Rajasthan LDC Paper 2 (30 June 2024)

The correct answer is option (a)

• As a particular university has been pointed out, we use the article "the" in the first blank.

• We use the article "a" before a singular common noun, in this case, "good citizen".

Correct sentence:

"At the university, I learnt how to be a good citizen."

The correct answer is "less"

• We have to find correct suffix for the word "relent" that makes sentence understandable.

• Relentless means not stopping or changing

• Eg. the relentless fight against crime.

Option 2 3 and 4 makes the word meaningless.

In this way, suffix "less" is appropriate here for the relent.

Thus, Option 1 is correct answer.

The correct answer is - "in-"

• Given sentence says that expired passport is invalid or no legality.

• Here, in is perfect prefix for the "valid".

• Invalid means not legally or officially acceptable

• Eg He was returned, but the election was declared invalid.

• Option 2 3 and 4 make the word meaningless.

• Thus, Option 1 is correct answer.

The correct answer is im.

• Impossible means something never happen.

• Eg. Nothing is impossible.

• Given sentence says it is impossible to say what will happen in future.

• Option 1 3 and 4 make the word meaningless or vague.

• So the "im" is the appropriate prefix for the 'possible' here.

• Thus, Option 2 is correct answer.

The correct answer is 'Harish is not a foolish boy.

• An affirmative sentence is a positive sentence and is opposite of a negative sentence. These two sentences express an opposing idea.

• An affirmative sentence does not contain negative words like 'no', 'not', 'never' etc.

• While changing an affirmative sentence into a negative sentence by adding the negative words, care must be taken to change the adjective into a word that is opposite in meaning.

• So, to change the given sentence in negative form, we have to change the adjective 'wise' into 'foolish' which is the opposite in meaning and add "not" before the adjective.

• Example: The boy was happy. (Affirmative)

The boy was not sad. (Negative)

• Similarly, option 1 has the same meaning as the original sentence.

• Therefore, the correct answer is Option 1.

Correct sentence: Harish is not a foolish boy.

The correct answer is "Sabrina is as intelligent as her mother-in-law is."

• The given simple sentences are examples of adverbial clauses of comparison.

• We use "than" or "as" to form complex sentences of simple sentences.

• Look at the following examples:

• The tiger is larger. The cat is smaller.

• The tiger is larger than the cat.

Hence, the correct answer: Sabrina is as intelligent as her mother-in-law is.

The correct answer is "What is her name?"

• Given assertive sentence:

• I would like to know her name.

• While changing these questions to assertive use one of the following:

• I want to know.

• I would like to know.

• I wonder

• Look at the following examples:

• Interrogative- What is your name?

• Assertive- I would like to know your name.

• Interrogative- Do you think India will win the game?

• Assertive- I wonder if India will win the game.

Hence, the correct answer: What is her name?

• Interrogative sentence

• The basic function (job) of an interrogative sentence is to ask a direct question. It asks us something or requests information.

Examples:

• What is your name?

• How many cows are there?

• Assertive sentences:

• An assertive sentence is a sentence that states a fact. Such sentences are simple statements. They state, assert, or declare something. They are also called declarative sentences. Assertive sentences usually end with a period or full stop.

Examples:

• Honesty is the best policy.

• The apartment was full of girls.

The correct answer is 'What a glorious morning!".

• The given sentence is an assertive sentence.

• Assertive sentence:- The sentence which declares a statement, feeling, opinion, history, or anything is called an assertive sentence or declarative sentence.

• An assertive sentence ends with a period (.).

• Note that the assertive sentences can be either affirmative or negative.

• For example:- Alex is a good baseball player.

• We have to convert it into an exclamatory sentence.

• Exclamatory sentence:-

An exclamatory sentence conveys a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark (!).

• An exclamatory sentence makes a statement just like a declarative sentence but is also conveys emotion.

For example:- How beautiful this city is!

• In order to change the given assertive sentence into an exclamatory sentence,

we have to follow some of the steps:

• To change the assertive sentences to exclamatory sentence we need to remove words like very, great, indeed, truly, etc. from the sentence. Also, we need to add the exclamatory mark while converting an assertive sentence to an exclamatory sentence.

• Similarly, the given sentence when changed into an exclamatory sentence will be as follows:

• What a glorious morning!

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is 'There is nobody but wants more and more wealth.'

• The given sentence is an affirmative sentence.

• To change an affirmative sentence into a negative sentence, the steps given below should be followed:

• If the given affirmative sentence has below mentioned structure:

• Everybody/(every + any noun) + verb + extra info.

• Ex: Everybody listens to her points.

• Then the negative of such a sentence should have following structure:

• There + helping verb + nobody/(no + noun) + but + verb + extra info.

• Ex: There is nobody but listens to his points.

• Similarly the given sentence when changed into a negative sentence will be as following:

• There is nobody but wants more and more wealth.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

• The transformation of a sentence is all about changing its form without altering its meaning. We can, for example, transform an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence or vice-versa. We can also transform simple sentences into complex or compound sentences.

• An assertive sentence is a statement of the assertion. This sentence gives information about facts, history, incidents, opinions, events, feeling, and beliefs. An assertive sentence ends with a full stop (.). These are divided into two categories-

• Affirmative Sentence: a positive assertion or declaration

 Ex: I love her very much.

• Negative Sentence: a negative assertion or declaration

Ex: I do not love her.

The correct answer is 'general announcement'.

• A circular is essentially a letter containing some important information that is distributed to a large number of people.

• Say for example you have to invite an entire department for a meeting, or update the dress policy for the whole office a circular will be the best mode of communication for these purposes.

• A circular is therefore used for a general announcement.

• Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

Complete sentence –

Circulars are meant for general announcement.