English Quiz for NDA & Other Defence Exams: 27th March
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Direction (1-10): For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning.
Q1. Misappropriation of money
(a) Embezzlement
(b) Foreman
(c) Sojourn
(d) Extempore
Q2. Providing relief
(a) Erudition
(b) Reprieve
(c) Obituary
(d) Novice
Q3. Act of stealing in small quantity
(a) Occidental
(b) Honorary
(c) Pilferage
(d) Proselyte
Q4. A person’s particular habit
(a) Idiosyncrasy
(b) Pestle
(c) Flicker
(d) Stoic
Q5. A container for the ashes of dead person
(a) Urn
(b) Juxtapose
(c) Matinee
(d) Lease
Q6. An exact copy
(a) Curator
(b) Facsimile
(c) Arsonist
(d) Feint
Q7. A particular method of working
(a) Modus Operandi
(b) Samaritan
(c) Improvident
(d) Parboil
Q8. Accidental good fortune
(a) Altruist
(b) Fluke
(c) Expurgate
(d) Propensity
Q9. Take great pleasure
(a) Revel
(b) Excerpt
(c) Recluse
(d) Fusillade
Q10. A list of passengers and luggage
(a) Usurer
(b) Pedant
(c) Waybill
(d) Parvenu
Solution
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans. (b)
S3. Ans. (c)
S4. Ans. (a)
S5. Ans. (a)
S6. Ans. (b)
S7. Ans. (a)
S8. Ans. (b)
S9. Ans. (a)
S10. Ans. (c)
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