Direction(1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Summit clashes of global sporting tournaments can often be underwhelming. One team __________ in the occasion, the other wilts, and a lopsided climax occurs. But Sunday’s ICC World Cup final involving England and New Zealand at Lords wasn’t cut from the same ____________. Never has a cricket match invested with such magnitude concluded in a tie. The same finish line was again replicated after the super over was taken to break the________________. The rivals scored 241 apiece in their respective innings and drew level at 15 in the super over. Ideally both units ____________ shared the trophy but the quest for a singular winner and a tournament law that mentioned cumulative boundaries as the ultimate deal-breaker, helped England __________ New Zealand.
1. One team __________ in the occasion, the other wilts, and a lopsided climax occurs.

A. rebels B. revels C. recurs D. remiss

Answer - Option B
Explanation - Revel: to dance, drink, sing, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way.
Remiss: lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.
2. But Sunday’s ICC World Cup final involving England and New Zealand at Lords wasn’t cut from the same ____________.

A. rope B. wood C. cloth D. nob

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Cut from the same cloth: very similar in characteristics or behaviors.
3. The same finish line was again replicated after the super over was taken to break the______.

A. lock B. resurgence C. stalemate D. settlement

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Stalemate: a position counting as a draw.
Resurgence: an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.
4. Ideally both units ____________ shared the trophy but the quest for a singular winner and a tournament law

A. have B. would have C. have had D. should have

Answer - Option D
Explanation - should have
5. Cumulative boundaries as the ultimate deal-breaker, helped England __________ New Zealand.

A. rip B. kip C. pip D. tip

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Pip: to beat someone either by a very small amount or right at the end of a competition.
Kip: to sleep, especially in a place that is not your home.

Direction(1-2): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
1. In addition to the physical ruin, (there were the collapse of) the ideology which had been so prominent.

A. there is a collapse of B. there was the collapse with C. there was the collapse of D. No improvement

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Subject is singular hence ‘was’ is to be used after ‘There’. And correct preposition to use here after ‘collapse’ is ‘of’. Hence option C is correct.
2. Human beings are social animals, (who are living in communities), regulated by social norms and laws.

A. living in communities B. living amongst a community C. living in midst of communities D. No improvement

Answer - Option A
Explanation - The usage of pronoun is ‘superfluous’ here. Hence option A is correct with the apt preposition.
Direction(3-4): In the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No error’.
3. Although the police department was accused of (A)/ a variety of sundry charges, but there was not sufficient evidence (B)/ to bring a case against any of the officers. (C)/ No Error (D)

A. A B. B C. C D. D

Answer - Option B
Explanation - Remove ‘but’ after ‘comma’ and before ‘there’.
Although is either followed by ‘comma’ or ‘yet’ to justify its conjunction pair.
4. While the film claims to be a varitable encyclopedia of (A)/the politician’s early years, it is actually a (B)/ fictionalized tale penned by a tabloid writer. (C)/ No Error (D)

A. A B. B C. C D. D

Answer - Option A
Explanation - Replace ‘varitable’ with ‘veritable’. There is no such word as ‘varitable’.
Veritable is used to highlight the realness of a person, place, or thing.
Direction(5): Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.
5. BUDGE

A. embed B. moor C. shift D. lodge

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Budge: to change one’s position.
Shift: move or cause to move from one place to another.
Hence option C is the correct synonym.

Direction(1-2): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
1. EXORDIUM

A. preface B. mediation C. compact D. conclusion

Answer - Option D
Explanation - Exordium: the beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse.
Hence option D is the correct antonym.
2. DISPORT

A. frolic B. flourish C. drudge D. warrant

Answer - Option C
Explanation - Disport: to engage in activity for amusement.
Drudge: to do hard, menial, or monotonous work.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.
Direction(3-4): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
3. Louis was unable to___________ into solving the problem.

A. hold hostage B. make inroads C. turn the tide D. open doors

Answer - Option B
Explanation - Make inroads into (idiom): to succeed in getting something done or at least started.
Turn the tide (idiom): reverse the trend of events.
Hence option B is the correct choice.
4. They spent much of the time reminiscing about the war, as old soldiers are __________ to do.

A. fettered B. excited C. dogmatic D. wont

Answer - Option D
Explanation - Wont: (of a person) in the habit of doing something; accustomed.
Hence option D is the correct choice.
Direction(5): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
5. He said, “I’m off to the games. Where are you going?”

A. He said he would be off to the games and wanted to know where I was going. B. He said he was going off to the games and wanted to know where I was planning to go. C. He said he is going off to the games and asked me where I was planning to go D. He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.

Answer - Option D