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Thursday, April 9, 2015

General English (Error Detection) 2

Find out from the following which part of the sentence has an error if sentence is correct then choose last option no error.

Q-1 The news (a)/ on Mumbai Attack (b)/ by the Terrorist(c)/ were sensational. (d)/No Error (e)

Q-2 As an actor (a)/ Shah Rukhan is (b) /superior than (c)/ Akshay kumar (d)/ No Error(e)

Q-3 Of Amir Khan and (a)/ Mrs Pritibha Patil (b)/ the former is a Hollywood actor (c)/ and the later is President of India (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-4 Sunita is one of (a)/ that candidates that (b)/ have appeared for (c)/ NDA Written Exam (d) /No Error(e)

Q-5 The General Manager (a)/ with his staff (b)/ members have come (c)/ to attend meeting (d)/ No error(e)

Q-6 The investigated committee (a)/ have submitted (b)/ the investigation (c)/ report to their Senior (d)/No Error(e)

Q-7 Ramesh discussed (a)/ about the problem (b)/ with his friends (c)/ yesterday (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-8 My friends use to (a)/ meet me (b)/ daily when (c)/ I was in Kolkata (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-9 My brother’s performance (a)/ this year is good as (b)/that of last year (c)/ if not better (d)/ No Error(e)

Q-10 The national (a)/ sceneries of (b)/ Kashmir are (c)/ enamouring (d)/ No Error (e)

Q11 Suresh was (a)/ More intelligent than (b)/ either of (c)/ his friends (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-12 Our Uncle (a)/ told us that (b)/ The Sun rose (c)/ in the east (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-13 His father’s orally (a)/ statement is (b)/ different from his (c)/ written statement (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-14 Shilakha (a) not only lost his (b)/ Purse but his (c)/ Suitcase also (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-15 Niharika reached (a)/ slightly latter (b)/ than the (c)/ scheduled time (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-16 My father will (a)/ go to Shimla (b)/ during winter (c)/ vacations (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-17 I will have (a)/ finished my work (b)/ before you have (c)/ reached his place (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-18 We seldom (a)/ or ever saw (b)/ her working (c)/ in the kitchen (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-19 Suresh said his (a)/ brother that (b)/ he will go to (c)/ the exhibition (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-20 In an accident (a)/ Not only the passengers (b)/ but also the driver (c)/ were hurt (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-21 Sonika’s friends will (a)/ dine at (b)/ Raman’s house (c)/ this evening (d)/ No Error (e)
Q-22 The woman (a)/ who you held (b)/ in high esteem (c)/ is a Pick- Pocket (d)/ No Error (e)
Q-23 We don’t find (a)/ any explanation to (b) what the woman has to suffer (c)/ for no fault of hers (d)/ No Error (e)
Q-24 She give them (a)/ instruction as to (b)/ how they should pour (c)/ the water on her (d)/ No Error (e)

Q-25 This story relates (a)/ to the time why (b)/ the country was partitioned and(c)/ Pakistan was created (d)/ No Error (e)

Answers with Reasons:

1(d) Replace ‘Were’ by ‘was’
2(c) Replace ‘than’ by ‘to’
3(d) Replace ‘later’ by ‘latter’
4(b) Replace ‘that’ by ‘those’
6(c) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’
7(b) Remove about
8(a) Replace ‘use’ by ‘used’
9(b) Add ‘as before good
10(b) Replace ‘Sceneries’ by ‘Scenery’
11(c) Replace ‘either’ by ‘anyone’
12(c) Replace ‘rose’ by ‘rises’
13(a) Replace ‘orally’ by ‘oral’
14(b) The correct sequence is ‘lost not only’
15(b) Replace ‘latter’ by ‘later’
16(d) Replace ‘vacations’ by ‘vacation’
17(c) Replace ‘have reached’ by ‘reach’
18(b) Replace ‘ever’ by ‘never’
19(c) Replace ‘will’ by ‘would’
20(d) Replace ‘Were’ by ‘was’
21(c) Remove ‘house’
22(b) Replace ‘who’ by ‘whom’
23(c) Replace ‘what’ by ‘why’
24(a) Replace ‘give’ by ‘gave’
25(c) Replace ‘why’ by ‘when’

Error Detection

Find out which part of the sentence has an error or not.

Q-1 Dr. Rajinder Parsad were (a)/ the first President (b)/ of India (c)/after independence (d)/ No error (e)

Q-2 I see a Lion (a)/ in the forest (b)/ I am so frighten (c)/ and never go to the forest (d)/ No error (e)

Q-3 Ram has a (a)/ very beautiful toy (b)/ and the toy are (c)/ made of marble (d)/ No error (e)

Q-4 Sohan is very honest (a)/ He is a man (b)/ of his (c)/ Word (d)/ No error (e)

Q-5 Sham’s train is late (a)/ so he left (b)/ his luggages at (c)/ the railway station (d)/ No error (e)

Q-6 The Jury is (a)/ divided in (b)/ their opinions (c)/ No error (d)

Q-7 He was played (a) / at a table and (b)/ a bowl of hot soup (c)/ is set before him (d)/ No error (e)

Q-8 Many men & women is so money minded (a)/ that they do not undertake (b)/ any series work (c)/ that does not pay (d)/ No error (e)

Q-9 We needed to have (a)/ very more bigger supplies (b)/ of energy than (c)/ we have now (d)/ No error (e)
Q-10 By taming the atom (a)/ we shall be able to (b)/ make a better word (c)/ for everyone (d)/ No error (e)
Q-11 Old, so terribly old that(a)/ she could not has grown older (b)/ and had stayed at the (c)/ same age for twenty years (d)/ No error (e)

Q-12 Actually, for him the development (a)/ of the Indian in to a free man (b)/ was most important than (c)/ freedom of India (d)/ No error (e)

Q-13 Some of the most (a)/ miserable persons I have (b)/ come across in my life (c)/ is the rich people (d)/ No error.

Q-14 The warrior was once (a)/ asked to save the neighbouring people (b)/ from a tiger (c)/ when killed cattle (d)/ No error(e).

Q-15 That is a job (a)/ in what everybody (b)/ must participate (c)/ including the scientist (d)/ No error(e).

Q-16 There are many families (a)/ of five or six persons (b)/ whom live in (c)/ a single room (d)/ No error (e)

Q-17 Science merely reflects the social (a)/ forces by (b)/ whom it is (c)/ surrounded (d)/ No error (e)

Q-18 The few people (a)/ live in luxury (b)/ whereas majority of them cannot get (c)/ the bore necessities of life (d)/ No error (e)

Q-19 We can attain (a)/ freedom of (b)/ making supreme sacrifices (c)/ of our lives (d)/ No error (e)

Q-20 The average life (a)/ span of man (b)/ at earth has been (c)/ greatly increased (d)/ No error (e)

Q-21 Man becomes a little (a)/ creator which he (b)/ is relieved from the other (c)/ for physical safety (d)/ No error (e)

Q-22 Many boys and girls at a younger age (a)/ are likely to be (b)/ in the habit of stealing (c)/ neglecting its studies (d)/ No error (e)

Q-23 A youth achieves success (a)/ in life on toiling (b)/ hard and after (c)/ undergoing rigorous training (d)/ No error (e)

Q-24 The men who are noble (a)/ at heart do not lose (b)/ these qualities even (c)/ by losing its live (d)/ No error (e)

Q-25 To live for the sake (a)/ of mere living his life (b)/ is to live the life (c)/ of dogs and crows (d)/ No error (e)

Answers with Explanation


1. (a) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’
2. (a) Replace ‘see’ by ‘saw’
3. (c) Replace ‘are’ by ‘is’
4. (d) Replace ‘word’ by ‘words’
5. (c) Replace ‘luggages’ by ‘luggage’
6. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’
7. (c) Replace ‘is’ by ‘was’
8. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’
9. (b) Replace ‘more’ by ‘much’
10(b) Replace ‘shall’ by ‘should’
11(b) Replace ‘has’ by ‘have’
12(c) Replace ‘most’ by ‘more’
13(d) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’
14(d) Replace ‘when’ by ‘which’
15(b) Replace ‘what’ by ‘which’
16(c) Replace ‘whom’ by ‘who’
17(c) Replace ‘whom’ by ‘which’
18(a) Replace ‘The few’ by ‘A few’
19(b) Replace ‘of’ by ‘by’
20(c) Replace ‘at’ by ‘on’
21(b) Replace ‘which’ by ‘when’
22(d) Replace ‘its’ by ‘their’
23(b) Replace ‘on’ by ‘by’
24(d) Replace ‘its’ by ‘their’
25(b) Replace ‘his’ by ‘one’s’

Antonyms Test

Antonyms Test

Find Out correct option from the following four option:

Q-1 Foul
(a) Fair (b) Tease
(c) Native (d) Strong

Q-2 Future
(a) Stale (b) Past
(c) Hostile (d) Empty

Q-3 Hate
(a) Joy (b) Loss
(c) Love (d) Rough

Q-4 Horizontal
(a) Depth (b) Low
(c) Hell
(d) Perpendicular

Q-5 Hypocrisy
(a) Sincerity (b) Solid
(d) Miss (d) Soft

Q-6 Important
(a) Ripe (b) Busy
(c) Lawful (d) Trivial

Q-7 Inside
(a) Outside (b) Exotic
(c) Proof (d) Harsh

Q-8 Lament
(a) Forbid (b) Rejoice
(c) Earnest (d) Scaly

Q-9 Longing
(a) Assets (b) Detest
(c) Aversion (d) Early

Q-10 Maximum
(a) Minimum (b) Halt
(c) Undo (d) Beast

Q-11 Neighboring
(a) Little (b) Distant
(C) Plus (d) Subject

Q-12 One
(a) Divide (b) Include
(c) Off (d) Utilize

Q-13 Part
(a) Diffident (b) Everything
(c) Artificial (d) Occupy

Q-14 Piece
(a) Whole (b) Rival
(c) Reject (d) Total

Q-15 Preface
(a) Pain (b) Epilogue
(c) Theory (d) Worthless

Q-16 Profess
(a) Beggar (b) Final
(c) Repudiate (d) Successor

Q-17 Quixotic
(a) Public (b) Permit
(c) Absolve (d) Van

Q-18 Respect
(a) Contempt (b) Docile
(c) Reduce (d) Eager

Q-19 Same
(a) Urbane (b) Different
(c) Polite (d) Smooth
Q-20 Sharp
(a) Smile (b) Reason
(c) Blunt (d) Gather
Q-21 Soar
(a) Joy (b) Firm
(c) Wake (d) Glare

Q-22 Spare
(a) Sweet (b) Ample
(c) Reap (d) Partial

Q-23 Stationery
(a) Body (b) Save
(c) Mobile (d) Listless

Q-24 Straight
(a) Crooked (b) Calm
(d) Insipid (d) General

Q-25 Top
(a) Thin (b) Bottom
(c) Pupil (d) Causal


ANSWER :-

1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 a
6 d
7 a
8 b
9 c
10 a
11 b
12 c
13 d
14 a
15 b
16 c
17 d
18 a
19 b
20 c
21 a
22 b
23 c
24 a
25 b

General English 2

General English
Find word Meaning

Q-1 Discomfit
(a) Put to rout
(b) Weird
(c) Fault finding
(d) None

Q-2 Disgruntle
(a) Width
(b) Make discounted
(c) Sorrowful
(d) Deluge

Q-3 Dismember
(a) A covering
(b) Carnal
(c) Cut into small
(d) None

Q-4 Dispersion
(a) Surrender
(b) Fault finding
(c) Good- fellowship
(d) Scattering

Q-5 Dissonance
(a) Discord
(b) Jolly
(c) Mayan
(d) None

Q-6 Diurnal
(a) Rich red
(b) Daily
(c) Corpse
(d) None

Q-7 divest
(a) Definite
(b) Rank
(c) Strip
(d) Heat

Q-8 Doff
(a) Any evil
(b) Map
(c) Hesitate
(d) Take off

Q-9 Domicile
(a) Quack
(b) Home
(c) Thrifty
(d) None

Q-10 Drone
(a) Trade
(b) Title
(c) Ideal person
(d) None

Q-11 Dubious
(a) Doubtful
(b) Highway
(c) Distortion
(d) None

Q-12 Dyspeptic
(a) Stadium
(b) Suffering from indigestion
(c) Talk dully
(d) Drunken revel

Q-13 Ecclesiastic
(a) One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society
(b) Serious
(c) Pertaining to Church
(d) Great waterfall

Q-14 Educe
(a) Leopard
(b) A hurling machine
(c) Figured fabric
(d) Elicit

Q-15 Efface
(a) Rub out
(b) Probable
(c) Parade
(d) None

Q-16 Effigy
(a) An Advocate
(b) Dummy
(c) Vexation
(d) Mythical figure

Q-17 Egotism
(a) Thought
(b) Discord
(c) Vanity
(d) None

Q-18 Elision
(a) Chief
(b) Vexation
(c) Enigma
(d) Relating to paradise

Q-19 Eminent
(a) Lofty
(b) Quality
(C) Watchful
(d) None

Q-20 Encomiastic
(a) Hem
(b) Praising
(c) Fan
(d) Discipline

Q-21 Encumber
(a) Simple Song
(b) Partner
(c) Burden
(d) None

Q-22 Endorse
(a) Rude
(b) Calamity
(c) Occurs
(d) Support

Q-23 Enigma
(a) Puzzle
(b) Baffle
(c) Quack
(d) None

Q-24 Enunciate
(a) Digestive
(b) Speak distinctly
(c) Loud
(d) Frankness

Q-25 Epoch
(a) Period of time
(b) Thrifty
(c) Slow gallop
(d) None

Answers: 

1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 a
6 b
7 c
8 d
9 b
10 c
11 a
12 b
13 c
14 d
15 a
16 b
17 c
18 d
19 a
20 b
21 c
22 d
23 a
24 b
25 a

General English by Nirmal Rana

General English
Word Meaning

From the following which is the correct option from the given four alternatives.
Q-1 Zenith
(a) To cry in pain
(b) Summit
(c) Agreed
(d) Twist

Q-2 Xenophobia
(a) To hail
(b) Agitation
(c) Fear
(d) Yielded

Q-3 Wraith
(a) Table land
(b) Carnal
(c) Fake
(d) Ghost

Q-4 Wither
(a) Shrivel
(b) Initiator
(c) Made
(d) None

Q-5 Wily
(a) A sophist
(b) Artful
(c) Bias
(d) Glib

Q-6 Whelp
(a) Dog
(b) Completed
(c) Practicability
(d) None

Q-7 Wean
(a) Political Leader
(b) Having a pale
(c) Political Party
(d) Accustom a baby not to nurse

Q-8 Warble
(a) Sing
(b) Darling
(c) Hesitate
(d) None

Q-9 Wallow
(a) Surplus
(b) Pain
(c) Roll in
(d) Gay

Q-10 Vulnerable
(a) Trade
(b) Susceptible
(c) Female fox
(d) None

Q-11 Volition
(a) Contract
(b) Highway
(c) Act of making a conscious choice
(d) Like a Fox

Q-12 Vituperative
(a) To conduct
(b) To educate
(c) To respect
(d) Scolding

Q-13 Virtual
(a) In essence
(b) Result
(c) Unbecoming
(d) None

Q-14 Viand
(a) Leopard
(b) Food
(c) God eater
(d) Cast down

Q-15 Vernacular
(a) Rudeness
(b) Admire
(c) Unbecoming
(d) None of these

Q-16 Valor
(a) Contestant
(b) Bravery
(c) Paragraph
(d) None

Q-17 Vacuous
(a) Empty
(b) Secretly
(c) Support
(d) Break

Q-18 Upshot
(a) To respect
(b) Outcome
(c) Unsubstantial
(d) None

Q-19 Unruly

(a) Lawless
(b) Modest
(C) To feel jealous of
(d) None

Q-20 Unilateral
(a) Distant
(b) One-sided
(c) To snub
(d) A turbulent

Q-21 Uncouth
(a) Clumsy
(b) A farm tip cart
(c) Swollen
(d) None

Q-22 Ukase
(a) Pertain
(b) Office decree
(c) Respect
(d) None

Q-23 Turnkey
(a) Quality
(b) Jailer
(c) Occurs
(d) Word for word

Q-24 Tumult
(a) Sticky
(b) Food
(c) Scold
(d) Riot

Q-25 Trope
(a) Figure of speech
(b) Sap
(c) To put into words
(d) Not earthly


Answers:

1 b
2 c
3 d
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 d
8 a
9 c
10 b
11 c
12 d
13 a
14 b
15 d
16 b
17 a
18 b
19 a
20 b
21 a
22 b
23 b
24 d
25 a

Word Power


Word Power

Q-1 Ha
(a) Joy (b) Poverty
(c) Sport (d) Rich

Q-2 Habit
(a) Permanent (b) Dress
(c) Annoy (d) Rank

Q-3 Habitually
(a) Sharp (b) A talent
(c) Customarily (d) Cloy

Q-4 Habitude
(a) Hairy (b) Shrink
(c) Brisk (d) Custom

Q-5 Hackle
(a) Artificial (b) Start
(c) Small (d) Might

Q-6 Hackneyed
(a) A pigeon (b) Curse
(c) Trite (d) Please

Q-7 Hades
(a) Faulty (b) The lower world
(c) Full (d) Trouble

Q-8 Haft
(a) Curing (b) Ability
(c) Solid (d) Dagger

Q-9 Hag
(a) A witch (b) Doubt
(c) Sacred (d) Pastime

Q-10 Haggle
(a) Grab (b) To dispute
(c) Raid (d) Color

Q-11 Halcyon
(a) To sink (b) To deprive
(c) A kingfisher (d) Cold

Q-12 Hale
(a) Showy (b) Robust
(c) Luck (d) Skill

Q-13 Halo
(a) Ideal glory (b) Grisly
(c) Gaunt (d) Open

Q-14 Hand
(a) Tillage (b) A dome
(c) Authority (d) Healthy

Q-15 Handicap
(a) Style (b) Clothing
(c) Trade (d) Impediment

Q-16 Handily
(a) To fondle (b) Suddenly
(c) Rush (d) Part

Q-17 Handiness
(a) Hasty (b) Odd
(c) Dexterity (d) Lucky

Q-18 Handling
(a) Treatment (b) Energy
(c) Strange (d) Fine

Q-19 Handsomely
(a) Slight (b) Pause
(c) Agreement (d) Beautiful

Q-20 Handy
(a) Sharpen (b) Near
(c) A blank (d) Jest

Q-21 Hang
(a) Defect (b) Ornament
(c) To suspend (d) Talkative

Q-22 Hanker
(a) To long for (b) Pale
(c) Boasting (d) Many

Q-23 Hanky-panky
(a) Kindly (b) Jugglery
(c) Mercy (d) Charm

Q-24 Haphazard
(a) Pardon (b) Control
(c) Accident (d) Group

Q-25 Happiness
(a) Right (b) To move
(c) Biting (d) Good fortune


Answers:-

1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a 6.c 7. b 8.d 9. a 10.b 11. c 12. b 13.a
14. c 15. d 16. b 17. c 18. a 19. d 20. b 21. c 22. a 23. b 24. c 25. d

Word Power

Word Power

Q-1 Good
(a) Attractive (b) To satiate
(c) Vanity (d) Polished

Q-2 Goosery
(a) Departure (b) Stupidity
(c) Kind (d) To flash

Q-3 Gorgeous
(a) Lessen (b) Angry
(c) Dazzling (d) To gleam

Q-4 Gorget
(a) A pill (b) Earth
(c) Smooth (d) A necklace

Q-5 Gory
(a) Blood-like (b) Proper
(c) To move (d) Biting

Q-6 Gossamer
(a) Right (b) Wealth
(c) A talent (d) Crowd

Q-7 Gossip
(a) Stone (b) Clumsy
(c) Cotton (d) A tettlen

Q-8 Gourmand
(a) Showy (b) Gluttonous
(c) To stoop (d) A castle

Q-9 Goutiness
(a) Gouty (b) Casual
(c) Shove (d) Gross

Q-10 Governable
(a) Cheerful (b) Haggard
(c) To kill (d) Affable

Q-11 Governance
(a) Merry (b) Abuse
(c) Hidden (d) Government

Q-12 Governor
(a) Plunder (b) A ruler
(c) Bump (d) Drink

Q-13 Gown
(a) Official uniform (b) Confuse
(c) Dull (d) Scold

Q-14 Grab
(a) Decree (b) Fitness
(c) To catch (d) Final

Q-15 Grace
(a) Shallow (b) Perky
(c) Shining (d) Pardon

Q-16 Graceful
(a) Honor (b) Beautiful
(c) Gap (d) Small

Q-17 Gracious
(a) Pleasing (b) Sharpen
(c) Shack (d) Calm

Q-18 Gradation
(a) Grisly (b) Healthy
(c) Stage (d) Noun

Q-19 Gradual
(a) Rush (b) Slightly
(c) Raid (d) Progressive

Q-20 Grain
(a) Clothing (b) Cord
(c) Huge (d) Shrink

Q-21 Grand
(a) Splendid (b) Full
(c) Annoy (d) Cheat

Q-22 Grandiose
(a) Rank (b) Mercy
(c) Imposing (d) Grief

Q-23 Grant
(a) Success (b) To allow
(c) Lightness (d) Hairy

Q-24 Grapple
(a) Trick (b) Cold
(c) Filthy (d) To fasten

Q-25 Grateful
(a) Acceptable (b) Noble
(c) Group (d) Lavish

Answers:-

1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 a
6 c
7 d
8 b
9 a
10 c
11 d
12 b
13 a
14 c
15 d
16 b
17 a
18 c
19 d
20 b
21 a
22 c
23 b
24 d
25 a

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