WBCS 2010 English Priliminary

WBCS 2010 English Priliminary

1. Choose the right alternative from the options given below :      

Agourmet loves ———.    

(A) Fashion    

 

(B) Action    

(C) Food     

(D) Films

Direction for Question Nos. 2 and 3

Fill in the blanks in the sentences choosing the most meaningful alternetive from the ones supplied :

2. The ——— of the place attracts many ascetics.   

(A) Quietness     

(B) Silebce    

(C) Quietude    

(D) Soundlessness

3. The street in not properly ———— .

(A) Illumed      

(B)Illumind    

(C) Illuminated       

(D) Enlightened

4. Choose the right alternative from the options given :

     A man with an irrationally fixed idea is called ————

(A) An eccentric      

(B) A maniac     

(C) A manikin     

(D) A phobic

Direction for Question Nos. 5 to 7

Fill in the blank with the correct alternative from the ones supplied :

5. A man in the charge of farming and nurturing animals is called ————.  

(A) A ploughman    

(B) A farmer    

(C) Afirm-manager     

(D) A husbands man

6. Lachrymose nature means ———— 

(A) Lethargic    

(B) Prone to anger    

(C) Prone to tear     

(D) Energetic

7. The man who follows his nose actually follows his ———— .

(A) Passion     

(B) Rationality      

(C) Instinct      

(D) Memory

8. Choose the correct alternative from the ones supplied :

     Detect where the adjective "public" is used in a derogatory sense :

(A) Public house      

(B) Public Woman    

(C) Public servant    

(D) Public speech

9. Choose the right word from the allaternative to complete the sentence idomatically :

     A clever man sweeps his family scandals under the ——— .

(A) Ground     

(B) Floor     

(C) Capet      

(D) Grave-stone

10. Fill in the blank with correct word to make the sentence meaningful :

      It is usual nowadays to blow one's own ———— to impress others.

(A) Horn     

(B) Trumpet     

(C) Drum    

(D) Band

Direction for Question Nos. 11 and 12

Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition :

11.  

(A) Doggish — Canine   

(B) Manly — Virile  

(C) Divine — Infernal     

(D) Earthly — Terrestrial

12.

(A) Pedant —— Pedagogic   

(B) Humid —— Arid

(C) Erroneous —— Faulty    

(D) Horrible —— Horrendous

Direction for Questions Nos. 13 and 14

Choose the word from the list which is nearest in menaing to the underlined part of the sentence :

13. Hike in oil price may mar the future of the trade world .

(A) Harness    

(B) Help    

(C) Better     

(D) Worsen

14. The separation from a lover fills one's mind with blues.

(A) sadness    

(B) Romanticism    

(C) Nostalgia      

(D) Colourfulness

15. Choose the correct alternative from the options to fill in the blanks:

      ' In the time of danger, we should try to take the bull by the horns ' means "In the time of danger we should try to ——— "  

(A) Surmount it   

(B) Face the situation boldly    

(C) Overcome it    

( D) Control ourselves

16. 'We are superior to everybody else' is the apt utterance of a / an

(A) egoist     

(B) pacitifist     

(C) anarchist     

(D) chauvinist

17. " To give a dog a bad name " means

(A) it is very difficult to destroy the 

reputation of a loyal person

(B) it is very difficult it lose a bad reputation  

(C) it is very difficult to earn a good reputation in a bad company  

(D) it is very difficultto both be loyal and do something that jeopardizes self-reputation.

18. The prospect of her marriage is remote.

    The opposite of 'remote', in this sentence, would be

(A) high    

(B) less    

(C) far     

(D) near

19. Fill in the blank with the right word :

      A lame duck organization is one which needs ___________. 

(A) authoity    

(B) staff    

(C) power   

(D) support

20. A manicurist takes care of

(A) foot    

(B) ear    

(C) nails     

(D) mind

21. A duck is a bird, but to duck is

(A) to feel shy    

(B) to refuse    

(C) to abandon   

(D) to avoid

22. Insert the appropriate pheasal verb in the blank below and make the sentence meaningful :

      This evidence ———— with what one already knows.

(A) ties in    

(B) sets in    

(C) gives in    

(D) goes down

23. The specialist who handles problems in the human body related to bones is a / an

(A) Orthodontist     

(B) Osteopath    

(C) podiatrist    

(D) Oncologist

24. Baptism of fire means

(A) a fire fighting act    

(B) a bad beginning in the first job 

(C) a diffcult intorduction to an experience  

(D) a religious experience

25. A pugilist is a

(A) boxer     

(B) swimmer    

(C) athlete     

(D) weight-lifter

Answer 

1C, 2B, 3C, 4A, 5B

6C, 7C, 8B, 9C, 10B

11C, 12B, 13D, 14A, 15B

16A, 17B, 18D, 19D, 20C

21A, 22A, 23B, 24C, 25A

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