HSSC GROUP ‘D’ EXAM 18.11.2018 (shift-I)

71. Pick out the wrongly spelt word from the given words.

(1) Villaneous
(2) Transience
(3) Grievance
(4) Receive

Correct Answer: (1) Villaneous

Solution:(1) Villainous (Adjective) = very evil; very unpleasant.

Transience (Noun) = continuity for only a short time; fleetingness; temporariness.

Grievance (Noun) = complaint; something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about.

72. Pick out the wrongly spelt word from the given words.

(1) Etiquette
(2) Lieutenant
(3) Solliloquy
(4) Bureaucracy

Correct Answer: (3) Solliloquy

Solution:(3) Etiquette (Noun) = the formal rules of correct or polite behavior in society.

Soliloquy (Noun) = monologue: a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts.

Bureaucracy (Noun) = the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government has.

73. The report is very critical and is clearly ______.

(1) Intended to
(2) Intended to be
(3) Intended
(4) Intend to be

Correct Answer: (3) Intended

Solution:(3) Intended (Adjective) = planned or designed for somebody/something.

74. "They could have been delayed by the snow". Yes, they ______.

(1) could have
(2) could be
(3) could been
(4) couldn’t have been

Correct Answer: (1) could have

Solution:(1) Could have been ⇒ passive

75. Ram gave me ______ one rupee note.

(1) Not needed
(2) The
(3) An
(4) A

Correct Answer: (4) A

Solution:(4) 'O' in 'One' gives a consonant sound.

76. He is ______ honour to his profession.

(1) The
(2) A
(3) Not needed
(4) An

Correct Answer: (4) An

Solution:(4) 'H' in 'honour' gives a vowel sound.

77. You cannot befool me, as I was not born yesterday.

(1) weak
(2) worldly wise
(3) unable to understand
(4) give false hope

Correct Answer: (2) worldly wise

Solution:(2) Not born yesterday ⇒ worldly wise; experienced.

78. The speaker of the Lok Sabha stirred up a hornet’s nest by referring to the impending changes in several rules.

(1) make an untrue story
(2) raise controversy
(3) confused himself
(4) perform a difficult task

Correct Answer: (2) raise controversy

Solution:(2) A hornets' nest = a difficult situation in which a lot of people get very angry, raise a controversy.

Look at the sentence:

His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' net.

79. सरला से फल खाया जाता है। यह वाक्य कर्तृवाच्य में होता है

(1) सरला फल खायी
(2) सरला ने फल खाया
(3) सरला ने फल खायी
(4) सरला फल खाती है

Correct Answer: (4) सरला फल खाती है

Solution:(4) प्रस्तुत वाक्य का कर्तृवाच्य रूप होगा-'सरला फल खाती है।'

जहाँ क्रिया द्वारा कही गयी बात का मुख्य विषय कर्त्ता हो, वहाँ कर्तृवाच्य होता है। इसमें क्रिया का सम्बंध कर्त्ता से होता है और क्रिया के वचन कर्त्ता के अनुसार होते हैं।

80. विद्या + अभ्यास = 'विद्याभ्यास' यह कौन-सी संधि है?

(1) व्यंजन संधि
(2) गुण संधि
(3) वृद्धि संधि
(4) दीर्घ संधि

Correct Answer: (4) दीर्घ संधि

Solution:(4) विद्या + अभ्यास →विद्याभ्यास

आ + अ →आ

यह दीर्घ स्वर संधि का उदाहरण है।