Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-34

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spotting error

(A) The last thing that the fond mother/ (B)
gave her only son/ (C) was his blessing./
(D) No error.


 Add ‘to’ after ‘gave’. Replace ‘his’ by ‘her’


A) The company in not doing well./ (B) Isn't
it time you/ (C) sell off your shares in it ?/
(D) No error.
(C) Change ‘sell’ to ‘sold’. ‘V2’ comes after. It is
time + subject’.


(A) If both of you stood / (B) on the table/
(C) it would have broken./ (D) No error
C) Change ‘would have broken’ into ‘would break’.


(A) There appears/ (B) a number of problems
/ (C) and I really do not know how to solve
them. (D) No error
(A) Change ‘appear’ into ‘appear’, since the subject of the sentence ‘a number of problems’
is plural


(A) My teacher wanted to know/ (B) if I had
done / (C) the homework or not. / (D) No error

(B) Change ‘if’ into ‘whether’, ‘whether.....or’ is
the correct pair. ‘If....or’ is not the correct
correlative.



fill in the blanks

I have ______ Lakshmi for the past twelve
years.
(A) know (B) knew
(C) known (D) knows

(C) Since the sentence is in present perfect tense


A good teacher should _______ responsesfrom the students.(A) elicit (B) provoke
(C) command (D) infer
A) ‘Elicit’ means ‘to draw out a reaction or response from somebody’



He shows great ability _______ Mathematics.
(A) at (B) for
(C) about (D) in
D RYT
takent > for
ability > in
good > at


She ______ in Delhi for two years but has
not seen the India Gate.
(A) is lived
(B) had lived
(C) has been living
(D) has lived


C RYT 


The sudden change in his behaviour came
as a surprise to me, I began ______
(A) to cut a sorry figure
(B) to smell a rat
(C) to turn a new leaf
(D) to blow hot and cold


B RYT




SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT 


They "reached at Calcutta" on Monday last.
(A) reached to Calcutta
(B) reached on Calcutta
(C) reached Calcutta
(D) No improvement

C RYT 


What "you have been doing" since theworkshop last month ?(A) have you done
(B) you have done
(C) have you been doing
(D) No improvement

C RYT 



"Supposing if  he comes", what should I do?
(A) if he comes
(B) in case he will come
(C) in the event of his being come
(D) No improvement
A RYT


I will be with you "in one quarter of an hour".(A) a quarter of one hour
(B) a quarter of an hour
(C) a quarter of hour
(D) No improvement
A RYT 



If I were in the hospital, "would you visit
me?"
(A) will you visit me?
(B) are you visiting me?
(C) you will visit me?
(D) No improvement



D RYT 


Communal violence and rioting "ignited" uptwice in Muzzaffarpur .(A) flared (B) burned
(C) took (D) No improvement(A) Change ‘ignited’ into ‘flared’.
Ignite - to set on fire.
‘Flare-up’ means a sudden occurrance or
expression of anger or an occurence in
which something (such as violence) suddenly begins



The host offered me a job but I "denied" theoffer.(A) said no (B) declined
(C) refused (D) No improvement


B) Deny – To declare untrue 
Refuse–Show unwillingness towards
Decline – To reject an offer




IDIOMS 

To put one on one's mettle
(A) To rouse one to do one's best
(B) To ruin somebody
(C) To discourage a person
(D) To incite a person to fight
A
be ready or forced to do one's best in a demanding situation




To bear the palm(A) To win
(B) To accept a challenge
(C) To accept defeat
(D) To endure something

A
To win reward. Usage : Reeta bore the palm in the declamation contest


To get the hang of a thing(A) To know a secret
(B) To understand the meaning of it
(C) To find the cause of something
(D) To achieve one's objective
B
To learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence, which can lead to an almost unconscious performance thereof. Driving feels awkward when you're new to it, but it's easy once you get the hang of it.



To have one's heart in one's boots(A) To be deeply depressed
(B) To be frightened
(C) To get angry
(D) To keep a secret

A


To give a rap on the knuckles
(A) To eulogise (B) To praise
(C) To condemn (D) To rebuke

D


A man of weight(A) A fat person
(B) A truthful and trustworthy man
(C) A man of importance
(D) A notorious man
C


To change colour
(A) To change appearance
(B) To shift allegiance to
(C) To favour the wrong person
(D) None of these

B



ONE WORDS

One who has suddenly gained new wealth,
power or prestige
(A) Aristocrat (B) Affluent
(C) Maverick (D) Parvenu

D RYT 

parvenu
A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity

maverick
An unorthodox or independent-minded person.

A person working in the same place with
another
(A) Comrade (B) Colleague
(C) Assistant (D) Contemporary

B

Interval between two events or two periodsof time of different character(A) Intermission (B) Interlude
(C) Interpolation (D) Appendix

B RYT 

intermission
A pause or break.

The loop of rope with a running knot usedto hang a person(A) Noose (B) Cable
(C) Cord (D) Chord
A RYT 

Official incharge of a museum
(A) Dean (B) Warden
(C) Curator (D) Supervisor

C

The doctrine that human souls pass from
one body to another at the time of death
(A) Metamorphosis
(B) Transition
(C) Transmigration
(D) Extrapolation
C

A person pretending to be somebody he is
not
(A) imposter (B) Liar
(C) Rogue (D) Magician

A

Fear of going to bed(A) Clinophobia (B) Ballistophobia
(C) Xenophobia (D) Stenophobia

A

ballistophobia

Fear of missiles, bullets, or being shot

SYNONYMS

SALACITY(A) Recession (B) Indecency
(C) Depression (D) Bliss

B RYT

salacity
Obscenity: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

UMBRAGE(A) Sensitive (B) Shabbiness
(C) Premature (D) Resentment

D
umbrage
Offense or annoyance.

resentment
Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

HIATUS
(A) Gap (B) Contempt
(C) Tight (D) Narrow

A

hiatus
A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

ANTONYMS

AUDACIOUS

(A) Timid (B) Vulgar
(C) Low (D) Unpractised
A

ZEAL(A) Hostility (B) Diffidence
(C) Apathy (D) Contempt

C

LACONIC(A) Prolix (B) Profligate
(C) Prolific (D) Bucolic

A

laconic
(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.


prolix
(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy



SPELL CHECKER 

(A) Hillock (B) Vilify
(C) Mileage (D) Hillarious

D

 Hilarious

(A) Neice (B) Neither
(C) Neigh (D) Rein

 A

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