General English - Questions & Answers - 11
1501. An honest man is _____ noblest work of God.
(a) a (b) an
(c) the (d) are
Answer: (c)
1502.The word wrong in spelling among the following :
(a) Hurricain (b) Misanthrope
(c) Obesity (d) Panacea
Answer: (a)
1503.His negligence of duty will be ____ to his promotion.
(a) complimental (b) determinant
(c) incremental (d) detrimental
Answer: (d)
1504.There were ______ telephone booths around, so that the old one is closed.
(a) few (b) a little
(c) a few (d) little
Answer: (c)
1505.The train was coming, the supervisor ______ the workers to stop working on rail.
(a) called off (b) called in
(c) called away (d) called out
Answer: (d)
1506.The ‘adverb’ among these words is:
(a) Quickly (b) Boost
(c) Harsh (d) Glow
Answer: (a)
1507.It is so dark that _______.
(a) I can’t see nothing
(b) I can see nothing
(c) I couldn’t see nothing
(d) I could see nothing
Answer: (b)
1508.Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well:
(a) Ambhivert (b) Ambivalent
(c) Ambidextrous (d) Ambitious
Answer: (c)
1509.Which one is ‘singular form’?
(a) data (b) datum
(c) crises (d) criteria
Answer: (b)
1510.We deal ___ imported clothes:
(a) for (b) in
(c) with (d) from
Answer: (b)
1511.The synonym of the word ‘ABANDON’:
(a) Remember (b) Forsake
(c) Admit (d) Refrain
Answer: (b)
1512.The word “Extempore” means:
(a) Exquisite (b) Dear
(c) Perfect (d) without preparation
Answer: (d)
1513.All that glitters is not ____
(a) silver (b) gold
(c) copper (d) alloy
Answer: (b)
1514.The antonym of ‘Dismiss’ is:
(a) discharge (b) Disprove
(c) Repeal (d) Reinstate
Answer: (d)
1515.Papparazzi means:
(a) Hater of women
(b) Male features appears in women
(c) Reporters of yellow journals
(d) Photographers
Answer: (c)
1516. It has been raining _____ 4 o’ clock.
(a) since (b) from
(c) for (d) till
Answer: (a)
1517.The word ‘amiable’ means:
(a) lovable (b) suitable
(c) real (d) silly
Answer: (a)
1518.The antonym of ‘deficit’ is:
(a) credit (b) debit
(c) surplus (d) inflate
Answer: (c)
1519.The word ‘Barbarous’ means:
(a) uncivilized (b) unfounded
(c) liberal (d) huge
Answer: (a)
1520.The news ____ not make me sad.
(a) do (b) does
(c) has (d) have
Answer: (b)
1521.____ European country has taken over the firm where I work.
(a) The (b) An
(c) A (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1522.This is the boy____ all praise.
(a) whose (b) whom
(c) who (d) whoever
Answer: (b)
1523.There won’t be any trouble,_____?
(a) will there (b) shall there
(c) won’t there (d) can’t there
Answer: (a)
1524.The young one of cat:
(a) calf (b) puppy
(c) cub (d) kitten
Answer: (d)
1525.Bulls_____.
(a) grunt (b) bleat
(c) bellow (d) buzz
Answer: (c)
1526.The opposite of ‘dense’ is:
(a) thick (b) small
(c) sparse (d) none of these
Answer: (c)
1527.Iron as well as coal ———— in India.
(a) found (b) is found
(c) are found (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1528.It is natural ___man to make mistakes.
(a) that (b) about
(c) in (d) for
Answer: (d)
1529.A bird in hand is better than two in the .......
(a) town (b) village
(c) bush (d) river
Answer: (c)
1530.The synonym of ‘Condense’ is:
(a) digest (b) console
(c) condemn (d) verdict
Answer: (a)
1531.The idiom ‘To make both ends meet’:
(a) To compromise with the enemy (b) To live with one’s salary
(c) To confess (d) To keep one’s promise
Answer: (b)
1532.Hundred miles _____ not a great distance
(a) is (b) were
(c) are (d) have
Answer: (a)
1533.The opposite of ‘Advance’:
(a) Follow (b) Remain
(c) Retreat (d) Repel
Answer: (c)
1534.Identify the conjunction in the given sentence: I ran fast but missed the
train.
(a) but (b) ran
(c) fast (d) the
Answer: (a)
1535.The meaning of ‘Duel’:
(a) Combat (b) Double
(c) Purpose (d) Dutiful
Answer: (a)
1536.Choose the word which is a feminine gender:
(a) Actor (b) Hero
(c) Niece (d) Milkman
Answer: (c)
1537.Donkeys _____.
(a) chatter (b) coo
(c) bray (d) mew
Answer: (c)
1538.Jayan said something (Choose the question)
(a) What did Jayan say?
(b) What does Jayan say?
(c) What Jayan say?
(d) What has Jayan said?
Answer: (a)
1539.Fish is reared in:
(a) stream (b) river
(c) sea (d) aquarium
Answer: (d)
1540.The antonym of ‘SAVOURY’:
(a) Unpalatable (b) Apathetic
(c) Clandestine (d) Pliant
Answer: (a)
1541.‘Please help me’ this is an _____ sentence.
(a) assertive (b) imperative
(c) exclamatory (d) interrogative
Answer: (b)
1442.This drink is made ____ fresh fruit and sugar:
(a) from (b) of
(c) in (d) with
Answer: (a)
1543.None of the workmen arrived in time,_____? (use tag)
(a) didn’t they (b) did they
(c) weren’t they (d) were they
Answer: (b)
1544.‘at logger heads’ means:
(a) at harmony (b) in anger
(c) in dispute (d) in mirth
Answer: (c)
1545.The police was uncertain about the motive _____ the crime.
(a) to (b) for
(c) on (d) over
Answer: (b)
1546.The word “Delicacy” means:
(a) Shy (b) Weakness
(c) Sensitive (d) Thin
Answer: (b)
1547.The judge finds him guilty ___ murder.
(a) with (b) by
(c) at (d) of
Answer: (d)
1548.The doctor gave him an injection to _____ the temperature.
(a) put down (b) get down
(c) bring down (d) take down
Answer: (c)
1549.The synonym of ‘Disrespect’:
(a) Suspect (b) Irreverence
(c) Revise (d) Appreciate
Answer: (b)
1550.The word ‘Porous’ is a:
(a) noun (b) gerund
(c) adjective (d) conjunction
Answer: (c)
1551.The synonym of ‘Agile’:
(a) Lively (b) Tired
(c) Aged (d) Careful
Answer: (a)
1552.Time ____ all sorrows:
(a) heels (b) heals
(c) heel (d) heal
Answer: (b)
1553.A patriot is one who love ____ country.
(a) one’s (b) his
(c) their (d) its
Answer: (b)
1554.They availed themselves ___ every opportunity to speak English.
(a) for (b)at
(c) in (d) of
Answer: (d)
1555.A person who writes or speaks several languages:
(a) Philologist (b) Pluralist
(c) Philatelist (d) Polyglot
Answer: (d)
1556.The idiom that means ‘Face the problem” is:
(a) Lick the dust (b) Catch the bull by the horns
(c) Break the ice (d) The last straw
Answer: (b)
1557.Don’t bother ____ these trivial matters:
(a) in (b) about
(c) on (d) for
Answer: (b)
1558.The past tense of ‘go’:
(a) went (b) gone
(c) get (d) got
Answer: (a)
1559.You will come with us, ____?
(a) Won’t you (b) Will you
(c) Can’t you (d) Would you
Answer: (a)
1560.Pick out the correctly spelt word:
(a) Fourty (b) Seperate
(c) Secratary (d) Curriculum
Answer: (d)
1561.The antonym of ‘Repulsion’:
(a) Despair (b) Compulsion
(c) Attraction (d) Dispel
Answer: (c)
1562.The opposite of ‘Converge’:
(a) Diverge (b) Conclude
(c) Compose (d) Conceive
Answer: (a)
1563.The collective noun for ‘stars’:
(a) congregation (b) constellation
(c) collection (d) chain
Answer: (b)
1564.One who does not believe in God is known as:
(a) Marxist (b) Pessimist
(c) Optimist (d) Atheist
Answer: (d)
1565.Choose the grammatically correct sentence:
(a) I, You and Kishore will stay together
(b) You,I and Kishore will stay together
(c) You, Kishore and I will stay together
(d) I, You and Kishore will staying together
Answer: (c)
1566.A motor car is kept in a
(a) garage (b) hangar
(c) hall (d) open space
Answer: (a)
1567._____ a good film on TV yesterday.
(a) There was (b) There is
(c) There has been (d) There had been
Answer: (a)
1568.The chief minister with two of his ministers _____ here.
(a) are (b) were
(c) is (d) have been
Answer: (c)
1569.Young one of goat is:
(a) calf (b) kid
(c) colt (d) cub
Answer: (b)
1570.He got a car _____a motorbike
(a) as if (b) as well as
(c) even (d) as far as
Answer: (b)
1571.The thief ____ before the police arrived.
(a) was escaped (b) escaped
(c) has escaped (d) had escaped
Answer: (d)
1572.___ apple a day keeps ___ doctor away.
(a) The, the (b) A, a
(c) An, a (d) An, the
Answer: (d)
1573.He should be ashamed of ______
(a) his (b) he
(c) him (d) himself
Answer: (d)
1574.Don’t go out ___ you’ve combed your hair.
(a) as (b) while
(c) until (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1575.___ beer is good for you.(Add suitable article)
(a) A (b) An
(c) The (d) No article needed
Answer: (d)
1576.The meaning of ‘chew the cud’:
(a) to ruminate over the past (b) to eat slowly
(c) to enjoy (d) to swallow a bitter pill
Answer: (a)
1577.Christmas comes once ___ year.
(a) The (b) an
(c) a (d) No article needed
Answer: (c)
1578.The idiom ‘ivory tower’ approximately means:
(a) Expensive tower
(b) living on high places
(c) place out of touch with reality
(d) tower made of ivory
Answer: (c)
1579.It isn’t very warm today, _____ ?
(a) isn’t it (b) is it
(c) did it (d) was it
Answer: (b)
1580.The word most closely associated with HOSPITALITY
(a) hospital (b) doctor
(c) nurse (d) host
Answer: (d)
1581.I advised him ______.
(a) not resign his job (b) to not resign his job
(c) not to resign his job(d) to don’t resign his job
Answer: (c)
1582.A group of boys _____ singing since the morning.
(a) has been (b) have been
(c) are (d) are being
Answer: (a)
1583.The idiom ‘ A man of his word’ means:
(a) A talkative person
(b) One who keeps one’s promise
(c) A cunning person
(d) A charlatan
Answer: (b)
1584.The phrase ‘turn against’ means:
(a) betray (b) accept
(c) arrive (d) refuse
Answer: (a)
1585.God helps those who help _____.
(a) others (b) neighbours
(c) themselves (d) poor
Answer: (c)
1586.The synonym of ‘Pandemonium’:
(a) Great joy (b) Big crowd
(c) Noisy disorder (d) Musical instrument
Answer: (c)
1587.When fire broke out, the fire brigade was called to put ___ the fire.
(a) out (b) off
(c) down (d) away
Answer: (a)
1588.Someone who claims what he is not:
(a) Cunning (b) Hypocritical
(c) Hypercritical (d) Rebel
Answer: (b)
1589.Which one of the following is a masculine gender?:
(a) Sow (b) Witch
(c) Goose (d) Duke
Answer: (d)
1590.The phrase ‘turn down’ means:
(a) appear (b) accept
(c) reject (d) abolish
Answer: (c)
1591.The noun form of ‘invest’:
(a) investigation (b) investment
(c) invest (d) none of these
Answer: (b)
1592.The passive form of ‘My uncle helps me’:
(a) I am being helped by my uncle.
(b) I have been helped by my uncle
(c) I am helped by my uncle
(d) My uncle has been helped by me
Answer: (c)
1593.He attributed his success ___ pure luck.
(a) for (b) to
(c) by (d) with
Answer: (b)
1594.Students learn fast, if the teacher _____ competent.
(a) is (b) was
(c) will be (d) has been
Answer: (a)
1595.Why don’t you sit ____ me.
(a) close (b) beside
(c) along (d) next
Answer: (b)
1596.The masculine gender of ‘Niece’:
(a) Nun (b) Nephew
(c) Negro (d) Gander
Answer: (b)
1597.One who loves mankind:
(a) Philanthropist (b) Optimist
(c) Samaritan (d) Misanthrope
Answer: (a)
1598.The phrase ‘put off’ means:
(a) understand (b) extinguish
(c) postpone (d) abolish
Answer: (c)
1599.The word ‘Eliminate’ is a:
(a) noun (b) gerund
(c) verb (d) conjunction
Answer: (c)
1600.The water in the pond _____ last night.
(a) was freezing (b) had frozen
(c) had been freezing (d) froze
Answer: (d)
1601.When I reached everybody_____.
(a) was left (b) left
(c) had left (d) had been left
Answer: (c)
1602.The film received several Oscars ______?
(a) wasn’t it (b) did it
(c) didn’t it (d) had it
Answer: (c)
1603.The opposite of ‘accelerate’:
(a) stop (b) start
(c) decelerate (d) modify
Answer: (c)
1604.“How are your parents? I haven’t seen ___ for some time now!”
(a) they (b) their
(c) there (d) them
Answer: (d)
1605.We came across a friend of ___ at the football match yesterday.
(a) we (b) our
(c) ours (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1606.She has not fully recovered ____ the shock.
(a) against (b) of
(c) from (d) off
Answer: (c)
1607.Which is correctly spelt?
(a) Adolecence (b) Adolescance
(c) Adolesence (d) Adolescence
Answer: (d)
1608.He rushed ____ my room.
(a) off (b) into
(c) away (d) within
Answer: (b)
1609.With the order of things reversed:
(a) Tete-a-tete (b) Rendezvous
(c) Vice versa (d) Vis-à-vis
Answer: (c)
1610.Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the key word ‘CHARISMA’:
(a) Candour (b) Enormous excitement
(c) Fraudulent use of power (d) Magnetic appeal
Answer: (d)
1611. The correctly spelt word:
(a) Nursary (b) Nursery
(c) Nursory (d) Nersery
Answer: (b)
1612. The mis-spelt word among the following
(a) Admission (b) Accomodation
(c) Administration (d) Commutation
Answer: (b)
1613. The noun form of ‘produce’ is:
(a) Productive (b) Producing
(c) Production (d) Producement
Answer: (c)
1614.The synonym of ‘bright’ is:
(a) Clean (b) Clear
(c) Clamber (d) Clamour
Answer: (b)
1615.The synonym of ‘Dignitary’ is:
(a) Prestige (b) Official
(c) Obligatory (d) Status
Answer: (b)
1616. My book is the old one; _____ is the torn one:
(a) Your (b) Yours
(c) The book of you (d) The book of your
Answer: (b)
1617.If she _____ a bird, she would fly.
(a) is (b) are
(c) were (d) was
Answer: (c)
1618.Choose the opposite of ‘Bold’:
(a) Understanding (b)Timid
(c) Strong (d) Cheerful
Answer: (b)
1619.Handwritten copy of a book:
(a) Typescript (b) Manuscript
(c) Transcription (d) Prescription
Answer: (b)
1620.Everyone is likely to make mistakes, _____?
(a) can they (b) isn’t he
(c) aren’t they (d) isn’t everyone
Answer: (c)
1621.Leela said ‘I wrote a letter’ (Change into indirect speech):
(a) Leela said that she wrote a letter
(b) Leela said that she has written a letter
(c) Leela said that she had written a letter
(d) Leela said that she was writing a letter
Answer: (c)
1622._____ you help me?
(a) May (b) Shall
(c) Will (d) Should
Answer: (c)
1623.One of the following words does not belong to the set:
(a) Happiness (b) Affection
(c) Quickness (d) Hatred
Answer: (c)
1624.When the boys _____ in the field, they heard an explosion.
(a) were playing (b) played
(c) have been playing (d) had been playing
Answer: (a)
1625.I am tired _____ working in the city and I have applied for a transfer.
(a) from (b) of
(c) with (d) by
Answer: (b)
1626.The opposite of the word ‘Praise’:
(a) Scold (b) Hate
(c) Condemn (d) Accuse
Answer: (c)
1627.MALADY means:
(a) illness (b) calamity
(c) music (d) misfortune
Answer: (a)
1628. Each of the students _____ done well.
(a) are (b) have
(c) were (d) has
Answer: (d)
1629.I hurt _____.
(a) himself (b) myself
(c) yourself (d) yourselves
Answer: (b)
1630.A person who treats mental diseases is called:
(a) Physicist (b) Cardiologist
(c) Psychologist (d) Psychiatrist
Answer: (d)
1631.One of the players _____ in an accident.
(a) was injured (b) were injured
(c) injured (d) was injuring
Answer: (a)
1632.The opposite of ‘provocation’:
(a) vocation (b) pacification
(c) peace (d) destruction
Answer: (b)
1633.Choose the appropriate the word that has the similar meaning as the word ‘vent’:
(a) End (b) Stodge
(c) Opening (d) Past tense of go
Answer: (c)
1634.They will not come here tomorrow, _____ ?
(a) wasn’t they (b) will they
(c) wouldn’t they (d) isn’t it
Answer: (b)
1635.Which is correctly spelt?
(a) Mathmatics (b) Theorem
(c) Tution (d) Biographi
Answer: (b)
1636.My uncle _____ to London ten years ago:
(a) has gone (b) went
(c) had gone (d) was gone
Answer: (b)
1637.The first person who _____ the question will be awarded the prize.
(a) answer (b) answered
(c) answers (d) answering
Answer: (c)
1638.Many parents are blind _____ their children’s faults.
(a) about (b) for
(c) to (d) by
Answer: (c)
1639.The word ‘Alien’ means:
(a) Foreigner (b) Intelligent
(c) Insider (d) Noble
Answer: (a)
1640.Which of the following words spelt correctly?
(a) Cermonius (b) Ceremonious
(c) Ceremonius (d) Ceremonus
Answer: (b)
1641.She was struck _____ lightning.
(a) for (b) of
(c) by (d) with
Answer: (c)
1642.The boy’s attention was diverted _____ his studies.
(a) in (b) to
(c) on (d) from
Answer: (d)
1643.Choose the correct sentence from the following:
(a) I have written to him yesterday
(b) I wrote to him yesterday
(c) I will write to him yesterday
(d) I had written to him yesterday
Answer: (b)
1644.The little boy spent much of his money _____ sweets.
(a) on (b) in
(c) for (d) at
Answer: (a)
1645.Her mother works for _____ insurance company in Delhi.
(a) the (b) a
(c) an (d) all
Answer: (c)
1646.The opposite of the word ‘fragile’ is:
(a) Compact (b) Pompous
(c) Unbreakable (d) Flimsy
Answer: (c)
1647.Rashid was sorry when he _____ of your illness.
(a) heard (b) hearing
(c) will hear (d) shall hear
Answer: (a)
1648.You like vegetarian food,_____?
(a) do you (b) isn’t you
(c) aren’t you (d) don’t you
Answer: (d)
1649.The action of looking within or into one’s mind:
(a) Observation (b) Introspection
(c) Examination (d) Introvert
Answer: (b)
1650.Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ___ men.
(a) throw away (b) send off
(c) put off (d) lay off
Answer: (d)
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