BHU UET – 2018(B.A Social Science – Sec 2)

Select the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

• Going through old photo albums is always is always a nostalgic exercise for me.

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• Death is inevitable, but that is all the more reason to live life to the fullest.

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• His reputation for sarcasm made him one of the most feared film critics in the business.

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• Ajit is taking care of the logistics for the picnic this weekend

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• The murderer managed to avoid imprisonment by being diagnosed with insanity, he was sent to asylum instead.

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• He arrived drunk to the reception and behaved in a thoroughly despicable manner, which compelled us to have him removed from the premises.

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• The reconciliation of my sales figures with the company’s boiled down to a matter of calculation errors on my part.

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• He has been criticized for the use of obsolete expressions in his writings, rendering his works incomprehensible to the present generation.

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• Sahil was not ____ by criticism.

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• There is no glory in war _____ the blood it sheds.

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• He was _____ of playing tight and loose with the sentiments of his dearest friends.

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• The new Principal _____ stress on routine administration rather than on academic matters and examination reforms.

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• The ______ words of the mother comforted the disappointed child.

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• Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the _____ but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.

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• To _____ yourself from cold wear warm clothes.

The given sentence is divided into three parts numbered (1), (2) and (3). One of these contain an error. Select the erroneous part. If you think there is no error in any part of the sentence, select option number (4) which indicated ‘No error’.

• The presence of strong feeling(1), the cause of which is not fully understood(2), always has the effect of making we human beings uneasy(3). No error(4).

The given sentence is divided into three parts numbered (1), (2) and (3). One of these contain an error. Select the erroneous part. If you think there is no error in any part of the sentence, select option number (4) which indicated ‘No error’.

• The new law is too stringent(1); it will be neither(2) respected or obeyed(3). No error.

The given sentence is divided into three parts numbered (1), (2) and (3). One of these contain an error. Select the erroneous part. If you think there is no error in any part of the sentence, select option number (4) which indicated ‘No error’.

• The tribesmen made offerings to placate(1) the Gods, whom, they believed(2), were angry with them(3). No error(4).

The given sentence is divided into three parts numbered (1), (2) and (3). One of these contain an error. Select the erroneous part. If you think there is no error in any part of the sentence, select option number (4) which indicated ‘No error’.

• The General has reported that(1), as a result of financial constraints, less(2) soldiers would be sent on peace-keeping missions this year(3). No error(4).

The given sentence is divided into three parts numbered (1), (2) and (3). One of these contain an error. Select the erroneous part. If you think there is no error in any part of the sentence, select option number (4) which indicated ‘No error’.

• According to Hume(1), it is not logic and reasoning that determine our actions(2), but emotions(3). No error(4).

Which word of the following is not a noun?

From the given alternatives, select the most appropriate one to fill in the blank in following sentences:

• We want water, We are ______

Fill in the blank with the best conjunction:

• She should wear _____ her new blue dress or the white lace one to the party.

Choose the correct meaning of the given idioms.

• Hands Down

Choose the correct meaning of the given idioms.

• All Greek to Me

Identify the figure of speech in the following line:

• The beginning of the end

Choose from the four options, the word which can be substituted by the given group of words:

• A person who believes in fate

Choose from the four alternatives, the one which best expresses the given statement into the indirect speech:

• ‘I will pass the exam’, she hoped.

Choose from the four alternatives, the one which best expresses the given statement into the passive voice:

• He opens the door.

Identify the doer of action in the following sentence:

• Macbeth was written by Shakespeare.