WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 5)

WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 5)
Q1. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Each of the students __________ completed their assignments.
(a) will
(b) has
(c) were
(d) are
Correct Answer: (b) has
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (b) has (Auxiliary Verb) → Correct
o Rule: āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে 'Each of' āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Subject āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ Singular āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āĻšā§Ÿ। āϤাāχ Singular verb 'has' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
o Example: Each of the players has performed well. (āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻ–েāϞোāϝ়াāĻĄ় āĻ­াāϞো āĻĒাāϰāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে।)
2. (c) were / (d) are → Wrong
o āĻāĻ—ুāϞো Plural verb। 'Students' āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ•āϰে Plural verb āĻŦāϏাāύো āϝাāĻŦে āύা, āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āφāϏāϞ Subject āĻšāϞো 'Each'।
💡 Tip: āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻ–āĻŦে—Each, Every, Either, Neither—āĻāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻĒāϰ Verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ Singular āĻšā§Ÿ।
Q2. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence and rectify it. If no correction is needed, select 'No correction required'.
The cake (was baking) in the oven when I arrived.
(a) was baked
(b) baked
(c) was being baked
(d) No correction required
Correct Answer: (c) was being baked
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (c) was being baked → Correct
o Grammar: āĻ•েāĻ• āύিāϜে āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা। āϤাāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϟি Passive Voice-āĻ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻ•াāϜ āϚāϞāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦোāĻাāϚ্āĻ›ে (Continuous), āϤাāχ "was being baked" (Past Continuous Passive) āϏāĻ িāĻ•।
o Example: The dinner was being prepared. (āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ।)
2. (d) No correction required → Wrong
o "Was baking" āĻŽাāύে āĻ•েāĻ• āύিāϜেāχ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦেāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ, āϝা āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ।
Q3. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Police
(b) Policy
(c) Issue
(d) Adress
Correct Answer: (d) Adress
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (d) Adress → Wrong Spelling
o Correct Spelling: Address (āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĄāĻŦāϞ 'd' āĻāĻŦং āĻĄāĻŦāϞ 's' āĻšāĻŦে)।
o Meaning: āĻ িāĻ•াāύা (Noun) / āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻ•āϰা (Verb)।
2. (a) Police → Correct (āĻĒুāϞিāĻļ)।
3. (b) Policy → Correct (āύীāϤি)।
4. (c) Issue → Correct (āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻŦা āĻŦিāώ⧟)।
Q4. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The _________ design of the new energy-efficient appliances has reduced electricity consumption significantly.
(a) innovativeness
(b) innovative
(c) innovation
(d) innovates
Correct Answer: (b) innovative
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (b) innovative (Adjective) → Correct
o Why: āĻāĻ–াāύে 'design' (Noun) āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟিāĻ•ে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟি Adjective āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ। 'Innovative' āĻŽাāύে āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύী āĻŦা āύāϤুāύāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ।
o Example: She has an innovative mind. (āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύী āĻŽāύ āφāĻ›ে।)
2. (c) innovation (Noun) → Wrong
o āĻāϟি āĻāĻ•āϟি āύাāĻŽ (āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύ), āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻ—ুāĻŖāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ।
Q5. The given sentence is divided into four segments. Select the option that has the segment with an adverbial usage error.
Mr. Joe remarked / that the audience / brightly listened / to the speech.
(a) brightly listened
(b) Mr. Joe remarked
(c) that the audience
(d) to the speech
Correct Answer: (a) brightly listened
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (a) brightly listened → Adverbial Error
o Error: āĻ•েāω 'brightly' (āωāϜ্āϜ্āĻŦāϞāĻ­াāĻŦে) āĻļুāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা। āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻি⧟ে āĻļোāύাāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে 'attentively' āĻŦা 'eagerly' āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āωāϚিāϤ।
o Correction: ...listened attentively to the speech.
Q6. Select the word that best completes the given sentence. Determine the collocation through the sentence.
Deepa is ___________ worried about you.
(a) deeply
(b) sadly
(c) brightly
(d) gracefully
Correct Answer: (a) deeply
Step-by-Step Explanation:
1. (a) deeply → Correct Collocation
o Collocation: āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āφāĻ›ে āϝা āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨেāχ āĻŦāϏে। 'Worried' (āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤ) āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 'deeply' (āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰāĻ­াāĻŦে) āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ­াāϞো āĻŽাāύাāϝ়।
o Example: I am deeply sorry. (āφāĻŽি āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĻুঃāĻ–িāϤ।)
Q7. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Keen
(a) Indifferent
(b) Understanding
(c) Acceptable
(d) Tolerant
Correct Answer: (a) Indifferent
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Keen Meaning: āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϞ āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšী (Eager/Interested)।
• (a) Indifferent → Correct. - Bengali Meaning: āωāĻĻাāϏীāύ (āϝাāϰ āĻ•োāύো āφāĻ—্āϰāĻš āύেāχ)। āĻāϟি Keen-āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ।
• (b) Understanding → Wrong. (āϏāĻšাāύুāĻ­ূāϤিāĻļীāϞ)।
• (c) Acceptable → Wrong. (āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ)।
• (d) Tolerant → Wrong. (āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞ)।
Q8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Although Tania and her friend are poles apart, they still love each other.
(a) completely similar
(b) completely different and opposite
(c) arrogant and cruel
(d) imperfect by all means
Correct Answer: (b) completely different and opposite
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) completely different and opposite → Correct. - Meaning: "Poles apart" āĻŽাāύে āφāĻ•াāĻļ-āĻĒাāϤাāϞ āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻŦা āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ।
o Example: Their tastes are poles apart. (āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϰুāϚি āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āφāϞাāĻĻা।)
• (a) similar → Wrong. āĻāϟি āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ (āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ)।
• (c) arrogant → Wrong. (āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াāϰী)।
• (d) imperfect → Wrong. (āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ)।
Q9. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
(a) Probably
(b) Honestly
(c) Refuggee
(d) Violent
Correct Answer: (c) Refuggee
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (c) Refuggee → Incorrect. - Correct Spelling: Refugee.
o Meaning: āĻļāϰāĻŖাāϰ্āĻĨী।
o Tip: āĻāϤে āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟি 'g' āĻĨাāĻ•ে।
• (a) Probably → Correct. (āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦāϤ)।
• (b) Honestly → Correct. (āϏāϤāϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে)।
• (d) Violent → Correct. (āĻšিংāϏ্āϰ)।
Q10. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Salvage
(a) Rescue
(b) Glean
(c) Extricate
(d) Forfeit
Correct Answer: (d) Forfeit
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Salvage Meaning: āωāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻŦা āϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰা (To save from damage)।
• (d) Forfeit → Correct. - Meaning: āĻšাāϰি⧟ে āĻĢেāϞা āĻŦা āϜāϰিāĻŽাāύা āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤ্āϝাāĻ— āĻ•āϰা। āĻāϟি Salvage-āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ।
• (a) Rescue → Wrong. āĻāϟি Synonym (āωāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻ•āϰা)।
• (b) Glean → Wrong. (āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏংāĻ—্āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰা)।
• (c) Extricate → Wrong. (āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰা)।
Q11. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
They decided to hit the nail on the head with their solution.
(a) make the wrong decision
(b) avoid the problem
(c) find exactly the right answer or solution
(d) guess the outcome
Correct Answer: (c) find exactly the right answer or solution
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (c) → Correct. - Meaning: āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦা āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻ–াঁāϟি āĻ•āĻĨাāϟি āĻŦāϞা।
o Example: You hit the nail on the head with your guess. (āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে।)
• (a), (b), (d) → āĻāχ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāĻ—ুāϞো āĻāχ āχāĻĄি⧟āĻŽāϟিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝা⧟ āύা।
Q12. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word.
Resilience
(a) The confidence to go abroad alone without any help
(b) The ability to deal with any kind of hardship and recover from its effects
(c) The determination to laugh at one's own self
(d) The ability to defeat anyone in argument
Correct Answer: (b) The ability to deal with any kind of hardship and recover from its effects
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) → Correct. - Bengali Meaning: āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦা āϘুāϰে āĻĻাঁ⧜াāύোāϰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা। āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻ•াāϟি⧟ে āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āφāĻ—েāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা⧟ āĻĢিāϰে āφāϏা।
o Example: His resilience helped him survive. (āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āϤাāĻ•ে āĻŦাঁāϚāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে।)
• (a), (c), (d) → āĻāĻ—ুāϞো Resilience-āĻāϰ āφāϏāϞ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āύ⧟।
Q13. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Proud
(a) Hyper
(b) Sad
(c) Haughty
(d) Happy
Correct Answer: (c) Haughty
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Proud Meaning: āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াāϰী (āύেāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨে)।
• (c) Haughty → Correct. - Meaning: āωāĻĻ্āϧāϤ āĻŦা āĻĻেāĻŽাāĻ•āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ। āĻāϟি Proud-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ•।
o Example: He is too haughty to talk to us. (āϏে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞাāϰ āĻĒāĻ•্āώে āĻŦāĻĄ্āĻĄ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াāϰী।)
• (a) Hyper → Wrong. (āĻ…āϤি āωāϤ্āϤেāϜিāϤ)।
• (b) Sad → Wrong. (āĻĻুঃāĻ–িāϤ)।
• (d) Happy → Wrong. (āĻ–ুāĻļি)।
Q14. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
Last week, while walking in the garden, I saw a toddler who was sleeping in the pram.
(a) walking in the garden,
(b) Last week, while
(c) I saw a toddler who
(d) was sleeping in the pram.
Correct Answer: (d) was sleeping in the pram.
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (d) → Error. - Reason: āĻāĻ–াāύে 'Pram'-āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে 'the' āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻ•োāύো āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻĒ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŽেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āφāĻ—ে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§Ÿāύি, āϤাāχ āĻāϟি āĻ…āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে 'a pram' āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āωāϚিāϤ āĻ›িāϞ।
• (a), (b), (c) → āĻāχ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—ুāϞো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻ িāĻ•।
Q15. Select the appropriate synonym of the given word.
Elusive
(a) Evasive
(b) Clear
(c) Obvious
(d) Definite
Correct Answer: (a) Evasive
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Elusive Meaning: āϝা āϏāĻšāϜে āϧāϰা āϝা⧟ āύা āĻŦা āĻ…āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ।
• (a) Evasive → Correct. - Meaning: āĻā§œি⧟ে āϚāϞে āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦা āĻ…āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ।
o Example: The answer was elusive. (āωāϤ্āϤāϰāϟি āĻ…āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āĻ›িāϞ।)
• (b) Clear, (c) Obvious, (d) Definite → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āϏāĻŦāχ Elusive-āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (Antonyms)।