W.B.C.S. Preliminary English Question Paper-Antonym

Choose the word which is synonymous with 'Adjunct'.
(A) Admonish

(B) Additional

(C) Amorphous

(D) Ambiguous

  1. Choose the appropriate antonym of ‘Adore’
    (A) Love
    (B) Like
    (C) Hate
    (D) Ignore
  1. The antonym of Forgo” is
    (A) Claim
    (B) Despise
    (C) Undergo
    (D) Remember
  1. The antonym of the word weird is
    (A) Normal     
    (B) Casual       
    (C) Tired         
    (D) Worried
  1. The antonym of the word superficial is
    (A) Deep         
    (B) Artificial     
    (C) Apparent   
    (D) True
  1. The correct antonym of ‘Lecherous’ is
    (A) Passionate            
    (B) Dirty          
    (C) Nasty       
    (D) Chaste

  1. The darkness covered the whole countryside.
    (A) Silence      
    (B) Stillness       
    (C) Light
          
    (D) Noise

 Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below :

  1. The appearance of the stranger was forbidding.
    (A) Warm            
    (B) Kind        
    (C) Friendly       
    (D) Amiable

     

  2. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below :
    People responded to the leader's speech with shouts of ecstasy.
    (A) Despondency        
    (B) Despair      
    (C) Disagreement        
    (D) Displeasure
  1. Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below :
    Quintessential.
    (A) Most typical example      
    (B) Most wanted thing             
    (C) Most popular      
    (D) Most utilized

Choose the word opposite in meaning to thi  word underlined below :

  1. The crowd felt stupefied by the lecture.
    (A) Engulfed       
    (B) Entertained       
    (C) Enthused    
    (D) Encouraged
  1. The silence of the children was sinister.
    (A) Catnap      
    (B) Cacophony           
    (C) Coarse      
    (D) Cruelty
  1. Tour de force.
    (A) Masterpiece     
    (B) Grand Tour           
    (C) Long Tour     
    (D) Art and Culture
  1. Insipid
    (A) Foolish      
    (B) Exciting      
    (C) Dull          
    (D) Sensible
  1. His point was lost amid the cacophony.
    (A) Music        
    (B) Discordance       
    (C) Silence     
    (D) Crowd
  1. The possibility of failure was imminent.
    (A) Remote            
    (B) Inherent     
    (C) Immediate             
    (D) Perenial
  1. Choose the correct alternatives from the options to fill in the blanks:
    They 'laughed down' the man means that they —— the man.
    (A) Confined      
    (B) Laughed with      
    (C) Ridiculed and belittled            
    (D) Punished
  1. Select the pair in the following options, which is set in opposition :
    (A) Erroneous — Faulty    
    (B) Reticent — Silent         
    (C) Vilify — Slander     
    (C) None of the above
  1. The opposite of 'remote' is :
    (A) High          
    (B) Less          
    (C) Far       
    (D) Near
  1. Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition
    (A) Liquid - Solid             
    (B) Enough - Adequate           
    (C) Entice - Lure              
    (D) Excess - Surplus

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