Q.12. Give the meaning of the following select words.
(a) Idiosyncrasy (b) Inexorable (c) Rescind
(d) Spontaneous (e) Debonair (2012 - 13)
Ans. (a) Peculiarity (b) Inflexible (c) To cut off (d) Voluntary (e) Charming
Q.13. Give the meaning of these words:
(i) Adduce (ii) Dexterity (iii) Feasible (iv) Harass
(v) Investigate (vi) Rectitude (vii) Debonair. (2013 - 14)
Ans. (i) Apply (ii) Expertness (iii) Possible (iv) Torment (v) to Search out
(vi) Honesty (vii) Charming
Q.14. Form new words as directed below and use them in statements:
(a) Society (verb) (b) Angel (Adjective) (c) Tell (Noun)
Ans. (a) Socialise - Everybody who live in society, should socialise in his work.
(b) Angelic - I have seen an angelic girl.
(c) Tale - He told me an interesting tale yesterday.
Q.15. Give the meaning of the following homophones and use them in statements:
(a) Ascent, assent (13 - 14) (b) Cession, session (c) Tamper, temper
(d) Pray, prey (e) Site, Sight (f) Stationary, Stationery (2012 - 13)
Ans. (a) Ascent - (going up) The ballon made an ascent at 7 p.m.
Assent - (consent) The principal gave his assent to my proposal.
(b) Cession - (giving upland) The cession of this territory was demanded by some leaders.
Session - (a period of time for doing something) Now the parliament is not in session.
(c) Tamper - (meddle with) The murderer could not be punished because the proofs were all tampered.
Temper - (disposition) His brother is of rash temper.
(d) Pray - (after, prayer to God) We should pray to God daily.
Prey - (VIctim) The mouse fell a prey to the owl.
(e) Site - (a place for building something) He chose a good site for building a hospital.
Sight - (Scene) The romantic poets are always fascinated by the wonderful sights of nature.
f) Stationary - (fixed) The stars are stationary.
Stationery - (Writting material) He owns a Stationery shop in one of the posh colonies of Delhi.
Q.16. Give the synonym of the following:
(a) Demagogue (b) Dexterity (c) Gregarious (d) Sonorous (e) Versatile
Ans. (a) Leader (b) Expertness, aptitude (c) expressive (d) Clear, loud (e) Changeable
Q.17. What is a sentence ? Write the kinds of sentence.
Ans. A sentence is a group of words that conveys some meaning. These words are used to say something about a person or thing.
Examples :
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
My cat is black.
A sentence may be made up of two essential parts :
* Subject
* Predicate.
The part which refers to the person or thing about which we say something is called the subject of the sentence.
The part in which we say something about the subject is called the predicate of the sentence.
Examples :
Sheep live in flocks.
In the above sentence sheep is the subject and live in flocks is the predicate because this part says something about the sheep, the subject.
There are four kinds of Sentences
1. Statement: -
The Assertive or Declarative sentence is called a statement. A Statement may be in the affirmative or in the Negative.
Examples :
Bobby is a beautiful girl. (Affirmative)
We should not tell a lie. (Negative)
2. Interrogative Sentence: -
A sentence in which some question has been asked is called an Interrogative sentence.
Examples :
Where do you live ?
3. Exclamatory Sentence: -
A sentence which expresses feelings such as joy, sorrow, anger, surprise etc. is called an Exclamatory sentence.
Examples :
How hot it is !
4. Imperative Sentence: -
A sentence in which some command, advice or request is made is called an Imperative sentence.
Examples :
Please give me a glass of water. [request]
Go in or you’ll catch cold. [suggestion]
Don’t make a noise. [command]
Q.18. Give the meaning of words and use them in your statements -
(i) Agility (ii) Benign (iii) Docile (iv) Fallacy (v) Enigma (vi) Instigatge (vii) Reiterate (viii) Rescind. (2013 - 14)
Ans. (i) Agility - Activeness
Agility of the tiger help him to prey.
(ii) Benign - Kind
Maharana Pratap was a benign and brave king.
(iii) Docile - teachable
Every subject is docile for us.
(iv) Fallacy - A deceitful argument
People give fallacy to keep secret their mistakes.
(v) Enigma - Puzzle
Ramesh is an expert who solve any type of Enigma easily.
(vi) Instigate - to provoke
Reports serve as instigate to action.
(vii) Reiterate - Repeat
The teacher teach the lesson to students and they reiterate it.
(viii) Rescind - To cut off
The formers rescind their crops after get ready.
Q.19. Comment on the requisition of sentence construction. (2008-09, 10 -11)
Related Questions -
Q. Describe briefly the requisites of a good sentence. (2009-10)
Q. What are the requisites of good sentence writing? How could variety in the sentences be introduced? Describe briefly. (2013 - 14)
Q. What are the requisites of good sentence writing for technical communication? Suggest steps to introduce variety in sentence writing. (13 - 14)
Ans. (i) Requisites of a good sentence construction: -
There are various requisites of a good sentence construction some of them are numbered below -
1. Sentence structure should not be awkward.
Ex. - A stranger is standing black suit. (incorrect)
A stranger, in black suit is standing. (correct)
2. Words should be used in accordance with the theme in question.
Ex. - Man lives in home (not in jungle)
The sun rises in the east (not in the west)
3. Sentence should not be fragmented.
4. Avoid using long sentences.
5. Sentences should be clear and meaningful.
6. Brevity is the soul of wit. So we should be brief and to the point.
7. There should be maximum use of active voice.
8. Sentence should be used in accordance with the context.
(ii) Five sentences with explanation: -
1. Rahul is an intelligent boy.
* Sentence is in proper order which makes a complete sense.
2. We should respect our teachers.
* Sentence is clear and meaningful.
3. They do their work.
* Maximum use of active voice.
4. The boy whom I taught last year is in the job.
* Sentence is large, so it is including a subject and predicates.
5. If you work hard, you will pass.
* No fragmentation is found in above sentence.
Q.20. What do you understand by paragraph ? Point out the devices for developing a paragraph. (2007-08)
Ans. The paragraph, as defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary, is a distinct unit in prose writing, marked by an indentation of the first line.
Paragraph wirting is different from essay writing or report writing in terms of its conciseness and lucidity. A paragraph writer should follow some idea while developing a paragraph. These are:
(a) Presentation of single idea
(b) A sequences of well connected sentences
(c) Thematic unity within the paragraph.
(d) Conciseness and exactness.
On the other hand writer should avoid some points given as:
(a) Avoid ambiguous expression
(b) Avoid extra words and heavy sentences.
(c) Avoid the mixture of ideas.
(d) Avoid repetition
Dr. Henderson says that a paragraph should be dominated by a central idea and nothing else. A paragraph writer should concentrate on thematic as well as structural unity within limited space and time. A paragraph should have well connected and cohesive sentences where one sentence leads to another naturally.