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
(a) Plump
(b) Rare
(c) Rectangular
(d) Congenital
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) Plump Step-by-Step Explanation: * Lanky Meaning: āϞিāĻ•āϞিāĻ•েāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āĻāĻŦং āĻĒাāϤāϞা (Tall and thin). * (a) Plump → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āĻšৃāώ্āϟāĻĒুāώ্āϟ āĻŦা āĻ—োāϞāĻ—াāϞ (Pleasantly fat/rounded). * (b) Rare → Wrong. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āĻŦিāϰāϞ āĻŦা āĻĻুāώ্āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϝ (Not common). * (c) Rectangular → Wrong. āĻāϟিāĻāĻ•āϟি āϜ্āϝাāĻŽিāϤিāĻ• āφāĻ•াāϰ (āφāϝ়āϤাāĻ•াāϰ). * (d) Congenital → Wrong. āĻāϰāĻŽাāύে āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—āϤ (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 _________.
(a) water
(b) food
(c) paper
(d) oil
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) oil Step-by-Step Explanation: * (d) oil → Correct. "Burn the midnight oil" āĻāĻ•āϟি āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ idiom āϝাāϰāĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āϰাāϤ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤāϜেāĻ—ে āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰা. * (a, b, c) → Wrong. Idiom-āĻāĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰা āϝাāϝ় āύা,āϤাāχ 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.
(a) was developing
(b) are developing
(c) develop
(d) has been developing
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) are developing Step-by-Step Explanation: * (b) are developing → Correct. 'Researchers' āĻāĻ•āϟি Plural (āĻŦāĻšুāĻŦāϚāύ) subject, āϤাāχ plural verb 'are' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে। āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϟি āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āϚāϞāĻŽাāύ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻŦোāĻাāϚ্āĻ›ে। * (a) was developing → Wrong. āĻāϟি Singular (āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ) subject-āĻāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়। * (c) develop → Wrong. āĻāϟি āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύāĻ•াāϞ āĻŦোāĻাāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ–াāύে āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে। * (d) has been developing → Wrong. 'Has' āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝ় Singular-āĻāϰ 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.
(a) talked over the matter
(b) grinned in the matter
(c) thought down the matter
(d) pondering over the matter
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) talked over the matter Step-by-Step Explanation: * Pondered Meaning: āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āĻ•āϰা āĻŦা āĻ­াāĻŦা (Thought about carefully). * (a) talked over the matter → Correct. "Talked over" āĻŽাāύে āφāϞোāϚāύা āĻ•āϰা (Discussed), āϝা 'pondered' āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›াāĻ•াāĻ›ি āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰে। * (b) grinned → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦেāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻšাāϏা। * (c) thought down → Wrong. āĻāϟি āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ•োāύো āχংāϰেāϜি āĻĢ্āϰেāϜ āύāϝ়। * (d) pondering over → Wrong. āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻāĻ–াāύে 'pondered' (Past tense) āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে -ing form āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻŦāϏāĻŦে āύা।
Q. 5) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Baroque
(a) Florid
(b) Plain
(c) Ornate
(d) Gilt
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) Plain Step-by-Step Explanation: * Baroque Meaning: āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ•াāϰুāĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ–āϚিāϤ āĻŦা āϜাঁāĻ•āϜāĻŽāĻ•āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ (Highly ornate/decorated). * (b) Plain → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦা āĻ…āϞāĻ™্āĻ•াāϰāĻšীāύ (Simple). * (a) Florid / (c) Ornate → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āϏāĻŽাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļি āϏাāϜাāύো). * (d) Gilt → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϏোāύাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϞেāĻĒ āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া।
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.
(a) is going
(b) have gone
(c) goes
(d) went
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) went Step-by-Step Explanation: * (d) went → Correct. āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে "last night" (āĻ…āϤীāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ়) āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে Simple Past Tense āĻšāϝ়। āϤাāχ 'Go' āĻāϰ past form 'went' āĻŦāϏāĻŦে। * (a) is going → Wrong. āĻāϟি āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύāĻ•াāϞেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ। * (b) have gone → Wrong. 'My grandmother' (Singular) āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 'has' āĻšāϝ়, 'have' āύāϝ়। * (c) goes → Wrong. āĻāϟি āϰোāϜāĻ•াāϰ āĻ…āĻ­্āϝাāϏেāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻŦāϏে।
Q. 7) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Cuisine
(b) Restaurants
(c) Exiuisite
(d) Accolades
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). āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াāϰ। * (a) Cuisine → Correct. (āϰাāύ্āύা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻļৈāϞী). * (b) Restaurants → Correct. (āϰেāϏ্āϤোāϰাঁ). * (d) Accolades → Correct. (āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻĒুāϰāϏ্āĻ•াāϰ).
Q. 8) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word. Tedious
(a) Exciting and fun
(b) Inspiring and uplifting
(c) Boring and tiresome
(d) Brief and concise
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Boring and tiresome Step-by-Step Explanation: * (c) Boring and tiresome → Correct. Tedious āĻŽাāύে āĻāĻ•āϘেāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ•্āϞাāύ্āϤিāĻ•āϰ। * (a) Exciting / (b) Inspiring / (d) Brief → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো Tedious-āĻāϰ 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.
(a) because he is not well.
(b) He doesn’t travel such more
(c) No error.
(d) these days
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) He doesn’t travel such more Step-by-Step Explanation: * (b) He doesn’t travel such more → Error. āχংāϰেāϜিāϤে "such more" āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ­ুāϞ। āϏāĻ িāĻ•āϟি āĻšāĻŦে "so much" āĻŦা "much anymore"। * (a, d) → āĻāχ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—ুāϞোāϤে āĻ•োāύো āĻ­ুāϞ āύেāχ।
Q. 10) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Chastise
(a) Compliment
(b) Laud
(c) Flog
(d) Praise
Correct Answer: ✅ (c) Flog Step-by-Step Explanation: * Chastise Meaning: āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻŦা āϤিāϰāϏ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰা (To punish/scold). * (c) Flog → Correct Synonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϚাāĻŦুāĻ• āĻŽাāϰা āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰা। * (a) Compliment / (b) Laud / (d) Praise → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āϏāĻŦ 'āĻĒ্āϰāĻļংāϏা āĻ•āϰা' āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় (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.
(a) that the speed of the bus
(b) was usual fast.
(c) Most of the passengers complained
(d) No error.
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) was usual fast. Step-by-Step Explanation: * (b) was usual fast. → Error. 'Fast' (Adjective)-āĻ•ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώিāϤ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟি Adverb āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ। 'Usual' āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞে āĻāĻ–াāύে 'unusually' (āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে) āĻŦāϏāϞে āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϟি āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻšāϤো। * (a, c) → āĻāχ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—ুāϞো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻ িāĻ•।
Q. 12) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The company is _______ financial difficulties due to declining sales.
(a) challenging
(b) doing
(c) directing
(d) facing
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) facing Step-by-Step Explanation: * (d) facing → Correct. "Facing financial difficulties" āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒ্āϰāϚāϞিāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦāύ্āϧ āϝাāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা।
Q. 13) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Fatuous
(a) Dim
(b) Sappy
(c) Lamebrain
(d) Brilliant
Correct Answer: ✅ (d) Brilliant Step-by-Step Explanation: * Fatuous Meaning: āĻŦোāĻ•া āĻŦা āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻšীāύ (Silly/pointless). * (d) Brilliant → Correct Antonym. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻŽেāϧাāĻŦী। * (a) Dim / (b) Sappy / (c) Lamebrain → Wrong. āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āĻŦোāĻ•াāĻŽি āĻŦা āĻ•āĻŽ 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.
(a) curricular
(b) curricural
(c) currciular
(d) curicullam
Correct Answer: ✅ (a) curricular Step-by-Step Explanation: * (a) curricular → Correct Spelling. āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝে 'curricullam' āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ›িāϞ। 'Curricular' (āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āϏংāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ) āĻāĻ–াāύে āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ। * (d) curicullam → Wrong. āĻāĻ–াāύে 'L' āĻĄāĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু 'U' āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻ›ে। āϏāĻ িāĻ• Noun āĻšāϞো 'Curriculum'।
Q. 15) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The farmers will ______ their fields tomorrow.
(a) tropical
(b) plough
(c) isotope
(d) collide
Correct Answer: ✅ (b) plough Step-by-Step Explanation: * (b) plough → Correct. āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āϰা āϜāĻŽি āϚাāώ āĻ•āϰে, āϤাāχ 'Plough' (āϞাāĻ™্āĻ—āϞ āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া/āϚাāώ āĻ•āϰা) āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ। * (a) tropical → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āωāώ্āĻŖāĻŽāύ্āĻĄāϞীāϝ়। * (c) isotope → Wrong. āĻāϟি āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύেāϰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ। * (d) collide → Wrong. āĻāϰ āĻŽাāύে āϏংāϘāϰ্āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া।