Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct sentence from the given options below:
A)
The news is too good to be true.
B)
The news are too good to be true.
C)
The new is too good to be true.
D)
The news were too good to be true.
Option A is correct: The news is too good to be true..
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the part of speech of the word: He walks ‘fast’.
A)
Adjective
B)
Adverb
C)
Noun
D)
Verb
Option B is correct: Adverb.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the type of sentence: Leave me now. I have an important appointment to go to.
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Exclamatory
D)
Interrogative
Option B is correct: Imperative.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct answer: ‘ My voice reverberated ______the walls of the castle.’
A)
through
B)
with
C)
from
D)
across
Option A is correct: through.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct modal: He said he _____help me, but he never came.
A)
will
B)
would
C)
shall
D)
can
Option B is correct: would.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the type of Imperative sentence: Watch your mouth, young man.
A)
Command
B)
Request
C)
Advice
D)
Instruction
Option A is correct: Command.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the type of Imperative sentence: Let us all go for a swim tomorrow.
A)
Warning
B)
Instruction
C)
Proposal
D)
Prohibition
Option C is correct: Proposal.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct idiom meaning: ‘ to beat around the bush’.
A)
To speak directly.
B)
To avoid the main topic.
C)
To work hard.
D)
To fight in a forest.
Option B is correct: To avoid the main topic..
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct modal: You _____take an umbrella .It might rain.
A)
should
B)
must
C)
could
D)
would
Option A is correct: should.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
One word for ‘Government by the people.’
A)
Monarchy
B)
Democracy
C)
Autocracy
D)
Aristocracy
Option B is correct: Democracy.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct modal: You _______not smoke in the hospital. It is prohibited.
A)
can
B)
may
C)
must
D)
would
Option C is correct: must.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct Part of Speech for the underlined word: The lion and the unicorn fought for the crown.
A)
Adverb
B)
Preposition
C)
Conjunction
D)
Interjection
Option C is correct: Conjunction.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Replace the underlined idiom with the correct or nearest in meaning: His oily tongue has won him promotion.
A)
soft speech
B)
flattery
C)
word power
D)
fluency in speech
Option B is correct: flattery.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct sentence from the given options below:
A)
I prefer coffee than tea.
B)
I prefer coffee to tea.
C)
I prefer coffee over tea.
D)
I prefer coffee more than tea.
Option B is correct: I prefer coffee to tea..
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct modal: She ______speak Hindi when she was just five years old.
A)
can
B)
may
C)
will
D)
could
Option D is correct: could.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the correct one : ‘ One who makes an official examination of accounts.’
A)
Amateur
B)
Auditor
C)
Apostate
D)
Anarchist
Option B is correct: Auditor.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Select the correct spelling:
A)
Grievance
B)
Greivance
C)
Grivance
D)
Grevience
Option A is correct: Grievance.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct one-word substitution for: ‘ A person who speaks many languages.’
A)
Linguist
B)
Polyglot
C)
Billingual
D)
Translator
Option B is correct: Polyglot.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct part of speech of the underlined word: You must behave nicely in front of your betters.
A)
Noun
B)
Verb
C)
Adverb
D)
Adjective
Option C is correct: Adverb.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Identify the figure of speech: As cool as a cucumber.
A)
Metaphor
B)
Simile
C)
Rhythm
D)
Imagery
Option B is correct: Simile.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: The foreign policy of our country is full of milk and water.
A)
essential goods
B)
weak ideas
C)
small items
D)
bold vision
Option B is correct: weak ideas.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank: Everyday last week my mother _____ a plate.
A)
breaks
B)
broke
C)
was breaking
D)
broken
Option B is correct: broke.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: Once false move and I’m done for.
A)
chosen
B)
confirmed
C)
ruined
D)
stopped
Option C is correct: ruined.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the correct determiner: Whatever _____ money she had, she gave to her brother.
A)
few
B)
many
C)
much
D)
little
Option D is correct: little.
Departmental (other) • 2026 • Paper-I
Choose the correct part of speech of the underlined word: Round up the boys in the hall.
A)
Verb
B)
Adverb
C)
Conjunction
D)
Adjective
Option A is correct: Verb.
