English Grammar for IES Exam

 English Grammar for IES Exam

UPSC Engineering Services exam  English Grammar

 English Grammar solved objective test for IES

Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose

the one which can best replace the italicized word in the sentence without changing

the meaning of the sentence.

1. Her today’s story was merely an exaggeration of what happened before my eyes.

(a) Overstatement

(b) Reproduction

(c) Falsehood

(d) Understatement

ANSWER. (a)

2. Your explanation that your social commitments tie you down, does not convince me

(a) Duties

(b) Responsibilities

(c) Restrictions

(d) Obligations

ANSWER: (d)

3. Many of his acquaintances avoid him because he is so garrulous.

(a) Proud

(b) Unreasonable

(c) Talkative

(d) Quarrelsome

ANSWER: (c)

   4. The British levied unusually high taxes on export of Indian goods.

(a) Implemented

(b) Stipulated

(c) Imposed

(d) Enacted

ANSWER: (c)

5. He died as an impecunious man in a charitable hospital

(a) Innocent

(b) Ignorant

(c) Faultless

(d) Having no money

ANSWER: (d)

6. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment.

(a) Punished 

(b) Acquitted

(c) Assigned

(d) Convicted

ANSWER: (a)

7. The ascending temperature in many parts of the world confirms global

warming which is an environmental hazard

(a) Rising

(b) Falling

(c) Shooting

(d) Mounting

ANSWER: (a)

8. The notice said that the meeting would begin precisely at 9.00 a.m.

(a) Concisely

(b) Approximately

(c) Exactly

(d) Accurately

ANSWER: (c)

9. He deserved the accolade he received.

(a) Comment

(b) Honor

(c) Appreciation

(d) Blame

ANSWER: (c)

10. Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid.

(a) Envy

(b) Cruelty

(c) Spite

(d) Hatred

ANSWER: (c)

11. It is a popular fallacy that all man-eaters are old and mangy.

(a) Observation

(b) Belief

(c) Fact

(d) Illusion

ANSWER: (b)

12. It was presumptuous of him to make a remark in the assembly.

(a) Ridiculous

(b) Unthoughtful

(c) Self-confident

(d) Ambiguous

ANSWER: (c)

13. It is quite unseemly that person should so behave with his elders.

(a) Childish

(b) Ugly

(c) Discourteous

(d) Improper

ANSWER: (d)

14. Those who man government-run shops also have their palm greased.

(a) Control

(b) Operate

(c) Administer

(d) Rule

ANSWER: (b)

15. If you lack in magnanimity, all your wealth and luxury is useless.

(a) Planning

(b) Purposiveness

(c) Management

(d) Generosity

ANSWER: (d)

16. He enjoys vicarious authority.

(a) Tenuous  

(b) Limited

(c) Delegated

(d) Wide

ANSWER: (c)

17. The community is agog with speculation about the fate of the money collected.

(a) Excited

(b) Worried

(c) Depressed

(d) Annoyed

ANSWER: (a)

18. Many species of animals have become extinct during the last hundred years.

(a) Feeble

(b) Aggressive

(c) Scattered

(d) Non-existent

ANSWER: (d)

19. He was drawn to the vortex of politics at a very early age.

(a) Whirlpool

(b) Field

(c) Arena

(d) Hell

ANSWER: (a)

20. Fifty years after independence there can be no alibi for not providing basic amenities

to every citizen.

(a) Cause

(b) Plea

(c) Factor

(d) Reason

ANSWER: (b)

21. The President of the party deprecated the move ofthe Government to introduce

electoral reforms in a haste.

(a) Extricated

(b) Humiliated

(c) Denied

(d) Protested

(e) Welcomed

ANSWER: (d)

22. Quite often parents have to cut sorry figure, when their children display fractious

reaction over trifles.

(A) Pleasing

(b) Absurd

(c) Comic

(d) Irritable

(e) Disheartening

ANSWER: (d)

23. He has propensity for getting into debt.

(a) Characteristic

(b) Quality

(c) Natural tendency

(d) Aptitude

ANSWER: (c)

24. Seeds need sufficient water and air to germinate.

(a) Grow

(b) Reproduce

(c) Breed

(d) Sprout

ANSWER: (d)

25. They tolerated him though they disliked his craven behaviour.

(a) Silly

(b) Cowardly

(c) Indecent

(d) Mean

ANSWER: (b)