Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
There is no hindrance ___ his going there.
A)
over
B)
on
C)
at
D)
to
Option D is correct: to.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
There is no exception ___ this rule.
A)
to
B)
with
C)
for
D)
about
Option A is correct: to.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Ingenuous (Choose the word nearest in meaning)
A)
misleading
B)
naive
C)
creative
D)
false
Option B is correct: naive.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Government by one man
A)
anarchy
B)
monarchy
C)
autocracy
D)
democracy
Option C is correct: autocracy.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Douglas had an aversion to water. (Identify the sentence type)
A)
Assertive Sentence
B)
Affirmative Sentence
C)
Optative Sentence
D)
Imperative Sentence
Option A is correct: Assertive Sentence.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
He said, “Hello, what are you doing?” (Choose the Indirect Speech)
A)
He greeted and asked me what I was doing
B)
He greeted and asked me what I had been doing
C)
He greeted and asked me what I have been doing
D)
He greeted and asked me what I am doing
Option A is correct: He greeted and asked me what I was doing.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Sporadic (Choose the word nearest in meaning)
A)
whirlwind
B)
epidemic
C)
stagnant
D)
occasional
Option D is correct: occasional.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
A commonplace remark
A)
remark
B)
statement
C)
platitude
D)
epigram
Option C is correct: platitude.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
They partook ___ our food and were satisfied.
A)
of
B)
with
C)
about
D)
from
Option A is correct: of.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
What is needed ___ not big houses but small cottages.
A)
is
B)
are
C)
were
D)
was
Option A is correct: is.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
There is rancour between the two friends. (Choose the opposite of 'rancour')
A)
animosity
B)
enmity
C)
devotion
D)
harmony
Option D is correct: harmony.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
The involvement of teachers in the scheme of education proved to be a mare’s nest (Meaning of 'a mare’s nest')
A)
a false invention
B)
asuccess
C)
anoble thing
D)
complex situation
Option D is correct: complex situation.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Respite (Choose the word nearest in meaning)
A)
short break
B)
fatigue
C)
illwill
D)
reform
Option A is correct: short break.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Histrionic (Choose the word nearest in meaning)
A)
historically important
B)
hypersensitive
C)
overdramatic
D)
inactive
Option C is correct: overdramatic.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
He lives in an apartment building. (Identify the sentence type)
A)
Declaratory Sentence
B)
Affirmative Sentence
C)
Exclamatory Sentence
D)
Imperative Sentence
Option A is correct: Declaratory Sentence.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
May you live long. (Identify the sentence type)
A)
Affirmative Sentence
B)
Exclamatory Sentence
C)
Optative Sentence
D)
Imperative Sentence
Option C is correct: Optative Sentence.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
An apple of discord (Meaning of the phrase)
A)
atreaty
B)
sour apple
C)
aquarrel
D)
the cause of contention
Option D is correct: the cause of contention.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
The girls said that the teacher had not come. (Choose the Direct Speech)
A)
The girls said, “The teacher have not come”
B)
The girls said, “The teacher did not come”
C)
The girls said, “The teacher isnot coming”
D)
The girls said, “The teacher was not coming”
Option B is correct: The girls said, “The teacher did not come”.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Parents pay through their nose for their children’s education (Meaning of 'pay through their nose')
A)
anextremely high price
B)
willingly
C)
grudgingly
D)
by taking loans
Option A is correct: anextremely high price.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
A person who is appointed by two parties to solve a dispute
A)
judge
B)
arbitrator
C)
advocate
D)
barrister
Option B is correct: arbitrator.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
I said to her, “Did you go away last year?” (Choose the Indirect Speech)
A)
lTasked her if she went away the previous year
B)
I told her whether she had gone away last year
C)
lasked her that she had gone away the previous year
D)
Iasked her whether she had gone away the previous year
Option D is correct: Iasked her whether she had gone away the previous year.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
Privy (Choose the word nearest in meaning)
A)
cautious
B)
secretive
C)
dishonest
D)
quiet
Option B is correct: secretive.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
No student and teacher ___ present.
A)
were
B)
are
C)
was
D)
have
Option C is correct: was.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
He is the sort of man who would do anything for a consideration (Meaning of 'for a consideration')
A)
in sympathy with the aggrieved
B)
if he were paid to do it
C)
out oflove
D)
after careful thought
Option B is correct: if he were paid to do it.
Steno Gr-III • 2024 • General English
After they ___ the work, they slept soundly.
A)
had finished
B)
have finished
C)
finished
D)
finish
Option A is correct: had finished.
