[Detail Solution] Punjab and Haryana High court Question Papers

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error in spelling. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
 
Last evening, I went to the optician and bought a pair of specticles.
 
1. to the optician and bought
2. Last evening, I went
3. a pair of specticles
4. No error

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error in spelling. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

This visit is a unique opportunity for her to learn about the Indian school system.
1. for her to learn about
2. This visit is a unique opportunity
3. the Indian school system
4. No error

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error in spelling. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The food poisoning occurred when a chemical resembling salt was used in the food preperations.
1. was used in the food preperatians
2. The food poisoning occurred
3. when a Chemical resembling salt
4. No error

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Garrulous
 
1. Taciturn
2 Voluble
3. Talkative
4. Gossiping

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Apparent

1. Clear
2. Hidden
3. Obvious
4. Evident

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Industrious

1. Conscientious
2. Primitive
3. Lethargic
4. Productive

Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Concise

1. Brief
2. Wordy
3. Redundant
4. Lengthy

Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Cogent

1. Trivial
2. Forceful
3. Invalid
4. Humble

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Impound

1. Seize
2. Release
3. Abandon
4. Govern

Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Abate

1. Incite
2. Diminish
3. Extend
4. Prolong

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The farmer was going to sell his donkey ___ the town ___ a lot of money.
1. in; with
2. at; to
3. in; for
4. at; by

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The Embassy asked each guest to ___ a partner to the get-together.
1. bring up
2. bring out
3. bring about
4. bring along

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The publishers are thinking of ___ a new monthly magazine for children.
1. bringing along
2. bringing up
3. bringing out
4. bringing in

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A number of small streams flowed ___ the river.
1. into
2. in
3. inside
4. under

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She has been away from home ___ Sunday.
1. from
2. since
3. for
4. by

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Go to the dogs
1. Defend someone
2. Be ruined or destroyed
3. Fail miserably
4. Be loyal to someone

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit a brick wall
1. Hit someone with a brick
2. Use unfair tactics
3. Go to sleep
4. Encounter an obstacle

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

at close quarters
1. Stand by
2. Dear one
3. Destroy someone
4. Very near

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Scorpions were frequently found in our cells, especially after a thunderstorm.
B. I kept a particularly black and poisonous-looking brute in a bottle for some time, feeding him with flies, etc.
C. We often had animal visitors that were not welcome.
D. It was surprising that I was never stung by one, for I would come across them in the most unlikely places – on my bed, or sitting on a book.
1. C, A, D, B
2. B, D, A, C
3. C, A, B, D
4. A, B, C, D

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Asher Brown Durand is firmly in the latter category.
B. Some artists only gain recognition and praise long after they’re gone, while others are popular in their own time.
C. However, he had begun his career as a sculptor and it was only later that he moved to oil painting.
D. Born in 1796, Durand was among the most admired of all American landscape painters of his era.
1. C, A, B, D
2. B, D A, C
3. A, B, C, D
4. B, A, D, C