Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
What are the adjectives-a, an and the called?
A)
Articles
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
D)
None of these
Articles is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct type of Imperative for the sentence: 'Stop all your tantrums.'
A)
Command
B)
Advice
C)
Request
D)
proposal
Command is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct type of Imperative for the sentence: 'Leave the child right now.'
A)
Command
B)
Advice
C)
Request
D)
proposal
Command is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Select the right word which means ‘something huge’.
A)
Collusion
B)
behemoth
C)
trivial
D)
piety
behemoth is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: What he says has hardly any bearing __________ the lives of tribals.
A)
at
B)
for
C)
on
D)
with
on is correct because it gives the grammatically appropriate form or preposition required by the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Find the word which is a synonym for ‘berated’.
A)
Praised
B)
supervised
C)
reproached
D)
detained
The correct choice is reproached, which matches the required meaning of the word/idiom.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'Keep off the grass.'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Imperative is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: His conduct smacks __________ recklessness.
A)
in
B)
with
C)
of
D)
through
of is correct because it gives the grammatically appropriate form or preposition required by the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'Bravo! You have done it again.'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Exclamatory is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'What kind of house do you want to live in?'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Interrogative is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: The house __________ (auction) before we reached there.
A)
had been auctioned
B)
has been auctioned
C)
was auctioning
D)
auctioned
had been auctioned is correct because it gives the grammatically appropriate form or preposition required by the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: 'He carried the luggage in order to help the poor man.'
A)
co-ordinate clause
B)
noun clause
C)
adjective clause
D)
adverb clause
adverb clause is correct because the underlined group of words performs that grammatical function in the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: 'Those people whose names are on the list will go to camp.'
A)
Co-ordinate clause
B)
noun clause
C)
adjective clause
D)
adverb clause
adjective clause is correct because the underlined group of words performs that grammatical function in the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: The customer smashed his fist down __________ the table.
A)
into
B)
against
C)
on
D)
over
against is correct because it gives the grammatically appropriate form or preposition required by the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct type of Imperative for the sentence: 'Forgive us, we will not commit the same mistake again.'
A)
Command
B)
Advice
C)
Request
D)
proposal
Request is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Pick the option which is the antonym for ‘vicious’.
A)
Passive
B)
savage
C)
merciless
D)
cordial
The correct choice is cordial, which matches the required meaning of the word/idiom.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: Where does he __________ (go) to play in the evening.
A)
go
B)
went
C)
gone
D)
none of these
go is correct because it gives the grammatically appropriate form or preposition required by the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • 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
Simple is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Analyze the following sentence and indicate the kind: 'Tina was intelligent but didn’t make use of her intelligence and so she failed in the finals.'
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
Compound is the best answer because it directly satisfies the fact, principle, or condition asked in the question.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'Hey, no smoking in here!'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Imperative is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'Which do you prefer, apple or mango?'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Interrogative is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: 'After the chores are done, we will eat ice cream.'
A)
Co-ordinate clause
B)
noun clause
C)
adjective clause
D)
adverb clause
adverb clause is correct because the underlined group of words performs that grammatical function in the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Identify the type of sentence: 'I am no wine connoisseur, but I know what I like.'
A)
Declarative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Declarative is correct because the sentence's structure and purpose match that sentence type.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
What part of speech connects words or groups of words?
A)
Preposition
B)
Conjunction
C)
Interjection
D)
Noun
Conjunction is correct because the identified word functions as that part of speech in the sentence.
Education Officer • 2022 • General English Paper-II
Choose the right meaning of the idiom: 'To eat away'
A)
Finish
B)
corrode
C)
destroy
D)
eat up
The correct choice is corrode, which matches the required meaning of the word/idiom.
