WB Excise Constable Question Paper – 2013
10. He had to repent ______ what he had done.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below.
(A) at
(B) of
(C) over
(D) for
- She is so ______ that she easily catches cold.
Use the correct word from the following to fill in the blank.
(A) sensible
(B) sincere
(C) sensitive
(D) sober
- Pick out the word opposite in meaning to the given word — “Accepted”
(A) Rejected
(B) Considered
(C) Noted
(D) Followed
- Choose the word nearest in meaning to the given word — “Inedible”
(A) Polluted
(B) Unfit for human consumption
(C) Vitiated
(D) Eatable
- Choose the exact meaning of the idiom/phrase in the sentence—
The prices are going up by leaps and bounds
(A) Irregularly
(B) Gradually
(C) Rapidly
(D) Systematically
- He chose the path of religion of his own accord.
Choose the exact meaning of the underlined words in the above sentence from the following.
(A) Forcibly
(B) Helplessly
(C) Half-heartedly
(D) Willingly
- Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.
One who hates mankind.
(A) Philanthropist
(B) Misanthrope
(C) Cannibal
(D) Terrorist
- The car ______ suddenly.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate choice from the following.
(A) broke off
(B) broke down
(C) broke out
(D) broke up
- Why did you not spoken to me earlier?
Correct the sentence by using the following one.
(A) did not spoke
(B) did you not spoke
(C) did you not speak
(D) were you not spoken
- Since we are living in Bombay, we are unwilling to move to another city.
Replace the underlined words in the above sentence by the appropriate words given below:
(A) Since we have been living
(B) Being that we are living
(C) Since we were living
(D) None of the above
- He was advised to abstain _______ all alcoholic drinks.
Fill in the blank with most appropriate preposition form the following.
(A) in
(B) at
(C) from
(D) by
- Questions will be answered by a ________ of experts.
Fill in the blank in the above sentence by an appropriate word given below.
(A) staff
(B) panel
(C) bunch
(D) band
- No one can bear an unprovoked insult. The appropriate interrogative form of the above sentence
(A) Everyone can bear an unprovoked insult.
(B) Can you bear an unprovoked insult?
(C) Who can bear an unprovoked insult?
(D) Would you bear an unprovoked insult?
- He runs as fast as a deer.
The comparative degree of fast is used correctly in the sentence
(A) He runs faster than a deer.
(B) A deer cannot run faster than he can.
(C) A deer can run faster than he can.
(D) None of the above.
- The sun rose. The fog dispersed.
Which of the following sentences is correct, if the above sentences are joined in the form of a simple sentence?
(A) When the sun rose, the fog dispersed.
(B) The sun having risen the fog dispersed.
(C) The fog dispersed when the sun rose.
(D) As the sun rose, the fog dispersed.
- The boy said to his mother, ” Where are you going?”
Select the correct form of the sentence if changed into indirect narration.
(A) The boy said to his mother that where she was going.
(B) The boy asked to his mother where are you going.
(C) The boy asked his mother where she was going.
(D) The boy asked where she was going.
- A boy was ________ by a motor-car.
Use the appropriate words in the blank.
(A) run into
(B) run over
(C) run at
(D) none of the above
- Do the work at once.
The correct form of the sentence in passive voice is —
(A) You are directed to do the work at once.
(B) Let the work be done at once.
(C) The work should be done at once.
(D) At once the work be done by you.
- The word opposite in meaning to ‘Kind’ is
(A) Honest
(B) Famous
(C) Similar
(D) Cruel
- Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
(A) There is a university in Kolkata
(B) He is a university student
(C) A university will be established at Asansol
(D) None of the above
- My brother is younger ________ me.
Which of the following words will be appropriate to the above sentence?
(A) than
(B) by
(C) with
(D) to
- I, who ________ your superior, should be respected.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate words given below:
(A) am
(B) is
(C) are
(D) was
- Murderer of one’s father is
(A) Fratricide
(B) Patricide
(C) Homicide
(D) Matricide
- Raman is the better ________ the two days.
Fill in the blank with appropriate words given below:
(A) than
(B) in
(C) to
(D) of
- He lost his mother as soon as he was ________. Fill in the blank with the appropriate words given below:
(A) borne
(B) bear
(C) born
(D) bore