1. Choose the appropriate option that gives the interrogative of the following sentence – “That was not an example to be followed”:
Options:
(1) Is this an example to be followed?
(2) Is this not an example to be followed?
(3) Was that an example to be followed? ✅
(4) Was this not an example to be followed?
Correct answer: (3) Was that an example to be followed?
Explanation: This is the proper interrogative transformation using inversion. “That was not…” changes to “Was that…?” for a grammatically correct neutral question.
2. Change to indirect speech – Sarita said to me, “I will do it now or never”:
Options:
(1) Sarita told me that I would do it then or never.
(2) Sarita told me that she would do it now or never.
(3) Sarita told me that she will do that now or never.
(4) Sarita told me that she would do it then or never. ✅
Correct answer: (4) Sarita told me that she would do it then or never.
Explanation: In indirect speech, “will” changes to “would” and “now” to “then.” The subject “she” replaces “I.”
3. Choose the correct tense – The clerk ___ the money from the bank by one o’clock:
Options:
(1) has withdrawn
(2) will have withdrawn✅
(3) is withdrawing
(4) had been withdrawing
Correct answer: (2) will have withdrawn
Explanation: The future perfect tense expresses an action that will be completed before a certain future time.
4. Fill in the blank with appropriate determiner – ___ Delhi was without electricity last night:
Options:
(1) Many of
(2) Most of ✅
(3) Each of
(4) One of
Correct answer: (2) Most of
Explanation: “Most of Delhi” means a large part of the city, which fits logically with the rest of the sentence.
5. Change to Active voice – Who were you taught grammar by?
Options:
(1) You were taught grammar by whom?
(2) Who teaches you grammar?
(3) Whom did you teach grammar?
(4) Who taught you grammar? ✅
Correct answer: (4) Who taught you grammar?
Explanation: The sentence is in passive voice. The active form makes “who” the subject doing the action.
6. Meaning of the idiom “put his foot down”:
Options:
(1) resign
(2) not to yield✅
(3) withdraw
(4) accept the proposal unconditionally
Correct answer: (2) not to yield
Explanation: “Put one’s foot down” means to assert authority or refuse to change one’s decision.
7. Fill in the blank with a modal auxiliary – She ___ have told me she was going to stay out all night:
Options:
(1) ought
(2) might✅
(3) shall
(4) must
Correct answer: (2) might
Explanation: “Might have” expresses uncertainty or possibility about a past action.
8. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – He was reconciled ___ his wife:
Options:
(1) into
(2) by
(3) with✅
(4) to
Correct answer: (3) with
Explanation: “Reconciled with” is the correct collocation meaning that they made peace.
9. Choose the appropriate affirmative – “I never in my life made a plan and failed to carry it out”:
Options:
(1) Whenever I had made a plan in my life, I had carried it out.
(2) Whenever I planned in my life, I was successful.
(3) I had been successful whenever I had made a plan in my life.
(4) Whenever I made a plan in my life, I carried it out. ✅
Correct answer: (4) Whenever I made a plan in my life, I carried it out.
Explanation: The affirmative sentence expresses the same idea positively without altering the meaning.
10. Fill in the blank with a modal auxiliary – You ___ have woken me up. I don’t have to go to work today:
Options:
(1) could not
(2) may not
(3) need not ✅
(4) dare not
Correct answer: (3) need not
Explanation: “Need not have” shows that the action (waking up) was unnecessary.
11. Do as directed – The news of his murder was not correct. (Change into a complex sentence):
Options:
(1) The news was not correct of his murder.
(2) The news was not correct because he was murdered.
(3) The news that he was murdered was not correct. ✅
(4) The news about his murder was but not correct.
Correct answer: (3) The news that he was murdered was not correct.
Explanation: The complex sentence uses a noun clause “that he was murdered” to qualify the subject “news.”
12. Change from Indirect to Direct Speech – I said to the boys that they should do their duty:
Options:
(1) I said to the boys, “You should do your duty”. ✅
(2) I told the boys, “You ought to do your duty”.
(3) I told the boys, “You will do your duty”.
(4) I said to the boys, “You need to do your duty”.
Correct answer: (1) I said to the boys, “You should do your duty”.
Explanation: “They should” in indirect speech converts back to “you should” in direct speech.
13. Do as directed – He is sometimes foolish. (Change into Negative):
Options:
(1) He is not sometimes wise.
(2) He is not always wise. ✅
(3) He is never wise.
(4) He is sometimes wise.
Correct answer: (2) He is not always wise.
Explanation: This negative sentence keeps the same meaning. “Not always wise” = “sometimes foolish.”
14. Do as directed – Shall I ever forget those happy days? (Change into Passive):
Options:
(1) Would those happy days ever forgotten?
(2) Will you be ever forgotten those happy days?
(3) Will those happy days be ever forgotten? ✅
(4) Shall those happy days ever forgotten by you?
Correct answer: (3) Will those happy days be ever forgotten?
Explanation: Future interrogative passive voice: “Will + object + be + past participle.”
15. Choose the appropriate passive voice of the following sentence – You must endure what you cannot cure:
Options:
(1) You should endure what you cannot cure.
(2) What cannot be cured must be endured. ✅
(3) Let you endure what you cannot cure.
(4) All of the above
Correct answer: (2) What cannot be cured must be endured.
Explanation: This is a well-known passive construction and correct transformation of the sentence.
16. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – He left the firm because he did not agree ___ their sales policy:
Options:
(1) with ✅
(2) of
(3) by
(4) on
Correct answer: (1) with
Explanation: The correct phrase is “agree with” someone or something.
17. Insert an appropriate modal in the sentence – Speak carefully lest you ___ falter:
Options:
(1) should ✅
(2) would
(3) must
(4) ought to
Correct answer: (1) should
Explanation: The formal expression “lest” is followed by “should” in traditional grammar.
18. Fill in the blank with the correct article – ___ little patience, you will be able to cross this obstacle:
Options:
(1) an
(2) a ✅
(3) the
(4) Zero article
Correct answer: (2) a
Explanation: “A little” indicates a small but sufficient quantity and uses the article “a.”
19. Fill in the blank with the correct verb form – I save ₹5000 a month. I started in January. So by the end of the year, I ___ ₹60,000:
Options:
(1) saved
(2) had saved
(3) have saved
(4) will / shall have saved ✅
Correct answer: (4) will / shall have saved
Explanation: Future perfect tense fits as it refers to a total amount saved by a future point.
20. Change from Active to Passive – People hoped that the government would take some action:
Options:
(1) It was hoped by the people that the government would take some action. ✅
(2) It shall be hoped by the people that the government would take some action.
(3) It will be hoped by the people that the government would take some action.
(4) It may be hoped by the people that the government would take some action.
Correct answer: (1) It was hoped by the people that the government would take some action.
Explanation: In passive voice, the sentence begins with “It was hoped…” and keeps the rest in reported speech.
21. Do as directed – Gray, the author of the Elegy, lived in the eighteenth century. (Change into complex):
Options:
(1) Gray, who is the author of the Elegy, lived in the eighteenth century. ✅
(2) Gray, who was the author of the Elegy, lives in the eighteenth century.
(3) Gray lived in the eighteenth century who is the author of the Elegy.
(4) Gray who wrote the Elegy was living in the eighteenth century.
Correct answer: (1) Gray, who is the author of the Elegy, lived in the eighteenth century.
Explanation: A complex sentence uses a relative clause beginning with “who.” Present tense “is” is acceptable as the work still exists.
22. Fill in the blank – We were told that the manager could not see us at that moment, as he ___ some letters to his secretary:
Options:
(1) was dictating ✅
(2) were dictating
(3) had been dictating
(4) had dictated
Correct answer: (1) was dictating
Explanation: Past continuous tense “was dictating” matches the ongoing nature of the action at that moment.
23. Fill in the blank with an auxiliary verb – If I ___ you, I’d think twice about that!:
Options:
(1) am
(2) will be
(3) was
(4) were✅
Correct answer: (4) were
Explanation: The subjunctive mood requires “were” (not “was”) in hypothetical situations like “If I were you…”
24. Change into Indirect Speech – “Do you see what I see, Mary?” said the young man:
Options:
(1) The young man asked Mary if she had seen what I saw.
(2) The young man asked Mary if she saw what he saw. ✅
(3) The young man asked Mary if I saw what she saw.
(4) The young man asked Mary if she had seen what I saw.
Correct answer: (2) The young man asked Mary if she saw what he saw.
Explanation: The reporting verb is in past, but the question is in simple present, so it remains in past simple in indirect. Pronouns shift accordingly.
25. Convert to Indirect Speech – He said to us, “Are you going away today?”
Options:
(1) He asked us if we were going away today.
(2) He inquired of us whether we were going away that day. ✅
(3) He demanded of us whether we were going away that day.
(4) He told us if we are going away the same day.
Correct answer: (2) He inquired of us whether we were going away that day.
Explanation: Question form converts to “whether” clause; “today” becomes “that day.”
26. Convert the simple sentence to a complex one – On being punished, he wept:
Options:
(1) When he was punished, he wept. ✅
(2) When punished, he wepted.
(3) When he wept, he was punished.
(4) When punished, he was wept.
Correct answer: (1) When he was punished, he wept.
Explanation: The complex sentence uses “when he was punished” as a subordinate clause.
27. Fill in the blank with the correct determiner – ___ of what he said was very sensible:
Options:
(1) Much ✅
(2) Such
(3) A few
(4) Most
Correct answer: (1) Much
Explanation: “Much of what he said” is used for uncountable abstract nouns like “information” or “speech.”
28. Change to assertive – Why waste time in reading trash?:
Options:
(1) It is foolish to waste time in reading trash. ✅
(2) It is foolish wasting time reading trash.
(3) Reading trash is wasting time.
(4) Wasting time in reading trash is foolish.
Correct answer: Question was marked with () in the answer key; likely ambiguous or more than one acceptable answer.*
Explanation: All four express similar sentiments, but (1) is the most grammatically accurate assertive transformation.
29. Choose the appropriate Indirect speech – He said, “Let us wait for the award.”
Options:
(1) He proposed that they should wait for the award. ✅
(2) He proposed that we should be waiting for the award.
(3) He proposed to wait for the award.
(4) He requested them that they should be waiting for the award.
Correct answer: (1) He proposed that they should wait for the award.
Explanation: “Let us” in indirect speech often becomes “He proposed that they should…”
30. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – You should provide ___ your old age:
Options:
(1) with
(2) for✅
(3) against
(4) to
Correct answer: (2) for
Explanation: “Provide for” is the correct phrasal verb meaning “to make arrangements to support.”
31. The idiom ‘by hook or by crook’ means –
Options:
(1) by permission
(2) by request
(3) by any means ✅
(4) by noble means
Correct answer: (3) by any means
Explanation: “By hook or by crook” is an idiom meaning to achieve something by any possible method, fair or unfair.
32. Transform the compound sentence into a complex sentence – “Cancer is curable and everybody knows this.”
Options:
(1) Cancer is curable is known to all.
(2) Cancer is curable was a known fact.
(3) Everybody knows that cancer is curable. ✅
(4) Everybody knows that cancer be cured.
Correct answer: (3) Everybody knows that cancer is curable.
Explanation: The complex sentence introduces a noun clause “that cancer is curable” as the object of “knows.”
33. Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb – The soldier has no choice but to ___ his officer’s orders:
Options:
(1) carry away
(2) carry out✅
(3) carry on
(4) carry through
Correct answer: (2) carry out
Explanation: “Carry out” means to follow or execute orders or instructions.
34. Change to interrogative – “It was a wonderful experience”:
Options:
(1) Was it a wonderful experience?
(2) Were it a wonderful experience?
(3) Were it not a wonderful experience?
(4) Was it not a wonderful experience? ✅
Correct answer: (4) Was it not a wonderful experience?
Explanation: This interrogative form matches the assertive sentence in tone but turns it into a rhetorical or emphatic question.
35. Fill in the blank with correct verb form – When I ___ my dinner, I went to bed:
Options:
(1) has had
(2) have had
(3) had had✅
(4) did
Correct answer: (3) had had
Explanation: This is past perfect tense used for the earlier of two past actions. “Had had” = completed dinner before going to bed.
36. Do as directed – Finding himself in difficulty, he went to his teacher for help. (Change into compound):
Options:
(1) Although he was in difficulty, yet did not go to his teacher for help.
(2) He found himself in difficulty but he never went to his teacher for help.
(3) He went to his teacher because he was in difficulty.
(4) He found himself in difficulty and went to his teacher for help. ✅
Correct answer: (4) He found himself in difficulty and went to his teacher for help.
Explanation: A compound sentence uses two independent clauses joined by “and.”
37. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – Although he is blind, he is very fast ___ calculation:
Options:
(1) in
(2) with
(3) at✅
(4) about
Correct answer: (3) at
Explanation: The correct phrase is “fast at calculation,” meaning skilled or quick in doing calculations.
38. Meaning of “broke down” in – She broke down in the middle of her speech:
Options:
(1) laughed
(2) became angry
(3) started crying✅
(4) giggled
Correct answer: (3) started crying
Explanation: “Break down” in emotional contexts means to lose control and start crying.
39. Fill in the blank with correct verb form – I ___ into town later on. Do you want a lift?:
Options:
(1) drive
(2) will be driving✅
(3) drove
(4) have driven
Correct answer: (2) will be driving
Explanation: “Will be driving” (future continuous) expresses a future planned action in progress.
40. Fill in the blank with the appropriate determiner – ___ information he had was not quite reliable:
Options:
(1) Little
(2) A few
(3) Many
(4) The little✅
Correct answer: (4) The little
Explanation: “The little” means a small amount, but known or specific – and fits here with “information,” which is uncountable.
41. Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb – While in Delhi, I always ___ in a hotel:
Options:
(1) put off
(2) put down
(3) put up✅
(4) put by
Correct answer: (3) put up
Explanation: “Put up” means to stay or lodge temporarily in a place (e.g., a hotel).
42. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition – His conduct is bad and his honesty is not ___ suspicion:
Options:
(1) in
(2) beyond
(3) under
(4) above ✅
Correct answer: (4) above ✅
Explanation: The correct idiom is “above suspicion,” meaning unquestionable. However, RPSC deleted its mean, indicating possible ambiguity.
43. Fill in the blank with a suitable article – ___ honorary secretary is one who is not paid for his services:
Options:
(1) A
(2) An ✅
(3) The
(4) Zero article
Correct answer: (2) An
Explanation: “Honorary” starts with a vowel sound (/ˈɒnə/), so we use “an.”
44. Change from Passive to Active – It disappoints me that the Committee has adopted an unrealistic policy:
Options:
(1) I got disappointed when I knew the Committee has adopted an unrealistic policy.
(2) I was disappointed to knew that the Committee has adopted an unrealistic policy.
(3) I am disappointed that an unrealistic policy has been adopted by the Committee. ✅
(4) I felt disappointed when I know that the Committee has adopted an unrealistic policy.
Correct answer: (3) I am disappointed that an unrealistic policy has been adopted by the Committee.
Explanation: Although still somewhat passive in structure, it correctly uses “I am disappointed” and accurately reflects the original meaning.
45. According to the writer, speech can be a curse because it can –
Options:
(1) reveal our intentions
(2) lead to carelessness
(3) hurt others
(4) create misunderstanding ✅
Correct answer: (4) create misunderstanding
Explanation: The passage clearly states that careless speech can lead to misunderstanding, which makes it a curse.
46. The author is of the opinion that the best way to win a friend is to avoid ___ in speech:
Options:
(1) ambiguity ✅
(2) verbosity
(3) pomposity
(4) irony
Correct answer: (1) ambiguity
Explanation: The passage warns that ambiguous words can turn a friend into an enemy.
47. The author says that, if one used the same style of language with everyone, one would sound –
Options:
(1) democratic
(2) foolish✅
(3) ambiguous
(4) pompous
Correct answer: (2) foolish
Explanation: The last line of the passage: “Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.”
48. “A slip of the tongue” means something said –
Options:
(1) a small piece of tongue
(2) wrongly by chance✅
(3) without giving proper thought
(4) to hurt another person
Correct answer: (2) wrongly by chance
Explanation: It refers to an unintended or accidental error in speech.
49. Which word in the passage is an antonym of the word ‘modest’?
Options:
(1) Unwittingly
(2) Pompous✅
(3) Misunderstood
(4) Ambiguous
Correct answer: (2) Pompous
Explanation: “Modest” means humble; “pompous” means overly self-important – they are antonyms.
50. Identify the figure of speech used in the line – “India lost by seven wickets”:
Options:
(1) Simile
(2) Synecdoche✅
(3) Metaphor
(4) Oxymoron
Correct answer: (2) Synecdoche
Explanation: “India” refers to the Indian cricket team, not the country itself. This is an example of synecdoche, where a part represents the whole or vice versa.
51. Both the instructional and nurturant effects of advance organizer model is given below. Find out which are the instructional effects of this model?
A. Conceptual structure
B. Interest in inquiring
C. Meaningful assimilation of information and ideas
D. Habits of precise thinking
Options:
(1) A, B
(2) B, C
(3) C, D
(4) A, C✅
Explanation: Instructional effects involve conceptual understanding and assimilation of ideas, which are reflected in options A and C.
52. Which of the following statement gives the quintessential spirit of the poem, ‘Night of The Scorpion’?
(1) Selfless love of the husband for his wife.
(2) Selfless love of the community for the patient.
(3) Selfless love of the mother for her children. ✅
(4) Selfless love of the wife for her husband.
Explanation: The mother’s words after enduring the scorpion sting reflect her concern only for her children — this is the central emotion of the poem.
53. What game do the characters play in Act I of The Birthday Party?
(1) A game of cards
(2) Blindman’s buff✅
(3) Musical chair
(4) A game of chess
Explanation: In Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, the characters play “Blindman’s buff” in Act I, which symbolizes chaos and psychological tension.
54. The figure of speech employed in the expression, ‘When to the sessions of sweet, silent thought’ is –
(1) Simile
(2) Metaphor
(3) Hyperbole
(4) Alliteration ✅
Explanation: The repetition of the ‘s’ sound in “sessions of sweet, silent” is an example of alliteration.
55. Regarding influences on cognitive development Piaget identified four factors that interact to influence changes in thinking. Find out which one is not included within four factors?
(1) Biological maturation
(2) Reversibility ✅
(3) Social experiences
(4) Activity
Explanation: Reversibility is a concept within Piaget’s stages of development, not one of the four broad factors influencing cognitive growth.
56. “I will be more jealous of thee than a Barbary cock-pigeon over his hen ………” who said to whom?
(1) Oliver to Celia
(2) Rosalind to Orlando✅
(3) Silvius to Phoebe
(4) Jaques to Adam
Explanation: Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede, says this to Orlando in As You Like It as part of a witty and exaggerated declaration of love.
57. Which one of the following descriptions best portrays Michael Henchard in ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ by Thomas Hardy?
(1) He is generally cheerful and kind but not very intelligent.
(2) He is deeply flawed but the reader feels sorry for him. ✅
(3) He is a thorough villain with no redeeming qualities at all.
(4) He is a better than average husband and father.
Explanation: Henchard’s tragic flaws and impulsive decisions cause his downfall, evoking sympathy despite his mistakes.
58. Which one of the following images is not depicted on the ‘Urn’ by Keats in ‘Ode On a Grecian Urn’?
(1) Young couple fighting with each other
(2) Cow being led to an altar
(3) Man-woman lying under a tree
(4) Group of men chasing a group of women ✅
Explanation: The urn does depict a chase scene, but not a “group of men chasing a group of women.” It has more individual and idealized imagery.
59. Which of the following statement is true regarding Jane’s dislike of Henchard in Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge?
(1) Elizabeth-Jane came to know that she was the daughter of Newson.
(2) She was discouraged and stopped from meeting Newson. ✅
(3) She was not allowed to have any relationship with her mother after her marriage with Farfrae.
(4) She came to know that her mother was sold at a fair by Henchard.
Explanation: Henchard forbids Elizabeth-Jane from meeting Newson, causing resentment.
60. In Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, the broken drum which symbolises decline or mental instability represents –
(1) Goldberg
(2) McCann
(3) Stanley✅
(4) Petey
Explanation: The broken drum symbolizes Stanley’s shattered mental state as the play progresses.
61. The nature of Educational Psychology is nothing but –
(1) taking anything for granted
(2) answer question like “what ought to be”
(3) scientific✅
(4) unreliable
Explanation: Educational Psychology is considered a scientific discipline because it studies human behavior and learning using systematic methods and observations.
62. A general approach that views learning as an active mental process of acquiring, remembering and using knowledge is known as –
(1) Trial and Error theory of learning
(2) Social theory of learning
(3) Cognitive view of learning✅
(4) Humanistic view of learning
Explanation: The cognitive view focuses on mental processes like memory, thinking, and problem-solving during learning.
63. The theme of the poem “Goe and Catch a Falling Starre” is the impossibility of –
(1) Getting a child from a mandrake root
(2) Catching a falling star
(3) Hearing mermaids singing
(4) Finding a true woman✅
Explanation: John Donne’s poem highlights the speaker’s belief that finding a faithful woman is as impossible as catching a falling star.
64. A formal letter starts with –
(1) Date
(2) Subject
(3) Sender’s address✅
(4) Receiver’s address
Explanation: A formal letter typically starts with the sender’s address, followed by the date, then the recipient’s address.
65. Which of the following is an example of a literary ballad?
(1) On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
(2) La Belle Dame Sans Merci ✅
(3) The Rape of the Lock
(4) The Conscious Lovers
Explanation: Keats’s La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a literary ballad that mimics the traditional ballad form in a literary context.
66. Below some name of scholars are given who worked in the field of Educational Psychology. Out of them who simply defines Educational Psychology as “Science of Education”?
(1) Ebbinghaus (1971)
(2) Crow and Crow (1973)
(3) Skinner (1958)
(4) Peel (1956) ✅
Explanation: Peel defined Educational Psychology as the “Science of Education,” emphasizing its scientific approach to teaching and learning.
67. According to Bacon, the study of which subject makes men ‘grave’?
(1) History
(2) Mathematics✅
(3) Philosophy
(4) Physics
Explanation: Bacon states, “Mathematics makes men subtle; logic and rhetoric, grave,” suggesting a serious and methodical nature from studying mathematics.
68. “Each like a corpse within its grave”. Choose the appropriate option that refers to the word “Each” in the quote from “Ode to the West Wind” by P.B. Shelley –
(1) Clouds
(2) Seeds✅
(3) Body
(4) Ghost
Explanation: The poem refers to seeds lying dormant in the ground like corpses during winter, awaiting rebirth in spring.
69. A teacher is applying the principle of classical conditioning in the classroom as given below. Find out which one is not related to the theory of classical conditioning?
(1) Associating positive, pleasant events with learning tasks.
(2) Association of two events with repeated pairing.
(3) Making praise really reinforcing.
(4) Helping students to recognize differences and similarities among situations so they can discriminate and generalize appropriately. ✅
Explanation: The fourth option refers more to cognitive and behavioral learning theories, not classical conditioning.
70. In The Waste Land, the title of the second section ‘A Game of Chess’ has been borrowed from which of the following writers?
(1) John Fletcher
(2) Thomas Middleton ✅
(3) Ben Jonson
(4) John Webster
Explanation: T.S. Eliot borrowed the title A Game of Chess from Thomas Middleton’s play of the same name.
71. In The Vendor of Sweets, the person who questions Jagan about Mali’s transformation is –
(1) Peria Dorai
(2) Chinna Dorai
(3) Natraj
(4) Mali✅
Explanation: In R.K. Narayan’s The Vendor of Sweets, it is Mali (Jagan’s son) who directly challenges his father, questioning traditional values and representing modern attitudes.
72. Which of the following is the correct phonetic transcription of educationalist?
(1) /ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃənəlɪst/ ✅
(2) edsukefnalist
(3) edsu’kerfnelist
(4) edukarfnelist
Explanation: The standard IPA transcription for educationalist is /ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃənəlɪst/, showing the stress and phoneme structure.
73. In the play As You Like It, which of the following characters introduces Duke Senior to his daughter Rosalind?
(1) Oliver
(2) Orlando
(3) Hymen ✅
(4) Jaques
Explanation: In the final scene of As You Like It, Hymen (the god of marriage) brings about the union and reveals Rosalind’s identity to Duke Senior.
74. A type of fiction which lacks the exotic setting of romances but develops a brooding atmosphere of gloom and terror is called –
(1) Ode
(2) Allegory
(3) Gothic✅
(4) Melodrama
Explanation: Gothic fiction is known for its dark settings, mysterious events, and emotional intensity, often involving horror and suspense.
75. Why is Macduff’s birth so important to the plot of the drama Macbeth?
(1) Macduff is related to Macbeth.
(2) Macduff helps Malcolm to defeat Macbeth.
(3) Both Macbeth and Macduff were born in the same way.
(4) Macbeth cannot be killed by a man born naturally of a woman. ✅
Explanation: The witches prophesied that Macbeth could not be killed by any man born of a woman; Macduff was born via caesarean section, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
76. What did the first apparition tell Macbeth?
(1) Beware of Macduff, the Thane of Fife ✅
(2) Be bloody, bold and resolute
(3) Be proud and take no care
(4) Seek to know no more
Explanation: The first apparition warns Macbeth to beware Macduff, setting the stage for Macbeth’s fear and eventual downfall.
77. A formal and sustained lament in verse for the death of a particular person(s), usually ending in a consolation, is –
(1) Ode
(2) Elegy ✅
(3) Lyric
(4) Gothic
Explanation: An elegy is a mournful poem, often written to lament someone’s death and offer solace.
78. Compensation and rationalization are examples of –
(1) Displaced hostility
(2) Defence mechanism ✅
(3) Direct methods of adjustment
(4) Non-adjustive reaction
Explanation: These are unconscious psychological strategies used to cope with reality and maintain self-image.
79. Who is described as “throbbing between two lives” in The Waste Land?
(1) Phlebas
(2) Mr. Eugenides
(3) Tiresias ✅
(4) The typist
Explanation: T.S. Eliot’s Tiresias, a character who embodies both male and female experiences, symbolizes the merging of different human perspectives.
80. Choose the appropriate speaker in Browning’s poem My Last Duchess –
(1) Duke of Somerset
(2) Duke of Ferrara✅
(3) Duke of Sussex
(4) Duke of Clarence
Explanation: The dramatic monologue in My Last Duchess is spoken by the Duke of Ferrara, revealing his controlling and jealous nature.
81. Which word has this sound in it ‘Ie’?
(1) Sheer✅
(2) Share
(3) Dire
(4) Dare
Explanation: The /ɪə/ diphthong (as in ‘Ie’) is present in “Sheer” /ʃɪə/, which has a long ‘ee’ sound combined with ‘uh’.
82. According to Bacon, to spend too much time on studies is –
(1) Affectation
(2) Humour
(3) Sloth✅
(4) Craziness
Explanation: In his essay “Of Studies”, Bacon states that “to spend too much time in studies is sloth”, meaning laziness or idleness.
83. From the following, find out which one is not a kind of chart?
(1) Postern✅
(2) Tree chart
(3) Flow chart
(4) Time chart
Explanation: Postern refers to a small gate or door, especially at the back of a building. It is not a type of chart.
84. Which one of the following is not a basic assumption of computer assisted instruction?
(1) It can serve an individual student of a time. ✅
(2) It has capacity of providing quality and quantity auto instruction.
(3) Automatic recording of the learner’s performance.
(4) Variety in the use of methods and techniques.
Explanation: Option 1 contains a grammatical error and reflects a misunderstanding of individualized learning systems; hence, it’s not a valid assumption.
**85. “Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten these little hands.”
Identify the figure of speech:**
(1) Irony
(2) Personification
(3) Oxymoron
(4) Hyperbole ✅
Explanation: Lady Macbeth uses hyperbole—an exaggerated statement—to express her deep guilt and remorse over Duncan’s murder.
86. In the essay In Praise of Chimney Sweepers, what does the morning ‘Sweep Sweep’ sound like to the writer?
(1) Sound of nightingale
(2) Sound of the sparrows
(3) Sound of the cuckoo ✅
(4) Sound of breeze
Explanation: Charles Lamb compares the cry of the young chimney sweepers to the melodious cuckoo, a sound of innocence.
87. An allegory is a story in which –
(1) Characters, settings and symbols have magical powers.
(2) Characters, settings and symbols have futuristic dimensions.
(3) Characters, settings and symbols stand for each other.
(4) Characters, settings and actions stand beyond their literal meaning. ✅
Explanation: An allegory conveys abstract ideas through symbolic figures and actions, going beyond literal interpretation.
88. In working and organizational structure of the subsystems of a computer, one subsystem is mainly used for manipulation and calculation. It is called –
(1) Arithmetic and Logic Unit ✅
(2) Output Unit
(3) Control Unit
(4) Input Unit
Explanation: The ALU (Arithmetic and Logic Unit) performs all arithmetic and logical operations in a computer.
89. Choose the option with the correct stress mark –
(1) electrical
(2) op’tical
(3) fal’lacious✅
(4) notorious
Explanation: The stress in “fallacious” correctly falls on the second syllable: fal-’la-cious.
90. Emotional Intelligence in a number of ways comprises many personality traits such as motivation, persistence, warmth and social skills. Out of the following which can be added to these traits?
(1) Distress
(2) Repulsion
(3) Flight or escape
(4) Empathy✅
Explanation: Empathy—the ability to understand others’ emotions—is a core component of Emotional Intelligence.
**91. Identify the figure of speech used in the following line –
“Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.” (Tennyson, Idylls of the King)**
(1) Simile
(2) Synecdoche
(3) Oxymoron✅
(4) Alliteration
Explanation: The phrase “faith unfaithful” and “falsely true” are contradictions, hence it is an example of oxymoron, which combines contradictory terms.
92. Which of the following characters in Cry, The Peacock disdained to discuss Astrology and Palmistry as puerile subjects?
(1) Maya
(2) Harbans
(3) Gautama✅
(4) Mr Lail
Explanation: In Cry, The Peacock, Gautama, Maya’s husband, is rational and disinterested in superstitions such as astrology and palmistry.
93. What does Silvius say of Phoebe’s eyes?
(1) They are so dull that they bore him.
(2) They are so scornful that they will murder him. ✅
(3) They are so amorous that they embarrass him.
(4) They are so beautiful that they intimidate him.
Explanation: Silvius expresses his pain by claiming that Phoebe’s scornful eyes would kill him, emphasizing unrequited love.
94. Choose the word with the correct stress mark –
(1) bio’logical✅
(2) pat’hetic
(3) chemically
(4) atrocious
Explanation: biological has the correct primary stress on the third syllable: bio-’log-i-cal.
95. Which one of the following is a projected teaching aid?
(1) Charts
(2) Reference books
(3) Slide✅
(4) Globe
Explanation: Slides require a projector and are thus considered projected teaching aids. The rest are non-projected.
96. Which of the following comparisons is not a metaphor?
(1) Life is a long journey
(2) The ship of life
(3) Lonely as a cloud✅
(4) Time is a reaper
Explanation: “Lonely as a cloud” is a simile (uses “as”), not a metaphor. The rest are direct comparisons without “like” or “as”.
**97. Choose the appropriate meaning of the word “Wealth” in the line –
“What wealth the show to me had brought”?**
(1) Money
(2) Daffodils
(3) Bliss✅
(4) Solitude
Explanation: In Wordsworth’s poem, the “wealth” refers to the blissful joy the memory of the daffodils brings to him.
98. Choose the statement that does not give the advantage of précis writing –
(1) It enhances concentration.
(2) It is a practice in reading.
(3) It is a practice in detail writing. ✅
(4) It is a practice in effective writing.
Explanation: Précis writing is about condensing, not expanding or focusing on detail writing, hence (3) is not an advantage.
99. Shelley’s tone in Ode to the West Wind is –
(1) Irreligious
(2) Sarcastic
(3) Stoic
(4) Prophetic✅
Explanation: Shelley’s tone in Ode to the West Wind is prophetic, as he calls upon the wind to bring spiritual and social renewal.
100. Pick out the correct phonetic transcriptions for the words: ‘peace’ and ‘pièce’ (as per traditional IPA)
(1) /pis/ and /paiz/
(2) /pi:s/ and /pi:s/✅
(3) /prs/ and /pis/
(4) /pars/ and /pers/
Explanation: Both “peace” and the French word “pièce” are transcribed as /pi:s/ in traditional phonetic terms.
Q101.
“Sweet are the uses of adversity which like the …., ugly and venomous wears yet a precious jewel in his head”. Choose an appropriate word from below to fill in the above blank –
(1) snake
(2) toad✅
(3) vampire
(4) spider
Explanation:
This line is from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The full line is: “Sweet are the uses of adversity; which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” Here, adversity is compared to a toad that is ugly but contains something valuable.
Q102.
In ‘The Vendor of Sweets’ by R.K. Narayan, which book is to be published by the Truth Printing Press?
(1) Nature Cure and Nature Diet✅
(2) Nature Diet Cures
(3) Cure through Nature Diet
(4) Nature Diet that Cures Naturally
Explanation:
Jagan, the protagonist, owns the Truth Printing Press and is about to publish a book titled Nature Cure and Nature Diet reflecting his Gandhian lifestyle and natural living beliefs.
Q103.
Which of the following is not a feature of report writing?
(1) It is a series of facts based on evidence of some kind.
(2) The information they provide can usually be checked.
(3) It is aimed at readers with a specific interest in the subject.
(4) The reports do not have any rules or conventions about the presentation. ✅
Explanation:
Reports follow a specific structure and conventions (format, headings, style, etc.). So, option (4) is incorrect and not a feature of report writing.
Q104.
What is the theme of the novel The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. Narayan?
(1) Man’s quest for identity and self-renewal ✅
(2) Appearance versus Reality
(3) Capitalism’s effect on the individual
(4) Emptiness of attaining false dreams
Explanation:
The central theme revolves around Jagan’s personal journey, generational conflict, and his search for peace and self-realization in the face of changing values.
Q105.
In models of teaching, the search for and listing of attributes can be used to distinguish exemplars from non-exemplars of various categories is called –
(1) Concept formation
(2) Positive concept
(3) Concept attainment✅
(4) Negative concept
Explanation:
Concept Attainment Model by Bruner involves identifying attributes that distinguish examples (exemplars) from non-examples, helping students grasp abstract ideas.
Q106.
“Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink” is an example of which figure of speech?
(1) Simile
(2) Metaphor
(3) Hyperbole
(4) Irony✅
Explanation:
This line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner expresses irony—despite being surrounded by water, it’s all undrinkable seawater.
Q107.
A creole language is –
(1) A mixed language with a simplified grammar that people rarely learn as a mother tongue
(2) A slang language
(3) A pidgin language
(4) A language of mixed origin that developed from complex blending of two parent languages ✅
Explanation:
A creole develops from a pidgin when it becomes a native language. It emerges from the fusion of two or more languages over time.
Q108.
Choose the right word to complete the epigraph to The Waste Land:
“For I saw with my own eyes the Sybil of Cumae hanging in a cage and the boys were talking to her: ‘What do you want Sybil?’ She answered, ’I want to…”
(1) live
(2) lie
(3) die✅
(4) cry
Explanation:
The epigraph of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land ends with “I want to die,” reflecting spiritual desolation.
Q109.
Humans construct mental models or schemas and continue to revise them to make better sense of their experiences. It is the view of –
(1) Social constructivism
(2) Social learning theory
(3) Systematic behaviour theory
(4) Cognitive constructivism✅
Explanation:
Cognitive constructivism (Piaget) holds that learners actively construct and revise mental schemas to understand the world better.
Q110.
What was Orlando’s inheritance in As You Like It?
(1) A hundred thousand crowns
(2) A thousand crowns✅
(3) Twenty thousand crowns
(4) Three thousand ducats
Explanation:
In Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Orlando complains that his brother gave him only a thousand crowns as inheritance, despite their father’s wishes for equal treatment.
Q111.
A Petrarchan sonnet usually contains –
(1) Three couplets and two stanzas
(2) Octave of eight lines and sestet of six lines ✅
(3) Four stanzas
(4) Three stanzas
Explanation:
A Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet is divided into two parts: an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines), typically following the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA CDECDE or similar.
Q112.
In the poem On His Blindness, Milton is concerned about –
(1) His poetic incapacity
(2) His loss of eyesight✅
(3) His love for life
(4) God’s indifference
Explanation:
Milton wrote On His Blindness after going blind. The poem reflects on his worry about serving God despite his disability.
Q113.
Which one of the following statements is true of an epic?
(1) A long verse narrative on a serious subject told in a formal and elevated style ✅
(2) A song transmitted orally which tells a story to literate persons
(3) A long lyric poem elaborated in its stanzaic structure
(4) A dramatic monologue delivered by a character in a play
Explanation:
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem about heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation, written in an elevated style.
Q114.
Ecological theory: In which system does the individual spend considerable time such as the student’s family, peers, school, and neighbourhood?
(1) Microsystem✅
(2) Mesosystem
(3) Exosystem
(4) Macrosystem
Explanation:
Bronfenbrenner’s microsystem includes immediate environments like home and school, where the individual has direct interactions.
Q115.
Below are some characteristics of a system. Find out which one is not true:
(1) System is nearly a sum total of its parts or elements✅
(2) It is a systematic organization of interrelated and interdependent parts or elements
(3) In the system, all the parts or elements have their respective roles
(4) It is a self-governing, self-maintaining and self-regulating structure
Explanation:
A system is more than the sum of its parts due to interaction and synergy. Saying it’s merely the sum is incorrect.
Q116.
Which one of the following is an internal barrier of communication?
(1) Poor physical health and illness✅
(2) Environmental and physical discomfort
(3) Invisibility
(4) Lack of media
Explanation:
Internal barriers originate within the individual—like illness, fatigue, or psychological issues—affecting communication effectiveness.
Q117.
Which syllable is stressed in the word “expensive”?
(1) expensive✅
(2) expensive
(3) expensive
(4) expensive
Explanation:
“Expensive” is a two-syllable word where the second syllable (“pen”) is stressed: /ɪkˈspen.sɪv/.
Q118.
Cooperative learning strategy has some assumptions and features. From the below, find out which one is not true:
(1) It makes teaching learning process learner-centered rather than content-centered
(2) It deviates from constructive ideology for better teaching learning outcomes✅
(3) It believes in group effects and cooperation among learners
(4) It believes in the role of teacher as a capable facilitator
Explanation:
Cooperative learning is based on constructivist ideology; it does not deviate from it. So, option (2) is incorrect.
Q119.
Which of the following is not required for an informative report?
(1) Date and place of the event
(2) Give a personal point of view✅
(3) Facts to be accurate
(4) Brief and concise
Explanation:
Informative reports are objective; they avoid personal opinions.
Q120.
What was the colour of tattoos on the cheeks of the eunuchs as described by Kamala Das in her poem The Dance of the Eunuchs?
(1) Black
(2) Red
(3) Yellow
(4) Green✅
Explanation:
In The Dance of the Eunuchs, Kamala Das vividly describes eunuchs with green tattoos on their cheeks, highlighting their identity and marginalisation.
Q121.
Choose the appropriate statement that should not be included in a business letter –
(1) A business letter is to be written on a letterhead.
(2) Reference number and date should be mentioned.
(3) Personal salutation “Yours Obediently” should be used. ✅
(4) The recipient address should be in a block form.
Explanation:
“Yours Obediently” is outdated and too personal for business letters. Appropriate closings include “Yours sincerely” or “Yours faithfully.”
Q122.
Which of the following is not a prophecy of the witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
(1) Banquo will beget kings
(2) Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor
(3) Macbeth shall murder the king✅
(4) Banquo will be lesser than Macbeth, but greater
Explanation:
The witches never predict murder. Macbeth chooses to act; they only prophesy his rise in status and Banquo’s legacy.
Q123.
A figure of speech in which inanimate objects and abstract ideas or qualities are spoken of as if they were persons or human beings is –
(1) Metaphor
(2) Synecdoche
(3) Personification✅
(4) Irony
Explanation:
Personification gives human qualities to non-human things (e.g., “The wind whispered through the trees”).
Q124.
Which of the following statements does not refer to adjustment?
(1) Adjustment is the modification to compensate or meet special conditions.
(2) Adjustment is the establishment of a satisfactory relationship.
(3) Adjustment is a process that fails to satisfy individual and social needs. ✅
(4) Adjustment is the process of finding and adopting modes of behaviour suitable to the environment.
Explanation:
Adjustment is meant to satisfy needs; a process that fails is not adjustment.
Q125.
Bacon, in his essay Of Studies, states, “Some books are to be …, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Fill in the blank –
(1) read
(2) tasted✅
(3) skimmed
(4) absorbed
Explanation:
The famous line by Bacon suggests books should be “tasted,” “swallowed,” or “chewed and digested” depending on their depth.
Q126.
In a letter written on her deathbed, what does Susan confess to her husband in The Mayor of Casterbridge?
(1) She never loved him.
(2) Elizabeth-Jane was not his daughter but rather the child of the sailor to whom he had sold them. ✅
(3) She and Elizabeth-Jane were abused by the man to whom Henchard had sold them.
(4) She had amassed a great fortune after being sold.
Explanation:
Susan reveals that Elizabeth-Jane is not Henchard’s biological daughter, which shocks him deeply.
Q127.
For improving the process and product of the system related to teaching and learning, which of the following need to be improved?
(1) A, B, C
(2) B, C, A, D✅
(3) D, C, B
(4) C, D, B
Explanation:
A holistic approach to improvement must include: who teaches (B), what is taught (C), who is taught (A), and how (D).
Q128.
From how many modern communication channels should one choose for classroom learning?
(1) Print media in the form of text and reference books.
(2) Multimedia, personal computer, laptop and notebook. ✅
(3) Graphical material such as pictures and charts.
(4) Audio-visual hardware like radio and television.
Explanation:
Option (2) offers interactive, versatile tools that best align with modern ICT-integrated teaching strategies.
Q129.
Who did cast the statue of Neptune as mentioned by the Duke in My Last Duchess?
(1) Fra Pandolf
(2) Claus of Innsbruck✅
(3) Michelangelo
(4) Donatello
Explanation:
The Duke boasts about the statue cast by Claus of Innsbruck—symbolizing his arrogance and obsession with possession.
Q130.
“Pets might not mean anything to you and yet they mean the world to me.”
Who says this in Cry, the Peacock?
(1) Gautama
(2) Maya✅
(3) Nile
(4) Mrs. Lall
Explanation:
This line expresses Maya’s emotional attachment and loneliness, contrasting with her husband Gautama’s detachment.
Q131.
In the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, a skimmity-ride procession is taken out to shame which of the following characters?
(1) Henchard – Lucetta✅
(2) Lucetta – Elizabeth-Jane
(3) Farfrae – Lucetta
(4) Susan – Henchard
Explanation:
The skimmity-ride was a public mockery directed at Henchard and Lucetta for their relationship, leading to Lucetta’s tragic death.
Q132.
What is the favourite beverage of the chimney sweepers?
(1) Sassafras tea✅
(2) Coffee
(3) Betel nuts
(4) Saloop
Explanation:
In Charles Lamb’s essay In Praise of Chimney-Sweepers, he fondly refers to Sassafras tea as a beverage favoured by the children.
Q133.
Macbeth had been confident of his victory, but he becomes afraid when the army reaches the castle. Choose the most appropriate reason:
(1) Macbeth did not realize how large the army was
(2) He could not find his armour
(3) He feels helpless without his wife
(4) When he saw the Birnam Wood moving towards the castle ✅
Explanation:
The witches’ prophecy comes true when Malcolm’s soldiers use branches from Birnam Wood to camouflage themselves—terrifying Macbeth.
Q134.
In the education system, the attainment of educational objectives belongs to which parameter of the system?
(1) Input
(2) Process
(3) Output✅
(4) Environment
Explanation:
Educational objectives represent the outcomes or goals achieved after teaching and learning processes—hence, classified as output.
Q135.
The strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode are three major parts of –
(1) Sonnet
(2) Epic
(3) Ode✅
(4) Ballad
Explanation:
These are classical structural divisions in a Greek choral ode, used especially in Pindaric odes.
Q136.
Which tree did Jagan call ‘Ambrosia’ in The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. Narayan?
(1) Magnolia
(2) Mangrove
(3) Mahogany
(4) Margosa✅
Explanation:
Jagan considers the Margosa (Neem) tree sacred and medicinal, referring to it as “ambrosia” for its healing properties.
Q137.
In the cognitive perspective, knowledge that is demonstrated when we perform a task—“knowing how”—is called –
(1) Declarative knowledge
(2) Procedural knowledge✅
(3) Conditional knowledge
(4) Mirror system
Explanation:
Procedural knowledge refers to knowing how to do something, like riding a bicycle or solving an equation.
Q138.
The basic aim of precis writing is –
(1) Compression and Suppression✅
(2) Comprehension
(3) Expansion
(4) Paraphrasing
Explanation:
Precis writing condenses the original content by compressing ideas without losing the main message.
Q139.
To implement cooperative learning strategy in the classroom, some conditions are essential. Find out which one is not required –
(1) Lack of social skills on part of students✅
(2) Group rewards are generated
(3) Individuals are held accountable
(4) Creates motivation to learn
Explanation:
Lack of social skills is a hindrance, not a requirement. Cooperative learning thrives on good social interaction and group dynamics.
Q140.
Which of the characters is described as “The belle of the ball” in The Birthday Party?
(1) Lulu ✅
(2) Mrs. Boles
(3) Nat Goldberg
(4) Stanley Webber
Explanation:
Lulu is referred to as the “belle of the ball,” reflecting her role as a young woman who once enjoyed social attention.
Q141.
Which one of the following is not a limitation of computer-assisted instruction?
(1) It is quite expensive.
(2) Difficulties due to unavailability and usability of educational software.
(3) Instructions for a number of learners at a time. ✅
(4) Availability of users also poses a serious problem.
Explanation:
Option (3) is a benefit, not a limitation. Computer-assisted instruction can often accommodate many learners simultaneously.
Q142.
/ka:m/ — This phonetic transcription refers to –
(1) come
(2) calm✅
(3) comb
(4) came
Explanation:
The IPA transcription /ka:m/ corresponds to the pronunciation of the word “calm”, especially in British English.
Q143.
Below some elements of the communication process are given. Find out which are very important:
A. Source of communication
B. Communication media
C. Content of communication
D. Receiver of the communication
E. Feedback
(1) A, C, B
(2) B, C, D, A
(3) D, E, C, B, A ✅
(4) E, A, B, C
Explanation:
A complete communication cycle includes source, message, medium, receiver, and feedback, as represented in option (3).
Q144.
In which stage of Kohlberg’s moral development theory does an individual value trust, caring, and loyalty to others as a basis of moral judgment?
(1) Stage 2
(2) Stage 4
(3) Stage 3✅
(4) Stage 5
Explanation:
Stage 3 is called the “Good Boy–Good Girl Orientation,” where individuals seek approval by being good, trustworthy, and loyal.
Q145.
On arriving in Casterbridge, where does Susan expect to find Henchard in Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge?
(1) In a brothel
(2) In the stocks ✅
(3) In the fields
(4) In Mayor’s office
Explanation:
Susan expects to find Henchard in the stocks, a punishment device, thinking he may still be in disgrace.
Q146.
According to Banquo, the ministers of darkness betray us into –
(1) deeds of little consequence
(2) deeds of slight consequence
(3) deeds of no consequence
(4) deeds of deepest consequence ✅
Explanation:
Banquo warns that the “instruments of darkness” (i.e., witches) may tell half-truths to lure people into “deepest consequence.”
Q147.
According to the importance of emotional intelligence as given by Daniel Goleman, which one of the following is not true?
(1) Emotional intelligence may be the best predictor of success in life.
(2) In working situations emotional intelligence helps more.
(3) IQ and even standard achievement tests scores predict any person’s success in life. ✅
Explanation:
Goleman argues that emotional intelligence, not just IQ or test scores, is a stronger predictor of life success.
Q148.
It is possible to use any location in the memory at random to store data and instructions temporarily. Such memory is called –
(1) Read Only Memory (ROM)
(2) External Memory
(3) Random Access Memory (RAM) ✅
(4) CD ROM
Explanation:
RAM (Random Access Memory) allows temporary data storage and is accessible in any order—essential for system performance.
Q149.
Which of the following statements about ‘pidgin’ language is incorrect?
(1) It is grammatically simplified means of communication.
(2) The two groups have a common language. ✅
(3) The vocabulary and grammar are drawn from several languages.
(4) It is constructed impromptu.
Explanation:
If two groups already share a common language, they don’t need a pidgin. Pidgin arises because they lack a common language.
Q150.
Nerve cells that store and transfer information in an adolescent brain are called –
(1) Pons
(2) Amygdala
(3) Neurons ✅
(4) Thalamus
Explanation:
Neurons are the basic units of the brain and nervous system that process and transmit information.