MPSC Maharashtra group C Service Main Examination 2018 Paper 1
- Even though they were close friends, they gave no quarter to each other in the boxing ring. The underlined phrase means ______.
(1) To give no wine
(2) To give no money
(3) To show no mercy
(4) None of the above
- Choose the correct active sentence of the following statement.
Many vehicles are being looted and burnt by the agitators and hooligans.
(1) Many vehicles are looted and burnt by the agitators and hooligans.
(2) The agitators and hooligans have been looting and burning many vehicles.
(3) Many vehicles are burning and looting the agitators and hooligans.
(4) The agitators and hooligans are looting and burning many vehicles.
- Point out the incorrect sentence.
(a) One may smile and smile to be an villain.
(b) Our library has many good books on Indian aesthetics.
(c) A great deal of work is yet to be done.
(d) A spade is a very useful tool in farming.
Answer options:
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (b) and (d)
(3) (a) only
(4) All of these
- Identify right or wrong sentence/sentences:
(a) I met him in the way.
(b) Send this letter on my address.
Answer options:
(1) Both (a) and (b) are right
(2) Both (a) and (b) are wrong
(3) Only (a) is right
(4) Only (b) is right
- He has thrown off ‘all his old friends since he became rich.
Identify the correct meaning of the phrase underlined.
(1) Neglected
(2) Expelled
(3) Retorted
(4) Resigned
- Point out the incorrect sentence.
(a) Do not cry over a spoilt milk.
(b) A loaf of bread is more essential than a good deal of advice.
(c) Biscuits are made of wheat-floor.
(d) A blade of grass dances happily in the morning sunlight.
Answer options:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (a) and (c)
(3) (a) and (d)
(4) only (d)
- Use the correct form of adjective in the given sentence:
“This is the _________ point on this mountain range”.
(1) Further
(2) Furthest
(3) Farther
(4) Farthest
- Which of the following sentence/sentences is/are incorrect?
(a) I will dine with them on next Sunday.
(b) He went to school but returned back immediately.
Answer options:
(1) Both (a) and (b)
(2) Only (a)
(3) Only (b)
(4) (a) is correct, (b) is incorrect
- The way he is burning the candle at both ends, he will soon be a pauper. The underlined phrase means _______.
(1) To be extravagant
(2) To be reasonable
(3) To be moderate
(4) None of the above
- Point out the correct sentences:
(a) Are you sure for Jaya’s honesty?
(b) Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen.
(c) Officials must do their best to comply to the regulations.
(d) We were tired of walking so sat under a huge mango tree.
Answer options:
(1) All of these
(2) (b) and (d)
(3) (a) and (d)
(4) (c) and (d)
- ‘At the crack of dawn’ means……..
(1) Very early in the morning
(2) Accept the punishment
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) None of the above
- Match the following:
‘A’ ‘B’
(a) Useful (i) … ion
(b) Prohibit (ii) … ness
(c) Manage (iii) … ance
(d) Perform (iv) … ment
Answer options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(3) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(4) None of the above
- Write the correct preposition in the blank space from the given options:
“Hari is inferior ___________ Ram in intelligence.”
(1) Than
(2) To
(3) From
(4) Against
- A coolie _________ a heavy bundle across a railway platform.
Select the correct alternative to complete the sentence meaningfully.
(1) Pulls
(2) Lugs
(3) Drags
(4) Jerks
- Possitive degree:
(a) No other metal is as heavy as lead.
Comparative degree:
(b) Lead is heavier than any other metal.
Answer options:
(1) Only (a) is correct
(2) Only (b) is correct
(3) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(4) None of the above
- ‘Per centum’ means ________.
(1) Annually
(2) In each hundred
(3) Per day
(4) percent
- Find out the correct form of conjunction in the following sentence:
“I allow you to drive my car on condition that you shall not over speed.
The underlined words are example of:
(1) Co-ordinate conjunction
(2) Subordinating conjunction
(3) Compound conjunction
(4) Correlative conjunction
- The gerund can be used as……….
(a) Subject of a sentence
(b) As a complement of a verb
(c) After prepositions
Answer options:
(1) Only (a) is correct
(2) Only (b) is correct
(3) Only (c) is correct
(4) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
- Use the appropriate phrase draw up in the following sentence.
My solicitor __________ the lease and we both signed it.
(1) Have drawn up
(2) Drew up
(3) Has drawn up
(4) Drawn up
- Tell, whether the following sentence/sentences is/are right or wrong:
(a) Peace and prosperity is our ideal.
(b) I as well as they am tired of this routine work.
Answer options:
(1) Only (a) is right
(2) Only (b) is right
(3) Both, (a) and (b) are wrong
(4) Both, (a) and (b) are right
- Choose the correct word for the following structure.
Incapable of being read.
(1) Unreadable
(2) Illegible
(3) Unintelligible
(4) Illegal
- They have opened an office __________ 28 Lees Road.
(1) At
(2) On
(3) In
(4) None of the above
- I said to her, ‘Will you teach me knitting?’
(1) I said to her whether you teach me knitting.
(2) I asked her whether she would teach me knitting.
(3) 1 asked her that she will teach me knitting.
(4) I toId her that if she will teach me knitting.
- He hung around the entrance a11 day, hoping for a chance to speak to the director. The underlined phrase means _______.
(1) Loiter
(2) Wait
(3) Both, (1) and (2)
(4) None of (1) and (2)
- Tell, which of the following sentence/sentences is/are right or wrong :
(a) I have ordered for dinner.
(b) I reached at Delhi only this morning.
Answer options:
(1) Both, (a) and (b) are right
(2) Only (a) is right
(3) Only (b) is right
(4) Both (a) and (b) are wrong
- I am looking forward to her arrivaI.
The underlined phrase means.
(1) Expect with pleasure
(2) See in front
(3) Investigate
(4) Consider
- Which one of the four options is the correct antonym of the word “Adept” ?
(1) Withold, Refrain
(2) Indifferent, Unresponsive
(3) Skilled, Proficient
(4) Forsake, Leave
- Which one of the given options is correct about the given sentence? “Either she or they have to attend the meeting.”
(1) Right
(2) Wrong
(3) Use of ‘they in the sentence is wrong
(4) Verb “have” shouId be “has”
- Be diligent lest you fail. The underlined word is __________ .
(1) Conjunction
(2) Co-coordinative conjunction
(3) Subordinate conjunction
(4) None of the above
- His behaviour is sometimes childish. The underlined word means_______
(1) Like a child-in a bad sense
(2) like a child-in a good sense
(3) Both, (1) and (2)
(4) None of the above
- (a) Both, Raman and Pushkaran were not present there.
(b) Neither Rarnan nor Pushkaran was present there.
Find out the correct option.
(1) Only (a) (2) only (b)
(3) Both, (a) and (b)
(4) None of the above
- (a) Dr. Simons has taken on the position of the Head of Department
(b) He is the finest young player around at the moment.
(c) She was the company director when she retired.
Identify the correct sentence/s.
(1) Only (a) and (b)
(2) Only (b) and (c)
(3) Only (b)
(4) Only (c)
- He struck the table. The underlined verb is ________.
(1) Intransitive
(2) Transitive
(3) Prepositional
(4) None of the above
- The priest entered the sacred place. Select the correct antonym to the word underlined.
(1) Holy
(2) Profane
(3) Religious
(4) Auspicious
35-39: Read the passage and answer the questions given below:
One common mistake that many people have made is this: they have thought that it would be a very good thing if everybody had exactly the same amount of money, no matter whether they worked hard or lived quite idly. They forget that very few people would work at all if it were not for the money their work brings them, and that without work there would be no money. And they have imagined that if all the money in the country were equally divided everybody would be rich. Now that is a very great mistake, because there simply is not enough money to make everybody rich. If it were shared equally all round everyone then would, on the basis of the calculations made in ‘1935, receive only about 7 65 a par. Today with a rise in the price level it might be 7 150 a year. That may be more than you receive now or it may be less, but would certainly not make you really rich. It is quite true that there are in this country a small number of very rich people; but they are so few in cornparison with the whole population that even if they were to share out all their wealth among the rest, it would make very little difference. It is said that if you flattened out that great French mountain Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, and spread it over the whole of France you would only raise the level of the land by about six inches. See if you can think out what that has to do with the question 1 have been talking about.
Many people, unfortunately, seem to think also that Government can always pay out money quite easily and in any quantity, and they forget, or else they do not know, that the Government can only pay out money that it has received in taxes-money that the tax-payer has had to work for.
And now here is one final mistake that 1 should like to warn you against. Don’t ever imagine that there is anything to be ashamed of, or anything undipfied, to grumble about in having to work hard for your living. If when you start work you can go into a job that suits you, so that you can really enjoy the work itself, so much the better: I hope that is what will happen. But if the work is not exactly the kind that you would choose, you must try to remember that you are helping to produce the things that other people need; you are “doing your bit” and playing your part it1 the work of the world. You are like a wheel, even if it is only a very tiny wheel, in the great world machinery of trade and industry that is always busily at work providing for the wants of hundreds of millions of people, and you must “put your back into it” and see to it that your particular task is always done as well as you can possibly do it.
- Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. It is necessary to work because:
(1) People want to enjoy life
(2) The country will become self sufficient
(3) Without work there would be no money
(4) It raises the standard of life
- Complete the statement: Many people, unfortunately seem to think that.
(1) The Government is very stingy
(2) The Government hoards money
(3) The Government is very rich
(4) The Government can always pay out money quite easily and in any quantity
- Complete the following sentence with the right option. If all the money in the world were equally divided, everybody would be..
(1) Everybody would be very poor
(2) All the people would be very rich
(3) It would certainly not make you rich
(4) You would not have to worry at all
- The phrase ‘doing your bit’ means:
(1) Playing your part in the work of the world.
(2) To participate in your favourite game.
(3) To being very attentive.
(4) Imagining things to raise your hope.
- Complete the sentence: How much of a difference will flattening Mount Blanc make to France.
(1) There would be a huge amount of difference.
(2) It would raise the level of the land by about six inches.
(3) There would not be any difference at all.
(4) Perhaps there might not be any difference.
