Directions (1-5): In each Question below, a sentence is given with four words given in Bold in the sentence. Among these bold words one may be wrongly spelt. The option of that word is the answer. If all four words are correctly spelt mark (e). i.e. ‘All Correct’ as the answer.
Q1. When the store manager accidentally ordered a surfeet of pencils and pens, he was unable to sell the extra items and decided to donate them to a local school.
(a) accidentally
(b) surfeet
(c) decided
(d) donate
(e) All Correct
Q2. The union will try and coerse management into giving pay raises by threatening them with an employee strike.
(a) union
(b) coerse
(c) threatening
(d) employee
(e) All Correct
Q3. Because the military leader had hundreds of thousands of troops at his command, it was very easy for him to subjugate the townspeople and steal their valuebles.
(a) troops
(b) subjugate
(c) valuebles
(d) military
(e) All Correct
Q4. After the football game, the fans of the losing team became fractious and started to vandalize the stadium.
(a) football
(b) losing
(c) vandalize
(d) stadium
(e) All Correct
Q5. The editor’s colleagus accused him of trying to domineer over every other writer as if he was the only one with talent.
(a) colleagus
(b) domineer
(c) writer
(d) talent
(e) All Correct
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice.
Q6. I did not have enough to drink because Sally left only a ………….. of soda in the bottle.
(a) abundance
(b) plenty
(c) affluence
(d) paucity
(e) absent
Q7. Some small businesses were …………. following the recession; but unfortunately, many were defeated in hard economic times and had to close shop.
(a) weaken
(b) delicate
(c) volatility
(d) elasticity
(e) resilient
Q8. Because the ground is too warm, the snow will ………… as soon as it hits the ground.
(a) deliquesce
(b) dissolved
(c) subsumed
(d) adulteration
(e) moderate
Q9. During the concert, police officers were on hand just in case the crowd became ……………
(a) obedient
(b) complaisant
(c) fractious
(d) captivity
(e) management
Q10. The overpopulation of large snakes in the forest is …………… to the wild rat population.
(a) assistance
(b) stagger
(c) turpitude
(d) deleterious
(e) infliction
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct spelling is “surfeit”
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct spelling is “coerce”
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct spelling is “valuables”
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. All Correct
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct spelling is “colleagues”
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Paucity: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Resilient: (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Deliquesce: (of a solid) become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Fractious: irritable and quarrelsome.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Deleterious: causing harm or damage.
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