Directions (1-3): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Q1. Bad habits must be (nipped at the bud)
(a) nipped off the bud
(b) nipped in the bud
(c) nipped on the bud
(d) No Improvement
Q2. Let us (partake) a meal before we start.
(a) partake of
(b) partake off
(c) partake in
(d) No Improvement
Q3. There is a dearth of (woman doctor) in our state. We shall have to recruit some from the other states.
(a) women doctor
(b) woman doctors
(c) women doctors
(d) No Improvement
Directions (4-6): Out of the four alternatives, choose that best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q4. MIDGET
(a) Immense
(b) Minute
(c) Separate
(d) Collaborate
Q5. DISMAL
(a) Pitiful
(b) Rise
(c) Ascend
(d) Fade
Q6. SQUALID
(a) Moral
(b) Sordid
(c) Tenet
(d) Disbelief
Directions (7-9): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Q7. TREMULOUS
(a) Healthy
(b) Steady
(c) Obese
(d) Young
Q8. ELUDE
(a) Dodge
(b) Support
(c) Thwart
(d) Flee
Q9. CONTEMPTUOUS
(a) Respected
(b) Derisive
(c) Haughty
(d) Expedite
Directions (10-12): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q10. A rift in the lute
(a) not open to the public
(b) die while still working
(c) take a turn for the better
(d) bring about disharmony
Q11. Cushy job
(a) financially comfortable job
(b) hectic job
(c) unimportant task
(d) impossible job
Q12. On the brink of
(a) to be alert
(b) to be near to
(c) not at all
(d) occasionally
Directions (13-15): Five words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
Q13.
(a) Moetiff
(b) Motiff
(c) Mottiff
(d) Motif
Q14.
(a) Humorresque
(b) Humoresque
(c) Humoresquie
(d) Humuoresque
Q15.
(a) Eloqeuence
(b) Eloquence
(c) Eloquencie
(d) Eloquaence
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.B
5.A
6.B
7.B
8.B
9.A
10.D
11.A
12.B
13.D
14.B
15.B
