English Section Model Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014 Preparation

Friends..Here is some model Questions from English Section for practice. 

1.       A …..thief was caught by the police last night.

(A)    Famous

(B)   Popular

(C)    Renowned

(D)   Notorious

ANS.(D)

2.       Indian believes in tolerance, not in…..acceptance or rejection.

(A)    Alienation

(B)   Bigotry

(C)    Prejudice

(D)   Aggression

ANS.(B)

3.       The court of conscience…..all other courts.

(A)    Surpasses

(B)   Excels

(C)    Supersedes

(D)   Trespasses

ANS.(C)

4.       Ambition is one of those…..which are never satisfied.

(A)    Needs

(B)   Ideas

(C)    Passions

(D)   Fancies

ANS.(C)

5.       Dying is a very….. dreary affair.

(A)    Boring

(B)   Dull

(C)    Monotonous

(D)   Drab

ANS.(B)

6.  The senior officials of the ministry charged the secretary with gross…..of duty and so suspended him.

(A)    Disregard

(B)   Negligence

(C)    Laxity

(D)   Dishonesty

ANS.(B)

7.       His parents did not pay…..attention to his studies.

(A)    Suitable

(B)   Just

(C)    Remarkable

(D)   Proper

ANS.(D)

8.       I do not…..with the views expressed in your newspaper.

(A)    Confirm

(B)   Coincide

(C)    Compromise

(D)   Concur

ANS.(D)

9.       Despite her pleas, the mistress did not…..to her request.

(A)    Accede

(B)   Convince

(C)    Favour

(D)   Approve

ANS.(A)

10.   He is greatly admired for his…..behavior.

(A)    Decrepit

(B)   Decorative

(C)    Decadent

(D)   Decorous

ANS.(D)

11.   Nobody can say what…..him to commit this crime.

(A)    Excited

(B)   Attracted

(C)    Prompted

(D)   Roused

ANS.(C)

12.   The meeting….. with a vote of thanks.

(A)    Closed

(B)   Finished

(C)    Stopped

(D)   Concluded

ANS.(D)

13.   The environment was…..to his work and that’s why he succeeded.

(A)    Suitable

(B)   Confirming

(C)    Conducive

(D)   Adequate

ANS.(C)

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14.   It is difficult to believe what he tells us because his account of any event is always

full of…..of all sorts.

(A)    Discrepancies

(B)   Differences

(C)    Discretions

(D)   Distinctions

ANS.(A)

15.   As the waves rose and the ship tossed, many of the passengers felt…..

(A)    Lethargic

(B)   Tremulous

(C)    Subdued

(D)   Queasy

ANS.(D)

16.   The government should crush with a heavy hand all the gangs of terrorists

and foil their…..design against the integrity of our nation.

(A)    Foolish

(B)   Nefarious

(C)    Ugly

(D)   Undesirable

ANS.(B)

17.   The speaker…..the scope of his paper on ‘Work ethic’ at the outset.

(A)    Defined

(B)   Delineated

(C)    Ascribed

(D)   Declined

ANS.(B)

18.   He….. a lot over the pros and cons of the issue but could arrive at no fruitful result.

(A)    Envisioned

(B)   Contemplated

(C)    Embodied

(D)   Envisaged

ANS.(B)

19.   The custom officers…..gold worth Rs. 1 crore from the smugglers.

(A)    Snatched

(B)   Captured

(C)    Mobbed

(D)   Confiscated

ANS.(D)

20.   On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the cattle became…..

(A)    Jubilant

(B)   Emaciated

(C)    Flippant

(D)   Agitated

ANS.(B)

21.   His…..helped him rise so high in life.

(A)    Cleverness

(B)   Wisdom

(C)    Cunningness

(D)   Genius

ANS.(D)

22.   The speaker painted a….. picture of hunger in parts of India.

(A)    Poignant

(B)   Passionate

(C)    Parsimonious

(D)   Chimerical

ANS.(A)

23.   Some region of our country still remains….. to the average man.

(A)    Impenetrable

(B)   Impermeable

(C)    Inaccessible

(D)   Impossible

ANS.(C)

24.She….people who are good at sports.

(A)    Supports

(B)   Admires

(C)    Attracts

(D)   Appeals

ANS.(B)

25. He wanted to help…..poverty.

(A) Diminish

(B) Reduce

(C) Dwindle

(D) Deplete

ANS.(B)