RPSC स्कूल व्याख्याता (संस्कृत शिक्षा) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2022

Q.1

The idiom ‘by hook or by crook’ means …………….. .

• (A)

  by permission

• (B)

  by request

• (C)

  by any means

• (D)

  by noble means

Q.2

Which of the following is <u>not</u> a prophecy of the witches in the Shakespeare’s <u>Macbeth</u>?

• (A)

  Banquo will beget kings

• (B)

  Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor

• (C)

  Macbeth shall murder the king

• (D)

  Banquo will be lesser than Macbeth, but greater

Q.3

What is the structure of a ‘Petrarchan’ sonnet?

• (A)

  Three quatrains and a couplet

• (B)

  An octave and a sestet

• (C)

  Long flowing lines

• (D)

  None of the above

Q.4

In the essay ‘In Praise of Chimney Sweepers’, what does the morning ‘Sweep Sweep’ by the chimney sweeper sounds like to the writer?

• (A)

  Sound of nightingale

• (B)

  Sound of breeze

• (C)

  Sound of the sparrows

• (D)

  Sound of the cuckoo

Q.5

Choose the appropriate option that gives the interrogative of the following sentence -
That was not an example to be followed.

• (A)

  Is this an example to be followed?

• (B)

  Was this not an example to be followed?

• (C)

  Was that an example to be followed?

• (D)

  Is this not an example to be followed?

Q.6

Which of the following statement gives the quintessential spirit of the poem, ‘Night of The Scorpion’?

• (A)

  Selfless love of the husband for his wife.

• (B)

  Selfless love of the community for the patient.

• (C)

  Selfless love of the mother for her children.

• (D)

  Selfless love of the wife for her husband.

Q.7

Choose the statement that does not give the advantage of precis writing -

• (A)

  It enhances concentration.

• (B)

  It is a practice in reading.

• (C)

  It is a practice in detail writing.

• (D)

  It is a practice in effective writing.

Q.8

A type of fiction which lacks the exotic setting of romances but develops a brooding atmosphere of gloom and terror is called -

• (A)

  Ode

• (B)

  Allegory

• (C)

  Gothic

• (D)

  Melodrama

Q.9

Which one of the following is not a limitation of computer assisted instruction?

• (A)

  It is quite expensive.

• (B)

  Difficulties due to unavailability and usability of educational software.

• (C)

  Instructions for a number of learners at a time.

• (D)

  Availability of users also poses a serious problem.

Q.10

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – His conduct is bad and his honesty is not __ suspicion.

• (A)

  in

• (B)

  beyond

• (C)

  under

• (D)

  before

Q.11

Do as directed -
The news of his murder was not correct. (Change into a complex sentence)

• (A)

  The news was not correct of his murder.

• (B)

  The news was not correct because he was murdered.

• (C)

  The news that he was murdered was not correct.

• (D)

  The news about his murder was but not correct.

Q.12

The theme of the poem “Goe and Catch a Falling Starre” is the impossibility of -

• (A)

  Getting a child from a mandrake root

• (B)

  Catching a falling star

• (C)

  Hearing mermaids singing

• (D)

  Finding a true woman

Q.13

Do as directed -
Gray, the author of the Elegy, lived in the eighteenth century. (Change into complex)

• (A)

  Gray who is the author of the Elegy, lived in the eighteenth century.

• (B)

  Gray who was the author of the Elegy lives in the eighteenth century.

• (C)

  Gray lived in the eighteenth century who is the author of the Elegy.

• (D)

  The Elegy that Gray wrote lived in the eighteenth century.

Q.14

“Pets might not mean anything to you and yet they mean the world to me.”
Of the following, choose the speaker of the above quote from Cry, The Peacock -

• (A)

  Gautama

• (B)

  Maya

• (C)

  Nile

• (D)

  Mrs Lall

Q.15

Transform the given compound sentence into a complex sentence -
Cancer is curable and everybody knows this.

• (A)

  Cancer is curable is know to all.

• (B)

  Cancer is curable was a known fact.

• (C)

  Everybody knows that cancer is curable.

• (D)

  Everybody knows that cancer be cured.

Q.16

A figure of speech in which inanimate objects and abstract ideas or qualities are spoken of as if they were persons or human beings is defined as -

• (A)

  Oxymoron

• (B)

  Synecdoche

• (C)

  Personification

• (D)

  Irony

Q.17

In the poem “On his Blindness” Milton is concerned about -

• (A)

  His poetic incapacity

• (B)

  His loss of eyesight

• (C)

  His love for life

• (D)

  God’s indifference

Q.18

An allegory is a story in which -

• (A)

  characters, settings and symbols have magical powers.

• (B)

  characters, settings and symbols have futuristic dimensions.

• (C)

  characters, settings and symbols stand for each other.

• (D)

  characters, settings and actions stand beyond their literal meaning.

Q.19

Change the following sentence into indirect speech -
Sarita said to me, “I will do it now or never.”

• (A)

  Sarita told me that I would do it then or never.

• (B)

  Sarita told me that she would do it now or never.

• (C)

  Sarita told me that she will do that now or never.

• (D)

  Sarita told me that she would do it then or never.

Q.20

What game do the characters play in Act II of The Birthday Party?

• (A)

  A game of cards

• (B)

  Blindman’s buff

• (C)

  Musical chair

• (D)

  A game of chess