Important English Quiz For SSC and Bank Set-73

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Directions: In question nos. 151-155, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C). If there is no error, blacken the rectangle [ ] corresponding to (D) in the Answer Sheet.

151. The Congress’s recent comment on banning opinion  polls before elections has set the cat among the  pigeons. No error


152. Stealing a foreign country’s secrets necessarily  involves telling lies and break their laws. No error


(153. Time alert by fishermen helped police intercept  intruders who entered the land via sea to target vital installations across Tamil Nadu. No error


154. The City Police Commissioner ordered the detention  of founder-president in the National Security Act.  No error 


155. The issues of safety of women and other vulnerable  sections of society is engaging the attention of the  police and concerned agencies in and outside the  Government. No error 

151. no error
152.  Replace ‘break’ with ‘breaking’
153. Replace ‘time’ with timely’
154.Replace ‘in’ with ‘under’
155.Replace ‘is’ with ‘are

Directions: In question nos. 156 to 160 sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle [ ] in the Answer-Sheet.

156. Two persons, including a teenager, were stabbed to death in separate incidents________ petty disputes.
(A) in (B) over
(C) about (D) of
b

157. Rajendra Singh ________ out of school after the seventh standard and started a small clothing business.
(A) fled (B) left
(C) escaped (D) dropped
d

158. A 25-year-old woman was found ________ from a ceiling fan of her residence.
(A) oscillating (B) hanged
(C) hanging (D) swinging
c

159. Smog is ________ a combination of factors.
(A) caused because of
(B) caused due to
(C) made as a result of
(D) produced because of a reason of
a

160. The police said he entered the world of crime after committing a ________ not amounting to murder.
(A) suicide (B) murder
(C) pulpable genocide (D) culpable homicide
d

Directions: In question nos. 161 to 165, out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in your AnswerSheet.
161. Zombie
(A) walking dead (B) birdhouse
(C) horoscope (D) serpantarium
a

162. Abdicate
(A) curtail (B) repudiate
(C) kidnap (D) resign
d

163. Sanguine
(A) sad (B) cheerful
(C) hopeless (D) tasty
b

164. Retrieve
(A) decline (B) reduce
(C) restore (D) rusticate
c

165. Upshot
(A) outcome (B) disturb
(C) kill (D) eradicate
a

Directions: In question nos. 166 to 170, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
166. Vertex
(A) apex (B) bottom
(C) climax (D) basic
b

167. Saucy
(A) impudent (B) bold
(C) savoury (D) dull
d

168. Mushroom
(A) boom (B) expand
(C) lessen (D) edible
c
169. Clamour
(A) uproar (B) tumult
(C) dullness (D) tranquillity
d

170. Disseminate
(A) collect (B) camouflage
(C) anatomise (D) disorganise
a

Directions: In question nos. 171 to 175, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which
best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.

171. Prajakta is [banking on] getting a loan from his neighbour.
(A) believing (B) approaching
(C) refusing (D) transacting
a

172. It is a very interesting idea, but some members of the committee may well not [fall in with ]it.
(A) explain (B) deny
(C) disapprove (D) agree 
d

173. It is dangerous for a driver to [drift off] when he is at the wheels of his car.
(A) talk (B) doze
(C) think (D) gossip
b

174. Praveen is organising a huge party and expecting his parents to [shell out] for it.
(A) attend (B) arrange
(C) pay (D) cover
c

175. Rakesh needs somewhere to stay for a few days and we [bailed him out ] by offering him our spare room.
(A) helped (B) punished
(C) cornered (D) threw out
a

Directions: In question nos. 176-180, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D). Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet.
.176. Based on a seer’s dream that tonnes of gold [lies burying under ] an old fort in a village in UP, the decision of ASI to undertake a massive exercise to unearth hidden treasure is ridiculous.(A) lie buried behind
(B) lying buried within
(C) lie buried underneath
(D) No improvement
c


177. While industrialists and business houses shouldn
’t be spared legal enquiries they [should not be harassed unless] there is adequate proof of their involvement in a scam.
(A) should be harassed till
(B) should be harrassed until
(C) should not unless be harassed 
(D) No improvement
d

178. It seems that controversial stars dominating fights with others add to the show’s TRP and they are rarely [vacated] from the show.
(A) convicted (B) evicted
(C) emptied (D) No improvement
b


179. There is an attempt by the government to ban opinion polls [previous of] elections.
(A) ahead of (B) in front of
(C) in lieu of (D) No improvement
a

180. A savings or investment product that allows you to [set out the] investment as a deduction on your taxable income is known as a tax-saving product.
(A) set up the (B) set in an
(C) set off the (D) No improvement
c

Directions: In question nos. 181 to 185, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
181. Persons who actively use the internet
(A) Crony (B) Netizen
(C) Laggard (D) Citizen
b

182. Having a dull appearance
(A) Dowdy (B) Piquant
(C) Otiose (D) Blonde
a

183. One who has no money
(A) Reticent (B) Honorary
(C) Insatiable (D) Pauper
d

184. Morbid fear of being in a moving vehicle
(A) Lalophobia (B) Lygophobia
(C) Ochophobia (D) Aerophobia
c

185. A delusion that one is beautiful
(A) Hedonomania (B) Callomania
(C) Egomania (D) Melomania
b


Directions: In question nos. 186 to 190, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate it in the Answer Sheet by blackening the appropriate rectangle.
186. (A) counterfeet (B) leprechoun (C) dissension (D) dextrous
187. (A) saunter (B) fryvolity (C) fiering (D) hencefourth
188. (A) giber (B) prattle (C) watchfull (D) merryment
189. (A) whammy (B) sandwitched (C) porcelene (D) metadoor
190. (A) gnomeik (B) gudy (C) goly (D) gluttonous

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