Surveyor • General English
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: "What is your name?"
A)
affirmative
B)
negative
C)
interrogative
D)
assertive
'What is your name?' is interrogative.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase: Live like a maggot in _______.
A)
bacon
B)
salami
C)
faeces
D)
meat
The phrase is 'like a maggot in bacon', meaning very comfortably/abundantly supplied.
Surveyor • General English
From the first paragraph of the passage by Rabindranath Tagore, give a synonym for ‘deep’:
A)
Perspective
B)
Profound
C)
Tragedy
D)
Psychology
'Profound' is a synonym for deep.
Surveyor • General English
Choose the correct form: She knows _______ he will come back.
A)
which
B)
there
C)
when
D)
somewhere
'She knows when he will come back' is grammatically correct.
Surveyor • General English
Based on the passage about Martin Luther King Jr., what pushes King to speak: “I have a dream”?
A)
He reads out the Emancipation Proclamation
B)
He is prompted by Mahalia Jackson
C)
he is overwhelmed by the crowd
D)
Lincoln had asked him to give the speech
Mahalia Jackson prompted King to revive the 'I have a dream' passage.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase: Do something at the drop of a _______.
A)
cap
B)
hat
C)
ball
D)
pin
The phrase is 'at the drop of a hat'.
Surveyor • General English
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: "Everest is the highest mountain."
A)
comparative
B)
superlative
C)
relative
D)
positive
'Highest' is the superlative degree.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase: Are you still riding the _______?
A)
bike
B)
horse
C)
goat
D)
chariot
'Ride the high horse' is the standard idiom; the supplied item is likely intended to test 'horse'.
Surveyor • General English
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: "Sarah and Jessie are going swimming."
A)
simple
B)
compound
C)
abstract
D)
complex
It has one independent clause, so it is simple.
Surveyor • General English
From the RC given above, find a synonym for ‘respected’
A)
Cognitive
B)
Temptation
C)
Desire
D)
Revered
'Revered' means highly respected.
Surveyor • General English
Choose the correct form: Caste system is a _______ evil.
A)
social
B)
religious
C)
family
D)
international
The caste system is commonly described as a social evil.
Surveyor • General English
Indicate the correct meaning of the idiom: by leaps and bounds
A)
every day
B)
rapidly
C)
lazily
D)
slowly
'By leaps and bounds' means very rapidly.
Surveyor • General English
Indicate the correct meaning of the idiom: black and blue
A)
simply
B)
quickly
C)
severely
D)
deeply
'Black and blue' can mean badly bruised; among the choices, severely is the intended meaning.
Surveyor • General English
Choose the right alternative to fill in the gap: He was naturally very _______ as a child.
A)
talent
B)
talented
C)
talents
D)
talen
'Talented' is the correct adjective after 'very'.
Surveyor • General English
Indicate the correct meaning of the idiom: better – half
A)
son
B)
husband
C)
daughter
D)
wife
Your 'better half' commonly refers to your wife or husband; the given option is wife.
Surveyor • General English
According to Plato in the passage, when is true freedom available?
A)
When there is a struggle between the intellect and the body
B)
When our willpower helps us to overcome our base instincts
C)
When we desire that which we cannot achieve
D)
When we have no control over our ego
In Plato’s view, freedom involves willpower overcoming base instincts.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form: The other day, I was watching HBO’s live _______ of the Golden Globe Awards/
A)
coverage
B)
news
C)
news
D)
show
A live broadcast of an event is its coverage.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase: Make _______ while the sun shines.
A)
hay
B)
haste
C)
progress
D)
progress
The idiom is 'make hay while the sun shines'.
Surveyor • General English
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase: Feel a bit under the _______.
A)
pressure
B)
weather
C)
mood
D)
stress
'Under the weather' means feeling unwell.
Surveyor • General English
Choose the correct form: The _______ is a very fine epic.
A)
Mayagyata
B)
Mahabharat
C)
Chakravartin
D)
Two States
The Mahabharata is a major Indian epic.
Surveyor • General English
Choose the correct form: _______ was known for his wisdom and justice.
A)
Matthew
B)
Solomon
C)
Mark
D)
Luke
Solomon is traditionally known for wisdom and justice.
Surveyor • General English
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: "Hurrah! We have won."
A)
assertive
B)
exclamatory
C)
positive
D)
negative
'Hurrah!' signals an exclamatory sentence.
Surveyor • General English
Based on the passage, in front of whom does King speak?
A)
The civil rights supporters+
B)
His friends
C)
Lincoln
D)
The Negroes
King spoke before the assembled civil-rights supporters at the March on Washington.
