Dear Students, English section of CGL Tier-2 Exam is very challenging. You need to mug up all the grammar rules, vocabulary and practice a lot of mock tests to score maximum marks. Today, in this English quiz we are providing questions based on RC, One word Substitutions. Attempt this quiz, learn better and be prepared for the CGL Tier-2 2017. We wish you good luck for the CGL Exam.
Directions (1 – 5): A sentence/a part of the sentence is BOLD. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".
Q1. Each self is unique, and therefore cannot be compared.
(a) incomparable
(b) Non comparable
(c) Incomparably
Q2. Shall I sit between you at the concert?
(a) beside
(b) besides
(c) next
(d) No Improvement
Q3. No one other reason than poverty is hampering India's progress.
(a) No other
(b) None other
(c) No another
(d) No improvement
Q4. The custom has took root in the society.
(a) taken root
(b) take root
(c) takes root
(d) No improvement
Q5. We will care of your children when you are away at Mumbai.
(a) be looking for
(b) look after
(c) take care after
(d) No improvement
Directions (6 – 10): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
My brother, David, was always close to our grandmother. Both of them shared a love of Mother Nature and of food that they had grown themselves. Whenever his schedule permitted, he would drop in for a short visit and a cup of coffee. One day, when he found no one home, he left a chunk of dirt on her porch. This started what was later to be known as his "calling card". Grandmother would come home occasionally and instantly know that Dave had been by when she spotted the chunk of dirt on her porch.
Although Grandmother had a poor upbringing in Italy, she managed to do well in the United States. She was always healthy and independent and enjoyed a fulfilling life. Recently she had a stroke and died. Everyone was saddened by her death. David was disconsolate. His lifelong friend was now gone.
Q6. What is the opposite of the word 'disconsolate'
(a) Devastated
(b) Hilarious
(c) Exuberant
(d) Sombre
Q7. David would drop in for a short visit and leave a _____ as a sign on grandma's porch if she was not at home.
(a) schedule
(b) chunk of dirt
(c) calling card
(d) cup of coffee
Q8. Grandmother used to be _____ .
(a) rich in Italy but poor in the United States
(b) in the United States but is now in Italy
(c) poor earlier but became rich later on
(d) rich earlier but now poor
Q9. Grandmother enjoyed a _____ life.
(a) healthy but sickly
(b) good and healthy
(c) rich but sickly
(d) poor and healthy
Q10. Grandmother's death made everyone:
(a) sad including David
(b) disconsolate excluding David
(c) happy and disconsolate
(d) sad excluding David
Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q11. Person who maliciously sets fires to buildings or other property.
(a) incendiary
(b) hypocrite
(c) protector
(d) saviour
Q12. One who is in charge of a museum or art gallery.
(a) cynic
(b) pauper
(c) curator
(d) chauvinist
Q13. Place where bees are kept.
(a) hive
(b) apiary
(c) graveyard
(d) cemetery
Q14. Place where birds are kept.
(a) apiary
(b) aviary
(c) depository
(d) venue
Q15. Pertaining to a period prior to recorded history.
(a) prehistoric
(b) historical
(c) historic
(d) histrionic
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