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English – Yearwise Questions – Antonym – W.B.C.S. Preliminary Examination.
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WBCS Preliminary Question – 2020
- The correct antonym of ‘Lecherous’ is
(lustful, perverted)
(A) Passionate
(B) Dirty
(C) Nasty
(D) Chaste (virgin, innocent, pure) - Add a suitable prefix to ‘Embark’
(begin, start, commence, undertake)
(A) Disembark (get off, step off, leave)
(B) Unembark
(C) Imembark
(D) Inembark
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2019
- Add a suitable prefix to form the opposite of the word ‘Balance‘.
(A) Nonbalance
(B) Unbalance
(C) Disbalance
(D) Imbalance
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2018
- Mary’s patience and serenity won the admiration of all who saw her
(calmness, peacefulness)
(a) holiness
(b) placidity
(c) agitation(anxiety, distress)
(d) equanimity
Antonym
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2017
- The darkness covered the whole countryside.
(a) Silence
(b) Stillness
(c) Light
(d) Noise
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2016
- The appearance of the stranger was forbidding.
(hostile, unwelcoming, unfriendly)
(a) Warm
(b) Kind
(c) Friendly
(d) Amiable(friendly, cordial, warm-hearted) - People responded to the leader’s speech with shouts of ecstasy.
(feeling of great happiness, joyful excitement)
(a) Despondency
(b) Despair
(c) Disagreement
(d) Displeasure
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2015
- The silence of the children was
(a) Catnap
(b) Cacophony
(c) Coarse
(d) Cruelty - The crowd felt stupefied by the lecture.
(make unable to think or feel properly)
(a) Engulfed
(b) Entertained
(c) Enthused
(d) Encouraged
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2014
- Choose the word opposite in meaning to the one underlined below:
The possibility of failure was imminent.
(about to happen, close, near, approaching)
(a) Remote
(b) Inherent
(c) Immediate
(d) Perennial - His point was lost amid the cacophony
(noise, discord)
(a) Music
(b) Discordance
(c) Silence
(d) Crowd - Choose the word opposite in meaning to the one underlined below:
There is abundant scope for improvement.
(a) Ample
(b) Scarce(in short supply)
(c) Copious
(d) Eternal
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2013
- The opposite of ‘remote’ is
(a) High
(b) Less
(c) Far
(d) Near
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word :
- Transparency is needed in dealing with a matter of public interest.
(a) Haziness
(b) Trauma
(c) Turbulence
(d) Transition - Select the pair in the following options, which is set in opposition :
(a) Erroneous – Faulty
(b) Reticent – Silent
(c) Vilify – Slander
(d) None of the above
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2012
- Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition:
(a) Liquid – Solid
(b) Enough – Adequate
(c) Entice – Lure
(d) Excess – Surplus
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2011
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word :
1. Chaos reigned supreme at the football match.
(a) Order
(b) Confusion
(c) Luck
(d) Anarchy
- The hubbub in the cities makes one tired and irritable.
(noise, confusion, chaos)
(a) Roar
(b) Quiet
(c) Disorder
(d) Disturbance
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2010
Select the pair in the following options which is set in opposition :
1. (a) Pedant — Pedagogic
(b) Humid — Arid
(c) Erroneous — Faulty
(d) Horrible — Horrendous
- (a) Doggish – Canine
(b) Manly – Virile
(c) Divine – Infernal
(d) Earthly – Terrestrial - The prospect of her marriage is remote. The opposite of ‘remote’ in this
sentence would be —
(a) High
(b) Less
(c) Far
(d) Near
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2009
- The high-handed ways of the manager made him an enemy of the
people.
(using authority without considering the feelings of others)
(a) Submissive and friendly
(b) Ignorant
(c) Angry
(d) Impatient
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2008
Select the pair among the following which is set in opposition:
1.
(a) Gay : Animated
(b) Full : Replete
(c) Surmise : Fact
(d) Generation :Age
-
(a) Wanton : Restrained
(b) Sardonic : Bitter
(c) Bright : Refulgent
(d) Fetch : Bring -
(a) Macabre : Eerie
(b) Abortive : Successful
(c) Secret : Covert
(d) Mock : Rally
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2007
- The 19thcentury was the heyday of the renaissance in Bengali.
(prime, peak, high point)
(a) Days of decline
(b) Peak-point
(c) Period of stagnation
(d) Time of up-rise
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2006
Tick the exact opposite of each word given below :
1. Extravagance
(spending money, using resources, luxury)
(a) Rashness
(b) Meanness
(c) Prudence(cautiousness, thrift)
(d) Excess
- Humility
(modesty, humbleness)
(a) Rudeness
(b) Vanity
(c) Pride
(d) Arrogance - The opposite of help is
(a) Hate
(b) Helpless
(c) Hindrance(resistance, obstruction)
(d) Stop
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2005
- The boy wore a dismal look after having failed to clear the final
examination.
(dim, dark, gloomy)
(a) Despondent
(b) Solemn
(c) Beautiful
(d) Cheerful - The liberal views of the leader did not find favour with a section of his
party.
(a) Biased
(b) Prejudiced
(c) Conservative
(d) Backward
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2004
- He spoke in a whisper.
(a) Shout
(b) Murmur
(c) Rumble
(d) Roar - We had a rich diet there.
(a) Poor
(b) Plain
(c) Simple
(d) Lean - He had a sharp attack of fever.
(a) Sudden
(b) Mild
(c) Intermittent
(d) Slow
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2003
- Parents should not belittle their children’s early attempts at drawing.
(dismiss as unimportant)
(a) Magnify
(b) Encourage(give support or confidence)
(c) Extol
(d) Flatter - He is very sagacious for such a young person.
(wise, clever, intelligent)
(a) Foolish
(b) Bitter
(c) Voracious
(d) Veracious - I find writing this book to be an odious task.
(extremely unpleasant)
(a) Stimulating
(b) Satisfactory
(c) Nice
(d) Delightful - Philosophical work are cerebral in nature and require much thought.
(intellectual rather than emotional or physical)
(a) Spiritual
(b) Intellectual
(c) Carnal(relating to physical, especially sexua)
(d) Sensational - The Glitter and opulence of the Ballroom took Cinderella’s breath away.
(great wealth or luxuriousness)
(a) Potency
(b) Glamour
(c) Poverty
(d) Squalor
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2002
- Many people prefer a vegetarian diet.
(a) Desire
(b) Taste
(c) Abhor(hate)
(d) Like - It was an arduous task.
de(difficult, hard, heavy)
(a) Difficult
(b) Problematic
(c) Effortless
(d) Fitting - The truck was travelling at a trot.
(with reference to a horse or other quadruped)
(a) At break-neck speed
(b) At a snail’s pace
(c) Slowly
(d) Leisurely
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2001
- He was rather reluctant to help me.
(unwilling, hesitant, disinclined)
(a) Willing
(b) Ready
(c) Eager(keen, strongly wanting)
(d) Inclined - We were served a rich jare in the dinner.
(a) Poor
(b) Plain
(c) Tasteless
(d) Unpleasant - The gentle had aristocratic manners.
(a) Coarse
(b) Democratic
(c) Base
(d) Plebeian (a commoner) - The barber was a most loquacious man.
(talkative, garrulous)
(a) Taciturn(untalkative, uncommunicative, quiet)
(b) Reserved
(c) Quiet
(d) Tongue-tied
WBCS Preliminary Question – 2000
1.His conduct was always been licentious.
(dissolute, dissipated)
(a) Controlled
(b) Uncontrolled
(c) Illegal
(d) Unofficial
- Mr. Singh’s report was at odd with Mr. Sharmas’
(a) Consistent with
(b) Conflicting
(c) As peculiar as
(d) As simple as - This proposal seems practicable
(feasible, possible)
(a) Realistic
(b) Expensive
(c) Unfamiliar
(d) Unfeasible
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