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SPECIMENsILvSu..OM eliZsFeli :'DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION BOOKLET UNTIL YOUAREASKED TO DO SOE-I 2011 Version Code QUESTION BOOKLET D GENERAL ENGLISHTime Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 150 INSTRUCTIONS1. Before encoding the Question Booklet version code in the OMR sheet, you should checkthat this Question Booklet does NOT have any unprinted or torn or missing pages orquestions etc. If so, get it replaced by a complete 'Question Booklet' of the availableseries.2. Write and encode clearly the Question Booklet Version Code A, B, C, D or H, asthe case may be, in the appropriate space provided for the purpose, in the OMR AnswerSheet.3. You have to enter your Register Number in the Register Number Question Booklet in the box provided alongside.DO NOT write anything else on the Question Booklet.4. This Question Booklet contains 100 questions. Each question contains four responses(answers). Select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case youfeel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you considerthe best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE ANSWER for each question.5. All the responses should be marked ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided andONLY in Black or Blue Ballpoint Pen. See instructions in the Answer Sheet.6. All questions carry equal marks. Attempt all questions. Your total marks will depend onlyon the number of correct responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet.7. Before proceeding to mark the responses in the Answer Sheet, you have to write andencode particulars regarding Register Number, Question Booklet Version Code etc., (alongwith your signature and Invigilator's signature) in the space provided for in the AnswerSheet.8. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Question Booklet at the end. You should notmake any marking on any other part of the Question Booklet.9. Immediately after the final bell indicating the conclusion of the examination, stop makingany further markings in the Answer Sheet. Be seated till the Answer Sheets are collectedand accounted for by the Invigilator.DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION BOOKLET UNTIL YOUAREASKED TO DO SO.

Directions : Questions (1-10) 5. He was good to be a contain sentences with a blank. cheat. Options (1), (2), (3) and (4) have (1) so words/phrases which complete (2) no these sentences. Darken the (3) all number which provides the right (4) too choice. 6. he seen it rain so hard!1. he would say if he learnt (1) Not before and all that his spectacles were broken, I (2) When kept silent about it. (3) Never before had (1) Knowing what (4) Before and all (2) Thinking what (3) Thinking that 7. several early setbacks, he (4) Learning what went to complete his education. (1) Despite of2. I would hand over the (2) Despite money to the police. (3) Inspite (1) If I was you (4) Although (2) If I am you (3) If I were you 8. I never met him in all my (4) If I would have been you life. (1) Truthfully3. had he entered the hotel (2) Factually than it started raining hard. (3) In the fact (1) Soon (4) To tell you the truth (2) Just (3) No sooner 9. Lend your ears, your (4) When heart. (1) not but4. Had you the faintest idea of how (2) only not much you have hurt her feelings, (3) but not you would (4) alone, never (1) not have acted the way you did 10. He went to the tree several (2) have acted that way times, found anything (3) apologise miraculous about it. (4) care (1) however (2) never (3) and always (4) but neverE-I/2011 (2 - D)

Directions : Questions (11-20) 15. We were left with no ... but to are designed to test your ability walk in the rain. (no other to use the right prefix. Darken option) the correct option from (1), (2), (1) Alter... (3) and (4). The meaning of the (2) Ultra... desired word is given in the (3) Im... bracket. (4) In...11. The judge described the story of 16. His grandfather left him with a the witness as ... (something that .... amount of money. (huge) cannot be believed) (1) Sub... (1) In... (2) Sum.. (2) De... (3) Im... (3) Sub... (4) In... (4) Ultra... 17. The doctors did not find12. The police tried to ... the tension anything .... in his behaviour by keeping a low profile. (not usual) (prevent from becoming (1) Ab... explosive) (2) In... (1) Al... (3) Peri... (2) Cycl... (4) Ad... (3) De... (4) Un... 18. His gastric problems were (cannot be cured)13. Good teachers don't just fill in (1) Un... facts. They ... a purpose into the (2) Im... lives of their students. (to fill) (3) In... (1) Re... (4) Ad... (2) In.. (3) Sub... 19. Man has always dreamt of ... the (4) Poly... world. (to go round) (1) Un...14. Grammatically this sentence is (2) Circum... acceptable, but some of the (3) En... words you have used are ... (old (4) Sub... fashioned) (1) Quasi... 20. The minister refused to express (2) Uni... his opinion on the matter as it (3) Arch... was ... (to be under the active (4) Anti... consideration of a law court) (1) Under... (2) Be... (3) Sub... (4) Alter...E-112011 (3 - D)

Directions : Read the following The development of religion haspassage and darken the correct taken different forms in differentoption (1), (2), (3) or (4) against cultures. Some religions place anquestions (21 -25) : emphasis on belief, while othersReligion is a cultural system that emphasize practice. Somecreates powerful and long-lasting religions focus on the subjectivemeaning, by establishing experience of the religioussymbols that relate humanity to individual, while others considerbeliefs and values. Many the activities of the religiousreligions have narratives, community to be mostsymbols, traditions and sacred important. Some religions claimhistories that are intended to give to be universal, believing theirmeaning to life or to explain the laws and cosmology to beorigin of life or the universe. binding for everyone, whileThey tend to derive morality, others are intended to beethics, religious laws or a practiced only by a closelypreferred lifestyle from their defined or localized group. Inideas about the cosmos and many places religion has beenhuman nature. associated with publicThe word religion is sometimes institutions such as education,used interchangeably with faith hospitals, the family,or belief system, but religion Government and politicaldiffers from private belief in that hierarchies.it has a public aspect. Most Some academics studying thereligions have organized subject have divided religionsbehaviours, including clerical into three broad categories:hierarchies, a definition of what world religions, a term whichconstitutes adherence or refers to transcultural,membership, congregations of international faiths; indigenouslaity, regular meetings or religions, which refers toservices for the purposes of smaller, culture-specific orveneration of a deity or for nation-specific religious groups;prayer, holy places (either and new religious movements,natural or architectural), and/or which refers to recentlyscriptures. The practice of a developed faiths. One modernreligion may also include academic theory of religion,sermons, commemoration of the social constructionism, says thatactivities of a God or Gods, religion is a modern concept thatsacrifices, festivals, feasts, suggests all spiritual practice andtrance, initiations, funerary worship follows a model similarservices, matrimonial services, to Christianity, and thus religion,meditation, music, art, dance, as a concept, has been appliedpublic service, or other aspects inappropriately to non-Westernof human culture. cultures.E-I/2011 (4 - D)

21. Religion can be broadly divided Directions : Questions from 26 into (1) Two categories: Western through to 35 consist of pairs of and Eastern (2) Three categories words/phrases. Indicate from (3) Academic • and non- academic choices given (1), (2), (3) and (4) (4) Modern and ancient the pair that best expresses a22. Powerful and long-lasting meaning is created by similar relationship to that of the (1) Humanity (2) Symbols given pair. (3) Beliefs and values (4) Cultural system Example : EASY : DIFFICULT (1) High : Low (2) Far : Distant (3) Money : Wealth (4) Fly : Sky The Answer is (1) : Easy : Difficult expresses opposition and opposition is found in pair (1).23. The function of sacred histories 26. Dickens : Novels is to (1) Explain creation (1) Newspaper : Reader (2) Derive morality (3) Create preferred lifestyle (2) Shakespeare: Plays (4) Create ideas about human nature (3) Literature : Critic24. Religions include (4) Drama Actor (1) Interchangeability (2) Hospitals 27. Court : Judge (3) Organized behaviour (4) Study (1) Temple Priest25. Social constructionism questions (2) Kitchen Cleaner (1) Christianity (2) Religion as a modern (3) Living Room : Children concept (3) Universality of the concept (4) Parliament : MPs of religion (4) Western culture 28. Camel : Desert (1) Ship Ocean (2) Tiger Forest (3) Crocodile : River (4) Snake Grass 29. Magnet : Iron : Thorn (1) Rose : White (2) Black : Girl (3) Boy : Day (4) NightE-I/2011 (5 - D)

30. Computer : Electricity Directions : Each of the questions (36-40) contains a sentence with a(1) Carriage : Horse blank which you should fill using appropriate alternatives from (1),(2) Bus : Passengers (2), (3) or (4).(3) Ship : Water(4) Book : Reader 36. Did you the news on the31. Red : Danger TV yesterday ? (1) Green (2) Orange : Earth (1) See (3) Blue : Indecision (4) Yellow (2) Look at Ocean : Sickness (3) Watch (4) View32. Sky : Earth : Water 37. Of her many qualities, the one (1) Fire : Bird that stands out most is how she (2) Fish : Dust was in organizing house- (3) Cloud : Pleasure parties. (4) Life (1) Adopt (2) Adept33. Wealth : Generosity (3) Adapt (1) Poverty : Power (4) Android (2) Might : Kindness (3) Beauty : Grandeur 38. With the money that his father (4) Victory : Congratulation gave him, he bought some (1) Earth34. Youth : Haste (2) Ground (3) Field(1) Middle age : Contemplation (4) Land(2) Old age Patience 39. The proverb, \"all that glitter is not gold\" suggests that we(3) Childhood : Dream should not be fooled by (1) Vision(4) Death • God (2) Site (3) Sight35. Gold : Iron (4) Looks(1) Silver : Platinum 40. Many of his admirers were from respectable families.(2) Dog : Master (1) Females(3) Rose • Weed (2) Woman (3) Women(4) Aluminium : Hindalium (4) WomansE-I/2011 (6 - D)

Directions : Items from (41-50) 46. (1) Endengarcontain four sets of spellings. (2) EndengerIdentify the correct spelling (3 ) Engendermarking (1), (2), (3) or (4). (4) Engander41. (1) Pnumonia 47. (1) Travelling (2) Pneumonea (2) Traveling Pneumonia (3) Travailing (3) Pneumoinea (4) Travling (4) 48. (1) Afiliation42. (1) Closetted (2) Afilliation (2) Closeted (3) Afiliacion (3) Closseted (4) Affiliation (4) Closseetted 49. (1) Honourable43. (1) Sanctimonious (2) Honorable (2) Sanctimoneous (3) Hounorable Sanctemonious (4) Honoureble (3) Sanctemoneous (4)44. (1) Paraphernelia (2) Paraphernalia (3 ) Parapharnal i a (4) P arapharnal e a45. (1) Cocketry 50. (1) Debu (2) Cockettery (3 ) Coquetry (2) Debut (4) Cocquetry (3) DebuteE-I/2011 (4) Dabut (7 - D)

Directions : The following ten 55. Exceptional items (51-60) test your skill in (1) Excepted identifying synonyms (meaning (2) Outstanding nearest to the given word). Select (3) Left out the response (1), (2), (3) or (4) (4) Objectionable which is nearest in meaning by darkening the number related to 56. Amoral your answer. (1) Immoral (2) Moral51. Insipid (3) Morally indifferent (1) Weak (4) Morally hostile (2) Liquidy (3) Water 57. Forsake (4) Groovy (1) Forgive (2) Forget52. Brandish (3) Give up (1) Wave (4) Give in (2) Show a brand (3) Belong to a band 58. Succumb (4) Brand (1) Succulent (2) Resist53. Decrepit (3) Yield (1) Without a Receipt (4) Agree (2) Immoral (3) Weak 59. Desist (4) Deceive (1) Resist (2) Abstain (3) Retain (4) Insist54. Formidable 60. Cretin (1) Causing shock (1) Wrinkled (2) Causing sorrow (2) Gathered up (3) Causing loss of shape (3) Stupid (4) Causing fear (4) BlandE-1/2011 (8 - D)

Directions : The following ten 66. Ascetic (1) Souritems (61-70) test your skill in (2) Hedonistic (3) Sweetidentifying antonyms (4) Austere(opposites). Identify theantonyms in the series (1), (2),(3) and (4) and darken thecorrect option.61. Pittance 67. Apathy (1) Large (1) Pathetic (2) Small (2) Sympathy (3) Ridiculous (3) Cruel (4) Serious (4) Pathological62. Imminent 68. Hinder (1) Eminent (1) Lag (2) Belated (2) Let go (3) Bright (3) Obstruct (4) Dull (4) Challenge63. Exhilarate 69. Vitiate (1) Gladden (1) Hearten (2) Speed up (2) Vitalize (3) Sadden (3) Spoil (4) Weaken (4) Energise64. Accede 70. Salubrious (1) Agree (1) Healing (2) Refuse (2) Salary Rise (3) Over shoot (3) Touching (4) Oppose (4) Unhealthy65. Ascent (1) Fall (2) Rise (3 ) Raise (4) PronunciationE-1/2011 (9 - D)

Directions : The following five Directions : The following fiveitems (71-75) test your items (76-80) test yourfamiliarity with prepositions. familiarity with the use ofDarken the correct option in the articles. Darken the correctseries (1), (2), (3) and (4). option in the series (1), (2), (3) and (4).71. His name was not the list. (1) in (2) within 76. I read book last week (3) on (4) over which says that poverty is good! (1) One (2) A (3) The72. He followed the order a (4) No article question. (1) during 77. He is MA in English. (2) for (3) without (1) A (4) to (2) The (3) No Article (4) An73. He wept his subordinates. 78. Puranas are ancient Sanskrit texts.(1) in spite of (1) No Article (2) The(2) in view of (3) An (4) A(3) by virtue of(4) in front of74. They walked the river. 79. He is European by origin. (1) along (2) next to (1) The (3) off (4) in the side of (2) A (3) An75. his hard work, the marks (4) No Article he scored in the examination are very low. 80. I am Professor (1) Notwithstanding (2) Considering Dumbledore you are looking for! (3) With regard to (4) In regard to (1) No article (2) The (3) A (4) AnE-1/2011 (10 - D)

Directions : Fill in the blanks in Direction : The sentences inthe following items (81-84) from questions (85-90) have parts thatthe options (1), (2), (3) and (4) are grammatically incorrect.so as to make meaningful and Identify the incorrect part andgrammatically correct sentences. darken the correspondingDarken the correct option. number.81. are responsible for this The white horse over there act. 85. (1) You only (2) Yourself (1) (3) You alone (4) You yourself was the one (2) that won (3)82. brave will stand and fight. the race yesterday. (1) None but the (4) (2) All but the (3) Only but the Gandhi was one of the (4) Seldom do the 86. (1)83. books I read in my youth, greatest leader David Copperfield has ever (2) remained green in my mind. (1) Of some that the world (2) Of all the (3) has ever seen. (4)(3) Some 87. Hardly had the guests left(4) Of some of the (1)84. You break the law, and at then he realized your own risk. (2) (1) you doing that (2) you do so that the necklace (3) you would (3) (4) you might was missing. (4)E-I/2011 (11 - D)

He was looking Directions : Questions (91-95)88. (1) are designed to test your for some informations (2) comprehension of words in in the library sentences. Darken the (3) correct option among (1), (2), (3) when you arrived. (4) and (4) that explains the meaning of the underlined words. 91. Poverty had taught him that forbearance was the best teacher. (1) Deference (2) Respect (3) Kindness (4) Patience None of the books 92. He fancied himself as a public89. (1) speaker but always spoke atrociously. recommended by him (1) Badly (2) (2) Cautiously (3) Cruelly were decent enough (3) (4) Violently children to read. 93. I listened to him till the end, with (4) the full awareness that the veracity of his statements had to be ascertained. (1) Correctness (2) Truthfulness (3) Deceitfulness (4) Cunning90. When hearing from the headquarters 94. The MP faced the angry media and adroitly avoided all the (1) awkward questions. (1) Cunningly that some important files (2) Carefully (2) (3) Cleverly (4) Nicely were misplaced , 95. He generally wore a look of (3) boredom, but came out with scintillating ideas in science he promptly disappeared. classes. (4) (1) Bright (2) Careful (3) Experimental (4) ProvehE-1/2011 (12 - D) I4

Directions : Read items (96-100) 99. It is said in the Bible, \"It is and darken the correct option for easier for a camel to go through each : the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of96. Young Man : \"I have never seen God.\" This means a more beautiful woman than (1) Rich men cannot go to heaven. her.\" Older Man : \"Indeed, beauty is (2) Rich men can go to heaven in the eye of the beholder. But but it is difficult. looking at the power of your glasses, I have my doubts about (3) Rich men need to go how that girl looks.\" through the eye of the needle first before going to The older man means that heaven. (1) Beauty is subjective (2) The young man might not (4) Camels go to heaven more easily. have seen the girl properly (3) The young man wears 100. The little boy waited patiently till the end and the grandmother spectacles gave him the biggest piece of (4) One must be careful about sweet saying, \"All good things come to he who waits.\" attractive girls The statement means97. Friend A : \"My wife is an angel.\" (1) If you wait long, you will get bigger rewards Friend B : \"I am not so lucky. Mine is still alive.\" Friend B is : (1) Joking (2) Sad (3) Lying (4) Truthful98. Wife : \"How did your speech (2) Grandmothers love little go yesterday ?\" children Husband : \"Well. But the (3) Grandmothers have a lot of audience was thin patience with young when my turn came.\" children (1) The audience was restless. (4) Patience is a virtue that is (2) The audience was impatient. finally rewarded (3) The audience had lessened. (4) The audience had become lean.E-1/2011 (13 - D)