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CLAT 2010Directions: The constituent phrases of a sentence are jumbled up in question Nos. 1-3.
Select the most appropriate sequence to make the .sentence meaningful.
1. (i) Built on the site of a church destroyed
(ii)In the hilly 3rea of the city is the famous Shandon Steeple
(iii)The bell tower of St. Anne s Church
(iv)When the city was besieged by the Duke of Marlborough
(a) ii, iii. i, iv
(b) ii, 1, iii, iv
(c) iv, iii. i, ii
(d) iii ii, i v
2. (i) no law giving effect to the policy of the State towards securing all or any of the
principles laid in part IV
(ii) Not withstanding anything contained in Article 13
(iii) And no law containing a declaration that it is for giving effect to such policy shall
be called in question in any court on the ground that it does not give effect to such
policy
(iv) shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with or takes away
or abridges any of the rights conferred by Article 14 or 19
(a) ii, i. iii. iv
(b) iv, i, ii, iii
(c) ii, i. iv, iii
(d) i, ii, iii, iv
3. (i) Neither House shall proceed further with the Bill.
(ii) If he does so, the Houses shall meet accordingly
(iii) But the President may at, any time after the date of his notification summon the
house to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose specified in the notification, and
(iv)Where the President has under clause (1) notified his intention of summoning the
Houses to meet in a joint sitting.
(a) i, iv iii ii
(b) iv i ii ii
(c) iv ii iii i
(d) i ii iii iv
Directions: Substitute the italicized phrases with any of the given choices to express the
opposite meaning in the sentences in question numbers 4-6
4. She always praises everything I say.
(a) picks holes in
(b) dislikes
(c) rebukes
(d) picks holes to
5. He often says how wonderful his school is?
(a) says he is unworthy
(b) appreciates
(c) runs up
(d) runs down
6. She said I was the best boss they'd ever had. It was obvious she was praising me
sincerely.
(a) not appreciating me
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, (b) befooling me
(c) buttering me up
(d) disliking me
Directions: Identify the part of speech of the italicized words in the given sentences
from question numbers 7 to 9
7. I must perfect the operation to make the perfect robot.
(a) verb
(b) adverb
(c) adjective
(d) noun
8. A kindly person is one who behaves kindly.
(a) noun
(b) preposition
(c) adverb
(d) verb
9. He is not normally a very fast runner, but he runs fast in major events.
(a) adverb
(b) adjective
(c) verb
(d) noun
Read the following passage carefully and answer question numbers 10 to 19
Antigone was one of the daughters of Oedipus, that tragic figure of male power who had
been cursed by Gods for mistakenly killing his father and subsequently marrying his mother
and assuming the throne of Thebes. After the death of Oedipus civil war broke out and a
battle was waged in front of the seventh gate of Thebes-his two sons led opposing factions
and at the height of the battle fought and killed each other. Oedipus' brother, Creon, uncle of
Antigone, was now undisputed master of the city. Creon resolved to make an example of the
brother who had fought against him, Polynices, by refusing the right of honourable burial.
The penalty of death was promulgated against any who should defy this order..
Antigone was distraught. Polynices had been left unburied, unwept, a feast of flesh for keen
eyed carrion birds. Antigone asks her sister Ismene, for it was a challenge to her royal
blood. "Now it is time to show whether or not you are worthy of your royal blood. Is he not
my brother and yours? Whether you like it or not? I shall never desert him-never!" But
Ismene responds,
"How could you dare - when Creon has expressly forbidden it? Antigone, we are women, it
is not for us to fight against men" With a touch of bitterness, Antigone releases her sister
from the obligation to help her, but argues she cannot shrug off the burden. "If I die for it
what happiness! Live, if you will live, and defy the holiest of laws of heaven."
10. What is the main theme of the story of Antigone?
(a) One must be truthful and honest
(b) There is a conflict between the laws of men and heavenly laws
(c) One must be true to one's kins
(d) War is an evil
11. Why did Antigone decide to defy the orders of Creon?
(a) She loved her brother
(b) She was to give an honourable burial to her brother
(c) She felt she was bound by her heavenly obligation
(d) To teach Creon a lesson
12. What, in your opinion, would have been the logical end of the story?
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, (a) Antigone might have agreed with her sister and refrained from giving a burial to
Polynices
(b) Antigone might have been allowed by Creon to give a decent burial to her brother
(c) Antigone might have defied the order of Creon but forgiven by him
(d) Antigone might have been executed for defying the order of the king
13. What was the status of women in the contemporary society? They
(a) were liberated
(b) could have taken their own decisions
(c) considered themselves inferior and subordinate to men
(d) claimed equality with men
14. Why did a civil war break out in Thebes? The war broke out because
(a) of the curse of the Gods
(b) the brothers of Antigone were greedy
(c) there was a fight among sons of Oedipus for the inheritance of the kingdom
(d) there was a conflict between a son of Oedipus and Creon
15. A carrion bird is a bird
(a) of prey
(b) which eats human flesh
(c) which eats dead bodies
(d) which eats only grain
16. Why did Creon deny decent burial to Polynices? He did so because
(a) he did not love Polynices
(b) Polynices fought against Creon
(c) Polynices was disobedient to Creon
(d) Polynices did not show bravery
17. Why did Ismene not support Antigone? Ismene
(a) was weak and did not have the courage to defy orders of the powerful king
(b) did not consider it right to defy the king
(c) did not think it fit to defy her uncle especially after the death of her father
(d) did not believe that Polynices deserved better treatment
18. Why did the Gods curse Oedipus? Because Oedipus
(a) killed his father and married his mother
(b) killed his father
(c) married his mother
(d) committed an unknown sin
19. Does the story approve the principle of vicarious liability? If so how?
(a) No, it does not
(b) Yes, it does, because of the acts of Oedipus his children suffered
(c) Yes, it does, because his father Was killed by Oedipus
(d) Yes, it does, because he married his mother
Directions: Select the meaning of the italicized idioms and phrases in sentences in
questions 20 to 25
20. I have hit upon a good plan to get rid of him.
(a) found
(b) chanced upon
(c) decided to beat him
(d) borrowed
21. He is sticking out for better terms,
(a) threatens to take action
(b) insists on using the force
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