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At the moment the house was burgled the
family attended a night party in the
neighbourhood.
(A) At the moment the house
(B) attended a night party in the
neighbourhood.
(C) No error
(D) was burgled the family
(B) Change ‘attended’ into ‘was attending’.
Though he stoutly persisted in denying his
involvement in the case the facts made it
very clear that he had hand in the cruel
murder of his wife.
(A) the facts made it very clear
(B) No error
(C) that he had hand in the cruel murder
of his wife.
(D) Though he stoutly persisted in denying
his involvement in the case
(C) Replace ‘he had hand in’ by ‘he had a
hand in’. A phrase ‘To have a hand in something’ means ‘to be involved in something’.
He loved none but his neighbour’s daughter.
(A) his neighbour’s daughter.
(B) He loved
(C) none but
(D) No error
(D) No error. [If ‘but’ is at the begining of an
independent clause, it means ‘except’.]
Will you be at board meeting on next
Wednesday ?
(A) No error
(B) at board meeting
(C) on next Wednesday ?
(D) Will you be
(C) Remove ‘on’. We say ‘on Wednesday’ but
when ‘next’ or ‘last’ precedes the day, the
preposition is removed
His father died of cholera but his mother
also though very weak, is out of danger.
(A) though very weak, is out of danger.
(B) but his mother also
(C) No error
(D) His father died of cholera
(B) Remove ‘also’. ‘But’ is used to suggest in
an affirmative sense what the first part of
the sentence implied in a negative way.
Namrata was found to ....... the required
qualifications for the job.
(A) contain (B) disclose
(C) posses (D) acquire
C
Government buildings are ........ on the
Republic day.
(A) enlightened (B) lightened
(C) illuminated (D) glowed
C
When Varun left the cocktail party he was
as ....... as a lord.
(A) sober (B) drunk
(C) brave (D) wise
B
However, the group’s long-term strategy is
to ....... on core sector business connected
with infrastructure and energy.
(A) breed (B) develop
(C) concentrate (D) depend
C
The robbers were arrested and ....... prison
yesterday.
(A) brought into (B) brought to
(C) taken into (D) taken to
D
The chemist "hadn’t hardly any of those kindof" medicines.(A) had hardly any of those kinds
(B) had hardly not any of those kinds
(C) No Improvement
(D) had hardly any of those kind
A
I gave my niece "a children’s very colourfully
illustrated encyclopaedia."
(A) a very colourfully illustrated children’s
encyclopaedia
(B) a child’s very colourfully illustrated
encyclopaedia
(C) an illustrated child’s very colourful
encyclopaedia
(D) No Improvement
A
"Any able bodies man is" eligible for the job.(A) any able-bodied man are
(B) each able-bodied man is
(C) any able-bodied man have been
(D) No Improvement
D
I waited for half an hour for my friend, but
the train didn’t "turn in."
(A) turn about
(B) turn around
(C) turn up
(D) No Improvement
C
For some days the new professor lectured
"above the heads of" his pupils.
(A) over the head of
(B) over the heads of
(C) No Improvement
(D) through the heads of
B
If you are thinking about investigation
overseas, "isn’t it makes" sense to find an
experience guide ?
(A) it is not making (B) doesn’t it make
(C) does it make (D) No Improvement
B
The moment the manager came to know
fraudulent action of his assistant, he "order
immediately dismissed him."
(A) immediately ordered his dismissed
(B) ordered his immediate dismissal
(C) No Improvement
(D) ordered for immediately dismissal of
him
B
The world has seen "small" real attempt at
population and resource planning.
(A) few
(B) little
(C) No Improvement
(D) a few
B
At close quarters
(A) close examinations
(B) live near to each other
(C) live far to each other
(D) in love
A
A bigger bang for your buck
(A) More for your money
(B) Not for money
(C) More for your nature
(D) More for your smile
A
A pig in a poke
(A) accept deal in a pressure
(B) accept deal without knowing
(C) accept deal after detail analysis
(D) accept deal due to threat
B
At one fell swoop
(A) After lots of thinking
(B) In a single action
(C) By mistake
(D) Joint action
B
Brow Beat
(A) to bully (B) to respect
(C) to praise (D) to rebuke
A
Throw a spanner
(A) to execute a plan
(B) to sabotage a plan
(C) to do something evil
(D) to make feel good
B
Set people by ears
(A) to incite people
(B) to listen carefully
(C) to give long speech
(D) to abuse
A
The fear of ugliness
(A) Bathophobia (B) Cacophobia
(C) Biblophobia (D) Claustrophobia
B
The art of secret writings is called
(A) Dactylography (B) Cytology
(C) Cryogenics (D) Cypher
D
Posse
(A) a group of advocates
(B) a group of policemen
(C) a group of drivers
(D) a group of workmen
B
Clique
(A) A small group of people serving
community
(B) A small group of people with shared
interests
(C) A small group of people with opposite
interests
(D) A small group of people doing wrong
B
Scullery
(A) A place where food is served
(B) A place for washing dishes
(C) A place for keeping dishes
(D) A place where food is made
B
Platonic
(A) A love meant to be a physical desire
(B) A love free from physical desire
(C) A person who can speak all languages
(D) A nation or person thinking of itself
B
Be the embodiment or perfect example of
(A) Characterise (B) Idol
(C) Personify (D) Signify
C
SYNONYM
WILT
(A) Restore (B) Revoke
(C) Revive (D) Wither
D
THRONG
(A) Crowd (B) Peace
(C) Handful (D) Timid
A
PASTEL
(A) Bright
(B) Loud
(C) Vivid
(D) Light shades or colours
D
ANTONYM
DESULTORY
(A) Lacking order (B) Pertinent
(C) Aimless (D) Chance
B
AUSRUBICUND
(A) Reddish (B) Pallid
(C) Florid (D) Dangerous
At the moment the house was burgled the
family attended a night party in the
neighbourhood.
(A) At the moment the house
(B) attended a night party in the
neighbourhood.
(C) No error
(D) was burgled the family
(B) Change ‘attended’ into ‘was attending’.
Though he stoutly persisted in denying his
involvement in the case the facts made it
very clear that he had hand in the cruel
murder of his wife.
(A) the facts made it very clear
(B) No error
(C) that he had hand in the cruel murder
of his wife.
(D) Though he stoutly persisted in denying
his involvement in the case
(C) Replace ‘he had hand in’ by ‘he had a
hand in’. A phrase ‘To have a hand in something’ means ‘to be involved in something’.
He loved none but his neighbour’s daughter.
(A) his neighbour’s daughter.
(B) He loved
(C) none but
(D) No error
(D) No error. [If ‘but’ is at the begining of an
independent clause, it means ‘except’.]
Will you be at board meeting on next
Wednesday ?
(A) No error
(B) at board meeting
(C) on next Wednesday ?
(D) Will you be
(C) Remove ‘on’. We say ‘on Wednesday’ but
when ‘next’ or ‘last’ precedes the day, the
preposition is removed
His father died of cholera but his mother
also though very weak, is out of danger.
(A) though very weak, is out of danger.
(B) but his mother also
(C) No error
(D) His father died of cholera
(B) Remove ‘also’. ‘But’ is used to suggest in
an affirmative sense what the first part of
the sentence implied in a negative way.
Namrata was found to ....... the required
qualifications for the job.
(A) contain (B) disclose
(C) posses (D) acquire
C
Government buildings are ........ on the
Republic day.
(A) enlightened (B) lightened
(C) illuminated (D) glowed
C
When Varun left the cocktail party he was
as ....... as a lord.
(A) sober (B) drunk
(C) brave (D) wise
B
However, the group’s long-term strategy is
to ....... on core sector business connected
with infrastructure and energy.
(A) breed (B) develop
(C) concentrate (D) depend
C
The robbers were arrested and ....... prison
yesterday.
(A) brought into (B) brought to
(C) taken into (D) taken to
D
The chemist "hadn’t hardly any of those kindof" medicines.(A) had hardly any of those kinds
(B) had hardly not any of those kinds
(C) No Improvement
(D) had hardly any of those kind
A
I gave my niece "a children’s very colourfully
illustrated encyclopaedia."
(A) a very colourfully illustrated children’s
encyclopaedia
(B) a child’s very colourfully illustrated
encyclopaedia
(C) an illustrated child’s very colourful
encyclopaedia
(D) No Improvement
A
"Any able bodies man is" eligible for the job.(A) any able-bodied man are
(B) each able-bodied man is
(C) any able-bodied man have been
(D) No Improvement
D
I waited for half an hour for my friend, but
the train didn’t "turn in."
(A) turn about
(B) turn around
(C) turn up
(D) No Improvement
C
For some days the new professor lectured
"above the heads of" his pupils.
(A) over the head of
(B) over the heads of
(C) No Improvement
(D) through the heads of
B
If you are thinking about investigation
overseas, "isn’t it makes" sense to find an
experience guide ?
(A) it is not making (B) doesn’t it make
(C) does it make (D) No Improvement
B
The moment the manager came to know
fraudulent action of his assistant, he "order
immediately dismissed him."
(A) immediately ordered his dismissed
(B) ordered his immediate dismissal
(C) No Improvement
(D) ordered for immediately dismissal of
him
B
The world has seen "small" real attempt at
population and resource planning.
(A) few
(B) little
(C) No Improvement
(D) a few
B
At close quarters
(A) close examinations
(B) live near to each other
(C) live far to each other
(D) in love
A
A bigger bang for your buck
(A) More for your money
(B) Not for money
(C) More for your nature
(D) More for your smile
A
A pig in a poke
(A) accept deal in a pressure
(B) accept deal without knowing
(C) accept deal after detail analysis
(D) accept deal due to threat
B
At one fell swoop
(A) After lots of thinking
(B) In a single action
(C) By mistake
(D) Joint action
B
Brow Beat
(A) to bully (B) to respect
(C) to praise (D) to rebuke
A
Throw a spanner
(A) to execute a plan
(B) to sabotage a plan
(C) to do something evil
(D) to make feel good
B
Set people by ears
(A) to incite people
(B) to listen carefully
(C) to give long speech
(D) to abuse
A
The fear of ugliness
(A) Bathophobia (B) Cacophobia
(C) Biblophobia (D) Claustrophobia
B
The art of secret writings is called
(A) Dactylography (B) Cytology
(C) Cryogenics (D) Cypher
D
Posse
(A) a group of advocates
(B) a group of policemen
(C) a group of drivers
(D) a group of workmen
B
Clique
(A) A small group of people serving
community
(B) A small group of people with shared
interests
(C) A small group of people with opposite
interests
(D) A small group of people doing wrong
B
Scullery
(A) A place where food is served
(B) A place for washing dishes
(C) A place for keeping dishes
(D) A place where food is made
B
Platonic
(A) A love meant to be a physical desire
(B) A love free from physical desire
(C) A person who can speak all languages
(D) A nation or person thinking of itself
B
Be the embodiment or perfect example of
(A) Characterise (B) Idol
(C) Personify (D) Signify
C
SYNONYM
WILT
(A) Restore (B) Revoke
(C) Revive (D) Wither
D
THRONG
(A) Crowd (B) Peace
(C) Handful (D) Timid
A
PASTEL
(A) Bright
(B) Loud
(C) Vivid
(D) Light shades or colours
D
ANTONYM
DESULTORY
(A) Lacking order (B) Pertinent
(C) Aimless (D) Chance
B
AUSRUBICUND
(A) Reddish (B) Pallid
(C) Florid (D) Dangerous
B
TERITY
(A) Ascetic (B) Lenience
(C) Extreme (D) Formality
B
SPELL CHECKER
(A) Battallion (B) Bettalion
(C) Battalion (D) Battalean
C) Battalion
.(A) Varmillion (B) Vermilon
(C) Varmilion (D) Vermilion
D
TERITY
(A) Ascetic (B) Lenience
(C) Extreme (D) Formality
B
SPELL CHECKER
(A) Battallion (B) Bettalion
(C) Battalion (D) Battalean
C) Battalion
.(A) Varmillion (B) Vermilon
(C) Varmilion (D) Vermilion
D
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