Solution (English Secction): CGL (TIER-1) held on 19 May 2013 (EVENING SHIFT)

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Sentence Improvement:

Q1. He reached the village just when the sun was setting.

Ans: He just reached the village when the sun was setting.

Q2. He evaded to pay income tax.

Ans: paying

Q3. The gypsies had left the village a few days ago.

Ans: left.

Q4. When we bought the house, we could tell that it was a large, new, compact, tinted house.

Ans: it was a new, large, compact and bright house.

Q5. Migrant workers can be seen working on many of the building places in New Delhi.

Ans:  sites

Q6. "Indian English" has come of age and has been accepted as a legitimate category of the world over.

Ans: literate.

Q7. If they were knowing about the crabs, they would not have decided to picnic there.

Ans: had known

Q8. A shrewd man could only see through the trick.

Ans: Only a shrewd man could see through the trick.

Q9. As soon as I reached my house, I opened my cupboard.

Ans: No improvement.

Q10. Your success for hard work depends on your ability.

Ans. Your success depends on your ability of hard work.

One Word Substiution:

Q11. Science of human mind and behavior.

Ans: Psychology

Q12. A set of three related works by the same author.

Ans: Trilogy

Q13. The study or practice of dancing or composing ballets.

Ans: Choreography

Q14. Having juicy of fleshy and thick tissues.

Ans: Succulent

Q15. One who accepts pleasure and pain equally.

Ans: Stoic

Q16. One who thinks or speaks too much of himself.

Ans: Egotist

Q17. An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine.

Ans: Facsimile

Spelling Correction:

Q18. Ans: campaigns

Q19: rhythm

Passage -1

Q 20: Which of these does not house the Great Pyramid?

Ans: Southern Egypt

Q21. How many stone blocks constitute pyramid?

Ans: More than two million

Q22. Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about ______________ tons.

Ans: two or three

Q23. Which of the following definitions best describes the meaning of "complex" in the passage?

Ans: Group

Q24. Which of the following is false?

Ans: Khufu was Hemon's vizier and architect

Passage -2

Q25. The American Navy suffered great losses because of.

Ans: the weather

Q26. Find a word from the passage which means "refilling".

Ans: replenishing

Q27. a sea rendezvous means

Ans: a meeting at sea

Q28. Sledge hammer waves means

Ans: wave like a big, heavy hammer.

Q29. The ships caught in the tornado. The new dish that I ordered is tasting good. 

Ans: are compared to shuttlecocks

Spot the errors:

Q30. The new dish (A) that I ordered (B) is tasting good. (C) No error. (D)

Ans: C 

Q31. Increasing racism and hate crimes (A) casted a shadow (B) over elections. (C) No errors (D)

Ans: A

Q32. I have got your letter yesterday (A) and felt happy to learn (B) of your recovery (C) No error (D)

Ans: A

Q33. Sam is working (A) in a bank in Chennai (B) for the past five years (C) No error (D)

Ans: A

Q34. People living in low-lying areas (A) find it difficult (B) to cope up with the floods. (C) No error (D)

Ans: A

Fill in the blanks:

Q35. His words were hardly ____________ with that screaming and shouting in the market.

Ans: legible

Q36. He was _____ angry to speak to me.

Ans: too

Q37. I wish I ____ a pen.

Ans: were

Q38. Look after your health _________ you should repent later on.

Ans: lest

Q39. Every year millions of tourists _________ the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai.

Ans: visit.

Synonyms: 

Q40. Repeated

Ans: reiterated

Q41. Revere

Ans: respect

Q42. Erudite

Ans: scholarly

Antonyms:

Q 43. Grating

Ans: musical

Q44. Capricious

Ans: reasonable

Q45. Lassitude

Ans: Enthusiasm

Idioms and Phrases:

Q46: The issues were settled in court, but after a few days it was back to square one.

Ans: to return to the starting point.

Q47. Politicians enjoy blowing their own trumpets.

Ans: to boast about their achievements.

Q48. Students must learn to keep their belongings in apple pie order.

Ans: in perfect order

Q49. Scientific knowledge is no longer a closed book in this 21st Century.

Ans: a mystery

Q50.It takes a month of Sundays to chop all that wood. 

Ans: a long time.

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