Set-11 Prahari Karyapalik Recruitment Test

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD Jail Department – Prahari (Karyapalik) Recruitment Test 2018 1st Oct 2018 2:00PM

Topic: – General English

01. Choose the option that correctly sequences the following sentences:

1. She looked into the fridge to see if there was something nice to eat.

2. She did not find anything nice to eat there.

3. Mary was hungry after doing her work.

4. She ordered a pizza and drank some milk.

A) 3124

B) 2413

C) 3142

D) 4321

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

I wonder why she ignored me when we met in the hallway.

Do you think she ______ have not recognized me?

A) should

B) might

C) can

D) will

03. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the highlighted word given below:

Kishen is a noted personality in the locality.

A) prominent

B) welcome

C) obscure

D) notorious

04. Choose the appropriate conjunction for the given sentence:

He ironed his formal shirt the previous day ______ he need not have to do it on the day of the interview.

A) so that

B) but

C) such that

D) when

05. Choose the appropriate prepositions for the given sentence:

It was ____ midnight when three cars dropped ____ the passengers and disappeared.

A) during, away

B) in, out

C) around, off

D) on, down

06. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentences into one.

This is my cousin. His name is Anil.

A) Anil is his cousin brother.

B) This was my cousin brother Anil.

C) This is my cousin, Anil.

D) He is not my cousin brother Anil.

07. Spot the error in the given sentence and choose the option that rectifies it.

If I have wings, I would fly.

A) If I have wings, I will fly.

B) If I had wings, I would fly.

C) If I had wings, I would have fly.

D) If I had wings, I will fly.

08. Choose the appropriate option that changes the given sentence into passive voice.

Somebody hit the dog with a stick.

A) The dog was hit with a stick.

B) The dog will be hit by a stick.

C) Somebody was hit by a stick.

D) Somebody was hit with a stick.

09. Choose the appropriate form of the tense for the given sentence.

If it ______, we will cancel the party.

A) were raining

B) rain

C) rains

D) rained

10) 10. Choose the appropriate form of the tense for the given sentence.

The vacation ____ next month.  We _____ to the Alps.  Our tickets are booked.

A) starts, goes

B) starts, are going

C) will start, will be gone

D) will starts, will go

11. Choose the appropriate preposition phrase to complete the given sentence.

Let us not _____ the fact that the child is missing.

A) overbear

B) over bear

C) over-look

D) overlook

12. Choose the most suitable determiner for the given sentence.

____the people are untrustworthy.

A) Some of

B) Some

C) Any of

D) Many

13. Choose the option with the appropriate prefix to complete the given sentence.

The seven year old child is rude and __polite; he does not know how to speak to elders.

A) mis-

B) un-

C) im-

D) dis-

14. Choose the option that best punctuates the given sentence:

May I have a glass of juice instead of water asked the passenger?

A) “May I have, a glass of juice instead of water, “asked the passenger.

B) “May I have a glass of juice instead of water?” asked the passenger.

C) “May I have a glass of juice, instead of water” asked the passenger.

D) “May I, have a glass of juice instead of water” asked the passenger

15. Choose the option that best transforms the given sentence into active voice:

The lock had been opened using a hairpin and the lights were switched on.

A) A hairpin had been used to opened the lock and the lights were switched on

B) A hairpin was used to open the lock and someone had switched on the lights.

C) A hairpin was opened to use the lock and the lights were switched on.

D) A hairpin was opening using the lock and the lights were switched on.

16. Choose the option that best explains the highlighted expression:

These tickets to the cricket match cost us an arm and a leg!

A) proved to be worthless

B) to be very expensive

C) caused physical injury

D) involved a big fight

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17) 17. Choose the correct form of verb that is in agreement with the subject:

Resentment between the two warring parties ____ so great that they ____ ready to fight it out with sticks and stones.

A) was, were

B) has, was

C) is, was

D) are, were

18. Choose the correct form of the verb from the following options in the given sentence:

They _______for more than two hours.

A) wait

B) waiting

C) have been waiting

D) has been waiting

19) 19. Choose appropriate articles for the given sentence:

Friendship is ____relationship of mutual affection between people and is ____stronger form of interpersonal bond than____association.

A) the, the, a

B) an, the, a

C) a, a, the

D) a, a, an

20) 20. Choose appropriate articles for the given sentence:

Nature is ____best example of perfect discipline, as every element in it moves according to___strictly-regulated plan.

A) a, a

B) a, the

C) a, an

D) the, a

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