Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz on Vocabulary and Sentence Completion based problems.
In each of the following question four words are given to which two words are most nearly the opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of the correct letter combination, by darkening the appropriate oval in your answer sheet.
- (A) Abundance (B) Incomparable
(C) Projection (D) Plethora
(A) 1 – 3
(B) 1 – 2
(C) 3 – 4
(D) 2 – 4
(E) 1 – 4
- (A) Consent (B) Nascent
(C) Emerging (D) Insecure
(A) 1 – 3
(B) 2 – 4
(C) 2 – 3
(D) 1 – 4
(E) 1 – 2
- (A) Elated (B) Eccentric
(C) Explicit (D) Abnormal
(A) 1 – 2
(A) 2 – 4
(C) 1 – 3
(D) 1 – 4
(E) 1 – 2
- (A) Germane (B) Generate
(C) Reliable (D) Irrelevant
(A) 2– 4
(A) 2– 3
(C) 1– 2
(D) 3– 4
(E) 4– 3
- (A) Purposefully (A) Inaccurately
(C) Inadvertently (D) Unchangeably
(A) 1– 3
(A) 1– 2
(C) 2– 3
(D) 2– 4
(E) 1– 4
Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence? If none of the sentences is appropriate, mark (E) is, ‘None of the above as the answer.
- Overlooking the fact that water scarcity intensifies during summer,………….
(A) The government issued guidelines to all builders to limit their consumption to acceptable limits
(B) Provision for rainwater harvesting has been made to aid irrigation in drought prone areas
(C) The water table did not improve even after receiving normal monsoon in the current year
(D) Many residential areas continue to use swimming pools, wasting large quantities of water
(E) None of the above
- Refuting the rationale behind frequent agitations for formation of separate states, a recent report……………
(A) Proved that such agitations result in loss of government property
(B) Indicated that the formation at small states does not necessarily improve the economy
(C) Suggested that only large scale agitations have been effective in bringing out desired change in the past
(D) Recommended dividing large state into smaller ones to improve reverence
(E) None of the above
- Achieving equality for women is not only a laudable goal,………………….
(A) Political reforms are also neglected preventing women from entering legislatures and positions of power
(B) The problem is also deep rooted in the society and supported by it
(C) Their empowerment is purposefully hampered by people with vested interests in all sections of the society
(D) It is also equally difficult to achieve and maintain for a long term
(E) None of the above
- He has lost most of his life’s earning in the stock market but…………..
(A) He still seems to be leading his life luxuriously and extravagantly
(B)He could not save enough to repay his enormous debts
(C) Stock market is not a safe option to invest money unless done with caution
(D) Experts have been suggesting avoiding investments in stock market because of its unpredictable nature
(E) None of the above
- ………………..or else they would not keep electing him year after year.
(A) The party leader game a strong message to the mayor for improve his political style
(B) Owing to numerous scandals against the mayor, he was told to resign from the post immediately
(C) The mayor threatened the residents against filing a complaint against him
(D) The residents must really be impressed with the political style of their mayor
(E) None of the above
Regards
Team EP
