Friday, May 24, 2024

WBCS PRELI 2022 ENGLISH QUESTIONS

 WBCS PRELI 2022 ENGLISH QUESTIONS


1. Find the synonym of 'Covert'.

(A) Revert  (B) Secret  (C) Desert  (D) Honest

Synonyms of covert are clandestine, furtive, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, and underhanded. 

Revert means to go back to a previous state.


2. Insert the right preposition in the blank space: 

He died ____ dengue.

(A) with  (B) from  (C) of  (D) by

In modern english 

Die of or from hunger / a disease / a heart attack / wounds and injuries / a virus 

(die of is more common than die from)

Die of old age / a broken heart / fever / thirst / starvation 

Die for something / a person, place or idea (freedom) / a country 

Die in sleep

Die in an accident / a car crash

Die by violence / weapon / poison

Die from a cause (overwork) 

People who died with COVID 19 or died from COVID 19 or died of COVID 19 


3. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

She has no control ____ her temper.

(A) on  (B) with  (C) over  (D) after

The teacher has no control over the students.

He lost control of his car on the ice.


4. What parts of speech is the word 'Adjective'?

(A) Pronoun  (B) Noun  (C) Adjective  (D) Adverb


5. Which one is the plural number?

(A) Index  (B) Alumni  (C) Hypothesis  (D) Analysis

Plural form of index is indices.

Plural of analysis is analyses.

Plural of hypothesis is hypotheses.

Plural of alumnus is alumni.


6. Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:

They finally agreed on the business deal.

(A) let the cat out of the bag

(B) see eye to eye

(C) to feel under the weather

(D) to cut a corner

Let the cat out of the bag means to reveal a secret by mistake.

See eye to eye means to agree with each other.

To feel under the weather means to feel ill or unwell.

To cut a corner means to save time, money, energy etc. by doing things quickly.


7. It has been established that

(P) Einstein was

(Q) although a great scientist

(R) weak in arithmetic

(S) right from his school days

To form a correct and meaningful sentence, the proper sequence should be:

(A) (Q) (P) (R) (S)

(B) (P) (R) (S) (Q)

(C) (P) (S) (Q) (R)

(D) (Q) (P) (S) (R)


8. 'Philanthropist' means

(A) Humanitarian

(B) Hater of man

(C) Lover of animals

(D) Lover of books

Hater of man - Misandrist

Lover of animals - Zoophilist

Lover of books - Bibliophile

Philanthropist means altruist, benefactor, A person who freely gives money and helps others.


9. What is the synonym of 'Atrocity'?

(A) Solidarity  (B) Pity  (C) Cruelty  (D) Punctuality

Solidarity synonyms - unity, harmony, unification, cohesion.

Punctuality synonyms - readiness, promptness, promptitude, regularity.

Cruelty synonyms - brutality, spite, severity, savagery, ruthlessness, barbarity.

Pity synonyms - compassion, sympathy, charity, tenderness, condolence.


10. Give the one word substitution of: 

Creature having both male and female organs

(A) Sodomite  (B) Homosexual  (C) Masochist  (D) Hermaphrodite


11. What type of sentence is 'Do or Die'?

(A) Simple  (B) Complex  (C) Exclamatory  (D) Compound


12. The idiomatic expression 'A slap on the wrist' means

(A) Short on time

(B) A very mild punishment

(C) To have a dispute

(D) To force an issue


13. Choose the appropriate antonym of 'Adore'.

(A) Love  (B) Like  (C) Hate  (D) Ignore


14. Instead of 'tolerance' we can say

(A) bear on  (B) bear in  (C) bear with  (D) bear at

Bear on means to be related to something (সম্বন্ধ)

This is the policy that bears on the welfare of the society.


15. What is the most appropriate passive form of 

"Who has done the work?"?

(A) Who has been done the work?

(B) By whom has been done the work?

(C) Whom has done the work by?

(D) By whom has the work been done?


16. The antonym of 'Forgo' is

(A) Claim  (B) Despise  (C) Undergo  (D) Remember

Forgo means to abstain or refrain from


17. Fill in the blank with the correct word. 

Ram and his brothers were four in _____ .

(A) quantity  (B) number  (C) numbers  (D) totality


18. Give the one word substitution of: 

One who talks continuously

(A) Voracious  (B) Impecunious  (C) Loquacious  (D) Avaricious

Voracious synonyms - gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, hungry, greedy, ravening,

devouring, unquenchable; অতিভোজী, লোভী 

Impecunious means poor, penniless, penurious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, 

destitute

Loquacious means talkative, garrulous, voluble, babbling, chattering, gabby; বাচাল 

Avaricious means grasping, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary; অর্থলোভী 

** Miserly means parsimonious, niggardly, penurious


19. Use a correct gerund in the blank space: 

I like _____ pictures.

(A) painting  (B) painted  (C) to paint  (D) paint

I like painting pictures. (Gerund)

I like painted pictures. (Participle)

I like to paint pictures. (Infinitive)



20. An Obstetrician deals with

(A) Child disease  

(B) Liver disease 

(C) Pregnancy & child birth

(D) Nerve disease


21. "I have done my duty." Which tense is this?

(A) Present Indefinite

(B) Present Perfect

(C) Past Perfect

(D) Past Indefinite


22. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option: 

He spends hours _____ the phone everyday.

(A) at  (B) on  (C) with  (D) in

Appropriate preposition: spend on, not spend for

23. Find the correctly spelt word.

(A) Reharsal   (B) Rehersal  (C) Rehearsal  (D) Rehearsel


24. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

He works _____ an insurance company.

(A) for  (B) at  (C) in  (D) with

I work for a small company.

I work at a small company.

He works in Kolkata.

He works at Park Street. 

He works at / in the university as a lecturer. 

He works for his mother. 


25. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option: 

What are you worrying ______ ?

(A) to  (B) with  (C) for  (D) about

Worry about means to be anxious about someone or something.

Worry at something means to think about it.

Worry over something means to worry about it.



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