HARYANA AUCTION RECORDER EXAM, 15.05.2016

 

Total Questions: 100

41. Fill in the blank.

Our_____ lived in caves and used crude implements.

Correct Answer: (4) ancestors
Solution:Ancestor (Noun) =पूर्वज (forebear; a person in your family who lived a long time ago).

42. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the underlined word, I can only speculate that he left willingly.

Correct Answer: (3) guess
Solution:Speculate (Verb)= अनुमान लगाना, अटकलबाजी करना (to form an opinion about something without knowing all the details or facts; guess).

43. Select the substitution that best expresses opposite meaning of the underlined word : His face bare a blank look all the time while I was telling him about that exciting incident.

Correct Answer: (1) a passive
Solution:Bear a blank = showing no feeling, understanding or interest

44. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase: To eat one's heart out

Correct Answer: (1) to cry
Solution:To eat one's heart out = to feel very unhappy: to be sorrowful.

45. Find the wrongly spelt word:

Correct Answer: (3) litracy
Solution:Literacy =साक्षरता (the ability to read and write)

46. In the following question, a sentence has been split into six parts. The first and the last parts have been numbered 1 and 6. Remaining four parts have been named P. 9. R and S. While parts 1 and 6 are in proper sequence, parts P. Q. R and S have been jumbled up. Rearrange the jumbled parts to make a meaningful sentence.

Pakistan cannot claim to have any decisive victory over India in the battle field but it has not done too badly in the publicity war.

Correct Answer: (2) SROP
Solution:Pakistan cannot claim to have any decisive victory over India in the battle field but it has not done too badly in the publicity war.

47. Choose the most suitable 'one word for the following phrase expression: A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

Correct Answer: (2) Pilgrim
Solution:Pligrim (यात्री)

48. In the following Question, find out which part of the sentence has an error, If there is no mistake, the answer is 'No error'.

The road to famous monument passes through a forest.

Correct Answer: (2) to famous monument
Solution:यहाँ to the famous monument का प्रयोग होगा।

49. Fill in the blanks Suddenly she turned away the window and stood________ the glass.

Correct Answer: (2) from; before
Solution:Turn away = change position Suddenly she turned away from the window and stood before the glass.

50. Find the correctly spelt word.

Correct Answer: (4) Commemorate
Solution:Commemorate (Verb) = to remind people of an important person or event from the past.