Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: Please do not disturb me ___________ my examinations.
A)
during
B)
considering
C)
owing
D)
regarding
“During my examinations” is the correct preposition.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the tense of the given sentence: She has had her lunch at the time we met her.
A)
present tense
B)
past tense
C)
future tense
“Had” in “had her lunch” places the action in the past relative to the other past event.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: Watch out.
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
“Watch out” is an imperative command.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: Who should I give a high five ___________?
A)
at
B)
to
C)
with
D)
for
The preposition is “to”: give a high five to someone.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: Hey, no smoking in here!
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
“No smoking” is an imperative prohibition.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: At the end of the long journey, all the children opened up ___________ their likes and dislikes.
A)
during
B)
considering
C)
owing
D)
regarding
“Regarding their likes and dislikes” is the intended construction.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Choose the most suitable idiom to make the sentence meaningful: Having walked twenty miles, he is quite ___________.
A)
done for
B)
done with
C)
done up
D)
done at
“Done up” means exhausted/tired.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: The moment which is lost is lost for ever.
A)
Co-ordinate clause
B)
Noun clause
C)
Adjective clause
D)
Adverb clause
“Which is lost…” modifies “moment,” so it is an adjective clause.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct alternative which is closest in meaning to the given sentence: This is the ___________ chosen for the hospital complex to be built next year.
A)
locality
B)
area
C)
site
D)
sight
A “site” is the chosen place for a building.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of Imperative sentence: Let me make an effort to help you.
A)
Command
B)
Advice
C)
Request
D)
Proposal
“Let me make an effort…” is treated as a request for permission/action.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct alternative which is closest in meaning to the given sentence: The government instructed the soldiers to ___________ restraint and handle the situation meticulously.
A)
enforce
B)
show
C)
incur
D)
exhibit
“Show restraint” is the natural collocation.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: What kind of music do you want to dance to?
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
The sentence asks a question, so it is interrogative.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Analyze the following sentence and indicate the kind: The dress which you are wearing is expensive.
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
The relative clause “which you are wearing” makes it complex.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Choose the most suitable idiom to make the sentence meaningful: He was ___________ in the prime of life.
A)
cut for
B)
cut with
C)
cut off
D)
cut over
“Cut off in the prime of life” means died prematurely.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: You can talk as much as you want.
A)
Co-ordinate clause
B)
Noun clause
C)
Adjective clause
D)
Adverb clause
“As much as you want” modifies the verb “talk,” so it is an adverb clause.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: Can you help me find my shoes?
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
A question beginning “Can you…?” is interrogative.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Analyze the following sentence and indicate the kind: Dr. Radhakrishnan, our President, was a philosopher.
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
The appositive phrase does not create a second independent clause, so the sentence is simple.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct alternative which is closest in meaning to the given sentence: They are not rich but they always wear ___________ clothes.
A)
respected
B)
respectable
C)
respective
D)
respectful
Respectable means socially acceptable or worthy of respect.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: Everybody else went down to meet the train, but I did not.
A)
Co-ordinate clause
B)
Noun clause
C)
Adjective clause
D)
Adverb clause
“But I did not” is the second independent clause, so it is coordinate.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
The critical depth for a channel is given by:
A)
(q/g)^(1/2)
B)
(q/g)^(1/3)
C)
(q/g)^(1/4)
D)
(q/g)^(1/5)
For a rectangular channel, critical depth is yc=(q²/g)^(1/3).
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
What type of turbine is suitable to generate 8100 kW under a head of 81 m while working at a speed of 540 rpm?
A)
Pelton
B)
Kaplan
C)
Bulb
D)
Francis
The calculated specific speed is appropriate for a Francis turbine.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
For moderate discharge of 40-60 cumecs used and low fall heights of 1 to 1.5 m, which type of fall can be generally used?
A)
Vertical drop fall
B)
Ogee fall
C)
Glacis fall
D)
Baffle fall
A glacis fall is the standard choice for moderate discharge around 40–60 m³/s and low falls of about 1–1.5 m.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
The duty of a crop is 432 hectares per cumec when the base period of the crop is 100 days. The delta of the crop will be:
A)
100 cm
B)
200 cm
C)
432 mm
D)
864 cm
Δ=8.64×100/432 = 2.0 m = 200 cm.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
For subcritical flow in an open channel, the control section for gradually varied flow profile is:
A)
at the downstream end
B)
at the upstream end
C)
at both ends
D)
at any intermediate section
For subcritical flow, the downstream control section governs the gradually varied profile.
Assistant Soil Conservation Engineer • Paper-II
The maximum hydraulic efficiency of an impulse turbine is (where φ is angle of blade tip at outlet):
A)
(1+cosφ)/2
B)
(1-cosφ)/2
C)
(1+sinφ)/2
D)
(1-sinφ)/2
The maximum impulse-turbine hydraulic efficiency under the stated convention is (1+cosφ)/2.
