BPSC TRE-1 Higher Secondary English — Previous Year Questions

Question 1

Passage 1

Sports and games play a major role in keeping a person fit and fine. Furthermore, they increase the blood flow in the entire body. So, this helps in keeping the heart in best condition. Moreover, the immunity of the body increases by playing outdoor sports. Also, it helps in keeping your body fat percentage low. This makes the appearance of the body better and makes a person good-looking. Games like chess, card games increase the mental health of a person as they develop spontaneity and the response time of a person. As a result, a person's mind can make a decision under pressure. Thus, this helps in increasing the IQ of a person and presence of mind.

Outdoor sports like football, cricket, basketball and hockey build the stamina of a person. As all these sports require a lot of running, the stamina of a person automatically increases. Therefore, a person can work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Some sports need individual participation, while some require teamwork. Thus, sport develops teamwork in a person which is essential in every fieldwork. A company can only run by working together and not individually. So, it becomes important for a person to know how to work together in a team. Only then you can achieve the desired goal. Sports can bring change to your day-to-day routine. Moreover, it can relieve you from stress as your body will experience a change. It gives your mind a boost of enthusiasm and happiness. As a result, this will fill you with energy for the next day.

How can playing basketball increase the stamina of a person?

Accepted Answer

The player runs a lot

Answer

The player takes supplements

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The player eats nutritious food

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 2

Passage 1

Sports and games play a major role in keeping a person fit and fine. Furthermore, they increase the blood flow in the entire body. So, this helps in keeping the heart in best condition. Moreover, the immunity of the body increases by playing outdoor sports. Also, it helps in keeping your body fat percentage low. This makes the appearance of the body better and makes a person good-looking. Games like chess, card games increase the mental health of a person as they develop spontaneity and the response time of a person. As a result, a person's mind can make a decision under pressure. Thus, this helps in increasing the IQ of a person and presence of mind.

Outdoor sports like football, cricket, basketball and hockey build the stamina of a person. As all these sports require a lot of running, the stamina of a person automatically increases. Therefore, a person can work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Some sports need individual participation, while some require teamwork. Thus, sport develops teamwork in a person which is essential in every fieldwork. A company can only run by working together and not individually. So, it becomes important for a person to know how to work together in a team. Only then you can achieve the desired goal. Sports can bring change to your day-to-day routine. Moreover, it can relieve you from stress as your body will experience a change. It gives your mind a boost of enthusiasm and happiness. As a result, this will fill you with energy for the next day.

Sport makes a person look better because

Accepted Answer

the body loses fat

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a lot of cosmetics are used

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trendy clothes are worn

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 3

Passage 1

Sports and games play a major role in keeping a person fit and fine. Furthermore, they increase the blood flow in the entire body. So, this helps in keeping the heart in best condition. Moreover, the immunity of the body increases by playing outdoor sports. Also, it helps in keeping your body fat percentage low. This makes the appearance of the body better and makes a person good-looking. Games like chess, card games increase the mental health of a person as they develop spontaneity and the response time of a person. As a result, a person's mind can make a decision under pressure. Thus, this helps in increasing the IQ of a person and presence of mind.

Outdoor sports like football, cricket, basketball and hockey build the stamina of a person. As all these sports require a lot of running, the stamina of a person automatically increases. Therefore, a person can work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Some sports need individual participation, while some require teamwork. Thus, sport develops teamwork in a person which is essential in every fieldwork. A company can only run by working together and not individually. So, it becomes important for a person to know how to work together in a team. Only then you can achieve the desired goal. Sports can bring change to your day-to-day routine. Moreover, it can relieve you from stress as your body will experience a change. It gives your mind a boost of enthusiasm and happiness. As a result, this will fill you with energy for the next day.

According to the passage, teamwork means

Accepted Answer

working together as a team

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leading a team

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traveling together as a team

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 4

Passage 1

Sports and games play a major role in keeping a person fit and fine. Furthermore, they increase the blood flow in the entire body. So, this helps in keeping the heart in best condition. Moreover, the immunity of the body increases by playing outdoor sports. Also, it helps in keeping your body fat percentage low. This makes the appearance of the body better and makes a person good-looking. Games like chess, card games increase the mental health of a person as they develop spontaneity and the response time of a person. As a result, a person's mind can make a decision under pressure. Thus, this helps in increasing the IQ of a person and presence of mind.

Outdoor sports like football, cricket, basketball and hockey build the stamina of a person. As all these sports require a lot of running, the stamina of a person automatically increases. Therefore, a person can work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Some sports need individual participation, while some require teamwork. Thus, sport develops teamwork in a person which is essential in every fieldwork. A company can only run by working together and not individually. So, it becomes important for a person to know how to work together in a team. Only then you can achieve the desired goal. Sports can bring change to your day-to-day routine. Moreover, it can relieve you from stress as your body will experience a change. It gives your mind a boost of enthusiasm and happiness. As a result, this will fill you with energy for the next day.

Which games help to improve IQ?

Accepted Answer

Chess and card games

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Cricket and tennis

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Hockey and chess

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 5

Passage 1

Sports and games play a major role in keeping a person fit and fine. Furthermore, they increase the blood flow in the entire body. So, this helps in keeping the heart in best condition. Moreover, the immunity of the body increases by playing outdoor sports. Also, it helps in keeping your body fat percentage low. This makes the appearance of the body better and makes a person good-looking. Games like chess, card games increase the mental health of a person as they develop spontaneity and the response time of a person. As a result, a person's mind can make a decision under pressure. Thus, this helps in increasing the IQ of a person and presence of mind.

Outdoor sports like football, cricket, basketball and hockey build the stamina of a person. As all these sports require a lot of running, the stamina of a person automatically increases. Therefore, a person can work for a longer period of time without getting tired. Some sports need individual participation, while some require teamwork. Thus, sport develops teamwork in a person which is essential in every fieldwork. A company can only run by working together and not individually. So, it becomes important for a person to know how to work together in a team. Only then you can achieve the desired goal. Sports can bring change to your day-to-day routine. Moreover, it can relieve you from stress as your body will experience a change. It gives your mind a boost of enthusiasm and happiness. As a result, this will fill you with energy for the next day.

Pick the word that is the opposite of 'stress'.

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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Weight

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Force

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Accent

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More than one of the above

Question 6

Passage 2

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.

Another word for 'impair' is

Accepted Answer

obstruct

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strengthen

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fortify

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 7

Passage 2

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.

When you read too much the mind cannot

Accepted Answer

ruminate

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absorb

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remember

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 8

Passage 2

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.

Three-fourth part of our input is

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Answer

absorbed

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understood

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excreted

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More than one of the above

Question 9

Passage 2

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.

'Ruminate' means the same as

Accepted Answer

More than one of the above

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contemplate

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consider

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chew the cud

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None of the above

Question 10

Passage 2

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and cook the mind by feeding it too much. The more you read, the fewer are the traces left by what you have read : the mind becomes like a tablet crossed over with writing. There is no time for ruminating, and no other way can you assimilate what you have read. If you read on and on without setting your own thoughts to work what you have read cannot strike root and is generally lost. It is, in fact, just the same with mental as with bodily food : hardly the fifth part of what one takes is assimilated. The rest passes out in evaporation, respiration and the like.

Reading too much without setting one's thoughts to work results in

Accepted Answer

More than one of the above

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mental breakdown

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overfilling the mind

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incoherence

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None of the above

Question 11

Passage 3

Discipline is of the utmost importance in student life. If the young students do not obey their superiors and go without discipline, they will be deprived of much of the training they should have at this period and in future they will never be able to extract obedience from others in the society. Society will never accept them as persons fit for commanding and taking up any responsible positions in life. So, it is the duty of all students to observe discipline in the preparatory stage of their life. A college without discipline can never impart suitable education to students. The rule of discipline in the playground and the battle-field as well plays a very important role. A team without discipline may not fare well in spite of good players for want of mutual understanding and cooperation. In any army, everyone from the rank of the General down to the ranks of an ordinary soldier must observe discipline. In case a soldier does not obey his immediate superior, the army becomes a rabble quite unfit for the achievement of the common ends of war. At first sight, it may appear to us that discipline takes away individual liberty. But on analysis it is found that it does not do so, for liberty is not license. We find disciplined liberty at the root of all kinds of human happiness.

Another word for 'rabble' is

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Answer

team

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regiment

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company

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More than one of the above

Question 12

Passage 3

Discipline is of the utmost importance in student life. If the young students do not obey their superiors and go without discipline, they will be deprived of much of the training they should have at this period and in future they will never be able to extract obedience from others in the society. Society will never accept them as persons fit for commanding and taking up any responsible positions in life. So, it is the duty of all students to observe discipline in the preparatory stage of their life. A college without discipline can never impart suitable education to students. The rule of discipline in the playground and the battle-field as well plays a very important role. A team without discipline may not fare well in spite of good players for want of mutual understanding and cooperation. In any army, everyone from the rank of the General down to the ranks of an ordinary soldier must observe discipline. In case a soldier does not obey his immediate superior, the army becomes a rabble quite unfit for the achievement of the common ends of war. At first sight, it may appear to us that discipline takes away individual liberty. But on analysis it is found that it does not do so, for liberty is not license. We find disciplined liberty at the root of all kinds of human happiness.

The word 'extract' in the passage means

Accepted Answer

get

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force

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understand

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More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 13

Passage 3

Discipline is of the utmost importance in student life. If the young students do not obey their superiors and go without discipline, they will be deprived of much of the training they should have at this period and in future they will never be able to extract obedience from others in the society. Society will never accept them as persons fit for commanding and taking up any responsible positions in life. So, it is the duty of all students to observe discipline in the preparatory stage of their life. A college without discipline can never impart suitable education to students. The rule of discipline in the playground and the battle-field as well plays a very important role. A team without discipline may not fare well in spite of good players for want of mutual understanding and cooperation. In any army, everyone from the rank of the General down to the ranks of an ordinary soldier must observe discipline. In case a soldier does not obey his immediate superior, the army becomes a rabble quite unfit for the achievement of the common ends of war. At first sight, it may appear to us that discipline takes away individual liberty. But on analysis it is found that it does not do so, for liberty is not license. We find disciplined liberty at the root of all kinds of human happiness.

What can a college with discipline give to students?

Accepted Answer

Suitable education

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Great happiness

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Complete liberty

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More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 14

Passage 3

Discipline is of the utmost importance in student life. If the young students do not obey their superiors and go without discipline, they will be deprived of much of the training they should have at this period and in future they will never be able to extract obedience from others in the society. Society will never accept them as persons fit for commanding and taking up any responsible positions in life. So, it is the duty of all students to observe discipline in the preparatory stage of their life. A college without discipline can never impart suitable education to students. The rule of discipline in the playground and the battle-field as well plays a very important role. A team without discipline may not fare well in spite of good players for want of mutual understanding and cooperation. In any army, everyone from the rank of the General down to the ranks of an ordinary soldier must observe discipline. In case a soldier does not obey his immediate superior, the army becomes a rabble quite unfit for the achievement of the common ends of war. At first sight, it may appear to us that discipline takes away individual liberty. But on analysis it is found that it does not do so, for liberty is not license. We find disciplined liberty at the root of all kinds of human happiness.

Choose the preparatory stage of life.

Accepted Answer

College

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University

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Army

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More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 15

Passage 3

Discipline is of the utmost importance in student life. If the young students do not obey their superiors and go without discipline, they will be deprived of much of the training they should have at this period and in future they will never be able to extract obedience from others in the society. Society will never accept them as persons fit for commanding and taking up any responsible positions in life. So, it is the duty of all students to observe discipline in the preparatory stage of their life. A college without discipline can never impart suitable education to students. The rule of discipline in the playground and the battle-field as well plays a very important role. A team without discipline may not fare well in spite of good players for want of mutual understanding and cooperation. In any army, everyone from the rank of the General down to the ranks of an ordinary soldier must observe discipline. In case a soldier does not obey his immediate superior, the army becomes a rabble quite unfit for the achievement of the common ends of war. At first sight, it may appear to us that discipline takes away individual liberty. But on analysis it is found that it does not do so, for liberty is not license. We find disciplined liberty at the root of all kinds of human happiness.

'Liberty is not license' in the passage means

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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freedom is absolute

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freedom has no constraint

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freedom is not possible

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More than one of the above

Question 16

Passage 4

It is with much satisfaction that I hear this great city enquiring day by day after these my papers, and receiving my morning lectures with a becoming seriousness and attention. My publisher tells me, that there are already three thousand of them distributed every day : so that if I allow twenty readers to every paper, which I look upon as a modest computation, I may reckon about three score thousand disciples in London and Westminster, who I hope will take care to distinguish themselves from the thoughtless herd of their ignorant and inattentive brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an audience, I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable, and their diversion useful. For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day. And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be short, transient, intermitting starts of thought, I have resolved to refresh their memories from day to day, till I have recovered them out of that desperate state of vice and folly, into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.

The observation 'becoming seriousness' has which one of the following meanings?

Accepted Answer

Profound thoughtfulness with complete involvement

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Profound seriousness with complete involvement

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Thoughtfulness with little involvement

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More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 17

Passage 4

It is with much satisfaction that I hear this great city enquiring day by day after these my papers, and receiving my morning lectures with a becoming seriousness and attention. My publisher tells me, that there are already three thousand of them distributed every day : so that if I allow twenty readers to every paper, which I look upon as a modest computation, I may reckon about three score thousand disciples in London and Westminster, who I hope will take care to distinguish themselves from the thoughtless herd of their ignorant and inattentive brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an audience, I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable, and their diversion useful. For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day. And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be short, transient, intermitting starts of thought, I have resolved to refresh their memories from day to day, till I have recovered them out of that desperate state of vice and folly, into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.

The phraseology 'this great city' has which one of the following cities under reference?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Paris

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Milan

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 18

Passage 4

It is with much satisfaction that I hear this great city enquiring day by day after these my papers, and receiving my morning lectures with a becoming seriousness and attention. My publisher tells me, that there are already three thousand of them distributed every day : so that if I allow twenty readers to every paper, which I look upon as a modest computation, I may reckon about three score thousand disciples in London and Westminster, who I hope will take care to distinguish themselves from the thoughtless herd of their ignorant and inattentive brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an audience, I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable, and their diversion useful. For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day. And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be short, transient, intermitting starts of thought, I have resolved to refresh their memories from day to day, till I have recovered them out of that desperate state of vice and folly, into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.

What does the observation 'to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality' mean?

Accepted Answer

Simple yet reasonable

Answer

Tough yet didactic

Answer

Vague yet ludicrous

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 19

Passage 4

It is with much satisfaction that I hear this great city enquiring day by day after these my papers, and receiving my morning lectures with a becoming seriousness and attention. My publisher tells me, that there are already three thousand of them distributed every day : so that if I allow twenty readers to every paper, which I look upon as a modest computation, I may reckon about three score thousand disciples in London and Westminster, who I hope will take care to distinguish themselves from the thoughtless herd of their ignorant and inattentive brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an audience, I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable, and their diversion useful. For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day. And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be short, transient, intermitting starts of thought, I have resolved to refresh their memories from day to day, till I have recovered them out of that desperate state of vice and folly, into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.

'The mind that lies fallow' has which one of the following meanings?

Accepted Answer

Decadent thoughts

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Pragmatic opinions

Answer

Bold assertions

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 20

Passage 4

It is with much satisfaction that I hear this great city enquiring day by day after these my papers, and receiving my morning lectures with a becoming seriousness and attention. My publisher tells me, that there are already three thousand of them distributed every day : so that if I allow twenty readers to every paper, which I look upon as a modest computation, I may reckon about three score thousand disciples in London and Westminster, who I hope will take care to distinguish themselves from the thoughtless herd of their ignorant and inattentive brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an audience, I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable, and their diversion useful. For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day. And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be short, transient, intermitting starts of thought, I have resolved to refresh their memories from day to day, till I have recovered them out of that desperate state of vice and folly, into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day, sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.

What does the author mean when he says, 'I have brought Philosophy out of closets ...'?

Accepted Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

Even a common man can understand serious ideas

Answer

Even serious ideas could be debated over a cup of tea

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Even a fool can understand Philosophy

Answer

None of the above

Question 21

Passage 5

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.

Which one of the following is an ideal conversation?

Accepted Answer

Two intimate friends are talking to each other

Answer

Many persons on the whole are having conversations

Answer

Two persons are talking intimately to each other

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 22

Passage 5

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.

What does the word 'discourse' mean?

Accepted Answer

Orderly expression of thought

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Chaotic expression of thought

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Assertive exposition of thought

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More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 23

Passage 5

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.

The word 'communicative' has which one of the following meanings?

Accepted Answer

Speaker speaks and the listener listens and understands

Answer

Speaker speaks and the listener listens

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Speaker speaks

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 24

Passage 5

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.

What does the author mean when he says, 'exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend'?

Accepted Answer

Honest, truthful, sincere and committed talk

Answer

Pretentious talk

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Roguery

Answer

More than one of the above

Answer

None of the above

Question 25

Passage 5

One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety of thoughts and subjects would be started in discourse; but instead of this, we find that conversation is never so much straitened and confined as in numerous assemblies. When a multitude meet together on any subject of discourse, their debates are taken up chiefly with forms and general positions; nay, if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women, the talk generally runs upon the weather, fashions, news, and the like public topics. In proportion as conversation gets into clubs and knots of friends, it descends into particulars, and grows more free and communicative : but the most open, instructive, and unreserved discourse, is that which passes between two persons who are familiar and intimate friends. On these occasions, a man gives a loose to every passion and every thought that is uppermost, discovers his most retired opinions of persons and things, tries the beauty and strength of his sentiments, and exposes his whole soul to the examination of his friend.

In having written such a piece of essay, what may be the intention of the author?

Accepted Answer

To find an easy and precise style which could be read and understood by the ordinary public

Answer

To expound a theory which remains buried in the book

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To develop arguments so as to influence opinions and win favour

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 26

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) No matter what that / (B) I do, I can't / (C) make my father happy.

Accepted Answer

No matter what that

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I do, I can't

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make my father happy.

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 27

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) What type / (B) of food / (C) do you like to eat?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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What type

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of food

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do you like to eat?

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More than one of the above

Question 28

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) The Shaurya is / (B) the most tallest boy / (C) in the class.

Accepted Answer

More than one of the above

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The Shaurya is

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the most tallest boy

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in the class.

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None of the above

Question 29

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) This wrong mistake / (B) is going to / (C) cost you.

Accepted Answer

This wrong mistake

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is going to

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cost you.

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 30

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) What kinds / (B) of car do / (C) you want?

Accepted Answer

What kinds

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of car do

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you want?

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 31

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) What is / (B) this madness / (C) behavior?

Accepted Answer

this madness

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What is

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behavior?

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 32

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) Each of / (B) the member / (C) agreed.

Accepted Answer

the member

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Each of

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agreed.

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 33

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) This set / (B) of books / (C) are for sale.

Accepted Answer

are for sale.

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This set

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of books

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 34

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) The family has / (B) been living there / (C) since many years.

Accepted Answer

since many years.

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The family has

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been living there

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 35

Find the error, if any, in the underlined parts of the sentence:
(A) By the time / (B) we reached there, / (C) she left.

Accepted Answer

she left.

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By the time

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we reached there,

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 36

Pick out the sentence that is a change of voice.
Has the librarian ordered the books?

Accepted Answer

Have the books been ordered by the librarian?

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Did the librarian order the books?

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Had the librarian ordered the books?

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 37

Pick out the sentence that is a change of voice.
The work was finished by them in time.

Accepted Answer

They finished the work in time.

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The work was finished by them in a timely manner.

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In time, the work was finished by them.

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 38

Pick out the sentence that is a change of voice.
He sent them some money.

Accepted Answer

Some money was sent to them by him.

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They were sent some money.

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I saw that he sent them some money.

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 39

Select the correct word order of the parts of the sentence given below:
skating (a) / his (b) / never (c) / goes (d) / grandmother (e)

Accepted Answer

b e c d a

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a b c d e

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b c d e a

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 40

My friend stabbed me in the back by stealing my class notes.
'Stabbed me in the back' is an instance of

Accepted Answer

an idiom

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a proverb

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saying

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 41

Pick out the named part of speech from the sentence.
The cake was delivered in time and was delicious. (Adjective)

Accepted Answer

Delicious

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Delivered

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In time

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 42

Pick out the named part of speech from the sentence.
The puppy was hiding under the bed while we were looking behind all the doors. (Preposition)

Accepted Answer

More than one of the above

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Behind

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Under

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Looking

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None of the above

Question 43

Pick out the named part of speech from the sentence.
Since the police had to move swiftly, it was difficult to document everything extensively. (Adverb)

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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Since

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Move

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Document

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More than one of the above

Question 44

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
As the teacher was not _____ with the answers, she _____ the lesson tomorrow.

Accepted Answer

satisfied, will repeat

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satisfy, repeats

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satisfied, repeated

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 45

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
This is _____ school but the hockey ground is not _____.

Accepted Answer

our, ours

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yours, yours

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our, our

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 46

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
We have been waiting for you _____ 9 a.m.

Accepted Answer

since

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for

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at

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 47

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
She is the _____ girl in the class, no girl is _____ she is.

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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taller, tall

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tallest, tall enough as

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tall, taller as

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More than one of the above

Question 48

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
The movie was _____ boring.

Accepted Answer

quite

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quiet

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quietly

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 49

Pick the correct option to complete the sentence.
Is there _____ post office around here? I need to buy _____ stamps.

Accepted Answer

a, some

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a, an

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the, a

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More than one of the above

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None of the above

Question 50

Select the sentence that means the same as the one given below:
He usually buys the tickets.

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Answer

Sometimes he sells the tickets.

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The tickets are bought by him always.

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He buys the tickets for the team.

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More than one of the above

BPSC TRE-1 Higher Secondary English — Question Paper with Answers

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