Nagaland Judicial Service Grade – III 2017- Paper – I

Nagaland Judicial Service Grade – III 2017- Paper – I Question Paper

Total marks – 100                                       Duration – 3 hours

1. Write essays on any two of the following topics:-
(i) Protection of women from domestic violence
(ii) Corruption: An impediment to our development
(iii) Cyber law and crime

2. Write the meanings of the following in a single word:-
(i) To be in good book of
(ii) At one’s fingertips
(iii) Strike off
(iv) To wash dirty linen in public
(v) Black sheep
(vi) Lion’s share
(vii) Fair play
(viii) To die in harness
(ix) Look down up on
(x) In spite of

3. Distinguish between the following words;-
(i) Eminent and Imminent
(ii) Decent, Descent and Dissent
(iii) Confidant and Confident
(iv) Knotty and Naughty
(v) Miner and Minor
(vi) Veil, vale and Wail
(vii) Vain, vane and Wane
(viii) Stationary and Stationery
(ix) Affection and Affectation
(x) Memory and Memoir

4. Write antonyms of the following words:-
(i) Pleasure
(ii) Confess
(iii) Encourage
(iv) Enthrone
(v) Deficit

5. Write synonyms of the following words:-
(i) Foe
(ii) Rude
(iii) Inevitable
(iv) Despair
(v) Confuse

6. Convert the following direct sentences into indirect sentences:- 6×3=18
(i) He said, “I do not wish to see any of you; go away.”
(ii) My teacher often says to me, “If you don’t work hard, you will fail.”
(iii) He said, “Let us wait for the award.”
(iv) “Saint George strike for us!” exclaimed the Knight, “do the false yeomen give way?”
(v) “Curse it!” exclaimed the driver. “Who could have foreseen such ill-luck? But for accident we should have caught the train easily.”
(vi) He said, “We are all sinners.”

7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions;-
(i) I am obliged_____ you_____ your kindness.
(ii) I insisted______ going.
(iii) Temperance and employment are conducive_______ health.
(iv) He was angry______ me, because he thought my remark was aimed_____ him.
(v) Superstitious fears preyed______ his mind and made him miserable.
(vi) He died without imparting_____ anyone the secret of his process.