TOPIC: Vocabulary
Directions (1-5): In
each of the following questions five options are given, of which one word is
most nearly the same or opposite in meaning to the given word in the question.
Find the correct option having either same or opposite meaning.
Q1. Multifarious
(a)braggart
(b)entice
(c)strive
(d)varied
(e)adorn
Q2. Incongruous
(a)introvert
(b) unsuited
(c)Bard
(d)Voluble
(e)edible
Q3. Cumbersome
(a)Effigy
(b)Ironic
(c)Myriad
(d)manageable
(e)correlate
Q4. Edify
(a)braggart
(b)instruct
(c)entice
(d)adorn
(e)agile
Q5. Perpetuity
(a)fragile
(b)audacious
(c)transience
(d)appease
(e)shunned
Directions
(6-10): In each question below five words which are numbered (a), (b), (c) ,
(d) and (e) have been printed in bold,
of which one word may be wrongly spelled or inappropriate in the context of the
sentence. The number of that word is the answer.
Q6.RAW is a platform
that brings together (A)/ intrenational
women of (B)/ courage who stand for (C)/ human rights and justice
in war and (D)/ conflict zones around the world. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q7. A thorough
probe should also be (A)/ conducted
to find out(B)/ why government
hospitals (C)/ were being denied (D)/ organs for transplantetion.
(E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q8. The Ministry of External
Affairs now has a States(A)/ devision, which keeps in touch with (B)/
the States to assist them in building bridges with the countries (C)/ in
which they have a special interest on account of proximity(D)/ or the presence of diaspora from that
State. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q9. Think tanks should
be established(A)/ in States to facilitatte(B)/ policy options and to provide (C)/
inputs to the States (D)/ and the Centre. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q10. Small businesses are strugling,
(A)/ even shutting down, (B)/
after a major overhaul to(C)/
both the country’s currency (D)/ and sales tax system. (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (11-15): In
each of the following questions five options are given, of which one word is
most nearly the same or opposite in meaning to the given word in the question.
Find the correct option having either same or opposite meaning.
Q11. sleight
(a) placard
(b) honesty
(c) slight
(d) Venereal
(e) humanitarian
Q12. occult
(a) vigorous
(b) taut
(c) magic
(d) vital
(e) grasp
Q13. yearning
(a) apathy
(b) commencement
(c) certain
(d) anomaly
(e) yawn
Q14. crux
(a) serene
(b) core
(c) stale
(d) whiskers
(e) vanish
Q15. arduous
(a) dual
(b) rung
(c) prerequisite
(d) easy
(e) vanish
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. multifarious-varied;
motley; greatly diversified
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. incongruous means
not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.
Option B is the correct choice.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. cumbersome-large
or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. edify- instruct or
improve (someone) morally or intellectually.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Perpetuity means endless time. Antonym is
transience.
Transience- the state
or fact of lasting only for a short time; transitoriness.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. international
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. transplantation.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. division
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. facilitate
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. struggling
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. sleight-the use of
dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive. Option B is the correct
choice.
Honesty is the antonym
of sleight.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. occult -mystical, supernatural, or magical
powers, practices, or phenomena. Magic is the correct option.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. yearning -a
feeling of intense longing for something.
Apathy is the antonym.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. crux-the decisive
or most important point at issue. ‘core’ is most near to the word crux.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. arduous-involving
or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring. Option D is the antonym of
Arduous.
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