Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
The albatross is the largest ____________ the web-footed birds.
A)
in
B)
of
C)
on
D)
by
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.”
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
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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
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: 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
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
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
Combine the sentences: What have you done? Tell me.
A)
Tell me what have you done
B)
Tell me what you have done
C)
Tell me you have done what
D)
Tell what you have done
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
He ____________ to the gym every week.
A)
has gone.
B)
is going
C)
goes
D)
was going
The habitual adverbial phrase “every week” takes the simple present: “goes.”
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: I knew where I could find him.
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
Combine the sentences: We heard no answer. We rang the bell again.
A)
We rang the bell we heard no answer again
B)
We rang the bell again we heard no answer
C)
Hearing no answer again the bell we rang
D)
Hearing no answer we rang the bell again
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: If you do not hurry you will miss the programme.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Compound sentence
D)
Compound-complex sentence
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Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
I did not buy it ____________ the price.
A)
because
B)
because of
C)
for
D)
toward
“Because of” is followed by a noun phrase: “because of the price.”
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
If your father got rid of his old hat, he ____________.
A)
loaned it to his friends
B)
kept it for the future
C)
acquired it for keepsake
D)
no longer has it
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Improve the underlined part: They knocked down seven houses when they built the new road.
A)
preserved
B)
pulled down
C)
overhauled
D)
no improvement
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Combine the sentences: He is slow. He is sure.
A)
He is slow to be sure
B)
He is slow so he is sure
C)
He is slow but he is sure
D)
He is slow if sure
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: What is true cannot perish.
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
Change the speech: He asked her to go with him.
A)
He said to her, “Go with me.”
B)
He said to her, “Come to me.”
C)
He said to her, “Come along.”
D)
He said to her, “Come with me.”
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Identify the kind of sentence: He was not only fined but also sent to prison.
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
When I arrived, mother ____________ for me.
A)
was waiting
B)
is waiting
C)
had waited
D)
had been waiting
An action in progress when another past action occurred takes the past continuous: “was waiting.”
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Choose the answer which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part: He has a propensity for getting into debt.
A)
tendency
B)
tangency
C)
antipathy
D)
aversion
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
We are leaving for Paris next week.
A)
withdraw to
B)
advancing from
C)
going away from
D)
travelling to
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Amity is to ____________ as enmity is to hostility
A)
rancor
B)
animus
C)
friendship
D)
melee
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
Geologist Junior • 2020 • General English Paper-II
Improve the underlined part: When we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus.
A)
has run
B)
had run
C)
was running
D)
no improvement
Selected the option that matches the required grammar, meaning, or usage.
