Nashik Talathi Paper 2016 – English
Exam Date 11th September 2016
| Sr.No. | Questions with Options |
| 1 | Gove one word for the following – A group honeybees
(a) Team (b) Bunch (c) Swarm (d) Group |
| 2 | Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition – He invested his savings ___shares. The police commissioner is invested __________magisterial powers.
(a) of , in (b) on, under (c) at, about (d) in, with |
| 3 | Complete the following idiom with correct word – The proof of the _____is in the eating.
(a) Cake (b) Pudding (c) Meal (d) Dinner |
| 4 | Choose the sentence with proper punctuation
(a) She said, ‘Oh God What did you do’? (b) She said, ‘Oh God : What did you do’? (c) She said, ‘Oh God! What did you do?’ (d) She said, ‘Oh God; What did you do?’ |
| 5 | Insert the correct punctuation – What is nice remark ____
(a) ? (b) . (c) ! (d) ; |
| 6 | Choose the correct alternative – If I _____ you. I would not lose temper.
(a) Was (b) Were (c) Had been (d) Would be |
| 7 | Choose the alternative which is the closest in meaning to the underlined word.
Yours is a Utopian model. (a) Fashionable (b) Idealstic (c) Thought provoking (d) Down to earth. |
| 8 | Combine the following pairs of sentence by making use of participle –
The magician took pity on the mouse. He turned it into a cat. (a) Taking pity on the mouse, the magician turned it into a cat. (b) Because of pity on the mouse, the magician turned it into a cat. (c) The magician turned it into a cat because he took pity on the mouse. (d) If he took pity on the mouse, he turned it into a cat. |
| 9 | Pick out the correct word to complete the sentence – It is a very spacious ____ for constructing nursing home.
(a) Cite (b) Site (c) Sight (d) Seat |
| 10 | Choose correct meaning of underlined word. The project is in the pipeline.
(a) The project will produce pipeline (b) The project is following in the pipe. (c) The project is being planned and will soon came into existence. (d) The project is going waste. |
| 11 | Choose the correct spelling –
(a) Censeutious (b) Conscientous (c) Conscientious (d) Consieatious |
| 12 | Choose the correct antonym – Fallacious
(a) Infallcious (b) Unfallscious (c) True (d) Old |
| 13 | Choose the correct passive voice. A committee makes the selection of students.
(a) A selection of students is made by the committee. (b) A committee is made for the selection of students (c) The selection of students is made by the committee. (d) The students are selected by the committee. |
| 14 | Select the correct assertive sentence from the following –
Who is greater than God? (a) Is there anyone greater than God? (b) God is not greater than anyone. (c) Anyone is greater than God. (d) None is greater than God. |
| 15 | Choose the correct simple sentence of the following compound sentence –
He finished his work and put away his books. (a) Putting away his books he finished his works. (b) to put away his books, he finished his work. (c) Having finished his work, he put away his books (d) He put away his books because he finished his work. |
| 16 | Supply appropriate comparative or superlative to each of the following –
The pen is ____________than the sword. (a) More mighty (b) Mightier (c) Mighty (d) Most mighty |
| 17 | Fill in the spaces with correct option
I prefer the _____ proposition to the former. (a) Later (b) Latest (c) Late (d) Latter |
| 18 | Insert articles where necessary – For Ram is honorable man.
(a) For ram is a honorable man. (b) For Ram is honorale man. (c) For Ram is an honorable man (d) For Ram is the honorable man. |
| 19 | Write the correct form of pronoun in the following – Ram and ___ were present.
(a) Me (b) I (c) Mine (d) myself. |
| 20 | Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronoun – Such a man ___ he should be honored.
(a) To (b) That (c) Who (d) As |
| 21 | Turn the following sentence from active voice to passive voice – People will soon forget it.
(a) People will forget it soon (b) It will soon be not forgotten (c) People will forget it immediately. (d) It will soon be forgotten. |
| 22 | Choose the word that does not mean ‘paucity’
(a) Dearth (b) Scarcity (c) Poverty (d) Shortage |
| 23 | Choose one single word for the phrase – ‘A remedy which is supposed to cure all diseases’
(a) Panoram (b) Patent (c) Panacea (d) Perfection |
| 24 | Write in indirect form – ‘ I am on my way’ she said.
(a) She said that she was on her way. (b) She told that she is on her way. (c) She told that she was on the road. (d) she exclaimed that she would be reaching. |
| 25 | Choose the correct preposition – He is not well _____ yesterday.
(a) on (b) of (c) before (d) Since |
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