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Friday, 24 February 2023

Constable GD Examination 2022 English 01/02/2023 Shift IV

1) The sentence given below has one misspelt word. Spot the INCORRECTLY spelt word and select its correct spelling. 

Too much bureacracy suppresses creativity. 

1. Bureaucracy 

2. Burocracy 

3. Bureaukracy 

4. Burreaukracy 

2) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The mob broke up the norms of the country. 

1. violated 

2. invade 

3. disturb 

4. damaged

3) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

The skeleton of an unknown person has been hanging on the tree __________ last Wednesday. 

1. through 

2. since 

3. about 

4. for 

4) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word Hesitation 

1. Readiness 

2. Reluctance 

3. Prudence 

4. Creativity 

5) Select the correct word for the blanks in the given sentence. 

There is a provision of _________ delivery in every courier service whereas a child can __________ his feelings at the age of 2 years or so. 

1. normal 

2. fast 

3. slow 

4. express 

6) Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. 

The second wave of the pandemic left everyone in the doldrums

1. In confusion 

2. In deep sympathy 

3. In need of help  

4. In low spirits and despair

7) Select the most appropriate word to complete the meaning of the sentence. 

The new owners of the newspaper had changed the ________ completely. 

1. layout 

2. outlay 

3. outlook 

4. outlet 

8) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 

Dream

1. Delusion  

2. Fancy  

3. Imagination  

4. Reality  

9) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Colossal 

1. Immense 

2. Joyous 

3. Entertaining  

4. Fantastic

10) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. 

His ancestors are native to this place. 

1. Innate  

2. Community 

3. Enemy  

4. Foreign 

11) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

Where the shoe pinches 

1. Tight fitting shoes 

2. Expensive shoes 

3. Where the comfort is more 

4. Where the difficulty lies

12) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

She couldn’t get over with Thomas due to his addiction to alcohol. 

1. get at with Thomas due to 

2. get along with Thomas due to 

3. get off with Thomas due to 

4. get rid with Thomas due to

13) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. 

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. 

For the last three years, / Sunita had been running / private hostels near this 

university. 

1. Sunita had been running 

2. No error 

3. private hostels near this university 

4. For the last three years 

14) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Powerful  

2. Willfull 

3. Grateful 

4. Doubtful

15) Identify from the following options the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word. 

Opaque 

1. Intangible 

2. Shadowy 

3. Transparent 

4. Reflector 

Comprehension: 

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. 

The life (1) ______ of a banana is a colourful one; it starts with a deep green, changes to a delicious yellow and ends at an unappetizing brown. Bananas, like most fruits, produce and 

(2) ________ with an airborne hormone called ethylene. This hormone helps to signal the ripening process. An unripe fruit is hard and acidic. It is likely to possess a greenish (3) ________ due to the presence of chlorophyll. When a fruit comes into contact (4) _________ ethylene, the acids in the fruit start to break down, it becomes softer and the green chlorophyll is (5) _______ and replaced, in the case of bananas, with a yellow hue.

16) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. 

1. span 

2. story 

3. cycle 

4. time 

17) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. 

1. differ  

2. correspond  

3. tamper 

4. react  

18) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. 

1. seed 

2. flesh 

3. fibre 

4. hue

19) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. 

1. over  

2. from  

3. by  

4. with  

20) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. 

1. broken up 

2. brought to 

3. fallen into

4. turned down

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