WBCS preliminary answer 2013 part 1

WBCS Preliminary Examination 2013 | WBCS Preli previous year questions and answers
Full marks: 200 | Time:2 H 30 M | Date of Examination: April 7,2013
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word: Q1. Transparency is need in dealing with a matter of public interest. a) Haziness     b) Trauma c) Turbulence     d) Transition a) Haziness	Identify the correct word from the options given to make the sentence meaningful: Q2. The banquet-hall is -------- decorated to celebrate the occasion. a) Slovenly     b) Simply c) Lavishly     d) Poorly c) Lavishly
Q3. People who do not settle down, speak the Romany language, are called. a) Truant     b) Vagabond c) Gypsy     d) Wanderer c) Gypsy	Q4. 'Deciduous' tree are . a) Trees that lose the leaves annually     b) Trees that are big c) Trees that are short     d) Trees that are scattered a) Trees that lose the leaves annually.
Instructions for Question Nos. 5 & 6 Choose the word closest to the meaning of the underlined worls: Q5. The patient need an anodyne for his strained nerves . a) Alcohol     b) Opium c) Medicine     d) Painkilling balm d) Painkilling balm (I am not 100% sure about this answer)	Q6. The news came like a bolt from the blue . a) Windfall     b) Thunderbolt c) Sudden and unexpected     d) shock c) Sudden and unexpected
Q7. Eruption means outbreak, irruption means . a) Bursting in     b) Equal c) Disease     d) Evil a) Bursting in	Fill in the blank: Q8. The street is not properly ------------- . a) Illumed     b) Illumined c) Illuminated     d) Enlightened c) Illuminated (Enlightened also right because Illuminated is synonyms of Enlightened. But Enlightened is used as meaning of Knowledge)
	Fill in the blank with appropate preposition: Q9. I was alarmed ----------- the news of my brother's illness. a) In     b) At c) Of     d) On b) At
Replace the underlined word by any of the option below: Q10. It was queer to see his behavior. a) Natural     b) Odd c) Probable     d) Convincing b) Odd	Q11. Select the pair of in the following options, which is set in opposition: a) Erroneous : Faulty     b) Reticent : Silent c) Vilify : Slander     d) None of the above d) None of the above
Insert the appropriate phrasal verb in the blank below to make the sentence meaningful: Q12. His friend -------- his word much to his despair. a) Went back on     b) Went away from c) Went with     d) Went in b) Went away from	Q13. He is such a good Samaritan. It means a) He is very clever     b) He is a fool c) Someone who tries to help people     d) He is a bad man c) Someone who tries to help people
Q14. 'To see red' means . a) To begin to understand     b) To be mad with anger c) A narrow escape     d) Smart and clean b) To be mad with anger	Q15. An omnivorous creature is one who . a) Eats both plants and animals     b) Omnipresent c) Omniscient     d) Eats nothing a) Eats both plants and animals
Q16. A preparation for killing insects is . a) Parasite     b) Insecticide c) Humus     d) Rodent b) Insecticide	Fill in the blank: Q17. He came of his own --------. a) Impulse     b) Instinct c) Accord     d) Indifference a) Impulse
Q18. "We are superior to every body else" is the aptutterance of a/an a) Egoist     b) Pacifist c) Anarchist     d)Chauvinist a) Egoist	Instruction for question Nos. 19 to 20 Choose the correct alternatives from the options to fill in the blanks: Q19. They 'laughed down' the man means that they --------- the man. a) Confined     b) Laughed with c) Ridiculed and belittled     d) Punished c) Ridiculed and belittled
Q20. 'Crocodile tears' means ------ . a) Expression of sorrow     b) Tears of animals c) False tears     d) Painful expression c) False tears	Q21. The opposite of 'remote' is . a) High     b) Less c) Far     d) Near d) Near
Instruction for Question Nos. 22 to 25 Use appropriate words to fill in the blanks: Q22. The _______ structure of Tajmahal it one of the wonders of the world. a) Magnanimous     b) Mediocre c) Mighty     d) Majestic d) Majestic	Q23. He was penniless when the bank failed and declared himself __________ . a) Insipid     b) Insolent c) Innocent     d) Insolvent d) Insolvent
Q24. The child proved himself ______ by his behavior and was expelled from the school. a) Ill-bred     b) Ill-advised c) Ill-treated     d) Illogical a) Ill-bred	Q25. A ________ makes no difference between man and man in spreading his love. a) Philander     b) Philistine c) Philosopher     d) Philanthropist d) Philanthropist
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