Practice set 15.

Out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word .

1. Arrogant

(a) Humble

(b) Cowardly

(c) Egoistic

(d) Gentlemanly

2. Victorious

(a) Defeated

(b) Annexed

(c) Destroyed

(d) Vanquished

3. Pertinent

(a) Irrational 

(b) Irregular

(c) Insistent

(d) Irrelevant

4. Urbane

(a) Illiterate

(b) Backboard

(c) Discourteous

(d) Orthodox

5. Obscure

(a) Implicit

(b) Obnoxious

(c) Explicit

(d) Pedantic

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Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word .

6. Obliterate

(a) Construct

(b) Revive

(c) Eliminate

(d) Retain

7. Urbane

(a) Suave

(b) Uncivilized

(c) Rustic

(d) Clumsy

8. Succumb

(a) Surrender

(b) Conquer

(c) Overcome

(d) Compose

9. Dainty

(a) Offensive

(b) Coarse

(c) Repulsive

(d) Delicate

10. Sluggish 

(a) Spirited

(b) Dull

(c) Eager

(d) Diligent

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In the following questions , a part of the sentence is bold . Below are given alternatives to the underline part at  (a) , (b) , and  (c) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternatives . In case no improvement is needed , your answer is (d) .

11. Either he or I am going .

(a) He or I are going

(b) He is going or I am

(c) I or He is going 

(d) No improvement

12. Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges 

(a) Have to 

(b) Need

(c) Ought to 

(d) No improvement

13. As she was suffering from high fever , she could not face the examination 

(a) Bear 

(b) Suffer

(c) Take

(d) No improvement

14. The demonstration passed off peacefully .

(a) Passed out

(b) Passed away

(c) Passed on 

(d) No improvement

15.  With a thundering roar the huge rocket soared up from the launching pad

(a) Flew up 

(b) Went upwards 

(c) Took off 

(d) No improvement

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Out of the four alternatives , choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence .

16. A paper written by hand 

(a) Handicraft

(b) Manuscript

(c) Handiwork

(d) Thesis

17. A person not sure of the existence of god 

(a) Cynic

(b) Agnostic 

(c) Atheist

(d) Theist

18. A name adopted by author in his writings

(a) Nickname

(b) Pseudonym

(c) Nomenclature

(d) Title

19. Study of birds 

(a) Orology

(b) Optology

(c) Opthamology

(d) Ornithology

20. A place that provides refuge 

(a) Asylum

(b) Sanatorium

(c) Shelter

(d) Orphanage

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Group of four words are given . In each group one word is correctly spelt . Find the correctly spelt word .

21. 

(a) Efficient

(b) Treatment 

(c) Beterment

(d) Employed

22. 

(a) Foreign

(b) Foreine

(c) Fariegn.

(d) Forein

23.

(a) Faithfully

(b) Sincerely

(c) Truely

(d) Affectionatly

24.

(a) Judicious

(b) Concious

(c) Dilicous

(d) Gracous

25.

(a) Friming

(b) Burnning

(c) Running

(d) Fryng

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Four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase. choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the idiom / phrase.

26. Movers and shakers 

(a) People who get things done

(b) Dancers 

(c) Downs

(d) Servants

27.  To grease the palm

(a) To play with grease 

(b) To bribe

(c) To submit

(d) To break promise

28. To hit below the belt

(a) To fight

(b) To wise for 

(c) To injure

(d) To be hard pressed

29.  On the sly

(a) A scholar 

(b) To get angry easily

(c) Secretly

(d) A fake person

30. To leave no stone unturned 

(a) To be open to criticism

(b) To throw stones 

(c) To be lazy

(d) To do one's best 

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Some of the words have been left out . Read the passage carefully and then fill in the blanks with help of the given alternatives .

Smoking is the biggest preventable _______ to mankind . Many serious _____ including lung cancer , brobchitis and heart attack are _____ to smoking habits . Smoking in any from weather cigarette , cigar , pipe , bidi or tobacco chewing has been ____ as a major _____ factor for heart attack . A recent Soviet study has shown that smoking _____ a man's life span by 2250 days . The increasing _____ of heart attack in india ' fast _______ among younger generation has been largely on ____ of smoking habits . Nearly 30 million people in the country are estimated to be ______ of heart disease .

31. (a) measure  (b) tragedy  (c) menace  (d) solace 
32. (a) debacles  (b) diseases  (c) practices  (d) injuries 
33. (a) caused  (b) directed  (c) traced  (d) blamed 
34. (a) developed  (b) explained  (c) attributed  (d) identified 
35. (a) important  (b) critical  (c) risk  (d) ailing
36. (a) reduces  (b) enhances  (c) extends  (d) prolong
37. (a) incidence  (b) quota  (c) amount  (d) number
38. (a) neglecting  (b) including  (c) spoiling  (d) spreading
39. (a) proportion  (b) degree  (c) extent  (d) account
40. (a) devoid  (b) victims  (c) free  (d) donors

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Some of the sentences have errors and some are correct . Find out which part of a sentence has an error and corresponding to the appropriate letter  (a) , (b) and  (c) . If a sentence is free form error , then mark (d) .

41. We discussed about the problem so throughly  (a) on the eve of the examination  (b) that I found it very easy to work it cut . (c) no error (d) .

42. A Indian ship  (a) laiden with merchandise  (b) got drowned in the pacific  (c) no error (d) .

43. I could not put up in a hotel  (a) because the boarding and loding charges (b) were exorbitant  (c) no error (d) .

44. The Indian radio  (a) which was previously controlled by the British rulers  (b) is free now from the narrow vested interests  (c) no error  (d) .

45. If I had know  (a) this yesterday  (b) I will have helped .  (c) no error  (d) .

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Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words . Choose the correct alternatively out of the four.

46. The small child does whatever his father _________ 

(a) has done

(b) did

(c) does

(d) had done

47. There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently reffered to by their ______ names .

(a) initials 

(b) signatures

(c) pictures

(d) middle names 

48. The man _______ my house was a cheat .

(a) to whom I sell 

(b) to who I sell 

(c) Who was sold to 

(d) to whom I sold 

49. He is too important _______ any delay .

(a) to tolerate 

(b) to tolerating 

(c) at tolerating

(d) with tolerating

50. ________ of gods and goddess are worshipped by people .

(a) images

(b) reflections

(c) clay shapes 

(d) clay toys .

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                                    Answers

1. (a)     2. (a)    3. (d)     4. (c)     5. (c)     6. (c)    7. (a)     8. (a)     9. (d)     10. (b)     11. (d)

12. (a)     13. (c)     14. (d)     15. (c)     16. (b)     17. (b)     18. (b)     19. (d)     20. (a)     21. (a)

22. (a)     23. (b)     24. (a)     25. (c)     26. (a)     27. (b)     28. (a)     29. (c)     30. (d)     31. (c)

32. (b)     33. (c)     34. (d)     35. (c)     36. (a)     37. (a)     38. (d)     39. (d)    40. (b)     41. (a)
                                                                                                                                                                     

42. (c)  43. (a)     44. (c)     45 (c)     46. (c)     47. (a)     48. (d)     49. (a)     50. (a).