DSSSB FSL Scientific Assistant Paper 2013 on English

Find the correctly spelt word
(a) courageous
(b) currageous
(c) couragious
(d) curragious

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word “ignore”.
(a) forget
(b) delete
(c) consider
(d) errase

Past tense of the verb “strike” is
(a) struk
(b) struck
(c) striked
(d) stroke

Plural of the word “radius” is
(a) reduce
(b) radiuses
(c) roudies
(d) radii

Feminine gender of “horse” is
(a) mare
(b) horsy
(c) mary
(d) horsie

Directions : (Q1 – !5) Some parts of the sentence have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence (A), (B), (C) has an error. If a sentence is free from error, Choose (D) as your answer.

1. The principal asked (A) / Mani and I (B) / where our teacher was (C) / No error (D)
2. Neither the USA nor the UK (A) / are the largest democracy (B) / in the twentieth century (C) / No error (D)
3. No sooner (A) / had we set out (B) / when a thunder storm occurred (C) / No error (D)
4. Twelve inches (A) / makes (B) / a foot (C) / No error (D)