WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 8)
WBSSC Group C English Practice (Set 8)
Q. 1) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Lanky
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) Plump
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* Lanky Meaning: āϞিāĻāϞিāĻেāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āĻāĻŦং āĻĒাāϤāϞা (Tall and thin).
* (a) Plump → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āĻšৃāώ্āĻāĻĒুāώ্āĻ āĻŦা āĻোāϞāĻাāϞ (Pleasantly fat/rounded).
* (b) Rare → Wrong. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āĻŦিāϰāϞ āĻŦা āĻĻুāώ্āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϝ (Not common).
* (c) Rectangular → Wrong. āĻāĻিāĻāĻāĻি āĻ্āϝাāĻŽিāϤিāĻ āĻāĻাāϰ (āĻāϝ়āϤাāĻাāϰ).
* (d) Congenital → Wrong. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āĻāύ্āĻŽāĻāϤ (Present from birth).
Q. 2) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. After working tirelessly on the project for weeks, Mark finally decided to burn the midnight _________.
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) oil
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (d) oil → Correct. "Burn the midnight oil" āĻāĻāĻি āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ idiom āϝাāϰāĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻāĻীāϰ āϰাāϤ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤāĻেāĻে āĻāĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰা.
* (a, b, c) → Wrong. Idiom-āĻāĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰা āϝাāϝ় āύা,āϤাāĻ water, food āĻŦা paper āĻšāĻŦে āύা.
Q. 3) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Researchers _______ new technologies to improve recycling processes in the near future.
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) are developing
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (b) are developing → Correct. 'Researchers' āĻāĻāĻি Plural (āĻŦāĻšুāĻŦāĻāύ) subject, āϤাāĻ plural verb 'are' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে। āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻি āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āĻāϞāĻŽাāύ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻŦোāĻাāĻ্āĻে।
* (a) was developing → Wrong. āĻāĻি Singular (āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ) subject-āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়।
* (c) develop → Wrong. āĻāĻি āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύāĻাāϞ āĻŦোāĻাāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻাāύে āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ্āϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻšāĻ্āĻে।
* (d) has been developing → Wrong. 'Has' āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝ় Singular-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻŦāϏে।
Q. 4) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The discipline committee of the college pondered the matter for two hours but did not take any decision.
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) talked over the matter
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* Pondered Meaning: āĻāĻীāϰāĻাāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻāύা āĻāϰা āĻŦা āĻাāĻŦা (Thought about carefully).
* (a) talked over the matter → Correct. "Talked over" āĻŽাāύে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻāϰা (Discussed), āϝা 'pondered' āĻāϰ āĻাāĻাāĻাāĻি āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰে।
* (b) grinned → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦেāϰ āĻāϰে āĻšাāϏা।
* (c) thought down → Wrong. āĻāĻি āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻোāύো āĻংāϰেāĻি āĻĢ্āϰেāĻ āύāϝ়।
* (d) pondering over → Wrong. āĻŦ্āϝাāĻāϰāĻŖāĻāϤāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻাāύে 'pondered' (Past tense) āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে -ing form āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻŦāϏāĻŦে āύা।
Q. 5) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Baroque
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) Plain
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* Baroque Meaning: āĻ
āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻাāϰুāĻাāϰ্āϝāĻāĻিāϤ āĻŦা āĻাঁāĻāĻāĻŽāĻāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ (Highly ornate/decorated).
* (b) Plain → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦা āĻ
āϞāĻ্āĻাāϰāĻšীāύ (Simple).
* (a) Florid / (c) Ornate → Wrong. āĻāĻুāϞো āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (āĻুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļি āϏাāĻাāύো).
* (d) Gilt → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϏোāύাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϞেāĻĒ āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া।
Q. 6) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make the sentence meaningful. My grandmother _______ to the temple alone last night.
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) went
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (d) went → Correct. āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে "last night" (āĻ
āϤীāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ়) āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻĨাāĻāϞে Simple Past Tense āĻšāϝ়। āϤাāĻ 'Go' āĻāϰ past form 'went' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে।
* (a) is going → Wrong. āĻāĻি āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύāĻাāϞেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ।
* (b) have gone → Wrong. 'My grandmother' (Singular) āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 'has' āĻšāϝ়, 'have' āύāϝ়।
* (c) goes → Wrong. āĻāĻি āϰোāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ
āĻ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻŦāϏে।
Q. 7) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Exiuisite
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (c) Exiuisite → Incorrect Spelling. āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻŦাāύাāύ āĻšāϞো Exquisite (E-X-Q-U-I-S-I-T-E). āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻāĻŽā§āĻাāϰ।
* (a) Cuisine → Correct. (āϰাāύ্āύা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻļৈāϞী).
* (b) Restaurants → Correct. (āϰেāϏ্āϤোāϰাঁ).
* (d) Accolades → Correct. (āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻĒুāϰāϏ্āĻাāϰ).
Q. 8) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word. Tedious
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Boring and tiresome
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (c) Boring and tiresome → Correct. Tedious āĻŽাāύে āĻāĻāĻেāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āϞাāύ্āϤিāĻāϰ।
* (a) Exciting / (b) Inspiring / (d) Brief → Wrong. āĻāĻুāϞো Tedious-āĻāϰ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ।
Q. 9) 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. He doesn’t travel such more/ these days/ because he is not well.
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) He doesn’t travel such more
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (b) He doesn’t travel such more → Error. āĻংāϰেāĻিāϤে "such more" āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻুāϞ। āϏāĻ িāĻāĻি āĻšāĻŦে "so much" āĻŦা "much anymore"।
* (a, d) → āĻāĻ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻুāϞোāϤে āĻোāύো āĻুāϞ āύেāĻ।
Q. 10) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Chastise
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Flog
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* Chastise Meaning: āĻāĻ োāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া āĻŦা āϤিāϰāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻāϰা (To punish/scold).
* (c) Flog → Correct Synonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻাāĻŦুāĻ āĻŽাāϰা āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰা।
* (a) Compliment / (b) Laud / (d) Praise → Wrong. āĻāĻুāϞো āϏāĻŦ 'āĻĒ্āϰāĻļংāϏা āĻāϰা' āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় (Antonyms).
Q. 11) 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. Most of the passengers complained/ that the speed of the bus/ was usual fast.
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) was usual fast.
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (b) was usual fast. → Error. 'Fast' (Adjective)-āĻে āĻŦিāĻļেāώিāϤ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻি Adverb āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ। 'Usual' āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞে āĻāĻাāύে 'unusually' (āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাāĻŦিāĻāĻাāĻŦে) āĻŦāϏāϞে āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻি āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻšāϤো।
* (a, c) → āĻāĻ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻুāϞো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻāϰāĻŖāĻāϤāĻাāĻŦে āϏāĻ িāĻ।
Q. 12) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The company is _______ financial difficulties due to declining sales.
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) facing
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (d) facing → Correct. "Facing financial difficulties" āĻāĻāĻি āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞিāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦāύ্āϧ āϝাāϰ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāĻā§া।
Q. 13) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Fatuous
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) Brilliant
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* Fatuous Meaning: āĻŦোāĻা āĻŦা āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻšীāύ (Silly/pointless).
* (d) Brilliant → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ
āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻŽেāϧাāĻŦী।
* (a) Dim / (b) Sappy / (c) Lamebrain → Wrong. āĻāĻুāϞো āĻŦোāĻাāĻŽি āĻŦা āĻāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ।
Q. 14) Select the correct spelling of the incorrectly spelt word in the given sentence. The principal announced several curricullam changes for the upcoming year.
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) curricular
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (a) curricular → Correct Spelling. āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে 'curricullam' āĻুāϞ āĻিāϞ। 'Curricular' (āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ āϏংāĻ্āϰাāύ্āϤ) āĻāĻাāύে āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ।
* (d) curicullam → Wrong. āĻāĻাāύে 'L' āĻĄāĻŦāϞ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে āĻিāύ্āϤু 'U' āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻে। āϏāĻ িāĻ Noun āĻšāϞো 'Curriculum'।
Q. 15) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The farmers will ______ their fields tomorrow.
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) plough
Step-by-Step Explanation:
* (b) plough → Correct. āĻৃāώāĻāϰা āĻāĻŽি āĻাāώ āĻāϰে, āϤাāĻ 'Plough' (āϞাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া/āĻাāώ āĻāϰা) āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ।
* (a) tropical → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻāώ্āĻŖāĻŽāύ্āĻĄāϞীāϝ়।
* (c) isotope → Wrong. āĻāĻি āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύেāϰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ।
* (d) collide → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϏংāĻāϰ্āώ āĻšāĻāϝ়া।
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