Enhance your English skills with these carefully curated practice questions. This set focuses on improving grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension. Designed to help you succeed in exams like WBCS, CGL/CHSL/MTS & WBP/KP Constable, and more!
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who walks in their sleep
(A) Egomaniac (B) Hypochondriac
(C) Misogynist (D) Somnambulist
2. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The book which I borrowed from the library was very interesting.
(A) which I have borrow (B) that I borrowed
(C) which I am borrowed (D) whom I borrowed
3. In the given sentence, a blank is given indicating that something is missing. From the given four options, choose the one that provides the correct word to be filled in the blank, thereby making the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Bangalore lost many of its lakes, which were considered to be ________ breeding grounds for malaria.
(A) filthy (B) daring
(C) tiresome (D) imbecile
4. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Rituals celebrating the overflowing of lakes during the monsoon by paying _______ to the lake goddess kept the importance of lakes.
(A) dread (B) orthodoxy
(C) homage (D) plenitude
5. Select the correctly spelled word.
(A) accomplish (B) glourious
(C) overseas (D) investigate
6. In the following question, four different spellings of a word are given, out of which only one is correct. Find the correctly spelled word.
(A) predicament (B) predecament
(C) predicement (D) predicamante
7. In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Select the option containing the error as your answer.
A major draw will take place next month (A)/ and anyone whom joins in June (B)/ will be eligible for all prizes. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
8. In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Select the option containing the error as your answer.
Yoga reduces anxiety, promotes (A)/ mental well-being, and helps people (B)/ connect with the planet, which is very much need today. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
9. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
One who flatters those in power
(A) melophile (B) eloquent
(C) miscreantt (D) sycophant
10. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Call the shots
(A) to follow rules
(B) to achieve a lot of success in a short time
(C) to make the important decisions
(D) to give up
- Answer: (D)
The correct one-word substitute for a person who walks in their sleep is “Somnambulist”. Thus, D is the right answer.
Hypochondriac: A person who is abnormally anxious about their health.
Misogynist: A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
Egomaniac: A person who is obsessively self-centred or self-important.
- Answer: (B)
The correct relative pronoun to use in this context is “that” instead of “which” as it joins an essential clause. Additionally, since the action of borrowing has already been completed, the past tense “I borrowed” is appropriate. Thus, B is the correct substitution.
The highlighted phrase is incorrect as WHICH is used to join non-essential clauses. A is incorrect as the past participle BORROWED should follow the helping verb HAVE. C is incorrect as AM BORROWED denotes the passive voice, while the sentence is in active voice. D is incorrect because WHOM is used for people, not objects.
- Answer: (A)
We need an adjective to modify the noun BREEDING GROUNDS. FILTHY (dirty) will fit here contextually as the sentence talks about how the lakes in Bangalore were considered to be dirty breeding grounds for malaria. Thus, A is the right answer.
Daring – bold. Tiresome – exhausting; annoying. Imbecile – foolish.
- Answer: (C)
We need a noun to form the object of the verb PAYING. HOMAGE (honour; respect) will fit here as the sentence tells us how the rituals aimed to honour the lake goddess. Thus, C is the right answer.
The remaining options are contextually incorrect.
Dread – intense fear. Orthodoxy – authorised or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice. Plenitude – abundance.
- Answer: (C)
The correctly spelled word is OVERSEAS (abroad). Thus, C is the right answer.
The correct spellings of the other words are:
ACCOMPLISH – achieve. GLORIOUS – wonderful. INVESTIGATE – examine.
- Answer: (A)
The correct spelling of the word is PREDICAMENT (a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation). Thus, A is the right answer.
- Answer: (B)
In B, replace the object pronoun WHOM with the subject pronoun WHO as it forms the subject of the verb JOINS. Thus, B is the right answer.
- Answer: (C)
The error is in part C of the sentence. The base verb NEED should be replaced with its past participle form NEEDED, as the passive voice structure IS + VERB takes the past participle form of the verb.
Thus, C is the right answer.
- Answer: (D)
Some who flatters those in power is known as a sycophant. Thus, D is the right answer.
Melophile – one who loves music. Eloquent – expressive in the use of words. Miscreant – one who creates trouble.
- Answer: (C)
The idiom CALL THE SHOTS means to make important decisions. Thus, C is the right answer.
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