SGPGI Staff Nurse PP1 English
SGPGI Staff Nurse PP1 English
SGPGI Staff Nurse PP1 English
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Directions : Questions (1-10) 5. He was good to be a
contain sentences with a blank. cheat.
Options (1), (2), (3) and (4) have (1) so
words/phrases which complete (2) no
these sentences. Darken the (3) all
number which provides the right (4) too
choice.
1. he would say if he learnt 6. he seen it rain so hard!
that his spectacles were broken, I (1) Not before and all
kept silent about it. (2) When
(1) Knowing what (3) Never before had
(2) Thinking what (4) Before and all
(3) Thinking that
(4) Learning what 7. several early setbacks, he
went to complete his education.
(1) Despite of
2. I would hand over the (2) Despite
money to the police. (3) Inspite
(1) If I was you (4) Although
(2) If I am you
8. I never met him in all my
(3) If I were you life.
(4) If I would have been you (1) Truthfully
(2) Factually
3. had he entered the hotel (3) In the fact
than it started raining hard. (4) To tell you the truth
(1) Soon 9. Lend your ears, your
(2) Just heart.
(3) No sooner (1) not but
(4) When (2) only not
(3) but not
(4) alone, never
4. Had you the faintest idea of how
much you have hurt her feelings, 10. He went to the tree several
you would times, found anything
(1) not have acted the way you miraculous about it.
did (1) however
(2) have acted that way (2) never
(3) apologise (3) and always
(4) care (4) but never
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Directions : Questions (11-20) 15. We were left with no ... but to
are designed to test your ability walk in the rain. (no other
to use the right prefix. Darken option)
the correct option from (1), (2),
(3) and (4). The meaning of the (1) Alter...
desired word is given in the (2) Ultra...
bracket. (3) Im...
(4) In...
11. The judge described the story of
the witness as ... (something that 16. His grandfather left him with a
cannot be believed) .... amount of money. (huge)
(1) In... (1) Sub...
(2) De...
(3) Sub... (2) Sum..
(4) Ultra... (3) Im...
(4) In...
12. The police tried to ... the tension 17. The doctors did not find
by keeping a low profile. anything .... in his behaviour
(prevent from becoming (not usual)
explosive) (1) Ab...
(1) Al... (2) In...
(2) Cycl... (3) Peri...
(4) Ad...
(3) De...
(4) Un... 18. His gastric problems were
(cannot be cured)
13. Good teachers don't just fill in (1) Un...
(2) Im...
facts. They ... a purpose into the (3) In...
lives of their students. (to fill) (4) Ad...
(1) Re...
(2) In.. 19. Man has always dreamt of ... the
world. (to go round)
(3) Sub... (1) Un...
(4) Poly... (2) Circum...
(3) En...
14. Grammatically this sentence is (4) Sub...
acceptable, but some of the 20. The minister refused to express
words you have used are ... (old his opinion on the matter as it
fashioned) was ... (to be under the active
(1) Quasi... consideration of a law court)
(2) Uni... (1) Under...
(2) Be...
(3) Arch... (3) Sub...
(4) Anti... (4) Alter...
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Directions : Read the following The development of religion has
passage and darken the correct taken different forms in different
option (1), (2), (3) or (4) against cultures. Some religions place an
questions (21 - 25) : emphasis on belief, while others
Religion is a cultural system that emphasize practice. Some
creates powerful and long-lasting religions focus on the subjective
meaning, by establishing experience of the religious
symbols that relate humanity to individual, while others consider
beliefs and values. Many the activities of the religious
religions have narratives, community to be most
symbols, traditions and sacred important. Some religions claim
histories that are intended to give to be universal, believing their
meaning to life or to explain the laws and cosmology to be
origin of life or the universe. binding for everyone, while
They tend to derive morality, others are intended to be
ethics, religious laws or a practiced only by a closely
preferred lifestyle from their defined or localized group. In
ideas about the cosmos and many places religion has been
human nature. associated with public
The word religion is sometimes institutions such as education,
used interchangeably with faith hospitals, the family,
or belief system, but religion Government and political
differs from private belief in that hierarchies.
it has a public aspect. Most Some academics studying the
religions have organized subject have divided religions
behaviours, including clerical into three broad categories:
hierarchies, a definition of what world religions, a term which
constitutes adherence or refers to transcultural,
membership, congregations of international faiths; indigenous
laity, regular meetings or religions, which refers to
services for the purposes of smaller, culture-specific or
veneration of a deity or for nation-specific religious groups;
prayer, holy places (either and new religious movements,
natural or architectural), and/or which refers to recently
scriptures. The practice of a developed faiths. One modern
religion may also include academic theory of religion,
sermons, commemoration of the social constructionism, says that
activities of a God or Gods, religion is a modern concept that
sacrifices, festivals, feasts, suggests all spiritual practice and
trance, initiations, funerary worship follows a model similar
services, matrimonial services, to Christianity, and thus religion,
meditation, music, art, dance, as a concept, has been applied
public service, or other aspects inappropriately to non-Western
of human culture. cultures.
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21. Religion can be broadly divided Directions : Questions from 26
into through to 35 consist of pairs of
(1) Two categories: Western words/phrases. Indicate from
and Eastern choices given (1), (2), (3) and (4)
(2) Three categories the pair that best expresses a
non- similar relationship to that of the
(3) Academic • and given pair.
academic
Example : EASY : DIFFICULT
(4) Modern and ancient
(1) High : Low
(2) Far : Distant
22. Powerful and long-lasting (3) Money : Wealth
meaning is created by (4) Fly : Sky
(1) Humanity The Answer is (1) : Easy :
(2) Symbols Difficult expresses opposition
(3) Beliefs and values and opposition is found in pair
(4) Cultural system (1).
(3) Closseted
(4) Closseetted 48. (1) Afiliation
(2) Afilliation
43. (1) Sanctimonious
(3) Afiliacion
(2) Sanctimoneous
Sanctemonious (4) Affiliation
(3 )
(4) Sanctemoneous
49. (1) Honourable
44. (1) Paraphernelia
(2) Honorable
(2) Paraphernalia
(3) Hounorable
(3 ) Parapharnal i a
(4) Honoureble
(4) P arapharnal e a
61. Pittance
(1) Large 67. Apathy
(2) Small (1) Pathetic
(3) Ridiculous (2) Sympathy
(4) Serious
(3) Cruel
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Directions : Read items (96-100) 99. It is said in the Bible, "It is
and darken the correct option for easier for a camel to go through
each : the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of
96. Young Man : "I have never seen God." This means
a more beautiful woman than
her." (1) Rich men cannot go to
Older Man : "Indeed, beauty is heaven.
in the eye of the beholder. But (2) Rich men can go to heaven
looking at the power of your but it is difficult.
glasses, I have my doubts about
how that girl looks." (3) Rich men need to go
The older man means that through the eye of the
(1) Beauty is subjective needle first before going to
(2) The young man might not heaven.
have seen the girl properly (4) Camels go to heaven more
(3) The young man wears easily.
spectacles
(4) One must be careful about
attractive girls
100. The little boy waited patiently
97. Friend A : "My wife is an till the end and the grandmother
angel." gave him the biggest piece of
Friend B : "I am not so lucky. sweet saying, "All good things
Mine is still alive."
Friend B is : come to he who waits."
(1) Joking The statement means
(2) Sad
(3) Lying (1) If you wait long, you will
(4) Truthful get bigger rewards
98. Wife : "How did your speech (2) Grandmothers love little
go yesterday ?" children
Husband : "Well. But the
audience was thin (3) Grandmothers have a lot of
when my turn came." patience with young
(1) The audience was restless.
children
(2) The audience was impatient.
(3) The audience had lessened. (4) Patience is a virtue that is
(4) The audience had become finally rewarded
lean.
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