Gate Way To CGL Mains : English Quiz

Directions (1–5): IN the following questions, out of the four alternatives. Choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
1.  An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct
(a) Subterfuge
(b) Man oeuvre
(c) Stratagem
(d) Complicity

2.  Impossible to describe
(a) Miraculous
(b) Ineffable
(c) Stupendous
(d) Appalling

3.  An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as 
(a) Complex
(b) Reflex
(c) Reflection
(d) Response

4.  A continuous process of change is known as
(a) Transformation
(b) metamorphosis
(c) Flux
(d) dynamism

5.  Circular building or hall with a dome 
(a) Edifice
(b) palace
(c) Rotunda
(d) spire

Directions (6 – 10): In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
6.(a) Circuiteous
(b) clairvoyant
(c) Chiverlery 
(d) Cavelcade

7.(a) psychiotrist
(b) punctilious
(c) pursuanse
(d) pseodonym

8.(a)hindrance
(b) correspondance
(c) insurence
(d) assurence

9.(a) symetry
(b) symmitry
(c) symatry
(d) symmetry

10.(a) aprentice
(b) advertise
(c) treatice
(d) sencitive

Answers:-
1.b
2.b
3.b
4.c
5.c
6.b
7.b
8.a
9.d
10.b