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Description: English - 4
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: English - 4 Synonyms/Meanings Error Identification Adjectives and Adverbs (Word Usage) Spellings Antonyms One Word Substitution Preposition and Conjunction Change of Voice Best Expression
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Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition out of the given options.

I don’t know how she manages to support such a large family. She has nothing ________ her pension.

  1. besides

  2. except

  3. apart from

  4. beside

  5. either ‘apart from’, ‘except’ or ‘besides’

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

After negative expressions like ‘no’, ‘nobody’ and ‘nothing’, all of these three expressions can have the same meaning. She has nothing besides / except / apart from her salary.

Directions: Choose the word that can be used in place of the given phrase. The action of speaking or reciting in a dramatic or passionate way

  1. declination

  2. declamation

  3. declaration

  4. dedication

  5. decomposition

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. The word declamation is a noun which means – the action or art of uttering or delivering words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.

Directions: Find one word that can be used in place of the given phrase: representing the perfect or most typical example

  1. quiescent

  2. quiddity

  3. queasy

  4. quintessential

  5. quest

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The word quintessential is an adjective which means – representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Directions: Choose the correct synonym for the word in bold.

MELD

  1. To soothe

  2. Merge

  3. Purchase

  4. Glisten

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Correct Option: B

Directions: The following item consists of a sentence followed by four words. Select the antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

His cheating wife has the EFFRONTERY to accuse him of being disloyal to her.

  1. Timidity

  2. Modesty

  3. Humility

  4. Arrogance

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Here, timidity is the correct antonym, as it implies someone lacking in self-assurance, courage or bravery. Modesty is the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities. Humility is the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance and arrogance is the quality of being arrogant.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into three parts labelled 1, 2 and 3. Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (4) as your answer.

He said that (1)/ he was going (2)/ to the office. (3)/ No error (4).

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Here, ‘4’ is the correct option as the sentence has no error.

Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into three parts labelled 1, 2 and 3. Select the part having an error. If there is no error, then mark (4) as your answer..

Ashok, accompanied by (1)/ his classmates, (2)/ was at the mall. (3)/ No error (4).

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Here, ‘4’ is the correct option as the sentence has no error. There is subject–verb agreement between the singular subject (Ashok) and the singular verb (was). Thus, the sentence is correct.

Directions: Choose the word with nearly the same meaning as the key phrase.

Capable of being expressed

  1. Edge

  2. Eclipse

  3. Eerie

  4. Effable

  5. Electric

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Correct Option: D

One of the four sentences given below is grammatically correct. Identify the correct sentence.

  1. This pen is hers.

  2. These boys are more lazy than those.

  3. Simran is a stronger boy.

  4. Vishal had any rice for dinner.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Lazier’; ‘strong’; ‘some’

Directions: Choose the grammatically correct option from the following:

  1. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods to their own.

  2. The teachers will be able to pay a visit to our schools and compare teaching methods for their own.

  3. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods with their own.

  4. The teachers will be able to visit our school and compare their teaching method with their own.

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Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank space in the given sentence with a conjunction or preposition from the following alternatives. You are required to select the correct word.

Human life is largely influenced ______ the physiography of the region.

  1. by

  2. from

  3. for

  4. in

  5. at

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The preposition 'by' indicates next to or along something. It is a preposition of place and is correct in this context as the sentence talks about the influence upon the human life because of the physiography of the region.

Directions: Change the voice from active to passive and select the correct option.

I saw him leaving the house.

  1. He had been seen leaving the house.

  2. He was seen to be leaving the house.

  3. Leaving the house he was seen by him.

  4. He was seen leaving the house by me.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Case of past simple tense. In such cases, we use 'was/were' with the third form of the verb.

Directions: Select the incorrectly spelled word.

  1. Secede

  2. Succede

  3. Recede

  4. Antecede

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct adjective.

She was not ________, but she wasn’t considered beautiful either.

  1. awesome

  2. appalling

  3. ugly

  4. kind

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The reference is to be of unpleasant or unsightly appearance, as opposed to being beautiful. Awesome has positive connotations (awe inspiring) and appalling means inspiring horror. Kind refers to a gentle nature.

Directions: Choose the correct synonym for the word in bold.

Lethal

  1. unhealthy

  2. fatal

  3. beneficial

  4. harmless

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, fatal is the correct synonym of lethal as it implies something that causes death. Unhealthy implies something that is harmful to health, beneficial is something that has a positive effect and harmless is something not causing or incapable of causing harm.

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