AP Highcourt Stenographer Grade III Junior Assistant Typist Field Assistant : 02/01/2023 Shift 2 previous year paper English Language PDF

Q: Select the odd sentence.

C Advertising encourages women to devote an inordinate amount of time and money to meet other extraordinary standards of employment.

Q: Select the grammatically correct sentence.

A He is friendly enough to help me.

Q: Select the odd sentence.

C Fear of the dark is almost universal among young children, and it provides relatively safe opportunities for first lessons in courage.

Q: Select the grammatically correct sentence.

C Sugandha deals in ethnic dresses.

Q: Choose the correct meaning of the proverb: There’s more than one way to skin a cat.

C To look for alternative ways to deal with a problem

Q: Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

B He accused me for cheating him.

Question 1

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
______ had he returned ______ he was off again.

Options

A

No sooner, than

B

Than sooner, then

C

Sooner than, than

D

Sooner, then

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

No sooner, than

Question 2

Select the odd sentence.

Options

A

It is beginning to establish a reputation not just as the technology nerve-centre and back-office of the world, but also as its production centre.

B

India’s secularism and democracy serve as a model for the developing countries.

C

Advertising encourages women to devote an inordinate amount of time and money to meet other extraordinary standards of employment.

D

Today, India looks like it is on the course to join the league of developed nations.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Advertising encourages women to devote an inordinate amount of time and money to meet other extraordinary standards of employment.

Question 3

Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

Options

A

He has been here since Friday.

B

I don’t care of this.

C

I am tired of this work.

D

The garden was covered with flowers.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

I don’t care of this.

Question 4

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Judges are expected to conduct themselves with propriety.

Options

A

Ramification

B

Raconteur

C

Inclination

D

Indecorum

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Indecorum

Question 5

Complete the sentence with the correct idiom.
When Rakesh saw his grandnephew behaving erratically like his nephew used to do, he knew he was a ________.

Options

A

fish out of water

B

a black sheep

C

chip off the old block

D

crying wolf

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

chip off the old block

Question 6

Arrange the words in a sequence to make a complete sentence:
The sustained use of dialogues _______.
A. to develop good listening
B. help an individual
C. and enhances proficiency in a language
D. and speaking skills

Options

A

BADC

B

ADCB

C

BACD

D

CDAB

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

BADC

Question 7

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I _______ enter this room.

Options

A

forbade you not to

B

forbade

C

forbidding not to

D

forbade you to

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

forbade you to

Question 8

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

Options

A

He is friendly enough to help me.

B

This food tastes sweetly.

C

He came always late.

D

This house is too much small for me.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

He is friendly enough to help me.

Question 9

Select the odd sentence.

Options

A

Real praise, the sincere compliment, is probably the most useful social tool of all.

B

It is the valued coin of our conversation.

C

Fear of the dark is almost universal among young children, and it provides relatively safe opportunities for first lessons in courage.

D

Yet today, it is in danger of losing its brightness for it is greatly misused and not properly exchanged.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Fear of the dark is almost universal among young children, and it provides relatively safe opportunities for first lessons in courage.

Question 10

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The school provides extensive guidance for neophyte teachers.

Options

A

Novice

B

Amateur

C

Abecedarian

D

Professional

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Professional

Question 11

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
You must ______ some jewellery for your children’s marriage.

Options

A

keep aside

B

held up

C

pull through

D

let off

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

keep aside

Question 12

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
P. Tsunami is a Japanese word which when translated into English, would mean ‘harbour wave’.
Q. In the past, tsunamis were sometimes referred to as ‘tidal waves’ by the general public and as ‘seismic waves’ by the scientific community.
R. The term ‘tidal wave’ is however, a misnomer because tsunamis are unrelated to the tides.
S. The term ‘seismic wave’ is also misleading because seismic implies an earthquake-related mechanism, but a tsunami can be caused by a non-seismic event.

Options

A

QRPS

B

SPRQ

C

PQRS

D

RSPQ

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

PQRS

Question 13

Arrange the words in a sequence to make a complete sentence:
It is important to note that _____.
A. minor earthquakes can sometimes be
B. triggered by human activities, such as,
C. the filling of reservoirs,
D. and the injection of fluids into well for oil recovery

Options

A

CDAB

B

ABCD

C

ACDB

D

DACB

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

ABCD

Question 14

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

Options

A

The Headmistress did not accede for my request.

B

The reality finally dawned about me.

C

Sugandha deals in ethnic dresses.

D

In frustration, he gave out all struggle.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Sugandha deals in ethnic dresses.

Question 15

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The teacher is ______ the boy’s progress.

Options

A

disgusted in

B

troubled with

C

pleased with

D

annoyed to

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

pleased with

Question 16

Choose the correct meaning of the proverb:
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.

Options

A

To graciously forgive the offender

B

To accomplish two goals at once

C

To look for alternative ways to deal with a problem

D

To hope for success in your undertaking

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

To look for alternative ways to deal with a problem

Question 17

Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

Options

A

My sister is afraid of dogs.

B

He accused me for cheating him.

C

I do not approve of your action.

D

I was angry at what he said.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

He accused me for cheating him.

Question 18

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
An existing word or expression used in a new way

Options

A

Neologism

B

Necrophilia

C

Neophyte

D

Neolithic

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Neologism

Question 19

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
______ the cardiologist immediately.

Options

A

Call off

B

Take in

C

Call in

D

Hold on

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Call in

Question 20

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Somesh _____ his work now and ______.

Options

A

has finished, is satisfied

B

had finished, was satisfied

C

have finished, will be satisfied

D

will finish, will satisfied

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

has finished, is satisfied

Question 21

What is the meaning of the idiom ‘Scrape the barrel’?

Options

A

Doing something in an easy manner

B

Putting efforts into something not worthwhile

C

Making the most of the worst situations

D

Being grumpy

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Making the most of the worst situations

Question 22

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

Options

A

Alas! We can never leave you.

B

Hush! The doctor is examining the patients.

C

Hurray! He is my brother.

D

Shh! The bee just stung me.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Hush! The doctor is examining the patients.

Question 23

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
______! You are disturbing the prayer meeting.

Options

A

Ah

B

Be quiet

C

Yuck

D

Hurray

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Be quiet

Question 24

Complete the sentence with the correct proverb:
If you don’t have faith in my work, _______.

Options

A

one good turn deserves another

B

there’s no such thing as free lunch

C

look before you leap

D

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

look before you leap

Question 25

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

Options

A

He opposes against us.

B

Ramesh will passed in the exam.

C

We shall discuss it.

D

You should obey to your parents.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

We shall discuss it.

Question 26

Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

Options

A

Is there many coffee in the mug?

B

I am the youngest in the family.

C

My brother hasn’t many books.

D

I saw a unique sight.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Is there many coffee in the mug?

Question 27

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Odyssey

Options

A

Invalid

B

Stubborn

C

Adventurous voyage

D

Meddlesome

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Adventurous voyage

Question 28

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Morbid compulsion to steal books

Options

A

Pyromania

B

Kleptomania

C

Bibliokleptomania

D

Mania

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Bibliokleptomania

Question 29

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
M. He lived in a dissipated shanty with garbage strewn around.
N. Mukesh was born in a family of slum- dwellers.
O. His house was a half-built shack, thatched with dead grass and a wobbly iron door.
P. He was another young child who had been forced by poverty into child labour.

Options

A

POMN

B

OPMN

C

MNOP

D

NPMO

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

NPMO

Question 30

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Patna is _____ from Delhi than Jaipur.

Options

A

farther

B

far

C

feather

D

further

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

farther

Question 31

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:
The death penalty is a 1. ______of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______for more than 200 different 5. ______.
SubQuestion No : 71
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.

Options

A

ailment

B

relic

C

modish

D

protection

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

relic

Question 32

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:
The death penalty is a 1. ______of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______for more than 200 different 5. ______.
SubQuestion No : 72
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2

Options

A

dutiful

B

compassionate

C

benign

D

vindictive

Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

vindictive

Question 33

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:
The death penalty is a 1. ______of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______for more than 200 different 5. ______.
SubQuestion No : 73
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3

Options

A

benefit

B

reward

C

penalty

D

pardon

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

penalty

Question 34

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:
The death penalty is a 1. ______of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______for more than 200 different 5. ______.
SubQuestion No : 74
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4

Options

A

inflicted

B

lengthened

C

withheld

D

inflated

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

inflicted

Question 35

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:
The death penalty is a 1. ______of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______for more than 200 different 5. ______.
SubQuestion No : 75
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5

Options

A

kindness

B

compliments

C

offences

D

insurrections

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

offences

Question 36

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world.
The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her.
In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them.
Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.
SubQuestion No : 76
Choose the correct title for the passage:

Options

A

Emancipation of Women

B

The Position of Women

C

Slavery Amongst women

D

The Islamic Women

Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

The Position of Women

Question 37

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world.
The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her.
In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them.
Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.
SubQuestion No : 77
What is the central theme of the passage?

Options

A

Social oppression of women

B

Women in bondage

C

Respect for women

D

Lawful rights of women

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Social oppression of women

Question 38

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world.
The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her.
In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them.
Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.
SubQuestion No : 78
Select the fact that is the most relevant about the Ottoman Turk.

Options

A

They are unable to acquire self-respect and pride.

B

They are obliged to marry more than one woman.

C

They think themselves responsible to take decisions about the proper conduct of women.

D

They are criticized to keep their wives in segregation.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

They think themselves responsible to take decisions about the proper conduct of women.

Question 39

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world.
The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her.
In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them.
Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.
SubQuestion No : 79
What is totally absent in the social life of Istanbul?

Options

A

Sexually vigorous male teachers in girls’ schools.

B

Barricades in trams and boats between men and women.

C

A man disregarding his wife while accompanying her.

D

Ladies going to watch theatre.

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Sexually vigorous male teachers in girls’ schools.

Question 40

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world.
The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her.
In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them.
Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.
SubQuestion No : 80
What is the structure of the passage?

Options

A

Proposition and support

B

Compare and contrast

C

Sequence and process

D

Problem and solution

Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Proposition and support

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