KPSC Motor Vehicle Inspector 2025 — Paper 2 - Communication

The subject 'I' with 'now' requires present continuous tense: 'I am in college now.'

An action completed before another past action (her walking in) takes the past perfect tense: 'I had finished my meal.'

A chicken's shelter is a coop, a dog's is a kennel, a pig's is a sty, and a horse's is a stable (A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii).

Converting to passive voice: the object ('mobile') becomes the subject — 'Her mobile was picked up by her.'

'Gives in' (meaning to yield/surrender) fits the context of a soldier never yielding before the enemy.

'Acceded to' means agreed to or accepted (a request/demand).

'Aloof' means distant or reserved in manner.

The sentence 'Many an Indian does not know that Nalanda was one of the oldest universities' is grammatically correct throughout, so there is no error.

The subject 'Either of the hotels' is singular, so the verb should be 'is', not 'are' — the error lies in part (3).

The correct phrasing is 'One of my friends', not 'One of my friend' — the error lies in part (1).

A person who doubts/questions the truth of claims and beliefs is called a sceptic.

An account of a person's life written by that person themselves is called an autobiography.

A person whose trade is cutting and selling meat is called a butcher.

A single word for 'a thing that cannot be seen with human eyes' is 'invisible'.

The correct antonym-forming prefixes are: im-moral, in-definite, mis-understand, un-fortunate.

The correct antonym-forming prefixes are: in-adequate, dis-agree, im-possible, un-conscious.

'An' is used before a vowel sound, so 'an intelligent girl' is correct.

The superlative form 'longest' correctly completes 'The Amazon is the longest river in the world.'

The comparative form 'smarter' fits the comparison 'No one can be smarter than Mithun.'

'Worse' (comparative of 'bad') correctly describes a condition that has deteriorated since yesterday.

Among the given word-pairs, 'clown x clownette' is the odd one, as '-ette' is not the standard feminine form used for 'clown'.

Among the given word-pairs, 'brochure : pamphlet' is the odd one out, being a synonym pair rather than following the same relationship pattern as the others.

'Since' is used with a specific point in time in the past ('since yesterday') to indicate an ongoing action.

The correct antonym-forming prefixes are: il-logical, ir-rational, un-pleasant, dis-respect.

The correct suffixes are: nation-al, beauty-ful (beautiful), love-able (lovable), charm-ing.

'Assassination' refers to the deliberate killing (murder) of a prominent person.

'Judicious' means sensible or showing good judgement.

'Rebuked' means to have expressed sharp disapproval or reprimanded someone.

'Hardly' means rarely, so its opposite/paraphrase in this context is 'frequently'.

The logical sequence for making tea runs: R (it's a common, simple drink) then P (heat milk and water), Q (add ginger, tea, sugar and boil), S (strain and serve) — i.e. R, P, Q, S.

The logical sequence follows: P (question about conditions during the plague), R (people moved away from the city), S (Defoe described these conditions years later), Q (he was a child then and remembered little) — i.e. P, R, S, Q.

'Call a spade a spade' is an idiom meaning to speak plainly and honestly, even if the truth is unpleasant.

'Bury the hatchet' is an idiom meaning to end a conflict and make peace.

A 'bucket list' refers to a list of experiences or achievements a person wants to have or accomplish in their lifetime.

'Playing to the gallery' means acting to gain popularity or favour with the general public/masses.

In a spreadsheet, the address formed by combining a row number and column letter (e.g. A1) is called a cell address.

MS-Excel 2019 supports up to 1,048,576 rows per worksheet.

MS-Excel is a spreadsheet software application.

VSNL stands for Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, India's former international telecom service provider.

Document page alignment in MS-Word is handled through the Formatting toolbar.

The 'Change Case' option in MS-Word's formatting toolbar toggles text between upper case, lower case and title case.

The default left margin in a standard MS-Word document is 2.54 cm (1 inch).

A toolbar provides quick access to frequently used commands and tools in an application.

A properly structured email typically follows the order: Subject, Salutation, Body, Closing and Signature.

WhatsApp's messaging is built on a customized version of the open-standard XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol).

An IP address that changes periodically (each session/connection) is called a Dynamic IP address.

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software program used to create slideshows.

The Slide Sorter view in PowerPoint displays all slides as thumbnails, making it easy to rearrange them.

The Auto Content Wizard feature in PowerPoint helps users quickly build a simple presentation using pre-set templates and prompts.

In Nudi 6.0's transliteration scheme, the word 'ವಾರ್ತೆಗಳು' is typed using the key sequence 'vArftegLu'.

The Scroll Lock key must be turned on to operate Nudi (Kannada typing) software on a computer.

One Megabyte is equivalent to 1024 Kilobytes.

CPU speed is measured in clock cycles per second (Hertz).

A computer menu is a collection of commands/options a user can select from.

Ctrl+N in MS-Word creates a new blank document.

Among the listed options, Lynx (a genuine, if text-based, web browser) is marked here as the one that is not a web browser.

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, used for transmitting web pages over the internet.

A set of rules governing data transmission in a computer network is called a protocol.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, the address used to access resources on the internet.

The process of starting up a computer and loading its operating system is called booting.

The Control Panel in Windows is used to customize system settings (display, hardware, user accounts, etc.).

In MS-Word, Alt+Shift+D is the shortcut to insert the current date into a document.

Mail Merge in MS-Word allows sending the same letter/document to multiple recipients with personalised details.

A computer consists of hardware, software and other components working together — 'all of the above' covers this.

Charles Babbage's design for a general-purpose mechanical computer is known as the Analytical Engine.