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Section 1
30: Idioms.
1“Clique” means____________?

A. A group of animals
B. A group of birds
C. A group of people
D. None of above

2 “Prosaic” means__________?
A. Good
B. Dull
C. Beautiful
D. None
3 What is the meaning of Banton?

A. Afresh
B. Good manners
C. Farewell
D. Authority

4 He is busy with his work ______________?

A. inns and out
B. up to neck
C. up to the hilt
D. kith and kin

5 “All Hours” means___________?

A. At Regular Times
B. At Irregular Times
C. Every Hour
D. None of these

6 Idiom “A slap on the wrist” means?

A. Hard Punishment
B. Beating Someone
C. Warning or Small Punishment
D. Make someone sad

7 Idiom “To cut long story short” means?

A. Tell the story briefly

B. Come to the point
C. Miss the main points
D. None of above

8 “De novo” means___________?

A. Calm in arm
B. New
C. Prominent
D. To any extent

9 “Inter alia” means___________?

A. In between
B. By the fact
C. Under concentration
D. At the end

10 “En-route” means_________?

A. oneway direction
B. On the way
C. Long distance
D. None of these
11 Idiom ” To make amend for” means___________?

A. Make possible effort

B. To compensate for damage
C. To bring chance in something
D. None of these

12 “Brain Drain” means__________?

A. Mad Person
B. Migration Of Skilled Person To Other Country
C. Emigration Of Intellectuals
D. None

13The idiom “To burry the hatchet” mean?

A. To make peace
B. To make a foolish choice
C. To make a wrong decision
D. To lose something

14 Complete the idiom “Hell hath no fury like a___________?

A. A women scorned
B. A burnned women
C. A women forgotten
D. A devil’s advocate

15 Foreign phrase ” De Jure” means?

A. By law
B. Successful
C. Illegal
D. Compromising

16 Idiom “Tie the knot” means?

A. Friendship
B. Getting married
C. Enmity
D. Criticism

17 The Government ruled by Women is called?

A. Petticoat government
B. Corporatocracy
C. Patriarchy
D. None of these

18 One-Trick Pony means:

A. A person having one special feature, talent, or area of experti

B. Doing work dishonesty
C. Unlawful paropaganda
D. Clever planning for enemy

19 His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase “apple-pie order”
means?

A. Neat & tidy

B. Disordered
C. Mismanaged
D. Ornamental

20 “Hold one’s horse” means__________?

A. Keep one’s expectations

B. Keep one’s gift
C. Have patience
D. High on energy

21 “Give cold shoulder” means__________?

A. To support
B. Cold meat
C. To ignore
D. Shiver

22 To catch a tartar means:

A. To meet with disaster

B. To catch a dangerous person
C. To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
D. None of above

23 To make clean breast of means

A. To gain prominence
B. To praise oneself
C. To destroy before it blooms
D. To confess without of reserves

24 Co*k and bull story mean ?

A. a true story
B. a lengthy tale
C. Story told by an idiot
D. An unbelievable story

25 She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase “turn heads” mean?

A. too pleased
B. get angry
C. attract a lot of attention
D. not knowing what to say
E. get acquainted

26 My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means?

A. active person
B. busy person
C. lazy person
D. angry person

27 He Was all at sea when he began his new Job.What does idiom / phrase “at sea” means
__________?

A. happy
B. sad
C. puzzled
D. triumphant

28 She goes to her mother’s house off and on. What does idiom / phrase “off and on” means

A. frequently
B. rarely
C. occasionally
D. sometimes

29 “Feel blue” means _________?

A. Feel Sad
B. Feel happy
C. Feel energetic
D. Feel angry

30 “Fender bender” means ________ ?

A. A mammoth car accident

B. A Huge car accident
C. A small car accident
D. A major car acciden

Section 2:
Question : 21

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find
the incorrectly spelt word

a) Narrator

b) Familiar

c) Grammer

d) Operator

Answer: (c)

Question : 22

Find the correct word which is spelt wrong?

a) Posthumous

b) Palmistry

c) Photostate

d) Polytechnic

Answer: (c)

Question : 23

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) onerous

b) murderous

c) disasterous

d) preposterous

Answer: (c)

The misspelt word is disasterous. The correct spelling is disastrous

Question : 24

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) consistent

b) penitent

c) repentent

d) competent

Answer: (c)

The misspelt word is repentent The correct spelling is repentant.

Question : 25

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) agrarian

b) aberration

c) aborigin

d) admonish

Answer: (c)

The misspelt word is aborigin The correct spelling is aborigine

Question : 26

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) comunication

b) committee

c) comedian

d) commit

Answer: (a)

The misspelt word is comunication The correct spelling is communication

Question : 27

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) pectorial

b) picturesque

c) burlesque

d) grotesque

Answer: (a)

The misspelt word is pectorial. The correct spelling is pictorial.

Question : 28 [
Find that mis-spelt word?

a) tolerent

b) beginning

c) challenge

d) accumulate

Answer: (a)

The misspelt word is tolerent The correct spelling is tolerant

Question : 29

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) extrection

b) expedition

c) excitment

d) excution

Answer: (b)

The correctly spelt word is expedition The correct spellings of the other words are execution,
excitement, extraction

Question : 30

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find
the incorrectly spelt word

a) Buoyant

b) Bulettin

c) Barrage

d) Beginner

Answer: (b)
Question : 31

Choose the mis-spelt word out of given options.

a) Kneed

b) Knee

c) Knack

d) Kneel

Answer: (a)

Question : 32 [SSC SO (Audit) 2006]

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) running

b) mining

c) winning

d) begining

Answer: (d)

The misspelt word is begining The correct spelling is beginning

Question : 33

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) perforate

b) hesitate

c) irritate

d) penetrate

Answer: (d)

The misspelt word is pennetrate The correct spelling is penetrate

Question : 34

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find
the incorrectly spelt word

a) Temperature

b) Tomorrow

c) Occurence

d) Preferable

Answer: (c)

Question : 35

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) amnesia

b) xenophobia

c) diarrheoa

d) pneumonia

Answer: (c)

The misspelt word is diarrheoa The correct spelling is diarrhoea

Question : 36

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) literary

b) literecy

c) literal

d) literature

Answer: (b)

The misspelt word is literecy

Question : 37

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find
the incorrectly spelt word

a) Heterogeneous

b) Fabulous

c) Gorgeous

d) Inocuous

Answer: (c)

Question : 38

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) premaises

b) prerequisite

c) precipitate

d) prestige

Answer: (a)

The misspelt word is premaises The correct spelling is premises

Question : 39

Find that mis-spelt word?

a) reverent

b) flagrent

c) serpent

d) repent

Answer: (b)

The misspelt word is flagrent The correct spelling is flagrant

Question : 40

Choose the mis-spelt word out of given options.

a) Advancement

b) Adulation

c) Adultration

d) Admittance

Answer: (c)

Section: 3
Synonyms
Question : 1

DILATE

a) spin

b) weaken

c) widen

d) push

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

ABROGATE

a) elope
b) gate-crash

c) abolish

d) destroy

Answer: (c)

abolish (Verb) : to get rid of ; do away with ; to officially end a law, a system or an institution

abrogate (Verb) : to officially end a law ; repeal

elope (Verb) : run away secretly with one’s beloved

gate-crash (Verb) : to go to a party or social event without being invited

destroy (Verb) : do away with; destruct

Question : 3

COMMAND

a) lead

b) instruc

c) manage

d) supervise

Answer: (b)

instruct (Verb) : order ; guide command (Verb) : to order given to a person

lead (Verb) : to show the way manage (Verb) : to succeed in doing something ; cope

supervise (Verb) : to be in charge of somebody or something and make sure that everything is
done correctly

Question : 4

ACCUSED

a) indicated

b) indicted
c) induced

d) instigated

Answer: (b)

indicted (Verb) : to officially charge somebody with a crime

accused (Verb) : to say that something wrong has been done

indicated (Verb) : to show that something is true

induced (Verb) : to force/persuade to do something

instigated (Verb) : to make something start or happen

Question : 5

MOTIVE

a) reason

b) occasion

c) intention

d) preparation

Answer: (c)

intention (Noun) : what you plan to do; your aim

motive (Noun) : a reason for doing something; aim; cause

reason (Noun) : a cause or an explanation for something that has happened or that somebody has
done

occasion (Noun) : special event, ceremony or celebration

preparation (Noun) : the act of getting ready for something or making something ready

Question : 6

PERILOUS

a) hazardous
b) rigorous

c) resilient

d) requisite

Answer: (a)

hazardous (Adjective) : involoving risk or danger to somebody’s health or safety

perilous (Adjective) : very dangerous; hazardous

rigorous (Adjective) : done carefully and with a lot of attention to detail; thorough; strict

resilient (Adjective) : able to feel better quickly after something unpleasant has happened

requisite (Adjective) : necessary for a particular purpose

Question : 7 [SSC MTS 2013]

HURDLE

a) throw

b) opposition

c) obstacle

d) suspicion

Answer: (c)

obstacle (Noun) : a situation, an event, etc. that makes it difficult for you to do or achieve
something

hurdle (Noun) : each of a series of upright frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race; a
problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve something

throw (Noun) : the act of throwing something

opposition (Noun) : the act of strongly disagreeing with somebody or something, with the aim of
preventing something from happening

suspicion (Noun) : a feeling that somebody has done something wrong, illegal or dishonest, even
though you have no proof; a feeling that something is true or you cannot trust somebody or
something
Question : 8 [SSC const. 2013]

GREET

a) welcome

b) hostile

c) unsociable

d) aloof

Answer: (a)

welcome (Verb) : to say hello to somebody in a friendly way when he arrives somewhere

greet (Verb) : to say hello to somebody or to welcome him

hostile (Adjective) : very unfriendly or aggressive and ready to argue or fight

unsociable (Adjective) : not enjoying the company of other people

aloof (Adjective) : not friendly or interested in other people

Question : 9

ADVOCATE

a) pronounce

b) support

c) determine

d) predict

Answer: (b)

support (Verb) : to help or encourage somebody or something by saying or showing that you
agree with him/ or to it; back

advocate (Verb) : to support something publicly

pronounce (Verb) : to say or give something formally

determine (Verb) : to discover the facts about something; to calculate something exactly;
establish

predict (Verb) : forecast; to say that something will happen in future

Question : 10

TEMERITY

a) verity

b) audacity

c) simplicity

d) paucity

Answer: (b)

audacity (Noun) : brave but rude and shocking behaviour

temerity (Noun) : extremely confident behaviour that people are likely to consider rude; audacity

verity (Noun) : truth

simplicity (Noun) : an aspect of something that is easy, natural or plain

paucity (Noun) : a small amount of something

Antonyms

Question : 1

Immaculate

a) Practice

b) Perpetual

c) Agile

d) Defiled

Answer: (d)

Defiled
Question : 2

Startled

a) Downfall

b) Depict

c) Waveringly

d) Visionary

Answer: (c)

Waveringly

Question : 3

Conceited

a) Overlook

b) Polite

c) Dictator

d) Modest

Answer: (d)

Modest

Question : 4

Morbid

a) Forfeit

b) Impudent

c) Healthy

d) Deport

Answer: (c)
Healthy

Question : 5

Throng

a) Dispersion

b) Revengeful

c) Respect

d) Brazen

Answer: (a)

Dispersion

Question : 6

Censure

a) facilitate

b) Praise

c) Improve

d) Errant

Answer: (b)

Praise

Question : 7

Uncouth

a) Long

b) Elegant

c) Triumphant

d) comfort
Answer: (b)

Elegant

Question : 8

Yuppie

a) Refresh

b) Applicable

c) Devout

d) Approve

Answer: (d)

Approve

Question : 9

Vain

a) Tarnished

b) Proud

c) Vacillating

d) Modest

Answer: (d)

Modest

Question : 10

Courtesy

a) Cease

b) Arrogant

c) Disdain
d) Celebrate

Answer: (c)

Disdain

Section 4
 16 DIRGE : FUNERAL

A. Chain : Letter
B. Bell : Church
C. Telephone : Call
D. Hymn : Concert
E. Jingle : Commercial

Answer

: Jingle : Commercial

 17 UMBRAGE : OFFENSE

A. Confusion : Penance
B. Infinity : Meaning
C. Decorum : Decoration
D. Elation :zJubilance

Answer

: Elation : Jubilance:

18 WINGS: AEROPLANE is similar

 A. FLOWERS:ATMOSPHERE
B. WIND: DIRECTION
C. WHEELS: BICYCLE
D. BOOK: READER

Answer

: WHEELS: BICYCLE

 19 DOMINANCE : HEGEMONY is similar as

A. Romance : Sympathy
B. Furtherance : Melancholy
C. Independence : Autonomy
D. Tolerance : Philanthropy

Answer

: Independence : Autonomy

 20 Giant: Dwarf :: Genius:

A. Wicked
B. Gentle
C. Tiny
D. Idiot

Answer

: Idiot

21 Circle: Circumference :: Square:

A. Volume
B. Perimeter
C. Area
D. Diagonal

Answer
 : Perimeter

22 THRUST:SPEAR

E. Scabbard:Sword
F. Bow:Arrow
G. Mangle:Iron
H. Fence:Epee

Answer

: Fence:Epee

23 PAIN:SEDATIVE

I. Trance:Narcotic
J. Ache:Extraction
K. Comfort:Stimulant

L. Grief:Consolation

Answer

: Grief:Consolation

B. 24 WAN:COLOUR

A. Corpulent:Weight
B. Pallid:Complexion
C. Enigmatic:Puzzle
D. Insipid:Flavour
 Answer

: Insipid:Flavour

25 INDIGENT:WEALTHY

E. Angry:Rich
F. Scholarly:Erudite
G. Native:Affluent
H. Gauche:Graceful

Answer

: Gauche:Graceful

C. 26 DISTANCE:LIGHTYEAR

Fame:Television

A. Bushel:Corn
B. Weight:Scale
D. : Liquid:Litre
A.

Answer

: Liquid:Litre

E. 27 MUNDANE:SPIRITUAL

A. Common:Ghostly
B. Worldly:Unworldly
C. Routine:novel
D. Secular:Clerical

Answer

: Worldly:Unworldly
 28 HOPE:ASPIRES

E. ove:Elevates
F. fake:ordinary
G. Film:Flam
H. Fib:Lie

29 Essence:Flower :: Oven: Find the missing part in analogy

I. Heat
J. Vapour
K. Snow
L. Cold

Answer

: Heat

Section 5
Question : 1

Action that is likely to make people very angry

a) inflationary

b) inflammable

c) commensurable

d) inflammatory

Answer: (d)
inflammatory

Question : 2

A humorous drawing dealing with current events or politics.

a) sketch

b) illustration

c) cartoon

d) skit

Answer: (c)

cartoon

Question : 3

Act of mercy killing

a) suicide

b) euthanasia

c) immolation

d) asphyxiation

Answer: (b)

euthanasia

Question : 4

Bare minimum needed for survival

a) sustenance

b) subsistence

c) sustainable

d) supplement
Answer: (b)

subsistence

Question : 5

People who belong to the same country

a) patriots

b) comrades

c) compatriots

d) natives

Answer: (c)

compatriots

Question : 6

An uneducated person

a) joker

b) clown

c) instructor

d) illiterate

Answer: (d)

illiterate

Question : 7

A person learning a trade under someone

a) assistant

b) secretary

c) clerk
d) apprentice

Answer: (d)

apprentice

Question : 8

That which is unlawful

a) legal

b) court

c) bail

d) illicit

Answer: (d)

illicit

Question : 9

Made or done without previous preparation

a) immediate

b) impromptu

c) urgent

d) prompt

Answer: (b)

impromptu

Question : 10

A house where children with no parent are taken care of

a) creche

b) hospital
c) nursery

d) orphanage

Answer: (d)

orphanage

Question : 11

Reasoning method involving two statements from which a conclusion is reached

a) logism

b) syllogism

c) rhetoric

d) rhapsody

Answer: (b)

syllogism

syllogism (N.) : reasoning from the general to the specific

rhetoric (N.) : speech/writing that is needed to influence people, but that is not completely
honest/sincere

rhapsody (N.) : an epic poem adapted for recitation

Question : 12

Those who pass through this gate without permission will be prosecuted.

a) passers by

b) tresspassers

c) culprits

d) absconders

Answer: (b)

trespassers
trespassers (N.) : someone who intrudes on the privacy/property of another without permission

passers-by (N.) : a person who is going past somebody/ something by chance

culprits (N.) : a person who has done something wrong/against the law

absconders (N.) : a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest/prosecution

Question : 13

Change the appearance to deceive or to hide the identity.

a) dissemble

b) disguise

c) dupe

d) display

Answer: (b)

disguise

Question : 14

A person between 90 and 100 years old.

a) septuagenarian

b) nonagenarian

c) centenarian

d) octogenarian

Answer: (c)

centenarian

centenarian (N.) : a person of 100 years

septuagenarian (N.) : a person between 70 and 79 years of age

monagenarian (N.) : a person between 90 and 99 years of age

octogenarian (N.) : a person between 80 and 89 years of age

Question : 15

The science of the functioning and growth of society.

a) anthropology

b) philosophy

c) sociology

d) psychology

Answer: (c)

sociology

sociology (N.) : the study and classification of human societies

anthropology (N.) : the study of human race, its origins, development, customs and beliefs

philosophy (N.) : the study of the nature and meaning of the universe and of human life

psychology (N.) : the science of mental life

Question : 16

Study of the interaction of people with their environment

a) ecology

b) psychology

c) philosophy

d) geography

Answer: (a)

ecology

ecology (N.) : the study of the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their
environment

psychology (N.) : the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour
philosophy (N.) : the study of the nature and meaning of the universe and of human life

geography (N.) : the scientific study of the earth’s surface, physical features, divisions, products,
population, etc.

Question : 17

A list of explanations of rare, technical or obsolete words

a) dictionary

b) glossary

c) lexicon

d) catalogue

Answer: (c)

lexicon

lexicon (N.) : a list of words on a particular subject or in a language in alphabetical order

glossary (N.) : a list of technical/special words, especially those in a particular text, explaining
their meanings

catalogue (N.) : a complete list of items, for example, of things that people can look at/buy

Question : 18

Underground place for storing wine or other provisions

a) garage

b) cellar

c) attic

d) hall

Answer: (b)

cellar

cellar (N.) : an underground room often used for storing things (wine, salt, etc.)
attic (N.) : a room/space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things

Question : 19

Free somebody from blame or guilt

a) excuse

b) reprimand

c) exonerate

d) acquit

Answer: (c)

exonerate

exonerate (V.) : to officially state that somebody is not responsible for something that he has
been blamed for

excuse (V.) : to forgive somebody for something that he has done (not being polite, making a
small mistake, etc.)

reprimand (V.) : to tell somebody officially that you do not approve of him/his actions ; rebuke

acquit (V.) : to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime

Question : 20

One who plays for pleasure rather than as a profession

a) player

b) amateur

c) performer

d) actor

Answer: (b)

amateur

amateur (N.) : a person who takes part in a sport or other activity for enjoyment, not as a job
Question : 21

One who does something for the first time

a) leader

b) model

c) forerunner

d) pioneer

Answer: (d)

pioneer

pioneer (N.) : a person who is the first to study and develop a particular area of knowledge,
culture, etc. that other people then continue to develop

forerunner (N.) : a person/thing that came before and influenced somebody/something else that is
similar, a sign of what is going to happen

Question : 22

A government run by officials

a) democracy

b) anarchy

c) oligarchy

d) bureaucracy

Answer: (d)

bureaucracy

bureaucracy (N.) : a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials
who are not elected

democracy (N.) : a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect
their representatives

anarchy (N.) : a situation in a country, an organization, etc., in which there is no government,

order/control
oligarchy (N.) : a form of government in which only a small group of people hold all the power

Question : 23

That which can be drunk

a) edible

b) palatable

c) potable

d) culpable

Answer: (c)

potable

potable (Adj.) : safe to drink (water)

edible (Adj.) : fit/suitable to be eaten

palatable (Adj.) : having a pleasant/acceptable taste (food/drink)

culpable (Adj.) : responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong

Question : 24

One who is neither intelligent nor dull

a) ordinary

b) average

c) fair

d) mediocre

Answer: (d)

mediocre

mediocre (Adj.) : not very good; of only average standard

average (Adj.) : ordinary ; not special

Question : 25

Person leading a life of strict self-discipline

a) hedonist

b) disciplinarian

c) atheist

d) ascetic

Answer: (d)

ascetic

ascetic (N.) : a person who lives in a simple and strict way, without physical pleasures, especially
for religious reasons (monks, hermits, saints)

hedonist (N.) : a person who believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life

disciplinarian (N.) : a person who believes in using rules and punishment for controlling people

atheist (N.) : a person who believes that God does not exist

Question : 26

A person who loves everybody

a) egoist

b) fatalist

c) humanist

d) altruist

Answer: (d)

altruist

altruist (N.) : someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human wellbeing

egoist (N.) : a person who thinks that he/she is better than other people and who thinks and talks
too much about himself
fatalist (N.) : a person who believes that events are decided by fate and cannot be controlled

humanist (N.) : a person who believes that solving human problems with the help of reason is
more important than religious beliefs.

Question : 27

A small village or a group of houses

a) community

b) settlement

c) hamlet

d) colony

Answer: (c)

hamlet

hamlet (N.) : a very small village community (N.) : a group of people having common interests,
living in the same locality and under the same government

settlement (N.) : the process of people making their homes in a place

colony (N.) : a country or an area that is governed by people from another, more powerful,
country

Question : 28

A thing fit to be eaten

a) eligible

b) audible

c) delectable

d) edible

Answer: (d)

edible

edible (Adj.) : fit to be eaten

eligible (Adj.) : qualified/entitled to be chosen

audible (Adj.) : that can be heard

delectable (Adj.) : delicious ; greatly pleasing

Question : 29

A land fit for growing crops

a) sprout

b) arable

c) sterlized

d) venerable

Answer: (b)

arable

arable (Adj.) : suitable for growing crops

sprout (N.) : a new part growing on a plant

sterilized (V.) : to kill the bacteria in/or on something

venerable (Adj.) : people/things deserving/respect by vitrue of age, dignity, character, or

position.

Question : 30

Feint

a) pretended effect

b) pretended attack

c) pretended effort

d) pretended support

Answer: (b)

pretended attack
feint (N.) : a body movement that is intended to divert another’s attention, often by being
deliberately left incomplete.