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Instructions:
Question 1-5
In the following questions,some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is ‘d’ i.e., No error.
Question 1:
He is a university professor/but of his three sons/neither has any merit./No error.
a) He is a university professor
b) but of his three sons
c) neither has any merit.
d) No error
Question 2:
After knowing truth,/they took the right decision/in the matter./No error.
a) After knowing truth,
b) they took the right decision
c) in the matter.
d) No error
Question 3:
It is time you/decide on your next/course of action./No error.
a) It is time you
b) decide on your next
c) course of action.
d) No error
Question 4:
He who has suffered most/for the cause,/let him speak/No error.
a) He who has suffered most
b) for the cause,
c) let him speak
d) No error
Question 5:
A cup of coffee/is an excellent complement/to smoked salmon./No error.
a) A cup of coffee
b) is an excellent complement
c) to smoked salmon.
d) No error
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Explanations for SSC CHSL General english vocabulary questios: (1 to 5)
1) Answer (c)
Neither is used to describe the absence of two things and is usually followed by the use of nor. ‘None’ is used to describe the quality of each object/person in the buch/group of objects/persons.
So ‘neither has any merit’ should be replaced by ‘none of them has any merit’.
2) Answer (a)
There should be ‘the’ in between knowing and truth, because truth is a common noun.
3) Answer (b)
The word ‘on’ can be omitted from the phrase ‘decide on your next course of action’.
4) Answer (c)
The phrase ‘let him speak’ is incomplete and has to be replaced by ‘should be let to speak’.
5) Answer (d)
There is no grammatical and vocabulary related error in the sentence.
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Instructions:
Questions (6 to 10)
In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Question 6:
FLORID
a) Weak
b) Pale
c) Monotonous
d) Ugly
Question 7:
VERITY
a) Sanctity
b) Reverence
c) Falsehood
d) Rarity
Question 8:
PERSPICUITY
a) Vagueness
b) Dullness
c) Unfairness
d) Unwillingness
Question 9:
FERVENT
a) Inexcitable
b) Enduring
c) Dispassionate
d) Subdued
Question 10:
MEANDERING
a) Sliding
b) Sloping
c) Strained
d) Straight
Solutions (6 to 10)
6) Answer (b)
Florid means having a red or flushed complexion.
In the given options A and C can be eliminated because they aren’t relevant. Option D doesn’t mean that somebody is not red.
So the remaining option B is the right choice as “Pale” means light faded colour(red).
7) Answer (c)
Verity means something that is regarded true.
So option C, Falsehood is the only word in the options which gives the opposite meaning of the given word.
8) Answer (a)
Perspecuity means to see through, and vagueness means to have a rough imagery or not clear a image.
9) Answer (c)
Fevent means showing a passionate intensity.
So option C, “Dispassionate”, is clearly the antonym for fervent.
10) Answer (d)
Meandering means “being a curvy path” and the word straight is the perfect antonym.
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