Telangana Police SI Mains Exam 2018 Official Paper 1 (Previous Year Paper)

Match the Idioms in Column A with their meanings in Column B:

Which one of the following gives the correct meaning of the expression, "Don't push your luck!'?

Match the following idioms in List A with their meanings in List B.

The words bow and bow in the following sentences are called _______.

Bow means to bend at the waist or the front part of a boat.

Bow means a weapon, or a knot made for decoration on a dress, etc.

Pick the correct meaning of the underlined expression in the following sentence:

It's no use splitting hairs over the cause of the lapse.

Fill in the blanks with the correct homophone:

Fair - Fare

Bare - Bear

Write - right

Know - no

(a) I do not ______ that ______ other person except the attender is available in the department today.

(b) The teacher was happy that the student was able to ______ the ______ answer.

(c) We enjoyed ourselves at the ______ because there was such a ______ of goodies to eat.

(d) Bhaskar was able to fight the ______ with his ______ hands.

The correct answer is:

Which one of the following gives the correct meaning of the expression, "Hit the sack"?

Fill in the blank with a suitable alternative to make it a meaningful sentence.

'In the field of classical music, he still _______ supreme'.

Pick the correct meaning of the underlined expression in the following sentence:

The manager, as usual, is blowing his own trumpet.

Fill in the blank with a suitable alternative to make it a meaningful sentence.

'Would you prefer to have an _______ seat or a window seat'?

Which one of the following takes the prefix 'sub-' to form a new word?

Which of the following is synonymous with the word 'genteel' in the sentence 'He lived in genteel poverty'?

A room where people can wait before entering a larger room, especially in an important public building is called ______.

Which of the following is the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence 'She showed increasing irritation at his attempt to vindicate her.'?

Which of the following is the correct one-word substitute equivalent to the phrase 'That which cannot be satisfied'?

Choose the correct option that conveys the same meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

Sagacity increases with age.

Choose the correct option that is opposite in meaning to the word underlined to fill in the blank in the sentence given below:

These spurious documents can never substitute the _______ ones.

Choose one-word substitute for the clause given below:

'A person who enjoys high quality food and drink' is called _______.

Choose one-word substitute for the clause given below:

Concluding part of a literary work:

Which of the following is the correct one-word substitute equivalent to the phrase 'study of the origin of words'?

Fill in the blank with a suitable proposition:

The meeting will be held ________ 2 P.M and 4 P.M.

Choose the correct alternative of suitable prepositions to make them meaningful sentences.

(i) We live within a mile _______ the school.

(ii) He recovered _______ his illness quickly.

(iii) We swam deep _______ the sea to the coral beds.

(iv) I want to improve _______ my last exam results.

Fill in the blanks with suitable alternative to make it a meaningful sentence.

'By the time we get there, Jaya _______'.

Fill in the blank with the correct prepositions.

I am tired _______ doing the same thing over and over again.

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:

Robert is _______ European.

Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions:

This part _______ the building is powered _______ solar energy.

Fill in the blanks with the correct articles:

_______ kinetic theory explains this property by saying that there are no fixed positions for _______ molecules.

Fill in the blanks will appropriate verb forms:

I have never _______ pizza. I don't know what food it is.

Which of the following sentences is an ungrammatical one with reference to concord?

Which of the following statements has an error with concord?

Choose grammatically correct sentence from the options given below:

Choose grammatically correct sentence from the options given below:

Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms in the following sentence:

I ______ already ______ Venkatesh before he came to Hyderabad.

Fill in the blanks with suitable alternative to make it a meaningful sentence.

'Sam was a wonderful guitarist. He _______ ever since he was a teenager.'

In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentences in the paragraph:

S1: Most people tend to become anxious or nervous before doing something important in public.

(P) The same approach is true for successful speakers.

(Q) However, we must know that only those people who know how to transform their nervousness into excitement or enthusiasm become successful.

(R) For instance, athletes are nervous before a big game. Politicians are nervous to stand in front of a huge gathering.

(S) And actors also are nervous to face the camera and deliver the dialogues.

S6: Hence, becoming nervous before a speech or presentation is natural, normal and sometimes even desirable.

Which of the following sentences has the appropriate order of words to make it a meaningful sentence?

Rearrange the following words to form a meaningful sentence:

(P) attacked by locusts.

(Q) crops in many parts

(R) Since the earliest days of agriculture,

(S) of the world have been 

The proper sequence should be:

Identify the part of the following sentence that has an error.

They would have been (A)/here by now (B)/if they caught (C)/the early train. (D)

In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentences in the paragraph:

SI: There was a family of pigeons which had made the top of a mosque its abode.

(P) The head of the family discussed the migration with the family, so they moved to a church.

(Q) A family goes together, and so they discussed this issue and planned another migration.

(R) They settled down in their new abode and life was going on smoothly till the church was being decorated this time, again for a festival.

(S) They were living happily for a while and one day when the mosque was being decorated for a festival, the pigeons had to think of relocation.

S6: This time around they migrated and made their new abode at the top of a temple.

Find out which part of the following sentence has an error:

Myself and Gopalan (A) / will take care of the function (B) / which will be held on (C) / Sunday in Hyderabad (D).

Identify the part of the following sentence that has an error:

If he improved (A)/his IT skills, (B)/he's easily (C)/get a job.(D)

Find out which part of the following sentence has an error:

His mouth watered (A) / when he saw (B) / a bouquet of grapes (C) / in the market (D).

Identify the correct rearrangement of the following sentences to make it a meaningful paragraph on 'Drone technology for crop surveillance to bring precision to farming. The introductory sentence No. 1 (S1) and the concluding sentence No. 6 (S6) have already been marked for you.

S1: The 'Flying Farmer' is designed to solve two major agricultural issues faced by farmers - pesticide treatment and weed detection.

(P) Secondly, human weed detection is inefficient and prone to error, leading to lower produce.

(Q) Drones, programmed with computer vision algorithms and infrared sensors can detect the exact position and nature of weeds and transmit information to the farmer for timely action.

(R) To deliver pesticides, pre-programmed drones can target specific farm areas and crops avoiding wastage and overuse of pesticides.

(S) With rising labour costs and shortage of labour, drone technology is hypothesized to replace human intervention in delivering pesticide treatment.

S6: The field trials conducted at LPU led to an improvement of 15-20% in produce quantity.

In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentences in the paragraph:

S1: 'The Weed' is a beautiful short story of a rustic girl.

(P) Simple, uneducated, and superstitious, she was married as the second wife of an 'old, short, loose-jawed man'.

(Q) Angoori believes it is 'the weed' given by a man that makes a girl fall in love, which is a sin.

(R) Angoori, the protagonist, is a typical Indian village girl, black, young, and beautiful.

(S) A victim of a patriarchal society and forced to marry by parental choice, 

S6: At the end, she realizes that she herself is a victim of 'the weed', the natural inclination of a girl for the man she loves.

What did Dr. Johnson say about sluggards?

How do the late risers feel?

What does the author think of the people who rise early?

People who rise early are _______.

According to this passage, what is the secret of success?

Which sentence best states the main idea of the story?

Which would be the best title for this story?