DSSSB English: 150 Spelling PYQs
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Choose the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Embarrass
Trick: Double 'r' and double 's': Emba-RR-a-SS.
Select the word with the INCORRECT spelling:
Correct Spelling: Questionnaire
Trick: Questionnaire needs double 'n': Question-n-aire.
Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Guarantee
Trick: Starts with G-U-A (like Guard).
Which word is spelled INCORRECTLY?
Correct Spelling: Surveillance
Trick: Surveillance takes double 'l': Vei-LL-ance.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Courageous
Trick: Retain the 'e': Courage-ous.
Choose the word with the INCORRECT spelling:
Correct Spelling: Pronunciation
Trick: 'pro-NUN-ciation', not 'noun'.
Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Restaurant
Trick: Remember: Rest-AU-rant.
Which of the following is spelt INCORRECTLY?
Correct Spelling: Omission
Trick: Single 'm' and double 's' (O-mi-ssion).
Find the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Occasion
Trick: Occasion has 2 'c's and 1 's'.
Select the word with the WRONG spelling:
Correct Spelling: Sergeant
Trick: Spelled with 'e': Ser-geant.
Choose the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Conscious
Trick: Con-sci-ous (derived from science root).
Which word has an INCORRECT spelling?
Correct Spelling: Perceive
Trick: 'I before E except after C': Per-C-EI-ve.
Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Fulfil / Fulfill
Trick: British: Fulfil; American: Fulfill. Not Fullfil.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Apparent
Trick: Ends in -ent: Ap-par-ent.
Choose the word with the WRONG spelling:
Correct Spelling: Dysentery
Trick: Ends in -entery: Dys-en-te-ry.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Sovereignty
Trick: Sovereign + ty = Sovereignty (no middle 'i').
Which word is spelt INCORRECTLY?
Correct Spelling: Niece
Trick: 'I before E': N-IE-ce.
Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word:
Correct Spelling: Renaissance
Trick: Re-nai-SSA-nce (double 's').
Choose the INCORRECTLY spelt word: