GPSTR 2022 PAPER II English Model Questions

GPSTR PAPER-II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE MODEL QUESTION PAPER

GPSTR PAPER-II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Post: Graduate Primary Teachers (Classes 6 to 8)
Format: 25 Questions Full Mock Test

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1. Inspite of the doctor’s warning, he paid ____ attention to his health.
Correct Answer: little
Explanation: ‘Little’ is used with uncountable nouns and carries a negative meaning (almost nothing), which fits the context of ignoring the doctor’s warning. ‘A little’ means ‘some’ and has a positive tone.
2. My neighbour has ____ bungalow.
Correct Answer: a beautiful large furnished
Explanation: The standard order of adjectives is: Opinion (beautiful) -> Size (large) -> Condition/Material (furnished).
3. Jane has been in Finland ____ Monday.
Correct Answer: since
Explanation: ‘Since’ is used to refer to a specific starting point in time (Monday) when dealing with present perfect continuous or present perfect tense.
4. A: Have you ever been abroad?
B: ____
Correct Answer: No, I haven’t
Explanation: Short answers must match the auxiliary verb of the question and the polarity. “No” requires a negative tag (“haven’t”).
5. Arun ____ for a swim everyday in the evening.
Correct Answer: goes
Explanation: The word ‘everyday’ indicates a habitual action, which requires the simple present tense.
6. Mrs. Abhinandan longed ____ from her husband when he was in captivity.
Correct Answer: to hear
Explanation: The verb ‘long’ is followed by a to-infinitive (longed to do something).
7. The performance of the students ____ upto the mark.
Correct Answer: is
Explanation: The true subject of the sentence is “performance,” which is singular, hence the singular verb “is” must be used.
8. A tree is a tree ____ there may be no flowers on it.
Correct Answer: although
Explanation: ‘Although’ is used to introduce a subordinate clause expressing a contrast or concession.
9. Let us play now, ____
Correct Answer: shall we?
Explanation: Sentences beginning with “Let us” (or Let’s) inherently take the question tag “shall we?”.
10. Sudha: ____ does Professor John go to the Ministry of Education on business?
Suhana: At least once a month.
Correct Answer: How often
Explanation: “Once a month” indicates frequency. The correct phrase to ask about frequency is “How often”.
11. He said to them, “Don’t make a noise”.
He asked them ____
Correct Answer: not to make a noise.
Explanation: In indirect speech, imperative negative sentences change the verb structure to “not + to + infinitive”.
12. ‘Ram is married. Kala is married’.
These sentences can be appropriately combined as ____
Correct Answer: Both Ram and Kala are married.
Explanation: “Both… and” is the correct correlative conjunction to combine two subjects sharing the exact same status without changing the meaning to imply they married each other.
13. Complete the analogy:
direct: indirect :: employed: ____
Correct Answer: unemployed
Explanation: The analogy uses antonyms. The standard antonym for employed using a prefix is ‘unemployed’.
14. Alas I broke the jug.
One important punctuation mark is missing. The suitable punctuation mark is ____
Correct Answer: Exclamatory mark (!)
Explanation: The word ‘Alas’ is an interjection expressing sudden emotion or sorrow, and is immediately followed by an exclamation mark (Alas!).
15. My brother-in-laws (a) / who live in Bombay (b) / have come (c) / to stay with me (d).
The error in the above sentence is found in ____
Correct Answer: a
Explanation: The plural form of compound nouns like ‘brother-in-law’ is formed by pluralizing the principal word, making it ‘brothers-in-law’, not ‘brother-in-laws’.
16. ‘Where I live does not concern you’.
The above sentence is an example of ____
Correct Answer: Assertive sentence
Explanation: It is a simple declarative statement providing information, making it an assertive sentence.
17. Brutus was ____ honourable man but ____ council voted to kill him.
Correct Answer: an, the
Explanation: ‘honourable’ starts with a vowel sound (silent ‘h’), requiring the article ‘an’. ‘council’ refers to a specific body, needing the definite article ‘the’.
18. ‘Man has to encounter many hardships in life’.
The nearest meaning to the underlined word is ____
Correct Answer: face
Explanation: To encounter something difficult means to confront or ‘face’ it directly.
19. The word opposite in meaning to ‘Kindle’ is ____
Correct Answer: extinguish
Explanation: ‘Kindle’ means to start a fire or ignite. The direct opposite action is to put out a fire, which is ‘extinguish’.
20. ‘Antony turned a deaf ear to my advice.’
The correct alternative which gives the correct meaning of the underlined idiom is ____
Correct Answer: disregarded
Explanation: The idiom ‘turned a deaf ear’ means choosing to ignore or refuse to listen to someone’s words or advice.
21. ‘When you come across a difficult word, ____ in the dictionary.’
The most suitable phrasal verb to be filled in the blank is ____
Correct Answer: look it up
Explanation: ‘Look up’ is the specific phrasal verb used for searching for information in a reference book, like a dictionary.
22. ‘A story in verse’ is ____
Correct Answer: Ballad
Explanation: A ballad is a narrative poem created to tell a story in rhythmic verse, often meant to be sung.
23. He passed ____ the tunnel at lighting speed.
Correct Answer: through
Explanation: ‘Through’ is the correct preposition indicating movement from one side of an enclosed space (like a tunnel) to the other.
24. The wrongly spelt word is ____
Correct Answer: amature
Explanation: The correct spelling is ‘amateur’. The other words (designation, perceive, achieve) are spelled correctly.
25. ‘We haven’t been able to formulate a ____ plan even after much discussion.’
Correct Answer: definite
Explanation: A ‘definite plan’ is a common collocation meaning a clear, exact, and firmly established plan.
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