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WBCS Preliminary English Practice Set : ā§Ģā§ĻāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻš)

WBCS Preliminary English Practice Set: ā§Ģā§ĻāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž

āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŋāϏ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ (WBPSC) āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ WBCS Preliminary Examination-āĻ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ (English Composition) āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ ⧍ā§Ģ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻ“ āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļ+ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŽāϜāĻŦ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡ ā§Ģā§ĻāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ English Grammar, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs āĻ“ Vocabulary āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻš āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤

💡 āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧁āϞāĻžāϰāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻžā§Ÿ āύ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤


WBCS Preliminary English Mock Test (Q1 – Q50)

1. Mother says you ……….. to go to the market at once.

A) Have
B) Are
C) Shall
D) Will

Ans: A) Have

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ ‘have to’ / ‘has to’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘You have to go’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤

2. …….. fault is easy.

A) To begin
B) To bury
C) To read
D) To find

Ans: D) To find

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡â€” “To find fault is easy” (āĻĻā§‹āώ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ)āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ Infinitive (To + verb) āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

3. ……. his illness, he attended the function.

A) In spite
B) Due
C) As of
D) Despite

Ans: D) Despite

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Despite’ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ Noun āĻŦāĻž Noun Phrase āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ ‘of’ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻž (āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇āύ, In spite-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ ‘of’ āĻŦāϏ⧇)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ “Despite his illness…”āĨ¤

4. The stream was ……… by the waterfall.

A) Fed
B) Fed up
C) Filed
D) Filled

Ans: A) Fed

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻŦāĻž āϜāϞāϧāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāϞ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘fed by’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ (Feed āĻāϰ Past Participle āĻšāϞ⧋ Fed)āĨ¤

5. A…… star was seen in the sky.

A) Strengthening
B) Shooting
C) Shunting
D) Staring

Ans: B) Shooting

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ˛ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ–āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ ‘Shooting star’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

6. ‘Puts one in mind’ means—

A) Resolved
B) Decided
C) Reminds
D) Received

Ans: C) Reminds

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘To put someone in mind of something’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋ (To remind someone of something)āĨ¤

7. No one dare ‘call in question’ his honesty. Here ‘call in question’ means—

A) Honesty of purpose
B) Test
C) Falter
D) Challenge

Ans: D) Challenge

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Call in question’ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŽ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻž Idiom, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž (To doubt or challenge something)āĨ¤

8. ‘Approval’ may be expressed by the following interjection—

A) Ha!
B) Hush!
C) Bravo!
D) Hurrah!

Ans: C) Bravo!

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Bravo!’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ/āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ (Approval / Praise) āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ InterjectionāĨ¤ ‘Hush!’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘Hurrah!’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

9. A person on the verge of death of an illness is called—

A) Seriously ill
B) Terminally ill
C) Sporadically ill
D) None of these

Ans: B) Terminally ill

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻžāϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāύ⧀āϤ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘Terminally ill’ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āώ⧁ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

10. An Endocrinologist deals with:

A) Teeth
B) Glands
C) Epidemics
D) Heart

Ans: B) Glands

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ•āϞ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻŋ (Glands) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϰāĻŽā§‹āύāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āϰ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ Endocrinologist (āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ⧋āϞāϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

11. There was a …….. on the midnight train. (Insert correct Phrasal Verb)

A) Hold up
B) Hold in
C) Hold
D) Hold out

Ans: A) Hold up

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hold up’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻž Phrasal verb-āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻĨāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž (A robbery) āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϘāϟāĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤

12. A stoic person can:

A) Entice
B) Endure
C) Excite
D) Enable

Ans: B) Endure

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Stoic’ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ­-āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧁āĻ–-āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻšā§āϝ (Endure) āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

13. Do this in a short time in a …… manner.

A) Former
B) Swift
C) Brave
D) Unwise

Ans: B) Swift

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘In a short time’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Swift’ (āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰ)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ ‘Swift manner’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

14. He hinted …… some lost treasure.

A) Of
B) For
C) With
D) At

Ans: D) At

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hint’ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ Preposition āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘at’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ (Hint at something = āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž)āĨ¤

15. ‘Book’ as a verb may be used with—

A) Trousers
B) Insects
C) Ticket / Painting
D) Panting

Ans: C) Ticket / Painting

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Book’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ Verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻžā§Ÿ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžā§ŸāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž (āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: Book a ticket āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž Book a painting)āĨ¤

16. Choose the correct meaning of the word: “Genre”

A) A grand tour
B) A specific category
C) A chauffeur
D) A long list

Ans: B) A specific category

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Genre’ (āϜāρāϰāĻž) āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋ (A specific category or style of art, music, or literature)āĨ¤

17. Mary …….., we were freed from anxiety.

A) Having arrived
B) Rolling
C) Tattered
D) Being arrived

Ans: A) Having arrived

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāϟāĻŋ Nominative Absolute-āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āφāϗ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇ Perfect Participle (Having + V3) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ “Mary having arrived, we were freed from anxiety”āĨ¤

18. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word: “The crowd felt stupefied by the lecture.”

A) Engulfed
B) Entertained
C) Enthused / Encouraged
D) Devastated

Ans: C) Enthused / Encouraged

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Stupefied’ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§‚ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒ⧜āĻž (dazed/stunned)āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Enthused’ āĻŦāĻž ‘Encouraged’ (āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž)āĨ¤

19. Choose the antonym of the underlined word: “The silence of the children was sinister.”

A) Calm
B) Cacophony
C) Coarse
D) Cruelty

Ans: B) Cacophony

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Silence’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϰ ‘Cacophony’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ (Harsh, discordant sound), āϝāĻž āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĨ¤

20. You had better …… permission.

A) Want
B) Ask
C) Call
D) Order

Ans: B) Ask

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Had better’ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ Bare Infinitive (Verb-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ, āϝāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ ‘to’ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āύāĻž) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ ‘Ask permission’ (āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž) āĻ—āĻ āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

21. Who …… saw her did not pity her?

A) What
B) Which
C) That
D) Such

Ans: C) That

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Interrogative Pronoun ‘Who’ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘who’ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ ‘that’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

22. The sun, …… rays give life to the earth, was regarded by the ancients as a god.

A) That
B) Whose
C) Which
D) Whom

Ans: B) Whose

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ/āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž (Possessive Case) āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘whose’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ “The sun, whose rays…” = āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ, āϝāĻžāϰ āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ…

23. Here is the watch …… you asked ……

A) Which, for
B) That, for
C) For, from
D) This, for

Ans: A) Which, for

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Ask for’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϚāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ āϘ⧜āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘which’ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ ‘for’ āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇: “Here is the watch which you asked for”āĨ¤

24. “The singer was not in voice.” — What does ‘in voice’ imply here?

A) Lost voice
B) To sing well
C) Had a cough
D) Sang well

Ans: B) To sing well

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘In voice’ āχāĻĄāĻŋāĻ…āĻŽāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ—āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏ⧁āϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž (In good singing condition)āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ ‘was not in voice’ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϏ⧁āϰ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

25. The idiom ‘Hand and glove’ (or ‘Hand in glove’) means—

A) Arrogance
B) Enemy
C) Maintain a distance
D) Intimate terms

Ans: D) Intimate terms

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hand in glove’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž (Very close or intimate relationship)āĨ¤

26. Select the correct synonym for ‘Clandestine’:

A) Open
B) Secret
C) Public
D) Honest

Ans: B) Secret

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Clandestine’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ (Kept secret or done secretively)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ ‘Secret’āĨ¤

27. What is the antonym of ‘Miserly’?

A) Generous
B) Stingy
C) Penny-pinching
D) Greedy

Ans: A) Generous

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Miserly’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžā§āϜ⧁āϏāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Generous’ (āωāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāύāĻļā§€āϞ)āĨ¤

28. One who collects postage stamps is called a—

A) Philatelist
B) Numismatist
C) Antiquarian
D) Somnambulist

Ans: A) Philatelist

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ ‘Philatelist’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āϕ⧇ ‘Numismatist’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

29. Insert appropriate preposition: “She is proficient ….. English.”

A) At
B) In
C) With
D) On

Ans: B) In

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟, āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ ‘Proficient in’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ (āĻĒāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧇, Good at āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ)āĨ¤

30. Which phrasal verb means ‘to extinguish’ (a fire or light)?

A) Put off
B) Put out
C) Put up
D) Put on

Ans: B) Put out

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Put out’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻž āφāϞ⧋ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻžāύ⧋ (Extinguish)āĨ¤ ‘Put off’ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž (Postpone)āĨ¤

31. The idiom ‘A bolt from the blue’ means—

A) An unexpected disaster / event
B) A pleasant surprise
C) A thunderbolt
D) A sky observation

Ans: A) An unexpected disaster / event

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘A bolt from the blue’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ “āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻž āĻŽā§‡āĻ˜ā§‡ āĻŦāĻœā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ”-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāϤ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϘāϟāύāĻžāĨ¤

32. A place where bees are kept is known as an—

A) Aviary
B) Apiary
C) Aquarium
D) Sanctuary

Ans: B) Apiary

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§ŒāĻŽāĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϕ⧇ ‘Apiary’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϕ⧇ ‘Aviary’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

33. Change the voice: “Shut the door.”

A) The door should shut
B) Let the door be shut
C) Let door shut
D) Shutting the door

Ans: B) Let the door be shut

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Imperative sentence (āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ)-āĻāϰ passive voice āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻšāϞ⧋: Let + Object + be + Verb-āĻāϰ Past Participle (V3)āĨ¤

34. The idiom ‘To cry wolf’ means—

A) To give a false alarm
B) To cry like an animal
C) To be in deep pain
D) To shout loudly

Ans: A) To give a false alarm

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘To cry wolf’ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϜ⧁āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āϭ⧟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ (To raise a false alarm of danger)āĨ¤

35. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A) Accomodation
B) Accommodation
C) Acommodation
D) Accommodasion

Ans: B) Accommodation

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Accommodation’ (āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ ‘c’ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ ‘m’ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇: A-c-c-o-m-m-o-d-a-t-i-o-n)āĨ¤

36. Fill in the blank with correct Collective Noun: “A ….. of lions.”

A) Herd
B) Pride
C) Flock
D) Pack

Ans: B) Pride

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ (Collective Noun) āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘Pride’ āĻŦāϏ⧇ (“A pride of lions”)āĨ¤

37. Select the synonym for ‘Obsolete’:

A) Modern
B) Outdated
C) Recent
D) Novel

Ans: B) Outdated

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Obsolete’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āϕ⧇āϞ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āφāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻž (No longer in use / Outdated)āĨ¤

38. Insert the appropriate preposition: “He died ….. malaria.”

A) From
B) Of
C) With
D) For

Ans: B) Of

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϰ⧋āϗ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ ‘Die of’ āĻŦāϏ⧇ (āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: Die of malaria/cancer)āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ ‘Die from’ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

39. One who looks at the bright side of things is called an—

A) Pessimist
B) Optimist
C) Atheist
D) Altruist

Ans: B) Optimist

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘Optimist’ (āφāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϝ⧇ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘Pessimist’ (āύ⧈āϰāĻžāĻļā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

40. The idiom ‘To burn the candle at both ends’ means—

A) To waste light
B) To exhaust one’s strength by working too hard
C) To celebrate enthusiastically
D) To be extremely frugal

Ans: B) To exhaust one’s strength by working too hard

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘To burn the candle at both ends’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϰāĻžāϤ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤

41. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am writing a letter.”

A) He said that he was writing a letter
B) He said he is writing a letter
C) He told he wrote a letter
D) He says that he was writing a letter

Ans: A) He said that he was writing a letter

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Reporting verb āϝāĻĻāĻŋ Past Tense (said) āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ Direct speech-āĻāϰ Present Continuous Tense āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ Past Continuous Tense (was writing)-āĻ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

42. What is the antonym of ‘Transparent’?

A) Clear
B) Opaque
C) Translucent
D) Luminous

Ans: B) Opaque

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Transparent’ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻž āφāϞ⧋ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Opaque’ (āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϞ⧋ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻž)āĨ¤

43. Which phrasal verb means ‘to resemble’ (a parent or ancestor)?

A) Take after
B) Take off
C) Take up
D) Take over

Ans: A) Take after

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Take after’ Phrasal verb-āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāϚāϞāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž (Resemble)āĨ¤

44. Insert appropriate conjunction: “He worked hard ….. he might pass.”

A) So that
B) Unless
C) Lest
D) Until

Ans: A) So that

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ ‘So that’ (āϝāĻžāϤ⧇) āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝ⧟āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ ‘may’ āĻŦāĻž ‘might’ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ (āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧇ ‘lest’ āĻŦāϏāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ ‘should’ āĻŦāϏ⧇)āĨ¤

45. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase ‘Status quo’?

A) Existing state of affairs
B) A sudden radical change
C) Legal right
D) High social rank

Ans: A) Existing state of affairs

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Status quo’ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžā§Ÿ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž (The existing state of affairs)āĨ¤

46. Extreme fear of confined or closed spaces is called—

A) Hydrophobia
B) Claustrophobia
C) Acrophobia
D) Agoraphobia

Ans: B) Claustrophobia

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āφāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϚāϰāĻŽ āϭ⧟āϕ⧇ ‘Claustrophobia’ (āĻ•ā§āϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻĢā§‹āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻžāϰ āϭ⧟ āĻšāϞ⧋ ‘Acrophobia’āĨ¤

47. Select the grammatically correct sentence:

A) Each of the boys were present
B) Each of the boys was present
C) Each of the boys are present
D) Each of the boy was present

Ans: B) Each of the boys was present

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Subject-Verb Agreement-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ ‘Each of the’-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ Noun āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āϰāĻžāϞ (boys) āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ Verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ Singular (was) āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

48. Select the synonym for ‘Meticulous’:

A) Careless
B) Very careful / Thorough
C) Lazy
D) Hasty

Ans: B) Very careful / Thorough

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Meticulous’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āϖ⧁āρāϤāϖ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύāĻļā§€āϞ (Showing great attention to detail / Very careful)āĨ¤

49. Insert appropriate preposition: “Do not laugh ….. the poor.”

A) On
B) At
C) With
D) To

Ans: B) At

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŸā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ ‘Laugh at’ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒāϜāĻŋāĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

50. The idiom ‘Apple of discord’ means—

A) A delicious fruit
B) Cause of quarrel / dispute
C) A peace treaty
D) A valuable asset

Ans: B) Cause of quarrel / dispute

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘Apple of discord’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āχāĻĄāĻŋāĻ…āĻŽ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ” āĻŦāĻž “āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ”-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāϤ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝ (Anything that causes trouble or argument)āĨ¤


āωāĻĒāϏāĻ‚āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

WBCS Preliminary āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ ⧍ā§Ģ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (PYQ) āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ“ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧁āϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ ā§Ģā§ĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻšāϞ⧇ Idioms, One Word Substitution āĻ“ Preposition āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§œāĻžāύ⧋ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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M.Tech in ECE, ToT Certified Trainer, Technical Guide Author & Developer. Biswarup Santra is a dedicated Teacher and Trainer for the Telecom NSQF. He holds an M.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and has rich experience as the former Head of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Department at Gobindapur Sephali Memorial Polytechnic College. Beyond his academic roles, he is a technical guide author, WordPress developer, and the creator of educational platforms for vocational and engineering students. He is deeply passionate about empowering students with modern technical skills.

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