Forest Ranger • General English-II
Fill in the blank by supplying the appropriate modal: 'You _________ read his latest book.'
A)
can
B)
should
C)
ought
D)
need
Advice/recommendation to read book: should.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He is willing, yet unable.'
A)
Verb
B)
Adjective
C)
Adverb
D)
Conjunction
'yet' joining two contrasting adjectives willing/ unable = coordinating conjunction.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Pick out the correct clause from the following sentence: 'I want to know what he thinks.'
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adjective clause
C)
Adverb clause
D)
None of these
'what he thinks' is object of 'know' -> noun clause.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: 'I am sure that he is doing his best.'
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
None of these
Main clause + noun clause 'that he is doing...' = complex.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He is as deaf as a post.'
A)
Conjunction
B)
Verb
C)
Preposition
D)
Adverb
'as...as' comparative; second 'as' introducing 'a post' functions as subordinating conjunction marking comparison.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: 'India is a powerful nation.'
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
None of these
One subject and predicate only = simple sentence.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Give one word for the following expression: 'The study of ancient societies.'
A)
Anthropology
B)
History
C)
Archaeology
D)
Ethnology
Study of ancient societies via remains = Archaeology.
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct: 'Increased productivity necessary reflects greater efforts made by the employees.'
A)
Increase in productivity necessary
B)
Increase of productivity necessary
C)
Increased productivity is necessary
D)
Increased productivity necessarily
Needs adverb 'necessarily' to modify verb 'reflects'; 'Increased productivity necessarily reflects...'
Forest Ranger • General English-II
Give one word for the following expression: 'One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in a cause.'
A)
pedant
B)
fanatic
C)
patriot
D)
martyr
Excessive mistaken enthusiasm for cause = fanatic.
