WBPSC CLERKSHIP PRELIMS 2024

ENGLISH MOCK TEST 31

1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the
given group of words.
A volume containing several books previously published separately
A. Thesaurus B. Dictionary C. Novel D. Omnibus

2. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the
given group of words.
A piece of land where fruit trees are grown
A. Pasture B. Orchard C. Barnyard D. Meadow

3. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Substitution

A. Give B. Exchange C. Logical D. Hold

4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Cool as a cucumber
A. Calm B. Lazy C. Wise D. Scared

5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A. Eraser B. Erode C. Erosion D. Eratic

6. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She is on six months’ ______ leave.
A. material B. paternity C. paternal D. maternity

7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The Egyptians developed ways to prevent the dead body from ______.
A. decaying B. destroying C. drooping D. dying

8. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the
segment that contains a grammatical error.
I saw some / children playing happily / below the shade / of a tree.
A. I saw some B. children playing happily
C. below the shade D. of a tree

9. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the
segment that contains a grammatical error.
The man turned to him with a look of disapprove.
A. The man B. with a look C. of disapprove D. turned to him
10. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Criticise
A. Analyse B. Approve C. Oppose D. Clarify

11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The man felt exhausted after climbing a ______ of stairs.
A. heap B. fleet C. pack D. flight

12. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A. Quarantine B. Commitment C. Bouquet D. Proceedure

13. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Imperial
A. Paternal B. Sovereign C. God-fearing D. Ancestral

14. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the
segment that contains a grammatical error.
The report said that / people who are eat meat / are at a higher risk /
of fractures.
A. are at a higher risk B. people who are eat meat
C. of fractures D. The report said that

15. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Down in the dumps
A. In a high spirit B. In a depressed state of mind
C. In a state of fury D. In a very happy mood

16. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Monotonous
A. Modified B. Varied C. Boring D. Fluctuated

17. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the
given group of words.
Bring an event forward to an earlier date or time
A. Postpone B. Prepone C. Preserve D. Persevere

18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Besides having a good academic record, it is important that you learn
how to face an interview with ______ and self-confidence.
A. counsel B. ease C. experience D. adaptation
19. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined
word in the given sentence.
He became the first Indian to be invited to perform at the advantageous
Maple Theatre in Canada.
A. prestigious B. inauspicious C. heterogeneous D. multifarious

20. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Enthusiasm
A. Excitement B. Lethargy C. Passion D. Devotion

21. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the
given group of words.
A study of the human body
A. Philanthropy B. Pathology C. Physiology D. Philology

22. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To be on the same page
A. To be published together B. To read a book together
C. To understand what the other says D. To agree on something

23. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Spellbound
A. Amazed B. Captivated C. Enthralled D. Disenchanted

24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She ______ why I had not sent her an invitation.
A. granted B. enquired C. desired D. denied

25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My sister bought the ______ watch.
A. Antipathy B. colloquial C. antilocal D. antique

26. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The government should take steps to ______ pollution.
A. control B. convey C. conduct D. consume

27. He gave vent ____ his displeasure with a frown.

a. From b. towards c. to d. on

28. If you read the letter ____ the lines, you will find the real meaning.
a. Through b. between c. of d. within
29. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
He is given proper guidance by his boss.
A. His boss has been giving him proper guidance.
B. He gives proper guidance to his boss.
C. His boss gives him proper guidance.
D. His boss is giving him proper guidance.

30. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
She exclaimed with sorrow that life had become miserable.
A. She said, “How miserable had become life!”
B. She said, “Oh! What miserable life has become.”
C. She said, “Life has become miserable.”
D. She said, “Alas! How miserable life has become.