Sunday, August 21, 2016

English based GK from HSSC Question Papers

Q. Choose an alternative which can replace the given sentence so as to communicate the same meaning 
The state of being unmarried.
Ans. Bachelorhood

Q. Choose the word that best express the meaning of the underlined word- Tame 
Ans. Dull

Q. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase –
Official counting of the people in a country 
Ans. Census

Q. Ravi was always..........of the good fortune of others.
(A) envious (B) irritable (C) greedy (D) miserable
Ans. Envious

Q. Choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
To take a fancy to
Ans. To start liking something or someone very much.
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Official counting of the people in a country 
Ans. Census

Q. Select the substitution that best express opposite meaning of the underlined word. Explicit 
Ans. Ambiguous 

Q. Choose the most suitable one word for the following phrase/expression: A person who travels a sacred place as an act of religious devotion ?
Ans. Pilgrim 

Q. In the following question find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake the answer is no error. 
The road to famous monument passes through a forest.
Ans. To famous monument 

Q. Suddenly she turns away..... the window and stood .....the glass 
Ans. From, before 

Q. Find the correctly spelt word 
a. Comemorate  b. Commemmorate  c. Comemmorate d. Commemorate 
Ans. D

Q. Our........ lived in caves and used crude implements 
Ans. Ancestors  

Q. Choose the word which best express the meaning of speculate-

Ans. Guess 

Q. Select the substitution that best expresses opposite meaning of under lined word 
His face bore a blank look all the time while I was telling him about that exciting incident.
Ans. an expressive 
Q.  Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the underlined world.
The difference, if it exists, is extremely tenuous. 
Ans. Slight

Q. Select the substitution that best expresses opposite meaning of the underlined word.
It is well known that he likes to espouse doubtful causes. 
Ans. Oppose

Q. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Read between the lines
(a) To hit at the real meaning  (b) to betray 
(c) to overshadow      (d) busy person
Ans. A

Q. 25 Find the correctly Spelt word.
(a) sugestion     (b) suggestion 
(c) suggesstion  (d) suggession
Ans. B

Q. Choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the given idiom/pharse:
To eat one's heart out 
Ans. Suffer silently 

Q. Find the wrongly spelt word 
a. Literature b. Literal c. Litrcy d. Literary 
Ans. Litracy

Q. Choose the alternative which expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase 
Root and branch 
Ans.Completely

Q. Choose the alternative which expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase 
Wild goose chase 
Ans. A futile and foolish search 

Q. The good are often...... with their bones 
Ans. Interred

Q. Find the wrongly spelt word
a. Calculate b. Articulate 
c. Vacilate  d. Gesticulate 
Ans. Vacilate 

Q. Find the wrongly spelt word
a. Careful  b. Skilfull 
c. Beautiful d. Unmindful 
Ans. Skilfull 

Q- Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword 'Pleasure'
(a) Disappointment (b) Happiness (c) Grief  (d) Anxiety
Ans. b

Q. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the keyword 'Modesty'-
(a) Hypocrisy (b) Vanity (c) Arrogance (d) Superiority
Ans. c

Q. Perfect health depends on the------ of a few simple rules to health-
(a) observation (b) Occurrence (c) observance (d) adaptation
Ans. c

Q. Choose the wrongly spelt word-
(a) Enervated (b) Evacuated (c) Exiceuped  (d) Excavated
Ans- C


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