Ministry of Land (minland) Recruitment Sub-Register Preliminary Question Bank Quiz and Solution English 2003

Question 1

Julian spent most of his holiday in the bathroom. He ate some seafood that did not agree– him

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	with
	on
	to
	about

Question 2

The principle ” congratulated” the student on his outstanding display of leadership

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	alluded
	contacted
	scolded
	praised

Question 3

A compound sentence has–

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	two or more sub-ordinate clauses
	one principle clause and one sub- ordinate clause
	a subject and a finite verb
	two or more co-ordinate clauses

Question 4

Collage

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	art form
	chorus
	part of a university
	meeting of professionals

Question 5

Not only the — are fooled by propaganda. we can all be misled if we are not—–

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	ignorant — cynical
	credulous—- headstrong
	gullible — wary
	illiterate—- mature

Question 6

Find out the parts of speech of the following word Equity

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	Adjective
	Adverb
	Pronoun
	Noun

Question 7

The synonym for ‘ Abortive’–

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	fruitful
	consuming
	unsuccessful
	familiar

Question 8

Debut

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	gracious response
	contradiction
	first appearance
	conclusion

Question 9

SONG: CYCLE

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	waltz : dance
	agenda : meeting
	tune : arrangement
	sonnet : sequence

Question 10

It is somewhat paradoxical that, nine times out of ten, the coarse word is the word that— an evil and the —- word is the word that excuses it

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	admits — clever
	exonerates— vulgar
	condones — genteel
	condemns — refined

Question 11

which one is the adjective of the word ‘Tax” ?

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	Taxability
	Taxable
	Taxi
	Taxation

Question 12

The antonym for ” Devoid” —

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	full of
	evident
	suspecting
	latent

Question 13

GLOSSARY : WORDS

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	atlas : maps
	lexicon : numbers
	thesaurus : rhymes
	catalog : dates

Question 14

‘Plebiscite’ is a term related to–

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	Medicine
	Politics
	Technology
	Law

Question 15

There’s — dust on these books. Fetch me a duster

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	a lot of
	a good deal of
	plenty of
	lots of

Question 16

The speaker walked ” confidently” and quickly to the podium

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	thoughtfully
	carefully
	assuredly
	clumsily

Question 17

What is the correct meaning of the phrase “At daggers drawn” ?

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	Without any delay
	Crack brain
	In a state of violent enmity
	Very poor

Question 18

If the crops are not ” irrigated soon” the harvest will be sparse

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	watered
	planted
	plowed
	fertilized

Question 19

The more she learnt — the American civil war, the more fascinated with it she became

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	of
	about
	in
	into

Question 20

Ranu’s “important ” speech given at the state competition won her the first prize

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	informative
	extemporaneous
	expressive
	interesting