Organisation : Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission
Exam : State Service Mains Exam
Paper: Language
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Year : 2014
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State Service Mains Exam General English Sample Paper :
Instructions For Candidates :
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Extra time of 10 minutes will be given for careful reading and understanding instructions as well as for making required entries in Question Paper and Question Cum Answer Booklet (QAB).
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3. Before making any entry on Question Paper and QAB candidate should count and check the no. of pages and if any discrepancy is seen then invigilator should be informed immediately for another copy of Question Paper/ QAB.
4. Each entry on Question paper and QAB should done with Black/ Blue Ball Point Pen .
5. In Hindi/ English format of questions some minor spelling/ other mistake in either one of languages will not be considered objectionable as it is expected that candidates being graduate can percept and understand that. No applications regarding the same will be entertained by the commission.
6. Use of Calculators, Log Tables, Mobile Phones, Pagers and any other type of communications or calculating devices are prohibited and punishable.
7. Rough work can be done only on last two pages of Question Paper
General English :
Maximum Marks : 50
Q.No-1(a) Following the instruction either in the beginning or at the end of the sentence.
(i) Quinine is ________, but honey is ________. (supply suitable adjective)
(ii) I saw her ________ she was getting off the bus. (supply suitable conjunction)
(iii) If there are ________ words in the lesson you don’t understand, feel free to ask me. (Choose from some/any)
(iv) To save your eyesight, you ________ eat carrots. (Choose from “must/ought to/might/should/used to”)
(b) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
(i) I hope your dirty feet are _______ my clean floor.
(ii) He lives _______ a stone’s throw of my house.
(iii) The bee was humming ________ Kartik’s head.
(iv) Rachel was attacked when she was coming _______ the hill.
(c) Fill in the blanks with the suitable tense form of the verb given in the bracket.
(i) She (wash)……………………….. clothes, that is why her clothes are wet.
(Present perfect/ Present perfect continuous)
(ii) Last year he (spend) ………………… his holidays in Spain.
(Correct form of the verb in bracket)
(iii) The lightning struck with a heavy explosion as if some bomb _________ exploded.
(Present perfect/ Past perfect)
(iv) There (be) ……………………..an age-old dictum that, “Health is Wealth”.
(Correct tense form of the verb in bracket)
Q.No-2 (a) Make sentences using the following words to clarify their meaning.
(i) Doze
(ii) Initiate
(b) Use the following idiomatic expressions in your own words to express their meaning.
(i) From Pillar to post
(ii) On cloud nine.
(c) Rearrange the words in the following sentences to turn them into a meaningful sentence.
(i) accident/ could/ how/ him/ she/ you and/ the/ blame/ spare.
(ii) Piller/nation/you/the/of/are/the
(d) Rewrite the following sentences after making appropriate correction. Utmost care should be taken not to change their meaning. If there are no corrections rewrite the sentence as it is.
(i) Tomorrow my uncle had invited me for dinner.
(ii) The strong correlation among caste and economic dispossession calls for the many controversial headcount.
(e) Rewrite the following sentences correcting the misspelt word and also underline the corrected word by you.
(i) The railway will run extra trains for the fare.
(ii) As you so, sow shall you reap.
Q.No-3 (a) Write synonym of the following words.
(i) Unintentional
(ii) Wonderful
(b) Write antonyms of the following words.
(i) Thorny
(ii) Meek
Q.No-4 Change the voice.
(i) Twelve months make a year.
(ii) The police accused him of murder.
(iii) The peon was ringing the bell.
(iv) These two book were given by the man in black suit.
Q.No-5 Translate the following sentences in Hindi.
(i) “At first I didn’t even think it was possible” she said.
(ii) He knew well that it was useless trying to get some sleep.
(iii) Children need to take care of themselves.
(iv) We have to learn how to handle our anger without venting frustration on our children.
(v) Just like the body, the eyes have a language of their own.