Forest Ranger • General English-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He is always right.'
A)
Noun
B)
Adverb
C)
Pronoun
D)
Adjective
'always' modifies verb 'is right', indicates frequency => adverb.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: 'I told him _________'
A)
what the homework was
B)
what was to be the homework
C)
what was the homework
D)
what is the homework
Indirect speech keeps statement order and tense: 'what the homework was'.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined part: 'You should not get paranoid about what others think of you.'
A)
flattered by
B)
obsessed with
C)
influenced by
D)
upset by
Paranoid here means excessively anxious/obsessed about others' opinions.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the most suitable determiner to fill the blank: 'He slept _________ and felt better.'
A)
little
B)
the little
C)
a little
D)
a few
'a little' = some, slept a little and felt better (positive small quantity).
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: 'He said _________'
A)
that yesterday he gone downtown
B)
he go downtown yesterday
C)
he goes downtown yesterday
D)
he went downtown yesterday
Reported past action: 'he went downtown yesterday' maintains verb, no need for 'that' error.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank by supplying the appropriate modal: 'He has lost your book and he _________ not tell you.'
A)
must
B)
dare
C)
need
D)
ought
'dare not' is modal meaning have courage not to.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank by supplying the appropriate modal: '_________ he wait any longer?'
A)
ought
B)
dare
C)
need
D)
may
Need as semi-modal is used without 'to' in interrogative/negative for necessity: 'Need he wait any longer?' is idiomatic.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Give one word for the following expression: 'Because the orator’s speech was high flown and pretentious, the reporters termed it-'
A)
austere
B)
bombastic
C)
untruthful
D)
vituperative
High-flown pretentious speech = bombastic.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Pick out the correct clause from the following sentence: 'This is the house where I lived.'
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adjective clause
C)
Adverb clause
D)
None of these
'where I lived' modifies 'house' -> adjective clause with relative adverb where.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank by supplying the appropriate modal: 'You _________ have written to him yesterday.'
A)
ought to
B)
must
C)
used to
D)
need
Past obligation that wasn't fulfilled: ought to have written.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Pick out the correct clause from the following sentence: 'The idea why she spoke so is now clear.'
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adjective clause
C)
Adverb clause
D)
None of these
'why she spoke so' modifies the noun 'idea' as a relative clause -> adjective clause (appositive).
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He is in the right.'
A)
Noun
B)
Adverb
C)
Pronoun
D)
Adjective
'right' in 'in the right' denotes a state/position = noun (right vs wrong).
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: 'I think _________'
A)
today it is Wednesday
B)
today is Wednesday
C)
that today was Wednesday
D)
today be Wednesday
Correct statement complement is 'today is Wednesday'; tense matches present thinking.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: 'I know that you are a teetotaller.'
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
None of these
Main clause + noun clause 'that you are a teetotaller' = complex.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: 'I didn’t know _________'
A)
what he mean
B)
what did he mean
C)
what did he mean
D)
what he meant
Indirect question uses past tense without auxiliary do: 'what he meant'.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the most suitable determiner to fill the blank: 'I have not _________ time.'
A)
some
B)
many
C)
all
D)
much
Uncountable time requires much; many for countable.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Give one word for the following expression: 'Responsible according to law.'
A)
eligible
B)
legalized
C)
legitimate
D)
liable
Legally responsible = liable; eligible=qualified, legitimate=lawful.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense: 'How many pegs of wine _________ yesterday?'
A)
have you drank
B)
do you drink
C)
were you drinking
D)
did you drink
Question about yesterday needs simple past interrogative: did you drink?
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct: 'They would attend classes since the term began.'
A)
are attended
B)
would be attending
C)
should attend
D)
have been attending
'since the term began' signals perfect continuous: 'have been attending' from past to now.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Pick out the correct clause from the following sentence: 'Please listen to what he says.'
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adjective clause
C)
Adverb clause
D)
None of these
'what he says' is object of 'listen to' -> noun clause.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined part: 'A strange mental aberration often made her forget her own name.'
A)
eccentricity
B)
disorder
C)
insanity
D)
illusion
Mental aberration = deviation from normal mental state -> disorder.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct: 'Exercises and meditation seems to be a help men and women deal effectively with anxiety.'
A)
seems to be helping
B)
seem to have help
C)
seem to help
D)
seems to help
Compound subject 'Exercises and meditation' plural -> 'seem to help' not 'seems'.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense: 'He always _________ to prove that the earth revolves round the sun.'
A)
tried
B)
was trying
C)
tries
D)
is trying
Habitual universal truth with 'always' in present: tries.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Pick out the correct clause from the following sentence: 'That is the girl whom I love.'
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adjective clause
C)
Adverb clause
D)
None of these
'whom I love' modifies 'girl' -> adjective/relative clause.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined part: 'Even today many people are guided by abstruse moral values.'
A)
dangerous
B)
irrational
C)
impracticable
D)
obscure
Abstruse = hard to understand, obscure.
