CPO Mini Mock English(21 June 2024)

Question 1:

Direction:- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Over the past year, Dr Hemmings has been conducting research on the big cat phenomenon and has already (1) ___________ the remains of some wild animals that may have been eaten by (2) __________ far larger than any of the country's known carnivores. The project has (3) ____________ an analysis of twenty skeletal animal remains (4). ___________ from across Gloucestershire and other nearby counties. The bones were selected because the (5). ___________ of their death led people to believe that these animals may have been killed by a big cat.

1.

• settled

• identified

• decided

• invented

Question 2:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I have nobody__________ I can confide in.

• whose

• whoever

• which

• whom

Question 3:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

Harmony

• Concord

• Amity

• Conflict

• Accord

Question 4:

Direction:- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Over the past year, Dr Hemmings has been conducting research on the big cat phenomenon and has already (1) ___________ the remains of some wild animals that may have been eaten by (2) __________ far larger than any of the country's known carnivores. The project has (3) ____________ an analysis of twenty skeletal animal remains (4). ___________ from across Gloucestershire and other nearby counties. The bones were selected because the (5). ___________ of their death led people to believe that these animals may have been killed by a big cat.

3.

• connected

• concerned

• related

• involved

Question 5:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

Absurd

• important

• meaningful

• ridiculous

• rational

Question 6:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Earthquake inspection ____________ that the two ancient buildings that remained intact after the Hiroshima bombing in Tokyo would not withstand a strong tremor.

• resumed

• revealed

• redirected

• retracted

Question 7:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.

Every year the family goes for a pilgrim to the temple at Tirupati.

• on a pilgrimage

• from the pilgrimage

• at the pilgrim

• No substitution required

Question 8:

Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts. that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Lucy was annoyed to discover/ that her husband/ had taking her car keys.

• had taking her car keys

• that her husband

• No error

• Lucy was annoyed to discover

Question 9:

Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,

To spend winter in a dormant state

• hibernate

• connote

• convalesce

• hoist

Question 10:

Direction :- Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• jeopardy

• ingenuity

• committee

• neglegible