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Transformation — Affirmative <-> Negative MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 15 Transformation — Affirmative <-> Negative questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: 1. No other boy in the class is as tall as Ravi. 2. None but the brave deserve honour. 3. There is no rose without a thorn. List II: P. Every rose has a thorn. Q. Ravi is taller than any other boy in the class. R. Only the brave deserve honour.
Fixed negative patterns must be matched with their affirmative equivalents by meaning. The cues are 'No other...as tall as', which becomes the comparative 'Ravi is taller than any other boy'; 'None but', which becomes 'Only'; and 'no rose without a thorn', which means every rose has a thorn. Therefore, only 1-Q, 2-R, 3-P is correct.
Q2Read the assertion and reason carefully and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): The sentence 'He is not an unkind man' can be transformed into the affirmative sentence 'He is a kind man.' Reason (R): Two negatives in a sentence always make the meaning exactly as strong as a direct affirmative sentence.
A double-negative expression can sometimes be changed into an affirmative form, but it need not carry exactly the same force as a direct affirmative. The cue is 'not an unkind man', which gives the positive sense 'a kind man' in simple transformation. Therefore, A is true, but R is false because double negatives do not always make the meaning exactly as strong as a direct affirmative.
Q3Select the option that correctly changes the sentence into the affirmative without changing its meaning: The cashier never fails to check the totals.
'Never fails to' is negative in form but affirmative in meaning. The cue is 'never fails', which means the action is done every time. Therefore, 'The cashier always checks the totals' is the only correct affirmative transformation.
Q4Read the following statements and choose the correct option. Statement 1: The negative transformation of 'He is too proud to beg' is 'He is so proud that he cannot beg.' Statement 2: The negative transformation of 'He is strong enough to lift the box' is 'He is not too weak to lift the box.' Statement 3: The negative transformation of 'The problem is too difficult to solve' is 'The problem is so difficult that it can be solved.'
In 'too...to' transformation, the negative equivalent is normally 'so...that...cannot'. The cue in Statement 1 is 'too proud to beg', so 'so proud that he cannot beg' is correct. In Statement 2, 'strong enough to lift' is correctly expressed as 'not too weak to lift'. Statement 3 is wrong because 'too difficult to solve' requires 'cannot be solved'. Therefore, only Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
Q5Read the Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): "He has little patience" can be transformed into "He does not have much patience." Reason (R): In affirmative-to-negative transformation, "little" often expresses a negative sense and may be changed into "not much" without changing the meaning.
The rule is that 'little' can express a negative idea and can be transformed into 'not much'. The assertion is correct, and the reason gives the exact explanation of that transformation; therefore, only option B is correct.
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6Choose the correct negative transformation of the following sentence without changing its meaning: He is always punctual.
7Which option is NOT a correct negative-form transformation of the sentence? Ravi is both honest and hardworking.
8Read the two statements and choose the correct option. Statement 1: No candidate was absent from the verification desk. Statement 2: Every candidate was present at the verification desk.
9Select the sentence that correctly changes the affirmative sentence into a negative sentence without changing its meaning: "Only a brave person can speak the truth in danger."
10Choose the correct negative transformation of the sentence without changing its meaning: Only a careful clerk can detect such errors.
11Read the following statements and choose the correct option. Statement 1: The affirmative sentence "Every student knows the rule" can be changed into the negative sentence "No student is without knowledge of the rule." Statement 2: In this transformation pattern, "every" can be expressed through "no...without" while preserving the universal sense.
12Which of the following is NOT the correct affirmative transformation of the sentence? No one denies that honesty is the best policy.
13Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: 1. Affirmative: As soon as the bell rang, the students entered the hall. 2. Affirmative: Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. List II: P. Negative: No sooner did the bell ring than the students entered the hall. Q. Negative: No other peak in the world is as high as Mount Everest.
14Consider the Assertion and Reason, and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): 'The officer is too strict to ignore the rule' can be changed into 'The officer is so strict that he cannot ignore the rule.' Reason (R): In the transformation of 'too...to', 'too' is replaced by 'so', and the infinitive is changed into a 'that' clause with a negative verb.
15Choose the correct negative transformation of the sentence without changing its meaning: "Ravi is too honest to accept a bribe."