Thursday, May 20, 2010

staff selection commission morrning shift english paper held on 16 may 2010

Q. 1-5: Spotting Error:

1.He who has suffered most/A for the cause/B let him speak/C No error/D
Ans: C. It should be must speak

2. A cup of coffee/A is an excellent complement/B to smoked salmon/C No error.
Ans: D. no error

3. He is a university professor/A but of his three sons/B neither has any merit/C No error/D
Ans: C. it should be none instead of neither

4. After knowing truth/A they took the right decision/B in the matter/C No error/D
Ans: C. it should be on/about the matter

5. It is time you/A decide on your next/B course of action/C No error/D
Ans: b.


Q. 6-10 Fill in the blanks:
6. The____of our civilization from an agricultural society to today's complex industrial world was accompanied by war.
Ans: metamorphosis

7. The hotel was not too expensive, ___
Ans: was it

8. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ___their teeth
Ans: filling

9. It was very kind of you to do the washing, but you___ it,
Ans: mustn't have done

10. He went ___sea alone
Ans: in

Q. 11-15. Choose the most opposite word:
11. Perspicuity
Ans: vagueness

12. Fervent
Ans: dispassionate

13. Meandering
ans: Straight

14. Florid
Ans: Pale

15. Verity
Ans: Falsehood

Q. 16-20. Choose the nearest similar word:
16. Derision
Ans: ridicule

17. Trite
Ans: Commonplace

18. Luxuriant
Ans: abundant

19. Cantankerous
Ans: Quarrelsome

20. Onus
Ans: Responsibility

Q.21-25: choose the correct alternative:
21. The brown shirt wants washing:
Ans: requires wash

22. You are asked to copy this letter word by word:
Ans: word to word

23. The weak man is a slave of his sensuous pleasures.
Ans: sensual

24. Obviously he isn't cut up to be a good teacher.
Ans: cut for

25. Power got with money is the most craved for today:
Ans: sought after.

Q. 26-30: Choose the right word/sentence
26. Science of the races of mankind:
Ans. Ethnology

27. Detaining and confining someone
Ans: interrogation

28. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct
Ans: subterfuge

29. One who criticizes popular belief which he thinks is mistaken or unwise
Ans: Iconoclast

30. Impossible ti describe:
Ans: Ineffable

Q. 31-35: Correct spelling:
31. Accommodative

32. Benediction

33. collaborate

34. Clairvoyant

35. Serenity

Q. 36-40: Arrange the sentences. These sentences are very long to write so we are writing the correct sequence directly:

36. Education in India has a glorious beginning:
Ans: B. QPRS

37. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach the young moral values on life.
Ans: A. SRPQ

38. It is easy to criticize the people at the helm for the slow progress in every field.
Ans: D.

39. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as a yogi.
Ans: D. PRSQ.

40.

Q. 41-45: Active passive:

41. The news has been brought to us by him.
Ans:A . He brought us the news.

42. Why did he deprive you of the membership?
Ans:D.Why were you deprived of your membership by him?

43.They have made a film based on this novel
Ans.C.A film,based on this novel,has been made.

44. The people couldn't move me to the hospital and the doctor operated on me at home.
Ans:C.I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I was operated at home by the doctor.

45.Not a word was spoken by the criminal in self-defense.
Ans:C.The criminal did not speak a word in self-defense.

46-50 Questions based on passage/paragraph

46 .It is true that
Ans:A.Various professions and occupations have interchangeable words.

47.In recent years,there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms in nomenclature of
Ans:A. Farming

48.Special words are used in technical discussion
Ans:A.may become part of common speech.

49. The writer of this article is
Ans:C. A linguist

50. This passage is primarily concerned with
Ans:B. Technical terminology.

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