MBA and Bank PO Exams
English – Language
DIRECTIONS (Question 1 to 5) : Select the word which is similar in meaning to the word given.
- Garnish
a) mistreat
b) stain
c) adorn
d) abuse
- Frugality
a) foolishness
b) stinginess
c) futility
d) economy
- Foray
a) incursion
b) contest
c) approve
d) assign
- garrulity
a) credible
b) senility
c) verbosity
d) speciousness
- Furore
a) excitement
b) worry
c) blunt
d) bland
DIRECTIONS ( Question 6 to13) :
In questions 6-13, there may be a mistake in the sentence. Indicate that part of the sentence which contains the error. Note that you don’t have to correct the error. You only need to indicate its number. If there is no error, indicate (4) as the answer.
- His (1)/ salary is lower (2)/ than a sweeper. (3)/ No error (4).
- Not (1)/ one of the children (2)/ has ever act (3)/ in a play. No error (4).
- The book must (1)/ be old, for (2)/ it’s (3)/ cover is torn. No error (4).
- Neither the officer nor (1) / his assistant were (2)/ in the office when (3)/ the thief broke in. No error(4)
- After (1)/ he had drank (2)/ the milk, he began to (3)/ feel sleepy. No error (4)
- Every woman in the ward (1)/hoped (2)/ that their (3)/ would be healthy and return home someday. No error (4)
- That (1)/ is the kind of a (2)/ house in which (3)/ I would (4) like to live.
- Charles asked (1) I would (2)/ go to the movies with him (3)/ No error (4)
DIRECTIONS (Questions 14 to 18) : For questions 14 to 18, select the word which has the opposite meaning to the word given.
- Hapless
a) cheerful
b) consistent
c) fortunate
d) shapely
- haphazard
a) fortuitous
b) indifferent
c) deliberate
d) accidental
- gregarious
a) antisocial
b) glorious
c) horrendous
d) similar
- hirsute
a) scaly
b) bald
c) erudite
d) quiet
- gullible
a) incredulous
b) fickle
c) easy
d) stylish
DIRECTIONS (Questions 19 to25) :
The given question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words. Choose the pair which has the same relationship.
- Pain : sedative
a) comfort : happiness
b) grief : consolation
c) trance : drugs
d) ache : medicine
- Pork : pig
a) rooster : chicken
b) mutton : sheep
c) steer : beef
d) lobster : crustacean
- Filter : water
a) curtail : activity
b) study : book
c) edit : text
d) censor : play
- mundane : spiritual
a) common : ghostly
b) worldly : unworldly
c) routine : strange
d) secular : fanatic
- Indigent : wealthy
a) angry : poor
b) native : affluent
c) gauche : graceful
d) scholarly : educated
- Thrust : spear
a) mangle : iron
b) scabbard : sword
c) war : weapon
d) fence : epee
- wan : colour
a) kind : gentle
b) insipid : bland
c) pallid : complexion
d) enigmatic : puzzle
Answers
- adorn
- economy
- incursion
- verbosity
- excitement
- Part 3: It should be ‘than that of a sweeper’ or ‘than a sweeper’s
- Part 3: It should ‘has ever acted’
- part 3: It should be ‘its’
- Part 2: It should be ‘his assistant was’
- Part 2: It should be ‘he had drunk’
- Part 3: It should be ‘that she’
- Part 2: It should be ‘is the kind of’
- Part 2: It should be ‘if I would’
- fortunate
- deliberate
- antisocial
- bald
- incredulous
- grief : consolation
- mutton : sheep
- censor : play
- worldly : unworldly
- gauche : graceful
- fence : epee
- pallid : complexion
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