WBCS PRELIMINARY QUESTION PAPER 2013 PART -ENGLISH

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WBCS PRELIMINARY QUESTION PAPER 2013 PART -ENGLISH

 WBCS PRELIMINARY QUESTION PAPER 2013 PART -ENGLISH

Q-no-1

They "laughed down" the man means that they..............the man.

a.confined

b.rediculed and belittled

c.laughed with 

d.punished


Q-no-2

"crocodile tears" means........

a.expression of sorrow

b.tears of animals

c.false tears

d.painful expression


Q-no-3

The structure of Tajmahal makes it one of the wonders of the world.

a.magnanimous

b.mighty

c.medicore

d.majestic


Q-no-4

he was penniless when the bank failed and declared himself...............

a.insipid

b.innocent

c.insolent

d.insolvent


Q-no-5

the child proved himself......by his behaviors and was expelled from the school.

a.ill bred

b.ill treated

c.ill advised

d.ill logical


Q-no-6

a..........makes no difference between man and man in spreading his love.

a.philanderer

b.philosopher

c.philistine

d.philanthrophist


Q-no-7

{choose the opposite meaning of the bold word}

Transparency is needed in dealing with a matter of public interest.

a.hazziness

b.turbulence

c.trauma

d.transition

Q-no-8

{find the phrasal verb]

His friend ......much to his despair.

a.went back on

b.went with

c.went away from

d.went in


Q-no-9

The banquet hall is .......decorated to celebrate the occasion.

a.slovenly

b.lavishly

c.simply

d.poorly


Q-no-10

an omnivorous  creature is one who ;

a.eat both plants and animal

b.omnipresent

c.omniscient

d.eats nothing


Q-no-11

people don't settle down, speak the Romany language are called 

a.traunt

b.gypsy

c.wanderer

d.vagabond


Q-no-12

he came of his own .....

a.impulse 

c.accord

d.instinct

e.indifference


Q-no-13

{choose the close meaning of the bold word}

the patient needed an anodyne for his strained nerves

a.alchohol

b.medicine

c.opimum

d.painkilling balm


Q-no-14

the news came like a bolt from the blue.

a.windfall

b.thunderbolt

c.sudden and unexpected

d.shock


Q-no-15

{fill in the blank appropriate preposition }

I was alarmed .....the news of my brother's illness

a.in

b.at

c.of

d.on


Q-no-16

he is such a good samaritan.it means

a.he is very poor

b.he is a fool

c.someone who tries to help the people

d.he is a bad man


Q-no-17

{select the pair in the following options,which is set in opposition;}

a.erroneous-faulty

b.vilify-slander

c.reticent-silent

d.none of the above


Q-NO-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


Q-no-19

"to see the red "means

a.to begin to understand

b.to be mad with anger

c.the narrow escape

d.smart and clean


Q-no-20

preparation for killing insect is..

a.parasite

b.humus

c.rodent

d.insecticide


Q-no-21

eruption means outbreak, irruption means

a.brusting in

b.disease

c.evil

d.equal


Q-no-22

it was queer to see his behavior.

a.natural

b.probable

c.convincing

d.odd


Q-no-23

the street is not properly........

a.illumed

b.illuminated

c.illumined

d.enlightened


Q-no-24

we are superior to everybody else is an apt utterance of an /a...

a.egoist

b.anarchist

c.pacifist

d.chauvinist


Q-no-25

the opposite of remote is .....

a.high

b.far

c.near

d, less


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