Deputy Collector (Preliminary) 2013

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

BIt was perfectly easy to be wise after the event.
CIt will perfectly easy to be wise after the event.
DIt would perfectly easy to be wise after the event.

Question 69 :
Hamlet is the most famous play of Shakespeare. (Change into the positive degree).
ANo other play of Shakespeare was as famous as Hamlet.
BNo other play of Shakespeare is as famous as Hamlet.

CNo other play of Shakespeare were famous as Hamlet.
DNo 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).
AAristotle was the greatest of all his disciples.

BAristotle is the greatest of all his disciples.
CAristotle be the greatest of all his disciples.
DAristotle 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.)
AHere is the magazine which you were looking for.

BHere is the magazine what you were looking for.
CHere is the magazine whom you were looking for.
DHere is the magazine which you was looking for.

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

DHe 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).
AHe has been writing a novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.

BHe has been writing a novel for the last two years, but he had not finished it yet.
CHe have been writing a novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.
DHe 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).
ASheila angrily asked her mother where her purse was.

BSheila angrily ask her mother where her purse was.
CSheila angrily asked her mother where her purse is.
DSheila 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
AThe need for social change
BThe importance of spiritual strength.

CThat we can never put an end to wants
DThe power of knowledge

Question 76 :
What is considered the best form of help?
AGift of food and clothes.
BPhysical help.
CRemoval of ignorance
DHelp which makes us strong spiritually

ENone of these

Question 77 :
The author is of the view that
ASpiritual help is supreme in the world.

BIntellectual help is the least important.
CGift of knowledge is superior to the knowledge of the spirit.
DWe can remove wants for ever by giving bodily needs such as food and clothes.
ENone of these.

Question 78 :
The arguments in the paragraph suggest that the author is:
AA politician
BInterested only in intellectual pursuits
CA thinker and philosopher

DA religious fanatic
ENone of these

Question 79 :
Find words in the passage meaning:

(a) Destroy completely (b) One who gives kindly help
AAnnihilate , Benefactor

Bintellectual,Annihilate
Cstrive,Benefactor
Dsubstantial,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”.
ATrue

BFalse

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