Q.81
Fill in the blank with the correct Phrasal Verb -
He has…………… (squandered away) his fortune within two years.
- (A)
run into
- (B)
run out
- (C)
run through
- (D)
run over
- (E)
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RPSC वरिष्ठ अध्यापक (संस्कृत शिक्षा) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2024
150 सवाल · पेज 5/8
इस पेपर का Syllabus:Syllabus (English)
Q.82
Name the Literary Device used in the following lines -
His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm Crested the world.
- (A)
Metaphor
- (B)
Irony
- (C)
Personification
- (D)
Hyperbole
- (E)
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Q.83
Select the synonym for the word ‘ObSoIete’.
- (A)
Current
- (B)
Fashionable
- (C)
Outdated
- (D)
Modern
- (E)
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Q.84
Change the degree of comparison without changing the meaning -
Mumbai is richer than most other cities in India.
- (A)
Very few cities in India are as rich as Mumbai.
- (B)
All the cities in India are as rich as Mumbai.
- (C)
Very little cities in India are as rich as Mumbai.
- (D)
Most of the cities in India are richer than Mumbai.
- (E)
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Q.85
Identify the figure of speech in the following lines -
The moan of doves in immemorial elms.
And murmuring of innumerable bees.
- (A)
Onomatopoeia
- (B)
Transferred Epithet
- (C)
Hyperbole
- (D)
Metaphor
Q.86
Early passenger planes…….not hold more than 30 passengers. (Habitual action in the past)
- (A)
can
- (B)
shall
- (C)
would
- (D)
may
Q.87
What does the Proverb ‘The early bird catches the worm’ mean?
- (A)
It is important to be a bird watcher.
- (B)
Getting up early in the morning leads to success.
- (C)
Someone will have an advantage if they do something before other people do it.
- (D)
Birds eat worms early in the morning.
Q.88
What does the underlined idiom in the given sentence mean?
I was <u>at my wit’s end</u>.
- (A)
desperate
- (B)
foolish
- (C)
simple
- (D)
wise
Q.89
Fill in the blank with appropriate main clause. -
If they doubled the price of petrol, there …………………………………………….
- (A)
won’t be so much traffic on the road.
- (B)
can’t be so much traffic on the road.
- (C)
shan’t be so much traffic on the road.
- (D)
wouldn’t be so much traffic on the road.
Q.90
Choose the correct active voice of the following sentence -
We were made to work.
- (A)
We had to work.
- (B)
Work made we.
- (C)
He made us work.
- (D)
To work he made us.
Q.91
Read the following passage and answer the questions:\n\nBacon described his Essays as ‘grains of salt which will rather give an appetite than offend with satiety. Bacon was terse, didactic and aloof, though choosing not dissimilar topics (of the vicissitude of things).\n\nIdentify the idiom used in the above passage.
- (A)
offend with satiety
- (B)
grains of salt
- (C)
vicissitude of things
- (D)
give an appetite
Q.92
Which one of the following describes Bacon’s style effectively?
- (A)
Discursive
- (B)
Informal
- (C)
Intimate
- (D)
Terse
Q.93
Fill in the blank with the Verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence below -
The hammer and sickle………… from a tall flagpost.
- (A)
was flew
- (B)
has flown
- (C)
was flying
- (D)
has flew
Q.94
Which is the correct spelling?
- (A)
Occureded
- (B)
Ocurred
- (C)
Occurred
- (D)
Occured
Q.95
The full form of IPA is -
- (A)
Intonation Phonetics and Alphabets
- (B)
International Phonetic Alphabet
- (C)
Indian Phonetic Alphabet
- (D)
International Phonetics and Audios
Q.96
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense form,-
……………… you ………………. that book yet? You ………………………………….. it for ages.
- (A)
Haven’t, finished, have been reading
- (B)
Aren’t, finished, have read
- (C)
Won’t, finish, had read
- (D)
Hadn’t, finished, are reading
Q.97
Choose the correct Phonetic Transcription -
‘Completé’
- (A)
kəm’pli:t - (B)
k^m’plet - (C)
kam’plete - (D)
kɔmple’et
Q.98
Write antonym of ‘Extravagant’.
- (A)
Profligate
- (B)
Frugal
- (C)
Lavish
- (D)
Immoderate
Q.99
John Milton describes his ‘Lycidas’ as -
- (A)
Monody
- (B)
Dirge
- (C)
Elegy
- (D)
Threnody
Q.100
Fill in the blank with the correct option -
She ignited some aromatic sticks in a ……………..
- (A)
censor
- (B)
censure
- (C)
censer
- (D)
censuure