English Practice Set 6 for wbcs prelims

English Practice Set 6 for WBCS Prelims

1. Improve the BOLD part if needed

The integrity and unity of the nation were assured in our constitution.
(A) Has
(B) Was
(C) Will be
(D) No improvement

 

2. Find the suitable preposition:

Akbar was crowned _____ the king in 1556.
(A) As
(B) Over
(C) By
(D) No preposition

 

3. Find the nearest meaning of the BOLD

So long as freedom of thought is not developed, there can be no civilised life.
(A) Rural
(B) Urbane
(C) Ignoble
(D) Decorated

 

4. Find the antonym of the word

GABBER
(A) Reticent
(B) Talkative
(C) Gasbag
(D) Witter

 

5. Change the voice

We use butter in these cakes.
(A) Butter is used in this cakes.
(B) Butter is used in these cakes by us.
(C) Butter is used in these cakes.
(D) We are used in these cakes by us.

 

6. The word ABASE means –

(A) To make oneself less important
(B) To make oneself more important
(C) To make oneself strong
(D) To make oneself calm and cool

 

7. Change the speech

“This”, said Somen “is where I was born.”
(A) That was the place where Somen born.
(B) Somen said that he born in that place.
(C) Somen said (that) that was where he had been born.
(D) Somen said that this place had seen his born.

 

8. What does the idiomatic expression ‘over and above’ mean?

(A) In addition to
(B) Spick and span
(C) On no account
(D) At large

 

9. Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

The _____ of her speech down her in no time.
(A) Falsehood
(B) Falseness
(C) Falsity
(D) Falcon

 

10. Choose the correctly spelt word

(A) Indistinguisiable
(B) Undistingushable
(C) Indistinguishable
(D) Undistingiushable

 

11. Find the grammatically correct sentence

(A) He neither will eat himself nor allow others to eat.
(B) He himself will neither eat nor does he allow others to eat.
(C) He will neither eat himself or allow others to eat.
(D) He will neither eat himself nor does allow others to eat.

 

12. Find the opposite meaning of the word

RAIL
(A) To yield
(B) To mourn
(C) To accept
(D) To complain

 

13. Limestone _____ is used in the cement industry is mined in Bankura mainly.

(A) That
(B) Which
(C) What
(D) None of the above

 

14. The old man begged _____ help _____ his sons.

(A) for, for
(B) for, with
(C) for, from
(D) from, for

 

15. A group of events is called

(A) Chain
(B) Series
(C) Agenda
(D) Function

 

16. Two-thirds of the work _____ left for good.

(A) Is
(B) Are
(C) Has
(D) Have

 

17. Change the sentence into assertive:

Alas! That youth should pass away!
(A) It is pity that youth should pass away.
(B) It is a pity that youth should pass away.
(C) It is a pity that youth would pass away.
(D) It is pity that youth would pass away.

 

18. ‘Head and shoulder above’ means

(A) Considerably superior
(B) Considerably racist
(C) Considerably taller
(D) Considerably tyrant

 

19. The wall was _____ hard to be broken.

(A) Very
(B) Too
(C) Enough
(D) Quite

 

20. Find the odd one

(A) Alphabet
(B) Information
(C) Furniture
(D) Deer

 

21. She concealed the news _____ me.

(A) With
(B) From
(C) Both A and B
(D) To

 

22. Saikat and not his brothers _____ calm.

(A) Is
(B) Are
(C) Are known as
(D) Say

 

23. The poet explained how he _____ the novel.

(A) Wrote
(B) Had written
(C) Will write
(D) Is writing

 

24. Choose the synonym of the word: 

UPRIGHT
(A) Sage
(B) Innocent
(C) Honest
(D) Sham

 

25. Choose the antonym of the word:

DEEP
(A) Wide
(B) Shallow
(C) Long
(D) Skinny

Answers

1.       B

2.       D

3.       B

4.       A

5.       C

6.       A

7.       C

8.       A

9.       C

10.   C

11.   D

12.   C

13.   B

14.   C

15.   A

16.   A

17.   B

18.   A

19.   B

20.   D

21.   B

22.   A

23.   B

24.   C

25.   B