Objective English for Competitive Examinations

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Cover Copyright Contents Preface to the Sixth Edition New to This Edition Free Online Supplements Preface to the Sixth Edition New to This Edition Free Online Supplements Preface Introduction to the Testof English Language Introduction to theWritten Examinations The Written Examination Understanding the Format of Your Tests Composite Time Time to be Given to Each Test How to Prepare for Your Target WRitten Examinations What to Prepare How to Prepare How to Prepare for Your Target WRitten Examinations The Syllabi of Various Competitive Examinations Answer Sheet Evaluation Methods of Showing Answers in Objective TypeMultiple -choice Questions Specimen Answer Sheet How to Task Answers How to Change Answers Specimen Answer Sheet Some Examples of Wrong Methods of Marking Answers How Your Answer Books are Evaluated Tips for Sure Success inTest in English Before Starting Your Test After Starting Your Test Towards the End of the Test Section 1 Correct English Usage Tests Chapter 1 Building Blocks Rules of English Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement Check your understanding Pronouns and its uses Auxiliary Verbs and its uses Adjectives and Adverbs Prepositions Import ant Words Followed by Suitable Prepositions Conjunctions Miscellaneous Rules Avoid Redundancies Chapter 2 Spotting the Errors Format of the Questions Set-I Set-II Set-III Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Workout 4 Mock TestS Test 1 Test 2 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 3 Sentence Improvement Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-11 Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Mock Tests Test I Test 2 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Section 2 Vocabulary Tests Chaptre 4 Word Stock Introduction Suggestions for Answering Vocabulary Based Tests Finding Meaning of a Word when You are not Sure You Know It Word-Building Elements List of Synonyms and Antonyms List of difficult words and their meaning Common Errors in English Language List of Compound Words List of Foreign Words and Phrases List of Phobias Terms for Wedding Anniversaries List of Animal Related Words Offsprings (young ones) of animals/birds Animal and its gender related words Words Denoting Sounds Made by Animals/Birds List of Words for Specific Places Some Colourful Adjectives Type of Women Name of Special Colours People and Their Professions Fields of Study Some Words—Miniatures Type of Men Chaptre 5 Test of Synonyms Formatof the Questions Set-1 Set-II Set-III Set-IV Set-V Check Your Understan Ding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Workout 4 Mock Tests Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 6 Test of Antonyms Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-1I Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Mock Tests Test 1 Test 2 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 7 Test of Analogy Structure of the Questions Sample Example List of Possible Relationships Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-1I Set-1II Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Mock Tests Test 1 Test 2 Section 3 English Profi ciency Tests Chapter 8 One Word Substitution Format of the Questions Set-1 List of Important One-Word Substitutes Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Mock TestS Test 1 Test 2 Previous Years’ Questions SSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys SSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 9 Idioms and Phrases Format of the Questions Set-1 List of Important Idioms and Phrases Check your understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Mock Tests Test I Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys BANKING EXAMINATIONS SSC EXAMINATIONS UPSC EXAMINATIONS B-SCHOOL ADMISSION EXAMINATIONS MISCELLANEOUS EXAMINATIONS Chapter 10 Idiomatic Use of Verbs Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-1I List of Idiomatic Use of Verbs with Prepositions and Other Words Chapter 11 Dealings with Homonyms Format of the Questions Set-1 List of Important Homonyms Chapter 12 Test of Spellings Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-1I Ways to Improve Your Spelling Some Common Prefixes and Suffixes Learn Some Basic Rules of Spelling Adding of Prefixes and Suffixes to the Roots Commonly Misspelt Words Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Mock Tests Test I Test 2 Test 3 Section 4 Logic-based English Language Tests Chapter 13 Rearrangement of JumbledWords in a Sentence Format of the Questions Set-1 Set-1I Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Mock Tests Test I previous years’ Questions SSC examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys SSC examinations UPSC EXAMINATIONS MISCELLANEOUS EXAMINATIONS Chapter 14 Rearrangement of Sentencesin a Paragraph Format of the Questions set-I set-II set-III check your understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Mock Tests test 1 test 2 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 15 Words Pairs in English Format of the Questions Set-I Check your understanding Workout 1 Mock Tests test 1 Chapter 16 Sentence Completion Format of the Questions Set-I Set-II Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Mock Tests test 1 test 2 Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC EXAMINATIONS UPSC EXAMINATIONS B-SCHOOL ADMISSION EXAMINATION s MISCELLANEOUS EXAMINATIONS Chapter 17 Word UtilizationProblems Format of the Questions Set-I check your understanding Workout 1 Chapter 18 Dictionary Reference Section 5 Voice and Narration Ability Tests Chapter 19 Active and Passive Voices Introduction The Passive Voice Tense Charts Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense Change of Active Voice into Passive Voice Quasi-Passive Verbs Type A Type B (Questions) Type C (Commands and Requests) Type D (Intransitive Verbs Followed by Prepositions) Type E (Complex Sentences) Type F (Miscellaneous Sentences) check your understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Answer Keys Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Previous Years’ Questions SSC Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys SSC Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 20 Direct—Indirect Speech Reporting Verb and Reported Speech Format of the Questions SET-I: Rules for the Changes of Tense SET-II: Rules for the Change of Pronouns SET-III: Change of Words Denoting Position SET-IV: Change of Assertive Sentences SET-V: Change of Interrogative Sentences SET-VI: Change of Imperative Sentences Change of ‘Let’ in Imperative Sentences SET-VII: Change of Optative and Exclamatory Sentences SET-VIII: Some More Examples of Direct and Indirect Forms Some More Typical Sentences Passages Containing Sentences of the Same Kind Passages Containing Sentences of Different Kinds SET-IX: Speech Reported by Various Reporters SET-X: Conversion of Dialogues into Indirect check your understanding Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Answer Keys Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3 Previous Years’ Questions SSC Examinations Answer Keys SSC Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Section 6 Comprehension Ability Tests Chapter 21 Reading Comprehension Introduction to reading comprehension (RC ) Passages Types of RC Passages Test of Ability Format of RC Section Tactics to Tackle RC Questions Types of RC Passages Types of RC Passages Type I Best Title or Main Idea Type II Questions Asking for Specific Answers Type III Inference Questions Type IV Vocabulary Questions Type V Question on Author’s Style or Mood Time Saving Tactics Sample Paragraph Sample Passage and Questions Passage Tackling the Specimen Passage Practice Tests Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Reading Comprehension Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 5 Passage 6 Passage 7 Passage 8 Passage 9 Passage 10 Passage 11 Passage 12 Passage 13 Passage 14 Passage 15 Passage 16 Passage 17 Passage 18 Passage 19 Passage 20 Passage 21 Passage 22 Passage 23 Answer Keys Previous Years’ Questions Banking Examinations SSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations SSC Examinations UPSC Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Chapter 22 Cloze Test Introduction Strategy to Tackle Cloze Tests Format of the Questions SET-I Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 SET-II Passage 5 Passage 6 Check Your Understanding Workout 1 Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 5 Passage 6 Passage 7 Passage 8 Passage 9 Passage 10 Passage 11 Passage 12 Workout 2 Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 5 Passage 6 Passage 7 Passage 8 Passage 9 Passage 10 Passage 11 Passage 12 Passage 13 Passage 14 Mock Tests Test 1 Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 5 Test 2 Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 5 Previous Years' Questions Banking Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations Answer Keys Banking Examinations B-School Admission Examinations Miscellaneous Examinations