ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed
in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
There is absolutely no point in complaining that over the years, there has been pressure for
increased productivity and higher earnings for workers in industry. There are several ways of increasing
employees earnings. Employee earnings can be increased by raising the selling price of the firms
products and services, reducing profits or costs of raw materials, or augmenting labour productivity.
However, increasing employee earnings by means other than increased labour productivity jeopardizes
the firms competitive strength in the market. Higher prices usually mean fewer customers, reduced
profit means less capital investment, and low-cost materials mean poor product quality. But, increasing
labour productivity by enhancing skills and motivation creates an almost unlimited resource. The
development of economic resources, human as well as nonhuman, is the product of human effort, and
the quality of human effort in large part depends on human motivation.
Enthusing employees with workaholic spirit through traditional authority and financial
incentives has become increasingly difficult as employees become economically secure and their
dependency on any one particular organization decreases. According to expectancy theorists, the
motivation to work increases when an employee feels his performance is an instrument for obtaining
desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organizations today employees are entitled to organizational
rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in
some cases prevent management from relating financial rewards to performance. People may be
attracted to join and remain in organizations to receive organizational rewards, but being motivated to
join an organization is not the same as being motivated to exert effort in an organization. The challenge
to management is to find and administer alternative forms of incentives which will induce employees to
improve work performance. Such alternative forms of reinforcement will require increased
understanding of motivational theories and programs.

Q.151. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage?
a) Development of economic resources is primarily the product of market conditions
b) Earnings can be increased by lowering the selling price of products.
c) Employees can be best motivated by providing financial incentives.
d) All employees should be entitled to organizational rewards just by being employed
e) None of these

Q.152. Organizations can derive maximum advantages by

a)Providing financial incentives to employees regardless of performance
b)Enhancing labour productivity by increasing skills and motivation
c)Encouraging employees to expend greater physical energy
d)Inducing employees to improve work performance and control their demands
e)Strictly adhering to governmental regulations

Q.153. According to the passage, all of the following contribute to an increase in employee earnings
EXCEPT
a)Increasing the selling price of the companys products
b)Reducing profits in favour of employees
c)Providing incentives and fringe benefits to employees
d)Enhancing labour productivity
e)Increased capital investment

Q.154. Employees feel motivated to work when they

a)Experience good working conditions in the organization b)Decide
to produce goods and services as a result of team work c)Think of
performance as a tool for obtaining rewards
d)Relate rewards to material prosperity
e)Are members of the union

Q.155. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning as the word induce as used in the passage.
a)Appreciate
b)Stimulate
c)Exhibit
d)Inflate
e)Threaten

Q.156. Which of the following factors, according to the passage, adversely affects the organizations
competitive strength?
a)Making rewards contingent on performance
b) Anti-productivity and anti-management activities of labour unions
c) Motivating employees with traditional authority
d) Increasing employee earnings regardless of their productivity.
e) None of these

Q.157. Which of the statements is/are not true in the context of the passage?
(A) Human effort is the cause of the development of economic resources.
(B) Management is free to relate financial rewards to performance.
(C) Employees can be easily motivated with traditional authority today. a)
Both (A) and (B)
b) Only (C)
c) Both (A) and (C) d)
Both (B) and (C) e)
None of these

Q.158. Which of the following factors determine the quality of human efforts?
a) Desire and willingness of an individual to excel in whatever he undertakes
b) Economic resources available with the organization
c) The individuals innovativeness
d) Authoritarian leadership and job security.
e) None of these

Q.159. In the context of the passage, a companys competitive strength in the market is affected mainly
because of
(A) A slump in the international market.
(B) Poor inter-departmental coordination.
(C) Decreased labour productivity.
a) Only (A)
b) Only (B)
c) Only (C)
d) Both (B) and (C)
e) None of these

Q.160. Which of the following words is most opposite in meaning of the word jeopardizes as used in
the passage?
a)Safeguards
b)Endangers
c)Projects
d)Devalues
e)Decreases

One of the four words given in each of these questions may be wrongly spelt. The number of that
wrongly spelt is the answer. If all the four words are correctly spelt, mark e) i.e. All Correct as the
answer.
Q.161.
a)defamation
b)arrogant
c)solitude
d) exorbitant
e) All Correct

Q.162.
a)decompose
b)veteran
c)venturesome
d)definition e)
All Correct

Q.163.
a)wasteful
b)prejudice
c)expensive
d)embarrassing
e) All Correct

Q.164.
a)significant
b)possessive
c)impatient
d)device
e) All Correct

Q.165.
a)prosperous
b)gloomy
c)dormant
d)derogatory
e) All Correct

Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the
sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is e) i.e. No
error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
Q.166. He gave me all the details of when he a) / had visited all the temples b) / while he will be going)/
on official tour.d)/ No error e).

Q.167. Lets all worka) / together as like homogeneous) / group so that c) / success would be obvious.
d)/ No Error e).

Q.168. The process was so simple a) / and easy to understand b) / that it hardly took c) / five minutes for
us to learn it.d) / No Error e).
Q.169. It is strange that a) / even after fifteen years of experience) / he is still not c) / able to be
performed d) / No Error e).

Q.170. What to make people a) / tense is actually b) / a mystery, which c) / is difficult to unfold. d)
/ No Error e).

Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to
form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) The insurance policy has to be deposited with NABARD.
(B) I intend to purchase a tractor and certain other agricultural equipment.
(C) I shall therefore feel obliged if you send your representative to inspect the equipments.
(D) I shall be applying for a loan of Rs. six lakhs from NABARD for that purpose.
(E) On completion, your representative may kindly inform me of the annual insurance premium.
(F) The rules state that the equipments have to be insured against accidents and fire.

Q.171. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

Q.172. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

Q.173. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

Q.174. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

Q.175. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as
a), b), c) and d). One of these four boldly printed words may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in
the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The
number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also are
appropriate in the context of the sentence mark e) i.e. All Correct as your answer.

Q.176. Some people think that their life is full of grief and miseries too grievous to be born. All
Correct a)grief
b)miseries
c)grievous
d)born
e) All correct

Q.177. The opinion expressed is based only on our transactions with the party concerns. All Correct
a)opinion
b)expressed
c)transactions
d)concerns e)
All correct

Q.178. Iwas surprised when I got confirmation of the news that he was the recipient of the
prestigious award.
a)surprised
b)confirmation
c)recipient
d)prestigious
e) All correct

Q.179. The circomstances in which the claim was made are certainly unbelievable. All
Correct
a)circomstances
b)claim
c)certainly
d)unbelievable
e) All correct

Q.180. The authorities always request our assistance whenever they felt they require it. All
Correct a)authorities
b)assistance
c)felt
d)require
e) All correct

In each question below, a part is printed in bold. It may contain an error. If so, find out which of the
phrases a), b), c) and d) given below should replace the part printed in bold in the following
sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it
is and no correction is required, mark e) as the answer.
Q.181. When they start investigating, several irregularities were detected.
a)started investigate
b)started an investigation
c)start investigation
d)started off investigation
e) No correction required
Q.182. You must be stopped these undesirable activities
immediately. a)must have been stopped
b)may have been stopped
c)might have been stopped
d)must stop
e) No correction required

Q.183. Farmers in our country suffer because of an over dependence on rain and the threat to natural
calamities like floods.
a)threat of natural calamities
b)threat against natural calamities
c)threatened due to natural calamity
d)natural calamities threatened
e) No correction required

Q.184. Automation in agriculture and farm management is considered a boon but in fact, it is not true as
they lid to more unemployment.
a)it lids to more employment
b)they lead to more employment
c)they lead to more unemployment
d)it leads to more unemployment
e) No correction required

Q.185. The agricultural sector deserves more attention than the industrial sector in our country.
a)deserves attention more
b) deservingmore attention
c)deservemore attention
d)deserve to be attendedmore
e) No correction required

In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed
below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Some of India's largest companies have begun opening the (186) of what they say will be
thousands of new supermarkets across the country in the next few years. At the same time foreign retail
chains are (187) to enter the market through joint ventures and by (188) the government to change
protectionist laws so that they can set up wholly owned chains. The opportunities are (189)-McKinsey
Global Institute estimates that India's retail market will be (190) $1.52 trillion by 2025 and the food and
beverage category will account for 25 percent of all retail spending in twenty years. Building new stores
to (191) that demand is easy. The difficulty lies in supplying them with fresh, safe and clean fruits and
vegetables through a (192) chain that links farms and consumers, country and cities. It is here that the
real revolution lies. At (193) India has one of the most fragmented supply chains in the world On an
average goods pass through six or seven middle men before a consumer can buy it. (194), in tortuous
journeys and poor quality. Replacing that system requires not just building a modern efficient network
but (195) it to Indian conditions.
Q.186.
a) Economical
b) Initial
c) First
d) Ideal
e) Premium
Q.187.
a) Pressing
b) Arrived
c) Urgent
d) Intent
e) Pursuing

Q.188.
a) Inviting
b) Threatening
c)Warning
d)Campaigning
e) Lobbying
Q.189.
a) Local
b) Immense
c) Mysterious d)Remote e)Greatest

Q.190.
a) Depleted
b) Priced c)Valued d)Worth
e) Account

Q.191. a) Create
b)Generate
c) Experience
d) Saturate e)Meet

Q.192.
a) Rigid
b) Elaborated
c) Sophisticated
d) Routine e)Flexible

Q.193.
a)Moment b) Present c)Current
d) Last
e) Par

Q.194.
a) Investing b)Filling c)Dealing d)Resulting e)Allowing

Q.195.
a) Adapting
b) Adhering
c) Complying
d) Adopting
e) Attaching

In each of the following questions five words are given which are denoted by (A),(B),(C),(D) and (E).By
using all the five words, each only once, you have to frame a meaningful and grammatically correct
sentence. The correct order of the words is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one
having the correct order of words and mark it as your answer on the answer sheet.

Q.196. A. he B. up C. has D. to E. woken F. reality

a) CADFEP
b) ACEBDF
c) BDFACE
d) FCEBDA
e) BDEACF

Q.197. A. now B. she C. formal D. should E. charge F. take

a) BDCFEA
b) BDAFCE
c) ABFDCE
d) ABEDCF
e) CDEABF

Q.198. A. emerged B. leverage C. greater D. the E. party F. with

a) BDAFCE
b) DAFBCE
c) DEAFCB
d) EAFDCB
e) AFCBDE

Q.199. A. to B. strike C. were D. unable E. alliances F. they

a) ABEFCD
b) FCDABE
c) ACDBFE
d) BFEACD
e) FCEDAB

Q.200. A. turbine B. prices C. event D. the E. fell F. after

a) DABEFC
b) BEFDCA
c) BAEDCF
d) ABCDEF
e) ABEFDC
Answer

Q.151 D
Q.152 A
Q.153 B
Q.154 C
Q.155 C
Q.156 B
Q.157 C
Q.158 C
Q.159 A
Q.160 D
Q.161 B
Q.162 C
Q.163 D
Q.164 D
Q.165 A
Q.166 D
Q.167 B
Q.168 C
Q.169 A
Q.170 B
Q.171 C
Q.172 B
Q.173 E
Q.174 C
Q.175 B
Q.176 A
Q.177 D
Q.178 A
Q.179 C
Q.180 C
Q.181 B Q.186 D Q.191 E Q.196 A
Q.182 D Q.187 B Q.192 B Q.197 E
Q.183 A Q.188 - Q.193 D Q.198 B
Q.184 D Q.189 E Q.194 D Q.199 D
Q.185 B Q.190 A Q.195 C Q.200 C