Set-17 Nursing Training Selection Test

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD General Nursing Training Selection Test (GNTST) and Pre-Nursing Selection Test (PNST) – 2019

7th July 2019 09:00 AM

Topic: – General English

01. Choose the appropriate determiners for the given sentence:

_____  apples are rotten in the basket though ____ of them are ripe and delicious.

A) A few, most

B) A few, much

C) Many, few

D) Many, much

02. Choose the correct word for the given sentence:

Exercise can be a very ___  activity as long as you do not overdo it.

A) beneficial

B) benefitial

C) benefit

D) benefited

03. Choose the correct form of modal auxiliary verb for the given sentence:

She _________           for the movie if she completes her homework quickly.

A) could goes

B) can go

C) can goes

D) can have gone

04. Choose the appropriate articles for the given sentence:

____ non-cooperative attitude of ___cricket players participating in ___ World Cup can only

damage ___ reputation of ____ country.

A) The, the, the, the, a

B) The, the, a, a, a

C) A, the, the, a, a

D) A, the, a, a, a

05. Choose the appropriate articles for the given sentence:

Neither of ____ candidates wore clothes which was suitable for ____ interview.

A) an, the

B) a, an

C) a, the

D) the, the

06. Choose the appropriate determiners for the given sentence:

After ___ than three years, ___ company has decided to raise ____ salary of ____ employee

this year.

A) much, a, a, each

B) more, the, the, every

C) more, a, the, any

D) more, a, the, many

07. Choose the option which is a compound sentence.

A) In spite of the rain, we played the match.

B) One must love one’s country.

C) You have to work hard to win the match.

D) My friend has left the country and I’m sure about it.

08. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentence into its passive form: Crows use sticks to pry peanuts out of cracks.

A) Sticks have been used to pry peanuts out of cracks by crows.

B) Sticks are used by crows to pry peanuts out of cracks.

C) Sticks to pry peanuts out of cracks are used by crows.

D) Sticks are being used by crows to pry peanuts out of cracks.

09. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentence into its passive form: Many religious opponents condemned Charles Darwin’s work.

A) Charles Darwin’s work was being condemned by many religious opponents.

B) Charles Darwin’s work has been condemned by many religious opponents.

C) Charles Darwin’s work was condemned by many religious opponents.

D) Charles Darwin’s work had been condemned by many religious opponents.

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10. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentence into its positive degree:

The new girl is more intelligent than some other students in the class.

A) The new girl is not as intelligent as some other students in the class.

B) The new girl is as intelligent as some other students in the class.

C) Some students in the class are at least as intelligent as the new girl.

D) Very few students are less intelligent as the new girl.

11. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentence into its superlative degree:

Lead is heavier than any other metal.

A) No other metal is as heavy as lead.

B) Lead is the heaviest of all metals.

C) All metals are less heaviest to lead.

D) All metals are lightest than lead.

12. Choose the idiom that best fits into the given sentence:

The employee was _______ when he took leave without informing his boss.

A) in a soup

B) a feather in the cap

C) getting an upper hand

D) feathering his own nest

13. Choose the correct form of verb for the given sentence:

The company representatives _____ how the new product ______.

A) showed … demonstrated

B) explained … innovated

C) drew up … behaved

D) demonstrated … worked

14. Choose the correct form of tense to complete the sentence: As soon as I _____ my salary bonus, I will buy a car.

A) got

B) get

C) getting

D) am getting

15. Choose the correct suffix that best fits in the given sentence: The Japanese director worked on many animat___ movies.

A) –ed

B) -al

C) -ing

D) -ive

16. Out of the following options, identify the sentence with a grammatical error.

A) She will have bought a house there by now next year .

B) She married last year.

C) She has settled in Alaska.

D) Amrita married with a doctor.

17. Out of the following options, identify the sentence with a spelling error.

A) He could not accommodate the bags in his luggage .

B) I could not recommend his name for the next promotion.

C) They have only themself to blame.

D) Ankita went on a foreign tour and came back only last evening.

18. Choose the correct form of phrasal verb for the given sentence:

If we ______ like this, the world will eventually run out of energy, clean water, food and land.

A) carry out

B) carry on

C) carry forward

D) carry along

19. Choose the correct form of phrasal verb for the given sentence:

______ some of your income for emergencies.

A) Set apart

B) Set against

C) Set off

D) Set aside

20. Choose the correct form of modal auxiliary verb for the given sentence:

A necklace of diamonds, presented by friends of the bride, ______ among the presents on display.

A) have been placed

B) ought be placed

C) should be placed

D) may be placed

21. Choose the correct form of verb that is in agreement with the subject for the given sentence:

Only a few doctors in this town _______________ to complete their MD.

A) has been able

B) have been able

C) is able

D) able

22. Choose the correct form of verb that is in agreement with the subject for the given sentence:

I _____ to complete my project by Monday whereas Kishore _____ to do so only by Wednesday.

A) has, have

B) have, have

C) have, has

D) have, had

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23)  Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below:

At the age of 50 she felt the vacuum which accompanies that age, the child had grown up and gone out for his further studies, her house hold was run on remote control with the help of maids and gadgets, there was almost nothing to do apart from her job, she really felt the need to fill her life with a new twist to add to the new meaning in her life. On racking her brains out she decided to join driving which was her long-time dream. Stealthily she would get up every morning to go to the driving school, hoping to one day take the car out on the sly and astonish everyone. She took timid start to driving taking the car out slowly and mostly driving in first gear and at most switching to second gear. She had still not established her ease of using the back gear when the unforeseen took place.

What is the meaning of the word ‘Vacuum’ described in the given passage?

A) Correctness

B) Meaningless

C) Void

D) Confidence

24)  Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below:

At the age of 50 she felt the vacuum which accompanies that age, the child had grown up and gone out for his further studies, her house hold was run on remote control with the help of maids and gadgets, there was almost nothing to do apart from her job, she really felt the need to fill her life with a new twist to add to the new meaning in her life. On racking her brains out she decided to join driving which was her long-time dream. Stealthily she would get up every morning to go to the driving school, hoping to one day take the car out on the sly and astonish everyone. She took timid start to driving taking the car out slowly and mostly driving in first gear and at most switching to second gear. She had still not established her ease of using the back gear when the unforeseen took place.

As per the given passage, the new twist in her life was:

A) To twist her life in a new way.

B) Her desire to fill her life with something new she could find.

C) To add a new meaningful experience to her life.

D) To make her life more creative.

25)  Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below:

At the age of 50 she felt the vacuum which accompanies that age, the child had grown up and gone out for his further studies, her house hold was run on remote control with the help of maids and gadgets, there was almost nothing to do apart from her job, she really felt the need to fill her life with a new twist to add to the new meaning in her life. On racking her brains out she decided to join driving which was her long-time dream. Stealthily she would get up every morning to go to the driving school, hoping to one day take the car out on the sly and astonish everyone. She took timid start to driving taking the car out slowly and mostly driving in first gear and at most switching to second gear. She had still not established her ease of using the back gear when the unforeseen took place.

Guessing by the mood of the passage, what could have been the unforeseen?

A) She started driving very well.

B) She met with an accident.

C) She could never use back gear.

D) She bought a new car.

26)  Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below:

At the age of 50 she felt the vacuum which accompanies that age, the child had grown up and gone out for his further studies, her house hold was run on remote control with the help of maids and gadgets, there was almost nothing to do apart from her job, she really felt the need to fill her life with a new twist to add to the new meaning in her life. On racking her brains out she decided to join driving which was her long-time dream. Stealthily she would get up every morning to go to the driving school, hoping to one day take the car out on the sly and astonish everyone. She took timid start to driving taking the car out slowly and mostly driving in first gear and at most switching to second gear. She had still not established her ease of using the back gear when the unforeseen took place.

How was her house hold run?

A) With the help of a particular remote control.

B) With the help of maids.

C) By her driving.

D) By her vacuum.

27)  Choose the appropriate prepositions for the given sentence.

Paul goes ____ school _____ you, doesn’t he?

A) to, with

B) from, of

C) from, by

D) on, with

28)  Choose the appropriate prepositions for the given sentence.

__the beginning of a textbook there is a preface, and ___ the end there is an index.

A) On, by

B) To, in

C) To, at

D) In, at

29)  Choose the appropriate prepositions for the given sentence.

This regulation does not apply ____ you. You are _____ 18.

A) to, in

B) to, under

C) from, by

D) in, to

30)  What is the opposite meaning for the word TYRANNOUS:

A) Imperious

B) Bossy

C) Autocratic

D) Submissive

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