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Q1. The opposite of the word ‘support’ is
(a) help
(b) argue
(c) oppose
Q2. Which word is opposite in meaning to ‘interesting’?
(a) Confusing
(b) Boring
(c) Contrasting
(d) Pleasing
Q3. Choose the word with correct spelling.
(a) Fenancial
(b) Financiel
(c) Finencial
(d) Financial
Q4. Pick out the word which has been correctly spelt.
(a) Situetion
(b) Setuation
(c) Situation
(d) Situasion
Directions (Q. Nos. 5 and 6) Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.
“The Jamuna’s waters rush by so quickly,
The shadows of evening gather so thickly,
Like black birds in the sky …
O ! If the storm breaks, what will betide me?
Safe from the lightning where shall I hide me?
Unless Thou succour my footsteps and guide me.
Ram re Ram ! I shall die”.
Q5. “Like black birds” in the above lines is as example of
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) hyperbole
(d) pun
Q6. We can find an example of alliteration in the above lines in
(a) Ram re Ram
(b) I shall die
(c) The Jamuna’s waters
(d) The shadows or evening
Q7. An elegy is a
(a) sad poem, usually about someone’s death
(b) love poem
(c) prayer
(d) poem about someone’s marriage
Q8. The phonetic symbol for the first sound (underlined) in the word ‘ship’ is
Directions (Q.Nos. 9 and 10) Pick out the correct phonetic trancription of the following words.
Q9. Pick
(a) / Pllk /
(b) / pi : k /
(c) / plk /
(d) / plkk /
Q10. Try
(a) / trl /
(b) / tral /
(c) / tri: /
(d) / trae /
Solution
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Consider the use of the word ‘support’ in the sentence – “I support this cause”. So, the negation would be – “I oppose this cause”.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol.
‘Interesting’ and ‘Boring’ are well known antonyms.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol.
A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Alliteration occurs when a series of words have identical first consonant sound. Each of the words in the phrase ‘Ram re Ram’ starts with the same consonant sound.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol.
An elegy is a mournful poem, usually about somebody’s death.
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