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General English (DSSSB Grade - 2)

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What according to the passage can be done to regulate overwhelming increase of garbage?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question on the basis of the content of the passage.
  
Waste management systems and market conditions, even at their best, are incapable of handling the growing amounts of waste globally. So, unless a new paradigm of global cooperation and governance is adopted, a tsunami of uncontrolled dumpsites will be the prevailing waste management method, especially in Asia. Despite the development of 'easy-to-repair' product design, long-lasting products or enhancement of reuse; a clear de-linking of economic growth from waste generation will still only be in its infancy. Even if sorting and recycling technologies are significantly improved and mechanised, a separation at source will be an inevitable prerequisite for an economic recycling schedule.

  1. Increasing awareness

  2. Proper waste management

  3. Global collaboration

  4. Cooperation of the government


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 It is stated here, "So, unless a new paradigm of global cooperation and governance is adopted, a tsunami of..." in the passage. 

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

The country was in a (a) political and economic (b) disarray well before the terrorist attack. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no error.

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

Besides accidental break-ups, (a) spacecraft interceptions have been (b) a major contributor in the latest past. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vocabulary error. It is ‘recent past’ and not ‘latest past.’

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

They must be able to (a) operate automatically and reach (b) important decisions quickly. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The word ‘automatically’ is inappropriate. It should be ‘autonomously’, which means ‘independently‘.

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

Before giving the exam, (a) participants must first (b) register as a nurse. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is not ‘giving’, but ‘taking’. Students or participants ‘take’ and not ‘give’ the exam.

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

Beyond the emergency room (a), they often play (b) an important role. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no error.

The singular of ‘alumni’ is

  1. alumnus

  2. alumnae

  3. alumnis

  4. alum


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alumnus

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (d). (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)

Ecuador is a country (a) that is positioning himself (b) as a strong ecotourism destination. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ecuador is a name of a country. So, we will use pronoun ‘itself’ instead of ‘himself’.

The plural of ‘offspring’ is

  1. offsprings

  2. offsprung

  3. offsprang

  4. No change


Correct Option: D

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Find out which pair of words can be used to fill in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful and complete.

The _______ of traditional values is ________ in the large number of unwed women who give birth every year.

  1. progression, obscure

  2. corruption, ostensible

  3. decadence, apparent

  4. virtue, spread

  5. worth, high


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Decadence’ means ‘deterioration or degradation’ and ‘apparent’ means ‘visible’.

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Find out which pair of words can be used to fill in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful and complete.

The ________ of poverty is ________ in the housing standards.

  1. drive, evidenced

  2. impression, stated

  3. force, expressed

  4. impact, reflected

  5. show, visible


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘Impact’ means ‘effect’ and reflected means ‘visible' or 'apparent’.

The word ‘spinster’ belongs to

  1. masculine gender

  2. feminine gender

  3. neuter gender

  4. common gender


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Spinster’ is a feminine gender, which means ‘single female or a woman who has never married.’

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Find out which pair of words can be used to fill in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful and complete.

Global warming has ________ this loss and may potentially raise sea levels to ________ heights.

  1. discouraged, wasting

  2. hastened, devastating

  3. rushed, confound

  4. encouraged, protecting

  5. created, new


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Hastened’ means ‘accelerated’ and ‘devastating’ refers to ‘destroying’.

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Find out which pair of words can be used to fill in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful and complete.

It's so easy to ________ if you don't stay ________ of technology.

  1. fall behind, abreast

  2. procrastinate, aware

  3. falter, intimate

  4. chase, alongside

  5. be lost, ahead


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Fall behind’ means ‘fail to keep up pace’ and ‘stay abreast’ means ‘updated or informed’.

Directions: In the given question, four words are given, out of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning.

(P) Flat (Q) Duplex (R) Seclusion (S) Aquatics

  1. P-Q

  2. Q-S

  3. P-R

  4. P-S


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both the words are synonyms as both are types of houses.

Directions: In the given question, four words are given, out of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning.

(P) Sunken (Q) Sloating (R) Rotation (S) Specialisation

  1. P-Q

  2. Q-S

  3. P-R

  4. P-S


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both the words are antonyms. ‘Sunken’  means having sunk or been submerged in water.

Directions: In the given question, four words are given, out of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning.

(P) Muddle (Q) Solitude (R) Adroit (S) Harmony

  1. P-Q

  2. Q-S

  3. P-R

  4. P-S


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Both the words are antonyms. 

Without changing the meaning of the given sentence, transform the degree of comparison from comparative to positive.

This flower is more beautiful than that.

  1. That flower is not as much beautiful as this.

  2. That flower is not much beautiful as this.

  3. That flower is not as beautiful as this.

  4. That flower is as beautiful as this.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Positive degree occurs when we make a statement. We use positive adjective of ‘more beautiful’, which is’ beautiful’ and replace ‘than’ with conjunction 'as' as that  expresses the ‘degree of equality’.

Directions: In the given question, four words are given, out of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning.

(P) Abhor (Q) Surrender (R) Cherish (S) Subtraction

  1. P-Q

  2. Q-S

  3. P-R

  4. P-S


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Both the words are antonyms. ‘Abhor’ means ‘hatred’, whereas ‘cherish’ means ‘to treat with affection’.

Without changing the meaning of the given sentence, transform the degree of comparison from superlative to comparative.

This painting is the most beautiful one in this museum.

  1. Very few paintings are more beautiful than this painting in this museum.

  2. This painting is more beautiful than most other paintings in this museum.

  3. This painting is more beautiful than very few paintings in this museum.

  4. This painting is more beautiful than any other painting in this museum.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Comparative degree is the second degree of adjective. 

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

Who has killed the cat? (Change the voice of the verb from active to passive)

  1. By whom has been the cat killed?

  2. By whom has the cat been killed?

  3. By who was the cat been killed?

  4. By who had the cat been killed?


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the active sentence begins with ‘who’, the passive sentence will begin with ‘by whom’.

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

Sita made a painting. (Into question)

  1. Did Sita make a painting?

  2. Does Sita makes a painting?

  3. Does Sita make a painting?

  4. Do Sita makes painting?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

As tense is past indefinite, so we use verb ‘did’ to make it interrogative and with ‘did’, we use the first form of verb. 

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

I ________ fallen if you hadn’t warned me.

  1. would have

  2. will have

  3. shall have

  4. would have almost


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We use ‘would have’ to talk about action and event that was possible in the past, although it did not in fact happen.

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

I ________ walk constantly for hours.

  1. used to be able to

  2. could use to

  3. could be able to

  4. am use to


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Used to be able to’ means had the ability to do something in the past, although you don’t have this ability now.

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

Not only did they loot the shop, but also set it alight. (Change into a simple sentence)

  1. Beside looting the shop, they also set it alight.

  2. Having looted the shop, they also set it alight.

  3. Besides looting the shop, they also set it alight.

  4. They looted the shop and they also set it alight.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, the coordinate clause ‘not only did they loot the shop’ is reduced to the prepositional phrase ‘besides looting the shop’.

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

I am going to ________ for a while.

  1. lying down

  2. lay down

  3. laid down

  4. lie down


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘Lie’ means recline. ‘Lay’ means to put down. 

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

I go to school ________ foot.

  1. through

  2. with

  3. on

  4. in


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Its ‘go on foot’, which means ‘walk’.

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

Faced with those two, I would far prefer the ________.

  1. letter

  2. later

  3. latter

  4. lateral


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Latter’ denotes the second of two, distinguished from former.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘BENIGN’.

  1. Mild

  2. Malignant

  3. Friendly

  4. Unfavourable


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antonym of ‘benign’ is malignant, meaning ‘highly injurious’.

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of ‘INNOCENT'.

  1. Stained

  2. Knowledgeable

  3. Guilty

  4. Unsophisticated


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Innocent means a simple, guileless, inexperienced or unsophisticated person.

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

Peter signed on the ________ of the cheque.

  1. back

  2. reverse

  3. contrary

  4. opposite


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Back’ is the answer.

Choose the misspelt word.

  1. Accompany

  2. Appearance

  3. Accommodate

  4. Apparantly


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Apparently 

Choose the option which can be substituted for ‘extremely steep’.

  1. bottleneck

  2. precipitation

  3. precipitous

  4. constrict


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Precipitous’ means ‘extremely steep’.

Directions: Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

He fell and hurt himself ____ the vacations.

  1. on

  2. within

  3. while

  4. during


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'During' expresses a period of time or duration.

Directions: Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in capitals.

I can’t come to dinner on Tuesday, so could I take a RAIN CHECK?

  1. Forgiveness

  2. Check in

  3. Check out

  4. Future promise


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘Rain check’ is an idiom, which means ‘a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future'.

Directions: Choose the correct substitute for the underlined part of the sentence.

She gave me few information.

  1. some

  2. many

  3. much

  4. more


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We cannot use ‘few’ with an uncountable noun. 

Directions: Choose the correct substitute for the underlined part of the sentence.

I am used to climb trees when I was a little child.

  1. used to

  2. had

  3. should have

  4. was abled to


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Used to' refers to a past habit.

Directions: Choose the correct substitute for the underlined part of the sentence.

I’m going with you to London on holidays, aren’t I?

  1. am I not

  2. am not I

  3. are I not

  4. am I


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We would use ‘am I not’ and not ‘aren’t I’, which is grammatically incorrect.

According to the passage, what cannot be separated easily?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question on the basis of the content of the passage.
  
Waste management systems and market conditions, even at their best, are incapable of handling the growing amounts of waste globally. So, unless a new paradigm of global cooperation and governance is adopted, a tsunami of uncontrolled dumpsites will be the prevailing waste management method, especially in Asia. Despite the development of 'easy-to-repair' product design, long-lasting products or enhancement of reuse; a clear de-linking of economic growth from waste generation will still only be in its infancy. Even if sorting and recycling technologies are significantly improved and mechanised, a separation at source will be an inevitable prerequisite for an economic recycling schedule.

  1. Economic growth and waste generation

  2. Economic recycling schedules

  3. Sorting and recycling technologies

  4. Reusing and recycling technologies


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The line, '....a clear de-linking of economic growth from waste generation will still only be in its infancy" states that these two cannot be separated easily.

What does the phrase ‘easy to repair’ in the passage mean?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question on the basis of the content of the passage.
  
Waste management systems and market conditions, even at their best, are incapable of handling the growing amounts of waste globally. So, unless a new paradigm of global cooperation and governance is adopted, a tsunami of uncontrolled dumpsites will be the prevailing waste management method, especially in Asia. Despite the development of 'easy-to-repair' product design, long-lasting products or enhancement of reuse; a clear de-linking of economic growth from waste generation will still only be in its infancy. Even if sorting and recycling technologies are significantly improved and mechanised, a separation at source will be an inevitable prerequisite for an economic recycling schedule.

  1. Recycled

  2. Renewable

  3. Healed

  4. Restorable


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘Easy to repair’ means 'the products can be restored to sound condition after getting damaged’ in order to avoid waste.

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