HSSC TGT English Date 14/5/2023 Morning Shift

Total Questions: 100

81. Pick out the antonym of 'vanity':

Correct Answer: (a) Humility

82. What is the synonym of 'pious'?

Correct Answer: (a) Religion

83. The figure of speech in 'sceptre crown' and 'scythe and spade' is:

Read extract and answer the two questions that follow:

The glories of our blood and state

Are shadows, not substantial thin

There is no armour against fate;

Death lays his icy hands on kings;

Sceptre and crown must

Must tumble down,

And in the dust be equal made

With the poor crooked scythe and spade

Correct Answer: (d) Metonymy

84. The word that means 'a decorated' is:

Read extract and answer the two questions that follow:

The glories of our blood and state

Are shadows, not substantial thin

There is no armour against fate;

Death lays his icy hands on kings;

Sceptre and crown must

Must tumble down,

And in the dust be equal made

With the poor crooked scythe and spade

Correct Answer: (a) Sceptre

85. A furious debate on the lack of grain storage facilities has been provoked by:

 

Read the following extract and answer the two questions that follow:

The Food Bill is still in the works but has provoked a furious debate on the lack of grain storage facilities, rotting of grains and whether they should be distributed free to the hungry masses. Waking up to the fact that no food security programme can be effective without proper storage, the Government is now planning existing warehousing facilities and also adding new ones. However, between food security and large-scale storage, there's a missing link that needs to be taken care of, storage at the farm level.

Correct Answer: (a) The Food Bill

86. The word in the passage that means 'ameliorate' is:

Read the following extract and answer the two questions that follow:

The Food Bill is still in the works but has provoked a furious debate on the lack of grain storage facilities, rotting of grains and whether they should be distributed free to the hungry masses. Waking up to the fact that no food security programme can be effective without proper storage, the Government is now planning existing warehousing facilities and also adding new ones. However, between food security and large-scale storage, there's a missing link that needs to be taken care of, storage at the farm level.

Correct Answer: (d) Upgrade

87. Identify the clause in the bold part of the sentence given below:

The book which has a green cover is mine.

Correct Answer: (b) Adjective clause

88. Consider the following parts of a sentence:

I. Certain

II. He

III. Be

IV. That

V. Is

VI. Will

VII. Late

The correct order of the sentence will be:

Correct Answer: (b) IV, II, VI, III, VII, V, I

89. I have read .............. stories in Hindi but only .............. in English.

Fill up the blanks with the appropriate words given in (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

Correct Answer: (a) many, a few

90. This is ........... first time I have visited big city.

Correct Answer: (b) the, a