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Q1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Tide someone over
(a) Get a boat ready to cross a river or water body
(b) Ask someone for financial assistance
(c) Complete a voyage successfully
(d) Give temporary help, usually financial
Q2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Tag
(a) Syphon
(b) Pump
(c) Label
(d) Drain
Q3. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Credit card ______ has increased in recent years.
(a) fluke
(b) flake
(c) fraud
(d) freed
Q4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Anxiety
(a) Restlessness
(b) Nervousness
(c) Certainty
(d) Panic
Q5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Cadre
(b) Carnivorous
(c) Commit
(d) Calender
Q6. In the following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If there is no error, select ‘No error’.
Modern science have broken many myths about our food and diet.
(a) about our food and diet.
(b) Modern science have
(c) broken many myths
(d) No error
Q7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My neighbor was admitted to the hospital when he developed an allergic ______ to some medicine he took.
(a) retort
(b) result
(c) rejoinder
(d) reaction
Q8. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Detrimental
(a) Friendly
(b) Smart
(c) Intellectual
(d) Harmful
Q9. In these questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
A general law, rule principle or criterion by which something is judged
(a) Lacuna
(b) Canon
(c) Subservience
(d) Hiatus
Q10. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
From time immemorial there (have been friendly migration) and unfriendly onslaughts on the Kerala society, mostly through the sea.
(a) has been friendly migrations
(b) No improvement
© has been friendly migration
(d) have been friendly migrations
Q11. In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Rival fans were involved in a __________ in Kilburn High Road when windows and the interior of a pub were damaged.
(a) truce
(b) red tape
© skirmish
(d) cryosphere
Q12. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
VILIPEND
(a) Decry
(b) Exalt
© Reprobate
(d) Slur
Q13. Select the word with the correct spelling.
(a) tumulutuous
(b) umultuous
© tumultuous
(d) tumultouos
Q14. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom that has been bold.
The police cordoned off the area after the explosion.
(a) investigated thoroughly
(b) filled
© isolated
(d) checked everyone in
Q15. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The fact that he (can’t be able to) sing is known only to very few people.
(a) is not able to
(b) couldn’t be able to
© can’t able to
(d) No improvement
ANSWER
S1. Ans(d)
Sol. Given Idiom: Tide someone over means temporary help, often financial.
S2. Ans(c)
Sol. Tag– label, mark, ticket
Siphon-bleed, drain,
Pump-jog,
S3. Ans(c)
Sol. The most appropriate word to be filled in the blank is ‘fraud‘.
The word ‘fraud’ means an act of cheating somebody in order to get money, etc. illegally.
S4. Ans(c)
Sol. The given word ‘Anxiety‘ means a feeling of worry or fear, especially about the future.
‘Restlessness’ means the inability to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.
‘Nervousness’ means the quality or state of being nervous.
‘Certainty’ means something that is sure to happen.
‘Panic’ means a sudden feeling of fear that cannot be controlled and stops you from thinking clearly.
S5. Ans(d)
Sol. Let us explore the options:
Carnivorous: means (of an animal) feeding on other animals.
Calendar: There is no such word in English or we can say that there is some spelling mistake in this word.The correct spelling is ‘Calendar’ and it means a list that shows the days, weeks, and months of a particular year.
Cadre: a small group of people who are specially chosen and trained for a particular purpose.
Commit: to make a definite agreement or promise to do something.
S6. Ans(b)
Sol. In the given sentence, the plural form of the verb ‘’have’’ is incorrect. The noun ‘science’ in the given sentence is an uncountable noun, we know the uncountable nouns always take singular verbs. Therefore, the singular form of the verb ‘’has’’ should be used in place of the plural form ‘have’.
S7. Ans(d)
Sol. The most appropriate word to be filled in the blank is ‘reaction’. The word ‘reaction’ means a bad effect that your body experiences because of something that you have eaten, touched, or breathed.
S8. Ans(d)
Sol. Detrimental: means causing harm or damage.
Let’s see the meaning of other given options:
Friendly means helpful to somebody or something; not harmful to something.
Smart means (used about a person) having a clean and tidy appearance.
Harmful means causing harm.
Intellectual means connected with a person’s ability to think in a logical way and to understand things.
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘There’ takes verb according to the subsequent part ahead of it. Here plural clause after conjunction ‘and’ suggests that prior clause also should be in plural.
Hence the correct sentence is ‘From time immemorial there have been friendly migrations and unfriendly onslaughts on the Kerala society, mostly through the sea.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Red tape: excessive bureaucracy or adherence to official rules and formalities.
Skirmish: a minor short-term fight.
Cryosphere is the frozen water part of the Earth system.
Hence option C fits in the context.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Vilipend: to hold or treat as of little worth or account.
Decry: publicly denounce.
Exalt: think or speak very highly of.
Reprobate: express of feel disapproval of.
Slur: speak indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another.
Hence Vilipend and Exalt are antonyms to each other.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. Tumultuous means making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Cordon off: to restrict access to a particular area by using a rope, tape, or other means.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘is not able to’ in place of ‘can’t be able to’. Modal ‘can’ doesn’t take ‘able’ with it as ‘can’ already implies the ability of the subject.
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