Name of the Organization : The Gauhati High Court
Name of the Exam : Law Clerk Exam
Department : Non-Judicial Services
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2014
Website : https://ghconline.gov.in/
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GHC Law Clerk Exam Question Paper
Total marks : 100
Duration : 1 1/2 hours
Note :
** Tick Mark the correct answers to the following objective type questions, mentioned in three Parts-A,B, C, in the question paper only
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PART-A [English] :
Directions (Question 1 to 5] In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
1.(a) Abandon (b) Accommodation (c) Adranalin (d) Advent
2. (a) Embad (b) Elapse (c) Exhilarate (d) Exhort
3. (a) Cathedral (b) Catastrephe (c) Colloquial (d) Coax
4. (a) Perplex ‘ (b) Peninsula (c) Perpetuate (d) Pedastrain
5. (a) Trample (b) Tuberculosis (c) Trenquilizer (d) Transcend
Directions (Question 6 — 10): In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
6. (a) They agreed (b) to repair the damage (c) freely of charge (d) No error
7. (a) The Governing Board (b) comprises of (c) Several distinguished personalities (d) No error
8. (a) Each in the office (b) including Rajesh (c) knew who had (d) made the mistake
9. (a) The director, along With all his officers (b) were welcomed with due respect (c) by the union leaders (d) No error
10. (a) We must try (b) to reach college early (c) because the students ((1) must waiting for us there
Directions (Question 11 – 15] In these questions, sentences are given below with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
11. That hardly counts,
(a) does it?
(b) doesn’t it?
(c) do it?
(d) don’t it?
12. Only people who are afraid to sign their names send letters.
(a) unanimous
(b) anonymous
(c) official
(d) informal
13. The Unprecedented economic growth of China has world wide attention.
(a) attracted
(b) proposed
(c) neither
(d) perceived
14. The Government is planning to set family welfare centers for slums in cities.
(a) another
(b) with
(c) for
(d) up
15. Economic development and education have women more assertive.
(a) made
(b) Prepared
(c) marked
(d) resulted
16. To keep one’s temper.
(a) To become hungry
(b) To be in good mood
(c) To preserve ones energy
(d) To be aloof from
17. You can easily overcome this situation, if you keep your head.
(a) keep faith in
(b) remain calm
(c) believe in
(d) trust the others
18. It is clear that the ideas of both reformers ran in the same groove.
(a) Promoted each other
(b) Clashed with each other
(c) Moved in harmony
(d) Moved in different directions
Directions (Question 19 – 23): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the given word. ‘
19. AMELIORATE
(a) improve
(b) depend
(c) soften
(d) worsen
20. GROTESQUE
(a) funny
(b) Attractive
(c) weak
(d) partisan
21. JETTISON
(a) Accept
(b) Reward
(c) Preserve
(d) Consent
22. DEVIOUS
(a) Straight
(b) Obvious
(c) Simple
(d) Superficial
23. EVANESCENT
(a) Imminent
(b) Permanent
(c) Pervasive
(d) Immanent
Directions (Question 24 – 25 ) : Pick out the correct alternative that correctly changes the given sentence into indirect Narration
24. The saint said to me, “Why do you not go to the temple daily?” ‘
The saint :
(a) said to me that why I‘did not go to the temple daily.
(b) asked me that why I did not go to the temple daily.
(c) asked me that why do not go to the temple daily.
(d) enquired of me why I did not go to the temple daily.
25. ‘ The teacher said to me, “Have you read this book?”
The teacher:
(a) told to me that had I read this book.
(b) said to me that had I read this book.
(c) asked me if I had read that book.
(d) told me that I had read that book.
Sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph :
26. A. ’Electricity’ is a subject enumerated in the Concurrent list, meaning that the Federal and State legislatures are competent to enact laws on the subject.
B. The Constitution of India has demarcated the legislative competence of the Federal and State legislatures in three different lists.
C. However, a State law cannot override, or be inconsistent with, a Federal law and case of in consistency, the Federal law Will override the State law.
D. The Union list contains matters within theexclusive domain of the Federal legislature, the State list contains matters within the exclusive domain of the State legislature, and the Concurrent list contains subjects on which both the Federal and the State legislatures are competent to enact laws.
(a) ACBD
(b) BDAC
(c) DABC
(d) BCDA