UPSC NDA, NA & Bank clerical English Test

UPSC NDA, NA & Bank clerical English Test
 English Grammar MCQ Paper

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the

word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence.

1. One who knows many arts and sciences?       

(a) Polyglot

(b) Plagiarist                                       

(c) Polymath

(d) Sophist

ANSWER: (c)

2. One who breaks into a house at night in order to steal

(a) Dacoit

(b) Thief

(c) Burglar

(d) Pilferer                 

ANSWER: (c)

3. Not to the point

(a) Exaggerated

(b) Incorrect

(c) Inadequate

(d) lrrelevant

ANSWER: (d)

4. To issue a thunderous verbal attack     

(a) Animate

(b) Invigorate  

(c) Fulminate

(d) Languish

ANSWER: (c)

5. One who prescribes corrective lenses

(a) Optician

(b) Optometrist

(c) Oculist

(d) Ophthalmologist

ANSWER: (b)

6. Internal telephonic system

(a) Interim

(b) Interlocutor

(c) Intercourse

(d) Intercom

ANSWER: (d)

7. One who is very exact in forms of behavior

(a) Punctilious

(b) Corpulent

(c) Puerile

(d) Connubial

ANSWER: (a)

8. A person who introduces the performers, speakers etc.

(a) Host

(b) Compeer

(c) Impostor

(d) Presenter

ANSWER: (b)

9. An expert who calculates rates of insurance

(a) Accountant

(b) Statistician

(c) Actuary

(d) Calculator

ANSWER: (c)

10. A man who attempts to pass for more than he is worth

(a) Senile

(b) Pretentious

(c) Extenuating

(d) Retentive

ANSWER: (b)

11. A medicine that induces sleep

(a) Narcotic

(b) Psychotherapeutic

(c) Panacea

(d) Anodyne

ANSWER: (b)

12. Remarks which have no order or connection

(a) Incognito

(b) Irrelevant

(c) Incoherent

(d) Puissant

 ANSWER: (c)

13. A man who asks many questions

(a) Vociferous

(b) Frugal

(c) Prodigious

(d) Inquisitive

ANSWER: (d)

14. The firing of a number of guns together as a salute

(a) Jingoism

(b) Reception

(c) Salvo

(d) Gun Salute        

ANSWER: (c)

15. List and explanations of several words

(a) Agendum

(b) Appendix

(c) Addendum

(d) Glossary

ANSWER: (d)

16. Mental disorder marked by fixed delusions

(a) Monomania

(b) Hyper mania

(c) Paranoia

(d) Nostalgia

ANSWER: (c)

17. A person who attacks first

(a) Invader

(b) Aggressor

(c) Initiater

(d) Offender

ANSWER: (b)

18. Figure of speech in which term is transferred to something it does not literally

      apply to

(a) Metaphor

(b) Simile

(c) Epitome

(d) Epithet

ANSWER: (a)

Directions: Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the

blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

19. Mounting unemployment is they most serious and.......problem faced by India today.

(a) Dubious

(b) Profound

(c) Unpopular

(d) Intractable

(e) Unattainable

Answer. (d)

20. Successful people are genuinely very efficient in........their tasks.

(a) Making

(b) Attaining

(c) Achieving

(d) Completing

(e) Accomplishing

 Answer. (e)

21. To break the stalemate over the controversial issue, the Prime Minister

     held discussions today with four other leaders to........a consensual

(a) Evolve

(b) Win

(c) Capture

(d) Emerge

(e) Develop

Answer. (a)

22. His logic........everyone, including the experts.

(a) Teased

(b) Defied

(c) Surprised

(d) Confounded

(e) Overwhelmed

 Answer. (c)

23. It is not fair to cast....on honest and innocent persons.

(a) Aspiration

(b) Aspersion

(c) Inspiration

(d) Adulation

Answer. (b)

24. This book is about a man who.......his family and went to live in the Himalayas.

(a) Exiled    

(b) Deserted

(c) Banished

(d) Expelled

(e) Admonished

Answer. (b)

25. It is easy to........but impossible to replace English medium education.

(a) Deny

(b) Approve

(c) Propagate

(d) Castigate

(e) Eliminate

Answer. (d)