CHSL 2020 Prelims OWS Part 2
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Exam: CHS (Prelims)
Year: 2020
Subject: OWS
Total Questions: 72
Part: 2 (25 Questions)
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Question 1 of 25
1. Question
Relating to the present time.
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⇒ Preceding: Coming before in time or order.
⇒ Contemporary: Belonging to or occurring in the present.
⇒ Ancient: Very old; belonging to the distant past.
⇒ Corollary: A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.Incorrect
⇒ Preceding: Coming before in time or order.
⇒ Contemporary: Belonging to or occurring in the present.
⇒ Ancient: Very old; belonging to the distant past.
⇒ Corollary: A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved. -
Question 2 of 25
2. Question
A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a dance performance.
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⇒ Cartographer: A person who draws or produces maps.
⇒ Choreographer: A person who designs dances and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances.
⇒ Calligrapher: A person who specializes in producing beautiful handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.
⇒ Director: A person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization, especially a film or theatrical production.Incorrect
⇒ Cartographer: A person who draws or produces maps.
⇒ Choreographer: A person who designs dances and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances.
⇒ Calligrapher: A person who specializes in producing beautiful handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.
⇒ Director: A person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization, especially a film or theatrical production. -
Question 3 of 25
3. Question
Animals that live in water.
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⇒ Aerial: Relating to the air or atmosphere.
⇒ Arboreal: Relating to trees.
⇒ Terrestrial: Relating to the Earth or its inhabitants; worldly.
⇒ Aquatic: Relating to water.Incorrect
⇒ Aerial: Relating to the air or atmosphere.
⇒ Arboreal: Relating to trees.
⇒ Terrestrial: Relating to the Earth or its inhabitants; worldly.
⇒ Aquatic: Relating to water. -
Question 4 of 25
4. Question
Eat or drink food quickly and in large amounts.
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⇒ Choke: To prevent someone from breathing by constricting their throat.
⇒ Gulp: To swallow hurriedly or greedily.
⇒ Sip: To drink in small quantities.
⇒ Swish: To move with a hissing or rushing sound.Incorrect
⇒ Choke: To prevent someone from breathing by constricting their throat.
⇒ Gulp: To swallow hurriedly or greedily.
⇒ Sip: To drink in small quantities.
⇒ Swish: To move with a hissing or rushing sound. -
Question 5 of 25
5. Question
The scientific study of the universe and planets.
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⇒ Astrology: The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.
⇒ Gemology: The scientific study of gemstones.
⇒ Physiology: The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
⇒ Astronomy: The scientific study of celestial objects such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies, as well as phenomena that originate outside the Earth’s atmosphere.Incorrect
⇒ Astrology: The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.
⇒ Gemology: The scientific study of gemstones.
⇒ Physiology: The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
⇒ Astronomy: The scientific study of celestial objects such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies, as well as phenomena that originate outside the Earth’s atmosphere. -
Question 6 of 25
6. Question
That which is incapable of being read or understood.
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⇒ Intelligible: Capable of being understood or comprehended.
⇒ Illegal: Contrary to or forbidden by law.
⇒ Illegible: Not clear enough to be read.
⇒ Indelible: Making marks that cannot be removed.Incorrect
⇒ Intelligible: Capable of being understood or comprehended.
⇒ Illegal: Contrary to or forbidden by law.
⇒ Illegible: Not clear enough to be read.
⇒ Indelible: Making marks that cannot be removed. -
Question 7 of 25
7. Question
A government run by the wealthy people.
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⇒ Monarchy: A form of government with a monarch at the head.
⇒ Plutocracy: A government or society ruled by the wealthy.
⇒ Oligarchy: A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
⇒ Aristocracy: The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth.Incorrect
⇒ Monarchy: A form of government with a monarch at the head.
⇒ Plutocracy: A government or society ruled by the wealthy.
⇒ Oligarchy: A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
⇒ Aristocracy: The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth. -
Question 8 of 25
8. Question
A person who formally requests something, especially a job.
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⇒ Applicant: A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.
⇒ Trainee: A person undergoing training for a particular job or profession.
⇒ Nominee: A person who is proposed or formally entered as a candidate for an election or honor.
⇒ Contestant: A person who takes part in a contest or competition.Incorrect
⇒ Applicant: A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.
⇒ Trainee: A person undergoing training for a particular job or profession.
⇒ Nominee: A person who is proposed or formally entered as a candidate for an election or honor.
⇒ Contestant: A person who takes part in a contest or competition. -
Question 9 of 25
9. Question
Continuing for a long time.
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⇒ Project (v): To estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data.
⇒ Infinite: Limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate.
⇒ Prolonged: Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; extended in duration.
⇒ Profound: Having or showing great knowledge or insight; deep or intense.Incorrect
⇒ Project (v): To estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends or data.
⇒ Infinite: Limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate.
⇒ Prolonged: Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; extended in duration.
⇒ Profound: Having or showing great knowledge or insight; deep or intense. -
Question 10 of 25
10. Question
A person who arranges and sells cut flowers.
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⇒ Florist: A person who sells and arranges plants and cut flowers.
⇒ Botanist: A scientist who studies plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
⇒ Anthropologist: A scientist who studies human beings and their societies, including their cultures, languages, behaviors, and physical traits.
⇒ Horticulturist: A person who studies and cultivates plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants, often for gardens, landscaping, or agriculture.Incorrect
⇒ Florist: A person who sells and arranges plants and cut flowers.
⇒ Botanist: A scientist who studies plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
⇒ Anthropologist: A scientist who studies human beings and their societies, including their cultures, languages, behaviors, and physical traits.
⇒ Horticulturist: A person who studies and cultivates plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants, often for gardens, landscaping, or agriculture. -
Question 11 of 25
11. Question
Fond of company.
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⇒ Gregarious: Fond of company; sociable.
⇒ Gracious: Courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards others.
⇒ Amiable: Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
⇒ Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic.Incorrect
⇒ Gregarious: Fond of company; sociable.
⇒ Gracious: Courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards others.
⇒ Amiable: Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
⇒ Cheerful: Noticeably happy and optimistic. -
Question 12 of 25
12. Question
The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound.
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⇒ Optics: The branch of physics that deals with the behavior and properties of light.
⇒ Mechanics: The branch of physics that deals with the study of motion, force, and energy.
⇒ Photonics: The science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting photons, especially in relation to light sources and lasers.
⇒ Acoustics: The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound.Incorrect
⇒ Optics: The branch of physics that deals with the behavior and properties of light.
⇒ Mechanics: The branch of physics that deals with the study of motion, force, and energy.
⇒ Photonics: The science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting photons, especially in relation to light sources and lasers.
⇒ Acoustics: The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound. -
Question 13 of 25
13. Question
A new project or business activity involving some risk.
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⇒ Venture (n): A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
⇒ Entrepreneur: A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
⇒ Experiment: A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
⇒ Taboo: A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.Incorrect
⇒ Venture (n): A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
⇒ Entrepreneur: A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
⇒ Experiment: A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
⇒ Taboo: A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. -
Question 14 of 25
14. Question
A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict.
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⇒ Arena: A level area surrounded by seating, in which sports, entertainments, and other public events are held.
⇒ Floor: The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
⇒ Site: An area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.
⇒ Stadium: A sports arena with tiers of seats for spectators.Incorrect
⇒ Arena: A level area surrounded by seating, in which sports, entertainments, and other public events are held.
⇒ Floor: The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
⇒ Site: An area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.
⇒ Stadium: A sports arena with tiers of seats for spectators. -
Question 15 of 25
15. Question
Instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface.
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⇒ Barometer: An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
⇒ Altimeter: An instrument for determining altitude attained, especially a barometric or radar device used in an aircraft.
⇒ Chronometer: A timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
⇒ Thermometer: An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.Incorrect
⇒ Barometer: An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
⇒ Altimeter: An instrument for determining altitude attained, especially a barometric or radar device used in an aircraft.
⇒ Chronometer: A timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
⇒ Thermometer: An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling. -
Question 16 of 25
16. Question
One who pretends to be what he is not.
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⇒ Fanatic: A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
⇒ Stoic: A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
⇒ Hypocrite: A person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that they do not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
⇒ Optimist: A person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.Incorrect
⇒ Fanatic: A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
⇒ Stoic: A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
⇒ Hypocrite: A person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that they do not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
⇒ Optimist: A person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something. -
Question 17 of 25
17. Question
Relating to soldiers or war.
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⇒ Political: Relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.
⇒ Marital: Relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses.
⇒ Martial: Relating to war, soldiers, or military activities.
⇒ Official: Of or relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities.Incorrect
⇒ Political: Relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.
⇒ Marital: Relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses.
⇒ Martial: Relating to war, soldiers, or military activities.
⇒ Official: Of or relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities. -
Question 18 of 25
18. Question
A period of two weeks.
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⇒ Decade: A period of ten years.
⇒ Century: A period of one hundred years.
⇒ Month: A period of time lasting approximately four weeks, especially one of the twelve periods into which a year is divided.
⇒ Fortnight: A period of two weeks.Incorrect
⇒ Decade: A period of ten years.
⇒ Century: A period of one hundred years.
⇒ Month: A period of time lasting approximately four weeks, especially one of the twelve periods into which a year is divided.
⇒ Fortnight: A period of two weeks. -
Question 19 of 25
19. Question
Killing of one’s mother.
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⇒ Matricide: The act of killing one’s mother.
⇒ Patricide: The act of killing one’s father.
⇒ Infanticide: The act of killing an infant.
⇒ Regicide: The act of killing a king.Incorrect
⇒ Matricide: The act of killing one’s mother.
⇒ Patricide: The act of killing one’s father.
⇒ Infanticide: The act of killing an infant.
⇒ Regicide: The act of killing a king. -
Question 20 of 25
20. Question
Not active or growing.
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⇒ Inanimate: Not alive, lacking life or spirit.
⇒ Duplicate: An exact copy or replica of something.
⇒ Dormant: In a state of rest or inactivity, temporarily inactive.
⇒ Invisible: Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye.Incorrect
⇒ Inanimate: Not alive, lacking life or spirit.
⇒ Duplicate: An exact copy or replica of something.
⇒ Dormant: In a state of rest or inactivity, temporarily inactive.
⇒ Invisible: Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye. -
Question 21 of 25
21. Question
Something which cannot be taken by force.
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⇒ Impromptu: Done without being planned, improvised.
⇒ Impregnable: Unable to be captured or broken into, strong and secure.
⇒ Irresistible: Impossible to resist, too attractive or tempting to be refused.
⇒ Imperative: Of vital importance, crucial; giving an authoritative command.Incorrect
⇒ Impromptu: Done without being planned, improvised.
⇒ Impregnable: Unable to be captured or broken into, strong and secure.
⇒ Irresistible: Impossible to resist, too attractive or tempting to be refused.
⇒ Imperative: Of vital importance, crucial; giving an authoritative command. -
Question 22 of 25
22. Question
To come to an end.
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⇒ Inspire: Fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
⇒ Exhale: Breathe out.
⇒ Initiate: Cause a process or action to begin.
⇒ Expire: (1) Cease to be valid, typically due to the passage of a certain period of time. (2) Breathe one’s last breath; die.Incorrect
⇒ Inspire: Fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
⇒ Exhale: Breathe out.
⇒ Initiate: Cause a process or action to begin.
⇒ Expire: (1) Cease to be valid, typically due to the passage of a certain period of time. (2) Breathe one’s last breath; die. -
Question 23 of 25
23. Question
A strong interest in something or someone.
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⇒ Attachment: A strong emotional bond or connection to someone or something.
⇒ Fixation: The state of being obsessed with something or someone.
⇒ Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
⇒ Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.Incorrect
⇒ Attachment: A strong emotional bond or connection to someone or something.
⇒ Fixation: The state of being obsessed with something or someone.
⇒ Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
⇒ Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. -
Question 24 of 25
24. Question
A person who presents a radio/television programme.
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⇒ Star: A famous or exceptionally talented person in a particular field.
⇒ Idol: A person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered.
⇒ Speaker: A person who delivers a speech or addresses an audience.
⇒ Anchor: A person who presents and hosts a television or radio program or news broadcast.Incorrect
⇒ Star: A famous or exceptionally talented person in a particular field.
⇒ Idol: A person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered.
⇒ Speaker: A person who delivers a speech or addresses an audience.
⇒ Anchor: A person who presents and hosts a television or radio program or news broadcast. -
Question 25 of 25
25. Question
One who has the power to do anything.
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⇒ Multilingual: A person who is able to speak multiple languages fluently.
⇒ Omnipotent: Having unlimited power; able to do anything.
⇒ Multifaceted: Having many different aspects or features.
⇒ Omnipresent: Present everywhere at the same time.Incorrect
⇒ Multilingual: A person who is able to speak multiple languages fluently.
⇒ Omnipotent: Having unlimited power; able to do anything.
⇒ Multifaceted: Having many different aspects or features.
⇒ Omnipresent: Present everywhere at the same time.