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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Word Usage, which is BASED ON NEW PATTERN which have been asked in many banking exams recently.
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
- Anger
1) the colonel’s anger at his daughter’s disobedience
2) his face darkened with anger
3) she was angered by his terse answer
4) she was angered by his terse reply
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 5)
Explanation: All of the above are correct usage of given word. - Dislike
1) she disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness
2) I cannot defend a policy I candidly dislike
3) I apologize for coming over unannounced dislike this
4) she viewed the other woman with dislike
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 3)
Explanation: option third is not correct use of dislike. “dislike” should be replaced with “like”.
– I apologize for coming over unannounced like this - Rough
1) you should have a rough procedure for taking and recording attendance
2) they had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground
3) pushchairs should be capable of withstanding rough treatment
4) the customers sat at rough wooden tables
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 1)
Explanation: option first is not correct use of rough. “rough” should be replaced with “regular”.
– you should have a regular procedure for taking and recording attendance - Accept
1) he accepted a pen as a present
2) this tentative explanation came to be accepted by the men
3) her horse accepted a high hedge
4) he grudgingly accepted Ellen’s explanation
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 3)
Explanation: option third is not correct use of accept. “accepted” should be replaced with “refused”. - Silly
1) he often drank himself silly
2) another of his silly jokes
3) he would brood about silly things
4) I cannot believe that it is silly to spend so much
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 4)
Explanation: option fourth is not correct use of silly. “silly” should be replaced with “sensible”.
– I cannot believe that it is sensible to spend so much. - Hidden
1) companies with poor security can hide behind the law
2) only one sculpture was hidden in the artist’s lifetime
3) clouds rolled up and hid the moon
4) they eluded the police by hiding in an air vent
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 2)
Explanation: option second is not correct use of hidden. “hidden” should be replaced with “exhibited”.
– only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist’s lifetime. - Regard
1) she regarded London as her base
2) we regard these results as encouraging
3) if these things regarded only myself, I could stand it with composure
4) their attitudes are based on regard and fear
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 4)
Explanation: option fourth is not correct use of regard. “regard” should be replaced with “ignorance”.
– their attitudes are based on ignorance and fear. - Alarm
1) the boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm
2) the government was alarmed by an outbreak of unrest
3) infant mortality is rising at an alarming rate
4) the news had alarmed her
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 5)
Explanation: All of the above are correct usage of given word. - Elastic
1) a tourniquet of rubber tubing or other elastic material is placed around the upper arm
2) the definition of nationality is elastic in this cosmopolitan country
3) this option is probably the most elastic way of working
4) the labour supply is very elastic
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 5)
Explanation: All of the above are correct usage of given word. - Candid
1) the tiny principality which candid on the border of Switzerland and Austria
2) it is better to let the photographer mingle among the guests and take candid shots
3) it’s better to let the photographer mingle and take candid shots
4) his responses were remarkably candid
5) All of the above are correct usageAnswer – 1)
Explanation: option first is not correct use of candid. “candid” should be replaced with “lies”.
– the tiny principality which lies on the border of Switzerland and Austria
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