Deputy Collector (Preliminary) 2013

Question 59 :
I’m afraid I’ve written it ____ quickly, but I think you’ll find it ____ correct.
rather,fairly
fairly,rather
rather,rather
none of these
Explanation:

I’m afraid I’ve written it rather quickly, but I think you will find it fairly correct.

Question 60 :
I’ve got a ____ good memory for names, but I’m ____ bad on dates.
none of these
fairly,rather
rather,fairly
rather,rather
Explanation:

I’ve got a fairly good memory for names, but I’m rather bad on dates.

For the following five questions rewrite the sentences correctly.

Question 61 :
We could scarcely hear what he said, couldn’t we?
We scarcely hear what he said, could we?
We scarcely hear what he said, should we?
We scarcely hear what he say, could we?
We scarcely hear what he said, can we?

Question 62 :
I and he are cousin brothers.
He and I were cousins.
He and I are cousins.
He and him are cousins.
He and I was cousins.

Question 63 :
I would do it if I was you.
I may do it if I were you.
I will do it if I were you.
I would do it if I were you.
I would do it if I with you.

Question 64 :
Many a men run after wealth.
Many a man run after wealth.
Many a man runs after wealth.
Many a man runs after wealth.
Many a man runs after the wealth.

Question 65 :
No sooner had I entered the room when I saw the cobra.
No sooner had I entered the room than I saw the cobra.
No sooner has I entered the room than I saw the cobra.
No sooner had I enter the room than I saw the cobra.
No sooner had I entered the room than I see the cobra.

For the following nine questions rewrite as directed.

Question 66 :
Do you did what with the money you gave I? (Arrange the words properly to make a question)
What did you do with the money I gave you?
What do you do with the money I gave you?
What did you do with the money I give you?
What did you did with the money I gave you?

Question 67 :
A new company has taken the business over. (Turn into the passive voice).
The business have been taken over by a new company.
The business had been taken over by a new company.
The business has been taken over by a new company.
The business has been take over by a new company.

Question 68 :
To be wise after the event is perfectly easy. (Rewrite using the introductory word “It”.)
It is perfectly easy to be wise after the event.
It was perfectly easy to be wise after the event.
It will perfectly easy to be wise after the event.
It would perfectly easy to be wise after the event.

Question 69 :
Hamlet is the most famous play of Shakespeare. (Change into the positive degree).
No other play of Shakespeare was as famous as Hamlet.
No other play of Shakespeare is as famous as Hamlet.
No other play of Shakespeare were famous as Hamlet.
No other play of Shakespeare is famous as Hamlet.

Question 70 :
He had many disciples. The greatest of them was Aristotle.(Combine into a simple sentence).
Aristotle was the greatest of all his disciples.
Aristotle is the greatest of all his disciples.
Aristotle be the greatest of all his disciples.
Aristotle been the greatest of all his disciples.

Question 71 :
Here is the magazine. You were looking for it. (Combine the sentences to make a complex sentence.)
Here is the magazine which you were looking for.
Here is the magazine what you were looking for.
Here is the magazine whom you were looking for.
Here is the magazine which you was looking for.

Question 72 :
He is too weak to walk. (Remove “too”).
He is so weak that he not to walk.
He is so weak that he couldn't walk.
He is so weak that he cannot walk.
He was so weak that he cannot walk.

Question 73 :
He (write) a novel for the last two years, but he (not finish) it yet. (Rewrite using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets).
He has been writing a novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.
He has been writing a novel for the last two years, but he had not finished it yet.
He have been writing a novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.
He has been wrote a novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.

Question 74 :
Sheila angrily asked: “Mother, where is my purse?” (Change into indirect speech).
Sheila angrily asked her mother where her purse was.
Sheila angrily ask her mother where her purse was.
Sheila angrily asked her mother where her purse is.
Sheila angrily said her mother where her purse was.

(Read the following passage carefully and answer the comprehension questions given below. Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given).

Helping others physically, by removing their physical needs, is indeed a good thing, but help is more substantial according as it is more far reaching because the need is greater. If a man’s wants can be removed for an hour; it is helping him indeed; if his wants can be removed for a year, it will be more help to him; but if his wants can be removed for ever, it is surely the greatest help that can be given to him. It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever; so helping a man spiritually is the best help that can be extended to him. He who gives spiritual knowledge is the greatest benefactor of mankind. A spiritually strong and sound man can be powerful in every other respect, if he so wishes. Until there is spiritual strength in man even physical needs cannot be well satisfied. Next to spiritual comes intellectual help. The gift of knowledge is a far higher gift than that of food and clothes; it is even higher than giving life to a man, because the real life of man consists of knowledge. Ignorance is death, knowledge is life. Next comes, of course, physical help. Therefore we must always strive not to commit the mistake of thinking that physical help is the only kind of help that can be given. It is the least important, because it can never bring permanent satisfaction. Thus help which tends to make us strong spiritually is of the highest type, next comes intellectual help, and after that physical help.

Question 75 :
The central idea of the passage is
The need for social change
The importance of spiritual strength.
That we can never put an end to wants
The power of knowledge

Question 76 :
What is considered the best form of help?
Gift of food and clothes.
Physical help.
Removal of ignorance
Help which makes us strong spiritually
None of these

Question 77 :
The author is of the view that
Spiritual help is supreme in the world.
Intellectual help is the least important.
Gift of knowledge is superior to the knowledge of the spirit.
We can remove wants for ever by giving bodily needs such as food and clothes.
None of these.

Question 78 :
The arguments in the paragraph suggest that the author is:
A politician
Interested only in intellectual pursuits
A thinker and philosopher
A religious fanatic
None of these

Question 79 :
Find words in the passage meaning:

(a) Destroy completely (b) One who gives kindly help
Annihilate , Benefactor
intellectual,Annihilate
strive,Benefactor
substantial,intellectual

Question 80 :
State whether the following sentence is True or False:
“To be an ignorant person is as good as being dead and to possess knowledge is to be alive”.
True
False