Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct notion expressed by the sentence: Can you solve this problem?
A)
Interrogative
B)
Negative
C)
Affirmative
D)
Imperative
Sentence ending with question mark asking for information, interrogative sentence.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: The school disclaimed responsibility of his death.
A)
deny
B)
accept
C)
refuse
D)
reject
'Disclaim' means deny, opposite is accept or acknowledge responsibility.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction: He doesn’t behave well __________ he hopes to get votes.
A)
beside
B)
hence
C)
nevertheless
D)
so
Concession despite poor behaviour expecting votes needs 'nevertheless'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Insert the appropriate article: He is __________ FBI agent.
A)
an
B)
the
C)
a
D)
none
FBI starts with vowel sound eff, so article 'an'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct notion expressed by the sentence: Barking dogs seldom bite.
A)
Assertive
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Negative
Statement of fact without command or question, declarative, known as assertive sentence.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct notion expressed by the sentence: Everyone was present at the meeting.
A)
Imperative
B)
Interrogative
C)
Affirmative
D)
Negative
Sentence affirms a fact positively without negation or question, affirmative/assertive.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: Hurrah! we have won the match.
A)
Interjection
B)
Exclamation
C)
Adverb
D)
Noun
Hurrah! expresses sudden emotion and is classified as an interjection; exclamation is not a formal part of speech.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction: He is poor __________ honest.
A)
but
B)
or
C)
either
D)
but also
Contrast poor vs honest requires adversative conjunction 'but'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: He has hardly any money.
A)
Conjunction
B)
Preposition
C)
Adverb
D)
Determiner
Hardly modifies quantity, functioning as adverb.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word: He was considered sycophants by his co-workers.
A)
optimist
B)
detractors
C)
benefactors
D)
flatterers
Sycophants are people who flatter to gain favour, so flatterers.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: He __________ for a walk every morning.
A)
goes
B)
went
C)
has gone
D)
was going
Habitual action every morning uses simple present 'goes'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank: He was declared winner by __________ decision.
A)
unbiased
B)
unbeatable
C)
unanimous
D)
unceasing
Winner by unanimous decision means all judges agreed.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: The doctor hit the nail on the head about my illness.
A)
to hit someone on the head
B)
precisely correct
C)
making false prediction
D)
doubtful
'Hit the nail on the head' means to be exactly right or precisely correct.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank: He was __________ for his bravery.
A)
awarded
B)
rewarded
C)
forwarded
D)
onward
Rewarded is used for recognizing bravery or service; awarded is for prizes or certificates.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: The arts flourished during the renaissance period.
A)
prosper
B)
deny
C)
wither
D)
multiply
Flourished means prospered or thrived; wither means to decline, its antonym.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: The dress she is wearing cost an arm and a leg.
A)
to get something for free
B)
cost nothing
C)
that covers her arm and leg
D)
Very expensive
'Cost an arm and a leg' means extremely high price, very expensive.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: Either you need to study harder or you need to drop the class.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Compound sentence
C)
Complex sentence
Two independent clauses joined by correlative conjunction 'Either...or', which defines a compound sentence.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: I __________ a film these days.
A)
have directed
B)
directed
C)
have been directing
D)
am directing
Ongoing project these days requires present continuous 'am directing'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the appropriate preposition: She came __________ her own Car.
A)
in
B)
on
C)
by
D)
with
Come in own car uses 'in' for private vehicle.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: He is afraid of fireworks.
A)
Noun
B)
Adverb
C)
Adjective
D)
Pronoun
Afraid describes the subject's state, functioning as predicate adjective.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: They wrote themselves a ‘Thank You’ note.
A)
Pronoun
B)
Adjective
C)
Verb
D)
Adverb
'Themselves' is reflexive form referring back to subject, a pronoun.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: The english test was a piece of cake.
A)
delicious
B)
very easy
C)
very hard
D)
hard enough
'Piece of cake' idiomatically means extremely easy task.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: Untill I find out who did this, I’ll leave no stone unturned.
A)
to do everything to achieve one’s goal
B)
to unturned stone
C)
to leave everything to someone
D)
to go away to another place.
'Leave no stone unturned' means make every possible effort to achieve goal.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank: Soil __________ cause many destruction in our state.
A)
eruption
B)
disintegration
C)
movement
D)
erosion
Soil erosion is the major cause of land destruction in hilly Mizoram; eruption applies to volcanoes.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify what kind of phrase the underlined words are: He nodded as if he understood.
A)
Noun phrase
B)
Adverb phrase
C)
Adjective phrase
'As if he understood' modifies verb 'nodded' describing manner, so adverb phrase/clause.
