ENGLISH COMPOSITION QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) - WBCS PRELIMS 2012
In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2012, total 25 questions was asked from English Composition.
1. ‘Aural’ means
Correct Answer: [A] Relating to the ear
2. Tortuous means
Correct Answer: [C] Full of twist and turns
3. Fill in the blanks with the following pairs:
I am going to Chennai ______Monday _____ tour.
Correct Answer: [B] On, with
4. Replace the underlined part of the sentence by any one of the four alternatives given below :
He changed his job and was out of frying pan to fire.
Correct Answer: [C] In a condition from bad to worse
Correct Answer: [C] With
6. A manicurist take care of
Correct Answer: [C] Nail
7. He succeeded by dint _____ his hard labour.
Correct Answer: [A] Of
8. Hike in oil price may mar the future of the trade world.
Correct Answer: [D] Worsen
9. A pugilist is a
Correct Answer: [A] Boxer
10. He tried by all means, by hook or by crook to win the case.
Correct Answer: [A] By any means fair or foul
11. She is proficient in music but weak
Correct Answer: [D] On study
12. A gourmet loves
Correct Answer: [C] Food
13. ‘Cacography’ means
Correct Answer: [A] Bad spelling
14. ‘Hold fire’ means
Correct Answer: [A] To delay doing something
15. A ‘soliloquy’ means
Correct Answer: [B] Speaking to oneself
16. To take up the gauntlet means
Correct Answer: [A] To accept the challenge
17. ‘Thespian art’ refers to
Correct Answer: [A] The art of tragedy
18. Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition
Correct Answer: [A] Liquid – Solid
19. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition:
I have no desire ______ fame.
Correct Answer: [B] For
20. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition :
There is an exception_________ every rule
Correct Answer: [A] To
21.The meat of deer is called
Correct Answer: [B] Venison
22. Regicide means
Correct Answer: [B] Murder of a King
23. Lachrymose nature means-
Correct Answer: [C] Prone to tear
24. A clever man sweeps his family scandals under the
Correct Answer: [C] Carpet
25. ‘Astronomy’ means study of the
Correct Answer: [B] Star