Q.1
Choose the correct meaning of the word in capitals making use of any clue provided in the following sentence. 'After the heavy rains, the road became SLIPPERY; in fact, many cars were sliding uncontrollably on the road.'
  • Safe
  • Secure
  • Unstable
  • Stable
Q.2
Choose the correct meaning of the word in capitals making use of any clue provided in the following sentence. 'Although Anamika is usually DISHEVELLED, she was looking neat for her job interview.'
  • Clean
  • Tidy
  • Messy
  • Organised
Q.3
Grace's brother is a person who investigates the way people lived in the past. What is Grace's brother's occupation?
  • He is an engineer.
  • He is a doctor
  • He is an archaeologist.
  • He is an architect.
Q.4
Choose the sentence which gives the meaning of the capitalised word by using a context clue of contrast?
  • 'The boys wanted to be PUNCTUAL for the concert because they did not want to miss the beginning.'
  • 'After adding the powder the water became MURKY; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom.'
  • 'The teacher loses no opportunity to PRAISE her pupils, as she did on the occasion when they won the elocution contest.'
  • 'The teacher loses no opportunity to CENSURE her pupils, yet she rarely finds occasions to praise them.'
Q.5
Choose the correct meaning of the word in capitals, making use of any clue provided in the following sentence. 'The DEBRIS in my brother's pig sty of a room included used paper cups, ticket stubs, and cigarette butts.'
  • Eatables
  • Files
  • Products
  • Trash
Q.6
Choose the correct meaning of the word in capitals, making use of any clue provided in the following sentence. 'Some friends decided to be very FRUGAL in their spending because they wanted to save enough money to buy tickets for the concert'
  • Economical
  • Wasteful
  • Lavish
  • Careless
Q.7
'These holidays I cleaned my room and put all my things in their proper places.' What did I do to my room?
  • I searched my room.
  • I organised my room.
  • I painted my room.
  • I locked my room.
Q.8
'When Trupti hurt her little finger lightly, she got all MELODRAMATIC and demanded to be taken to the clinic in an ambulance.' The word in capitals means 'with exaggerated emotion.' Choose the clue that leads you to the definition.
  • Trupti demanded to be taken to the clinic in an ambulance.
  • Trupti hurt her little finger.
  • Her name is Trupti.
  • All of the above.
Q.9
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the following sentence? 'I was able to excavate my correct pair of socks from the bottom of my suitcase.'
  • My suitcase contained lots of clothes and I had to search for my socks.
  • My suitcase does not have a bottom.
  • I had only one pair of socks.
  • I had no other clothes in the suitcase other than socks.
Q.10
'A batsman who gets out caught in the slips more times than other forms of getting out is showing symptoms of fishing outside the off stump.' From reading the previous sentence we can deduce that 'symptoms' are what?
  • A weakness.
  • Signs of a weakness.
  • A strength.
  • Simple attributes.
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