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General English Knowledge

Spelling Questions
1. Which of the following words are incorrectly spelt?
A) separate B) ordnance C) obviously D) sucess E) none of these
2. Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence
The ——– of the timetable caused some ———-
A) rivision B) revision C) revission D) revition
A) inconvenience B) inconvenince C) inconveneince D)inconvenience
3. The following list of 20 words contains 10 that are incorrectly spelt. Write the
letter that corresponds to each incorrectly spelt word in the answer box
A) occurence
B) dissipate
C) weird
D) accommodate
E) embarassment
F) ecstacy
G) repetition
H) batallion
I) dispair
J) irritable
K) accidently
L) liaison
M) memento
N) millenium
O) yield
P) existance
Q) independent
R) insistant
S) excede
T) privilege
Answers
1. D
2. B A
3. A E F H I K N P R S
Missing Word Questions
Example Questions
4. Which of these words completes the sentence in the way that makes most sense?
A spirit-level should be used to ensure that the surface is ———–
A) straight B) flat C) horizontal D) parallel E) aligned
5. Which of these words completes the sentence in the way that makes most sense?
He avoided ——— because he was ————
A) redundency B) indispensable C) redundancy D) indispensible
6. Which of these words completes the sentence in the way that makes most sense?
The plan must be ——— to make the project ————
A) feasible B) revised C) rivised D) feasable
Answers
4. C
5. C B
6. B A
7. Which of these is the missing word?
kick, ———–, walk
A) throw B) toes C) shin D) feet E) hand
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8. Which of these is the missing word?
key, ———–, walk
A) lock B) stand C) board D) fob E) stone
9. Which of these is the missing word?
water, ———–, over
A) ice B) drive C) wet D) flow E) fall
Answers
7. D – Feet are used for both kicking and walking.
8. C – Board forms the words ‘keyboard’ and ‘boardwalk’
9. E – Fall forms ‘waterfall’ and ‘fall over’
Related Word Questions
Example Questions
7. Which of these is the missing word?
kick, ———–, walk
A) throw B) toes C) shin D) feet E) hand
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8. Which of these is the missing word?
key, ———–, walk
A) lock B) stand C) board D) fob E) stone
9. Which of these is the missing word?
water, ———–, over
A) ice B) drive C) wet D) flow E) fall
Answers
7. D – Feet are used for both kicking and walking.
8. C – Board forms the words ‘keyboard’ and ‘boardwalk’
9. E – Fall forms ‘waterfall’ and ‘fall over’
Word Pair Questions
Example Questions
13. Dog is to canine as wolf is to ———
A) vulpine B) ursine C) piscine D) bovine E) lupine
14. Sadness is to happiness as defeat is to ———
A) joy B) victory C) tears D) victor E) none of these
15. Paper is to timber as ——— is to hide
A) tree B) seek C) ox D) animal E) leather
Answers
13. E – lupine means ‘relating to the characteristics of wolves’
14. B – The word pairs are opposites
15. E – Paper is made from timber, leather is made from hide
Sample Word Relationship Questions
1) medicine is to illness as law is to ——-
A B C D
anarchy discipline treason etiquette
2) square is to cube as circle is to ——-
A B C D
round ball pi sphere
3) king is to throne as judge is to ——-
A B C D
lawyer bench court trial
4) nib is to pen as lens is to ——-
A B C D
seeing glass focus telescope
5) settlement is to injury as pension is to ——-
A B C D
pensioner maturity retirement age
Instruction: Identify the relationship between the word pair in the question.
Circle the answer where the word pair shown has the most similar relationship.
6) levee : flood
A B C D
dam : lake armour : helmet helmet : injury water : tide
7) color : spectrum
A B C D
verse : rhyme tone : scale noise : waves waves : sound
extort : obtain
A B C D
purify : strain steal : borrow explode : ignite pilfer : steal
9) heel : foot
A B C D
beam : ship hand : palm stern : boat cruiser : vessel
10) slight : hurt
A B C D
lag : tardiness sound : noise time : lateness blind : light
Instruction: Identify the relationship between the word group in the question.
Circle the answer which fits best with the group.
11) barber, florist, draper
A B C D
flower cloth milliner hair
12) alps, pennines, pyrenees
A B C D
rockies dolomites urals himalayas
13) throw, volley, sling
A B C D
hurl grab seize catch
14) pine, fir, cypress
A B C D
mahogany oak spruce teak
15) wool, silk, leather
A B C D
cotton nylon linen fur
Answers to Verbal Ability – Word Relationship
1) A 2) D 3) B
4) D 5) C 6) C
7) D B 9) C
10) A 11) C 12) B
13) A 14) C 15) D