Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Pick out the correct part of speech of the italicized word: None of my lost books was found.
A)
Adverb
B)
Adjective
C)
Pronoun
D)
Verb
In the sentence "None of my lost books was found," the italicized word is "None." Here, "none" stands for "not one" and refers to the books, so it functions as a pronoun. It is not an adverb, adjective, or verb.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Choose the correct vocabulary to complete the sentence: Her success was not due to luck but to her _________ efforts.
A)
sporadic
B)
relentless
C)
casual
D)
indifferent
The sentence means her success came from strong, continuous effort, not from chance. "Relentless" means persistent and unceasing, which fits well. The other options do not match the positive meaning: "sporadic" = irregular, "casual" = relaxed or careless, and "indifferent" = unconcerned.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Pick out the correct part of speech of the italicized word: He was a man fertile in resource.
A)
noun
B)
adverb
C)
adjective
D)
interjection
In the phrase "fertile in resource," the word "fertile" describes the noun "man" by giving a quality or characteristic. Words that describe nouns are adjectives. So, the correct part of speech is adjective. The other options are incorrect because a noun names a person/place/thing, an adverb modifies a verb/adjective/adverb, and an interjection expresses sudden emotion.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Identify the correct form of sentence: I have no time that I can waste on idle talk.
A)
Simple Sentence
B)
Compound Sentence
C)
Complex Sentence
D)
None of these
The sentence 'I have no time that I can waste on idle talk' contains a main clause ('I have no time') and a dependent adjective clause ('that I can waste on idle talk'). A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is a complex sentence. It is not a simple sentence because it has a subordinate clause, and it is not a compound sentence because there is no coordination of two independent clauses.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Which is the correct Clause to complete the sentence? “The teacher asked me _________ .”
A)
where was I going
B)
where I go
C)
where I was going
D)
where am I going
This is an indirect speech (reported question). In reported speech, the question form changes to statement order and the tense usually backshifts: “Where are you going?” becomes “where I was going.” So the correct sentence is: “The teacher asked me where I was going.” Options (a) and (d) keep direct-question word order, and (b) has the wrong tense.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Identify the underlined phrase: “She spoke in a very soft voice.”
A)
Adjective phrase
B)
Adverb phrase
C)
Noun Phrase
D)
Verb phrase
The phrase "in a very soft voice" tells us **how** she spoke, so it functions as an **adverb phrase**. It modifies the verb "spoke".
- **Adjective phrase**: modifies a noun, not a verb.
- **Noun phrase**: acts as a noun subject/object.
- **Verb phrase**: contains a main verb with auxiliaries, not this phrase.
Therefore, the correct answer is **Adverb phrase**.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Complete the blank using the most appropriate determiner: She was born _____ 1960.
A)
at
B)
in
C)
on
D)
by
We use the preposition/determiner 'in' with years, months, and centuries. So the correct sentence is: 'She was born in 1960.' 'At' is used for specific points of time, 'on' for dates and days, and 'by' means not later than.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Complete the blank using the most appropriate determiner: The picture is hanging ___________ the wall.
A)
at
B)
on
C)
of
D)
for
The correct phrase is "hanging on the wall." We use "on" to show contact with a surface. "At" is used for a point, "of" shows possession or relation, and "for" indicates purpose.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Identify the type of sentence: “ She enjoys reading books every evening.”
A)
Imperative
B)
Affirmative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
The sentence “She enjoys reading books every evening.” is a simple statement that gives information. It is not asking a question, giving a command, or expressing strong emotion. Therefore, it is an affirmative sentence. Imperative sentences give orders, interrogative sentences ask questions, and exclamatory sentences express surprise or strong feeling.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Pick out the correct part of speech of the italicized word: What happened next?
A)
adverb
B)
verb
C)
interjection
D)
adjective
In the sentence "What happened next?", the italicized word "next" tells us the time/order of the action. Words that modify a verb by showing time, place, manner, or degree are adverbs. Here, "next" modifies "happened" and works as an adverb. It is not a verb, interjection, or adjective.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Select the alternative that expresses the same meaning in Direct / Indirect Speech: “Have you anything to tell me, little bird?” asked Ulysses.
A)
Ulysses asked of the bird if it has anything to tell him.
B)
Ulysses asked the bird whether it had anything to tell him.
C)
Ulysses asked the little bird if there is anything to tell him.
D)
Ulysses asked to the bird whether it has anything to tell him.
The direct question is in the past tense: “Have you anything to tell me?” In indirect speech, the reporting verb is past (“asked”), so the tense in the reported speech usually shifts back: “have” becomes “had,” and “me” becomes “him.” Also, yes/no questions are introduced by “whether” or “if.” Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Why others are wrong:
- (a) uses “has” instead of the correct past tense “had.”
- (c) uses present tense “is,” which is incorrect in reported speech.
- (d) is ungrammatical: we say “asked the bird,” not “asked to the bird.”
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Complete the blank using the most appropriate determiner: I have been waiting _______ more than two hours.
A)
till
B)
some
C)
for
D)
to
The correct phrase is "waiting for more than two hours." The preposition/determiner-like connector "for" is used to indicate duration after verbs like "wait."
- "till" refers to time up to a point, not duration after "waiting."
- "some" does not fit grammatically here.
- "to" is not used with "wait" in this structure.
So the sentence becomes: "I have been waiting for more than two hours."
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Complete the blank using the most appropriate determiner: She is interested _______ dancing.
A)
in
B)
at
C)
On
D)
to
The correct phrase is "interested in". We say someone is interested in a hobby, activity, or subject. So: "She is interested in dancing." The other options do not form the correct collocation.
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: Growing up in the mountains, I’ve been surrounded by people who are the salt of the earth.
A)
Sensitive people
B)
Good and honest people
C)
Hard-working people
D)
Simple and carefree people
"Salt of the earth" is an idiom used for people who are very good, honest, humble, and dependable. It does not mean sensitive, merely hard-working, or simple and carefree. Hence, the correct option is (b).
Labour Officer • 2026 • General English
Choose the correct preposition: Passengers may leave bulky articles under the stairs ____ the conductor’s permission.
A)
with
B)
by
C)
at
D)
for
The correct phrase is **"with the conductor’s permission"**, meaning having the conductor’s approval. So the sentence becomes: *Passengers may leave bulky articles under the stairs with the conductor’s permission.*
Why others are incorrect:
- **by**: does not fit the meaning here.
- **at**: used for place/time expressions, not permission.
- **for**: does not express approval or consent.
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
What is the difference between computer architecture and computer organization?
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
Magnetron is commonly used in:
A)
Radar systems
B)
Satellite communication
C)
Audio amplifiers
D)
Optical fiber
A magnetron is a high-power microwave oscillator. Its most common application is in radar systems, where it generates the microwave energy needed for transmitting pulses. It is not used for satellite communication (which typically uses klystrons, TWTs, or solid-state amplifiers), nor for audio amplifiers or optical fiber systems.
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
A memory system has a total of 8 memory chips, each with 12 address lines and 4 data lines. The total size of the memory system is
A)
16 kbytes
B)
32 kbytes
C)
48 kbytes
D)
64 k bytes
Correct option A: 16 kbytes
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
Which of the following devices cannot be used as a microwave oscillator?
A)
IMPATT diode
B)
TRAPATT diode
C)
PN Junction diode
D)
BARITT diode
Microwave oscillators are typically made using negative-resistance devices such as IMPATT, TRAPATT, and BARITT diodes. These devices can generate high-frequency microwave signals. A normal PN junction diode does not exhibit the required negative resistance or avalanche/transit-time behavior needed for microwave oscillation, so it cannot be used as a microwave oscillator.
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
ASCII is used for:
A)
Image representation
B)
Text representation
C)
Audio representation
D)
Video representation
ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is a character encoding standard used to represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and control characters in computers. Therefore, it is used for text representation. Image, audio, and video data are represented using different encoding formats, not ASCII.
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
In Pascal, begin and end are used to:
A)
Declare variables
B)
Mark program blocks
C)
Define loops
D)
End program
In Pascal, `begin` and `end` are block delimiters used to group multiple statements into a single program block. This is common in procedures, functions, loops, and conditional statements. They do not declare variables, define loops by themselves, or only end the entire program.
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
I/O devices are connected to CPU through 16-bit
A)
Registers
B)
Buses
C)
ALU
D)
Control unit
Correct option B: Buses
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
Channel capacity increases with:
A)
Higher SNR
B)
Lower bandwidth
C)
Higher redundancy
D)
Lower entropy
Correct option A: Higher SNR
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
Power measurement at microwave frequencies uses:
A)
Bolometer
B)
Multimeter
C)
Oscilloscope
D)
Spectrum analyzer
Correct option A: Bolometer
Labour Officer • 2026 • Paper-III
Huffman coding is an example of:
A)
Lossless compression
B)
Lossy compression
C)
Error correction
D)
Modulation
Correct option A: Lossless compression
