Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'Everything in the room was lying at sixes and sevens.'
A)
like numbers
B)
not in order
C)
in order
D)
uncountable
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the correct word to fill in the blank: 'We must ___________ ourselves to our surroundings.'
A)
adopt
B)
adept
C)
adapt
D)
adopting
To 'adapt' means to modify oneself to suit a new environment or conditions.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'He is on the wrong side of sixty.'
A)
below
B)
above
C)
under
D)
over
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option D is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'His voice gets on my nerves.'
A)
makes me sad
B)
irritates me
C)
pierces my eardrums
D)
makes me ill
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'I have seen many ups and downs in my life.'
A)
up hills and down hills
B)
grievances
C)
happiness
D)
joys and hardships
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option D is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Which of the following would correctly reflect the position of the author of the passage to the two reports mentioned in the first paragraph?
A)
Evaluative
B)
Critical
C)
Neutral
D)
Praiseful
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the correct word to fill in the blank: 'Being centrally located in the city, this is an ideal ___________ for the hospital.'
A)
cite
B)
sight
C)
site
D)
view
A 'site' is an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the appropriate verb-form to fill in the blank: 'At the end of the year my father will have retired and ___________ to our village.'
A)
gone back
B)
have gone back
C)
will have gone back
D)
going back
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option A is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'Continuous interrogation finally made the man spill the beans and the disaster was averted.'
A)
to give information
B)
to blurt out the truth
C)
to scatter the truth
D)
to scatter the beans
'Spill the beans' is an idiom meaning to reveal secret information.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the correct notion expressed by the following sentence: 'Whenever there is smoke, there is fire.'
A)
Imperative
B)
Assertive
C)
Interrogative
D)
Affirmative
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the italicised part: 'A posthumous award was given to the poet.'
A)
postal
B)
after death
C)
creditable
D)
literary
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Which of the following would indicate the same meaning as the phrase ‘go to bed hungry’ as it has been used in the passage?
A)
Malnutrition
B)
Insomnia
C)
Famine
D)
Undernourishment
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option D is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Which of the following is NOT put forward by the author of the passage as a defect of the reports?
A)
They highlight the problems of Indian women
B)
They contain outdated statistical data
C)
The reports have not suggested many new measures
D)
Some of them suggested many new measures
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option D is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the appropriate verb-form to fill in the blank: 'Robert’s career would have been ruined if he ___________ in the examination last year.'
A)
had not succeeds
B)
had not succeeded
C)
have not succeeded
D)
has not succeeded
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'Dr. Radha Krishnan was a man of letters.'
A)
a man who wrote many articles
B)
who received so many letters
C)
a learned man
D)
a man of many degrees
A 'man of letters' refers to a scholar or an author.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He congratulated me on my brilliant success.'
A)
adverb
B)
determiner
C)
adjective
D)
pronoun
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option C is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the correct notion expressed by the following sentence: 'I was not elected Prime Minister to harm my country.'
A)
Negative
B)
Assertive
C)
Affirmative
D)
Exclamatory
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option A is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence: 'Let us have this agreement in black and white.'
A)
with black ink on the white paper
B)
make it in writing
C)
agreement between the black and the English
D)
a peaceful agreement
'In black and white' means written down or printed, making it formal and binding.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Why does the author say that the reports are unable to convey a ‘fresh understanding of the issues’?
A)
The problems are dealt with superficially
B)
Old data are used in the reports
C)
Some of the development schemes are not dealt with
D)
Indian problems cannot be understood by foreigners
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option B is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words in the given sentence: 'As the clown entered the circus ring, the children began to laugh.'
A)
Noun Clause
B)
Adjective Clause
C)
Adverb Clause
D)
Co-ordinate Clause
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option C is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Analyse the given sentence and choose the correct option: 'I went in but I missed you and so I left.'
A)
Compound sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Simple sentence
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option A is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Analyse the given sentence and choose the correct option: 'Those stout, healthy boys play very well.'
A)
Compound sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Simple sentence
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option C is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'This book is unique.'
A)
verb
B)
adverb
C)
adjective
D)
abstract noun
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option C is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Identify the correct word to fill in the blank: 'The ___________ of hill stations is not suitable for asthmatic people'
A)
weather
B)
whether
C)
climate
D)
stormy weather
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option C is correct.
Senior Horticulture Demonstrator • General English
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the italicised part: 'Hybrid variety of plants generally yield better crops.'
A)
combined
B)
transplanted
C)
complex
D)
mixed
Based on English grammar and vocabulary rules, option D is correct.
