U.P / L.P SCHOOL ASSISTANT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2016 ::: DOWNLOAD PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPER
General English
(a) A doubting Thomas
(b) Dark horse
(c) Devil’s advocate
(d) Against the clock
2. ‘Per capita’ means:
(a) For each person
(b) For each student
(c) For each woman
(d) For each boy
3. He takes pride ____ his son.
(a) of
(b) in
(c) about
(d) for
4. The meaning of ‘COMMEND’:
(a) Order
(b) Praise
(c) Remark
(d) Perform
5. Joint sovereignty exercised over a country by two or more countries.
(a) Pandemonium
(b) Colonialism
(c) Enclave
(d) Condominium
6. Which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) The behaviour/
(b) of the/
(c) children were/
(d) excellent
7. The synonym of ‘EXTRICATE’:
(a) Intricate
(b) Tie
(c) Difficult
(d) Free
8. ‘Pillar to post’ means:
(a) Home to post office
(b) Office to office
(c) Home to office
(d) Place to place
9. The opposite of ‘Capricious’:
(a) Mercurial
(b) Unreliable
(c) Impulsive
(d) Predictable
10.‘Per diem’ means:
(a) Per year
(b) Per day
(c) In a body
(d) Everybody
11. A teacher ______ friendly with the students.
(a) should
(b) should be
(c) can
(d) must
12.He did not qualify _____ the job.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) against
(d) with
13.I’m late for the meeting. It started about ten minutes _____.
(a) ago
(b) before
(c) since
(d) ahead
14.____ Dutch defeated ____ Portuguese in the battle.
(a) A,the
(b) A,a
(c) The,the
(d) The, an
15. Find out which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) Bad husbands
(b) often have
(c) good wife
(d) No error
16. Which is opposite in meaning to ‘OBSCURE’:
(a) Vacant
(b) Seldom
(c) Distinct
(d) Unusual
17. _____ does UNO stands for?
(a) What
(b) Which
(c) Where
(d) Who
18. The crowd threw stones at the police, heedless ___ the consequences.
(a) of
(b) with
(c) at
(d) over
19. She was surprised that he knew her name. She _____ never met him before.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) did
(d) had
20. The world needs to depend on other energy resources, _____ oil and other natural
resources.
(a) beside
(b) likewise
(c) besides
(d) also besides
21. ‘Flying colours’ means:
(a) Great victory
(b) Dark colours
(c) Light colours
(d) Cowardice
22. His views are do not accord ____ mine.
(a) in
(b) by
(c) for
(d) with
23. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Obsene
(b) Obseen
(c) Obscene
(d) Obzene
24. A vehicle for carrying dead body at a funeral:
(a) Hearse
(b) Coffin
(c) Bier
(d) Cenotaph
25. These are books without ____ you cannot write the examination.
(a) which
(b) that
(c) whom
(d) who
Answers
1 (c) 2(a) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5(d) 6(c) 7(d) 8(d) 9(d)10(b) 11(b) 12(a) 13(a) 14(c) 15(c) 16(c)17(a) 18(a) 19(d) 20(c) 21(a) 22(d) 23(c) 24(a) 25(a)