Directions (1-5): Pick up the correct synonyms for each of the following words.
Q1. HAUGHTY
(a) imperial
(b) imperious
(c) adamant
(d) empire
(e) None of these
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Imperial means of an empire or its rulers, adamant means firmly or stubbornly, determinedly.
Q2. LOQUACIOUS
(a) Victorian
(b) bombastic
(c) verbose
(d) ambiguous
(e) None of these
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Verbose means using or containing more words than are needed, ambiguous means having more than one meaning.
Q3. BEQUEST
(a) Parsimony
(b) matrimony
(c) heritage
(d) patrimony
(e) None of these
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bequest means heritage or legacy (the leaving behind will)
Q4. RECUPERATE
(a) deteriorate
(b) lose
(c) recover
(d) worsen
(e) None of these
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Once I fall ill, it takes me long to recuperate. That is, I take a long time to recover my health or strength after I have been ill. Convalescence is another synonym of recuperate. Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
Q5. ATTENUATE
(a) repent
(b) make thin
(c) force
(d) divide
(e) None of these
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. You are familiar with the word tenuous. Attenuate also comes from the same Latin root tenuis (=thin). If you attenuate something, you make it slender or thin; you reduce it in force or value.
Directions (6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e).
Q6. He was sleeping (A) / in his room when a thief (B) / entered into his house (C) / and took away a lot of things. (D) / No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Delete ‘into’.
Q7. In her concluding speech (A) / she said (B) / almost nothing (C) / worth listening to. (D) / No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Delete ‘to’.
Q8. It was apparent for (A) / everyone present (B) / that if the patient did not receive (C) / immediate medical aid he would die. (D) / No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Change it to ‘apparent to’.
Q9. He proposed me (A) / that we should go to the Disco (B) / and then have (C) / dinner at a restaurant. (D) / No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Change it to ‘Proposed to’.
Q10. There appears (A) / to be a little liaison (B) / among the (C) / two groups of the society. (D) / No error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Change ‘among’ to ‘between’. Between is used for two.
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