HPSSSC Steno Typist on contract basis in HPSEBL – General English

Himachal Pradesh SSSC Steno Typist on contract basis in HPSEBL – General English

Choose the word out of the four alternatives a,b,c and d which best expresses the meaning of the given word
Agrarian
(a) pertaining to sea
(b) pertaining to land
(c) pertaining to the poor
(d) pertaining to God

Eradicate
(a) change
(b) increase
(c) remove
(d) restore

Auspicious
(a) favourable
(b) shameful
(c) loud
(d) pedantic

Bombastic
(a) trite
(b) loudmouthed
(c) criminal
(d) pedanitc

Penurious
(a) poor
(b) incisive
(c) unyielding
(d) perfidious

Choose the word out of four alternatives a, b, c and d which is Opposite in meaning to the given word
Reasonable
(a) false
(b) valid
(c) fake
(d) illogical

Ultimate
(a) delayed
(b) continuous
(c) immediate
(d) hoepful

Sundry
(a) various
(b) variegated
(c) debility
(d) few

Significant
(a) small
(b) inadequate
(c) more
(d) short

Prolonged
(a) miserable
(b) short
(c) uncomfortable
(d) condensed

Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom/ phrase out of the four alternatives a, b, c and d.
To lead up the garden path
(a) to lead to the garden
(b) to steel fruit
(c) to deny the facts
(d) to mislead

To come to terms
(a) to make an agreement
(b) to intimidate
(c) to avenge
(d) to prepare a balance sheet

In a whirl
(a) to dive deep
(b) to face boldy
(c) to cross the river in a storm
(d) confusion

To pin one’s faith upon
(a) to have less faith in
(b) to be overconfident
(c) having a strong desire
(d) to depend

Alas the day
(a) glorious day
(b) historical event
(c) unhappy day
(d) to be brisk