Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Synonym of the word: Miniature
A)
tiny
B)
maximum
C)
minimum
D)
large
Option A is correct: tiny.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction or preposition: _______ his illness, he was able to successfully complete his studies.
A)
inspite
B)
inlievof
C)
despite
D)
by dint of
Option C is correct: despite.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Antonym of the word: Eternal
A)
internal
B)
ephemereal
C)
incessant
D)
permanent
Option B is correct: ephemereal.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Identify the Part of Speech of the underlined word: It is surreal how much Jane resembles Mary.
A)
Adverb
B)
Verb
C)
Adjective
D)
Noun
Option C is correct: Adjective.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Identify the Part of Speech of the underlined word: Macbeth’s great sin was his vanity.
A)
Noun
B)
Adjective
C)
Adverb
D)
Verb
Option A is correct: Noun.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Convert the sentence to Simple: Exercise regularly, otherwise you will not be fit.
A)
Exercise regularly to not be fit
B)
Exercise regularly to stay fit
C)
Exercise regularly, hence you will not be fit
D)
Exercise regularly. You will not be fit
Option B is correct: Exercise regularly to stay fit.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Synthesize the sentences (Use a Noun): What she had done was enormous. It shocked everyone.
A)
The enormity of what she had done shocked everyone
B)
What she had done was so enormous that it shocked everyone
C)
The enormousity of what she had done shocked everyone
D)
The enomourness of what she had done shocked everyone
Option A is correct: The enormity of what she had done shocked everyone.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Synonym of the word: Escalate
A)
soar
B)
high
C)
plummet
D)
low
Option A is correct: soar.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Synonym of the word: Brutal
A)
peaceful
B)
violent
C)
strong
D)
weak
Option B is correct: violent.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate adjective or adverb: He looked calm on the outside, but he was panicking _______.
A)
internately
B)
innerly
C)
insidedly
D)
internally
Option D is correct: internally.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction or preposition: He lives _______ Khatla.
A)
at
B)
on
C)
in
D)
inside
Option A is correct: at.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Synonym of the word: Benevolent
A)
cruel
B)
intelligent
C)
insane
D)
kind
Option D is correct: kind.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction or preposition: The property was divided _______ the three children.
A)
between
B)
within
C)
among
D)
along
Option C is correct: among.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Convert the sentence to Complex: I know the answer.
A)
Iknow. The answer
B)
That the answer is known to me
C)
[know the answer is
D)
Iknow what the answer is
Option D is correct: Iknow what the answer is.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate adjective or adverb: He was a _______ student who performed very well.
A)
bride
B)
bridge
C)
brite
D)
bright
Option D is correct: bright.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Convert the sentences to Complex: They ate a stale cookie. They got a stomachache.
A)
They ate a stale cookie as they got a stomachache
B)
Getting a stomachache, they ate a stale cookie
C)
As they ate a stale cookie, as they got a stomachache
D)
After they ate a stale cookie, they got a stomachache
Option D is correct: After they ate a stale cookie, they got a stomachache.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: To lose one’s touch
A)
to miss somebody
B)
to lose one’s fortune
C)
to losea skill you once had
D)
to no longer keep in contact with someone
Option C is correct: to losea skill you once had.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: To get over something
A)
to fool someone
B)
to become unaffected by something
C)
to collect things
D)
to quit a bad habit
Option B is correct: to become unaffected by something.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Identify the Part of Speech of the underlined word: He ate the chocolate greedily.
A)
Verb
B)
Adjective
C)
Adverb
D)
Preposition
Option C is correct: Adverb.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Identify the Part of Speech of the underlined word: The teacher said that we should not talk during class.
A)
Verb
B)
Preposition
C)
Adverb
D)
Adjective
Option A is correct: Verb.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Give the Synonym of the word: Lethal
A)
legal
B)
fine
C)
deadly
D)
coarse
Option C is correct: deadly.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Synthesize the sentences (Use Noun phrase in apposition): Mary is our new nurse. She is a pretty girl.
A)
Mary isa pretty girl who is our new nurse
B)
Mary is our new nurse as well as a pretty girl
C)
Mary is not only a nurse but also a pretty girl
D)
Mary, a pretty girl, is our new nurse
Option D is correct: Mary, a pretty girl, is our new nurse.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Transform the sentence to Comparative Degree: Para is the most courageous soldier in the regiment.
A)
Para is more courageous than any other soldier in the regiment
B)
Para is courageouser than any other soldier in the regiment
C)
No other soldier in the regiment is as courageous as Para
D)
Para is the more courageous soldier in the regiment
Option A is correct: Para is more courageous than any other soldier in the regiment.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate adjective or adverb: I prefer the former to the _______
A)
later
B)
latent
C)
letter
D)
latter
Option D is correct: latter.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: To be loaded
A)
to be always ready and alert
B)
to struggle with money
C)
to bea genuine person
D)
to have a lot of money
Option D is correct: to have a lot of money.
