Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

to cast iron stomach

Groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The Maasais live in (1)_______ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)_________ of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)_________ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a ‘Manyatta’, where a few families livefor a (4)______ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with them, and burning the old ‘Manyatta’ to the ground.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Directions : In each of the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, select No error

Today people is ignorant (1)/ of the things that (2)/ are happening around them. (3)/ No error (4)

Directions: You have two brief passages with questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives 

Ram had never thought much about the origin of wealth or inequalities in life. It was his firm belief that if this world was not good, the next would be good, and this faith sustained him. He was not like some others whom he knew, who would sell their souls to the devil. He always thought of God before doing anything. He lived the life of an honest man. He had not married but did not desire another man’s wife. He believed that women weakened men as was described in the story of Samson and Delilah. 

To sell one’s soul to the devil means  

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

A raptor’s day begins soon after dawn. They (1)______ their wings for a quick warm-up and are ready for the hunt. Nature (2)______ these birds so well that they do not need to hunt every day. By (3)______ a good kill on a particular day, the larger raptor can go without hunting (4)______ two or three weeks. These predators can do without regular meals. This helps them to (5)______ if there is bad weather or lack of food.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.