English Quiz for AFCAT and INET: 13 Jan 2020
English Quiz for AFCAT and INET: 13 Jan 2020
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Direction (1-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Q1. To disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
(a) to tangle
(b) to crumple
(c) to ruffle
(d) to crease
Q2. Courteousness and refinement of manner.
(a) plaudit
(b) adulation
(c) urbanity
(d) profanity
Q3. Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives
(a) redoubt
(b) scrupulous
(c) immaculate
(d) sordid
Q4. The process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance.
(a) aerating
(b) miasma
(c) effluvium
(d) volatile
Q5. To make a sharp sound or series of sounds as result of a hard object striking another.
(a) innuendo
(b) scrape
(c) swat
(d) clack
Q6. To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
(a) to divest
(b) to bereave
(c) to oust
(d) to dispossess
Q7. Take away or alter the natural qualities of
(a) Denature
(b) Unadulterated
(c) Authentic
(d) Limpid
Q8. Decay of organic matter producing a fetid smell
(a) Putrefy
(b) Crisp
(c) Neoteric
(d) Virgin
Q9. Diminish in value over a period of time
(a) Escalate
(b) Augment
(c) Aggrandise
(d) Depreciate
Q10. Not able to produce children
(a) Gravid
(b) Hebetic
(c) Fecund
(d) Sterile
Solution:
S1. Ans(c);
Sol. Ruffle means disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
Crumple means crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.
Tangle means twist together into a confused mass.
S2. Ans(c);
Sol. Urbanity means courteousness and refinement of manner.
Plaudit means an expression of praise or approval.
Adulation means excessive admiration or praise.
Profanity: blasphemous or obscene language.
S3. Ans(d);
Sol. Sordid means involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Scrupulous means (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
Immaculate means perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
S4. Ans(a);
Sol. Aerate means to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through.
Miasma means an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.
Effluvium means an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.
S5. Ans(d);
Sol. Clack: make a sharp sound or series of sounds as a result of a hard object striking another.
Innuendo: an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.
Scrape: use a sharp or hard implement to remove (dirt or unwanted matter) from something.
S6. Ans(b);
Sol. Bereave means to have a close relation or friend who has died.
Dispossess means deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
S7. Ans(a);
Sol. Denature means take away or alter the natural qualities of.
Authentic means of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine.
Limpid means (of a liquid) completely clear and transparent.
S8. Ans(a);
Sol. Putrefy means (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.
Neoteric: new or modern; recent.
S9. Ans(d);
Sol. Depreciate means diminish in value over a period of time.
Escalate means increase rapidly.
Aggrandise means increase the power, status, or wealth of.
S10. Ans(d);
Sol. Sterile means not able to produce children or young.
Fecund means producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile.
Hebetic means Physiology of or relating to puberty.
Gravid: carrying eggs or young; pregnant.
Q1. To disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
(a) to tangle
(b) to crumple
(c) to ruffle
(d) to crease
Q2. Courteousness and refinement of manner.
(a) plaudit
(b) adulation
(c) urbanity
(d) profanity
Q3. Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives
(a) redoubt
(b) scrupulous
(c) immaculate
(d) sordid
Q4. The process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance.
(a) aerating
(b) miasma
(c) effluvium
(d) volatile
Q5. To make a sharp sound or series of sounds as result of a hard object striking another.
(a) innuendo
(b) scrape
(c) swat
(d) clack
Q6. To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
(a) to divest
(b) to bereave
(c) to oust
(d) to dispossess
Q7. Take away or alter the natural qualities of
(a) Denature
(b) Unadulterated
(c) Authentic
(d) Limpid
Q8. Decay of organic matter producing a fetid smell
(a) Putrefy
(b) Crisp
(c) Neoteric
(d) Virgin
Q9. Diminish in value over a period of time
(a) Escalate
(b) Augment
(c) Aggrandise
(d) Depreciate
Q10. Not able to produce children
(a) Gravid
(b) Hebetic
(c) Fecund
(d) Sterile
Solution:
S1. Ans(c);
Sol. Ruffle means disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
Crumple means crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.
Tangle means twist together into a confused mass.
S2. Ans(c);
Sol. Urbanity means courteousness and refinement of manner.
Plaudit means an expression of praise or approval.
Adulation means excessive admiration or praise.
Profanity: blasphemous or obscene language.
S3. Ans(d);
Sol. Sordid means involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Scrupulous means (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
Immaculate means perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
S4. Ans(a);
Sol. Aerate means to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through.
Miasma means an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.
Effluvium means an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.
S5. Ans(d);
Sol. Clack: make a sharp sound or series of sounds as a result of a hard object striking another.
Innuendo: an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.
Scrape: use a sharp or hard implement to remove (dirt or unwanted matter) from something.
S6. Ans(b);
Sol. Bereave means to have a close relation or friend who has died.
Dispossess means deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
S7. Ans(a);
Sol. Denature means take away or alter the natural qualities of.
Authentic means of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine.
Limpid means (of a liquid) completely clear and transparent.
S8. Ans(a);
Sol. Putrefy means (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.
Neoteric: new or modern; recent.
S9. Ans(d);
Sol. Depreciate means diminish in value over a period of time.
Escalate means increase rapidly.
Aggrandise means increase the power, status, or wealth of.
S10. Ans(d);
Sol. Sterile means not able to produce children or young.
Fecund means producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile.
Hebetic means Physiology of or relating to puberty.
Gravid: carrying eggs or young; pregnant.
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