752 English questions asked in BPSC TRE previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—2 One of the unfortunate features of the human condition is that the natural exploratory behaviour of human infants has to be curtailed, especially in conditions of civilization, where the hazards of traffic, electricity, gas, stairs and many other complex dangers have been added to those which are found in primitive, rural circumstances. We are forced to overprotect our children psychologically, because we live in an artificial environment; and because small children are ill-equipped to look after themselves when surrounded by the dangerous trappings of civilization, we tend to guard them too carefully in situations where this is not necessary.
Parents are extra careful in protecting their small children because
Athey cannot fend for themselves
Bthey need psychological guidance
Cthe environment is not natural
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (C) the environment is not natural
Explanation
We live in an artificial environment, so parents are extra careful.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—2 One of the unfortunate features of the human condition is that the natural exploratory behaviour of human infants has to be curtailed, especially in conditions of civilization, where the hazards of traffic, electricity, gas, stairs and many other complex dangers have been added to those which are found in primitive, rural circumstances. We are forced to overprotect our children psychologically, because we live in an artificial environment; and because small children are ill-equipped to look after themselves when surrounded by the dangerous trappings of civilization, we tend to guard them too carefully in situations where this is not necessary.
The natural exploratory urge of small children is essentially to
Agrasp and master the environment
Bcounter the trappings of civilization
Creduce the dangers of traffic, electricity, gas, etc.
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) grasp and master the environment
Explanation
The natural urge of children is to explore, i.e. grasp and master the environment.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—2 One of the unfortunate features of the human condition is that the natural exploratory behaviour of human infants has to be curtailed, especially in conditions of civilization, where the hazards of traffic, electricity, gas, stairs and many other complex dangers have been added to those which are found in primitive, rural circumstances. We are forced to overprotect our children psychologically, because we live in an artificial environment; and because small children are ill-equipped to look after themselves when surrounded by the dangerous trappings of civilization, we tend to guard them too carefully in situations where this is not necessary.
The author sounds
Asupportive of parents who overprotect their children
Bcritical of parents who overprotect their children
Cnon-committal about parents who overprotect their children
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Explanation
The author is critical of overprotection and also notes it is forced by civilisation; the key is D.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—3 The need for surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery— cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century, there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifteen years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be cleaned out and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to, carry out every type of modern operation.
Most people are afraid of being operated on
Ain spite of improvements in modern surgery
Bbecause they think modern drugs are dangerous
Cbecause they do not believe they need anaesthetics
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) in spite of improvements in modern surgery
Explanation
The passage says people still fear surgery despite modern advances.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—3 The need for surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery— cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century, there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifteen years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be cleaned out and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to, carry out every type of modern operation.
Surgeons in the early years of this century, compared with modern ones
Ahad less to learn about surgery
Bneeded more knowledge
Ccould perform every operation known today
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Explanation
Early surgeons could do nearly every operation of their time and had less to learn, so more than one option holds.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—3 The need for surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery— cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century, there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifteen years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be cleaned out and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to, carry out every type of modern operation.
Open-heart surgery has been possible
Asince the invention of valves
Bonly in the last fifty years
Cfrom prehistoric times
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Explanation
The passage does not give a time for open-heart surgery, so none of the options is supported.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—3 The need for surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery— cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century, there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifteen years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be cleaned out and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to, carry out every type of modern operation.
Modern surgeons
Ado not like to perform operations of the new type
Bare not as highly qualified as the older ones
Care obliged to specialize more than their predecessors
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (C) are obliged to specialize more than their predecessors
Explanation
Today's operations are so varied that surgeons must specialise more than their predecessors.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—3 The need for surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and anaesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery— cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century, there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifteen years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be cleaned out and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life. However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to, carry out every type of modern operation.
In modern surgery
Ait is impossible to use drugs
Byou cannot operate on the lungs
Cyou can even remove a portion of the brain
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (C) you can even remove a portion of the brain
Explanation
The passage says even part of the brain can be removed.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—4 A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein—the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks (say, for religious reasons), you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal. Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called ‘amino acids’, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal of vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favour of life-long vegetarianism.
According to the passage, a strict vegetarian is a person who
Ararely eats animal products
Bsometimes eats eggs
Cnever eats any animal products
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (C) never eats any animal products
Explanation
A strict vegetarian never eats anything derived from animals.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—4 A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein—the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks (say, for religious reasons), you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal. Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called ‘amino acids’, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal of vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favour of life-long vegetarianism.
Protein is important because
Ait is the body-building substance in food
Bit is good for health
Cit is not difficult to obtain from vegetables
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Explanation
Protein is the body-building element and is hard to get enough of from vegetables, so more than one option is true.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—4 A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein—the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks (say, for religious reasons), you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal. Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called ‘amino acids’, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal of vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favour of life-long vegetarianism.
We feel weak when we go without meat
Abecause we are reducing our food intake
Bbecause we do not get enough protein
Cbecause vegetables do not contain protein
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (B) because we do not get enough protein
Explanation
Weakness after going without meat is due to lack of protein.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—4 A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein—the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks (say, for religious reasons), you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal. Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called ‘amino acids’, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal of vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favour of life-long vegetarianism.
Proteins are built up from
Aabout twenty different amino acids
Babout twenty different vegetables
Cvarious fats and sugars
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) about twenty different amino acids
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—4 A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein—the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days or weeks (say, for religious reasons), you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal. Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called ‘amino acids’, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal of vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favour of life-long vegetarianism.
According to the author of the passage, physiologically life-long vegetarianism may not be desirable because
Ait makes people very thin
Bthe body must process too much waste
Cthe farmers lose money
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (B) the body must process too much waste
Explanation
Because so much vegetable food is wasted in the process, the body must handle too much waste.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—5 When Mr. Deepak Gupta went to a restaurant one day to have coffee, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry. There was a waiter near the door. So Mr. Gupta said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Gupta’s. “I made a mistake”, said the man. “I took your coat. Please give me my coat and the jewelry.” Mr. Gupta answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”
Mr. Deepak Gupta gave the jewellery to
Aa friend
Ba thief
Ca policeman
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Explanation
He gave the jewellery to the waiter, which is not among the options.
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—5 When Mr. Deepak Gupta went to a restaurant one day to have coffee, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry. There was a waiter near the door. So Mr. Gupta said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Gupta’s. “I made a mistake”, said the man. “I took your coat. Please give me my coat and the jewelry.” Mr. Gupta answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”
Mr. Gupta wanted the waiter to give the jewelry to
Athe officer
Bthe manager
Cthe owner
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (C) the owner
Explanation
He told the waiter to give it to the man who put it there, i.e. the owner (the person who made the mistake).
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—5 When Mr. Deepak Gupta went to a restaurant one day to have coffee, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry. There was a waiter near the door. So Mr. Gupta said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Gupta’s. “I made a mistake”, said the man. “I took your coat. Please give me my coat and the jewelry.” Mr. Gupta answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”
Why did Mr. Gupta go to the restaurant?
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—5 When Mr. Deepak Gupta went to a restaurant one day to have coffee, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry. There was a waiter near the door. So Mr. Gupta said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Gupta’s. “I made a mistake”, said the man. “I took your coat. Please give me my coat and the jewelry.” Mr. Gupta answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”
Where did Mr. Gupta leave his coat?
Directions (Q. Nos. 71 to 95) : Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
Passage—5 When Mr. Deepak Gupta went to a restaurant one day to have coffee, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry. There was a waiter near the door. So Mr. Gupta said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Gupta’s. “I made a mistake”, said the man. “I took your coat. Please give me my coat and the jewelry.” Mr. Gupta answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.”
The mistake was made by
AMr. Gupta
Bthe waiter
Cthe manager
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Explanation
The mistake was made by the other man who took the wrong coat, not among the options.
Directions (Q. Nos. 125 to 127) : Choose the correct verbs to fill in the blanks.
Neither of these bottles _____ full.
Ais
Bare
Cwere
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) is
Explanation
'Neither of' takes a singular verb, so 'is'.
How to use these BPSC TRE English questions
Every question here was asked in a real BPSC TRE paper; the paper and shift are shown on the card, and the number opens the question on its own page. Try each one before tapping Show answer, then attempt the full BPSC TRE papers as timed tests to check your speed under exam conditions.