WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 2)

WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 2) MCQ question with proper grammatical explanation,, it will help you to crack your exam like SSC Group C or SSC MTS .
Q1. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the underlined word.
My teacher is very diligent.
(a) Skilful
(b) Idle
(c) Hardworking
(d) Kind
Answer: (b) Idle
• Diligent (Adjective): āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽী, āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻ ।
• (a) Skilful (Adjective): āĻĻāĻ•্āώ, āύিāĻĒুāĻŖ।
• (b) Idle (Adjective): āĻ…āϞāϏ, āĻ…āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻŖ্āϝ। (Antonym)
• (c) Hardworking (Adjective): āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽী। (Synonym)
• (d) Kind (Adjective): āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু, āϏāĻĻ⧟।
Q2. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Don’t be such an ________; we have plenty of time to complete the task.
(a) eat crow
(b) easy money
(c) eager beaver
(d) elephant in the room
Answer: (c) eager beaver
• (a) Eat crow (Idiom): āĻ­ুāϞ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰে āϞāϜ্āϜিāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া।
• (b) Easy money (Noun phrase): āĻ…āύ্āϝাāϝ়āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦা āĻ…āϤি āϏāĻšāϜে āωāĻĒাāϰ্āϜিāϤ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ।
• (c) Eager beaver (Idiom): āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āϝে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āĻ•āϰে।
• (d) Elephant in the room (Idiom): āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦ⧜ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϝা āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻā§œি⧟ে āϝেāϤে āϚা⧟।
Q3. Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.
(a) She usually walks her dog in the park every morning.
(b) The train leaves the station at 8:00 a.m. every day.
(c) They play chess together on weekends.
(d) He don't like spicy food.
Answer: (d) He don't like spicy food.
• Grammar Rule: Third Person Singular Number (He, She, It) āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Negative āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে 'does not' āĻŦāϏে। 'Don't' (do not) āĻļুāϧুāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ I, We, You, They āĻāĻŦং Plural Subject-āĻāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻŦāϏে।
• (a) walks: Present Indefinite (āϏāĻ িāĻ•)।
• (b) leaves: āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϏূāϚী (āϏāĻ িāĻ•)।
• (c) play: We/They-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে s/es āĻšā§Ÿ āύা (āϏāĻ িāĻ•)।
Q4. Select the correct spelling of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Scince explores and explains the natural world through observation and experimentation.
(a) sience
(b) sceince
(c) science
(d) science
Answer: (c) science
• Correct Spelling: Science (S-C-I-E-N-C-E)
• Bengali Meaning: āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ (Noun)।
• āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦাāύাāύāĻ—ুāϞো āĻ›িāϞ: sience, sceince, scinece।
Q5. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Congenial
(a) Trivial
(b) Pleasant
(c) Ignorant
(d) Ethical
Answer: (b) Pleasant
• Congenial (Adjective): āϏāĻŽāĻŽāύা, āĻ…āύুāĻ•ূāϞ, āĻŽāύোāϰāĻŽ।
• (a) Trivial (Adjective): āϤুāϚ্āĻ›, āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ।
• (b) Pleasant (Adjective): āĻŽāύোāϰāĻŽ, āϏুāĻ–āĻ•āϰ। (Synonym)
• (c) Ignorant (Adjective): āĻ…āϜ্āĻž, āĻ…āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ।
• (d) Ethical (Adjective): āύৈāϤিāĻ•, āύীāϤিāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ।
Q6. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Gandhi's ways of life, if followed in their entirety, will aid us in the creation of a society of peace and ______.
(a) cacophony
(b) agitation
(c) harmony
(d) discord
Answer: (c) harmony
• (a) Cacophony (Noun): āĻ•āϰ্āĻ•āĻļ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻļৃāĻ™্āĻ–āϞা।
• (b) Agitation (Noun): āωāϤ্āϤেāϜāύা āĻŦা āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ।
• (c) Harmony (Noun): āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰীāϤি, āϐāĻ•্āϝ, āĻŽিāϞ।
• (d) Discord (Noun): āĻ•āϞāĻš, āĻ…āύৈāĻ•্āϝ, āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻ।
Q7. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
It is a fact that / girls' hair is usually / long than the boys' hair.
(a) It is a fact that
(b) long than the boys' hair
(c) No error
(d) girls' hair is usually
Answer: (b) long than the boys' hair
• Grammar Rule: āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻুāϜāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϤুāϞāύা (Comparison) āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং 'than' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟি āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āϤāĻ–āύ Adjective-āĻāϰ Comparative Degree (longer) āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ।
• Long (Positive) → Longer (Comparative) → Longest (Superlative).
Q8. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Abundant
(a) Elusive
(b) Ample
(c) Skimpy
(d) Rare
Answer: (b) Ample
• Abundant (Adjective): āĻĒ্āϰāϚুāϰ, āĻ…āĻĸেāϞ।
• (a) Elusive (Adjective): āϧāϰা-āĻ›োঁāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦাāχāϰে, āϝা āϏāĻšāϜে āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝা⧟ āύা।
• (b) Ample (Adjective): āĻĒ্āϰāϚুāϰ, āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ। (Synonym)
• (c) Skimpy (Adjective): āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ, āĻ…āϤি āĻ…āϞ্āĻĒ। (Antonym)
• (d) Rare (Adjective): āĻŦিāϰāϞ, āĻĻুāώ্āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϝ।
Q9. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
When I was studying Economics in Delhi University, Ritu was senior than me.
(a) senior than me
(b) in Delhi University
(c) When I was studying Economics
(d) Ritu was
Answer: (a) senior than me
• Grammar Rule: āϞ্āϝাāϟিāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϝেāĻŽāύ— Senior, Junior, Superior, Inferior, Prior—āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ 'than' āĻŦāϏে āύা। āĻāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒ্āϰিāĻĒāϜিāĻļāύ 'to' āĻŦāϏে।
• āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ: Senior to me.
Q10. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Camouflage
(b) Perseverence
(c) Exaggerate
(d) Connoisseur
Answer: (b) Perseverence
• Incorrect: Perseverence
• Correct Spelling: Perseverance (P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-A-N-C-E)
• Bengali Meaning: āĻ…āϧ্āϝāĻŦāϏাāϝ় (Noun)।
• āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻŦাāύাāύ: Camouflage (āĻ›āĻĻ্āĻŽāĻŦেāĻļ), Exaggerate (āĻ…āϤিāϰāĻž্āϜিāϤ āĻ•āϰা), Connoisseur (āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻāĻĻাāϰ)—āĻāχ āϤিāύāϟি āĻŦাāύাāύ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āφāĻ›ে।
Q11. Based on the context of the given sentence, select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.
After spending hours working non-stop on the project, the team decided to ________ and go home.
(a) run out of steam
(b) take it easy
(c) hit the books
(d) call it a day
Answer: (d) call it a day
• (a) Run out of steam (Idiom): āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻš āĻšাāϰি⧟ে āĻĢেāϞা।
• (b) Take it easy (Idiom): āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦা āϏāĻšāϜāĻ­াāĻŦে āύেāĻ“ā§Ÿা।
• (c) Hit the books (Idiom): āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻি⧟ে āĻĒ⧜া āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰা।
• (d) Call it a day (Idiom): āϏেāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ•াāϜ āĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেāĻ“ā§Ÿা।
Q12. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Elevation
(a) Promotion
(b) Demotion
(c) Creation
(d) Presentation
Answer: (b) Demotion
• Elevation (Noun): āωāύ্āύāϤি, āωāϚ্āϚāϤা āĻŦা āĻĒāĻĻোāύ্āύāϤি।
• (a) Promotion (Noun): āĻĒāĻĻোāύ্āύāϤি। (Synonym)
• (b) Demotion (Noun): āĻĒāĻĻাāĻŦāύāϤি। (Antonym)
• (c) Creation (Noun): āϏৃāώ্āϟি।
• (d) Presentation (Noun): āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা।
Q13. Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in brackets to fill in the blank.
In an _____(endeavour) to improve the environment of their society, they planted many trees surrounding the parking area.
(a) axiom
(b) aim
(c) ecstasy
(d) epitome
Answer: (b) aim
• Endeavour (Noun): āĻĒ্āϰāϚেāώ্āϟা, āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—।
• (a) Axiom (Noun): āϏ্āĻŦāϤঃāϏিāĻĻ্āϧ āϏāϤ্āϝ।
• (b) Aim (Noun): āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ, āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ, āĻĒ্āϰāϚেāώ্āϟা। (Contextual Synonym)
• (c) Ecstasy (Noun): āĻĒāϰāĻŽাāύāύ্āĻĻ।
• (d) Epitome (Noun): āϏাāϰāĻŽāϰ্āĻŽ āĻŦা āĻ•োāύো āĻ—ুāĻŖেāϰ āφāĻĻāϰ্āĻļ āωāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ।
Q14. Change the following sentence into positive degree.
Ramesh is not stronger than Mahesh.
(a) Mahesh is as strong as Ramesh.
(b) Mahesh is strongest than Ramesh.
(c) Ramesh is as strong than Mahesh.
(d) Mahesh is stronger than Ramesh.
Answer: (a) Mahesh is as strong as Ramesh.
• Grammar Rule: Comparative-āĻ 'not + adjective-er + than' āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Positive āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ 'As + adjective + as' āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং āĻļেāώেāϰ āϏাāĻŦāϜেāĻ•্āϟāϟি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āφāϏে।
• āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ: āϰāĻŽেāĻļ āĻŽāĻšেāĻļেāϰ āϚে⧟ে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āύ⧟ = āĻŽāĻšেāĻļ āϰāĻŽেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽāϤোāχ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী।
Q15. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The company's success is attributed to its _______ business strategies.
(a) worst
(b) downtrodden
(c) mundane
(d) innovative
Answer: (d) innovative
• (a) Worst (Adjective): āϏāĻŦāϚে⧟ে āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ।
• (b) Downtrodden (Adjective): āύিāĻĒী⧜িāϤ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻŦāĻšেāϞিāϤ।
• (c) Mundane (Adjective): āĻāĻ•āϘে⧟ে, āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦা āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨিāĻŦ।
• (d) Innovative (Adjective): āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύী āĻŦা āύāϤুāύāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ।
Q16. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
Swati came here with the intent of insulting me.
(a) to insult me
(b) of insulting me
(c) for insulting me
(d) from insulting me
Answer: (b) of insulting me
• Rule: 'Intent' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ 'of + Gerund (-ing)' āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা 'to + Verb' āĻŦāϏে। āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ…ংāĻļāϟি (of insulting me) āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻ িāĻ•, āϤাāχ āĻ•োāύো āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ āύেāχ।
Q17. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word..
(a) Synopsis
(b) Obliterate
(c) Pursuit
(d) Occassionly
Answer: (d) Occassionly
• Incorrect: Occassionly
• Correct Spelling: Occasionally (O-C-C-A-S-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y) - āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ 'C' āĻāĻŦং āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ 'L' āĻšāĻŦে।
• Bengali Meaning: āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে (Adverb)।
• āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ: Synopsis (āϏাāϰাংāĻļ), Obliterate (āĻŽুāĻ›ে āĻĢেāϞা), Pursuit (āĻ…āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ)।
Q18. Select the most appropriate form of comparative degree that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Neha’s house is far from the city than everyone else’s.
(a) further from the city than
(b) more far from the city to
(c) farther from the city than
(d) far from the city to
Answer: (c) farther from the city than
• Grammar Rule: āĻ­ৌāĻ—োāϞিāĻ• āĻĻূāϰāϤ্āĻŦ (Distance) āĻŦোāĻাāϤে 'Far'-āĻāϰ Comparative āĻĄিāĻ—্āϰি āĻšā§Ÿ 'Farther'। āφāϰ āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦোāĻাāϤে 'Further' āĻŦāϏে। āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻŦা⧜ি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻļāĻšāϰেāϰ āĻĻূāϰāϤ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϤাāχ 'Farther' āĻāĻŦং āϤুāϞāύাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ 'than' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
Q19. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Chocolate can be ______ without milk; mix cocoa butter, sugar and a puree of fermented, roasted cocoa beans, and you ______ a perfectly respectable dark chocolate.
(a) make; have
(b) making; have
(c) made; has
(d) made; have
Answer: (d) made; have
• Part 1: 'Can be' āĻāĻ•āϟি Passive auxiliary, āϤাāχ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻŽূāϞ āĻ­াāϰ্āĻŦেāϰ Past Participle (V3) āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž 'made' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
• Part 2: 'You' āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে Present Simple Tense-āĻ 'have' āĻŦāϏে।
Q20. Select the option that changes the degree of comparison in the given sentence from superlative to positive without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Kalpana Ahuja is the tallest girl in the colony.
(a) Many girls in the colony are taller than Kalpana Ahuja.
(b) Kalpana Ahuja is as tallest as other girls of the colony.
(c) No other girl in the colony is as taller as Kalpana Ahuja.
(d) No other girl in the colony is as tall as Kalpana Ahuja.
Answer: (d) No other girl in the colony is as tall as Kalpana Ahuja.
• Grammar Rule: Superlative degree-āϤে 'the + adjective-est' āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Positive āĻ•āϰাāϰ āύি⧟āĻŽ: No other + noun + is + as/so + positive adjective + as + subject.
• (c) āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāύāϟি āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϏেāĻ–াāύে 'as taller as' āϞেāĻ–া āĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু Positive āĻĄিāĻ—্āϰিāϤে āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ 'tall' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
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