Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Previous Years Questions Quiz with detailed solutions. To make you learn English grammar rules and vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Q1. STYMIE
(a) Explicate
(b) Abet
(c) Impede
(d) Aid
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Q2. SUFFIX
(a) Addition
(b) Basic
(c) Raw
(d) Focal
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Stymie: prevent or hinder the progress of.
Impede: delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
Hence Stymie and Impede are synonyms to each other.
Sol. Stymie: prevent or hinder the progress of.
Impede: delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
Hence Stymie and Impede are synonyms to each other.
Q2. SUFFIX
(a) Addition
(b) Basic
(c) Raw
(d) Focal
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Directions: (3-4) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Q3. SULTRY
(a) Frigid
(b) Muggy
(c) Sticky
(d) Divine
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Sultry: (of the air or weather) hot and humid.
Frigid: very cold in temperature.
Hence Sultry and Frigid are antonyms to each other.
Q4. SUPPLE
(a) Flexible
(b) Brittle
(c) Pliable
(d) Bending
Directions (5-6): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Q5.
(a) Threashing
(b) Thrasheing
(c) Threasheing
(d) Thrashing
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Suffix: a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative.
Hence Suffix and Addition are synonyms to each other.
Sol. Suffix: a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative.
Hence Suffix and Addition are synonyms to each other.
Directions: (3-4) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Q3. SULTRY
(a) Frigid
(b) Muggy
(c) Sticky
(d) Divine
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S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Sultry: (of the air or weather) hot and humid.
Frigid: very cold in temperature.
Hence Sultry and Frigid are antonyms to each other.
Q4. SUPPLE
(a) Flexible
(b) Brittle
(c) Pliable
(d) Bending
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S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Supple: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
Brittle: easily broken or cracked.
Hence Supple and Brittle are antonyms to each other.
Sol. Supple: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
Brittle: easily broken or cracked.
Hence Supple and Brittle are antonyms to each other.
Directions (5-6): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Q5.
(a) Threashing
(b) Thrasheing
(c) Threasheing
(d) Thrashing
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S5. Ans.(d)
Q6.
(a) Conssensus
(b) Consenssus
(c) Consensus
(d) Conssenssus
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S6. Ans.(c)
Directions (7-8) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q7. To go to somebody's head
(a) To scratch head out of confusion
(b) To complain to the highest authority
(c) To make someone dizzy or slightly drunk
(d) To arrive at the central point of the topic
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S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option C is the correct meaning.
Sol. Option C is the correct meaning.
Q8. Keep at bay
(a) Keep your problems to yourselves
(b) To control something and prevent it from causing you problems
(c) Not share a secret
(d) Maintain a long distance relationship
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S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option B is the correct meaning.
Sol. Option B is the correct meaning.
Directions (9-10) In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Q9. The __________ "pretty ugly" implies that a person can be both attractive and unattractive at the same time.
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) alliteration
(d) oxymoron
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S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness).
Hence option D fits in the context.
Sol. Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness).
Hence option D fits in the context.
Q10. Our nation's _______________ into another country's war could pull us into the crisis.
(a) intervention
(b) intention
(c) perfection
(d) invention
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S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Intervention: the interference of a country in the affairs of another country for the purpose of compelling it to do or forbear doing certain acts.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Sol. Intervention: the interference of a country in the affairs of another country for the purpose of compelling it to do or forbear doing certain acts.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Directions (11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q11.
(a) for
(b) of
(c) to
(d) from
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S11. Ans.(a)
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q12.
(a) has
(b) has had
(c) have
(d) to have
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S12. Ans.(c)
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q13.
(a) if
(b) that
(c) hence
(d) this
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S13. Ans.(c)
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q14.
(a) learning
(b) learned
(c) to learn
(d) learns
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S14. Ans.(b)
This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."
Q15.
(a) from
(b) at
(c) to
(d) off
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S15. Ans.(b)
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