Post Man / Mail Guard Exams English Questions and Answers

Directions: In the following sentences, every sentence has been divided into three parts which are marked ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’. One of these parts may contain an error. Read each sentence carefully and mark the part which contains the error. In case there is no error in the sentence, the answer is “D”.

(1)
A) A slight blunder
B) while driving a car
C) can cause a serious accident
D) No error

(2)
A) I have written a letter
B) at him to his Delhi address
C) today
D) No error

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given. At the end of the passage there are five questions. Each question is provided with four alternative answers and they are marked as ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. out of the four alternatives, choose correct answer according to the context of the passage.

English education, which was introduced in India in the earlier part of the nineteenth century, established her cultural contact with the West. Prior to this, India had for centuries remained in a state of isolation although in very early times she had sent out cultural missions to the Other Asiatic countries. India really began to borrow from the West and assimilate new ideas on an extensive scale only after the British had taken up the direction of her educational policy. It is true that Western education at first exerted an unsettling influence on young men and led to errors in life and conduct. They hated everything Indian, aped western manners and modes of life, and forgot their glorious past. There were scholars who ignored modern Indian languages, avoided classical Indian literature, and made a fetish of speaking and writing English

01. When was English education introduced in India?
A) In the twentieth century
B) In the later part of the nineteenth century
C) In the earlier part of the nineteenth century
D) In the eighteenth century

02. When did India begin to borrow from the West?
A) After the British had taken up the direction of her educational policy
B) Before the British had taken up the direction of her educational policy
C) In the twentieth century
D) None of the above is correct

03.  What did India send out to other Asiatic Countries?
A) Economic mission
B) Military forces
C) Cultural missions
D) None of these

06. Western education exerted an unsettling influence on
A) Children
B) Old Men
C) Young Men
D) Old Women

Directions: In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered as “l’ and ‘6’. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named ‘P’
“Q”, R’ and ‘S’. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

08. 1. India has paid.

P. to achieve freedom
Q. and a permanent enemy
R. more than enough price I
S. as it was divided into two countries

6. Has een created by this
A) RPSQ
B) QSPR
C) RSPQ
D) PSRQ

09. 1. The Constitution of India

P. through the fundamental
Q. of expression
R. right to freedom
S. guarantees the freedom
6. of the Press.
A) QPRS
B) RPSQ
C) PRQS
D) PTSQ

Directions: Given below are the sentences with blank spaces. You should fill in the blank space in
with  each sentence with the most appropriate preposition out of the four probable answers given after each sentence.

10. There is no use________going there at this time
A) in
B) on
C) at
D) of

11. You ought to abide _______this decision
A) from
B) of
C) by
A) with

12. He great affection _________ his grand children.
A) to
B) after
C) for
D) with

Directions: Given below are the sentences with blank spaces. You are required to fill in the blank space in each sentence with the most appropriate words out of the four probable answers given after each sentence.

13. Baldev is my _____ brother
A) oldest
B) eldest
C) older
D) elder

14. Have you got the ______edition of this book?
A) None of these
B) later
C) latest
D) late

15. Many students were fighting with _______
A) some other
B) one another
C) some another
D) each other

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of these idioms and phrases out of the four responses ‘A’, B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’

16. In cold blood
A) unintentionally
B) deliberately
C) to chase
D) in full operation

17. Ins and outs
A) finally
B) Major share
C) full details
D) no details

18. Trespassers will be_____
A) proscribed
B) Prescribed
C) Prosecuted.
D) persecuted

Directions: Choose the correct Synonym of the given word out of the four choices
19. Amnesty
A) justice
B) penalty
C) release
D) pardon

Directions: Choose the correct Antonym of the given word out of the four choices
20. Abbreviate
A) expand
B) abridge
C) achieve
D) accept

Directions: Choose the most appropriate one word substitute out of the four choices
21. A medicine that kills germs
A) regicide
B) pesticide
C) homicide
D) germicide

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the word out of the four choices-
22. Adjourn
A) without hindrance
B) notify
C) Put-off
D) carry on

Directions: In the following question a group of four words is given. One word in the group is mis-spelt. Choose this mis-spelt word and mark it as your answer-

23
A) Continuous
B) Normal
C) mannerism
D) Accumulate

Directions: Choose the correct word out of the four options ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ to complete the following

24. Something is better than _____
A) nothing
B) man
C) everything
D) prevention

25. As black as _______
A) marble
B) coal
C) crystal
D) water