English words often confuse for Civil Services (Mains) Examination English Paper Staff Selection Commission

  ENGLISH WORDS OFTEN CONFUSE    

 Of the words given in brackets, choose the one that, you think, is appropriate to fill in the blanks :                                                                                                                          1) The book has been ................... for the Indian readership.
                                                                 (adapted; adopted)
2) The case has been hanging fire because the judge is ................. .
                                                                 (disinterested; uninterested)
3) Trespassers will be .................... .
                                                                 (persecuted; prosecuted)
4) He is a man of .................. .
                                                                 (principal; principle)
5) Justice should be ................ with mercy.
                                                                 (tampered; tempered)
6) The condition of homeless people becomes .................... in winter.
                        (i) He is an .................. mechanic.

                                                                         (ingenuous / ingenious)
7) He died after he had been struck by .................. .
                                                                         (lightning / lightening)
8) Your story is not at all ................... .
                                                                         (credulous / credible)
9) Only the virtuous experience true ................. .
                                                                         (facility / felicity)
10) Some politicians try to influence the ............... officers.
                                                                         (judicious / judicial)
11) You cannot question his honesty and ................. .
                                                                         (veracity / voracity)
12) The patient is still in a state of ................. .
                                                                         (comma / coma)
13) After the accident, the field was covered with ................. .
                                                                         (corpses / corps)
14) He is a dealer in .................... .
                                                                         (stationary / stationery)
15) You should settle this dispute in an ................. way.

                                                                         (amiable / amicable)                                          (pitiful; pitiable)
16) He led a ................ life.
                                                                (sensuous; sensual)

17) I vowed to ............... myself for the death of my cousin.
                                                                (avenge; revenge)
18) I have ................ him a job in our company.
           

 19) He ............... his past statement in the course of his speech.

                                                                                              (avert, advert)
20) In their response to the call they are ..................... .
                                                                                              (invert, inert)
21) There is no ................... to the gift he received.
                                                                                              (illusion, allusion)
22) ................... distillation is an offence.
                                                                                              (Elicit, Illicit)
23) He had no ....................... to any help.
                                                                                              (recourse, resource)
24) He is certainly not honest; he is always .................... .
                                                                                              (hypercritical, hypocritical) 

25) Smoking is ................... here.
                                                                                    (proscribed, prescribed)
26) Kishore sends his .......................... to you.
                                                              (compliments, complements)

27) We must not cast any ................. at him, for he is innocent.
                                                                                              (aspiration, aspersion)
28) The students' attitude to their teacher is not ................... .

                                          (deferential, differential)                                   

29) Aren't you tired of this .................. rain ?
                                                                (continual; continuous)

30) She has the ------------------- to this property. 

                                                                                   (wright ; right)
31) He has ------------------- his own method for doing the work.
                                                                                   (devised ; deviced)
32) Fetch me a ------------------- of water.
                                                                                   (pale ; pail)
33) All the --------------- of the airline were grounded.
                                                                                   (aircraft ; aircrafts)
34) The government has selected the --------------------- for the hospital.
                                                                                   (site ; cite)
35) The ------------------- of Kargil have fallen silent.
                                                                                   (canons ; cannons)
36) The tropic of --------------------- is an imaginary line.
                                                                                  (Cancer ; cancer)
37) The budget ------------------ could not be offset.
                                                                                   (deficit ; deficiency)
38) When they came down the hill the ------------------- was steep.
                                                                                  (descent ; decent)
39) The government collapsed when there was a -------------- in the party.
                                                                                  (fraction ; faction)

40) The road accident proved to be ______ (fateful, fatal)

41) He got a ________ opportunity to qualify in the test. (gold, golden)

42) Faridabad is an ______ city. (industrial, industrious)

43) An ashram is a ________ place. (quiet, quite)

44) Sohan's handwriting is _________ (eligible, illegible)

45) We should not disturb the ___________ of his mind. (piece, peace)

46) You should ____ an example to strengthen your viewpoint. (site, cite)

47) Akbar was an ______ to Humayun. (hair, heir)

48) Rajasthan is a well known ___________ (desert, dessert)

49) The _______ turned me out of the class. (principle, principal).

50)The road accident proved to be ______ (fateful, fatal)

51)He got a ________ opportunity to qualify in the test. (gold, golden)

52) Faridabad is an ______ city. (industrial, industrious)

53) An ashram is a ________ place. (quiet, quite)

54)Sohan’s handwriting is _________ (eligible, illegible)

55) We should not disturb the ___________ of his mind. (piece, peace)

56) You should ____ an example to strengthen your viewpoint. (site, cite)

57) Akbar was an ______ to Humayun. (hair, heir)

58) Rajasthan is a well known ___________ (desert, dessert)

59)The _______ turned me out of the class. (principle, principal).

60)He got a __ blow from his enemy. (deadly/deathly)

61)The __ of his speech was very lucid and natural. (delivery/deliverance)

62)I do not know how to express my gratitude; you have been __ to me. (beneficial/beneficent)

63)My friend will __ me to the hospital. (accompany/escort)

64)We sat in the __ of a tree and relaxed a while. (shadow/shade)