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FIFTH SEMESTER U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2021
(CBCSS—UG)
English
ENG 5D 01—ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
(2019 Admissions)
Time : Two Hours Maximum : 60 Marks
Section A

Answer at least eight questions.
Each question carries 3 marks.
All questions can be attended.

Overall Ceiling 24.

Read the following questions and do as directed. All questions can be answered :
1. Choose the most suitable synonym for the following words :
(8) Garrulous. (b) Haggard.
(c) Indolent. (d) Blemish.
{silent, active, talkative, stain, lazy, exhausted}.
2. Choose the most suitable antonym for the following words :
(a) Obstinate. (b) Profuse.
(c) Stable. (d) Captivity .
{pure, freedom, scanty, amenable, unsteady, imprisonment}
3. In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.
(a) ACEG: IKMO:: QSUW:?
(YZCE, YACD, YACE, YBCE).
(b) ‘Rabbit’ is related to ‘Burrow’ in the same way as 'Lunatic' is related to:
{Prison, Cell, Barrack, Asylum}.
4. Find one word substitute for the following :
(a) One who is unable to pay his debts (pacifist, itinerant, fugitive, bankrupt).
(b) Incapable of being corrected (omnipotent, incorrigible, pedantic, verbatim).

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