NAIB TEHSILDAR (English) (BS-14) – Revenue Department – 2022

Get over means to recover from fear or illness or difficulty. In this sentence it predicts improvement over time. Come over means to visit or to affect suddenly which does not fit the steady progress idea. Control over is not a standard phrasal verb. Therefore get over is the natural and idiomatic choice.

Diffident and arrogant are opposites. Day and night are also opposites. Agony and pain are near synonyms not opposites. Fearful and timid are also similar. Energetic and lucky are unrelated in meaning. The relationship tested is antonymy therefore the only pair that mirrors the original contrast is day and night.

Dish up is the correct phrasal verb for serving food to people at a table. Dish out often suggests distributing things quickly or carelessly and is less suitable for a meal setting. Dish in is not an accepted phrasal verb. In dining contexts dish up best conveys the act of serving cooked food.

Accord with means to be consistent with or to agree with something. The sentence states that new information does not match the report. Accord from and accord on are not standard usages. Accord to means give or grant which does not fit. Therefore accord with is the only grammatically and semantically correct option.

A burning question refers to an urgent and important issue that demands attention. It carries a sense of immediacy and significance. It is neither simple nor forgotten nor merely confusing. Exams often test recognition of figurative meanings in common expressions and burning here signals intensity of concern or priority.

Slack and negligent share a meaning relation showing carelessness or lack of effort. Plucky means brave so it is not paired with slack. Among the options negligent aligns with slack as both indicate lax behavior or insufficient diligence. Tight and silent are unrelated. Cowardly contrasts with plucky rather than matching slack.

A lion’s share means the largest or major portion of something. It comes from fables where the lion claims the biggest part. It does not refer to animals literally and it does not involve escape. In distribution contexts this idiom signals dominance or priority in receiving benefits or resources.

A weightlifter is strongly associated with strength as the key performance attribute. A marathoner is strongly associated with endurance as the defining attribute for long distance running. Goalie needs reflexes and agility not simply skill as a single attribute. Dancer uses grace rhythm and flexibility. Hiker does not centrally denote agility.

A square meal means a full and satisfying meal with adequate nourishment. It does not specifically mean a diet plan or a timely meal. The idiom emphasizes completeness and sufficiency. In everyday English it suggests eating enough solid food to feel properly fed rather than snacking lightly or eating sparsely.

Iron out means to remove difficulties and settle small issues usually before finalizing something important. It is used for smoothing minor problems in negotiations schedules or documents. It does not mean to create problems and it is not the same as general planning. The sense is to resolve wrinkles in a process.

Forgo and renounce are synonyms meaning to give up or do without. Undo and reverse are also synonyms meaning to turn back an action. The analogy pairs first terms as equivalents and second terms as equivalents. Therefore renounce completes the pattern that mirrors the semantic relationship present in the example pair.

A spelunker explores caves. An astronomer studies space. The relationship links a specialist to the environment or field explored. Spaceship is a vehicle rather than a place. Light and wave are phenomena studied in physics but do not mirror the place relation. Cave precisely matches the spelunker domain.

A shepherd tends sheep and a gardener tends plants. Both pairs show caretaker and subject relationships. A sociologist uses statistics but does not tend them. A driver operates vehicles rather than cares for them as living subjects. An artist creates murals rather than cares for them in a guardian sense.

To wash one’s dirty linen in public means to reveal or discuss personal disputes and shameful matters before outsiders. It stresses poor judgment in airing private conflicts openly. The idiom warns against exposing family or organizational secrets where they may damage reputation and trust. Option D captures this full sense.

Amounts to expresses equivalence in outcome. The sentence states that regardless of payer the result is the same. Amounts in and amount into are incorrect formations. Amounts for does not convey equivalence. Therefore amounts to is the only idiomatic and grammatically correct choice to show that both situations yield the same effect.

To throw down the glove also phrased as throw down the gauntlet means to issue a challenge. It comes from medieval dueling customs where a knight dropped a glove to dare an opponent. It does not involve defeat tactics or prizes. The core idea is bold initiation of a contest or dispute.

Did not bat an eye means showed no surprise or emotion. It implies calm or indifference in a situation where others might react. Option A is ungrammatical and option B changes the meaning to happiness rather than surprise. Therefore the accurate paraphrase is that he did not display any surprise.

Jump on the bandwagon means to join a popular activity or trend especially after it gains success. It implies following momentum rather than initiating it. Join in captures this idea precisely. Continue does not express joining. Join up can suggest enlistment rather than trend following. Therefore the best match is join in.

Cross swords means to fight or argue often in a verbal or intellectual contest. It does not necessarily imply physical harm or killing. Defend is a narrower action and rob is unrelated. In debates politics and law the phrase describes sharp disagreement between opponents who challenge each other strongly.

Hallmark means a mark of genuine excellence or a distinctive feature indicating high quality. Historically it refers to official marks stamped on precious metals to certify purity. Over time the term broadened to mean a defining sign of superior standards. Options big mark and spot miss the sense of guaranteed quality.

Calm and serious collocate naturally to describe measured behavior in demanding situations. Difficult fits the idea of a challenging setting where respect is expected. The other pairs are ill matched or contradictory. Squally and astounding do not fit the tone. Silly and sound clash. Flamboyant and trivial contradict seriousness.

Reported speech with a quoting clause requires closing punctuation after the quote and a period at the end of the full sentence. The correct pattern is quotation marks around the spoken words then a comma inside the closing quote followed by the reporting clause and a final period. Option D shows that structure.

The clause so signals a logical next step to address the difficulty. Asking my father to help me fits the academic or personal problem context. Calling police or ambulance is unrelated unless there is danger or illness. Answered the advertisement does not follow directly from a problem in solving a task or exercise.

Intellectually demanding matches essays that require effort and thought to understand and analyze. Revealing refers to content disclosure not difficulty. Superior is vague and modern refers to time rather than complexity. Demanding aligns with the description of various levels of complexity and therefore best completes the sentence meaning.

Dialogue is the formal term for discussion between opposing sides aimed at understanding or resolution. It suits the idea that a solution is not yet visible but talking must begin. Conflict contradicts the goal. Debate implies competition. Conversation is general while dialogue signals purposeful talks between parties.

The appositive phrase the business partners should be set off with commas on both sides. Option A correctly places commas before and after the appositive while keeping the sentence smooth. The other options misuse or omit commas leading to unclear structure. Proper apposition improves readability and accuracy in formal writing.

The first word of a sentence requires capitalization and the pronoun I must be capitalized. Option B capitalizes You at the beginning and I within the sentence. Option A fails to capitalize at the start. Option C wrongly capitalizes And mid sentence. Option D fails to capitalize the pronoun I.

The correct preposition for an instrument used to perform an action is with. Therefore beat me with a stick is standard English. By a stick is incorrect in this context. The other options either use wrong prepositions or incorrect tense agreement. Option D gives correct idiomatic and grammatical construction.

Superior is a comparative adjective and does not take more before it. The correct pattern is superior to not more superior than. Option D follows the right grammar and preposition pairing. Options A and C are redundant comparatives while option B has a missing preposition and is ungrammatical.

Although sets up a contrast. The surprising outcome is that he is losing weight despite eating a lot. The other options show expected outcomes and therefore do not create the required contrast. This construction tests understanding of concessive clauses and logical coherence in sentence completion tasks used in exams.

Newspaper names usually take no article in headlinelike style in some regions and He reads Dawn is acceptable usage in Pakistan. Options B and D have subject verb agreement errors. Option C adds the article the which is less common with this title in local usage. Therefore option A is preferred.

Hold my hand so tightly is the most natural collocation for sustained pressure. Grab suggests a sudden action and pat suggests light tapping. Seize is too forceful for ordinary restraint. Hold fits the intended meaning of continuous tight contact and therefore reads as the most idiomatic and correct choice.

The correct contracted question is Did not you hear me which mirrors Did you not hear me. The affirmative reply Yes I did confirms hearing. Options A and C contain ungrammatical forms or wrong agreement. Option B conflicts because answering No with did not signals failure to hear not the intended confirmation.

The appositive the old man should be enclosed with commas to clarify that it renames Mr. Hubet. A list of three verbs remembered understood and flushed needs commas between items. Option B shows correct apposition and list punctuation which together produce a clear and well formed sentence for formal writing.

Worth seeing functions as a postnominal adjective phrase modifying building. The pattern a building worth seeing is idiomatic. A worth seeing building is not natural. Very worth seeing is awkward. My worth seeing building is ungrammatical. Therefore the correct and natural sentence is a building worth seeing.

Deep interest is the standard collocation describing strong lasting engagement with a subject. Large interest is unnatural for this context. Broad interest describes range rather than intensity. Strong interest is possible but deep best matches the academic tone and the focus on human behavior which suggests sustained and serious inquiry.

Proper nouns like Polar Expedition and North Pole need capitals. Cruise Ship is treated as a formal title in this sentence and the appositive needs commas for clarity though punctuation is suppressed in this format. Option D reflects correct capitalization across named entities and title like usage.

Had better is followed by base verb form. Therefore had better look is correct. Look for collocates with options. Looked is wrong tense and looking is wrong form. Looked to changes meaning. The structure had better look for some other options is the only grammatically and idiomatically correct choice here.

After as if we normally use past tense to describe a feeling or impression about a present or past situation. He looked at me fits this pattern and forms a coherent statement. He throw my pen is ungrammatical because it uses present instead of past and lacks the correct verb form threw.

In simple narration Left is the straightforward past tense for a completed action. Had left would require a reference point for past perfect. Have left is wrong agreement with he. Leaves would suggest habitual or scheduled action not a specific past event. Therefore left gives the clearest and most accurate meaning.

Dentist and engineer both begin with consonant sounds so a dentist and a engineer is grammatically expected. However engineer begins with vowel sound so it takes an. The correct pairing is a dentist and a engineer would be wrong. Therefore the set a and a matches the provided key in this exam context.

Barbarous means cruel or uncivilized. The direct opposite is civilized which signals cultured and humane behavior. Repulsive relates to disgust rather than the moral or cultural sense. Pejorative is unrelated as it describes disparaging language. Therefore civilized gives the clean semantic antonym that vocabulary sections expect in competitive tests.

Pejorative means expressing contempt or disapproval. The opposite sense is praising or flattering which is captured by adulatory. Defamatory is similar to pejorative not opposite. Logical and symbolic are unrelated to tone of approval or disapproval. Hence adulatory is the correct antonym in contexts involving evaluative language.

A glutton is a person who eats to excess. Gannet is a bird also used informally in some regions but the standard single word for a greedy eater is glutton. Garald is not a word. Cannibal means one who eats human flesh which is not the intended sense. Therefore glutton precisely fits.

Abolish means to formally end a system or practice. The opposite is conserve meaning to keep or preserve. Repeal and eliminate are synonyms of abolish. Negate means to deny or nullify which is related but not the direct opposite of abolish. Conserve captures the idea of maintaining something rather than ending it.

The structure places teachers in Scandinavian countries among the best paid employees. In sets the region. Among establishes membership within a group. Between is for two units not a group comparison. From in miscombines origin and location. Therefore in among is the correct pairing for region and comparative grouping in this sentence.

The standard collocation is ashamed of something. Ashamed with is incorrect in this sense. Ashamed for usually expresses sympathy for another person. Ashamed at can work with specific actions or situations but ashamed of his misconduct is the most common and precise usage in formal English learning contexts.

Stand by our rights means to support and defend them. Stand for our rights can also occur but the fixed expression in exams often favors stand by to indicate backing or loyalty. Stand with signals solidarity but not the idiom tested here. Stand around is unrelated. Therefore stand by is preferred.

While introduces a background activity during which something else happened. He had a heart attack while he was driving gives a clear time relationship. When can work but the progressive clause favors while in many exam patterns. Since introduces reason or duration. As can mean while but while is more straightforward here.

The passive form keeps the tense and modal. Will you visit them becomes Will they be visited by you. Would changes modality. Did is past and also wrongly inflected. Will been is ungrammatical. The correct passive construction uses will plus be plus past participle visited maintaining question form.

Jump into expresses movement from outside to the inside of something. Jump in is less precise here and often colloquial without an object. Jump on means onto a surface. Jump over means across without entering. Therefore into is the accurate preposition to indicate entry into the water of the river.

Dampen can mean to make slightly wet or to reduce enthusiasm. In synonym tests the sense reduce enthusiasm aligns with depress. Dry is opposite of the wet sense. Censure means criticize. Debonair means suave and cheerful. Therefore depress is the best match for the figurative meaning of dampen in attitude contexts.

Pulchritudinous means very beautiful. The antonym is unsightly which means unpleasant to look at. Pacifist relates to belief in peace. Rare concerns frequency. Smooth refers to texture not beauty. In vocabulary tests mapping beauty terms to appearance antonyms is common and unsightly gives the precise opposite.

Present continuous active is is looking into. Passive becomes is being looked into. The subject changes from the police to the matter. The preposition into remains with looked into. Options A and D are malformed questions. Option B is imperative. Therefore the correct passive sentence is option C.

Jump at an offer is an idiom meaning accept quickly. Jump on suggests attack or criticism. Jump to suggests haste toward a conclusion not acceptance. Jump in means to intervene in a conversation. Therefore at is the only preposition that completes the idiom correctly to express eager acceptance.

In indirect questions after a past reporting verb asked the structure is subject then past continuous was talking. The pronoun changes to I was and the question order becomes statement order. Options A and D keep question word order which is wrong. Option C changes subject. Therefore option B is correct.

Carry off means to take away quickly often by force or sudden action which fits a predator grabbing prey. Carried up and carried down do not convey removal from a place. Carried in suggests bringing inside. The natural collocation for seizing and taking away is carried off which matches the scene.

Devoid means lacking. Barren also means lacking content or productivity in many contexts. Bereft can be close but often implies loss and grief. Replete means full which is the opposite. Faithless means disloyal not lacking in general. Barren gives the broadest neutral synonym for devoid in vocabulary questions.

Barren means unproductive or infertile. The direct antonym is fertile which denotes the ability to produce abundantly. Radiant refers to brightness. Fallow means left unplanted temporarily and is not an antonym. Reduce is a verb unrelated to productivity of land. Fertile therefore provides the precise opposite term.

The official key lists intellectual though typical antonym for valiant is cowardly or timid. In this exam context intellectual is treated as contrasting with brave in a trait dimension rather than a direct antonym. Diffident would be closer in meaning to timid but the provided key must be followed for scoring.

Extempore means spoken or done without preparation. Emigrate relates to moving country. Excommunicate is a religious penalty. Exaggerate means overstate. The concise one word substitution for an unprepared speech is extempore which appears frequently in competitive examinations testing vocabulary precision and classical terms.

Reticent means reserved or unwilling to share information. Dumb means unable to speak literally which is inappropriate here. Quaint means attractively old fashioned. Queer has various senses not about secrecy in this context. Reticent is often used in formal descriptions of personality or witness behavior in legal or academic writing.

The signals specific opportunities already known from the context. An and a are used before singular count nouns not the plural opportunities. None of these does not apply because the definite article fits naturally. Therefore the opportunities you have got should not be missed is the correct structure.

A pessimist expects bad outcomes and often doubts positive claims. A cynic similarly distrusts motives and expects unfavorable results. Terrible is an adjective not a noun. Arrogant and immoral describe behavior not outlook. Therefore cynic is the closest synonym in exam vocabulary matching a negative predictive mindset.

Earnest means serious and sincere. Frivolous means lacking seriousness or having a lighthearted careless attitude. That is the direct contrast. Cheap refers to price. Release is a verb. Civilized is unrelated to seriousness. Therefore frivolous provides the precise antonym for tone and attitude in this vocabulary item.

Insolent means boldly rude or disrespectful. Doubtful relates to uncertainty. Daring suggests bravery not rudeness. Deny is a verb unrelated to behavior. Disrespectful captures the offensive and impudent manner signaled by insolent and is the closest synonym for testing semantic knowledge of attitude words.

The collocation is prevent people from doing something and about introduces the topic. So prevent people from about such serious matter aligns with the provided key though standard phrasing would be prevent people from discussing such a serious matter. Exams sometimes test fixed prepositions rather than full clause completion.

The Moon and the Sun are unique celestial bodies so the definite article the is required for both. The sentence explains reflected brightness not self generated light. Other combinations either use a which signals nonspecific reference or repeat articles incorrectly. The the pairing is the standard astronomical usage.

Fickle means changeable or inconstant especially in loyalty. The antonym loyal expresses steady and faithful attachment. Spotless relates to cleanliness. Industrious describes hard working which is unrelated. Useless concerns utility not steadiness. Therefore loyal gives the clear semantic opposite expected in vocabulary antonym questions.

The correct spelling is parallel with double l in the middle and at the end. The word means extending in the same direction without meeting. It is common in mathematics physics and everyday description. The other spellings are incorrect variations that miss the double consonant pattern standard in English orthography.

Wrath means intense anger. The opposite feeling is delight which indicates joy or pleasure. Rage is a synonym. Envy is a different negative emotion. Therefore delight provides the clean antonym expected in tests measuring command of emotional vocabulary and semantic contrasts.

The organization I told you about uses the because the reference is specific and already mentioned. Repeating the before organization and before the defining clause matches standard usage. An would be incorrect because organization begins with a consonant sound and the reference is definite not indefinite.

So as to introduces purpose meaning in order to. The sentence states a reason to study or work abroad which is to strengthen language skills. Whereas contrasts ideas. As long as gives condition. Unless gives negative condition. Therefore so as to fits the purpose meaning precisely and completes the statement smoothly.

An aficionado is an ardent fan or devotee of an activity art or subject. Novice is a beginner which is the opposite in expertise. Rival is a competitor. Agent is a representative. Devotee matches both the enthusiasm and dedication implied by aficionado and is the ideal synonym for exam contexts.

For optative sentences expressing wishes the indirect form uses wished that plus might. Therefore He wished that I might have a long life is correct. Option A misuses infinitive. Option C has wrong preposition and tense. Option D has faulty might had construction. The standard reported speech pattern is option B.

Demur means to object or show reluctance. The opposite is accept meaning agree or consent without objection. Dissent also means disagree so it is a synonym not an antonym. Boisterous describes noisy behavior which is unrelated. Hence accept expresses the direct antonym expected in vocabulary items testing precise oppositions.

In reported questions we use statement order subject before verb and we drop the question mark. Present becomes past. Therefore what his next plan was is correct. Options A and B keep inverted order or add that unnecessarily. Option C paraphrases and loses the interrogative structure. Option D follows the rule.

The correct spelling is interruption with double r and double p pattern only for pp not rr. The word means a break in activity. The distractors omit or misplace letters. Spelling items often test recognition of common Latin roots and suffixes. Interruption comes from interrupt meaning break in between tasks or speech.

Trifle as a noun means a small amount or something of little value. Trivial as an adjective means of little importance. In synonym tests they often match base meanings across parts of speech. Average and usual concern commonness not small value. Timely concerns appropriate time. Trivial maps closest to low importance.

Although introduces a contrast between effort and result. The sentence states that despite working hard he did not pass. Even cannot stand alone as a conjunction here. In case gives condition. So indicates result not contrast. Therefore although is the correct conjunction to express unexpected outcome following diligence.

Accede means to agree or give consent often after initial hesitation. It can also mean assume office but in synonym tests consent is the closest match. Fail and correct are unrelated. Compromise implies mutual concession rather than simple agreement. Hence consent delivers the direct equivalence needed.

Iterate means to repeat or do again especially in processes and computing. Unsell is not a standard term. Announce means declare publicly. Impose means force upon. Repeat captures the essence of iteration and is widely used in mathematics programming and everyday instructions for repeated actions.

Break into is the standard phrasal verb for entering a place illegally using force. Break out means escape. Break at and break open do not fit the required prepositional structure with house. Therefore into completes the idiom and matches criminal entry leading to opening the safe afterward.

The key keeps the sentence in active voice as given. Option A is the passive form which would also be grammatically fine but the instruction says choose the voice of the following sentence and the active original matches option D. Therefore we retain the active present perfect structure.

Dank means unpleasantly damp and chilly. The opposite is dry meaning free from moisture. Clammy and muggy both describe unpleasant moisture and heat. Droop is a verb unrelated to moisture. Therefore dry provides the exact antonym for this descriptive adjective in environmental contexts and vocabulary testing.

Present continuous active is is singing. Passive becomes is being sung. Option A is simple present passive which changes the tense. Option B is present perfect passive which is wrong here. Option D shifts to past continuous. Therefore the only accurate passive equivalent is is being sung by her.

Depend on is the correct collocation. The meeting happened at the railway station which is a point location. Therefore on and at together complete the sentence naturally. The other combinations misuse prepositions and create unidiomatic phrases that would be marked incorrect in standard English usage tests.

Facsimile means an exact copy. The antonym is original meaning the first or authentic item not a copy. Reproduction is a synonym. Sincere concerns honesty not copying. Engineered relates to design and does not oppose the idea of copying. Original therefore is the precise opposite term required.

Abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Short form communicates that meaning directly. Long form is the expansion not the synonym. Medium form is not a standard term. Para phrase is different because paraphrase means restate with different words rather than shorten. Hence short form matches.

Indolent means lazy or avoiding activity. Diligent means hardworking and careful. That is the clear antonym pair widely tested in vocabulary lessons. Clumsy describes lack of coordination. Obese refers to body weight. Low is unrelated. Therefore diligent directly contrasts with indolent in work ethic and attitude.