Dircction (Q. 1 - 3) : Read each sentence carefully. Four ehoices are given as (1), (2), (3) and (4) for each sentence. You have to choose the one that is dosest in meaning tu the original sentence and indicate its serial nuniber as your answer.

I have decided to resign from the office of the President because I hold the Constitution above self-interest.

In a democratic set-up, how can one say no to any proposal for a dialogue ?

We believe that the crime must have been committed by the two persons known to the victim.

Direction (Q. 4 - 6) : Read each sentence carefully to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is '4'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q .  1) We have issued general guidelines / 2) to all the hospitals / 3) not to turn people with HIV away / 4) and treat them with respect.

Q. 1) There is no way / 2) the media can cast aspersions / 3) with the kind of treatment given / 4) to the patients who suffered injuries in the blasts.

Q.  1) The stench is so bad / 2) that it becomes difficult / 3) Walking in the corridor / 4) adjacent to the maternity OT.

Direction (Q. 7 - 8) : Vou are to choose from the words given below the two sentences that word which has the same meaning and can be used in the same context as the words printed in bold in both the sentences.

I. A two-room house can be erected on this land.
II. The plan to overthrow the government did not succeed.

I. "'Mind your own business and let me alone," he said angrily.
II. You will be shown the programme soon.

Direction (Q. 9 - 10) : Pick out the most effective word from the given words to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

India has proved all___________ of doom to be wrong in the past.

Like Alice_____________ down through the rabbit-hole, the rupee has been having a free fall.