WBCS Preliminary
WBCS Preliminary English previous-year questions
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Select the word that best replaces the italicized word in both of the following sentences. / (i) The police are trying to control the crowd. / (ii) Junk food may have high levels of harmful chemicals. / (hold, carry, accommodate)
- check
- blame
- contain
- incorporate
Answer: Ccontain
Of which of the phrases below is the term ‘blog’ an abbreviation?
- web log
- web blog
- web blogger
- web blogging
Answer: Aweb log
Select the word that best replaces both the italicized words in the sentences given below: / Sentence (i)— The management did not find him suitable for the job. / Sentence (ii)— He was not able to arrange all his belongings into one suitcase.
- good
- apt
- fit
- cram
Answer: Cfit
Choose the word that can correctly replace both the italicized words in the following sentences. / Sentence (i) – I appreciate his exuberant nature. / Sentence (ii) – Everyone at the party was in a festive mood. / (buoyant, cheerful, joyful)
- excitable
- exorbitant
- exciting
- ebullient
Answer: Debullient
Choose the word which is synonymous with ‘Adjunct’. / (supplement, accompaniment)
- Admonish
- Additional
- Amorphous
- Ambiguous
Answer: BAdditional
What kind of a person is a ‘Clairvoyant’?
- An astrologer
- An astronomer
- An astrophysicist
- An astronaut
Answer: AAn astrologer
Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Vicarious’. / (secondary, derivative)
- Vituperative
- Indirect
- Supportive
- Isolated
Answer: BIndirect
What is the synonym of ‘Atrocity‘? / (abomination, enormity, outrage)
- Solidarity
- Pity
- Cruelty
- Punctuality
Answer: CCruelty
Find the synonym of ‘Covert’. / (furtive, clandestine, surreptitious)
- Revert
- Secret
- Desert
- Honest
Answer: BSecret
‘Philanthropist’ means / (benefactor, patron, contributor)
- Humanitarian
- Hater of man
- Lover of animals
- Lover of books
Answer: AHumanitarian
The synonym of supercilious is / (arrogant, conceited, pompous)
- officious
- superficial
- delicious
- haughty
Answer: Dhaughty
The word ‘vicissitude’ means / (alteration, transformation, mutation)
- change
- stagnation
- uniformity
- stability
Answer: Achange
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