Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Gel ingredients work well on waved, curled, relax and texture hair in the long run.

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

It never rains thought it pours.

Directions: Each sentence below has two blanks , each blank indicating that something has been omitted . Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

As soon as, she the____ branch office, she was asked to____ to the head office immediately.

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of mainly two groups of islands, with distinctive features of the original residents - Negroid and Mongolese. It is strange to see how these two different groups migrated to these islands so far from the mainland - from India and Myanmar. The aboriginals found in these islands are the Jarawas, Sentinelese, Onges, Shompenites, mainly found in Andaman and the Nicobarese in Nicobar. Of these the Nicobarese in general, and some of the Onges, have accepted that so-called modern civilization and learned the use of modern tools and facilities. They can be seen frequently in the Port Blair market. The aboriginals are looked after by the Anthropological Department of the Government, who make regular visits to their islands and supply them with food and other necessities.

These aboriginals still do not know how to use a matchbox and prepare fire by rubbing two pieces of wood; they also do not know the use of cloth. If the people from the Anthropological Department offer them clothes, they use them only as turbans and not to wrap their bodies

Original residents of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are

Read the passage carefully and fill in the blank.
Happy is the man who... (151) ..... the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of.... (152) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need .... (153).. feel lonely. He always has a pleas- ant .... (154) ... of leisure moments. He is the…(155)… of wealth more precious than gold .... (156).. indeed is the man who does not read and ... (157)... is his life..(158)…gives  the highest kind of pleasure. When we are….(159). …it is a healthy recreation to lose .... (160) .. .in the company of books.

Mark the answer (157).

Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
 She asked me why I had been smoking that day.

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. The other was on the side table near the window.

B. When I returned, I was shocked to see one set lying on the floor.

C. I was gone for more than an hour.

D. I had not completed reading the proofs so I left them on my desk.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Wild and woolly