WBCS PRELIMS 2022 | English |

 WBCS PRELIMS 2022 | English |

Here I have provided the answers of grammar & Vocabulary of WBCS PRELIMS 2022.

Hope it will be beneficial for you.

1. “I have done my duty.”"—Which tense is this?

(A) Present Indefinite
(B) Present Perfect ✔
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Past Indefinite
[ গঠন : Sub + has/have + Verb(3rd) + obj ]

2. Find the synonym of ‘Covert’.
(A) Revert
(B) Secret ✔
(C) Desert
(D) Honest
[Covert মানে 'গুপ্ত']

3. What is the most appropriate passive form of “Who has done the work?"?
(A) Who has been done the work?
(B) By whom has been done the work?
(C) Whom has done the work by?
(D) By whom has the work been done? ✔

4. What parts of speech is the word ‘ Adjective’?
(A) Pronoun
(B) Noun ✔
(C) Adjective
(D) Adverb
[Noun is a naming word.]

5. Find the correctly spelt word.
(A) Reharsal
(B) Rehersal
(C) Rehearsal ✔
(D) Rehearsel

6. ‘Philanthropist’ means
(A) Humanitarian ✔
(B) Hater of man
(C) Lover of animals
(D) Lover of books
[Philanthropist মানে 'মানবপ্রেমিক']

7. Give the one word substitution of:
One who talks continuously
(A) Voracious (very eager for something)
(B) Impecunious (having little or no money)
(C) Loquacious ✔
(D) Avaricious (very greedy for money or possessions)

8. Instead of ‘tolerance’ we can say
(A) bear on
(B) bear in
(C) bear with ✔
(D) bear at

9. What type of sentence is ‘Do or Die’?
(A) Simple
(B) Complex
(C) Exclamatory
(D) Compound ✔
['Do or Die' is a compound sentence. There are two clauses and one conjunction. One main clause is “Do” and the other main clause is “Die”.]

10. What is the synonym of ‘Atrocity’?
(A) Solidarity
(B) Pity
(C) Cruelty ✔
(D) Punctuality
[Atrocity means নির্মমতা]

11. The antonym of 'Forgo’ is
(A) Claim ✔
(B) Despise
(C) Undergo
(D) Remember
[Forgo means ত্যাগ করা]

12. The idiomatic expression 'A slap on the wrist’ means
(A) Short on time
(B) A very mild punishment ✔
(C) To have a dispute
(D) To force an issue

13. Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:
They finally agreed on the business deal.
(A) let the cat out of the bag
(B) see eye to eye ✔
(C) to feel under the weather
(D) to cut a corner

14. It has been established that
(P) Einstein was
(Q) although a great scientist
(R) weak in arithmetic
(S) right from his school days
To form a correct and meaningful sentence, the proper sequence should be:
(A) (Q) (P) (R) (S) ✔
(B) (P) (R) (S) (Q)
(C) (P) (S) (Q) (R)
(D) (Q) (P) (S) (R)

15. Give the one word substitution of:
Creature having both male and female organs
(A) Sodomite (a person who engages in anal sexual intercourse.)
(B) Homosexual (sexually attracted to people of one's own sex)
(C) Masochist (a person who derives sexual gratification from their own pain or humiliation.)
(D) Hermaphrodite ✔

16. Fill in the blank with the correct word. Ram and his brothers were four in _____.
(A) quantity
(B) number ✔
(C) numbers
(D) totality

17. Choose the appropriate antonym of ‘Adore’.
(A) Love
(B) Like
(C) Hate ✔
(D) Ignore

18. Fillin the blank with the appropriate option:
She has no control ____ her temper.
(A) on
(B) with
(C) over ✔
(D) after

19. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
What are you worrying ——'
(A) to
(B) with
(C) for
(D) about ✔

20. An Obstetrician deals with
(A) Child disease
(B) Liver disease
(C) Pregnancy & child birth ✔
(D) Nerve disease

21. Use a correct gerund in the blank space: I like _____ pictures.
(A) painting ✔
(B) painted
(C) to paint
(D) paint

22. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
He spends hours _____ the phone everyday.
(A) at
(B) on ✔
(C) with
(D) in

23. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
He works ____ an insurance company.
(A) for ✔
(B) at
(C) in
(D) with

24. Which one is the plural number?
(A) Index
(B) Alumni ✔
(C) Hypothesis
(D) Analysis
[Singular of 'Alumni' is 'alumnus']

25. Insert the right preposition in the blank space:
He died _____ dengue.
(A) with
(B) from
(C) of ✔
(D) by