CDS English Quiz 07

Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the coloured word.

Ravi is jovial and he makes the environment sanguine.

Improve the sentence.

I am living in Bombay for the last ten years.

Find Synonym.

LAID-BACK

Spotting the error.

Coleridge as well as Wordsworth were (a) / of the opinion that the opposite of poetry (b) / is not prose but science. (c) / No error (d)

Find Synonym.

DAINTY

I do not think he will ever............the shock of his wife's death.

Find Synonym.

DEFT

Select the most appropriate option for the given idiom/phrase.

Step up the plate

Find the correctly spelt word.

Idiom/Phrase is printed in bold in the sentence.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

The girl took after her father. She is very amiable like him.

Improve the sentence.

Mr Sharma has been living in this city since five years.

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

He was (a) / held in (b) / the prevention of terrorism act. (c) / No error (d)

Choose the best alternative.

A former student of a school, college or university.

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

I don't agree (a) / with smacking children (b) / if they do something wrong. (c) / No error (d)

Spotting the part of the sentence which has an error.

The new model costs (a) / twice more than (b) / last year's model. (c) / No error (d)