WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 7)

WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 7)
Q1. Which word best replaces the underlined word in the sentence?
The chef used a wonderful blend of spices to flavour the dish.
(a) a bland
(b) an essential
(c) a supernatural
(d) an exotic
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) an exotic
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (d) an exotic → Correct.
Meaning: āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļি āĻŦা āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াāϰ āφāĻ•āϰ্āώāĻŖী⧟ (Attractive or striking because it is out of the ordinary).
Reason: āϰাāύ্āύা⧟ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াāϰ āĻŽāĻļāϞাāϰ āĻŽিāĻļ্āϰāĻŖ āĻŦোāĻাāϤে 'Exotic spices' āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰি⧟ āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ।
Example: She loves exotic fruits. (āϏে āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļি āĻĢāϞ āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏে।)
• (a) a bland → Wrong. - Meaning: āϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻāĻšীāύ āĻŦা āĻĒাāύāϏে (Lacking strong features or flavor). āĻāϟি 'Wonderful'-āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ।
• (b) an essential → Wrong. - Meaning: āĻ…āĻĒāϰিāĻšাāϰ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟। āĻāϟি 'Wonderful' āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻĒ্āϰāĻļংāϏা āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰে āύা।
• (c) a supernatural → Wrong. - Meaning: āĻ…āϞৌāĻ•িāĻ• āĻŦা āϜাāĻĻুāĻ•āϰী। āĻāϟি āĻŽāĻļāϞাāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύা।
Q2. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My friend has gone to Kerala on vacation, but I have no special plans. I will stay home and ______.
(a) slip up
(b) goof off
(c) pitch in
(d) iron out
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) goof off
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) goof off → Correct.
Meaning: āĻ…āϞāϏāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•াāϟাāύো āĻŦা āĻ•াāϜ āĻĢাঁāĻ•ি āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা (To spend time doing nothing productive).
Reason: āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে āĻ•োāύো āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āύেāχ, āϤাāχ āĻŦা⧜িāϤে āĻŦāϏে āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•াāϟাāύো āĻŦা āĻ…āϞāϏāϤা āĻ•āϰাāχ āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻŽাāύাāύāϏāχ।
• (a) slip up → Wrong. - Meaning: āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ•āϰা (To make a mistake).
• (c) pitch in → Wrong. - Meaning: āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻāĻ—ি⧟ে āφāϏা (To help with a task or project).
• (d) iron out → Wrong. - Meaning: āĻ•োāύো āĻ›োāϟāĻ–াāϟো āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰা (To solve problems or difficulties).
Q3. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
After years of hard work, he finally ________ his dream of becoming a doctor.
(a) accomplished
(b) forfeit
(c) solved
(d) tried
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) accomplished
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (a) accomplished → Correct.
Meaning: āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻ•āϰা āĻŦা āĻ…āϰ্āϜāύ āĻ•āϰা (To achieve or complete successfully).
Example: Mission accomplished. (āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে।)
• (b) forfeit → Wrong. - Meaning: āϜāϰিāĻŽাāύা āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻšাāϰাāύো āĻŦা āϤ্āϝাāĻ— āĻ•āϰা।
• (c) solved → Wrong. - Meaning: āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰা (āϝেāĻŽāύ: āĻ…ংāĻ• āĻŦা āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰা)। āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύেāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻāϟি āĻŦāϏে āύা।
• (d) tried → Wrong. - Meaning: āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāĻ–াāύে 'finally' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟি āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝেāϰ āχāĻ™্āĻ—িāϤ āĻĻিāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϤাāχ 'accomplished' āϏেāϰা।
Q4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Accurate
(a) Errorless
(b) Careful
(c) Faulty
(d) Correct
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Faulty
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Accurate Meaning: āύিāϰ্āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦা āϏāĻ িāĻ• (Correct in all details).
• (c) Faulty → Correct Antonym.
o Meaning: āϤ্āϰুāϟিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦা āĻ­ুāϞ (Having defects or errors).
• (a) Errorless → Wrong. āĻāϟি Synonym (āύিāϰ্āĻ­ুāϞ)।
• (d) Correct → Wrong. āĻāϟি Synonym (āϏāĻ িāĻ•)।
• (b) Careful → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύ।
Q5. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains a grammatical error.
The Chairman instructed the managers that he shall been holding a meeting in Alberto Hall tomorrow evening.
(a) shall been holding a meeting
(b) managers that he
(c) in Alberto Hall tomorrow evening.
(d) The Chairman instructed the
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) shall been holding a meeting
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (a) shall been holding a meeting → Error.
o Rule: āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤে āĻ•োāύো āĻ•াāϜ āϚāϞāϤে āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦে āĻŦোāĻাāϞে Future Continuous Tense āĻšā§Ÿ, āϝাāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϞো 'shall be + verb-ing' āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা 'will be + verb-ing'। āĻāĻ–াāύে 'been' āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻ­ুāϞ।
o Correction: ...he will be holding a meeting. (āϝেāĻšেāϤু 'he' āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 'will' āĻŦেāĻļি āĻĒ্āϰāϝোāϜ্āϝ)।
o Note: 'Instructed' (Past) āĻĨাāĻ•া⧟ āĻāϟি Reported Speech-āĻ 'would be' āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦেāĻļি āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ।
Q6. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the sentence given below.
An important meeting ended up in farce because of the miscreants.
(a) Tragedy
(b) Mockery
(c) Charity
(d) Chaos
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) Tragedy
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Farce Meaning: āĻĒ্āϰāĻšāϏāύ āĻŦা āϤাāĻŽাāĻļা (A light dramatic work full of silly situations).
• (a) Tragedy → Correct Antonym.
o Meaning: āĻŦি⧟োāĻ—াāύ্āϤāĻ• āϘāϟāύা āĻŦা āĻļোāĻ•াāĻŦāĻš āύাāϟāĻ•। (āϤাāĻŽাāĻļাāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻšāϞো āĻ—āĻŽ্āĻ­ীāϰ āĻŦা āĻļোāĻ•াāĻŦāĻš āĻ•িāĻ›ু)।
• (b) Mockery → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āωāĻĒāĻšাāϏ (Synonym-āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›াāĻ•াāĻ›ি)।
• (d) Chaos → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻŦিāĻļৃāĻ™্āĻ–āϞা।
Q7. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Necessary
(b) Maintenence
(c) Embarrassment
(d) Inadvertent
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) Maintenence
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) Maintenence → Incorrect.
o Correct Spelling: Maintenance (āĻāĻ–াāύে 'n' āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ 'e' āύ⧟, 'a' āĻšāĻŦে)।
o Bengali Meaning: āϰāĻ•্āώāĻŖাāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ।
• (a) Necessary → Correct. (āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟)।
• (c) Embarrassment → Correct. (āĻ…āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻŦা āϞāϜ্āϜা)। āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻ–āĻŦেāύ āĻĄāĻŦāϞ 'r' āĻāĻŦং āĻĄāĻŦāϞ 's' āĻšāĻŦে।
• (d) Inadvertent → Correct. (āĻ…āύিāϚ্āĻ›াāĻ•ৃāϤ)।
Q8. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Diligent
(a) Industrious
(b) Hardworking
(c) Inactive
(d) Persistent
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Inactive
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Diligent Meaning: āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽী (Hardworking and careful).
• (c) Inactive → Correct Antonym.
o Meaning: āĻ…āϞāϏ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻŖ্āϝ।
• (a) Industrious / (b) Hardworking / (d) Persistent → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āϏāĻŦāχ Synonym (āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽী āĻŦা āύাāĻ›ো⧜āĻŦাāύ্āĻĻা)।
Q9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The artist's ______ use of colour made the painting boring and dull.
(a) exciting
(b) drab
(c) exceptional
(d) vibrant
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) drab
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) drab → Correct.
o Meaning: āĻāĻ•āϘে⧟ে āĻŦা āϧূāϏāϰ (Lacking brightness or interest; dull).
o Reason: āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে 'boring and dull' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāϞো āφāĻ›ে, āϝা āĻāĻ•āϟি āύেāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• Adjective āĻĻাāĻŦি āĻ•āϰে।
• (a) exciting / (d) vibrant → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āωāϜ্āϜ্āĻŦāϞ āĻŦা āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšāϜāύāĻ• āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦোāĻা⧟।
• (c) exceptional → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ…āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ।
Q10. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Burn the midnight oil
(a) To work late into the night
(b) To literally burn oil at midnight
(c) To waste time
(d) To extinguish a flame
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) To work late into the night
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (a) → Correct.
o Idiom Meaning: āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āϰাāϤ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϜেāĻ—ে āĻĒ⧜াāĻļোāύা āĻŦা āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰা।
o Example: He is burning the midnight oil for his exams. (āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏে āϰাāϤ āϜেāĻ—ে āĻĒ⧜āĻ›ে।)
Q11. Select the correct spelling of the underlined incorrectly spelt word in the given sentence.
Kashiram was very symphathetic towards his housekeeper.
(a) symphathetik
(b) sympathetic
(c) simpatetic
(d) sympathetic
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) sympathetic
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (b) sympathetic → Correct Spelling.
o Meaning: āϏāĻšাāύুāĻ­ূāϤিāĻļীāϞ।
o Tip: āĻŽāύে āϰাāĻ–ুāύ S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.
Q12. Select the word from among the given options that is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the given sentence.
Ajay was cautious when investing in the stock market.
(a) Lax
(b) Heedless
(c) Elaborate
(d) Careful
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) Careful
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Cautious Meaning: āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ• āĻŦা āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύ।
• (d) Careful → Correct Synonym. (āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ•)।
• (a) Lax → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻļিāĻĨিāϞ āĻŦা āĻĸিāϞেāĻĸাāϞা।
• (b) Heedless → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ…āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύ (āϝিāύি āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻেāύ āύা)।
Q13. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The team worked diligently /(B) to meet the project deadline, / (C) collaborating seamless to ensure / (D) every detail was accounted for and polished.
(a) B
(b) D
(c) C
(d) A
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) C
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (c) C segment → Error.
o Rule: 'Collaborating' (Verb)-āĻ•ে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ Adverb āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ। 'Seamless' āĻāĻ•āϟি Adjective।
o Correction: āĻāϟি āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āωāϚিāϤ āĻ›িāϞ 'seamlessly'।
o Example: The transition went seamlessly. (āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāϟি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŽāϏৃāĻŖāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে।)
Q14. Select the word that best completes the given sentence. Determine the collocation through the sentence.
Ms. Suma aims to maintain ________ standards of customer care.
(a) loyal
(b) expensive
(c) confident
(d) high
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) high
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• (d) high → Correct.
o Collocation: 'Standards' (āĻŽাāύ)-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 'High' (āωāύ্āύāϤ āĻŦা āωāϚ্āϚ) āϏāĻŦāĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ।
o Example: We maintain high standards. (āφāĻŽāϰা āωāϚ্āϚ āĻŽাāύ āĻŦāϜা⧟ āϰাāĻ–ি।)
Q15. Select the word from among the given options that is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the given sentence.
For leisure, Arjun prefers to unwind by playing chess with friends.
(a) Profit
(b) Relaxation
(c) Incarceration
(d) Labour
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) Relaxation
Step-by-Step Explanation:
• Leisure Meaning: āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦা āφāϰাāĻŽেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ (Free time).
• (b) Relaxation → Correct Synonym. (āφāϰাāĻŽ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻļ্āϰাāĻŽ)।
• (a) Profit → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϞাāĻ­।
• (c) Incarceration → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ•াāϰাāĻŦাāϏ (āĻŦāύ্āĻĻি āĻĨাāĻ•া)।
• (d) Labour → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ।