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English Quiz for KVS/NVS 2016 Exams

English Quiz for KVS/NVS 2016 Exams_30.1

Directions (1-5) : Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the main word in capital letters.

1.  EXTOL
(a) steal    
(b) praise
(c) exterior   
(d) excess

2.  CELERITY
(a) quickness   
(b) bachelorhood
(c) lineage    
(d) backwardness

3.  VIRTUOSO
(a) futuristic   
(b) stubborn
(c) prompt   
(d) exceptionally skilled

4.  CONTRAPTION
(a) device    
(b) valley
(c) forest    
(d) window

5.  THRONG
(a) excitement   
(b) crowded mass of people
(c) danger    
(d) suspense

Directions (6-10): Select the word that is most opposite word in meaning to the main word in capital letters.

6.  MODICUM
(a) surfeit   
(b) decent
(c) adulation   
(d) modern

7.  ACCOLADE
(a) contenance   
(b) vulgar
(c) reprimand   
(d) virtue

8.  OVERBEARING
(a) dishonest   
(b) modest
(c) partisan   
(d) sluggish

9.  SPECIOUS
(a) narrow   
(b) introspective
(c) true    
(d) courageous

10. NAIVE
(a) sophisticated   
(b) anonymous
(c) clean    
(d) unwholesome
Answers:-

S1. b
S2. a
S3. d
S4. a
S5. b
S6. a
S7. c
S8. b
S9. c
S10. a