Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun: __________ of the two sisters is married.
A)
Each
B)
Neither
C)
None
D)
who
Of two sisters, negative choice is 'Neither'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: Newton __________ an apple fall.
A)
had seen
B)
saw
C)
seen
D)
have seen
Past event of Newton seeing apple uses simple past 'saw'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: People differ in terms of their innate abilities.
A)
acquired
B)
external
C)
inner
D)
unusual
'Innate' means inborn, opposite is acquired/learned later.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: Children should obey their parents.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Compound sentence
C)
Complex sentence
Single independent clause with subject-verb-object is simple sentence.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify what kind of phrase the underlined words are: Saturday became a cold wet afternoon.
A)
Noun phrase
B)
Adverb phrase
C)
Adjective phrase
'A cold wet afternoon' functions as subject complement and names a thing, so noun phrase.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: Very few books are as good as this.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
'As good as' pattern for equality indicates positive degree, typical of very-few + as...as construction.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: He is better than any other boy.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
'Better than any other' compares one to all others of group, structure of comparative degree.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: Meera is one of the most helpful students.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
'One of the most helpful' uses most + adjective for highest degree, superlative form.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: Mr Mawia __________ this place a month ago.
A)
left
B)
had left
C)
was leaving
D)
has been leaving
Specific past time 'a month ago' uses simple past 'left'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: The sun __________ in the east.
A)
rises
B)
rise
C)
rose
D)
risen
Universal truth uses simple present 'rises'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Insert the appropriate article: He is __________ 80 year old man.
A)
the
B)
none
C)
an
D)
a
80 pronounced eighty with vowel sound, so 'an 80 year old man'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: I don’t know who he is.
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adverb clause
C)
Adjective clause
'Who he is' is object of verb 'know', functioning as noun, so noun clause.
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.
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
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.
