Class 10 | Englsh Grammar | VOCABULARY | SEBA QUESTION BANK 2019

1.    I went to him to seek his ......
       (advice/advise)
       Ans : advice

2.    I ..... to accompany him.
       (denied/refused)
       Ans : refused

3.    The train arrived ten minutes .....
       (late/lately)
       Ans : late

4.    He came from Europe .....
       (recently/shortly)
       Ans : recently

5.    I will give you a ..... on your birthday.
       (prize/present)
       Ans : present.

6.    The boy ....... to follow my advice.
       (refused/denied)
       Ans : refused

7.    She wouldn't ..... us how old she was.
       (tell/say)
       Ans : tell

8.    He ...... the money.
       (refused/denied)
       Ans : denied

9.    Mina is ..... than Hafiz.
       (elder/older)
       Ans : older

10.  I come to seek your ......
       (advice/advise)
       Ans : advice

11.  It is difficult to go out in a bad ......
       (climate/weather)
       Ans : weather

12.  He narrated the incident ............
       (shortly/briefly)
       Ans : briefly

13.  You are not ...... for the post.
       (eligible/illegible)
       Ans : eligible

14.  Public criticism has no ..... on
       politicians. (effect/affect)
       Ans : affect

15.  The committee could not decide a
        ..... for the proposed school.
       (site/cite)
       Ans : site

16.  I ...... that he is telling the truth.
       (doubt/suspect)
       Ans : doubt

17.  It is good habit to keep a ......
       (dairy/diary)
       Ans : diary

18.  His ...... condition is not good.
       (economic/economical)
       Ans : economic

19.  You should not break the ...... that
       you have made.
       (oath/promise)
       Ans : promise

20.  I shall discuss ....... with him.
       (with the matter/the matter)
       Ans : the matter

21.  They were ....... at the table.
       (sat/seated)
       Ans : seated

22.  John told his father ....... about the
       accident. (nothing/anything)
       Ans : nothing

23.  We met ....... on the way home.
       (nobody/anybody)
       Ans : nobody

24.  We can't find ...... to dig our garden.
       (no one/anyone)
       Ans : anyone

25.  You must study ....... to pass.
       (hardly/hard)
       Ans : hard

26.  Is there any ....... for me in the bus?
       (room/place)
       Ans : room

27.  Marconi ....... wireless.
       (invented/discovered)
       Ans : invented

28.  Columbus ...... America.
       (invented/discovered)
       Ans : discovered

29.  Both the parties came to an ......
       settlement.
       (amiable/amicable)
       Ans : amicable

30.  The patient is ...... better today.
       (rather/fairly)
       Ans : fairly.

31.  Socrates always .......  shabily
       dressed.
       (rather/fairly)
       Ans : rather

32.  Nabakanta Barua is an ....... poet of
       Assam.
       (eminent/imminent)
       Ans : eminent

33.  Is this book ....... ?
       (yours/your)
       Ans : yours

34.  He ....... comes here.
       (hard/hardly)
       Ans : hardly

35.  He is the ....... of the village.
       (person/parson)
       Ans : parson

36.  I know the ....... who is standing
       there.
       (person/parson)
       Ans : person

37.  I ...... her singing.
       (herd/heard)
       Ans : heard

38.  A ...... of cow is grazing in the field.
       (herd/heard)
        Ans : herd

39.  He is a Brahmin by ......
       (cast/caste)
       Ans : caste

40.  He is a man of .........
       (principal/principle)
       Ans : principle

41.  Kolkata is a ....... city.
       (popular/populous)
       Ans : populous

42.  The teacher is ...... among the
       students.
       (popular/populous)
       Ans : popular

43.  The kite is a bird of ........
       (pray/prey)
       Ans : prey

44.  Will they ...... the plan?
       (alter/altar)
       Ans : alter

45.  The president paid homages to the
       martyr offering bunches of flowers
       on the ..........
       (alter/altar)
       Ans : altar

46.  When we reached his house, he was
       ........ television.
       (looking/watching)
       Ans : watching

47.  The mountain is very ........
       (high/tall)
       Ans : high

48.  The bright boy could not complete
       his studies because of ......
       (carelessness/pride/poverty)
       Ans : poverty

49.  The teacher saved some money
       regularly because he was .......
       (miserly/far-sighted/rich)
       Ans : far-sighted

50.  The young lady was appointed
       teacher as she was ......
       (intelligent/attractive/needy)
       Ans : intelligent

51.  She wants to see the doctor as he is
       her .......
       (friend/ husband/physician)
       Ans : husband

52.  Children are brought up with care by
       a ........ mother.
       (lovely/loving/loveable)
       Ans : loving

53.  People loved him because of his ......
       (high position/wealth/qualities)
       Ans : qualities

54.  I lost my ....... in the city bus.
       (purse/money bag/wallet)
       Ans : wallet

55.  There is an ...... at the back of the
       book.
       (preface/introduction/index)
       Ans : index

56.  He was given a promotion as he was
       ..........
       (honest/sincere/faithful)
       Ans : sincere

57.  The lady complained of chest-pain
       and was taken to a .......
       (surgeon/dentist/cardiologist)
       Ans : cardiologist

58.  I couldn't read your handwriting
       because it is .......
       (illegible/invisible/inaudible)
       Ans : illegible

59.  He could not play in the match
       because he was ......
       (ill/well/coward)
       Ans : ill

60.  Is there any ...... in the bench?
       (place/vacancy/room)
       Ans : room

61.  The football field was full of ........
        (audience/crowd/spectator)
       Ans : spectator

62.  We are ........ by his absence.
       (surprised/astonished)
       Ans : surprised

63.  My father will discuss ........
       (about the matter/the matter)
       Ans : the matter

64.  The police had to open fire to
       disperse the unruly .......
       (mob/crowd/assembly)
       Ans : mob

65.  Speak loudly, because I can't .........
       very well.
       (hear/listen/understand)
       Ans : hear

66.  He ...... the money in the box.
       (keep/put/place)
       Ans : keep

67.  Ram ...... to give me money.
       (reject/refused/decline)
       Ans : refused

68.  The boy has ...... mistake.
        (made/done)
       Ans : made

69.  The bus overturned into a roadside
       ditch, because the driver .......
       (lost his control/was singing/ was
       chewing nuts)
       Ans : lost his control

70.  The man could not read, because he
       was .........
       (blind of one eye/the letters were
       illegible/not interested)
       Ans : blind of one eye

71.  I only did it for a .......
       (fun/mock/joke)
       Ans : fun

72.  ....... the word in the dictionary.
       (look up/see/notice)
       Ans : look up

73.  Man can't live by ...... alone.
       (bread/food/rice)
       Ans : bread

74.  The boy has ...... knowledge than his
       sister.
       (least/less/little)
       Ans : least

76.  He ...... his fault openly.
       (admit/confess)
       Ans : admit

78.  The tailor could not thread the needle
       because of his .......
       (poor eyesight/old age/weak health)
       Ans : poor eyesight

79. The poet ...... at the beautiful flowers.
       (stared/gazed)
       Ans : gazed

80.  The children could not eat the
       mangoes because they were .......
       (spoilt/foul/rotten)
       Ans : rotten

81.  The swimmers refused to swim as
       the water of the pond was .....
       (clean/dirty/pure)
       Ans : dirty

82.  The children could not enter the
       garden because it was ......
       (well-decorated/well-planted/
       well-protected)
       Ans : well-planted

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