Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-70

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Directions [Q. No. 151 to 155]: Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has error and blacken the oval corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C ). 

151. (A)The committee/(B) was unanimous/ (C)in their decision/(D)no error.

152. (A)I am not one/ (B)of those who trust/ (C)every Tom, Dick and Harry whom I
meet/(D)no error.

153. (A)He knows/(B) to swim/(C)but I don’t/(D)no error.

154. (A)It is time /(B)you learn /(C)your lesson/(D)no error

155. (A)If he would have seen / (B) me, he would have/(C) stopped the car/(D)no error.

151. (C) ‘its’ in place of ‘their’
152. (C) ‘they’ in place of ‘I’
153. (B) how to swim
154. (B) ‘learnt’ in place of ‘learn’
155. (A) 'had' in place of 'would have'

Directions [Q. No. 156 to 160]: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an
appropriate word.four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative
out of the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval in the answer-sheet.
156. The teacher was angry …….. the students.
(A) with (B )at
(C) from (D) by

157. He was annoyed ……… his misconduct.
(A) with (B) at
(C) from (D) by

158. What kind of _______ man you are!
(A) a (B)an
(C) the (D) no article used

159 The mechanic …….. the vehicle since this morning.
(A) Repaired
(B) repairing
(C) has been repairing
(D) will be repairing.

160. Kumar ……….. boy swam across the sea for safety.
(A) a 17 years old (B) a 17 year old
(C) a 17 year aged (D) the 17 year old

156. (A)
157. (B)
158. (D)
159. (C)
160. (B)

200. (B)

Directions: [Q. No. 161 to 167] in the following passage there are ten blanks each numbered.
Find the right choice from the given alternatives. Each blank number corresponds
to same numbered questions.

In our system, a vast gap (161) the life of children led at school from what they experience
outside. The space where they are (162) to learn about life is so far removed from (163) that we
 might as well ask (164) to buy space suits for their little ones, instead of school uniforms. (165) they read, listen to and copy from the blackboard is so meticulously deodorized and (166) that it carries no resonance of experienced reality and (167) in life.

 

161. (A) Occurs (B) Separates (C) Bridges (D) Escapes
162. (A) About (B) Worried (C) Compelled (D) Supposed
163. (A) Reality (B) School (C) Fantasy (D) Imagination
164. (A) Teachers (B) Principals (C) Schools (D)Parents
165. (A) When (B) How (C) What (D) Whenever
166. (A) Sanctified (B) Emphasized (C) Memorized (D) Imbibed
167. (A)Demand (B) Miseries (C) Joy (D) Applicability

161. (B)
162. (D)
163. (A)
164. (D)
165. (C)
166. (A)
167. (D)

Directions: [Q. No. 176 to 180] out of four alternatives, choose the one which best
expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the answer-sheet.
176. CHIVALROUS
(A) crude (B) gallant
(C) handsome (D) tinkering

177. DORMANT
(A) Sleeping (B) humble
(C) quick (D) active

178. CAMOUFLAGE
(A) hide (B) reveal
(C) disguise (D) pretend

179. LATENT
(A) primitive (B) hidden
(C) potent (D) talented

180. AMPLE
(A) meagre (B) quantitative

(C) sufficient (D) tasty

176. (B)
177. (A)
178. (C)
179. (B)
180. (C)

Directions [Q. No. 181 to 185]: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the answer-sheet.

181. EPHEMERAL
(A) eternal (B) transitory
(C) mortal (D) temporal

182. LATENT
(A) unspoken (B) later
(C) implicit (D) obvious

183. MONOTONOUS
(A) disastrous (B) terrifying
(C) terrible (D) interesting

184. OBSCENE

(A) disobedient (B) decent
(C) dislocate (D) cautious

185. FLOURISH
(A) perish (B) degenerate
(C) decay (D) dismiss

181. (A)

182. (D)
183. (D)
184. (B)
185. (A)

Directions [Q. No. 186 to 190]:groups of four words are given. In each group, one word
is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word and mark your answer in the answersheet.

186. (A) prioratise (B) picturise
(C) visualize (D) individualize

187. (A) mendacious (B) obnoxcious
(C) pernicious (D) ferocious

188. (A) pennetrate (B) irritate
(C) hesitate (D) perforate

189. (A) passagway (B) causeway
(C) subway (D) straightway

190. (A) rapport (B) support
(C) repport (D) purport

186. (A)
187. (B)
188. (A)
189. (A)
190. (C)

Directions [Q. No. 191 to 195]: Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrases
underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning
of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answersheet.

191. That fellow trumped up a story.
(A) translated
(B) sang with the music of a trumpet
(C) concocted
(D) copied

192. A brave solider will never show the white feather in the face of his enemy.
(A) show signs of cowardice
(B) act arrogantly
(C) show intimacy
(D) act impudently

193. You have to be tactful in handling the sensitive matters rather than putting the cart before the horse.
(A) Treating things indifferently behaving thoughtlessly
(B) Behaving thoughtlessly
(C) Dealing with things in haste
(D) Tackling things in the wrong way

 194. There followed an awkward silence after Ram declared his love to her.
(A) Uncomfortable silence
(B) Embarrassing silence
(C) Clumsy silence
(D) A period of embarrassment

195. The two women are so jealous of each other, that at the drop of hat they start insulting each other.
(A) when hat falls
(B) when any one drops a hat
(C) for no reason at all
(D) on every occasion

191. (C)
192. (A)
193. (D)
194. (A)
195. (D)

Direction [Q. No. 196 to 200]: Out of the four alternative choose the one which can be
substituted for the given words/phrase in the following questions:-

196. Compensation for loss.
(A) Indemnity (B) Prodigy
(C) Cognate (D) Conflagration

197. Angry at injustice.
(A) Demagogue (B) Indignant
(C) Dexterous (D) Indemnity

.198. To turn out of society.
(A) Discard (B) Ostracize
(C) Boycott (D) Turn out

199. The study of coins
(A) Philatelist (B) Matins
(C) Numismatics (D) Hedonism

200. Forewarning of an impending danger.
(A) Omen (B) Premonition
(C) Panegyric (D) Sojourn

196. (A)
197. (B)
198. (B)
199. (C)
200. (B)