Exam Details
| Subject | ||
| Paper | paper 1 | |
| Exam / Course | mains | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | maharashtra public service commission | |
| Position | sales tax inspector | |
| Exam Date | 2011 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, |
Question Paper
131 Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank:
The of the film was not very interesting.
Late
Later
Latter
Latest
132 Choose the correct option and fill in the blank
The past of India is inspiring for today's generation.
Dubious
Glorious
Glory
Outrageous
133 Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman in India.
Choose an option giving the comparative degree of the underlined adjective:
No other batsman in India is as good as Sachin Tendulkar.
All batsmen in India are inferior to Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar is better than any other batsmen in India.
None of the above.
134 Choose the correct article from the options:
is a precious metal.
The
An
A
No article
135 She was a very attractive girl.
Choose the alternative giving an opposite of the underlined adjective:
Bad
Worse
Repulsive
Good
136 Ladakh is colder than Kashmir.
Choose the alternative with positive degree:
Ladakh is more colder than Kashmir.
Kashmir is not so cold as Ladakh.
Kashmir is less colder than Ladakh.
Ladakh is cold compared to Kashmir.
137 The principal promised not to punish him if he called spade a spade.
The meaning of the phrase call spade a spade' is
Pay money
Flatter
Call names
Tell frankly
138 My friend called my mother and for
Choose the correct pronoun from the options:
I
Me
My
Mine
139 Choose the appropriate relative pronoun:
All I narrated was not understood by him.
That
Which
Those
What
140 Choose suitable verb-form:
The train at 6.30 p.m. everyday.
Arrives
Will arrive
Arriving
Would arrive
141 Choose the correct article:
I met European in the market.
A
An
The
None of these
142 Use the right preposition:
Why don't you go your friend?
With
By
Along with
Away
143 Use the right preposition:
of introduction he made, some patient remarks.
Of
By
With
For
144 Choose the correct alternative
She broke the glass a hundred pieces.
Into
Of
For
With
145 The child ran the road, mother ran after him.
Choose the correct alternative:
In
On
Across
By
146 Choose the correct alternative:
He is not well yesterday.
Since
By
Of
Before
147 Choose the right preposition:
It is natural for a human being to wish money.
Of
To
By
For
148 The audience applauded the dancer's performance.
Choose the alternative changing the voice.
The dancer's performance was applauded by the audience.
The dancer's performance applauded the audience.
The audience would applaud the dancer's performance.
None of the above.
149 Choose the correct alternative:
He walked so fast that overtake him.
Can
Could
Will
Would
150 The campaign of the college festival is in full swing.
Choose the alternative explaining the meaning of the underlined idiom.
Swinging
Fast
Very active
Full
151 What a terrible fire this is Choose the right punctuation at the end of the sentence
Full stop
Comma
Exclamation
Question mark
152 The police caught the thief red-handed.
Choose the alternative indicating meaning of the underlined word.
With red hands
Red free
Hands turning red
In the very act of
committing the theft
153 Choose the right alternative:
What would you give to new generation?
Advice
Advise
Advised
Advisory
154 Choose the reported speech alternative:
Meena said, "How clever I am
Meena said, "I am very clever".
Meena said she is clever.
Meena exclaimed that she was very clever.
Meena said that she is clever.
155 Choose the option indicating the meaning of the idiom:
The boss in my office does not know what happens under his nose.
Below his nose
In his very presence
With him
To his juniors
156 Convert into simple sentence:
The convict said that he was innocent.
The convict said, "he is innocent".
The convict said, "1 am innocent".
The convict talked he was innocent.
The convict declared his innocence.
157 Use positive degree:
She is richer than me.
I am not so rich as her.
She is more rich.
I am poor.
She is rich, not me.
158 Choose the affirmative of the following:
Nobody was absent.
All were present.
Everyone was present.
Everyone was absent.
All were not absent.
159 Choose the option of complex sentence of the following:
She worked hard to get the promotion.
She worked hard and got promotion.
She worked hard getting promotion.
She worked hard so that she might get promotion.
None of the above.
160 Choose the alternative of simple sentence:
He wept since he was punished.
He was punished, so he wept.
He wept because he was punished.
On being punished, he wept.
He was weeping because of punishment.
161 Choose the correct article from the following to fill in the blank:
His sister is M.A. in History.
a
an
the
no article
162 Choose the alternative of compound sentence:
When he saw the tiger, he paused.
When he would see the tiger he would pause.
Seeing the tiger, he paused.
He paused while seeing the tiger.
He saw the tiger and paused.
163 Choose the alternative using sooner than'
As soon as he entered, he removed his blazer.
No sooner did he enter than he removed his blazer.
No sooner he entered, he removed his blazer.
No sooner he enters, he removes his blazer.
None of the above
164 Choose the right alternative:
There should not be a prejudice any community.
with
for
of
against
165 Choose the alternative indicating the meaning of the underlined word:
There is a dearth of research in pure sciences.
dying
little
lot
damaging
166 Convert into reported speech:
The teacher said, "I am very busy now."
The teacher said she is very busy now.
The teacher said that she is very busy now.
The teacher said that she was busy.
The teacher said that she was very busy then.
167 Choose the right preposition:
She is indifferent what people talk.
to
of
with
by
Read the passage and answer 168 to 173
India's Poverty Index I India Shining? India's poverty index presents a dismal picture, as its poverty figures hover around 42 per cent in the year 2005. This raises a serious question about India's rhetoric of 'inclusive growth' or 'reforms with a human face'. The graphic depict India's comparative position with that of the other countries fighting this social malady, spanning a period between 1980 and 2005. One cannot but laud the success achieved by China, which began at 84% in the year 1980, but has its poverty figures at 14% in the year 2005. The same is the case with other developing countries, which successfully fought the shameful figure of60% to reduce poverty to 15% in 2005. India can draw solace from the fact that sub-sahran countries have done worse than her. One must ask who is responsible for this pathetic state of affairs? What is shining? India or its poverty?
168. The word 'dismal' means
Depressing
Attractive
Good
Dismissed
169. Poverty is a noun, the adjective of the same is
Pure
Poor
Povertiness
Power
170. The main theme of the passage is
Poverty index of India
Figures of poverty
China and India
Poverty graph
171. To laud the success means
to talk about the success
to love the success
to appreciate the success
to be proud of the success
172. State which of the following statements is true
Subsaharan countries have done worse than India in terms of poverty index.
Poverty figures in China have increased.
Poverty figures in India have increased.
Developing countries have a rising poverty index.
173. 'Social malady' refers to
Population
Growth
Poverty
None of the above
174 Teacher asked two students the answer of a question, but Choose the option to fill in the blank:
none
either
both
neither of them knew.
175 You always blow your own trumpet.
The meaning of the underlined phrase is
speaking what one likes
speaking sense
to boast
producing peculiar sound
176 Choose the correct option: I the child a few minutes ago.
have seen
has seen
saw
had seen
177 She's right,
Choose the correct option:
is she
isn't it
she is
isn't she
178 I gave him he wanted.
that
what
which
that which
179 Fill in the gap with a suitable option:
He has looked but he cannot find his spectacles.
nowhere
everywhere
anywhere
somewhere
180 It is a public holiday. open today, bad luck!
Fill in the blank with correct option:
everything
nothing
something
none of the above
181 Choose the correct answer from options below:
Potato and onion -which of these grow on trees?
One of them grow on trees
None of them grows on trees
Some of them grows on trees
Few of them grows on trees
182 Choose the correct sentence:
I usually play tennis on weekends.
I am usually playing tennis on weekends.
I was usually playing tennis on weekends
None of the above
183 Choose the right article:
Mrs. Patil has fever.
a
an
the
no article
184 Fill in the blank with correct option:
I have not travelled by plane
yet
till now
as of now
none of the above
185 Choose the right option:
When I was a student, I visit the library frequently.
would
used to
could
none of these
186 Choose the correct option:
How many assignments at a time? How can you manage them?
did you take up
do you take up
will you be taking
would you take
187 Choose the correct option of modal verb:
The people following him his party supporters.
may be
can be
would be
might be
188 Choose the right connector: Gauri likes dancing her sister likes reading.
but
whereas
because
hence
189 Choose the right alternative:
Ram cannot walk very fast he is very tall.
though
but
SInce
so that
190 Choose the right option:
Television stifles rather than the imagination.
encourages
enhances
stimulates
threatens
191 She felt bad about being rude to her teachers.
Choose the option indicating meaning of the underlined word:
repressed
regretted
forgot
encouraged
192 If you her she would have come.
Use the correct verb form:
call
called
had called
would call
193 The closer we got to the
Choose the correct option:
the louder was the noise
the noise was louder
the louder the noise was
the noise was the louder
194 Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel prize for literature.
Choose the correct option:
awarded
is awarded
was awarded
has been awarded
195 I her offer if I were you.
Choose the correct option:
will accept
accept
would accept
accepted
A Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
So often these days we hear and speak of 'the conquest of Nature', 'the taming of a river', 'the war against insects', and so on. Often these phrases are used without consciously attaching any values to them, but they have underlying them an attitude of hostility towards Nature and Nature's creatures, a view point which seems to assume Nature as an enemy that needs to be vanquished. Alternatively, Nature is seen merely as a 'resource' to be 'exploited' -take the maximum out of it,regardless of what this does to natural processes and to other creatures which depend on these processes. It is this attitude which sees fellow humans too as a resource to be exploited or other human communities as enemies to be conquered.
There is a growing lack of sensitivity and respect for our fellow creatures. This attitude is being drilled into child by social forces, which can only be countered by environmental education. Yet, sadly, in most cases this is not done. What is done is talk about the food web and the energy cycles and ecological balance and how removal of any element disrupts the whole system and how this can affect human beings too. What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with Nature and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the opposite takes place. A classic example of this is making of a her barium, or even worse, and insect collection, as common in both formal and non-formal education in India. A child is often encouraged to pluck leaves and flowers and run after butterflies with a net and is part of a large group of children similarly marauding a patch of nature individual "specimens" pressed in the plant file or trapped in a jar. It is even worse when the activity is also competitive i.e. who collects the maximum. A lot of knowledge may be gained, but it is gained in a value system which emphasizes exploitation and conquest, not sensitivity and respect. Learning under a tree, (Shantivan) rather than in a classroom, as is indeed the Indian tradition, is far more effective and long lasting.
The alternative is to take up activities where ecobalances, ecological diversity, animal behavior, human plurality and other such concepts and systems are introduced with the stress on their intrinsic worth. Materials, processes, living beings do not exist only for human use, but more importantly they are worthwhile in themselves. A frog is as much in love with its life as the human child is with its; the feeling of the . frog must be respected. The final thrust of environment education seems to be embodied in the vital question: Am I doing something which disrespects or violates some other creature's right to live and live freely? If! am, what can I do to minimize the damage I am causing?
Once again, the Indian tradition of ahimsa comes out as infinitely more relevant, than much of what we learn in modern education.
196. According to the writer the frequently used phrase 'conquest ofNature' by people indirectly suggests
man's superiority over Nature
man's hostile attitude towards Nature and Nature's creatures
Nature as man's enemy deserving to be vanquished.
Nature as a resource to be exploited -take the maximum of it
197. The writer is of the view that
there is growing lack of sensitivity and respect for the objects of Nature as living ones.
there is growing lack of sensitivity and respect for the human beings.
the present day education is killing sensitivity in child for others.
as the child grows in age he becomes self-centred.
198. According to the writer the environmental education being given lacks
interaction with other human beings
interaction with Nature
interaction with Nature and other humans
interaction with other living beings
199. The writer says that the present day educational system
emphasises conquest ofNature
emphasises exploitation of Nature to benefit human being
emphasises exploitation and conquest ofNature, not sensitivity and respect for it
encourages the possessive instinct of the child
200. The writer finds 'ahimsa' today
irrelevant in modern education
more relevant than much of what we learn in modern education
impracticable
highly beneficial to all
The of the film was not very interesting.
Late
Later
Latter
Latest
132 Choose the correct option and fill in the blank
The past of India is inspiring for today's generation.
Dubious
Glorious
Glory
Outrageous
133 Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman in India.
Choose an option giving the comparative degree of the underlined adjective:
No other batsman in India is as good as Sachin Tendulkar.
All batsmen in India are inferior to Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar is better than any other batsmen in India.
None of the above.
134 Choose the correct article from the options:
is a precious metal.
The
An
A
No article
135 She was a very attractive girl.
Choose the alternative giving an opposite of the underlined adjective:
Bad
Worse
Repulsive
Good
136 Ladakh is colder than Kashmir.
Choose the alternative with positive degree:
Ladakh is more colder than Kashmir.
Kashmir is not so cold as Ladakh.
Kashmir is less colder than Ladakh.
Ladakh is cold compared to Kashmir.
137 The principal promised not to punish him if he called spade a spade.
The meaning of the phrase call spade a spade' is
Pay money
Flatter
Call names
Tell frankly
138 My friend called my mother and for
Choose the correct pronoun from the options:
I
Me
My
Mine
139 Choose the appropriate relative pronoun:
All I narrated was not understood by him.
That
Which
Those
What
140 Choose suitable verb-form:
The train at 6.30 p.m. everyday.
Arrives
Will arrive
Arriving
Would arrive
141 Choose the correct article:
I met European in the market.
A
An
The
None of these
142 Use the right preposition:
Why don't you go your friend?
With
By
Along with
Away
143 Use the right preposition:
of introduction he made, some patient remarks.
Of
By
With
For
144 Choose the correct alternative
She broke the glass a hundred pieces.
Into
Of
For
With
145 The child ran the road, mother ran after him.
Choose the correct alternative:
In
On
Across
By
146 Choose the correct alternative:
He is not well yesterday.
Since
By
Of
Before
147 Choose the right preposition:
It is natural for a human being to wish money.
Of
To
By
For
148 The audience applauded the dancer's performance.
Choose the alternative changing the voice.
The dancer's performance was applauded by the audience.
The dancer's performance applauded the audience.
The audience would applaud the dancer's performance.
None of the above.
149 Choose the correct alternative:
He walked so fast that overtake him.
Can
Could
Will
Would
150 The campaign of the college festival is in full swing.
Choose the alternative explaining the meaning of the underlined idiom.
Swinging
Fast
Very active
Full
151 What a terrible fire this is Choose the right punctuation at the end of the sentence
Full stop
Comma
Exclamation
Question mark
152 The police caught the thief red-handed.
Choose the alternative indicating meaning of the underlined word.
With red hands
Red free
Hands turning red
In the very act of
committing the theft
153 Choose the right alternative:
What would you give to new generation?
Advice
Advise
Advised
Advisory
154 Choose the reported speech alternative:
Meena said, "How clever I am
Meena said, "I am very clever".
Meena said she is clever.
Meena exclaimed that she was very clever.
Meena said that she is clever.
155 Choose the option indicating the meaning of the idiom:
The boss in my office does not know what happens under his nose.
Below his nose
In his very presence
With him
To his juniors
156 Convert into simple sentence:
The convict said that he was innocent.
The convict said, "he is innocent".
The convict said, "1 am innocent".
The convict talked he was innocent.
The convict declared his innocence.
157 Use positive degree:
She is richer than me.
I am not so rich as her.
She is more rich.
I am poor.
She is rich, not me.
158 Choose the affirmative of the following:
Nobody was absent.
All were present.
Everyone was present.
Everyone was absent.
All were not absent.
159 Choose the option of complex sentence of the following:
She worked hard to get the promotion.
She worked hard and got promotion.
She worked hard getting promotion.
She worked hard so that she might get promotion.
None of the above.
160 Choose the alternative of simple sentence:
He wept since he was punished.
He was punished, so he wept.
He wept because he was punished.
On being punished, he wept.
He was weeping because of punishment.
161 Choose the correct article from the following to fill in the blank:
His sister is M.A. in History.
a
an
the
no article
162 Choose the alternative of compound sentence:
When he saw the tiger, he paused.
When he would see the tiger he would pause.
Seeing the tiger, he paused.
He paused while seeing the tiger.
He saw the tiger and paused.
163 Choose the alternative using sooner than'
As soon as he entered, he removed his blazer.
No sooner did he enter than he removed his blazer.
No sooner he entered, he removed his blazer.
No sooner he enters, he removes his blazer.
None of the above
164 Choose the right alternative:
There should not be a prejudice any community.
with
for
of
against
165 Choose the alternative indicating the meaning of the underlined word:
There is a dearth of research in pure sciences.
dying
little
lot
damaging
166 Convert into reported speech:
The teacher said, "I am very busy now."
The teacher said she is very busy now.
The teacher said that she is very busy now.
The teacher said that she was busy.
The teacher said that she was very busy then.
167 Choose the right preposition:
She is indifferent what people talk.
to
of
with
by
Read the passage and answer 168 to 173
India's Poverty Index I India Shining? India's poverty index presents a dismal picture, as its poverty figures hover around 42 per cent in the year 2005. This raises a serious question about India's rhetoric of 'inclusive growth' or 'reforms with a human face'. The graphic depict India's comparative position with that of the other countries fighting this social malady, spanning a period between 1980 and 2005. One cannot but laud the success achieved by China, which began at 84% in the year 1980, but has its poverty figures at 14% in the year 2005. The same is the case with other developing countries, which successfully fought the shameful figure of60% to reduce poverty to 15% in 2005. India can draw solace from the fact that sub-sahran countries have done worse than her. One must ask who is responsible for this pathetic state of affairs? What is shining? India or its poverty?
168. The word 'dismal' means
Depressing
Attractive
Good
Dismissed
169. Poverty is a noun, the adjective of the same is
Pure
Poor
Povertiness
Power
170. The main theme of the passage is
Poverty index of India
Figures of poverty
China and India
Poverty graph
171. To laud the success means
to talk about the success
to love the success
to appreciate the success
to be proud of the success
172. State which of the following statements is true
Subsaharan countries have done worse than India in terms of poverty index.
Poverty figures in China have increased.
Poverty figures in India have increased.
Developing countries have a rising poverty index.
173. 'Social malady' refers to
Population
Growth
Poverty
None of the above
174 Teacher asked two students the answer of a question, but Choose the option to fill in the blank:
none
either
both
neither of them knew.
175 You always blow your own trumpet.
The meaning of the underlined phrase is
speaking what one likes
speaking sense
to boast
producing peculiar sound
176 Choose the correct option: I the child a few minutes ago.
have seen
has seen
saw
had seen
177 She's right,
Choose the correct option:
is she
isn't it
she is
isn't she
178 I gave him he wanted.
that
what
which
that which
179 Fill in the gap with a suitable option:
He has looked but he cannot find his spectacles.
nowhere
everywhere
anywhere
somewhere
180 It is a public holiday. open today, bad luck!
Fill in the blank with correct option:
everything
nothing
something
none of the above
181 Choose the correct answer from options below:
Potato and onion -which of these grow on trees?
One of them grow on trees
None of them grows on trees
Some of them grows on trees
Few of them grows on trees
182 Choose the correct sentence:
I usually play tennis on weekends.
I am usually playing tennis on weekends.
I was usually playing tennis on weekends
None of the above
183 Choose the right article:
Mrs. Patil has fever.
a
an
the
no article
184 Fill in the blank with correct option:
I have not travelled by plane
yet
till now
as of now
none of the above
185 Choose the right option:
When I was a student, I visit the library frequently.
would
used to
could
none of these
186 Choose the correct option:
How many assignments at a time? How can you manage them?
did you take up
do you take up
will you be taking
would you take
187 Choose the correct option of modal verb:
The people following him his party supporters.
may be
can be
would be
might be
188 Choose the right connector: Gauri likes dancing her sister likes reading.
but
whereas
because
hence
189 Choose the right alternative:
Ram cannot walk very fast he is very tall.
though
but
SInce
so that
190 Choose the right option:
Television stifles rather than the imagination.
encourages
enhances
stimulates
threatens
191 She felt bad about being rude to her teachers.
Choose the option indicating meaning of the underlined word:
repressed
regretted
forgot
encouraged
192 If you her she would have come.
Use the correct verb form:
call
called
had called
would call
193 The closer we got to the
Choose the correct option:
the louder was the noise
the noise was louder
the louder the noise was
the noise was the louder
194 Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel prize for literature.
Choose the correct option:
awarded
is awarded
was awarded
has been awarded
195 I her offer if I were you.
Choose the correct option:
will accept
accept
would accept
accepted
A Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
So often these days we hear and speak of 'the conquest of Nature', 'the taming of a river', 'the war against insects', and so on. Often these phrases are used without consciously attaching any values to them, but they have underlying them an attitude of hostility towards Nature and Nature's creatures, a view point which seems to assume Nature as an enemy that needs to be vanquished. Alternatively, Nature is seen merely as a 'resource' to be 'exploited' -take the maximum out of it,regardless of what this does to natural processes and to other creatures which depend on these processes. It is this attitude which sees fellow humans too as a resource to be exploited or other human communities as enemies to be conquered.
There is a growing lack of sensitivity and respect for our fellow creatures. This attitude is being drilled into child by social forces, which can only be countered by environmental education. Yet, sadly, in most cases this is not done. What is done is talk about the food web and the energy cycles and ecological balance and how removal of any element disrupts the whole system and how this can affect human beings too. What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with Nature and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the opposite takes place. A classic example of this is making of a her barium, or even worse, and insect collection, as common in both formal and non-formal education in India. A child is often encouraged to pluck leaves and flowers and run after butterflies with a net and is part of a large group of children similarly marauding a patch of nature individual "specimens" pressed in the plant file or trapped in a jar. It is even worse when the activity is also competitive i.e. who collects the maximum. A lot of knowledge may be gained, but it is gained in a value system which emphasizes exploitation and conquest, not sensitivity and respect. Learning under a tree, (Shantivan) rather than in a classroom, as is indeed the Indian tradition, is far more effective and long lasting.
The alternative is to take up activities where ecobalances, ecological diversity, animal behavior, human plurality and other such concepts and systems are introduced with the stress on their intrinsic worth. Materials, processes, living beings do not exist only for human use, but more importantly they are worthwhile in themselves. A frog is as much in love with its life as the human child is with its; the feeling of the . frog must be respected. The final thrust of environment education seems to be embodied in the vital question: Am I doing something which disrespects or violates some other creature's right to live and live freely? If! am, what can I do to minimize the damage I am causing?
Once again, the Indian tradition of ahimsa comes out as infinitely more relevant, than much of what we learn in modern education.
196. According to the writer the frequently used phrase 'conquest ofNature' by people indirectly suggests
man's superiority over Nature
man's hostile attitude towards Nature and Nature's creatures
Nature as man's enemy deserving to be vanquished.
Nature as a resource to be exploited -take the maximum of it
197. The writer is of the view that
there is growing lack of sensitivity and respect for the objects of Nature as living ones.
there is growing lack of sensitivity and respect for the human beings.
the present day education is killing sensitivity in child for others.
as the child grows in age he becomes self-centred.
198. According to the writer the environmental education being given lacks
interaction with other human beings
interaction with Nature
interaction with Nature and other humans
interaction with other living beings
199. The writer says that the present day educational system
emphasises conquest ofNature
emphasises exploitation of Nature to benefit human being
emphasises exploitation and conquest ofNature, not sensitivity and respect for it
encourages the possessive instinct of the child
200. The writer finds 'ahimsa' today
irrelevant in modern education
more relevant than much of what we learn in modern education
impracticable
highly beneficial to all