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Q1: Pick the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the capitalized word.

1) Acrimonious
a) Bitter

2) Calligraphy
b) Handwriting

3) Unequivocal
Unmistakable

4) Demise
b) End

5)Incendiary
Causing fire

6) Touchstone
Criterion

7) Void
a) Emptiness

8) Essay
c) Attempt

b) Indicate the most nearly opposite in meaning

1) Ignoble
d) Noble

2) Melancholy
b) Happy

3) Obliterate
d) Design

4) Ally
b) Foe

5) Vulgar
c) Exquisite

6) Pretend
b) Substantiate

7) Liberty
c) Serfdom

8) Conscientious
d) Profligate

Question 5: Use Only Five of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning:

1) Make for: (
Head in a certain direction)
When it started raining, i decided to make for home.

2) Yeoman's service: (Hard work;
Effectual service)
He has done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful.

3) Discretion is the better part of valour: (better to think carefully and not act than to do something that may cause problems.)
Napoleon vowed that he would free Italy ‘from the Alps to the Adriatic’, but he acted on the maxim that discretion is the better part of valour.

4) Out of the wood: (Out of danger or trouble)
One is not safe until out of the woods

5) A casting vote: (deciding vote)
Due to a deadlock situation, the issue will have to be decided by a casting vote.

6) Look down upon: (Hate)
Never look down upon your inferiors

7) Iconoclast: (
One who attacks traditional ideas or institutions)
Being an iconoclast, he refused to be bound by traditions.

8) A swan song: (final gesture or performance, given before dying)
His performance as Muhammad Bin Qasim was to be his swan song before retiring.

b) Five pairs of words in sentences:


1) Adverse: (unfavorable)
If fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts
Averse: (unwilling)
He was averse to discussing the conference

2) Maize: (corn)
In Pakistan maize is third important cereal after wheat and rice.
Maze: (labyrinth; confusing pathways)
We got completely lost in the maze of life.

3) Medal: (A metal disc)
The winner was awarded a gold medal.
Meddle: (interfere)
Do not meddle with the affairs of your friends

4) Imperious:
(Naughty, authoritative)
His attitude towards his subordinates is imperious and disgraceful.
Imperial:
(Pertaining to an empire or emperor)
The imperial government left no stone unturned to oppose the Indian Muslims.

5) Voracity:
(Greediness)
He is notorious for his Voracity.
Veracity: (Truthfulness)
I do not doubt the veracity of his statement.

6) Allusion: (an indirect reference)
This passage is full of allusions.
Illusion: (a false perception of reality)
The mirage is but an illusion of the eyes.

7) Ordinance: (A rule made by a government)
Four new ordinances are likely to be promulgated by the government shortly.
Ordnance: (Heavy guns and similar other military weapons)
Pakistan has set up a new ordnance factory at Wah Cantt.

8) Willingly: (Of free will)
I lent him my umbrella willingly.
Willful: (Done by design, Knowing; used in a bad sense)
He willfully spoiled the game.

Question 6:

a) Correct the following sentences


1) This house is built of brick and stone.
Correct

2) The climate of Pakistan is better than England?
The climate of Pakistan is better than that of England.

3) He swore by God.
He swore upon God

4) You ought to have regarded him your benefactor.
You ought to have regarded him as your benefactor.

5) My friend is very ill, i hope he will soon die.
My friend is very ill, i hope he won't die soon.

6) He is waiting for better and promising opportunity.
He is waiting for a better and more promising opportunity.

7) When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift.
When I see her I will deliver her your gift.

8) Many a sleepless nights she spent.
Many a sleepless night she spent.

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1) Make for: Head in a certain direction)

When it started raining, i decided to make for home.

I used it in sense of "to result in or make possible"

7) When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift.

I wrote "When I see her I will deliver to her your gift."
as deliver is followed by preposition "to".

My friend is very ill, i hope he won't die soon.

I wrote , My friend is very ill, i fear he will die soon.

Plz correct me if wrong.
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Dear friends,

the paper was not that much tough but it needed some consideration. MCQs created problem because the Q1 part "a" was mentioned on the question paper but not on the answer sheet. You have to attempt only five. And in the same question part "b" was mentioned but no option was there on the answer sheet. it took time and candidates and the examinar too was disturbed in the centre.

My answers for MCQs were
Q.1. (a)
i-a
ii-b
iii-c
iv-a
v-a
viii. b

(b)

i. b
iv. b
v. b
vi. d


Essay is to "compose". this is right.

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Essay is to "compose". this is right.
Its "Attempt"

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1) Make for: Head in a certain direction)

When it started raining, i decided to make for home.

I used it in sense of "to result in or make possible"
Most of the verbal phrases have more than one meaning. It must be correct and meaning should be conveyed in whatever sense you use.

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7) When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift.

I wrote "When I see her I will deliver to her your gift."
as deliver is followed by preposition "to".
Correct either way. Shall is to be omitted.
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Q - My friend is very ill, i hope he will die soon.
A - My friend is very ill, I'm afraid he will die soon.

Is this way correct too ?
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Q - My friend is very ill, i hope he will die soon.
A - My friend is very ill, I'm afraid he will die soon.

Is this way correct too ?
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secondly,i made a blunder today by attempting all the parts of the vocabulary
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Answers in my opinion, plz correct those wrong.
1. He said on Monday that his son was coming that day.
2. "Where are you going next week?" they asked curiously.
3. He asked if she had gone the previous day.
4. He swore to God that he didn't know her nickname.
5. "You are to meet him at the station," he says.
6. He told that he didn't know the way and suggested to ask the old man sitting on the gate.
7. "May you recover from your illness," My father said.
8. He asked about how I would manage it.--
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