English – WB Police Constable Prelim Previous Year Question Paper
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English – WB Police Constable Prelim Question Paper
WBP Constable Prelim Question – 2016
- An author who writes the story of another person’s life is known as
(A) Historian
(B) Biographer
(C) Chronicler
(D) Diarist
- Choose from the following alternatives the word which is opposite in meaning to the word “Ample”.
(A) Sufficient
(B) Rare
(C) Insufficient
(D) Enough
- A child who has lost both of his parents is called —
(A) A prodigy
(B) A vagrant
(C) A street child
(D) An orphan
- Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word : ” Angels descend from heaven.”
(A) Blaze forth
(B) Float
(C) Gallop
(D) Come down
- Each occupation has its own ______; bankers, lawyers and computer professionals, for example, all use among themselves language which outsiders have difficulty to follow.
(A) rewards
(B) jargon
(C) disadvantages
(D) merits
- Opposite of “SYNTHETIC” is
(A) Cosmetic
(B) Plastic
(C) Natural
(D) Artificial
- Change the following interrogative sentence into indirect speech:
He asked me “do you like music?”
(A) He said that whether I like music.
(B) He told that whether you like music.
(C) He asked me whether I liked music.
(D) He asked me did you like music.
- Find out the word which can most appropriately replace that group of words.
“The one who knows everything”.
(A) Knowledgeable
(B) Omniscient
(C) Clever
(D) Intelligent
- The father was anxious _____ the safety of his daughter.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) about
(D) with
- Change the voice of the following sentence:
“Who is creating this mess?”
(A) By whom this mess is being created.
(B) Who has created this mess.
(C) By whom is this mess being created.
(D) By whom has this mess been created.
- Choose the correct synonym of the word ‘Insurgency’.
(A) Rebellion
(B) Hostility
(C) Attack
(D) Enmity
- A person who helps another to commit a crime is called
(A) Colleague
(B) Accomplice
(C) Assistant
(D) Gangster
- Choose the correct one word substitution of the following sentence:
“A decision on which one cannot go back”.
(A) Incorrigible
(B) Irreplaceable
(C) Irrevocable
(D) Infallible
- The exact word which denotes the highest degree of comparison to the word “strong” is
(A) stronger
(B) strongful
(C) strongest
(D) strengthen
- Choose the best prefix which matches with the word “Spoken” ?
(A) De
(B) Out
(C) Dis
(D) En
- Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given below:
A police team was _____ to ______ the case.
(A) formed, following
(B) constituted, investigate
(C) committed, study
(D) located, adjudge
WBP Constable Prelim Question – 2015
- Change the voice (Active/Passive):
People once believed that the sun was a God.
(A) The Sun is once being believed to be a God.
(B) The sun has once been believed to be a God.
(C) It was once believed that the sun was a God.
(D) It is once believed that the sun is a God.
- The synonym of ‘Indifferent’ is
(A) Neutral
(B) Unkind
(C) Precious
(D) Interested
- Find out the error from the underlined. Choose (D) if the sentence is correct.
Excessive (a) sugar intake can (b) lead to addiction, obesity and to diabetes (c). No error (d).
(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
- Change the speech (Direct/Indirect):
‘Call the first witness’, said the Judge.
(A) The judge commanded to call the first witness.
(B) The judge commanded them to call the first witness.
(C) The judge commanded that the first witness be called.
(D) The judge commanded the first witness to be called.
- Select the best alternative of the underlined portion from among the choices given :
Sanjay baked his first cake and he was thirteen years old then.
(A) and he was thirteen years old then
(B) at age thirteen years old
(C) when he was thirteen
(D) upon the reaching of thirteen years
- She has three children _______ her husband.
(Fill in the blanks with the right option form below.)
(A) of
(B) in
(C) by
(D) from
- He ______ living in Delhi for ten years when I went there.
(Fill in the blanks with the right option from below.)
(A) was been
(B) were
(C) had been
(D) is
- The antonym of ‘Absurd’ is
(A) Scarcity
(B) Adorn
(C) Rational
(D) Insane
- Find out the error from the underlined. Choose (D) if the sentence is correct.
With the development (a) of vaccine, there are hardly no (b) cases of small pox or yellow fever, anywhere (c) in the world. No error (d).
(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
- Find out the error from the underlined. Choose (D) if the sentence is correct.
A number of the athletes which (a) were participating in Olympics were found (b) to have used steroids and other muscle building substances to enhance (c) their performance. No error (d).
(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
- Select the best alternative of the underlined portion from among the choices given:
Jogging a kilometre uses the same number of calories as if you walk two kilometres.
(A) as walking
(B) than to walk
(C) than by walking
(D) as though you walk
- Select the best alternative of the underlined portion from among the choices given :
If we agree to purchase the house today, we would have saved Rs.50,000.
(A) If today we agree to purchase the house
(B) Had we agreed to purchase the house today
(C) If today we will agree to purchase the house
(D) If we would of agreed to purchase the house today
- Sunita writes _______ her left hand.
(Fill in the blank)
(A) on
(B) with
(C) in
(D) by
- Select the best alternative of the underlined portion from among the choices given:
Because Ritha, expected not to go to college, she is taking little interest in school.
(A) she took little interest in school
(B) she will take little interest in school
(C) she would take little interest in school
(D) she takes little interest in school
- Select the best answer from among the choices given :
As a person who would never _______ animals, Kavita takes extra care to avoid hitting squirrels while driving.
(A) love
(B) maltreat
(C) accept
(D) keep
- Select the best pair of words to fill in the gaps from among the choices given :
The fireworks display created so much ____ that the night sky was completely ____, almost as if it was the middle of the day.
(A) refuse, detonated
(B) colour, decorated
(C) light, illuminated
(D) noise, joyful