Directions—(Q.1–3) Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given bold word and indicate your correct response.
1. Jettison
(A) Accept
(B) Reward
(C) Preserve
(D) Consent
2. Ameliorate(A) Improve
(B) Depend
(C) Soften
(D) Worsen
3. Grotesque
(A) Natural
(B) Odd
(C) Whimsical
(D) Sinful
Directions—(Q.4–6) In these questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at(A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
4. To get into the building I’ll disguise as a reporter—
(A) disguise to be
(B) disguise as one
(C) disguise myself
(D) No improvement
5. He denied that he had not forged my signature—
(A) would not forge
(B) had forged
(C) did not forge
(D) No improvement
6. If I had played well, I would have won the match—
(A) I played well
(B) I play well
(C) I am playing well
(D) No improvement
Directions—(Q.7–10) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence and indicate the appropriate alternative.
7. One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage—
(A) Compositor
(B) Stoker
(C) Stowaway
(D) Shipwright
8. Clues available at a scene—
(A) Circumstantial
(B) Derivative
(C) Inferential
(D) Suggestive
9. An unexpeced piece of good fortune—
(A) Windfall
(B) Philanthropy
(C) Benevolence
(D) Turnstile
10. An emolument over and above fixed income or salary—
(A) Honorarium
(B) Sinecure
(C) Perquisite
(D) Prerogative
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