Exam Details
| Subject | ||
| Paper | paper 1 | |
| Exam / Course | mains | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | maharashtra public service commission | |
| Position | assistant | |
| Exam Date | 2013 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, |
Question Paper
61 Choose the antonym for the word underlined in the sentence given: Absolute powers cannot be vested in an individual.
Perfect
Unqualified
Partial
Arbitrary
62 Recognize the parts of speech of the underlined words
Youth is the time when the seeds of character are sown.
Noun
Adverb clause
Adjective clause
Noun clause
63 Choose a suitable replacement for the underlined phrase.
He found the gold coins as he cleans the floor.
as he had cleaned
while he cleans
while he is cleaning
while cleaning
64 He is sorrowful. but still hopeful.
Identify the type of the sentence.
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Complex -Compound sentence
65 Make one sentence of the two:
Ann took some photographs
Have you seen them
Answer Options
Have you seen the photographs Ann took
Ann took some photographs and have you seen them.
Have·you seen the photographs that Ann took?
Have you seen the photographs which Ann took?
66 It is a very spacious for constructing a nursing home.
Pick out the correct word to complete the sentence.
cite
site
sight
seat
67 Very few things are as useful as wood.
Select the alternative which can be the correct comparative degree of the above sentence.
Wood is more useful than any other things.
Wood is more useful than many other things.
Wood is more useful than most other things.
No other thing is as useful as wood.
68 Change into Indirect Speech:
She said to him, "What is it that makes you so much stronger and braver than any other man
She asked him what was it that made him so much stronger and braver than any other man.
She asked him that what was it that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
She said him that what was that, that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
She stated him that what was that, that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
69 Complete the following sentence:
Sanatorium is
a place for the sick to recover health
a place for old people
a home for orphans
a home for lunatics
70 Choose the correct meaning of the word underlined.
He is noted for his benevolent nature.
generous
flexible
pleasing
brave
71 Correct the spelling of underlined word No physique can cure
physique
physic
physics
features
Answer Options
is correct
and are correct
is correct
is correct
72 Choose the correct alternative
I [am to leave, would leave, was to leave, was to have left] on Thursday. had a terrible cold. So decided to wait till Saturday. But on Thursday I
am to leave
would leave
was to leave
was to have left
73 Identify the group of words speit correctly:
digresion, equilibrium, dilemma, equivalent.
digression, equilibrium, dilemma, equivalent.
digression, equillibrium, dilemma, equivelent.
digression, equilibrium, dilema, equivelent.
74 Change into reported speech: The mother said, "Run away children, do not disturb me".
The mother ordered the children to run away and forbade them to disturb her.
The mother said to children to run away and not to disturb her.
The mother asked children to run away and not to disturb her.
The mother told children not to disturb her and run away.
75 If the usage of a suffix makes the word into then which will be the correct suffix to use for the word 'betray'
betrayfy
betrayfic
betrayal
betrayen
76 Which part of speech the word'above' belongs to in the given sentence? The moral law is above the civil.
Noun
Adjective
Preposition
Adverb
77 He deals dry fruits.
Pick out the correct alternative to complete the sentence.
in
out
with
by
78 Choose the correct meaning of the idiom underlined in the sentence given:
He got the doors slammed in his face.
hitting his face
banged up
stuck tight
closed shut in anger
79 I need interpreters in my surgery who speak Punjabi, Urdu and Gujarathi.
Pick out the correct alternative to make the sentence meaningful.
may
should
must
can
80 Virdhawal Khade practices in such a way that he will win Gold Medal.
Identify the type of the clause underlined.
Noun clause
Adjective clause
Adverb clause of purpose
Adverb clause of result
81 The best sources of include water, wind and solar power.
Pick out the correct alternative to complete the sentence.
but
however
yet
though
82 My friend decided in marketing as he wants to be a marketing manager. (Special)
Add the correct suffix to the given word to make the sentence meaningful.
__ization
83 You thought it was still six
Pick out the conect alternative to complete the sentence.
did you
didn't you
was it
wasn't you
84 You must take heart and face life boldly.
Pick out the conect meaning of the underlined phrase.
Feel bold
Feelexcessively
Feel glad
Feel superior
85 Pick out the conect word to fill in the blank:
I did not know it until you
speaking
were spoken
speak
spoke
86 Gavaskar was the star of Indian cricket.
An elephant is a wise animal.
Pick out the correct sentences.
Only is correct
Only is conect
Both and are correct
Both and are incorrect
87 The tallest of the players was injured.
Ram as well as Shyam was present.
Identify the conect sentences.
Answer Options
Only is correct
Only is correct
Both and are correct
Both and are incorrect
88 Choose the conect alternative
so many books? How are you going to read them?
Need you to buy
Need you buy
Must you need buy
Need you have to buy
89 The causal relation between nutritious diet and good health is well known.
Pick out the conect meaning of the word underlined:
occasional
irregular
useful
denoting cause
90 Read the answer options and recognise the type of sentence given:
Let him be taken away.
Active -Imperative
Active -Exclamatory
Passive -Statement
Passive -Imperative
91 Choose the conect options for the conversion of the follOWing sentence into complex. Let me alone, and I shall do the work much better.
If you let me alone, I shall do the work much better.
When I am alone, I shall do the work much better.
If I am alone, I shall do the work much better.
I shall do the work much better; Let me alone.
Answer Options
only
only
and only
and only
92 Give the meaning of underlined words.
It won't be long before you have the world, literally at your finger tips and the ability to conununicate at work or play.
near your finger tips
to have everything, easily accessible
to do anything
advance in a particular situation
93 Meena is not highly educated but she has the gift of the gab.
Choose the correct meaning of the underlined part.
flattering words
good personality
a blent of acting
art of speaking
94 In the sentence given, state which is the exact meaning of the word
The race of ginseng is difficult to find.
Nationality
Contest
Root
Track
95 Find out the clause used in the sentence:
An author who was famous during the freedom struggle lived in that cottage which overlooks the lake.
Noun clause
Adverb clause
Adjectival clause
None of these
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
"People very often complain that poverty is a great evil and that it is not possible to be happy unless one has a lot of money. Actually, this is not necessarily true. Even a poor man, living in a small hut with none of the comforts and luxuries of life, may be quite contented with his lot and achieve a measure of happiness.. On the other hand, a very rich man, living in a palace, and enjoying everything that money can buy, may still be miserable, if, for example, he does not enjoy good health, or his only son has taken to evil ways. Apart from this, he may have a lot of business worries which keep him on tenterhooks most of the time. There is a limit to what money can buy and there are many things which are necessary for a man's happiness and which money cannot procure.
Real happiness is a matter of the right attitude, and the capacity of being contented with whatever you have is the most important ingredient of this attitude".
96. May still be miserable. The underlined phrase means.
poor
dejected
ill-tempered
disagreeable
97. It is true that
Complete the sentence choosing the correct alternative.
money alone cannot give happiness.
money alone can give happiness.
money always give happiness.
money seldom gives happiness.
98. The most appropriate title to the passage is
The key of happiness
Poverty, a curse of life
Money and contentment
Contentment, a key to happiness
99. The phrase "on tenterhooks" means:
in a state of forgetfulness
in a state of thoughtfulness
in a state of anxiety
in a state of sadness
100. Identify the true statement from the following:
Only the rich man can be happy.
A poor but contented man is always happy.
A poor and contented man can never be happy.
A poor but contented man can be happy.
Perfect
Unqualified
Partial
Arbitrary
62 Recognize the parts of speech of the underlined words
Youth is the time when the seeds of character are sown.
Noun
Adverb clause
Adjective clause
Noun clause
63 Choose a suitable replacement for the underlined phrase.
He found the gold coins as he cleans the floor.
as he had cleaned
while he cleans
while he is cleaning
while cleaning
64 He is sorrowful. but still hopeful.
Identify the type of the sentence.
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Complex -Compound sentence
65 Make one sentence of the two:
Ann took some photographs
Have you seen them
Answer Options
Have you seen the photographs Ann took
Ann took some photographs and have you seen them.
Have·you seen the photographs that Ann took?
Have you seen the photographs which Ann took?
66 It is a very spacious for constructing a nursing home.
Pick out the correct word to complete the sentence.
cite
site
sight
seat
67 Very few things are as useful as wood.
Select the alternative which can be the correct comparative degree of the above sentence.
Wood is more useful than any other things.
Wood is more useful than many other things.
Wood is more useful than most other things.
No other thing is as useful as wood.
68 Change into Indirect Speech:
She said to him, "What is it that makes you so much stronger and braver than any other man
She asked him what was it that made him so much stronger and braver than any other man.
She asked him that what was it that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
She said him that what was that, that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
She stated him that what was that, that made him so braver and stronger than any other man.
69 Complete the following sentence:
Sanatorium is
a place for the sick to recover health
a place for old people
a home for orphans
a home for lunatics
70 Choose the correct meaning of the word underlined.
He is noted for his benevolent nature.
generous
flexible
pleasing
brave
71 Correct the spelling of underlined word No physique can cure
physique
physic
physics
features
Answer Options
is correct
and are correct
is correct
is correct
72 Choose the correct alternative
I [am to leave, would leave, was to leave, was to have left] on Thursday. had a terrible cold. So decided to wait till Saturday. But on Thursday I
am to leave
would leave
was to leave
was to have left
73 Identify the group of words speit correctly:
digresion, equilibrium, dilemma, equivalent.
digression, equilibrium, dilemma, equivalent.
digression, equillibrium, dilemma, equivelent.
digression, equilibrium, dilema, equivelent.
74 Change into reported speech: The mother said, "Run away children, do not disturb me".
The mother ordered the children to run away and forbade them to disturb her.
The mother said to children to run away and not to disturb her.
The mother asked children to run away and not to disturb her.
The mother told children not to disturb her and run away.
75 If the usage of a suffix makes the word into then which will be the correct suffix to use for the word 'betray'
betrayfy
betrayfic
betrayal
betrayen
76 Which part of speech the word'above' belongs to in the given sentence? The moral law is above the civil.
Noun
Adjective
Preposition
Adverb
77 He deals dry fruits.
Pick out the correct alternative to complete the sentence.
in
out
with
by
78 Choose the correct meaning of the idiom underlined in the sentence given:
He got the doors slammed in his face.
hitting his face
banged up
stuck tight
closed shut in anger
79 I need interpreters in my surgery who speak Punjabi, Urdu and Gujarathi.
Pick out the correct alternative to make the sentence meaningful.
may
should
must
can
80 Virdhawal Khade practices in such a way that he will win Gold Medal.
Identify the type of the clause underlined.
Noun clause
Adjective clause
Adverb clause of purpose
Adverb clause of result
81 The best sources of include water, wind and solar power.
Pick out the correct alternative to complete the sentence.
but
however
yet
though
82 My friend decided in marketing as he wants to be a marketing manager. (Special)
Add the correct suffix to the given word to make the sentence meaningful.
__ization
83 You thought it was still six
Pick out the conect alternative to complete the sentence.
did you
didn't you
was it
wasn't you
84 You must take heart and face life boldly.
Pick out the conect meaning of the underlined phrase.
Feel bold
Feelexcessively
Feel glad
Feel superior
85 Pick out the conect word to fill in the blank:
I did not know it until you
speaking
were spoken
speak
spoke
86 Gavaskar was the star of Indian cricket.
An elephant is a wise animal.
Pick out the correct sentences.
Only is correct
Only is conect
Both and are correct
Both and are incorrect
87 The tallest of the players was injured.
Ram as well as Shyam was present.
Identify the conect sentences.
Answer Options
Only is correct
Only is correct
Both and are correct
Both and are incorrect
88 Choose the conect alternative
so many books? How are you going to read them?
Need you to buy
Need you buy
Must you need buy
Need you have to buy
89 The causal relation between nutritious diet and good health is well known.
Pick out the conect meaning of the word underlined:
occasional
irregular
useful
denoting cause
90 Read the answer options and recognise the type of sentence given:
Let him be taken away.
Active -Imperative
Active -Exclamatory
Passive -Statement
Passive -Imperative
91 Choose the conect options for the conversion of the follOWing sentence into complex. Let me alone, and I shall do the work much better.
If you let me alone, I shall do the work much better.
When I am alone, I shall do the work much better.
If I am alone, I shall do the work much better.
I shall do the work much better; Let me alone.
Answer Options
only
only
and only
and only
92 Give the meaning of underlined words.
It won't be long before you have the world, literally at your finger tips and the ability to conununicate at work or play.
near your finger tips
to have everything, easily accessible
to do anything
advance in a particular situation
93 Meena is not highly educated but she has the gift of the gab.
Choose the correct meaning of the underlined part.
flattering words
good personality
a blent of acting
art of speaking
94 In the sentence given, state which is the exact meaning of the word
The race of ginseng is difficult to find.
Nationality
Contest
Root
Track
95 Find out the clause used in the sentence:
An author who was famous during the freedom struggle lived in that cottage which overlooks the lake.
Noun clause
Adverb clause
Adjectival clause
None of these
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
"People very often complain that poverty is a great evil and that it is not possible to be happy unless one has a lot of money. Actually, this is not necessarily true. Even a poor man, living in a small hut with none of the comforts and luxuries of life, may be quite contented with his lot and achieve a measure of happiness.. On the other hand, a very rich man, living in a palace, and enjoying everything that money can buy, may still be miserable, if, for example, he does not enjoy good health, or his only son has taken to evil ways. Apart from this, he may have a lot of business worries which keep him on tenterhooks most of the time. There is a limit to what money can buy and there are many things which are necessary for a man's happiness and which money cannot procure.
Real happiness is a matter of the right attitude, and the capacity of being contented with whatever you have is the most important ingredient of this attitude".
96. May still be miserable. The underlined phrase means.
poor
dejected
ill-tempered
disagreeable
97. It is true that
Complete the sentence choosing the correct alternative.
money alone cannot give happiness.
money alone can give happiness.
money always give happiness.
money seldom gives happiness.
98. The most appropriate title to the passage is
The key of happiness
Poverty, a curse of life
Money and contentment
Contentment, a key to happiness
99. The phrase "on tenterhooks" means:
in a state of forgetfulness
in a state of thoughtfulness
in a state of anxiety
in a state of sadness
100. Identify the true statement from the following:
Only the rich man can be happy.
A poor but contented man is always happy.
A poor and contented man can never be happy.
A poor but contented man can be happy.