Directions (1-5): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Q1. SHIMMERING
(a) Gloomy
(b) Glimmering
(c) Refreshing
(d) Ripening
Q2. MELODIOUS
(a) Harmonious
(b) Tuneless
(c) Odious
(d) Mellifluous
Q3. FIENDISH
(a) Diabolical
(b) Devilish
(c) Reimbursement
(d) Friendly
Q4. SUBSEQUENT
(a) Eventual
(b) Succeeding
(c) Prior
(d) Comparative
Q5. SOBRIETY
(a) Modernization
(b) Drunkenness
(c) Despicable
(d) Stupidity
Directions (6-10): In the following questions, groups four words are given. In each group, one word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word.
Q6.
(a) Prioratise
(b) Picturize
(c) Visualize
(d) Individuality
Q7.
(a) Mendacious
(b) Obnoxcious
(c) Pernicious
(d) Ferocious
Q8.
(a) Rapport
(b) Support
(c) Repport
(d) Purport
Q9.
(a) Audacious
(b) Auspicious
(c) Caprisious
(d) Credulous
Q10.
(a) Neurosurgeon
(b) Homoeopath
(c) Bureaucrat
(d) Veteinary
Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences
Q11. One who journeys from place to place
(a) Quack
(b) Cannibal
(c) Itinerant
(d) Courier
Q12. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God.
(a) Atheism
(b) Pantheism
(c) Scepticism
(d) Animism
Q13. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from the flooding an area.
(a) Dam
(b) Mound
(c) Dyke
(d) Embankment
Q14. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter.
(a) Pun
(b) Alliteration
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Epithet
Q15. A situation that stops an activity from progressing.
(a) Bypass
(b) Breach
(c) Bottleneck
(d) Blockhead
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Shimmering: Shining with a soft light that seems to move slightly.
Gloomy: nearly dark or badly lit in a way that makes you feel sad; depressing.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Melodious: pleasant to listen to,
Odious: Extremely unpleasant, horrible.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Fiendish: cruel and unpleasant: extremely clever and complicated.
Friendly: Behaving in a kind and pleasant way showing kindness.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Subsequent: Happening or coming after something else.
Prior: Happening or existing before something else.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sobriety: the state of being sober not being drunk; the fact of being sensible and serious.
S6. Ans.(a)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(c)
S9. Ans.(c)
S10. Ans.(d)
S11. Ans.(c)
S12. Ans.(b)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(b)
S15. Ans.(c)
