English Portion: Question : 1 In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word. a) Cumposore b) Composure c) Cumposure d) Composore Answer: (b)
Question: 2
Find the correctly spelt word
a) asigne
b) malaign
c) degine
d) arraign
Answer: (d)
The correctly spelt word is arraign The correct spellings of the other words are malign, assign,
design
Question : 3
Find the correctly spelt word
a) accumullate
b) accummulate
c) acummulate
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sd) accumulate
Answer: (b)
The correctly spelt word is accummulate
Question : 4
Find the correctly spelt word
a) perseverense
b) perseverence
c) perseverents
d) perseverance
Answer: (d)
The correctly spelt word is perseverance
Question : 5
Find the correctly spelt word
a) spontenious
b) spontaneous
c) spontanous
d) spontaneus
Answer: (b)
The correctly spelt word is spontaneous
Question : 6
Find the correctly spelt word
a) systematicaly
b) systamaticallyc) systimatically
d) systematically
Answer: (d)
The correctly spelt word is systematically
Question : 7
Find the correctly spelt word
a) corugated
b) conscientious
c) concent
d) contractaul
Answer: (b)
contractual, corrugated, consent
Question : 8 [SSC DEO 2009]
Find the correctly spelt word
a) premier
b) precarius
c) preperation
d) preceede
Answer: (a)
The correctly spelt word is premier The correct spellings of the other words are precarious,
preceed, preparation
Question : 9 [SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I 2016]
Select the word with the correctspelling.a) marketted
b) haunchhes
c) transmit
d) exulltant
Answer: (c)
Transmit (Verb) = transfer; to send an electronic signal, radio or television broadcast etc.
Haunches = the tops of the legs and buttocks Exultant (Adjective) = jubilant; thrilled;
triumphant. Market = sell, merchandise Market Þ Marketed (Past)
Question : 10
Find the correctly spelt word
a) purritanical
b) puritannical
c) purritaniccal
d) puritanical
Answer: (d)
The correctly spelt word is puritanical
Synonyms
Question : 1
TYRANNY
a) cruelty
b) misrule
c) madness
d) power
Answer: (a)
Question : 2
VORACIOUS
a) wild
b) quick
c) hungry
d) angry
Answer: (c)
Question : 3
CURSORY
a) angry
b) penetrating
c) superficial
d) informal
Answer: (c)
Question : 4
Abated
a) Increased
b) Stabilized
c) Reduced
d) Vanished
Answer: (c)
Question : 5
Hostilea) Delinquent
b) Reticent
c) Poor
d) Antagonistic
Answer: (d)
Question : 6
Menial
a) Dangerous
b) Low-paid
c) Lowly
d) Tough
Answer: (c)
Question : 7
CAPTIVATE
a) fascinate
b) repel
c) dangerous
d) subjugate
Answer: (a)
You are captivated by something attractive; It fascinates you.
Question : 8
Rout
a) Lossb) Crash
c) Death
d) Defeat
Answer: (d)
Question : 9
RETRIBUTION
a) discount
b) contempt
c) punishment
d) revenge
Answer: (c)
Question : 10
Ravaged
a) Conquered
b) Robbed
c) Destroyed
d) Spoiled
Answer: (c)
Antonyms
Question : 1 [SSC CHSL (10+2) 2014]
NOVEL
a) naughty
b) novelistc) banal
d) nasty
Answer: (c)
banal (Adj.) : very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important.
novel (Adj.) : different form anything known before; new; interesting seeming slightly strange
Question : 2 [SSC const. 2015]
HARMONIOUS
a) sonorous
b) discordant
c) concordant
d) balanced
Answer: (b)
discordant (Adjective) : not in agreement
harmonious (Adjective) : friendly; peaceful and without any disagreement.
Question : 3
ACCELERATE
a) delay
b) quicken
c) diminish
d) descent
Answer: (a)
delay (Verb) : to make/ do late
accelerate (Verb) : to happen faster or earlier than expected.
Question : 4 [SSC (CGL) 2015]
BOLD
a) timid
b) nervous
c) coy
d) fearful
Answer: (a)
timid (Adjective) : brave; shy and nervous.
bold (Adjective) : brave and confident; not afraid
Question : 5
TRAITOR
a) migrant
b) member
c) patriot
d) officer
Answer: (c)
Question : 6 [SSC (10+2) 2016]
EXAGGERATE
a) extravagant
b) understate
c) abundance
d) excerpt
Answer: (b)understate (Verb) : to state that something is smaller, less important than it really is.
exaggerate (Verb) : to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it
really is
Question : 7
ACCUMULATE
a) disperse
b) dismiss
c) below
d) aware
Answer: (a)
disperse (Verb) : to spread; scatter; to move apart.
accumulate (Verb) : to gradually increase in number; collect; amass; build up.
Question : 8 [SSC CHSL (10+2) 2015]
STERILE
a) fertile
b) infertile
c) dense
d) barren
Answer: (a)
fertile
sterile (Adjective) : infertile; not able to produce children; not good enough to pruduce crops.
Question : 9
CONCILIATIONa) dispute
b) irritation
c) separation
d) confrontation
Answer: (d)
confrontation (Noun) : a situation in which there is angry disagreement
conciliation (Noun) : the act of pacifying ; the act of making somebody less angry or more
friendly
dispute (Noun) : an argument or a disagreement
irritation (Noun) : the act of annoying somebody
separation (Noun) : the act of separating people or things
Question : 10 [SSC (CGL) 2010]
AMELIORATE
a) improve
b) depend
c) soften
d) worsen
Answer: (d)
One word Substitution
Question : 1
One not concerned with right or wrong
a) Immoral
b) Immortal
c) Amorald) Moral
Answer: (c)
Question : 2
One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men.
a) connoisseur
b) pedant
c) cynic
d) critic
Answer: (c)
cynic
Question : 3
One who lends money on high rates of interest
a) usherer
b) usurer
c) undertaker
d) usurper
Answer: (b)
usurer
usurer (N.) : a person who lends money to people at unfairly high rates of interest
usurper (N.) : one who wrongly/ illegally seizes and holds the place of another
usherer (N.) : someone employed to conduct others
undertaker (N.) : one whose business is the management of funerals
Question : 4One who pretends to be what he is not
a) pessimist
b) optimist
c) infallible
d) hypocrite
Answer: (d)
hypocrite
Question : 5
Failing to discharge one’s duty
a) Determination
b) Deterrent
c) Dereliction
d) Debacle
Answer: (c)
Question : 6
People have been long known how important the trees are to them.
a) People have long known
b) People have to know long
c) No improvement
d) People had long known
Answer: (a)
Question : 7
Rules governing socially acceptable behavioura) formality
b) behaviour
c) etiquette
d) politeness
Answer: (c)
etiquette
Question : 8
An indirect reference
a) remarks
b) suggestion
c) aside
d) innuendo
Answer: (d)
innuendo
innuendo (N.) : an indirect remark about somebody, usually suggesting something bad/rude
Question : 9
Write or carve words on stone or paper
a) imprint
b) affix
c) inscribe
d) sketch
Answer: (c)
inscribeQuestion : 10
A place for fish or water plants.
a) apiary
b) herbarium
c) aquarium
d) aviary
Answer: (c)
aquarium
Idioms /Phrases
Question : 1
Helena was over head and ears in love with Demetrius.
a) brilliantly
b) completely
c) cautiously
d) carefully
Answer: (b)
Question : 2
He went on sowing wild oats he reaped suffering in his later life.
a) irresponsible pleasure seeking In young age
b) warning others as a youngster
c) sowing grains called oats when young
d) Inviting troubles as a boy
Answer: (a)
Question : 3
to get one’s own back
a) to get one’s position back
b) to get control over someone
c) to get hold of someone
d) to get one’s revenge
Answer: (d)
Question : 4
to smell a rat
a) to see a hidden meaning
b) to misunderstand
c) to suspect a trick
d) to experience bad smell
Answer: (c)
Question : 5
His friends beat the boy to pay off old scores.
a) to force him to be a scorer in a match
b) to take revenge
c) because he had not scored well earlier
d) to refund old dues
Answer: (b)
Question : 6
Do not run down your friends in public.a) make a mention of
b) follow
c) criticise
d) fight with
Answer: (d)
Question : 7
The Government claims that Indian industry is progressing by leaps and bounds.
a) at a rapid pace
b) leisurely
c) at a desired pace
d) intermittently
Answer: (a)
Question : 8
People who do not lay out their money carefully, soon come to grief.
a) distribute
b) spend
c) preserve
d) earn
Answer: (b)
Question : 9
He expects his subordinates to be always at his beck and call
a) at his disposal
b) at workc) at their desks
d) at rest
Answer: (a)
Question : 10
You have to read between the lines to understand most of the symbolic writing.
a) know the symbols
b) understand the hidden meaning
c) look for many meanings
d) read again and again .
Answer: (b)