These questions cover various topics from English providing a comprehensive review for aspirants preparing for OSSSC RI, ARI, Amin, SFS, and ICDS Supervisor exams. Practice these questions regularly to enhance your knowledge and boost your chances of success in these competitive exams.
Top 20 English MCQS For OSSSC RI,ARI, Amin, SFS, ICDS Supervisor 29 March 2024
Directions (1-3): Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Q1. If you had seen yesterday’s basketball match, I am sure you will have enjoyed watching your point guard.
(a) If you had seen yesterday’s basketball match,
(b) I am sure you will have enjoyed
(c) watching your point guard.
(d) No error
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace “will” with “would” because this is 3rd conditional sentence. The format is If + Past Perfect, would + have + Past Participle.
Q2. As the class was about to start, he insisted to ask full details of course.
(a) As the class was about
(b) to start, he insisted to ask
(c) full details of course.
(d) No error
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace “insisted to ask” with “insisted on asking”. Gerund is used after certain verbs/phrases that are followed by appropriate preposition.
Q3. The alarm report of Tsunami frightened everyone in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu.
(a) The alarm report of Tsunami
(b) frightened everyone in the
(c) coastal region of Tamil Nadu.
(d) No error
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Use “alarming” which is an adjective instead of “alarm”.
Directions (4-5): Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need of improvement, select No improvement required.
Q4. Poor child’s aching legs gave away, and he almost fell in the fair.
(a) gave way
(b) gave way to
(c) gave away to
(d) No improvement
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. Use phrasal verb ‘Give way’ which means to break, especially when under pressure from strong forces.
Q5. However this government falls, I don’t see any great change happening.
(a) Somehow
(b) Nevertheless
(c) Even if
(d) No improvement
S5.Ans. (c)
Sol. Here ‘Even if’ is more appropriate, this phrase is used for emphasizing that a particular situation will remain the same no matter what happens.
Nevertheless means despite what has just been said or referred to.
Somehow means in some way, by some means.
Q6. Select the antonym of the given word.
Perverse
(a) Contrary
(b) Unorthodox
(c) Reasonable
(d) Stubborn
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. Perverse: contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
Q7. Select the synonym of the given word.
Quirk
(a) Quest
(b) Scourge
(c) Salutary
(d) Foible
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. Quirk: a peculiar aspect of a person’s character or behavior.
Foible: a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character.
Q8. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
(a) consensus
(b) concensus
(c) conceinsus
(d) consencus
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Consensus: a general agreement.
Q9. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
(a) presedents
(b) pricedents
(c) precedents
(d) prisedents
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Precedents: an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
Q10. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
A person who is blamed for the wrong doings of others
(a) Bursar
(b) Captor
(c) Phlegmatic
(d) Scapegoat
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Scapegoat means a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
Q11. In this question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word given in bold.
Simulation
(a) genuine
(b) unstudied
(c) insincere
(d) imitate
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Simulation means imitation of a situation or process hence option (d) is the correct choice.
Q12. In this question, out of the four alternatives choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given in bold.
Inure
(a) Certain
(b) Merciless
(c) Bereft
(d) Sensitize
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. Inure– accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
Sensitize– to cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.
Q13. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
The period between two reigns
(a) Interregnum
(b) Intermission
(c) Anachronism
(d) Era
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. Interregnum means an interval between the periods of office of two incumbents in a parish.
Q14. In these questions, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
(a) Compitation
(b) Assemilation
(c) Vindicasion
(d) Fascination
S14. Ans. (d)
Sol. Fascination -the power to fascinate someone; the quality of being fascinating.
Directions (15-16): In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.
Q15. The medium and long term goals will be to continue this process to ___________ the pace of demographic transition and achieve population stabilization by 2045.
(a) advanced
(b) expend
(c) accelerate
(d) diverse
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. Accelerate means begin to move more quickly.
Q16. The pilot was………..injured, he died within half an hour.
(a) carelessly
(b) fatally
(c) fatefully
(d) vitally
S16. Ans. (b)
Sol. Fatally– in a manner leading to death or disaster.
Directions (17-18): In these questions, read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
Q17. Some members of the committee were opposed to use the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.
(a) Some members of the committee
(b) were opposed to use
(c) the club members’ money to redecorate the meeting hall.
(d) No error
S17. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘use’ with ‘using’
Q18. The doctor asked his patient to regularly take his medicine.
(a) The doctor
(b) asked his patient
(c) to regularly take his medicine.
(d) No error
S18. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘To take his medicine regularly’ is correct
Q19. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Wisdom does not automatically (accrue in) an individual because he or she lived through certain seminal events.
(a) accrue of
(b) accrue to
(c) accrue from
(d) No Improvement
S19. Ans.(b)
Sol. Accrue: to increase in number or amount over a period of time. ‘Accrue to somebody’ is the correct usage.
Q20. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
All at sea
(a) Completely confused
(b) All sink in water
(c) Very large area
(d) On the boat
S20. Ans. (a)
Sol. All at sea means puzzled, perplexed, or completely confused.
