Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision - Expression - Reasoning and Comprehension Previous Year Questions

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2022 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

A sentence has been given below.

The train will leave at 8:30 PM, we have been ready by 7:30 PM, so that we can reach the station on time.

To make the above sentence grammatically correct, the phrase marked in bold is to be replaced by

A

were

B

are

C

must be

D

should have

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2022 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2022

Complete the sentence correctly using the options given below.
Hastings ____(p)____ developed as a holiday resort after ____(q)____ .

A

(p) = a seaside town, (q) = the first world war

B

(p) = , a seaside town, (q) = the First World War

C

(p) = , a Seaside Town, (q) = World War I

D

(p) = A seaside town (q) = World War I

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2023 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Which word below best describes the idea of being both Spineless and Cowardly?

A

Pusillanimous

B

Unctuous

C

Obsequious

D

Reticent

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2023 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Choose the right preposition to fill up the blank:
The whole family got together ___ Diwali

A

of

B

at

C

in

D

till

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2023 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Select the correct option to fill in all the blanks to complete the passage:
The (i)_______ factor amid this turbulence has been the (ii)_______ of high-octane, action-oriented films such as RRR, K.G.F: Chapter 2 and Pushpa from film industries in the south of the country. Traditionally, films made in the south have done well in their own (iii)_______. But increasingly, their dubbed versions have performed well in the Hindi heartland, with collections (iv)_______ those of their Bollywood counterparts.

A

(i) disheartening (ii) failure (iii) channels (iv) matching

B

(i) redeeming (ii) outperformance (iii) geographies (iv) eclipsing

C

(i) shocking (ii) underperformance (iii) cinemas (iv) below

D

(i) humbling (ii) bombing (iii) theatres (iv) falling behind

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2023 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2023

Five segments of a sentence are given below. The first and fifth segments are at their correct positions, while the middle three segments (represented by 2, 3, and 4) are jumbled up. Choose the correct order of the segments so that they form a coherent sentence:

1. Consumed multitudes are jostling and shoving inside me
2. and guided only by the memory of a large white bedsheet with a roughly circular hole some seven inches in diameter cut into the center,
3. clutching at the dream of that holey, mutilated square of linen, which is my talisman, my open-sesame,
4. I must commence the business of remaking my life from the point at which it really began,
5. some thirty-two years before anything as obvious, as present, as my clock-ridden, crime-stained birth.

A

2 – 3 – 4

B

3 – 2 – 4

C

4 – 2 – 3

D

4 – 3 – 2

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2024 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage:

A

(i) patent-leather belt (ii) belts (iii) patent-leather belt (iv) waist

B

(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) bands (iii) patent-leather bands (iv) wrist

C

(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) shoes (iii) patent-leather shoes (iv) feet

D

(i) patent-leather jacket (ii) jacket (iii) patent-leather jacket (iv) body

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2024 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

The appropriate synonym for the word ‘ignite’ in the following passage will be:

A

Encourage

B

Simulate

C

Dissipate

D

Engross

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2024 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

A

One day, I’ll write a book, ‘I said’. Not just a thriller but a real book, about real people.

B

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said, ‘not just a thriller, but a real book, about real people.’

C

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said. ‘Not just a thriller but, a real book, about real people’.

D

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said, not just a thriller, but a real book, about real people.’

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2024 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

Fill in the blanks with the correct combination of tenses for the given sentence:

A

(i) have (ii) had

B

(i) had (ii) have

C

(i) had (ii) has

D

(i) has (ii) have

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2024 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2024

The narrator’s use of ‘I’ in the given passage is/are:
I have never been any good at the more lurid sort of writing. Psychopathic killers, impotent war-heroes, self-tortured film stars, and seedy espionage agents must exist in the world, but strangely enough I do not come across them, and I prefer to write about the people and places I have known and the lives of those whose paths I have crossed. This crossing of paths makes for stories rather than novels, and although I have worked in both mediums, I am happier being a short-story writer than a novelist.

A

Self-conscious

B

Apologetic and regretful

C

Confessional and communicating

D

Egotistical and vain

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2025 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 2025

Consider the following sentence.
What the country needs _____ _____ _____ _____ accordingly.
First and last parts of the sentence are given. P, Q, R, and S are the remaining parts of the sentence, not necessarily in that order.
P: and change tactics
Q: who would encourage players
R: are coaches and officials
S: to read the game as it progresses
Which one of the following options is correct that gives the most appropriate order and meaning to the sentence?

A

QSPR

B

RQSP

C

RQPS

D

SPRQ

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2026 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

In the given passage, fill in the blanks with most suitable set of given words:

The future must no longer be___ by the past. While, the effects of the past are still with us, each day is a new___. Therefore, one should ___from solely believing in destiny and crave towards charting their own path of success with grit and labour. Positive______ is imperative.

A

Determined, beginning, refrain, anticipation

B

Fascinated, one, include, physiology

C

Explored, suffering, content, psychiatry

D

Marred, life, hinder, labyrinth

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2026 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

Choose the correct sequence of sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph:
P. However, in the context of texts dealing with science or engineering, this condition may not be applicable.
Q. One can infer, that there is something called discipline fidelity and within this aspect, content, language, structure and scope of a text may vary.
R. In the meaning-making process of a text, it is not always logic that is central.
S. Most of the times, it is the expression of the experience that supersedes the structure and argument.
Which of the following options is/are correct and giving the most appropriate order and meaning to the sentence?

A

RSPQ

B

QRSP

C

RSQP

D

SPRQ

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2026 · Reasoning and Comprehension · Expression · Style, Rhetoric and Sentence Revision

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3) 2026

On the basis of syntax and grammar, identify the incorrect sentence(s).
I. Doctors have found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral palsy around the world. They also suggested its abnormal impact on speech and muscle movement.
II. Doctors have found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral palsy around the world which suggests the abnormal impact on speech and muscle movement.
III. Having found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral palsy around the world, doctors are suggesting abnormal impact on speech and muscle movement.
IV. Having found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of cerebral palsy around the world, doctors suggested its abnormal impact on speech and muscle movement.

A

I

B

II

C

III

D

IV

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