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Lower Division Assistant, Meghalaya (C) Secretariat - 13 September 2025 (May 2025 cycle)

Paper #3040 · 13-09-2025 · General English and General Awareness & Aptitude · 115 reviewed questions · Showing 41–80 of 115

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  1. Paper #3040, Series I, Q50: Choose the best completion: The house in ____ I was born has a beautiful garden surrounding it.
    1. where
    2. when
    3. whom
    4. which
  2. Paper #3040, Series I, Q51: Choose the best completion: The speaker's ____ remarks left the audience in awe; his words were profound and enlightening.
    1. mundane
    2. pithy
    3. banal
    4. insipid
  3. Paper #3040, Series I, Q52: Choose the best completion: The novel's plot was so ____ that readers were hooked from the first page, unable to predict its twists.
    1. poetical
    2. engrossing
    3. formulaic
    4. prosaic
  4. Paper #3040, Series I, Q53: Choose the best completion: While her sister was ____ and thrifty, Maria was extravagant, spending money without a second thought.
    1. frugal
    2. lavish
    3. prodigal
    4. indulgent
  5. Paper #3040, Series I, Q54: Choose the best completion: The government will ____ the new policy next week, aiming to improve transparency.
    1. adopt
    2. adapt
    3. adept
    4. admit
  6. Paper #3040, Series I, Q55: Choose the best completion: The officer's ____ response to a confrontational question showed skill in handling sensitive situations.
    1. temper
    2. temporal
    3. tempered
    4. temperamental
  7. Paper #3040, Series I, Q56: Choose the best completion: Her remarks were intended to be pacifying, but the opposition interpreted them as ____.
    1. provocative
    2. respectful
    3. indifferent
    4. supportive
  8. Paper #3040, Series I, Q57: Choose the best completion: Unlike the ____ forest, the desert landscape was desiccated and bereft of life.
    1. arid
    2. verdant
    3. desolate
    4. magnanimous
  9. Paper #3040, Series I, Q58: Choose the best completion: She ____ her mother's stubbornness, refusing to back down once she has made up her mind.
    1. takes after
    2. goes after
    3. is after
    4. comes after
  10. Paper #3040, Series I, Q59: Choose the best completion: The research team had to ____ their procedure after errors in the experimental design were identified.
    1. revise
    2. repeat
    3. reject
    4. recreate
  11. Paper #3040, Series I, Q60: Choose the best completion: Negotiations reached a complete ____, with neither side willing to compromise.
    1. detente
    2. accord
    3. impasse
    4. au revoir
  12. Paper #3040, Series I, Q61: Choose the best completion: The prisoner was released on ____ for good behaviour.
    1. probation
    2. bail
    3. parole
    4. guarantee
  13. Paper #3040, Series I, Q62: Choose the best completion: Life is to death as pleasure is to ____.
    1. suffering
    2. bliss
    3. poverty
    4. ecstasy
  14. Paper #3040, Series I, Q63: Choose the best completion: Please do not ____ an offer made by the Chairman.
    1. refrain
    2. refute
    3. refuse
    4. refuge
  15. Paper #3040, Series I, Q64: Choose the best completion: The police ____ the mob.
    1. converged
    2. cohered
    3. composed
    4. dispersed
  16. Paper #3040, Series I, Q65: Choose the best completion: Robert was ____ with a natural talent for music.
    1. given
    2. found
    3. endowed
    4. entrusted
  17. Paper #3040, Series I, Q66: Choose the best completion: If you drink too much, it will ____ your judgement.
    1. impede
    2. impair
    3. impose
    4. impel
  18. Paper #3040, Series I, Q67: Choose the best completion: It is very ____ to miss one's train by half a minute.
    1. annoying
    2. exhausting
    3. exciting
    4. exasperating
  19. Paper #3040, Series I, Q68: Choose the best completion: Did you use a dictionary ____ the letter?
    1. for translating
    2. translating
    3. to translate
    4. for translate
  20. Paper #3040, Series I, Q69: Choose the best completion: Your case is so unique that I am not getting any ____ to support it.
    1. reason
    2. help
    3. event
    4. precedent
  21. Paper #3040, Series I, Q70: Choose the best completion: We thought the Sadhu had miraculous powers, but soon found that we were ____.
    1. wronged
    2. captivated
    3. enlightened
    4. deceived
  22. Paper #3040, Series I, Q71: Choose the best completion: A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing is a ____.
    1. degression
    2. digreesion
    3. diggresion
    4. digression
  23. Paper #3040, Series I, Q72: Choose the best completion: Something deserving praise or admiration is ____.
    1. laudible
    2. laudable
    3. laudeble
    4. lauduble
  24. Paper #3040, Series I, Q73: Choose the best completion: ____ means unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
    1. anorexic
    2. autistic
    3. altruism
    4. autism
  25. Paper #3040, Series I, Q74: Choose the best completion: Maria always wears ____ clothes.
    1. descent
    2. descend
    3. decent
    4. dissent
  26. Paper #3040, Series I, Q75: Choose the best completion: We should always be ____ of what is going on around the world.
    1. conscientious
    2. conscious
    3. conscience
    4. consensus
  27. Paper #3040, Series I, Q76: On which date was Aryabhata placed in orbit?
    1. October 20, 1978
    2. November 14, 1978
    3. January 26, 1979
    4. April 19, 1975
  28. Paper #3040, Series I, Q77: Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of what?
    1. hydrogen
    2. water
    3. the substance itself, with water as numerator
    4. mercury
  29. Paper #3040, Series I, Q78: What happens to a balloon filled with hydrogen as it rises?
    1. It continues to rise uninterrupted
    2. It reaches a certain height and keeps floating
    3. It bursts after reaching some height
    4. It starts going down
  30. Paper #3040, Series I, Q79: Why is it difficult to separate two glass plates with water between them?
    1. External pressure
    2. Viscosity
    3. Surface tension
    4. None of these
  31. Paper #3040, Series I, Q80: Which liquid does an aneroid barometer use?
    1. Mercury
    2. Distilled water
    3. Alcohol
    4. No liquid
  32. Paper #3040, Series I, Q81: Who succeeded Bimbisara?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Ajatashatru
    3. Vasudeva
    4. Chandragupta Maurya
  33. Paper #3040, Series I, Q82: In the historical dynasty context, where did the Chedi dynasty rule?
    1. Bengal
    2. Kalinga
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Rajasthan
  34. Paper #3040, Series I, Q83: Who gave the message India for Indians?
    1. D. E. Wacha
    2. Swami Vivekananda
    3. Dayanand Saraswati
    4. A. O. Hume
  35. Paper #3040, Series I, Q84: In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
    1. 1987
    2. 1990
    3. 1989
    4. 1988
  36. Paper #3040, Series I, Q85: Who commissioned the Peacock Throne?
    1. Shah Jahan
    2. Babur
    3. Aurangzeb
    4. Jahangir
  37. Paper #3040, Series I, Q86: What is the low-rainfall region on a mountain's leeward side called?
    1. Contiguous zone
    2. Doldrum zone
    3. Rain shadow zone
    4. Roaring Forties zone
  38. Paper #3040, Series I, Q87: Approximately what percentages of Earth's surface are ocean and land respectively?
    1. 60% and 40%
    2. 71% and 29%
    3. 50% and 50%
    4. 65% and 35%
  39. Paper #3040, Series I, Q88: Choose the odd one out.
    1. Iron
    2. Brass
    3. Copper
    4. Aluminium
  40. Paper #3040, Series I, Q89: What are lines joining places of equal salinity called?
    1. Isoseismals
    2. Isogons
    3. Isohalines
    4. Isohyets

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