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English Quiz

Dear
PaGaLGuy readers, English Comprehension and English Language skills form an
integral part of a number of competitive examinations, such as the SSC CGL, SSC
CHSL exams, Banking Entrance exams, UPSC Civil Services Preliminary
Examination, MBA entrance exams, Combined Defence Service Examination, etc.
Given the importance of this section, we bring you this English Language Quiz
to help you practise and improve your English language skills.

This
quiz has questions from the SSC Stenographer Group C & D recruitment exam,
held in December 2011. Solve this quiz and leave your responses/ answers in the
comments section below. We will soon let you know the correct answers!

In
these questions, out of four alternatives, choose the one which has the same
meaning as the given word.

1.
Laud

(a)
Like                            (b) Acknowledge

(c)  Praise                       (d) Record

2.
Emancipate

(a)
Liberate                       (b) Exist

(c)
Correct                        (d)
Restrain

3.
Absorbing

(a)
Concentrating              (b) Engrossing

(c)
Fascinating                   (d)
Enriching

4.
Caricature

(a)
Biographical sketch     (b) Grotesque likeness

(c)
Eccentricity                   (d)
Personality trait

5.
Emulate

(a)
Echo                               (b) Mimic

(c)
Imitate                            (d)
Simulate

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