media. Photoreportage
of disasters and mass displacements are mainstream images, despite the efforts made by
individual photographers to provide original and distinct points of view. They also confirm our relative safety:
this suffering is that of others, and not ours. And so the images are solely seen in passing.
Perhaps our pallid responses signal a crisis of conscience. Perhaps we have problems of our own to deal
with. Or is there something slightly inuring about photo-reportage? Does this signal the limits of photography’s
documentary potential?
Could it be, then, that images that actually work in terms of seizing our minds are those that do not try to
put facts squarely before us? Instead, the images that shake us most present their audience with conundrums,
bringing into our sightline paradoxical juxtapositions. When an Israeli ex-soldier posts photographs on
Facebook of herself “at work” (albeit guarding handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners), in exactly
the same way in which so many of us post images of ourselves in the workplace, we are faced at once with
the intensely familiar and the totally extraneous and abhorrent.
For the same images also churn up in our collective memories the photographs of Abu Ghraib that continue
to haunt the democratic conscience of the west. And in bringing all of this together, in aligning us all
together as co-users of Facebook, we, the “good” people of the world, feel the unexpected discomfort of
rubbing shoulders with the troubling shadows and the muffled screams of our troubled times.
Such images are spaces of contradiction. They force us to ask questions, to think again. They plunge us
into uncertainty. Who knows – the irony may then be that when it comes to what makes a photograph
work, it is precisely the earnest zeal for transparent documentary that undermines photography’s potential
as a mobilising force.
48. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(a) Human beings are apathetic to the suffering of others.
(b) News reporting has become a commercial activity and lost credibility.
(c) The poor are always the worst affected during natural disasters.
(d) People are becoming less sensitive to documentaries.
49. According to the passage, which of the following would be the most effective in drawing the viewer’s
attention to a natural disaster?
(a) An image that the viewer comes across in an unexpected medium.
(b) An image that contrasts the known with the appalling.
(c) An image that puzzles and shocks the viewer.
(d) An image taken from a different perspective.
50. Which of the following would be a suitable title for the passage?
(a) Is photo-reportage becoming ineffective?
(b) Images that move us and those that don’t.
(c) Depiction of natural disasters in the media.
(d) The growing culture of indifference.
43. In the question, there are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then,
choose the most appropriate option.
A. The finding suggests some cases of the disease could be caused by the immune system
running amok and attacking healthy tissues or failing to fight infection that leave people susceptible
to the condition.
B. The study is the first to use evidence from the human genome to confirm the long-held suspicion
that the immune system plays role in the disease.
C. "People have speculated about a link between the immune system and Parkinson's disease for
some time and this study suggests that link is real", said Cyrus Zabetian.
D. Parkinson's disease is caused by a steady dying-off of brain cells that produce a chemical
called dopamine.
(a) A and D (b) B and C (c) only D (d) only C
54. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. Teams focus on controlling pain, nausea and other side effects; they also address patients'
worries and make sure they have help with making meals, dressing and bathing when not
hospitalized.
B. Palliative care typically begins with a long conversation about what the patient with a terminal
diagnosis wants out of his remaining life.
C. Hospice care is intensive palliative care including home nursing, but insurers usually cover it
only if the patient abandons medical treatment.
D. It includes the options any oncologist addresses: surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and their
side effects.
E. But it also includes how much suffering a patient wishes to bear, effects on the family, and legal,
insurance and religious issues.
(a) BDEAC (b) CDEAB (c) BCDEA (d) ADEBC
55. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. From the moment he arrived there its citizens resented him and his Martians and his youth and
his talent.
B. Hollywood claimed Welles never would make the grade.
C. At announcements that his first two productions had been called off, the town nodded knowingly.
D. He was just a big bag of publicity.
E. When he grew a beard for his first film, a sporty press agent sent him a bearded ham for
Christmas; columnists dubbed him with nicknames like "Little Orson Annie."
(a) BDAEC (b) CBEAD (c) EABDC (d) BAECD
56. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
option.
A. That's something Al Hirschfeld did so beautifully, especially as his artwork changed during
different phases.
B. The more spare it was, I found, the more moved I was.
C. I fight when people ask me to put color in a picture.
D. A line with a hand at the end of it can give you just enough to envision an arm.
E. I love color, but I'm more intrigued by the relationship between black and white and space.
(a) CEDBA (b) CEABD (c) ABCDE (d) DCEBA
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