TGPSC HMWSSB Manager English previous year questions with answers
Every English question asked in the TGPSC HMWSSB Manager (Engineering) papers on this site, grouped by topic. Answers come from TSPSC's final key; each has a short explanation.
టీజీపీఎస్సీ జలమండలి (HMWSSB) మేనేజర్ (ఇంజనీరింగ్) ఇంగ్లీష్ ప్రాక్టీస్ బిట్స్ — మునుపటి సంవత్సరం ప్రశ్నలు, సమాధానాలు, వివరణలతో.
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My mother is ______ English teacher at a University.
- an
- the
- a
- are
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Answer: (1) an
"English" begins with a vowel sound, so the indefinite article "an" is used: "an English teacher". "A" is used only before consonant sounds, and "the" would wrongly suggest a teacher already identified.
Every day before sleeping, I turn off ______ lights in my room.
- an
- the
- a
- are
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Answer: (2) the
The lights are specific ones (those in my room) and the noun is plural, so the definite article "the" is needed; "a" and "an" cannot go with a plural noun.
Moving to a foreign country is not ______ easy thing to do. You have to complete many formalities before that.
- an
- the
- a
- are
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Answer: (1) an
The article comes before "easy", which begins with a vowel sound, so "an easy thing" is correct.
Though the ______ is relevant, we need to consider all possible aspects.
- information
- inform
- informations
- informing
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Answer: (1) information
After "the" a noun is needed, and "information" is an uncountable noun with no plural form, so "informations" is wrong; "inform" and "informing" are verb forms.
Nowadays, a large number of ______ are getting stressed out easily.
- Person
- Peoples
- People
- Personing
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Answer: (3) People
"A large number of" needs a plural noun, and the plural of "person" in this sense is "people"; "peoples" means different nations or races, which does not fit here.
We do not have a ______ of time, so let's discuss this quickly.
- lot
- much
- enough
- few
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Answer: (1) lot
The fixed phrase is "a lot of time". "A much of" and "a enough of" are not English, and "few" is used only with countable nouns, so it cannot go with "time".
You must ______ Golconda. It is an interesting historical monument.
- visit
- be visiting
- is visiting
- visited
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Answer: (1) visit
A modal verb such as "must" is followed by the base form of the verb, so "You must visit Golconda" is correct.
Raghav is not ______ the meeting today because he has a medical emergency at home.
- attend
- attended
- is attending
- attending
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Answer: (4) attending
"Is not attending" is the present continuous used for a fixed plan; after the auxiliary "is" only the -ing form fits, and "is attending" would repeat "is".
You must visit the handicrafts shop at the end of this road. It ______ an excellent variety of gift items.
- had
- has
- was
- have
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Answer: (2) has
The subject "It" (the shop) is third person singular and the sentence describes a present fact, so the simple present "has" is correct; "have" does not agree with "it" and "had" is past tense.
I ______ think the team will win the game tonight.
- don't
- doesn't
- are
- am
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Answer: (1) don't
With the subject "I" the negative of the simple present is "do not (don't) + base verb": "I don't think ...". "Doesn't" is used only with he, she or it.
Gymnastics ______ a very difficult sport.
- am
- is
- were
- are
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Answer: (2) is
Names of sports and subjects that end in -s, such as gymnastics, athletics and physics, are singular, so they take "is".
Eighty days ______ not enough to complete this project.
- are
- is
- were
- am
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Answer: (1) are
The key treats "Eighty days" as a plural subject and so takes the plural verb "are". Standard grammar books (e.g. Wren & Martin) treat a plural noun that names a specific amount of time, money or distance considered as a whole as singular ("Ten miles is a long distance"), so many would mark "is" here. (Official final key; some sources differ.)
We must talk ______ what we can do as a community to reduce pollution in our locality.
- at
- about
- in
- for
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Answer: (2) about
"Talk about" something means to discuss a topic, so "talk about what we can do" is correct.
To do this job, you don't have to be particularly skilled ______ anything.
- for
- in
- at
- an
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Answer: (3) at
"At" is the usual preposition after "skilled" (as in "good at"), so the key gives "skilled at anything". Dictionaries such as Oxford also accept "skilled in something", so option (2) is arguably correct too. (Official final key; some sources differ.)
Most of the companies prefer to remain in touch with their clients ______ email.
- by
- in
- to
- for
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Answer: (1) by
The means of communication takes "by": by email, by phone, by post.