ITBP Previous Year English Paper - 2023
Q. 1 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given prover.
Good swimmers are often drowned.
Be prepared for a scenario where things can go wrong.
Patience is often reward
Overconfidence can doom even the competent-
If you share your grief, it’ll get easier to bear.
Q. 2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Strapping
1. Big and strong
2. Profane
3. Unclear
4. Muddy
Q.3 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Our master had two other horses that stood in ______ stable.
1. Beyond
2. Against
3. Aside
4. another
Q.4 Select the word from the options which is exactly opposite in meaning to the bracketed
word given in the sentence below.
Because when we anchor our politics on identity, any compromise seems like (dishonour).
1. Seldom
2. Respectable
3. Rare
4. unusual
Comprehension:
Read the given passage carefully and select the most appropriate answer to the questions that follow.
A squirrel stood in front of Shivang. It looked at him from between its legs, its tail in the air, back arched gracefully and nose quivering excitedly. ‘Hello,’ said Shivang. The squirrel brushed its nose with its forepaw, winked at the boy, hopped over his leg, and ran up a pillar of the banyan tree. Shivang leant back against the broad trunk of the banyan, and listened to the lazy drone of the bees, the squeaking of the squirrels and the incessant bird talk. He thought of Meena and of Kishen, and felt miserably happy; and then he remembered Somi and the chaat shop. The chaat-wallah, that god of the tikkees, handed Shivang a leaf bowl, and prepared allu chole: first sliced potatoes, then peas, then red and gold chilli powders, then a sprinkling of juices, then he shook it all up and down in the leaf bowl and, in a simplicity the allu chole was ready.
Q.5 Identify the correct inference that can be drawn from the passage.
Shivang is standing by a chaat shop with his friend Somi and is feeling miserably
happy thinking about Meena and Kishen.
Shivang is extremely fond of animals especially squirrels and the chaat-wallah
reminded Shivang of his friends Somi and Kisen.
Shivang is sad about leaving his old city and is already missing his friends as he is
waiting for allu chole being prepared by the chaat-walah.
Shivang is a day dreaming when Meena the squirrel reminds Shivang that he is
standing next to the chaat-wallah.
Q.6 Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the passage.
1. The preparation of allu chole was simple.
2. Somi is the god of tikkees.
3. The chaat-wallah is standing near a banyan tree.
4. The chaat-wallah prepares delicious tikkees.
Q.7 From the given options, identify the suitable title for the passage.
1. Shivang's love for street food
2. The Magical Squirrel
3. The Banyan Tree
4. Shivang gets nostalgic
Q.8 Identify the correct theme of the passage.
1. Shivang is feeling nostalgic.
2. Somi talks Shivang into buying allu chole.
3. The passage describes the fight Shivang had with Meena and Kishen.
4. None of these.
Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On the ball.
1. To make efforts
2. The opposite view point
3. To be attentive
4. To be reckless
Q.10 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Lord Henry struck a light on a ______ silver case and began to smoke a cigarette.
1. Salty
2. Helpless
3. Nasty
4. dainty
Answers: -
1. - 3 2. 1 3. 4 5. 1 6. 2 7. 4 8. 1 9. 3 10. 4
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