Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-65

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ERROR
Everybody but Ram (A)/ has paid (B)/ their dues. (C)/ No error. (D

(C); Change 'their' into 'his'. 'Everybody'  is singular. Hence will take singular verb.
Death of (A)/ his only son (B)/ made Mohan desolate. (C)/ No error. (D)
NO ERROR

They have (A)/ played a game (B)/ last week. (C)/ No error. (D)(A); Remove 'have'. Last week denotes past time. Hence simple past (they played) is correct
Not only she went to Kashmir (A)/ but also stayed there (B)/ for a month. (C)/ No error. (D)(A); Put 'not only' before 'went'. The sentence is of misplaced conjunction
 Sudoku was first designed in the 1970s (A)/ by a retired architect (B)/ and freelance puzzle constructor. (C)/ No error.NO ERROR



FILL IN THE BLANKS

Leadership defines what the future should look like and ........ people with that vision.
(A) aligns (B) develops
(C) trains (D) encourages
A

All the people involved in the issue feel a great .......... to his suggestion.(A) contradiction (B) adherence
(C) indifference (D) repugnance
B

All the respondents should express their .......... views in this questionnaire.
(A) convenient (B) confident
(C) candid (D) favourable
C

The ship waited till the storm ......... before sailing out to sea.
(A) evaporated (B) consolidated
(C) abated (D) normalizedC

I agree ........your proposal but not ...... your friend on all issues.(A) to, with (B) with, to
(C) with, with (D) to, to
A



IMPROVEMENT 

Can this machine be adopted [in] construction work.
(A) by (B) into
(C) for (D) No improvement
C
The less I see him [the much] I like him.(A) the further
(B) the more
(C) the grater
(D) No improvementB

[I adapted] a new method to solve the problem.
(A) I have been adopted
(B) I adopted
(C) I was adapted
(D) No improvementB

You have come here with a view [to insult] me.
(A) to insulting (B) of insulting
(C) for insulting (D) No improvementA

He found a [wooden broken chair] in the room.
(A) wooden and broken chair
(B) broken wooden chair
(C) broken and wooden chair
(D) No improvement
B

SYNONYMS

VIGILANT
(A) Vigorous (B) Watchful
(C) Awake (D) ConsciousB

CHERISH(A) Value (B) Appreciate
(C) Admire (D) FlatterB

CONGREGATION
(A) Concentration (B) Meeting
(C) Discussion (D) JudgementB


ANTONYMS

Repudiate
(A) Disown (B) Acknowledge
(C) Decline (D) BegetB

Salubrious(A) Perfect (B) Anonymous
(C) Clean (D) UnwholesomeD

sa·lu·bri·ous

Health-giving; healthy.

Lucid
(A) Lacking resources
(B) Lacking vitality
(C) Lacking clarity
(D) Lacking comfort
C

ONE WORD

A photograph taken by the police of someone who has been arrested.
(A) Mug shot (B) Screen shot
(C) Pic (D) Profile
A

Actions or statement that tricks people into believing something that is not true.
(A) trick (B) Chicanery
(C) Stratagem (D) Artifice
B

strat·a·gem

A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

A person who is trying to escape being arrested by the police
(A) Refugee (B) Fugitive
(C) On the run (D) EscapistB

The knowledge and understanding that a person has about an event only after it has happened.(A) Hindsight (B) Foresee
(C) Foretell (D) Omen
A

IDIOMS

Go Dutch
(A) To be drunk
(B) Each person paying for oneself
(C) Merrymaking
(D) To go on date
B

He is supposed to show up at four on the dot.
(A) The exact time
(B) At doorstep
(C) At the place decided
(D) At the entrance
A

Pie in the sky
(A) Impossible gain
(B) A beauty
(C) Pleasant to imagine but impossible to attain
(D) Heavenly reward after death
C

He keeps me in the loop.
(A) to keep informed
(B) to stay in touch
(C) to include in the friend circle
(D) to implicate
A

LAST(5 MINUTE)
CLOSE TEST

Desire and action are often coordinated in that the desire may 185 the person to action or
that desire may be 186 from action. If P is seen as trying to do X, it is often inferred that P desires
X. However, desire and action are not 187 coordinated. The person may desire X without 188
in any action directed towards the attainment of X. This event happens when X appears 189 or
when the other effects resulting from the action 190 to attain X are sufficiently undesirable as to
191 the desire for X. Sometimes, of course, no action is necessary; the desire may or may not
be 192 quite independently of P’s action. Furthermore, a given desire may lead to different
actions, depending upon the environmental requirements. Actions are 193 not only by desire
but also by the way the person 194 the causal structure of the environment.
185. (A) dampen (B) hinder (C) indulge (D) arouse
186. (A) expelled (B) ceased (C) abstained (D) inferred
187. (A) invariably (B) hopefully (C) deliberately (D) purposely
188. (A) wanting (B) associating (C) engaging (D) supporting
189. (A) manageable (B) valuable (C) unattainable (D) reachable
190. (A) hostile (B) necessary (C) incidental (D) insensible
191. (A) express (B) appreciate (C) reciprocate (D) damage
192. (A) realized (B) hypothesized (C) verbalised (D) criticized
193. (A) projected (B) determined (C) controlled (D) galvanized
194. (A) downgrades (B) fabricates (C) develops (D) sees

185. (D)
186. (D)
187. (A)
188. (C)
189. (C)
190. (B)
191. (A)
192. (A)
193. (B)
194. (D)
1-2 WRONG = ITS OK
3-4 WRONG= PRACTISE MORE
MORE THAN 4 WRONG = YOU NEED TO INCULCATE READING HABIT AND READ NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL DAILY..