Guwahati High Court Junior Grade Translator 2021 English paper
Write correct spellings for the following words –
(a) Baffun
(b) Hamorrhage
(c) Acquience
(d) Extraneus
(e) Ocarrence
Match the following with correct meanings – (use the table A and B)
Table – A
(a) chagrin
(b) Penchant
(c) Boisterous
(d) Bona fide
(e) Ultra vires
Table – B
(1) beyond the powers
(2) Noisy
(3) Fondness
(4) Annoyance
(5) Good faith
Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions
(a) There is no exception _________this rule
(b) Give an example pertinent _________this case
(c) Pawan’s story is devoid _________truth.
(d) My cousin has invested a lot of money __________farming.
(e) She could not dissociate herself __________what she said earlier.
Fill in the blanks with correct tense forms of the verbs given in brackets –
(1) I wish I _____________help you (can)
(2) He __________for Dubai last Friday (leave)
(3) If I ___________you I would not do that (be)
(4) If it _____________I shall not go out (rain)
(5) We _________each other for many years (Know)
Each of the following questions has four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
One who walks in one’s sleep
(a) dreamer
(b) somnambulist
(c) neomatic
(d) ignorant
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted
(a) unbelief
(b) superstition
(c) non-conformity
(d) heresy
One who knows many languages
(a) linguist
(b) polyglot
(c) stylist
(d) debator
Killing one’s father
(a) homicide
(b) particle
(c) regicide
(d) fratricide
A place where money is coined
(a) mint
(b) press
(c) treasury
(d) bank
Write the meanings of the idiom/phrase shown in Capital Letters in the following sentence.
He is NOT WORTH HIS SALT if he fails at this juncture.
For the first week, the apprentice felt LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.
A movement for the world unity is IN THE OFFING.
In the organized society of today no individual or nation can PLOUGH A LONELY FURROW.
Chandan was left HIGH AND DRY by his friends when he lost all his money.
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