WBCS Preliminary English Practice Set : ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ (āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻš)
WBCS Preliminary English Practice Set: ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϏ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ (WBPSC) āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ WBCS Preliminary Examination-āĻ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ (English Composition) āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ ⧍ā§Ģ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāĻžā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻ āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāύā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ⧠⧍ā§Ļ+ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āϤā§āϞāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϏ āϏā§āĻā§ ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ English Grammar, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs āĻ Vocabulary āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻš āϤā§āϞ⧠āϧāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
đĄ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ: āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϞāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻžāϤāĻžā§ āύā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠‘have to’ / ‘has to’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠‘You have to go’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
2. …….. fault is easy.
A) To begin
B) To bury
C) To read
D) To find
Ans: D) To find
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϰā§ā§āĻā§â “To find fault is easy” (āĻĻā§āώ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻšāĻ)āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠Infinitive (To + verb) āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
3. ……. his illness, he attended the function.
A) In spite
B) Due
C) As of
D) Despite
Ans: D) Despite
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Despite’ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ Noun āĻŦāĻž Noun Phrase āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āύ⧠‘of’ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§ āύāĻž (āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āύ, In spite-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ ‘of’ āĻŦāϏā§)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠“Despite his illness…”āĨ¤
4. The stream was ……… by the waterfall.
A) Fed
B) Fed up
C) Filed
D) Filled
Ans: A) Fed
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞāϧāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϞ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻžā§, āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻžāĻā§ ‘fed by’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ (Feed āĻāϰ Past Participle āĻšāϞ⧠Fed)āĨ¤
5. A…… star was seen in the sky.
A) Strengthening
B) Shooting
C) Shunting
D) Staring
Ans: B) Shooting
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāϏ⧠āĻĒā§āĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠‘Shooting star’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
6. ‘Puts one in mind’ meansâ
A) Resolved
B) Decided
C) Reminds
D) Received
Ans: C) Reminds
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘To put someone in mind of something’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāύ⧠(To remind someone of something)āĨ¤
7. No one dare ‘call in question’ his honesty. Here ‘call in question’ meansâ
A) Honesty of purpose
B) Test
C) Falter
D) Challenge
Ans: D) Challenge
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Call in question’ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŽ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž Idiom, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāϰ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž (To doubt or challenge something)āĨ¤
8. ‘Approval’ may be expressed by the following interjectionâ
A) Ha!
B) Hush!
C) Bravo!
D) Hurrah!
Ans: C) Bravo!
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Bravo!’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ/āĻ āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāύ (Approval / Praise) āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ InterjectionāĨ¤ ‘Hush!’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ ‘Hurrah!’ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
9. A person on the verge of death of an illness is calledâ
A) Seriously ill
B) Terminally ill
C) Sporadically ill
D) None of these
Ans: B) Terminally ill
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧠āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāĻā§ ‘Terminally ill’ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āϰā§āώ⧠āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
10. An Endocrinologist deals with:
A) Teeth
B) Glands
C) Epidemics
D) Heart
Ans: B) Glands
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧠āϏāĻāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻšā§āϰ āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨāĻŋ (Glands) āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšāϰāĻŽā§āύāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ Endocrinologist (āĻāύā§āĻĄā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϏā§āĻ) 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hold up’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž Phrasal verb-āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĨāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž (A robbery) āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āĨ¤
12. A stoic person can:
A) Entice
B) Endure
C) Excite
D) Enable
Ans: B) Endure
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Stoic’ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ-āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻ-āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻšā§āϝ (Endure) āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
13. Do this in a short time in a …… manner.
A) Former
B) Swift
C) Brave
D) Unwise
Ans: B) Swift
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘In a short time’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧠‘Swift’ (āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰ)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ ‘Swift manner’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
14. He hinted …… some lost treasure.
A) Of
B) For
C) With
D) At
Ans: D) At
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hint’ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ Preposition āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ ‘at’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ (Hint at something = āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž)āĨ¤
15. ‘Book’ as a verb may be used withâ
A) Trousers
B) Insects
C) Ticket / Painting
D) Panting
Ans: C) Ticket / Painting
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Book’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ Verb āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž (āϝā§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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Genre’ (āĻāĻāϰāĻž) āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāϰāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϤā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āϰā§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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāĻŋ Nominative Absolute-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠Perfect Participle (Having + V3) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Stupefied’ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāϰā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻž (dazed/stunned)āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧠‘Enthused’ āĻŦāĻž ‘Encouraged’ (āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž)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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Silence’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϰ ‘Cacophony’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻļ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ (Harsh, discordant sound), āϝāĻž āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤāĨ¤
20. You had better …… permission.
A) Want
B) Ask
C) Call
D) Order
Ans: B) Ask
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Had better’ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§ Bare Infinitive (Verb-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϏ āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ ‘to’ āĻŦāϏ⧠āύāĻž) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠‘Ask permission’ (āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž) āĻāĻ āύāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
21. Who …… saw her did not pity her?
A) What
B) Which
C) That
D) Such
Ans: C) That
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Interrogative Pronoun ‘Who’ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻžāϤ⧠Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ ‘who’ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠‘that’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ/āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻž (Possessive Case) āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ ‘whose’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ “The sun, whose rays…” = āϏā§āϰā§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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Ask for’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠Relative Pronoun āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ ‘which’ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ ‘for’ āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§: “Here is the watch which you asked for”āĨ¤
24. “The singer was not in voice.” â 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘In voice’ āĻāĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāϞāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϏā§āϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻā§āĻž (In good singing condition)āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠‘was not in voice’ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϏā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
25. The idiom ‘Hand and glove’ (or ‘Hand in glove’) meansâ
A) Arrogance
B) Enemy
C) Maintain a distance
D) Intimate terms
Ans: D) Intimate terms
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Hand in glove’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻāύāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž (Very close or intimate relationship)āĨ¤
26. Select the correct synonym for ‘Clandestine’:
A) Open
B) Secret
C) Public
D) Honest
Ans: B) Secret
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Clandestine’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāύ⧠āĻā§āϤ (Kept secret or done secretively)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ ‘Secret’āĨ¤
27. What is the antonym of ‘Miserly’?
A) Generous
B) Stingy
C) Penny-pinching
D) Greedy
Ans: A) Generous
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Miserly’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϏāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧠‘Generous’ (āĻāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāύāĻļā§āϞ)āĨ¤
28. One who collects postage stamps is called aâ
A) Philatelist
B) Numismatist
C) Antiquarian
D) Somnambulist
Ans: A) Philatelist
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§ ‘Philatelist’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻā§ ‘Numismatist’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
29. Insert appropriate preposition: “She is proficient ….. English.”
A) At
B) In
C) With
D) On
Ans: B) In
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāώā§, āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠‘Proficient in’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ (āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āώāĻžāύā§āϤāϰā§, Good at āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§)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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Put out’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞ⧠āύā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠(Extinguish)āĨ¤ ‘Put off’ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž (Postpone)āĨ¤
31. The idiom ‘A bolt from the blue’ meansâ
A) An unexpected disaster / event
B) A pleasant surprise
C) A thunderbolt
D) A sky observation
Ans: A) An unexpected disaster / event
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘A bolt from the blue’ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ “āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ”-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāϤā§āϞā§āϝ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻļā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻžāĨ¤
32. A place where bees are kept is known as anâ
A) Aviary
B) Apiary
C) Aquarium
D) Sanctuary
Ans: B) Apiary
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞāύā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻā§ ‘Apiary’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻā§ ‘Aviary’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Imperative sentence (āĻāĻĻā§āĻļāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ)-āĻāϰ passive voice āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻšāϞā§: Let + Object + be + Verb-āĻāϰ Past Participle (V3)āĨ¤
34. The idiom ‘To cry wolf’ meansâ
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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘To cry wolf’ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠(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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ⧠‘Accommodation’ (āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ ‘c’ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ ‘m’ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§: 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ (Collective Noun) āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ ‘Pride’ āĻŦāϏ⧠(“A pride of lions”)āĨ¤
37. Select the synonym for ‘Obsolete’:
A) Modern
B) Outdated
C) Recent
D) Novel
Ans: B) Outdated
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Obsolete’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻā§āϞā§, āϝāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšā§ā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠‘Die of’ āĻŦāϏ⧠(āϝā§āĻŽāύ: Die of malaria/cancer)āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠‘Die from’ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
39. One who looks at the bright side of things is called anâ
A) Pessimist
B) Optimist
C) Atheist
D) Altruist
Ans: B) Optimist
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻā§ ‘Optimist’ (āĻāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϝ⧠āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ ‘Pessimist’ (āύā§āϰāĻžāĻļā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
40. The idiom ‘To burn the candle at both ends’ meansâ
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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘To burn the candle at both ends’ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϰāĻžāϤ āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āώ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Reporting verb āϝāĻĻāĻŋ Past Tense (said) āĻšā§, āϤāĻŦā§ Direct speech-āĻāϰ Present Continuous Tense āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ā§ Past Continuous Tense (was writing)-āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
42. What is the antonym of ‘Transparent’?
A) Clear
B) Opaque
C) Translucent
D) Luminous
Ans: B) Opaque
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Transparent’ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āϏāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āϰ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϞ⧠‘Opaque’ (āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Take after’ Phrasal verb-āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻāϞāύ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻž (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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠‘So that’ (āϝāĻžāϤā§) āĻ āĻŦā§āϝā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠‘may’ āĻŦāĻž ‘might’ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ (āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ⧠‘lest’ āĻŦāϏāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠‘should’ āĻŦāϏā§)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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Status quo’ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻāĻžā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž (The existing state of affairs)āĨ¤
46. Extreme fear of confined or closed spaces is calledâ
A) Hydrophobia
B) Claustrophobia
C) Acrophobia
D) Agoraphobia
Ans: B) Claustrophobia
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻā§āĻā§ ‘Claustrophobia’ (āĻā§āϞāϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āĻĢā§āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§ 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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Subject-Verb Agreement-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ ‘Each of the’-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Noun āĻĒā§āϞā§āϰāĻžāϞ (boys) āĻšāϞā§āĻ Verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ Singular (was) āĻšā§āĨ¤
48. Select the synonym for ‘Meticulous’:
A) Careless
B) Very careful / Thorough
C) Lazy
D) Hasty
Ans: B) Very careful / Thorough
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Meticulous’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻāϤāĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϝāϤā§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
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠‘Laugh at’ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻāĻŋāĻļāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
50. The idiom ‘Apple of discord’ meansâ
A) A delicious fruit
B) Cause of quarrel / dispute
C) A peace treaty
D) A valuable asset
Ans: B) Cause of quarrel / dispute
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ‘Apple of discord’ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻŽ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ” āĻŦāĻž “āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ”-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāϤā§āϞā§āϝ (Anything that causes trouble or argument)āĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāϏāĻāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
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- āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ: āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϏā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰā§āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
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