Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the synonym of the given word: Bounty
A)
Plentiful
B)
Penalty
C)
Petty
D)
Reward
Option D is correct: Reward.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase: All his efforts ended in smoke.
A)
brought good results
B)
came to nothing
C)
were put to fire
D)
were overwhelming
Option B is correct: came to nothing.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the one-word substitute for: A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics etc.
A)
store
B)
boutique
C)
reticule
D)
cubicle
Option B is correct: boutique.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Complete the sentence with the suitable alternative: Do not make rash decisions on the _______ of the moment.
A)
spore
B)
spoor
C)
spear
D)
spur
Option D is correct: spur.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the synonym of the given word: Impromptu
A)
Unreal
B)
Offhand
C)
Prepared
D)
Important
Option B is correct: Offhand.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: If you live in a corrupt society, you cannot easily rise ________ the prevailing corruption.
A)
against
B)
over
C)
above
D)
under
Option C is correct: above.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: He accused me ____ selling secret information to the enemy.
A)
with
B)
by
C)
in
D)
of
Option D is correct: of.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase: The police department was in a fix about the threatening calls sent by the militants.
A)
secretive
B)
in a dilemma
C)
at ease
D)
in the process of solving
Option B is correct: in a dilemma.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the one-word substitute for: Rule by mob
A)
tyranny
B)
plutocracy
C)
mobocracy
D)
pantisocracy
Option C is correct: mobocracy.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: There was nothing he could do ______ wait.
A)
except
B)
from
C)
to
D)
above
Option A is correct: except.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Complete the sentence with the suitable alternative: My bank loan ______________ in five years time.
A)
will be paid off
B)
will pay off
C)
be paying off
D)
will be having paid
Option A is correct: will be paid off.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the alternative which best expresses the same meaning in Direct/Indirect Speech: He proposed that they should wait for the award.
A)
He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’
B)
He said to us, ‘ We will wait for the award”.
C)
He said that we should wait for the award.
D)
The proposal is to wait for the award.
Option A is correct: He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: I was fascinated _____ her manners and looks.
A)
with
B)
by
C)
at
D)
in
Option B is correct: by.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: After a week-long strike, the workers took to the path of collision when the chairman intervened.
A)
retaliation
B)
atonement
C)
reconciliation
D)
exposition
Option C is correct: reconciliation.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the synonym of the given word: Ploy
A)
Investigation
B)
Composure
C)
Device
D)
Exit
Option C is correct: Device.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase: In our country the poor have to struggle hard to keep the wolf from the door.
A)
to avoid the politicians
B)
to work persistently
C)
to strictly lock the door
D)
to avoid starvation
Option D is correct: to avoid starvation.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: He is terrible ____ public speaking.
A)
through
B)
in
C)
with
D)
at
Option D is correct: at.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the alternative which best expresses the same meaning in Direct/Indirect Speech: He inquired whether his name was not Ahmed.
A)
He said, ‘Is your name not Ahmed?’
B)
He said to him, ‘Is not your name Ahmed?’
C)
He asked Ahmed what his name was.
D)
He said to Ahmed, ‘What is your name?’
Option B is correct: He said to him, ‘Is not your name Ahmed?’.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the alternative which best expresses the same meaning in Direct/Indirect Speech: She said, ‘Alas! I am undone.’
A)
She cried that she was undone.
B)
She was surprised that she was done for.
C)
She shouted with sadness that she had undone.
D)
She exclaimed sadly that she was undone.
Option D is correct: She exclaimed sadly that she was undone..
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Analyse the following sentence and choose the correct answer: If only I were safe at home!
A)
Optative Sentence
B)
Exclamatory Sentence
C)
Complex Sentence
D)
Comparative Sentence
Option B is correct: Exclamatory Sentence.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Select the alternative which best expresses the same meaning in Direct/Indirect Speech: I said to him, ‘ Please wait here till I return.’
A)
I asked him to wait till I return.
B)
I promised to wait till he returned.
C)
‘Please wait here,’ said he to me.
D)
I requested him to wait there till I returned.
Option D is correct: I requested him to wait there till I returned..
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase: He is accused of sitting on the fence.
A)
watching the scene
B)
disturbing the peace
C)
hesitating which side to take
D)
resting on the fence
Option C is correct: hesitating which side to take.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase: We kept our fingers crossed till the final results were declared.
A)
kept praying
B)
waited anxiously
C)
kept hopeful
D)
waited confidently
Option C is correct: kept hopeful.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate Preposition: Mr. Johnson will take _____ as the new Principal tomorrow.
A)
up
B)
after
C)
over
D)
on
Option C is correct: over.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-I
Analyse the following sentence and choose the correct answer: Tell me where you live.
A)
Compound Sentence
B)
Assertive Sentence
C)
Complex Sentence
D)
Interrogative Sentence
Option C is correct: Complex Sentence.
