HPSSSC Steno Typist Regular basis & on contract basis paper – General English

HPSSSC Steno Typist Regular basis & on contract basis paper – General English

Choose the word out of the four alternatives a, b, c and d which best expresses the meaning of the given word
Drench
(a) wet
(b) rain
(c) soak
(d) dry

Sumptuous
(a) lavish
(b) vast
(c) plenty
(d) hearty

Insolence
(a) arrogance
(b) annoyance
(c) keen
(d) pleasure

Coalesce
(a) fusion
(b) diverse
(c) unite into one body
(d) uproar

Absolve
(a) acquit
(b) convict
(c) enhance
(d) edict

Choose the word out of four alternatives a, b, c and d which is opposite in meaning to the given word
Rotundity
(a) strainghtness
(b) deviate
(c) angular
(d) arch

Lucrative
(a) happy
(b) illegal
(c) unprofitable
(d) unkempt

Benefactor
(a) beneficient
(b) benediction
(c) beneficiary
(d) comparable

Concise
(a) wordy
(b) abundant
(c) ignorant
(d) short

Perpetual
(a) instantaneous
(b) irregular
(c) flexible
(d) continuous

Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase out of the four alternatives a,b,c and d
Beyond one’s ken
(a) out of one’s reach
(b) out of one’s sight
(c) to think very high of oneself
(d) a very difficult task

At a loose end
(a) to wear loose garments
(b) having weak character
(c) without employment
(d) to get rid of

To eat one’s salt
(a) to cook tasty dishes
(b) a contagious disease
(c) shortage of salt in human body
(d) to be one’s guest

To weather the storm
(a) to face a crisis
(b) to survive a crisis
(c) to be the victim of a crisis
(d) to create crisis

To have a dig at
(a) to criticize someone
(b) to sow seeds
(c) to weed out
(d) to praise someone