The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar | XI 1st Semester WBCHSE
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Tense
1. The story of the glimpses which I caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete, if it contained no mention of his worship of the Mother. [Simple Present Tense]
(a) The story of the glimpses which I catch of this part of the Swami’s life will be singularly incomplete, if it contains no mention of his worship of the Mother.
(b) The story of the glimpses which I have caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete, if it has not contained any mention of his worship of the Mother.
(c) The story of the glimpses which I will catch of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete, if it will contain no mention of his worship of the Mother.
(d) The story of the glimpses which I will have caught of this part of the Swami’s life would have been singularly incomplete, if it will have contained no mention of his worship of the Mother.
2. I have always felt that there were two elements in his consciousness. (Past Perfect Tense]
(a) I always feel that there were two elements in his consciousness.
(b) I always felt that there were two elements in his consciousness.
(c) I had always felt that there were two elements in his consciousness.
(d) I will always feel that there were two elements in his consciousness.
3. He had developed the power of entering Samadhi. [Future Perfect Tense]
(a) He develops the power of entering Samadhi.
(b) He will develop the power of entering Samadhi.
(c) He developed the power of entering Samadhi.
(d) He will have developed the power of entering Samadhi.
4. The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical. [Past Continuous Tense]
(a) The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitates, were highly abstract and philosophical.
(b) The religious ideas towards which he was naturally gravitating, were highly abstract and philosophical.
(c) The religious ideas towards which he had naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical.co Iliw eH (0)
(d) The religious ideas towards which he will Vigsseer be naturally gravitating, are highly abstract and philosophical.
5. He became a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. [Future Indefinite Tense]
(a) He will become a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. (b) He will be becoming a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
(c) He becomes a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
(d) He had become a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
6. He was never known to preach anything that depended on a special form. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) He had never been known to preach anything that had depended on a special form.
(b) He will never be known to preach anything that will depend on a special form.
(c) He has never been known to preach anything that has depended on a special form.
(d) He is never known to preach anything that depends on a special form.
7. The realisation of Brahman was his only imperative. [Present Indefinite Tense]
(a) The realisation of Brahman is going to be his only imperative.
(b) The realisation of Brahman is his only imperative.
(c) The realisation of Brahman will be his only imperative.
(d) The realisation of Brahman was going to be his only imperative.
8. In India the word “Mother” was forever on his lips. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) In India the word “Mother” will be forever on his lips.
(b) In India the word “Mother” has been forever on his lips.
(c) In India the word “Mother” had been forever on his lips.
(d) In India the word “Mother” is forever on his lips.
9. He spoke of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life. [Present Perfect Continuous Tense]
(a) He was speaking of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life.
(b) He will be speaking of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life.
(c) He has spoken of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life.
(d) He has been speaking of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life.
10. He was constantly preoccupied with Her. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) He will have been constantly preoccupied with Her.
(b) He will be constantly preoccupied with Her.
(c) He has been constantly preoccupied with Her.
(d) He had been constantly preoccupied with Her.
11. Like other children, he was not always good. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) Like other children, he is not always good.
(b) Like other children, he had not always been good.
(c) Like other children, he has not always been good.
(d) Like other children, he will not always be good.
12. Never did he attribute to any other, the good or evil that befell. [Future Continuous Tense]
(a) Never had he attributed to any other, the good or evil that befell.
(b) Never was he attributing to any other, the good or evil that befell.
(c) Never would he have attributed to any other, the good or evil that befell.
(d) Never will he be attributing to any other, the good or evil that befall.
13. He entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life had acted as a veritable charm. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) He has entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life has acted as a veritable charm.
(b) He entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life has acted as a veritable charm.
(c) He entrusts to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life acts as a veritable charm.
(d) He would have entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life had acted as a veritable charm.
14. Her curse is blessing! [Simple Past Tense]
(a) Her curse were blessing!
(b) Her curse was blessing!
(c) Her curse had been blessing!
(d) Her curse will be blessing!
15. Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali. [Past Continuous Tense]
(a) Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashed the blood-red knife of Kali.
(b) Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, was flashing the blood-red knife of Kali.
(c) Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, is flashing the blood-red knife of Kali.
(d) Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, will be flashing the blood-red knife of Kali.
16. I worship the Terrible! [Present Perfect Continuous Tense]
(a) I have worshipped the Terrible!
(b) I am worshipping the Terrible!
(c) I have been worshipping the Terrible!
(d) I has been worshipping the Terrible!
17. Many are born to seek after pain. [Simple Future Tense]
(a) Many were born to seek after pain.
(b) Many have been born to seek after pain.
(c) Many being born to seek after pain.
(d) Many will be born to seek after pain.
18. He had a whole-hearted contempt for what he regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness. [Simple Present Tense]
(a) He had a whole-hearted contempt for what he had regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness.
(b) He has a whole-hearted contempt for what he regards as squeamishness or mawkishness.
(c) He have a whole-hearted contempt for what he has regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness.
(d) He had a whole-hearted contempt for what he has been regarding as squeamishness or mawkishness.
19. He wasted few words on me. [Future Perfect Tense]
(a) He has wasted few words on me.
(b) He is wasting few words on me.
(c) He will have wasted few words on me.
(d) He will be wasting few words on me.
20. He made no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves. [Simple Present Tense]
(a) He had made no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.
(b) He will have made no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.
(c) He has made no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves
(d) He makes no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.
21. He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the demons who attend on Kali. [Future Continuous Tense]
(a) He will never be tolerating the blood-offering commonly made to the demons who attend on Kali.
(b) He is never tolerating the blood-offering commonly made to the demons who attend on Kali.
(c) He will never tolerate the blood-offering commonly made to the demons who attend on Kali.
(d) He would never have tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the demons who attend on Kali.
22. This was simple devil-worship, and he had no place for it. [Simple Future Tense]
(a) This will be simple devil-worship, and he will have no place for it.
(b) This was simple devil-worship, and he has no place for it.
(c) This was simple devil-worship, and he had no place for it.
(d) This was simple devil-worship, and he has had no place for it.
23. They put a garland of skulls round Thy neck, and then start back in terror, and call Thee ‘the Merciful’! [Present Continuous Tense]
(a) They have put a garland of skulls round Thy neck, and then have started back in terror, and have called Thee ‘the Merciful’!
(b) They were putting a garland of skulls round Thy neck, and then were starting back in terror, and were calling Thee ‘the Merciful’!
(c) They are putting a garland of skulls round Thy neck, and then are starting back in terror, and are calling Thee ‘the Merciful’!
(d) They will put a garland of skulls round Thy neck, and then will start back in terror, and will call Thee ‘the Merciful’!
24. God manifests through evil as well as through good. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) God manifested through evil as well as through good.
(b) God has manifested through evil as well as through good.
(c) God had manifested through evil as well as through good.
(d) God will have manifested through evil as well as through good.
25. But everything in my past life had contributed to impress on me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness. [Past Perfect Continuous Tense]
(a) But everything in my past life had been contributing to impress on me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness.
(b) But everything in my past life has been contributing to impress on me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness.
(c) But everything in my past life contributes to impress to me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness.
(d) But everything in my past life will have contributed to impress on me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness.
26. I began to comprehend a little. [Past Continuous Tense]
(a) I am beginning to comprehend a little.
(b) I begin to comprehened a little.
(c) I was beginning to comprehend a little.
(d) I will begin to comprehend a little.
27. He never checked a struggling thought. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) He has never cheked a struggling thought.
(b) He will have never checked a struggling thought.
(c) He had never checked a struggling thought.
(d) He never checks a struggling thought.
28. I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation that had come to me. [Past Continuous Tense]
(a) I was telling him eagerly of the sudden realisation that was coming to me.
(b) I have been telling him eagerly of the sudden realisation that has come to me.
(c) I am telling him eagerly of the sudden realisation that is coming to me.
(d) I will tell him eagerly of the sudden realisation that will come to me.
29. His whole face lighted up at the thought. [Simple Present Tense]
(a) His whole face will light up at the thought.
(b) His whole face lights up at the thought .
(c) His whole face had lit up at the thought.
(d) His whole face will have been lit up at the thought.
30. That is precisely my position about Brahman and the gods! [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) That will have precisely my position about Brahman and the gods!
(b) That had been precisely my position about Brahman and the gods!
(c) That has been precisely my position about Brahman and the gods!
(d) That was precisely my position about Brahman and the gods!
31. He did not understand that to us he was himself the reconciliation of these opposites. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) He had not understood that to us he had himself been the reconciliation of these opposites.
(b) He has not understood that to us he has himself been the reconciliation of these opposites.
(c) He will not have understood that to us he would himself have been the reconciliation of these opposites.
(d) He does not understand that to us he is himself the reconciliation of these opposites.
32. I believe that She guides me in every little thing I do. [Future Indefinite Tense]
(a) I believed that she will guide me in every little thing I do.
(b) I will believe that She will guide me in every little thing I do.
(c) I have believed that She has guided me in every little thing i do.
(d) I would have believed that She would have guided me in every little thing I do,
33. His greatness had not dawned on me then. [Simple Past Tense]
(a) His greatness dawned on me then.
(b) His greatness dawns on me then.
(c) His greatness did not dawn on me then.
(d) His greatness has not dawned on me then.
34. The thing that made me do it is a secret that will die with me. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) The thing that has made me do it is a secret that will die with me.
(b) The thing that had made me do it is a secret that had died with me.
(c) The thing that makes me do it is a secret that dies with me.
(d) The thing that made me do it is a secret that died with me.
35. Not more than six months did he keep his own health and brightness. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) Not more than six months had he kept his own health and brightness.
(b) Not more than six months he kept his own health and brightness.
(c) Not more than six months was he kept his own health and brightness.
(d) Not more than six month could he keep his own health and brightness.a
36. She worked up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) She will have worked up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.
(b) She has worked up the body of Ramakrishna for her own ends.
(c) She had worked up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.
(d) She works up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.
37. They are the forms that the Bhaktas have seen! [Simple Future Tense]
(a) They were the forms that the Bhaktas saw!
(b) They will be the forms that the Bhaktas will see!
(c) They have been the forms that the Bhaktas will have seen!
(d) They had been the forms that the Bhaktas had seen!
38. He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here. [Present Perfect Tense]
(a) He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwelt here.
(b) He who had come as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwelt here.
(c) He who has come as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here.
(d) He who will come as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here.
39. The conversation I have related marked an epoch. [Simple Present Tense]
(a) The conversation I have related marks an Sto epoch.
(b) The conversation I related will mark an epoch.
(c) The conversation I relate marks an epoch.
(d) The conversation I had related marked an epoch.
40. All his life was but as a dream. [Past Perfect Tense]
(a) All his life is but as a dream.
(b) All his life had been but as a dream.
(c) All his life will be but as a dream.
(d) All his life will have been but as a dream.
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Change of Voice
1. The story of the glimpses which I caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete.
(a) The story of the glimpses which have been caught by me of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete.
(b) The story of the glimpses which has been caught by me of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete.
(c) The story of the glimpses which was caught by me of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete.
(d) The story of the glimpses which are caught by me of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete.
2. I have always felt that there were two elements in his consciousness.
(a) That there were two elements in his consciousness have always been felt by me.
(b) That there were two elements in his consciousness has always been felt by me.
(c) That there were two elements in his consciousness was always felt by me.
(d) That there were two elements in his consciousness would always felt by me.
3. He had developed the power of entering Samadhi.
(a) The power of entering Samadhi had been developed by him.
(b) The power of entering Samadhi has been developed by him.
(c) The power of entering Samadhi had developed by him.
(d) The power of entering Samadhi was developed by him.
4. He was never known to preach anything that depended on a special form.
(a) People had never known him to preach anything that depended on a special form.
(b) People know him to preach anything that depended on a special form.
(c) People did not ever know him to preach anything that depended on a special form.
(d) People never knew him to preach anything that depended on a special form.
5. He entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her.
(a) A prayer to him was entrusted to a disciple by Her.
(b) A prayer to Her was entrusted to a disciple by him.
(c) A prayer entrusted to a disciple by him.
(d) A prayer to Her has been entrusted to a disciple by him.
6.Make Her listen to you.
(a) You are requested to make Her listen to you.
(b) You are suggested to make Her listen to you.
(c) Let Her be made to listen to you.
(d) You are instructed to make Her listen to you.
7. Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali.
(a) The blood-red knife of Kali flashed deep in the heart of hearts of Her own.
(b) The blood-red knife of Kali is flashed deep in the heart of hearts of Her own.
(c) The blood-red knife of Kali is flashing deep in the heart of hearts of Her own.
(d) The blood-red knife of Kali flash deep in the heart of hearts of Her own.
8. I worship the Terrible.
(a) The Terrible was worshipped by me.
(b) The Terrible has been worshipped by me.
(c) The Terrible is worshipped by me.
(d) The Terrible will be worshipped by me.
9. Let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.
(a) Let the Terror be worshipped for Its own sake.
(b) Let the Terror worship for Its own sake.
(c) The Terror should be worshipping for Its own sake.
(d) Let us start worshipping the Terror for Its own sake.
10. Swami had never tolerated the blood-offering.
(a) The blood-offering was never tolerated by Swami.
(b) The blood-offering has never been tolerated by Swami.
(c) The blood-offering had never been tolerated by Swami.
(d) The blood-offering has never tolerated by Swami.
11. They put a garland of flowers round Thy neck.
(a) A garland of flowers is put round Thy neck by them.
(b) A garland of flowers puts round Thy neck by them.
(c) A garland of flowers has been put round Thy neck by them.
(d) A garland of flowers had been put round Thy neck by them.
12. The Hindu calls it merely shop-keeping.
(a) It was called merely shop-keeping by the Hindu.
(b) It has been called merely shop-keeping by the Hindu.
(c) It is called merely shop-keeping by the Hindu.
(d) It is being called merely shop-keeping by the Hindu.
13. One realised the infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching.
(a) The infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching is realised by one.
(b) The infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching were realised by one.
(c) The infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching have been realised by one.
(d) The infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching had been realised by one.
14. He never checked a struggling thought.
(a) A struggling thought was ever checked by him.
(b) A struggling thought is never checked by him.
(c) A struggling thought was never checked by him.
(d) A struggling thought will never be checked by him.
15. Express it in your own way.
(a) You are ordered to be expressed it in your own way.
(b) You are requested to express it in your own way.
(c) You are told to express it in your own way.
(d) Let it be express in your own way.
16. I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation.
(a) He was told of the sudden realisation.
(b) He is told eagerly by me of the sudden realisation. DUBS
(c) He was told eagerly of the sudden realisation by me.
(d) He tells eagerly of the sudden realisation.
17. His whole face lighted up at the thought.
(a) The thought has lighted up his whole face.
(b) The thought had lighted up his whole face.
(c) The thought lights up his whole face.
(d) The thought lighted up his whole face.
18. We must speak to all men in their own Die language.
(a) All men must be spoke in their own language by us.
(b) All men should be spoken in their own language by us.
(c) All men must be speaking in their own language by us.
(d) All men must be spoken to in their own language by us.
19. He found it necessary to lay down with unmistakable clearness.
(a) It was found necessary by him to lay down am with unmistakable clearness.
(b) It has been found necessary by him to lay down with unmistakable clearness.
(c) It is found necessary to lay down with unmistakable clearness.
(d) It will be found necessary by him to lay down with unmistakable clearness.
20. I had to accept Her at last.
(a) She was accepted at last by me.
(b) She had to be accepted at last by me.
(c) At last I accept Her.
(d) She has to be accepted at last by me.
21. She guides me in every little thing I do.
(a) I was guided by her in every little thing done by me.
(b) I guided by her in every little thing that has been done by me.
(c) I am guided by her in every little thing that is done by me.
(d) I have been guided by her in every little boone thing that have been done by me.
22. His greatness had not dawned on me then.
(a) I had not dawned on his greatness then.
(b) I had not been dawned on with his greatness then.
(c) I have not dawned on with his greatness then.
(d) I did not dawn on his greatness then.
23. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dedicated me to Gals Her.
(a) I was dedicated to Her by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
(b) I am dedicated to Her by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
(c) I dedicated to Her by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
(d) I have been dedicated to Her by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
24. Not more than six months did he keep his own health and brightness.
(a) He did not keep his own health and brightness for not more than six months.
(b) He could not have kept his own health and brightness for not more than six months.
(c) His own health and brightness were kept by him for not more than six months.
(d) His own health and brightness was kept by him for not more than six months.
25. She worked up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.
(a) The body of Ramakrishna was being worked up by Her for Her own ends.
(b) The body of Ramakrishna was worked up toby Her for Her own ends.
(c) The body of Ramakrishna has been worked up by Her for Her own ends.
(d) The body of Ramakrishna working up by Her for Her own ends.
26. He would always speak of it as the book of experience.
(a) It would always be spoken of by him as the book of experience.
(b) It was always spoken of by him as the book of experience.
(c) It had always been spoken of by him as the book of experience.
(d) It will be spoken of by him as the book of experience.
27. In Her name will her sons find it possible to sound many experiences.
(a) It will be possible to sound many experiences in Her name by her sons.
(b) It was possible to sound many experiences in Her name by her sons.
(c) It will not possible to sound many experiences in Her name by her sons.
(d) It would be possible for her sons to sound many experiences in Her name.
28. I look more and more closely into the life of that great Teacher.
(a) The life of that great Teacher is being looked into more and more closely by me.
(b) The life of that great Teacher has been looked into closely by me.
(c) The life of that great Teacher is looked into more and more closely by me.
(d) The life of that great Teacher was looked into more and more closely by me.
29. I see each day with growing-clearness.
(a) Each day were seen with growing- clearness by me.
(b) Each day was seen with growing-clearness by me.
(c) Each day is see with growing-clearness by me.
(d) Each day is seen with growing-clearness by me.
30. He himself was turning the pages of the book of experience.
(a) The pages of the book of innocence were being turned by he himself.
(b) The pages of the book of experience was being turned by him.
(c) The pages of the book of experience were being turned by he himself.
(d) The pages of the book of experience are being turned by he himself.
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Change of Narration
1. The Swami said to a disciple, “Make Her listen to you, when you say it! None of that cringing to Mother!”
(a) The Swami instructed a disciple to make Her listen to him, when he said it and also added not to cringe to Mother.
(b) The Swami said to make Her listen to you to a disciple when you say it and also told no cringing to Mother.
(c) The Swami told to a disciple to make Her listen to him when he say it without cringing to Mother.
(d) The disciple told the Swami to made Her listen to them when they said it and with no cringing to Mother.
2. The Swami said, “Her curse is blessing!”
(a) The Swami had told that Her curse had been blessing.
(b) The Swami states that Her curse was blessing.
(c) The Swami declared that Her curse is blessing.
(d) The Swami says that Her curse was blessing.
3. The Swami said, “Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali.”
(a) The Swami says deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali.
(b) The Swami proclaimed that deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali.
(c) The Swami said that deep in the heart of hearts of Her own flashed the blood-red knife of Kali.
(d) The Swami told that deep in the heart of hearts is flashing the blood-red knife of Kali.
4. The Swami said, “I worship the Terrible!”
(a) The Swami asserts that he is worshipping the Terrible.
(b) The Swami said to the Terrible that he worshipped Her.
(c) The Swami exclaimed that he worshipped the Terrible.
(d) The Swami says he worships the Terrible.
5. The Swami said, “Let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.”
(a) The Swami suggested that one should worship the Terror for Its own sake.
(b) The Swami said to all that let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.
(c) The Swami said why not worship the Terror for Its own sake.
(d) The Swami told to let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.
6. The Swami said “Why not a little blood, to complete the picture ?”
(a) The Swami told why not a little blood to complete the picture.
(b) The Swami argued that a little blood was necessary to complete the picture.
(c) The Swami talked of a little blood in the context of the completion of the picture.
(d) The Swami says why not a little blood to complete the picture.
7. The Swami said, “Fools! They put a garland of flowers round Thy neck, and then start back in terror and call Thee ‘the Merciful’ !”
(a) Calling the people fools the Swami said Isnomegthat they put a garland of flowers round Her neck and then started back in terror and called Her ‘the Merciful’.
(b) The Swami addressed the people as fools by saying that they put a garland of flowers round Thy neck, and then start back in terror and call Thee ‘the Merciful’.
(c) The people were fools who put a garland of flowers round Thy neck, and start back in terror and call Thee ‘the Merciful’.
(d) The Swami putted a garland of flowers round Thy neck, and started back in terror and called Thee ‘the Merciful’.
8. Nivedita said, “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the eb or Vision of Shiva.”
(a) Nivedita told Swamiji perhaps the Vision of Shiva had been Kali.
(b) Nivedita addressed Swamiji saying that perhaps Kali is the Vision of Shiva.
(c) Nivedita said to Swamiji that Kali was the Vision of Shiva.
(d) Nivedita said that perhaps Swamiji was the Vision of Shiva.
9. Swamiji said, “Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man who taught that!”
(a) Swamiji claimed that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man who taught this.
(b) Swamiji expressed that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is the only man who had taught this.sina bavieder
(c) Swamiji said that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had been the only man small who had taught that.
(d) Swamiji say that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had been the only man who had taught that.
10. The Swamiji said, “At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.”
(a) The Swami said that at that time he had thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.
(b) The Swami says that at that time he thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.
(c) At that time Swamiji thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.
(d) The Swami had said that at that time he as had thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.
11. Swamiji said, “Guru Nanak was looking for the one disciple to whom he would give his power.”
(a) Swamiji says that Guru Nanak is looking for the one disciple to whom he would give his power.
(b) Swamiji said that Guru Nanak had been looking for the one disciple to whom he would give his power.
(c) Swamiji and Guru Nanak were looking for the one disciple to whom they would give their power.
(d) Swamiji proclaimed that Guru Nanak has been looking for the one disciple to whom he would give his power.
12. Swamiji said to Nivedita, “The future, you say, will call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali?”
(a) Swami said the future, you say Nivedita, will call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali.
(b) Swamiji had said to Nivedita that the future you said would call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali.
(c) Swamiji expressed to Nivedita that the future shall call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali. eripuab
(d) Swamiji asked Nivedita whether she said that the future would call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali.
13. Swamiji said, “I cannot but believe that there is somewhere a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.”
(a) Swamiji could not believe that there was somewhere a great Power That thought of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.
(b) Swamiji stated that he could not but believe that there is somewhere a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.
(c) Swamiji states that he believed that there was somewhere a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.
(d) Swamiji believes in the existence of a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.
14. Sri Ramakrishna said, “He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here.”
(a) Sri Ramakrishna believed that he who comes as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells there.
(b) Sri Ramakrishna said that he who come as Rama, Krishna, Jesus will dwell there.
(c) Sri Ramakrishna said that he who had come as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwelt there.
(d) Sri Ramakrishna says that he who arrived as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus are dwelling here.
15. Swamiji said, “The impersonal God, seen through the mists of sense, is personal.”
(a) Swamiji declared that the impersonal God, seen through the mists of sense, is personal.
(b) Swamiji expressed that the impersonal God that was seen through the mists of sense was personal.
(c) According to Swamiji the impersonal God which was viewed through the mists of sense, was personal.
(d) Swamiji states that the impersonal God, seen through the mists of sense, is personal.
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Clause
1. I have related the conversation. It marked an epoch. [Relative Clause]
(a) It marked an epoch because I have related the conversation.
(b) I have related the conversation that marked an epoch.
(c) After I related the conversation it marked an epoch.
(d) Though I related the conversation, it marked an epoch.
2. All his life was but as a dream. Each man will know it. [Noun Clause]
(a) All his life was but a dream that each man will know.
(b) Each man will know that all his life was but a dream.
(c) Each man will know otherwise that all his life was but a dream.
(d) All his life was but a dream as each man will know.
3. He himself was turning the pages of the book of experience. I see each day with growing clearness. [Noun Clause]
(a) I see each day with growing clearness that he himself was turning the pages of the book of experience.
(b) He himself was turning the pages of the book of experience and each day I see it with growing clearness.
(c) He himself was turning the pages of the book of experience which I see with growing clearness.
(d) He himself was turning the pages of the book of experience that I am seeing with growing clearness.
4. Swamiji was asked to explain the image of Kali. He would speak of it as the book of experience. [Adverb Clause]
(a) When Swamiji was asked to explain the image of Kali, he would speak of it as the book of experience.
(b) Although Swamiji was asked to explain the image of Kali, he would speak of it as the book of experience.
(c) Swamiji would speak of it as the book of experience lest he was asked to explain the image of Kali.
(d) Swamiji would speak of the image of Kali as the book of experience.
5. He became a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. At that time he was under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna. [Adverb Clause]
(a) He became the formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj when he was under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna.
(b) He became the formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj during the time of his being under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna.
(c) He became the formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj as he was under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna.
(d) He became the formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj though he was under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna.
6. Most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves. He made no reference to the fact. Bicchol [Noun Clause]
(a) Most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves as he made no reference to it.
(b) He made no reference to the fact that most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.
(c) Most of us have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves and he made no reference to the fact.
(d) He made no reference to the fact as most of us having hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.
7. Pleasure is the motive with all men. It is a mistake to hold so. [Noun Clause]
(a) It is a mistake to hold that pleasure is the motive with all men.
(b) It is a mistake to hold as if pleasure is the motive with all men.
(c) Whether pleasure is the motive with all men it is a mistake to hold.
(d) Though pleasure is the motive with all men, it is a mistake to hold that.
8. This was simple devil-worship. He had no place for it. [Adjective Clause]
(a) This was simple devil-worship for which he had no place.
(b) This being simple devil-worship, he had no checkplace for it.
(c) He had no place for it as this was simple devil-worship.ot erit, noicauaalb
(d) Though this was simple devil worship, he had no place for it.
9. A sudden realisation came to me. I eagerly told him of it. [Noun Clause]
(a) A sudden realisation came to me of which I eagerly told him.
(b) Though a sudden realisation came to me, I eagerly told him of it.
(c) I eagerly told him that a sudden realisation came to me.
(d) Then a sudden realisation came to me, and I eagerly told him of it.
10. She guides me in every little thing. I believe so. [Noun Clause]
(a) I believe that she guides me in every little thing.
(b) She guides me in every little thing and I believe that.
(c) She guides me in every little thing as I believe it.
(d) She guides me in every little thing of which I believe.
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Participle
1. Sitting at his play, he had developed the power of entering Samadhi.-In the sentence, the participle is-
(a) developed
(b) sitting
(d) play.
(c) entering
2. The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’- Shorten the sentence using a participle.
(a) The religious ideas gravitating towards him naturally, were highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’
(b) The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’
(c) The ideas which are religious towards which he naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’
(d) The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitated, being highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’
3. In England and America he was never known to preach anything that depended on a special form. – Rewrite the sentence using a participle form of ‘depend’.
(a) In England and America he was never known to preach anything that dependant on a special form.
(b) In England and America he was never known to preach anything depended on a special form.
(c) In England and America he was never known to preach anything depending on a special form.
(d) In England and America he was never known to preach anything that depending on a special form. FUO Awold
4. “And mind!” he added suddenly, turning with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver. Rewrite the sentence by removing the participle.
(a) “And mind!” adding suddenly, turning with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver.
(b) “And mind!” he added suddenly and turned with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver.
(c) “And mind!” he added suddenly without turning with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver.
(d) “And mind!” he added with a suddenness, turning with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver.
5. The right hand raised in blessing, the left holding the sword.-Here the participle is-
(a) blessing
(b) holding
(c) right
(d) left.
6. “Her curse is blessing!” would be the sudden exclamation that ended a long reverie. – Rewrite the sentence with a participle.
(a) “Her curse is blessed!” would be the sudden exclamation that ended a long reverie.
(b) “Her curse is blessing!” would be the sudden exclamation ending a long reverie.
(c) “Her curse is blessing!” he would exclaim suddenly that ended a long reverie.
(d) “Her curse is blessing!” would be the sudden exclamation that ending a long reverie.
7. From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother.” – Rewrite into a complex sentence by removing the participle.
(a) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, which was called the “Voice of the Mother”.
(b) From him gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”.
(c) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, calling the “Voice of the Mother”.
(d) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, which called the “Voice of the Mother”.
8. From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”, which I wrote and published about this time. Rewrite the sentence using the participial form of ‘write’.
(a) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”, I wrote and published about this time.
(b) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”, written by me and published about this time.
(c) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”, writing and publishing about this time.
(d) From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the “Voice of the Mother”, having written and published about this time.
9. He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons who attend on Kali.” – Rewrite the sentence using the participial form of ‘attend’.
(a) He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons attendant on Kali.”
(b) He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons attended on Kali.”
(c) He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons attending on Kali.”
(d) He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons who attended Kali.”
10. “He had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons who attend on Kali.”-Find out the participial adjective in the quoted sentence.
(a) tolerated
(b) offering
(c) made
(d) attend.
11. “And as he spoke, the underlying egoism of worship that is devoted to the kind God, to Providence, the consoling Divinity, without a heart for God in the earthquake, or God in the volcano, overwhelmed the listener.” – Here ‘underlying’ is a/an –
(a) participial adjective
(b) gerund
(c) a verb in past continuous form
(d) adverb.
12. The personal perplexity associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not to be forgotten.-Find out the participle adjectives in the sentence.
(a) associated, was
(b) associated, witness
(c) associated, forgotten
(d) forgotten, was.
13. The personal perplexity associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not to be forgotten. – Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participle adjectives.
(a) The perplexity which was associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not to be forgotten.
(b) The personal perplexity which was associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness which was not to be forgotten.
(c) The personal perplexity associating with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not to be forgotten.
(d) The personal perplexity associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not forgetting.
14. He never checked a struggling thought. Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participial adjective.
(a) He never checked a struggled thinking.
(b) Checking a struggling thought was never struggled.
(c) He never checked a thought that struggled.
(d) Never checking a struggling thought was in his character.
15. Being with him one day when an image of Kali was brought in, and noticing some passing expression, I suddenly said “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Shiva! Is She?” – Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the underlined participle.
(a) As I was with him one day when an image of Kali was brought in, and noticing some passing expression, I suddenly said “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Shiva! Is She?”
(b) Was being with him one day when an image of Kali was brought in, and noticed some passing expression, I suddenly said “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Shiva! Is She?”
(c) Being with him one day when an image of Kali being brought in, and noticing some passing expression, I suddenly said “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Shiva! Is She?”
(d) Being with him one day when an image of Kali was brought in, and noticing some passing expression, suddenly saying “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Shiva! Is She?”
16. Before we started, he questioned me about a death-scene. Rewrite the sentence into a simple sentence by using a participle.
(a) Before we started, he questioning me about a death-scene.
(b) Before we started, I was questioned about a death-scene.
(c) Before started, he questioned me about a death-scene.
(d) Before we had started, he questioned me about a death-scene.
17. I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation that had come to me.-Rewrite the sentence into a simple sentence by using a participle.
(a) I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation came to me.
(b) I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation coming to me.
(c) Telling him eagerly of the sudden realisation that had come to me.
(d) I told him eagerly of the sudden realising that had come to me.
18. And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man who taught that! Rewrite the sentence into a simple sentence by using a participle.
(a) And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man taught that.
(b) And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man teaching that.
(c) And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa being the only man who taught that.
(d) And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was being the only man taught that.
19. After saying all this, he lingered. – Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participle.
(a) After he had said all this, he lingered.
(b) After saying all this, he lingering.
(c) After saying all this, however, he went on to linger.
(d) After saying all this, however, he could not help lingering.
20. He lingered before going.-Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participle.
(a) He lingering before he went.
(b) He lingered and went.
(c) He lingered before he went.
(d) Lingering, he went.
21. He dropped into a mood of half-soliloquy, and sat for a while.-Rewrite the sentence using a participle.
(a) He dropped into a mood of half-soliloquy, and sitting for a while.
(b) Dropping into a mood of half-soliloquy, he sat for a while.
(c) He dropped into a mood of half-soliloquy to sit for a while.
(d) He dropped into a mood of half-soliloquy and let himself sit for a while.
22. At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest. – Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participle.
(a) At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby, always saw visions and the rest.
(b) At that time I thinking him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest.
(c) At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby who De always saw visions and the rest.
(d) At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby and he always saw visions and the rest.
23. He lived only two years after doing that.- Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by removing the participle.
(a) He lived only two years after he was doing that.
(b) He lived only two years after he had done that. (c) Living only two years after he did that.
(d) Living only two years after doing that.
24. Is it not the multitude of cells in the body that make up the personality? – Rewrite the sentence into a complex one by using a participle.
(a) Being it not the multitude of cells in the body that make up the personality?
(b) Been it not the multitude of cells in the body that make up the personality?
(c) Is it not the multitude of cells in the body making up the personality?
(d) Is it not the multitude of cells in the body that are made up the personality?
25. He had returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir saying “These gods are not merely symbols!” – Rewrite the sentence into a compound one by removing the participle.
(a) He had returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir before saying “These gods are not merely symbols!”
(b) He had returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir and he was saying “These gods are not merely symbols!”
(c) He was being returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir saying “These gods are not merely symbols!”
(d) He had returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir while saying “These gods are not merely symbols!”
26. He would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul that dwelt within him. – Rewrite the sentence using the present participle form of ‘dwell’.
(a) He would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul that was dwelt within him.
(b) He would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul dwelt within him.
(c) He would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul dwelling within him.
(d) He would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul that dwelling within him.
27. He would add playfully, turning to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren! Rewrite into a compound sentence by removing the participle.
(a) He would add playfully and turning to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!’
(b) He would add playfully and turn to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!’
(c) He would add playfully before turning to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!’
(d) Adding playfully, he would turn to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!’
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Gerund
1. He was never known to preach anything.
(a) He was never known to be preaching anything.
(b) He was never known for preaching anything.
(c) He was never known that he would preach anything.
(d) He was never known preaching anything.
2. Why not a little blood, to complete the picture?
(a) Why not a little blood for completing the picture?
(b) Why not shed a little blood in order to complete the picture?
(c) Why not use a little blood so that the picture be completed?
(d) Why not shed a little blood is applied to complete the picture?
3. His own effort being constantly to banish fear.
(a) His own effort being constantly banishing fear.
(b) His own effort was constantly for banishing fear.
(c) His own effort was for banishment of fear constantly.
(d) His own effort was to banish fear.
4. I set myself therefore to enter into Kali worship.
(a) I set myself therefore so that I can enter into Kali worship.
(b) I set myself to make entry into Kali worship.
(c) I set myself therefore for entering into Kali worship.
(d) I set myself that I might enter into Kali worship.
5. Another day he was going with me to visit the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
(a) Another day he was going with me so that he can visit the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
(b) Another day he was going with me in order to visit the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
(c) Another day he was going with me for visiting the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
(d) He was going with me another day to visit the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
The Swami and Mother-Worship Textual Grammar : Transformation of Sentences
1. Undoubtedly he was born a Brahmajnani. [Make it complex]
(a) He was born a Brahmajnani no doubt.
(b) It was beyond any doubt that he was born a Brahmajnani.
(c) Doubtlessly he was born a Brahmajnani.
(d) He was born, in fact, a Brahmajnani.
2. When he was only eight years old, he had developed the power of entering Samadhi. [Make it simple]
(a) At the age of only eight he had developed the power of entering Samadhi.
(b) He had developed the power of entering Samadhi as he just was eight.
(c) Being eight years old he had developed the power of entering Samadhi.
(d) To develop the power of entering Samadhi he attained the afe of eight.
3. He was never known to preach anything. [Make it affirmative]
(a) Was he ever known to preach anything?
(b) He was known to preach anything ever.
(c) He was never unknown to preach anything.
(d) Nobody knew him ever to preach anything.
4. The realization of Brahman was his only imperative. [Make it a wh-question]
(a) Which was his only imperative?
(b) When was his only imperative?
(c) How was his only imperative?
(d) What was his only imperative?
5. Like other children, he was not always good. [Make it affirmative]
(a) Unlike other children, he was always good.
(b) Like other children, he was always good.
(c) Like other children, he was always bad.
(d) Like other children, he was sometimes good.
6. He wasted few words on me. [Make it interrogative]
(a) Did he not waste few words on me?
(b) Had he not wasted few words on me?
(c) He did not wasted few words on me?
(d) Did not he wasted few words on me?
7. He had no place for it. [Make it interrogative]
(a) He had some place for it.
(b) Had he no place for it?
(c) Had he any place for it?
(d) How much did he have place for it?
8. God manifests through evil as well as through good. [Make it compound]
(a) God manifests through evil and good.
(b) God manifests not only through evil but also through good.
(c) God manifests through both evil and good.
(d) If God manifests through evil, he manifests through good.
9. He was, without knowing it, a born educator. [Make it complex]
(a) He was a born educator, though he did not know it.
(b) Being a born educator he was unaware of it.
(c) In spite of being a born educator he did not know.
(d) As an born educator he did not know.
10. He was a born educator. [Rewrite the sentence by using the noun form of ‘born’]
(a) He took birth as an educator.
(b) Being an educator he was born.
(c) His birth was an educator.
(d) He was an educator from his birth.
11. He never checked a struggling thought. or the sorally [Make it interrogative]
(a) How often did he check a struggling thought?
(b) How did he check a struggling thought?
(c) How much did he check a struggling thought?
(d) How many did he check a struggling thought?
12. He looked at me for a moment. [Rewrite the sentence by using noun form of ‘look’]
(a) He looking form moment at me.
(b) He gave a look at me for a moment.
(c) He was looking at me for a moment.
(d) Looking at me, he gave a moment.
13. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man who taught that. [Make it simple]
(a) The man Ramakrishna Paramahamsa taught that.
(b) By Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was taught that.
(c) None but Ramakrishna Paramahamsa taught that.
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa taught only that.
14. I saw his marvellous purity. [Make it a wh-question]
(a) What did you see?
(b) Which did you see?
(c) How did you see?
(d) Why did you see?
15. All this was but a dream. [Make it negative]
(a) All this was not a dream.
(b) This was not a dream at all.
(c) All this was no more than a dream.
(d) A dream all this was not.
16. Who does not remember the Veda-like words of the Gita? [Make it assertive]
(a) Everybody remembers the Veda-like words of the Gita.
(b) Nobody remembers the Veda-like words of the Gita.
(c) One should remember the Veda-like words of the Gita.
(d) Everybody forgets the Veda-like words of the Gita.
17. I had to accept Her. [Make it negative]
(a) I could not accept Her.
(b) I had no choice but to accept Her.
(c) I could accept Her.
(d) I had not accepted Her.
18. He lived only two years after doing that. [Make it compound]
(a) He lived only two years after he did that.
(b) When he did that he had lived only two years.
(c) As long as he lived only two years after doing that.
(d) He did that and lived for only two years.
19. Not more than six months did he keep his own health and brightness. [Make it affirmative]
(a) He kept his own health and brightness till six months.
(b) He kept his own health and brightness for six months.
(c) He kept his own health and brightness for a maximum period of six months.
(d) He kept his health and brightness at least for six months.
20. Is it not always like that? [Make it assertive]
(a) It is always like that.
(b) It is not always like that.
(c) is it never like that?
(d) It is never like that.
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