(Download) Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) Practice Paper (SET - 1) : General Ability Test

Directions (Q. No. 1 to 15): Each of the following 15 items consists of a word in capital letters, followed by four words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the word written in capital letters.

1. INSPIRE
(a) Compel (b) Persuade
(c) Infuse (d) Encourage

2. PROSCRIBE
(a) Recommend (b) Allow
(c) Advance (d) Banish

3. ABBREVIATE
(a) Shorten (b) Enlarge
(c) Decrease (d) Change

4. MULL
(a) Recommend (b) Think
(c) Punish (d) Provoke

5. VINDICTIVE
(a) Strategic (b) Triumphant
(c) Revengeful (d) Demonstrative

6. SURFEIT
(a) Satiate (b) Pass
(c) Confiscate (d) Delegate

7. ZANY
(a) Magician (b) Pet
(c) Thief (d) Clown

8. REGALE
(a) Harass (b) Entertain
(c) Express (d) Suppress

9. APPURTENANCE
(a) Privilege (b) Journey
(c) Concept (d) Necessity

10. SYCOPHANT
(a) Suppliant (b) Follower
(c) Flatterer (d) Admirer

11. PERNICKETY
(a) Spiteful (b) Careless
(c) Fussy (d) Ignorant

12. QUAINT
(a) Old (b) Quiet
(c) Haunted (d) Unusual

13. INVIDIOUS
(a) Irritable (b) Harsh
(c) Sinful (d) Unpopular

14. PUNCTILIOUS
(a) Stupid (b) Wasteful
(c) Meticulous (d) Timid

15. IMPOSTURE
(a) Claim (b) Status
(c) Destruction (d) Deception

Directions (Q. No. 16 to 30): Each of the following 15 items consists of a won in capital letters, followed by four words. Select the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the word written in capital letters.

16. BRIDGE
(a) Divide (b) Blind
(c) Release (d) Open

17. PLATONIC
(a) Lunatic (b) Sublime
(c) Major (d) Sensual

18. NADIR
(a) Progress (b) Liberty
(c) Zenith (d) Modernity

19. AVOIDANCE
(a) Possession (b) Passion
(c) Pursuit (d) Power

20. COMPLY
(a) Refuse (b) Agree
(c) Disobey (d) Deny

21. STRINGENT
(a) Magnanimous (b) Lenient
(c) Vehement (d) General

22. MITIGATE
(a) Stagnate (b) Suffer
(c) Aggravate (d) Instigate

23. GOBLIN
(a) Angel (b) Hermit
(c) Traveller (d) Pilot

24. LISSOME
(a) Ungainly (b) Huge
(c) Pungent (d) Crud

25. SPURIOUS
(a) False (b) Genuine
(c) Simple (d) Systematic

26. ZOOM
(a) Soothe (b) Plurmet
(c) Subjugate (d) Recite

27. TANGIBLE
(a) Gentle (b) Eluive
(c) Refined (d) Pabable

28. REPRIMAND
(a) Reward (b) Appreciate
(c) Encourage (d) Praise

29. SMOTHER
(a) Repress (b) Cheer
(c) Nurture (d) Irritate

30. BOISTEROUS
(a) Serene (b) Tumultous
(c) Brazen (d) Opaque