HSSC CLERK EXAM 22.09.2019 (Shift – I)

Total Questions: 87

71. Complete the analogy:

Play: Director:: Newspaper: ?

Correct Answer: (4) Editor
Solution:Director is a person who is in charge of a play and tells the actors how to play their parts. Similarly, Editor writes and edits the articles of the newspaper.

72. You have been traveling all day.

You_______be very tired.

Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the options:

Correct Answer: (4) must
Solution:We use must to make an assumption about something that is very likely to be true. You must be so tired after running that marathon.

73. I have lost one of my gloves.

I_______dropped it somewhere.

Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the options:

Use appropriate linker to fill in the blank:

Correct Answer: (1) must have
Solution:We use must have to show that the action definitely happened.

74. He has neither attended the meeting,__________has he sent a message.

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:

Correct Answer: (1) nor
Solution:Neither_______nor is correct form of correlative.

75. We must not violate the__________of law.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrase:

Correct Answer: (3) Canons
Solution:Canon (Noun) = a general law, rule, principle.

76. The robbers___________the defence less travellers,

Choose the part of the following sentence which has an error:

Correct Answer: (3) set out
Solution:Set off = begin a journey; set out.

Set upon = attack violently.

Make out = progress; to deal with a situation, usually in a successful way.

77. Our happiness or our sorrow is largely due to our own actions.

Change the following sentence into simple present tense:

Correct Answer: (2) No error

78. They are playing cricket.

Choose the correct indirect form of the following sentence from the given options:

Correct Answer: (4) They play cricket.
Solution:Structure of sentence in present simple:

Subject + Verb + Object

79. She said, "The earth goes round the sun".

Correct Answer: (4) She said that the earth goes round the sun.
Solution:Connective ⇒ that It is a universal truth.

Hence, tense of Reported Speech remains unchanged.

80. 'उड़ान' शब्द की भाववाचक संज्ञा है

Correct Answer: (2) उड़ान
Solution:'उड़ना' शब्द जो कि क्रिया है, उसका भाववाचक संज्ञा रूप 'उड़ान' होगा।

संज्ञा के जिस रूप से भाव, विचार आदि का बोध हो, उसे भाववाचक संज्ञा कहते हैं।