RPSC वरिष्ठ अध्यापक (संस्कृत शिक्षा) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2022

Q.21

Choose the correct option.
They rang the Church bells as a flood warning. (Change into passive voice)

• (A)

  The Church bells had been rung as a flood warning by them.

• (B)

  The Church bells were rung as a flood warning by them.

• (C)

  The Church bells have been rung as a flood warning by them.

• (D)

  The Church bells were rang as a flood warning by them.

Q.22

Choose the correct option.
Tell Mr. Smith to wait here. (change into passive voice)

• (A)

  Mr. Smith should be told to wait there.

• (B)

  Mr. Smith should be asked to wait here.

• (C)

  Let Mr. Smith be told to wait there.

• (D)

  Let Mr. Smith be told to wait here.

Q.23

Choose the correct option.
<u>Change the sentence from affirmative to negative.</u>
We tried every plan.

• (A)

  Every plan was not tried.

• (B)

  Tried we every plan, but could not.

• (C)

  We have not tried every plan given.

• (D)

  We left no plan untried.

Q.24

The negotiations __ because neither side would compromise.

• (A)

  broke away

• (B)

  broke down

• (C)

  broke out

• (D)

  broke into

Q.25

‘Once in a blue Moon’ means :

• (A)

  ghostly

• (B)

  rarely

• (C)

  unfairly

• (D)

  queerly

Q.26

Choose from the given options and replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb
I could understand neither head nor tail of his speech.

• (A)

  pass into

• (B)

  look into

• (C)

  make out

• (D)

  set up

Q.27

Select the correct meaning of the underlined phrasal verb.
I was <u>carried away</u> by his arguments.

• (A)

  summoned

• (B)

  subdued

• (C)

  influenced

• (D)

  interrupted

Q.28

Choose the correct option.
Business was so bad that many small shops __.

• (A)

  closed in

• (B)

  closed down

• (C)

  close up

• (D)

  close along

Q.29

Choose the correct option for the underlined phrasal verb.
I applied for the job but they <u>turned down</u> my c.v. because of inexperience.

• (A)

  Rejected

• (B)

  Switched off

• (C)

  Assembled

• (D)

  Postponed

Q.30

Choose the correct option.
She was as cool as a cucumber during the interview.

• (A)

  Hungry

• (B)

  Calm and unworried

• (C)

  Quick to respond

• (D)

  Restless

Q.31

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
In the family business, I ____ to my elder brother.

• (A)

  play second fiddle

• (B)

  second - rate

• (C)

  second - class man

• (D)

  see double

Q.32

Select the idiom which best fits the underlined phrase.
The Indian democracy has survived many a crisis.

• (A)

  a utopian ideal

• (B)

  thrown cold water on

• (C)

  weathered many storms

• (D)

  a wet blanket

Q.33

Select the correct meaning of:
To meet one’s waterloo :

• (A)

  To be poor and needy

• (B)

  To lose a decisive contest

• (C)

  To loose a chance

• (D)

  Suffering some misfortune .

Q.34

The expression ‘through thick and thin’ means -

• (A)

  exercising for good health

• (B)

  cooking with different curries

• (C)

  in day or night

• (D)

  in good times and bad

Q.35

‘Spill the beans’ means

• (A)

  spoil a dish while cooking

• (B)

  to give away a secret

• (C)

  make a culinary mess

• (D)

  to fail a trade settlement

Q.36

Choose the correct spelling.

• (A)

  Guarentee

• (B)

  Guarantee

• (C)

  Garantee

• (D)

  Garenti

Q.37

Choose the correct spelling.

• (A)

  Accommodation

• (B)

  Accomodation

• (C)

  Accomadation

• (D)

  Accumadation

Q.38

Choose the correctly spelled word.

• (A)

  Exzazerated

• (B)

  Exggerated

• (C)

  Exaggerated

• (D)

  Exazzerated

Q.39

Choose the option that is meaningfully correct.

• (A)

  Everyone cheered the ascent of the hot air balloon.

• (B)

  Everyone cheered the assent of the hot air balloon.

• (C)

  Everyone cheered the amend of the hot air balloon.

• (D)

  Everyone cheered the accent of the hot air balloon.

Q.40

Select the proper word for the blank.
__ relations have ruined many families.

• (A)

  Elicit

• (B)

  Illicit

• (C)

  Illusion

• (D)

  Allusion