Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-39

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SPOTTING ERROR 

On a holiday (A)/ Madhu prefers reading (B)/ than going out visiting friends. (C)/ No error (D)
(C) Replace 'than' by 'to'. The verb 'prefer' takes preposition 'to'


This watch (A)/ is superior and (B)/ more expensive than that. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Add 'to' after 'superior'. Adjectives 'superior' takes 'to' after it

>The doctor (A)/ attended to the patient (B)/ very quietly. (C)/ No error (D)
NO ERROR

>He is in the habit (A)/ of going out (B)/ on a morning walk regularly. (C)/ No error (D)
(C) Replace 'on' by 'for'

>Amit Shah was honourably (A)/ acquitted from (B)/ the charge. (C)/ No error (D
(B) Replace 'from' by 'of'. The verb 'acquitted' takes preposition 'of'

Ashkay Shahrukh's, 'The stories of maddening crowd' /(A) have been read /(B)
by me/(C) No error/(D).
(B) Since the noun 'The stories of maddening crowd' appears plural but is in fact singular in nature. Replace 'have' by 'has'.

 Several people /(A)saw the thief /(B)to snatch my purse today./(C) No error/(D)
(C) Verb such as 'see, smell, feel etc. are followed by ‘V1+ ing’.
Hence, this sentence should be as 'several people saw the thief snatching my purse'


Supposing if/(A) you are arrested /(B)what will you do?/(C) No error/(D).
(A) 'Suppose' and 'if' cannot come together. Use either of the two.


Shalini and Sid are good friends/(A) and we met /(B) each other often./(C) No error/(D)
(B) Since the sentence shows some usual or regular action hence use simple present tense. Change 'met' into 'meet'. Here pronoun 'they' must be used.


>I thought I would pass in the examination/ (A) although I did not answer/(B) most of the questions correctly./(C) No error/(D).
(A) 'Pass' will not take 'in' after it. Thus, remove 'in'.




FILL IN THE BLANKS

The dentist _____ one of my teeth yesterday.
(A) pulled (B) pulled out
(C) pulled off (D) pulled up
B

Kohali and Sahzad play so _____ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.
(A) same (B) similar
(C) identical (D) alike
D

Arundhati Roy has good _____ over those famous world literary languages.
(A) authority
(B) expertise
(C) command
(D) knowledge
C


 The _____ with which Saina is able to wield the paint brush is really remarkable.
(A) ease (B) practice
(C) skill (D) majesty
A

Many times newspapers ______ the news to make it sensational.
(A) disturb (B) devalue
(C) distort (D) disfigure
C


After a lot of arguments, I brought her _____ my point of view.
(A) around (B) round
(C) upto (D) round to
D

I have been given a topic to write _____.
(A) about (B) on
(C) over (D) upon
B) If a noun (here 'a topic') is followed by an infinitive (here 'to write'), the infinitive is
followed by a suitable preposition


>_____ is the way to the IIM Campus?
(A) What (B) Where
(C) How (D) Which
(D) If there is a choice to be made between two or more things, 'which' is used

Gayle often _____ hitting while in powerplay.
(A) keep (B) goes on
(C) had been (D) did
B


We must wait until our boss _____ those suggested corrections for the question paper.
(A) has given (B) will be giving
(C) gives (D) would give
C


SYNONYMS

>GAINSAY
(A) Advantage (B) Proposal
(C) Contradict (D) Suggestion
C
gainsay
to refuse to accept something as the truth:
Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his performance.


ERADICATE
(A) Complicate (B) Indicate
(C) Dedicate (D) Eliminate
D

OSTENTATIOUS
(A) Noisy (B) Talkative
(C) Showy (D) Wealthy
C


>Temerity
(A) audacity (B) sincerity
(C) confidence (D) strength
A
temerity
a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people:
[ + to infinitive ] She had the temerity to call me a liar.


>Affectation
(A) boasting (B) pretence
(C) pedantry (D) euphemism
B
affectation
behaviour or speech that is not sincere:
She has so many little affectations.
His manner reeks of affectation.
"It doesn't concern me," he said with an affectation of nonchalance.

Equanimity
(A) temper (B) composure
(C) affability (D) humour
B
equanimity
a calm mental state, especially after a shock or disappointment or in a difficult situation:
He received the news of his mother's death with remarkable equanimity.
Three years after the tragedy she has only just begun to regain her equanimity.



ANTONYMS

DISDAIN
(A) Depreciate (B) Admiration
(C) Penitence (D) Contempt
B

>UNCOUTH
(A) Crude (B) Awkward
(C) Courteous (D) Refined
D
uncouth
behaving in a rude, unpleasant way:
She thought he was loud-mouthed and uncouth.

>SAGACIOUS
(A) Casual (B) Cunning
(C) Foolish (D) False
C
sagacious
having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments:
a sagacious person/comment/choice

>Culpable
(A) Irresponsible (B) careless
(C) Blameless (D) Defendable
D
culpable
deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad:
He was held culpable (= blamed) for all that had happened.


Infructuous
(A) Devious (B) Straight
(C) Remote (D) Profitable
D

Tentative
(A) Immediate (B) Urgent
(C) Developed (D) Final
D


SPELL CHECKER
(A) Abandone (B) Banish
(C) Capricious (D) Reward
A


>(A) Rapel (B) Concentrait
(C) Inassured (D) Indented
D

>(A) posession (B) reflaxively
(C) auxiliaries (D) persistance
C

(A) conducive (B) parception
(C) quartors (D) subodinate
A


IDIOMS

>He seems "to fly off the handle" about the slightest thing these days.
(A) to take off
(B) to be indifferent
(C) to dislocate
(D) to lose one's temper
D
lose one's temper suddenly and unexpectedly.

Our new neighbour is really "rolling in money."
(A) wasting a lot of money
(B) very rich
(C) borrowing money liberally
(D) spending more than his income
B
ROLLING IN MONEY
be very rich.
"he was a tycoon and must have been rolling in money"


> Reshma is in the habit of "chewing the cuds."
(A) accusing others
(B) crying over spilt milk
(C) forgetting things
(D) to muse on
D
chew the cud
to think slowly and carefully about something:
He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke.

[muse
Be absorbed in thought.]


>Everybody here in Delhi seems "to have designs on" some young lonely girl.
(A) wants to rape
(B) desires to be alone with
(C) wants to cheat
(D) wants to be intimate with
GIVEN A
have designs on
aim to obtain (something), typically in an underhand way.
"he suspected her of having designs on the family fortune

>Prejudice and politics appears to be lain "cheek by jowl" with every policy of Kejriwal these days.
(A) together
(B) one after another
(C) side by side
(D) proportionately
C
cheek by jowl
close together.
"they lived cheek by jowl in a one-room flat"


 >This big shot businessman always deployed all his manpower on a "fool's errand."
(A) a blunder
(B) an impossible task
(C) a useless undertaking
(D) a baby job
C
fool's errand
a task or activity that has no hope of success.
"he sent gullible freshmen on fool's errands"



> The principal of this college is a "little hard of hearing."
(A) Inaudible
(B) Disinterested
(C) Deaf
(D) Insensitive
C
little hard of hearing
hard of hearing. Somewhat deaf, having a partial loss of hearing. For example, You'll have to speak distinctly; Dad's
 a little hard of hearing. The use of hard in the sense of “difficulty in doing something” survives only in this expression.


>Being a celebrity everyone wants to "have his cake and eat it."
(A) Enjoy forever
(B) Have it both ways
(C) Run away from responsibility
(D) Ask greedily for service
B
The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain your cake and eat it". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be used to say that one cannot or should not have or want more than one deserves or is reasonable, 
or that one cannot or should not try to have two incompatible things.


>The dispute regarding the border infringement between these two nations "came to a head" this summer.
(A) Became worse
(B) dealt very quickly
(C) accepted unconditionally
(D) imposed vehemently
B
reach a point where some strong action has to be taken: 
The situation finally came to a head when she failed to show up at school.


When IPL starts , everything "boils down to" cricket.
(A) ceases to something
(B) prohibit doing something
(C) something becoming very important
(D) exert difference
C

Shyam did not tell anything after the accident, he "blocked out".
(A) became averse
(B) ran away
(C) lost consciousness temporarily
(D) became violent
C




IMPROVEMENT 

If Shyam "had" time, he will call you.
(A) would have
(B) would have had
(C) has
(D) No correction required
C

This young girl always "finds faults" with the maid servant.
(A) find faults
(B) is finding faults
(C) finds fault
(D) No correction required
C

>Shyam has not gone to his village since his father "had died".
(A) died
(B) was dead
(C) has died
(D) No correction required
(A) If since is preceded by present tense if it is followed by simple past tense.


The flowers in our garden are more beautiful "than on the main road."
(A) than that on the main road
(B) than those on the main road
(C) than there on the main road
(D) No correction required
B

Because of Sachin's subtlity in this field, his suggestions "are wide accepted."
(A) have been wide accepted
(B) have widely accepted
(C) are widely accepted
(D) No correction required
C

I shall "ring him" tomorrow in the afternoon.
(A) ring to him (B) ring up to him
(C) ring him up (D) No improvement
D

>All his answers "would be" correct.
(A) had to be (B) were
(C) can be (D) No improvement
(D) Option 'B' can also be correct, but it will change the meaning of the sentence.


>The fire shots "began" when De villiers arrived in the stadium.
(A) had began (B) had begun
(C) would begin (D) No improvement
(D) 'When' shows that both action took place at the same time




>"As poor as they are" they never refuse to donate, they have for any noble cause.
(A) Becoming poor
(B) Having been poor
(C) Poor as they are
(D) No improvement
C

I "sent a word" to Monika that I would be coming office late.
(A) sent word
(B) had sent a word
(C) sent words
(D) No correction required
A

>There are so many houses in delhi "for letting."
(A) for letting out
(B) to rent our
(C) to let
(D) No correction required
A
To set a person or animal free: let out, 


Dhoni is "one of subtlest cricketer" that ever played behind the stumps.
(A) the subtle cricketer
(B) one of the subtlest cricketers
(C) one of the subtlest
(D) No correction required
B


Was his advice ever "any good to" you ?
(A) a good for
(B) a good about
(C) about good to
(D) No correction required
D


SBI "has still studied" the matter and is still collecting reports regarding the scam.
(A) is still studying
(B) has studied still
(C) still has studied
(D) No improvement
A


We cannot ignore the contribution of M.S."for bringing about" change in our winning streak.
(A) for bringing in
(B) in bringing about
(C) in bringing of
(D) No improvement
B



"No sooner he ordered" for food than the waiter was ready with it.
(A) No sooner had he order
(B) He ordered no sooner
(C) No sooner did he order
(D) No improvement
C

The coach was quite sure that none of them "were aware of" the rule of the game.
(A) were aware from
(B) had aware of
(C) was aware of
(D) No improvement
C



ONE WORDS

One who is very careful and particular about everything he does.
(A) Precise (B) Scrupulous
(C) Meticulous (D) Conscientious
C

 Cutting all the waste papers into pieces.
(A) Slashing (B) Ripping
(C) Shredding (D) Disposing
C

>Something which can be taken for granted.
(A) Doctrine (B) Maxim
(C) Tenet (D) Postulate
D
postulate
to suggest a theory, idea, etc. as a basic principle from which a further idea is formed or developed:
[ + that ] It was the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.


>A story that can hardly be believed
(A) Fictitious (B) Imaginary
(C) Concocted (D) Incredible
D


Ridiculous use of words
(A) Onomatopoeia (B) Malapropism
(C) Neologism (D) Pun
B

A hater of learning and knowledge.
(A) Misogynist (B) Misologist
(C) Misanthropist (D) Bibliophile
B

A person whose job is the care and treatment of people’s feet
(A) Dermatologist (B) Gynaecologist
(C) Podiatrist (D) Paediatrician
C

>A never impressive loud talk or speech.
(A) Magniloquence (B) Harangue
(C) Erudition (D) Malevolence
B




>A very large, upright piece of stone.
(A) monument (B) momentous
(C) monolith (D) modest
C

> Making insulting, unfair, and damaging remarks about one's opponents
(A) mouth-eating (B) mud-slinging
(C) back-bitching (D) mollifying
B


A person who writes beautiful writing
(A) Curator (B) Calligraphist
(C) Sculptor (D) Usurer
B

>One who lends money at very high rates
(A) Usurer (B) Anchor
(C) Lender (D) Almanac
A

A home sickness and memories of the past
(A) Nostalgia (B) Platonic
(C) Interregnum (D) Facsimile
A

Animals which live in a flock
(A) Fauna (B) Flora
(C) Gregarious (D) Mammal
C


A place for the sick to recover health
(A) Reservoir (B) Sanatorium
(C) Lair (D) Den
B

Murder of king or queen
(A) Parricide (B) Regicide
(C) Suicide (D) Sororicide
B












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