Answer Key SAS (Apprenntice) PaperII:English Language and
Comprehension held on 26 Jun, 2010.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPREHENSION


Sentences with error

1. If it were possible to get near when

2. and more strong than the ones used in Jet Planes

3. He described about

4. No error

5. biggest

6. when I ran into captain Robinson

7. Shyam is telling

8. Walking along

9. have been found

10. I who is

11. into a narrow lane

12. to appear

13. stitch at a time

14. No error

15. of this opportunity

16. Its is truth that

17. on the ground

18. the damaged car under control

19. dispensed the Manager’s services

20. and it has overflow

Fill the sentences with appropriate word(s)

21. subject

22. Mrs. Meenakshi

23. Dare

24. and also because of

25. in

Choose the word opposite in meaning

26. Confident

27. Establishment

28. Comfort

29. Retrogressive

30. Fleeting

Choose the word best expresses the meaning

31. Potential

32. Awful

33. Sharpened

34. Mostly

35. Enrage

Find Correctly Spelt word

36. Brunette

37. Contemptuous

38. Incredible

39. Paradigm

40. Perennial

Choose the alternative expresses the meaning of
Idiom/Phrase.

41. show signs of cowardice

42. disguised himself

43. tackling these in the wrong way

44. was puzzled and surprised

45. concocted

46. Unanimously

47. incomprehensible

48. a talent for speaking

49. tried his best

50. first sight

Ordering of the sentences

51. The world is full of people (D): SRQP

52. Jagdish Mother was out of station (A): QSRP

53. The coming of computer (C): PRQS)

54. Before presenting a paper (C): QSRP

55. You would have heard about it (C): QSPR

56. Caring of our elders (D): RPSQ

57. We are still in the Cenozoic era (C): RPQS

58. A Panther, it is reported broke into (B): RSPQ

59. The commonest for of non-bicycle (C): SRQP

60. There is an uncontrolled growth (C): SPRQ

61 Poor state of public health (A): PRSQ

62. Khizer had been a very pious (B): SRQP

63 The neck has a long spinal column (B): SQRP

64. Surgeons are next only to god (C): RPSQ

65 The decision to purchase property (C) :RQPS

66 One cold night (D): SQPR

67 Environment is the place (B): RPSQ

68 A Kashmiri village chief (C): QRSP

69 It was nearly two hours (A): RPQS

70 My principle was put to test (A) : SQRP

One word Substitution

71. Seismograph

72. Meritocracy

73. Polyandry

74. Pyrotechnics

75. Cascade

76. Harangue

77. Rhinologist

78. Mirage

79. Effervesce

80. Cataclysm

Active/Passive Voice

81. They say he can teach (A) :It is said that almost
anything in this world can be taught by him.

82. The fur coats (C) :We imported the fur coats from
Sweden

83. They have done this (A): The crisis has been
defused by them.

84. I should have met (D): He should have been met by
me yesterday.

85. A detective arrested (B): He was arrested by a
detective as soon as he got home.

86. We expect good news. (A): Good news is expected by
us.

87. Decisions must be taken (D): We should take
decisions.

88. Please enter by (B): You are requested to enter by
the left door.

89. I would advise you to not to get (C): You would be
advised by me not to get on the wrong side of your boss.

90. One could see her lying (C): She could be seen
lying on flowerbeds.

91. Where were they playing (D): Where was the cricket
match being played?

92. It is impossible to do this. (D): It can’t be done.

93. Physically challenged people (D): The public should
not laugh at physically challenged people

94. My teacher gave (A): I was given a journal by my
teacher to be read.

95. You can buy (A): All your tickets can be bought at
this counter by you.

96. The room was cleaned. (D): Someone cleaned the room.

97. We understand that he (C): That our views are
opposed is understood by us.

98. He decided to sell (A): It was decided that the car
should be sold.

99. They cooked the food (B): The food was cooked and
sent to the orphanage by them.

100. Can we send the parcel (C): Can the parcel be sent
by us tomorrow?

Sentence improvement.

101. me conversing

102. No improvement

103. He presented me with a calculator on my birthday

104. it had not been wound up

105. the people wrongly believe

106. sign this paper

107. I had followed

108. on going

109. I am thinking of doing an M.A. in English

110 as

111. accumulate

112. know

113. anonymous

114. My parents and I

115. by doing away with

116. jolted

117. is

118. rather than

119. Who he was and why he was

120. retrograde


Direct/Indirect

121. The queen said to her son (B) :The queen told her
son that he must go to the forest and remain there till his
father called him back.

122. Lets give a party (D) : Jaya suggested giving a
party but her husband refused.

123. She said , “I’ll give you (B) : She offered him Rs
100/- to keep his mouth shut.

124. I said, “Let Mohan (C) :I declared that Mohan might
do his worst, he could not harm me.

125. “Many happy returns (C) : We wished him many happy
returns of his birthday.

126. I said : When it gets dark (C) : I said that when
it got dark he should light the lantern and hang it out.

127. “Suppose you children (D) : She suggested that the
children should go out for a nice walk.

128. “Do as you wish, (B) : He told me to do as I
wished, but not to go and ask him for help if I got into
difficulties.

129. Shanker said to his friend (B) : Shanker exclaimed
to his friend with surprise that there was a snake behind
him.

130. “Fie! A soldier (D) : Babar cursed and exclaimed
that a soldier should not afraid of fighting.

131. The teacher said to the student (D) : The teacher
asked the student why he had been absent the previous day.

132. He said to her , “ Did it shake (A) : He asked her
if it had shaken her up as much as it shook him.

133. The old man of latur said (A) :The old man of latur
exclaimed with sorrow that his only son was dead.

134. I said to her “ All you faults (B) : I told her
that all her faults would be pardoned if she confessed them.

135. “Call the first witness (D) : The judge commanded
the first witness to be called.

136. “So help me heaven (D) : He called upon Heaven to
witness his resolve never to steal again.

137. Everybody said, “ How well (C) : Everybody
exclaimed that she sang very well.

138. ‘From one of the windows (C) : My friend said that
from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub
Minar.

139. The teacher said to Ashok (B) : The teacher warned
Ashok that he would report the matter to the Principal if
he misbehaved again.

140. The teacher said to Ram (C): The teacher asked Ram
if he would have liked to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram
replied in the affirmative.

141. He said to Gita (C) : He enquired Sita when she
intended to pay back the money she had borrowed from him.

142. “May you live long (C) : The old lady prayed for
her son and said that he might live long and proper.

143. Mohan made this mess (D) : Mohan’s father said that
Mohan had made the mess and that he should clear it.

144. The chief minister said (C) : The Chief minister
expressed with surprise that the earthquake was a terrible
disaster.

145. “Doctor:, the patient cried (C): The patient
pleaded with the doctor to tell her how much time she had.

Fill in the blanks
Passage : Our national leader are still trapped in the
slogans

146. ideals

147. dwell

148. hordes

149. steadily

150. supposed

151. pulse

152. articulating

153. substantially

154. chord

155. receded

Passage : It was very hot in the small court-room

156. off

157. relieved

158. before

159. around

160. understand

161. on

162. breaking

163. account

164. questioned

165. found


Passage – CRY (Child Relief and YOU

166. is

167. was

168. friends

169. from

170. underprivileged


Question based on brief passages

Passage : Some people say that man desires for war is due
to his fight

171. without good health

172. Bestial qualities of mankind

173. Contact with beauties of the universe

174. Seek inward happiness

175. deteriorate physically and mentally

Passage : Placebo literally means “I shall please.”

176. To all the volunteers in pain

177. To measure patients’ response to placebos


178. The mind realises what it believes

179. The power of faith

180. Their pain returned after taking these medicines

Passage : There is a general impression among public that
our school

181. Those who are not good at the art of learning
things by memory and reproducing them exactly

182. That at best they impart some kind of uncritical
knowledge

183. That the teacher is always right and students are
ignorant

184. One who has developed qualities of mind and heart
and can critically evaluate factual informations

185. That they make the students humble enough to
realize that they know nothing and the teacher is always
right

Passage : A dog is very sensitive to atmosphere

186. other dogs

187. sensitivity to atmosphere

188. form gangs and look for mischief and adventure

189. be attracted

190. jealously

Passage : For the past several years, scientist have issued
ominous warnings

191. massive forest loss

192. probable

193. proposed

194. inauspicious

195. retention of heat

Passage : Real policemen, both in Britain and the United
States

196. Policemen recognize no similarity in their lives
and what they see on TV

197. so that he can justify his arrests in court

198. spent in recording details about small thefts and
crimes

199. A policeman does not need to know as much law as a
professional lawyer

200. try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up
their reputation

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