LIC : Solved Paper AAO English - 2009

Directions(1-5): Each sentence has one or two blanks. Choose the word or set pf words that best completes the sentence meaningfully.

1. He went to the library to......find that it was closed.
(1) seldom
(2) never
(3) only
(4) solely

2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so....that they can disappear at any moment.
(1) tentative (2) tenuous (3) consistent (4) restrictive

3. Her reaction to his proposal was..... She rejected it.....
(1) inevitable - vehemently'
(2) subtle - Violently
(3) clever - abruptly
(4) sympathetic - angrily

4. His.... direction~ misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take.
(1) complicated
(2) ambiguous
(3) narrow
(4) fantastic

5. It would be difficult for one so .......... to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste. race and religion,
(1) emotional
(2) democratic
(3) tntolerant
(4) liberal

Directions (116- 120) : In each of the follwing sentences four words or phrases have been bold. Only one bold part in each sentence is not accepted in standard English. Ident that part and mark its number 1. 2. 3 or 4 as your answer.

6. Gaze for a thing /(1) that are not/ (2) available easily /(3) in the county is a universal phenomenon/ (4).

7. It is foolish to be expecting/Ill one person to be like another / . (2) person for/(3) each individual is born/(4) WIth his characteristics traits.

8. The tendency to believe/(l) that/(2) man is inherently dishonest is something that/(3) will decried/(4).

9. I have not come across/(1) very few people/(2) who/(3) think of thing beyond/(4) their daily work.

10. He managed to board/(l) the running train/(2) but all his luggages/(3) was/(4) left on the station.