STPGT TRB Tripura English Paper 2016

TRB Tripura STPGT  English  2016 Paper

The word opposite in meaning to ‘zenith’ is
(a) bottom
(b) top
(c) nadir
(d) None of the above

The word opposite in meaning to ‘taciturn’ is
(a) reticent
(b) loquacious
(c) secretive
(d) None of the above

The word closest in meaning to ‘irascible’ is
(a) unjust
(b) irritable
(c) whimsical
(d) None of the above

If in the beginning of an iambic line, there is only an accented syllable, it is presumed that an unaccented syllable is dropped, then the foot is called
(a) cateletic
(b) acephalous
(c) hypermetrical
(d) None of the above

A trisyllabic foot is called ‘anapaest’, when
(a) one accented syllable is preceded by two unaccented syllables
(b) one accented syllable precedes two unaccented syllables
(c) the syllable in the middle is only accented while the rest are unaccented
(d) None of the above

“To-mo/rrow, and /to-mo/rrow,
and /to-mo/rrow,
Creeps in/this pett/y pace/from
day/to day”
In this excerpt, the first foot of the second line is
(a) a trochee
(b) a pyrrhic
(c) a spondee
(d) None of the above

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
The figure of speech used here is
(a) chiasmus
(b) hendiadys
(c) litotes
(d) hyperbaton

“All the rank and fashion came out to see the sight”
This is an example of
(a) personification
(b) synecdoche
(c) apostrophe
(d) asyndeton

The expression ‘to spill the beans’ means
(a) to give away information
(b) to dealy action
(c) to motivate
(d) to make things untidy

Take it ‘with a pinch of salt’. The quoted phrase means
(a) gleefully
(b) unconditionally
(c) with spices
(d) with reservation

Do not ” ride rough shod” over the poor.
The “” idiomatic expression may be substituted with
(a) give undue importance
(b) pamper
(c) treat harshly
(d) hate

A synonym for the word ‘subterfuge’ is
(a) pretext
(b) sublime
(c) overindulgence
(d) foreknowledge

He held out his hand, which Dipesh shook.
Here, ‘Which Dipesh shook’is
(a) a restrictive relative clause
(b) a main clause
(c) a nonrestrictive relative clause
(d) None of the above

“Who, do you think, will pass” ‘ _____ do you think’ functions here as a/an
(a) noun clause
(b) parenthetic clause
(c) dependent clause
(d) object to the word ‘who’

With which of the following forms would you fill the blank put in the sentence below ?
He has __________ the foundation of the building.
(a) laid
(b) lain
(c) lay
(d) lied

Fill in the blank of the following sentence by choosing from the options given below –
” The river has _________ its banks.”
(a) overflowed
(b) overflown
(c) overflew
(d) flown