CLRI Junior Secretariat Assistant Previous Year Paper 2018 on English Language
| CLRI – JSA – 2018 – Paper – II – English Language | |
| Read each sentences given below to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer may be marked as(4). | |
| 1. | According to economists not more than five percent (1) / of education loans taken (2) / are overdue (3).
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 2. | What productions in the region will fall drastically (1)/ unless we do anything (2)/ to stop climate change (3).
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 3. | A representative of the Bank will provide students an (1) / insight into the (2) / economic future of our country (3).
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 4. | In spite of the best governmental efforts emission of greenhouse gases (1)/ and noxious gases (2) / remain a cause of worry (3)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 5. | The sole idea behind conducting such programmes (1) / is to create awareness (2)/ among young minds of our nation (3).
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Fill up the blank with the best pair of words in the option given below to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete. | |
| 6. | The teacher must ___ the unique style of the learner in order to ______ it to the desired knowledge
(a) Advocate, direct (b) Perpetuate, develop (c) Appreciate, focus (d) Discover, harness |
| 7. | Opportunities _____ when they are seized and ____ when they are not.
(a) Gather, evade (b) Needed, reflect (c) Create, disperse (d) Multiply, die |
| 8. | He _______ a wrong act because it was ______ for him to do so due to circumstantial forces.
(a) Compelled, necessary (b) Refused, dangerous (c) Committed, inevitable (d) Dual aspect, concept |
| 9. | The police _______ a gang ________ in duping the Tele-banking customers and arrested 10 persons.
(a) Caught, dealing (b) Busted, specialized (c) Arrested, setting (d) Wanted, criminal |
| 10. | The numbers _______ by the online music service providers indicate that the growing number of users are _______ to buy music.
(a) Morphed, ignoring (b) Labelled, thriving (c) Touted, willing (d) Figured, fanatic |
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| In each of the following questions, an idiomatic expression with its possible meanings is given. Find the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression. | |
| 11. | He was in high sprits when I met him in the restaurant.
(a) In a drunken state (b) In a cheerful mood (c) Talking excessively (d) Deeply engrossed in thoughts |
| 12. | The barebones of the conversation had been that he hated my guts.
(a) Naked truth (b) Main point (c) Detailed analysis (d) Angry behavior |
| 13. | He ate the humble pie at the end.
(a) Ruined (b) Honest (c) Apologized (d) Refused |
| 14. | He took the bull by its horns
(a) Surrendered (b) Put all his courage and strength (c) Ran away (d) Protected the animal |
| 15. | He beats about the bush
(a) Talks continuously (b) Does not speak specifically (c) Speaks well (d) Talks angrily |
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| 16. | Rakesh tried hard to bury the hatchet with Rita
(a) To settle the disputes (b) To meet (c) To go outing (d) To impress |
| 17. | The manager behaves in a high handed manner with his staff.
(a) Lending hand (b) Helping (c) Arbitrary (d) Polite |
| Find out the word which are OPPOSITE in meaning to the words given below. | |
| 18. | Pivotal
(a) Irrelevant (b) Unmanageable (c) Auspicious (d) Calm |
| 19. | Raucous
(a) Strident (b) Harsh (c) Rough (d) Soft |
| 20. | Mundane
(a) Extraordinary (b) Regular (c) Severe (d) Routine |
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| Published On 15th Sept 2021 | |
| Last Updated on 27th Sept 2021 | |
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