ENGLISH COMPOSITION QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) – WBCS PRELIMS 2013
In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2013, total 25 questions was asked from English Composition.
1. Choose the correct alternatives from the options to fill in the blanks:
They ‘laughed down’ the man means that they ______ the man.
[A] Confined
[B] Laughed with
[C] Ridiculed and belittled
[D] Punished
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Ridiculed and belittled
2. Choose the correct alternatives from the options to fill in the blanks:
‘Crocodile tears’ means _______.
[A] Expression of sorrow
[B] Tears of animals
[C] False tears
[D] Painful expression
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] False tears
3. Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks :
The_____ structure of Tajmahal makes it one of the wonders of the world
[A] Magnanimous
[B] Mediocre
[C] Mighty
[D] Majestic
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Majestic
4. Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks :
He was penniless when the bank failed and declared himself _______ .
[A] Insipid
[B] Insolent
[C] Innocent
[D] Insolvent
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Insolvent
5. Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks :
The child proved himself _____ by his behaviour and was expelled from the school.
[A] Ill-bred
[B] Ill-advised
[C] Ill-treated
[D] Illogical
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Ill-bred
6. Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks :
A ______ makes no difference between man and man in spreading his love.
[A] Philander
[B] Philistine
[C] Philosopher
[D] Philanthropist
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Philanthropist
7. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word :
Transparency is needed in dealing with a matter of public interest :
[A] Haziness
[B] Trauma
[C] Turbulence
[D] Transition
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Haziness
8. Insert the appropriate phrasal verb in the blank below to make the sentence meaningful :
His friend ________ his word much to his despair.
[A] Went back on
[B] Went away from
[C] Went with
[D] Went in
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Went back on
9. Identify the correct word from the options given to make the sentence meaningful :
The banquet-hall is ______decorated to celebrate the occasion.
[A] Slovenly
[B] Simply
[C] Lavishly
[D] Poorly
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lavishly
10. An omnivorous creature is one who :
[A] Eats both plants and animals
[B] Omnipresent
[C] Omniscient
[D] Eats nothing
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Eats both plants and animals
11. People who do not settle down, speak the Romany language, are called :
[A] Truant
[B] Vagabond
[C] Gypsy
[D] Wanderer
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Gypsy
12. He came of his own _____
[A] Impulse
[B] Instinct
[C] Accord
[D] Indifference
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Instinct
13. Choose the word closest to the meaning of the underlined words :
The patient needed an anodyne for his strained nerves.
[A] Alcohol
[B] Opium
[C] Medicine
[D] Painkilling balm
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Painkilling balm
14. Choose the word closest to the meaning of the underlined words :
The news came like a bolt from the blue.
[A] Windfall
[B] Thunderbolt
[C] Sudden and unexpected
[D] Shock
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Sudden and unexpected
15. Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition :
I was alarmed _____ the news of my brother’s illness.
[A] In
[B] At
[C] Of
[D] On
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] At
16. He is such a Good Samaritan. It means :
[A] He is very clever
[B] He is a fool
[C] Someone who tries to help people
[D] He is a bad man
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Someone who tries to help people
17. Select the pair in the following options, which is set in opposition :
[A] Erroneous — Faulty
[B] Reticent — Silent
[C] Vilify — Slander
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] None of the above
18. ‘Deciduous’ trees are :
[A] Trees that lose the leaves annually
[B] Trees that are big
[C] Trees that are short
[D] Trees that are scattered
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Trees that lose the leaves annually
19. ‘To see red’ means :
[A] To begin to understand
[B] To be mad with anger
[C] A narrow escape
[D] Smart and clean
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] To be mad with anger
20. A preparation for killing insects is :
[A] Parasite
[B] Insecticide
[C] Humus
[D] Rodent
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Insecticide
21. Eruption means outbreak, irruption means :
[A] Bursting in
[B] Equal
[C] Disease
[D] Evil
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Bursting in
22. Replace the underlined word by any of the options given below:
It was queer to see his behaviour.
[A] Natural
[B] Odd
[C] Probable
[D] Convincing
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Odd
23. Fill in the blank :
The street is not properly ____
[A] Illumed
[B] Illumined
[C] Illuminated
[D] Enlightened
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Illuminated
24. ‘We are superior to everybody else’ is the apt utterance of a/an —
[A] Egoist
[B] Pacifist
[C] Anarchist
[D] Chauvinist
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Egoist
25. The opposite of ‘remote’ is :
[A] High
[B] Less
[C] Far
[D] Near
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Near