WBCS 2016 English Priliminary
WBCS 2016 English Priliminary
1. The expression 'to take stock of ' means :
(A) To question
(B) To argue
(C) To survey
(D) To manipulate
2. 'Mellifluous' means :
(A) Sweet-sounding
(B) Cacophonic
(C) Loud
(D) Irritating
3. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word :
This is the ____ Post Office to my house.
(A) Farthest
(B) Next
(C) Nearest
(D) Closest
4. Put in a correct participle in the blanks space.
The sea ____ , we went for sail.
(A) Being rough
(B) Disturbed
(C) Being kind
(D) Being smooth
5. Fill in the blanks with relative pronoun :
He is here, _____ is fortunate.
(A) Who
(B) Whose
(C) Which
(D) That
6. Edmund Burke had a wonderful gift of the gap.
Gift of the gap means :
(A) Intelligence
(B) Humanity
(C) Eloquence
(D) Goodness
7. In a moment of hurry, the files have been -------- by Hamilton. (Insert correct phrasal verb)
(A) Cast about
(B) Cast out
(C) Cast up
(D) Cast aside
8. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate participle.
Weather _____ , there will be a garden party at Government House tomorrow.
(A) Allowing
(B) Permitting
(C) Happening
(D) Favourable
9. Fill in the blank with a suitable word :
I can't walk any______
(A) Farther
(B) Further
C) Distance
(D) Far
10. Fill in the blank with appropriate participle.
The _____ door awakened the dog.
(A) Creaking
(B) Old
(C) New
(D) Waving
11. Insert proper preposition in the sentence.
I prevailed _____ him to join our group.
(A) On
(B) Upon
(C) Beside
(D) Along with
12. 'Surprise' may be expressed by the following interjection :
(A) Hush !
(B) Alas !
(C) Ha !
(D) Bravo !
13. An ophthalmologist deals with :
(A) Kidney
(B) Liver
(C) Eyes
(D) Heart
14. Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space :
She ____ sit for hours listening to the wireless.
(A) Will
(B) Would
(C) Can
(D) Could
15. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
The crew were _____ the ship for a month.
(A) On board
(B) Aboard
(C) On
(D) Off
16. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below :
People responded to the leader's speech with shouts of ecstasy.
(A) Despondency
(B) Despair
(C) Disagreement
(D) Displeasure
17. Fill in the blank with an infinitive :
_____ is worth ambition.
(A) To borrow
(B) To reign
(C) To repent
(D) To cry
18. Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below :
Quintessential.
(A) Most typical example
(B) Most wanted thing
(C) Most popular
(D) Most utilized
19. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below :
There's no love lost between them.
(A) Avoid
(B) Not on good terms
(C) Challenge
(D) Quarrel
20. Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below :
The belief in witchcraft is losing ground.
(A) Becoming less acceptable
(B) Becoming popular
(C) Becoming powerful
(D) Losing principle
21. Memorabilia refers to :
(A) Memorable things
(B) Memories of war
(C) Memories of objects collected because of their links with people or events.
(D) Memories of the past
22. Choose an expression similar in meaning to the underlined word ;
A misanthrope is a person who
(A) Dislikes women
(B) Dislikes other people
(C) Dislikes children
(D) Dislikes nature
23. Fill in the blank with the correct word of expression :
He talked to his horse ____ the horse could understand his grief.
(A) As though
(B) With a feeling that
(C) Feeling that
(D) Assuming
24. Choose an expression similar in meaning to the word underlined below :
Imbroglio
(A) Cacophony
(B) Confession
(C) A confused situation
(D) Candid admission
25. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below :
The appearance of the stranger was forbidding.
(A) Warm
(B) Kind
(C) Friendly
(D) Amiable
Answers
1C, 2A, 3C, 4D, 5C
6C, 7D, 8B, 9B, 10A
11A, 12C, 13C, 14B, 15A
16D, 17B, 18A, 19B, 20A
21C, 22A, 23A, 24C, 25D
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