Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Raise is to lift as raze is to ____________.
A)
sustain
B)
uphold
C)
devise
D)
wreck
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Choose the answer which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part: Temperance in eating is conducive to health.
A)
moderation
B)
indulgence
C)
extravagance
D)
appeasement
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
It looked dark and heavy ____________ it was going to rain.
A)
as if
B)
unless
C)
until
D)
although
“As if” introduces the appearance or impression that something is happening.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Change the voice: Has anyone ever asked you for your opinion?
A)
Had you been asked for your opinion ever?
B)
Have you been asked for your opinion by anyone?
C)
Have your opinion been asked by anyone?
D)
Have you been asked your opinion by anyone?
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Combine the sentences: She is beautiful. She is smart also.
A)
She is beautiful but smart also
B)
She is beautiful so also she is smart
C)
She is not only beautiful but also smart
D)
She is not beautiful only but smart also
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Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: We desire to reap, therefore we sow.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
Compound-complex sentence
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Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Who speaks French in your family? – I ____________.
A)
am
B)
do
C)
have
D)
may
The auxiliary “do” is used to echo the verb “speaks”: “I do.”
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Substitute the sentence without changing its meaning: This is our camping place.
A)
Our camping is in this place
B)
Place of our camping is here
C)
This is the place where we camp
D)
This is the place of our camping
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Combine the sentences: He came late. I cannot tell the reason.
A)
He came late without the reason
B)
He came late telling no reason
C)
I cannot tell reason why he came late
D)
I cannot tell why he came late
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Did you notice that the son walks ____________ his father?
A)
like
B)
as
C)
at
D)
in
“Walks like his father” means he walks in a manner similar to his father.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Choose the answer which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part: A scientist generally carries out his investigation empirically.
A)
theoretically
B)
intuitively
C)
conjecturally
D)
verifiably
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
After she ____________ dancing, she went to bed.
A)
practised
B)
practiced
C)
had practised
D)
had practiced
The simple past “practised” matches the sequence of completed past actions.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Combine the sentences: You put it somewhere. Show me the place.
A)
Show me somewhere you put it
B)
Show me the place where you put it
C)
Show the place where you put it
D)
Show me where you put it
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Change the speech: She said, “Let us wait for the Chief Guest.”
A)
She proposed that they should wait for the Chief Guest
B)
She addressed that they should wait for the Chief Guest
C)
She asked that they should wait for the Chief Guest
D)
She requested that they should wait for the Chief Guest
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Substitute the sentence without changing its meaning: No other metal is as useful as iron.
A)
Iron is useful more than all metals
B)
Iron is the most useful of all metals
C)
Iron is the more useful of all metals
D)
Iron is most useful than any other metal
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Change the speech: “Take off your cap,” the father said to the son.
A)
The father asked his son to take off his cap
B)
The father ordered the son to take off his cap
C)
The father proposed the son take off his cap
D)
The father inquired the son to take off his cap
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Change the voice: He wrote that play.
A)
That play had been written by him
B)
That play was written by him
C)
That play is written by him
D)
That play has been written by him
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Substitute the sentence without changing its meaning: I offered him a chair.
A)
He was offered a chair
B)
A chair is offered him
C)
He had been offered a chair
D)
A chair will be offered him
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
If you gave your neighbour a hand with her groceries, you ____________.
A)
helped her
B)
bothered her
C)
avoided her
D)
shook her hands
'Give someone a hand' means to help them, so the answer is 'helped her'.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Change the speech: He said to her, “What a beautiful day!”
A)
He told her that it was a beautiful day
B)
He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day
C)
He happily said that it was a beautiful day
D)
He suggested that it was a beautiful day
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: Come when you like.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
Compound-complex sentence
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
My parents will have kittens if I am not home before curfew.
A)
be anxious and worried
B)
be very vengeful
C)
be nonchalant
D)
be infuriated
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Improve the underlined part: She could not cope up with the heavy rush.
A)
cope up to
B)
cope by
C)
cope with
D)
no improvement
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Substitute the sentence without changing its meaning: They know me.
A)
I am being known to them
B)
I was known to them
C)
I am known to them
D)
I have known to them
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
I cannot distinguish one twin ____________ the other.
A)
to
B)
for
C)
from
D)
at
The standard collocation is “distinguish one ... from the other.”
