Spellings - Verbal Ability Questions and Answers
Spelling Correction is an important topic that needs to be practiced well for the verbal ability section of the competitive exams.
Following is the practice set of questions for spelling correction. It is quite an easy topic if you have correct knowledge of English Vocabulary. It is a scoring topic for examinations which will help in clearing the English section of the competitive exams. Spelling Correction usually holds a major section of verbal ability exam.
Practice Quiz
Solved Questions on Spelling Correction
Directions (1-10): Following are the questions having a group of words. You have to choose the correctly spelled word.
1.
a) Millennium
b) Millinium
c) Milennium
d) Millenium
e) Mllenum
Answer: Option (a)
The correct spelling from the group of words is the millennium. The meaning of the word is a period of 1000 years.
2.
a) Hierarchy
b) Hieraarchy
c) Hieriarchy
d) Hierache
e) Herarchy
Answer: Option (a)
The correct spelling from the group of words is hierarchy. The meaning of the word is that has many levels from the lowest to the highest.
3.
a) Atheist
b) Athest
c) Athist
d) Atheit
e) Aheist
Answer: Option (a)
The correct spelling for the word is atheist. Someone who does not believe in gods is an atheist.
4.
a) Priveledge
b) Privilidge
c) Privilege
d) priviledge
e) Privlege
Answer: Option (c)
The correct spelling for the word is privilege. The meaning of this word is a special right or advantage that only one person or group has.
5.
a) Playrite
b) Playright
c) Playwrite
d) Playwright
e) Plaright
Answer: Option (d)
The correct spelling for the word is playwright. The meaning of the word is a person who writes plays for the theatre, television or radio.
6.
a) Exaggearate
b) Exaggerate
c) Exagjerate
d) Exajerate
e) Exajjerate
Answer: Option (b)
The correct spelling for the word is exaggerate. The meaning of the word is to make someone or something larger or smaller or nothing.
7.
a) Compitend
b) Competent
c) Compitent
d) Compentent
e) Comptent
Answer: Option (b)
The correct spelling for the word is Competent. The meaning of the word is having the skill or ability to do something.
8.
a) Inconvenice
b) Inconvenience
c) Inconvinence
d) Inconvenince
e) None of the above
Answer: Option (b)
The correct spelling for the word is inconvenience. The meaning of the word is trouble or difficulty.
9.
a) Enterpeneur
b) Entrepreneur
c) Entreprneeur
d) Enterpeneur
e) Entreprenuer
Answer: Option (b)
The correct spelling for the word is entrepreneur. The meaning of the word is a person who makes money by starting or running a business.
10.
a) Acquatance
b) Acquaintence
c) Acquaintance
d) Acquantance
e) Aquantaince
Answer: Option (c)
The correct spelling for the word is Acquaintance. The meaning of the word is person that you know is not a close friend.
Directions ( 11-20 ): Choose the incorrectly spelt word among all the given options.
11.
a) Acquaintance
b) Maneouvre
c) Erroneously
d) Demurrage
e) Exaggerate
Answer: Option (b)
Maneouvre is the wrongly spelt word. The correct spelling of the word is Manoeuvre. The meaning of the word is a movement that needs care or skill. The meaning of other words are:
- Acquaintance: A person we know but is not a close friend
- Erroneously: False
- Exaggerate: To make something seems larger
- Demurrage: Demurrage is the charge paid by the owner of a chartered ship to load or discharge the ship
12.
a) Strategy
b) Strenth
c) Strictly
d) Stretch
e) Staunch
Answer: Option (b)
The incorrectly spelt word is strenth. The correct spelling will be : Strength. The meaning of the word will be: the quality of being physically strong. The other meaning of the words will be:
- Strategy: A plan that you use in order to achieve something
- Strictly: Rigorously
- Stretch: To pull something that becomes wider
- Staunch: Supporting something or somebody
13.
a) Rushed
b) Routine
c) Rubbish
d) Runer
e) Grudge
Answer: Option (d)
The incorrectly spelt word will be Runer. The correct spelling of the word will be Runner. The meaning is runner required in place of running in a cricket match. The other words meaning are:
- Rushed: To move or do something with great speed
- Routine: A sequence of actions regularly followed
- Rubbish: A waste product to be discarded
- Grudge: A persistent feeling of ill will
14.
a) Apparent
b) Plesant
c) Different
d) Independent
e) Occult
Answer: Option (b)
The incorrectly spelt word is plesant. The correct spelling of the word is pleasant. The meaning of the word is being happy or satisfied. The other words meaning are:
- Apparent: That seems to be real or true but may not be
- Different: Something not same
- Independent: Free not controlled by any other
- Occult: Hide, Conceal
15.
a) Exceeding
b) Succeeding
c) Proceeding
d) Preceeding
e) Notifying
Answer: Option (d)
The incorrectly spelt word is Preceeding. The correct spelling will be: Preceding. The meaning of the word will be: To come before somebody or something.
- Exceeding: To be more than a particular number or amount
- Succeeding: To manage or achieve something
- Proceeding: To continue doing something
- Notifying: To inform somebody of something
16.
a) Occasion
b) Accountant
c) Neccessary
d) Accident
e) Doubt
Answer: Option (c)
The incorrectly spelt word is Neccessary. The correct spelling will be: Necessary. The meaning of the word is: That is needed for a purpose or a reason.
- Occasion: A particular time when something happens
- Accountant: A person whose job is to keep official accounts
- Accident: Mishappening
- Doubt: Feeling of uncertanity
17.
a) Importance
b) Insistance
c) Appearance
d) Tolerance
e) Distance
Answer: Option (b)
The incorrectly spelt word is Insistance. The correct spelling will be: Instance. The meaning of the word will be: An example or case.
- Importance: The quality of being important
- Appearance: The way somebody looks or seems
- Tolerance: The capacity or endure hardship
- Distance: The amount of space between two
18.
a) Periphery
b) Advurtise
c) Courteous
d) Indefinite
e) Curious
Answer: Option (b)
The incorrectly spelt word is Advurtise. The correct spelling of the word is: Advertise. The meaning of the word is to advertise in newspaper.
- Periphery: The putter edge of a particular area
- Courteous: The meaning of courteous is polite
- Indefinite: Not fixed or clear
- Curious: Wanting to know or learn something
19.
a) Sincere
b) Grievance
c) Liesure
d) Seize
e) Tense
Answer: Option (c)
The incorrectly spelt word is Liesure. The correct spelling of the word is Leisure. Leisure means free time. The meaning of other words are:
- Sincere: Really meaning or believing what you say
- Grievance: Something we think is not valid and we have to complain about
- Seize: To take hold of something suddenly and firmly
- Tense: Not able to work or relax
20.
a) Dismiss
b) Dispel
c) Disservice
d) Discribe
e) Disrespect
Answer: Option (d)
The incorrectly spelt word is Discribe. The correct spelling of the word is Describe. The meaning of Describe will be to represent or elaborate. The meaning of other words is:
- Dismiss: To direct to disperse
- Dispel: Vanish
- Disservice: Faulty service, inadequate service
- Disrespect: A lack of respect for somebody or something
Practice Questions on Spelling Correction
Directions (1-10) : Here in the following Questions group of words is given. We have to pick the correctly spelt word
1.
a) Commitment
b) Committment
c) Commetment
d) Comittment
e) Cometment
2.
a) Separate
b) Seperate
c) Seperete
d) Separete
e) Seperat
3.
a) Occurrence
b) Ocurrance
c) Ocurence
d) Occurance
e) Ocurance
4.
a) Indispensable
b) Indispensible
c) Indispencible
d) Indispencable
e) Indispensable
5.
a) Definately
b) Definitely
c) Definetly
d) Definitley
e) Definetely
6.
a) Conscientious
b) Embarrassment
c) Acommodate
d) Occurrence
e) Accommodation
7.
a) Irresistible
b) Maintenance
c) Definately
d) Intelligence
e) Envy
8.
a) Privilege
b) Assassination
c) Beneficial
d) Dissapointment
e) Cancellation
9.
a) Acknowledgement
b) Separate
c) Unnecessary
d) Appealing
e) Excercise
10.
a) Accommodate
b) Apprehensive
c) Prejudice
d) Pronounciation
e) Persuade
Answer Key
- (a) Commitment
- (a) Separate
- (a) Occurrence
- (a) Indispensable
- (b) Definitely
- (c) Acommodate
- (c) Definately
- (d) Dissapointment
- (e) Excercise
- (d) Pronounciation
