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UPPSC 2024 — English Language Questions with Answers

All 14 English Language previous-year questions from UPPSC 2024, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.English Language

   Fill in the blank with the correct option. We ___________ ourselves to the circumstances.

   • a)Adept
   • b)Adopt
   • c)Adapt
   • d)None of the above
2. Q2.English Language

   Find out the synonym for the italicised word given in the following sentence. He was filled with remorse for the action.

   • a)revulsion
   • b)despair
   • c)repentance
   • d)regret
3. Q3.English Language

   Which of the following is the correct passive form of the following? “What has cut the tree?”

   • a)By whom has the tree been cut?
   • b)By whom was the tree cut by?
   • c)Who has the tree been cut?
   • d)By whom was the tree cut?
4. Q4.English Language

   Change into direct form: I said to him, “How do you know this?”

   • a)I asked him that how he knew that.
   • b)I asked him how he knew that.
   • c)I asked him how I knew that.
   • d)I asked him ho I knew that.
5. Q5.English Language

   Choose the correct option to find out the meaning of the idiom given below: “To end in smoke”.

   • a)To have no result; to come to nothing
   • b)To find out the result in the end
   • c)To come to an end
   • d)To find out the smoke
6. Q6.English Language

   What is the meaning of the idiom, 'Blow one's own horn'?

   • a)To be the devil's advocate
   • b)To announce self defeat
   • c)To boast about oneself
   • d)To suddenly become very angry
7. Q7.English Language

   Choose the correct antonym of the following word. Gloomy

   • a)Cheerful
   • b)Boring
   • c)Straight
   • d)None of the above
8. Q8.English Language

   Select the word which is opposite in meaning of the following: Indiscreet

   • a)Honest
   • b)Stupid
   • c)Reliable
   • d)Prudent
9. Q9.English Language

   The art of beautiful handwriting is known as:

   • a)Designing
   • b)Orthography
   • c)Calligraphy
   • d)Stenography
10. Q10.English Language

    Choose the correct alternative which replaces the given statement/sentence: “Anything written in a letter after it is signed”.

    • a)Manuscript
    • b)Postdiction
    • c)Postscript
    • d)Corrigendum
11. Q11.English Language

    Which among the following is a correctly spelt word?

    • a)Obliterate
    • b)Obleturate
    • c)Obletterate
    • d)Obliterait
12. Q12.English Language

    Fill in the blanks with the correct options. “__________” he worked, __________ he failed.

    • a)Hardly; when
    • b)Other; than
    • c)No sooner; than
    • d)Though; yet
13. Q13.English Language

    Fill in the blank with the correct option. __________ one of the boys was in the playground.

    • a)Neither
    • b)Either
    • c)Every
    • d)All
14. Q14.English Language

    Find the correct sentence.

    • a)He is rich enough to starve.
    • b)He is too rich and he starve.
    • c)He is too rich to starve.
    • d)He is too rich not to starve.