AMCAT English Questions and Answers (Based on Sample Paper)

First blank:- here, 'as they' is the correct word. 'as' is used here in the sense of 'because'. The mentioned players are on the top of their games because they are great football players. 'They' is a subject pronoun, while 'them' is an object pronoun. Since the 'subject' is being referred to here, 'they' is the correct pronoun.
Second blank:- 'here on' fills the blank correctly. 'here' denotes a place that is near to the speaker or where the speaker is himself present. On the other hand, 'there' is used to specify a place that is far from the speaker. 'Where', the adverb, means 'in or to what place or position'. It is also inapplicable here. 'On' is the correct preposition because 'on' is used to specify the day, date or time.

Using 'As long as' in the blank space to make the correct sentence.
The sentence means that the person will get the chocolates if he does the way the speaker told him to.

Here the error lies in ‘prepares’. Since the subject of the sentence ‘students’ is in plural term, we use ‘prepare’ as a plural verb.

Here the error lies in the use of ‘on’. Here, ‘on’ means a specific location where something is kept while the actual preposition that we need to use is ‘from’ which shows us where the speaker was standing when she looked at the lake.

So on the top of the hill means the lake was situated on the top but that cannot be true since you cannot see what is located on top without being there at the top.
Also because it says she wanted to jump into the lake, means that she was standing on top and wanted to jump down.

Here we have used a future continuous tense which shows an action happening over a period of time in the future. The person does not specify the day of the next week so we take the entire duration of the week as a probable time for the person to travel to Gangtok. Hence we use Future Continuous Tense.

In ‘was complete in mesmerizing’ we find that an extra word ‘in’ has been inserted, due to this, the option gets widely deviated from the phrase in bold.
We also cannot use ‘had’ with mesmerized because it is a state of being and not having or possessing.
Between the ‘ing’ and ‘ed’ form, we use ‘ed’ because it is preceded by the adverb ‘completely; which modifies the verb mesmerized.

Despite is used to show a link between two actions or cases which reflect opposite ideas.

Here it says that Karishma was recovering and doing well even when she had frequent panic attacks.

The word "preponderance" means a greater number or quantity.
"Excess" means an amount that is more than what is needed or required, which is similar in meaning to "preponderance."
"Balance," "deficit," and "scarcity" are opposite in meaning to "preponderance."

The passage states that the recommended daily caloric intake for children aged 11 to 14 can range anywhere from 1,600 to 2,600 calories per day, depending on age, sex, and activity level. The passage then goes on to specify that sedentary girls need the fewest calories, while active boys need the most.

Possession-the act of having or taking into control
Custody- immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authority
Ownership- the act, state, or right of possessing something
Conquer–overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.
Impound-seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law.

In the given sentence, "Possession" is a suitable synonym for "Ownership" because both words refer to the act of having or taking control of something.