General English (Postal Assistant)

This is the correct option. ‘The’ here is used to indicate all the members of a specific family.

This is the correct option. ‘An’ is used before singular nouns beginning with a vowel.

This is the correct option. 

To put or set something in the ground for growth is called planting it. This is the correct answer as seeds are planted.

This is the correct option as the antonym of desire is apathy. It implies lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern whereas desire implies to wish for or to crave for something.

This is the correct answer as aesthetic means having a sense of the beautiful; characterised by a love of beauty. According to the context, the pleasant enjoyment of the art show was increased by the presence of the artists.

This is the correct answer as ‘drive’ means to cause a vehicle to move. A person can drive a vehicle. This is correct in this context as 'Inder can drive a truck' is correct.

This is the correct answer as ‘victorious’ indicates having achieved a victory or triumph in a battle or against someone providing opposition. It is the victorious troops that celebrate in the streets of the city. 

This is the correct option. ‘Of’ as a preposition is used while indicating the material or substance constituting something.

This is the correct option.  

This is the correct answer as distant indicates apart in relevance or association. Relatives that are connected through someone are also referred to as distant relations or distant cousins.

Here, ‘before’ is the correct option as it refers to the period of time preceding a particular event or time.

This is the correct option. It implies ‘incidentally'.

This is the correct reported form of the given sentence.

This is the correct option as the antonym of blissful is wretched. Blissful implies being extremely happy, contended or joyful, or is something that makes someone feel happy whereas 'wretched' is a person who is in a very distressed or dismal state or condition.

This is the correct option. ‘Apart from’ is used to indicate ‘except for’.

This is the correct option. It implies success or triumph over an opponent in a game. Here, the winning team will celebrate its victory tomorrow. 

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. The list of verbs in the sentence contains two singular simple past tense verbs ('ate' and 'drank') and one singular past progressive verb ('was singing'). The verbs should all match. The correct sentence should replace the past progressive form (was singing) with the simple past tense (sang). The correct sentence would be: “At the function, he ate chicken, drank whisky and sang a romantic song”.

This is the correct option. ‘To look at’ implies observing momentarily. We watch a movie or observe it attentively over a period of time.

This is the correct answer as pompous means arrogant and the sentence indicates a contrast by using the conjunction ‘but’, which means that though he is arrogant/pompous, he still has a kind heart.

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. Here, the sentence actually compares Ben Jonson’s dramas to any other dramatist: an illogical comparison. But, the insertion of ‘those of’ completes the comparison. The correct sentence would be: “Ben Jonson’s dramas were different from those of any other dramatists of his era”.

This is the correct passive form of the given sentence.

This is the correct option. To repent is to ask for forgiveness. This is the correct synonym.

This is the correct option. A narcissist is a person full of egoism and pride, and an egotist means a conceited, boastful person. Thus, this is the correct synonym. 

This is the correct option. ‘Should’ is used to indicate obligation, duty or correctness, typically when criticising someone's actions.