Practice Set for Main Clerk Examination.

Find Common Errors.(1-5)

1.The products, process (a)/ should also have frugal (b)/  earth’s impact (c)/ resources. No Error.(d)

2.The one thing that India’s (a)/ innovate theorists have not said (b)/  is that the absence (c)/ of a culture of innovation. No Error (d)

3.While jugaad and frugal (a)/ innovation may be (b)/ indicate of the Indian potential for (c)/ innovativeness. No Error (d)

4.I prefer (a)/ my job (b)/ to yours. (c)/ No Error. (d)

5.The Prime Minister as well as his Secretary were expected to (a)/ arrive in Chennai (b)/ on Saturday morning. (c)/ No error. (d)

Find Synonyms.(6-8)

6.MENANCE.

(a)request (b)prayer (c)threat (d)curse.

7.OCCULT.

(a)religious (b)unnatural (c)supernatural (d)strong.

8.VINDICATE.

(a)open (b)ventilate (c)justify (d)recommend.

Find Antonyms.(9-10)

9.ABUNDANT.

(a)limited (b)short (c)petty (d)meager. 

10.HARASS.

(a)reward (b)praise (c)flatter (d)relieve.

Cloze Test.(11-20)

Many parents greet their children’s teenage years with needles dream.While teens..(11)..assault us with heavy-metal music..(12)..outlandish clothes and spend all..(13)..time with friends,such behavior..(14)..adds up to full-scale revolt.Teenage..(15)..according to psychologist Laurence Stein berg,has been..(16)..exaggerated.Sociologist Sanford Dornbusch agrees.”The..(17)..that teenagers inevitably rebel is a..(18)..that has the potential for great family..(19)..,”says Dornusch.He believes the notion can..(20)…communication parents to influence the youngsters in this critical time.

Options.

11. (a)can (b)must (c)may (d)should.

12. (a)show (b)dress (c)put (d)flaunt.  

13. (a)her (b)his (c)their (d)our. 

14. (a)sporadically (b)always (c)infrequently (d)scarcely.

15. (a)rebellion (b)subversion (c)mania (d)revolution.  

16. (a)always (b)never (c)greatly (d)hardly.

17. (a)complaint (b)surmise (c)accusation (d)idea.  

18. (a)myth (b)story (c)fact (d)reality.

19. (a)ruin (b)downfall (c)harm (d)defeat.

20. (a)destroy (b)suffocate (c)damage (d)injure.

Idioms and Phrases.(21-23)

21.To blow one’s own trumpet.

(a) to play on one’s own trumpet.

(b) to praise one’s own self.

(c) to create noise disturbances.

(d) to have a high-pitched voice.

22.To one’s wit’s end.

(a) to work hard.

(b) to be intelligent.

(c) to get puzzled.

(d) to be stupid.

23.To eat humble pie.

(a) to have an excellent dish.

(b) to eat slowly.

(c) to apologize.

(d) to eat a good pie.

Wrong word spelt.(24-27)

24.The manager was accompanied (a) by several (b) experts when he surveyed (c) the devastation (d) caused by the fire. All correct. (e)

25.Mahesh has taken a momentous (a) decision to sell his very profitible (b) business (c) to his biggest rival.(d) All correct (e)

26.Mr. Banerjee is a popular (a) leader since he deligates (b) authority (c) to his subordinates.(d) All correct (e)

27.He failed to secure (a) that crucial (b) contract so the loss (c) his job. (d) All correct. (e)

Pick out the effective word (28-30)

28.Dorab is a man of admirable taste and a great political______.

(a)synthesis (b)distinction (c)viability (d)appreciation (e)acumen.

29.His argument in the court were so ____that he shattered the evidence built by the opposition lawyer.

(a)voluminous (b)worldly (c)durable (d)penetrative (e)diagnostic.

30.Facial expressions and body language,many times,do not display the___feelings of a man.

(a)stringent (b) popular (c)open (d)covert (e)outrageous.

Answers

1.(a) processes.

2.(b innovation.

3.(c) indicative.

4.(d) No Error.

5.(a)Use of ‘was’ instead of ‘were’.

6.(c)

7.(c)

8.(c)

9.(a)

10.(d)

11.(c)

12.(d)  

13.(c)    

14.(b)

15.(a)

16.(c)

17.(d)    

18.(d)

19.(a)

20.(b)

21.(b)

22.(c)

23.(c)

24.(e)

25.(b)

26.(b)

27.(c)

28.(e)

29.(d)

30.(d)