A. Select the word which is the nearest in meaning to the given word:
i. Placate:
(a) Pacify (b) Hostile (c) Agitate (d) Benign.
ii. Antipathy:
(a) Appease (b) Malice (c) Accelerate (d) Sympathy.
B. Select the word which is the most opposite in meaning to the given word:
i. Consensus:
(a) Disapproval (b) Opinion (c) Disagreement (d) Peace.
ii. Anarchy:
(a) Curfew (b) Law (c) Democracy (d) Order.
C. Select the correct meaning of the idiom/ proverb.
i. Achilles heel:
(a) A heel struck by a sword (b) A person underneath someone
(c) Small but fatal weakness (d) A casual mistake.
ii. Cock & bull story:
(a) A story comprising of animals (b) A made up/ false story
(c) An important or influential story (d) A movie based on a real life incident.
iii. Part & Parcel:
(a) An important letter to someone (b) To send a thing in a parcel
(c) An unbeastable part of life (d) Inseparable parts.
D. Select the wrongly spelt words:
i. (a) Explicit (b) Vague (c) Urbane (d) Insolant.
ii. (a) Melodious (b) Barran (c) Flexible (d) All are correct.
iii. (a) Harmonyous (b) Extravagant (c) Prominent (d) All are correct.