General English - Questions & Answers - 14
1951. Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘MOIST’:
(a)Crisp (b) Hard
(c) Dry (d) Parched
Answer: (c)
1952. Questions will be answered by a ____ of experts.
(a) staff (b) panel
(c) bunch (d) band
Answer: (b)
1953. The Olympic Games are held ____ four year.
(a) every (b) each
(c) every or each (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
1954. Some of this money ___ yours.
(a) were (b) are
(c) is (d) none
Answer: (c)
1955. Choose the word with correct spelling:
(a) Legel (b) Leisure
(c) Gliter (d) Literery
Answer: (b)
1956. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of ‘Disaster’:
(a) Death (b) Epidemic
(c) Misfortune (d) Derailment
Answer: (c)
1957. Her decent attitude compensates ___ her short temper.
(a)for (b) with
(c) off (d) to
Answer: (a)
1958. Complete change of form: (Give the one word)
(a)Transgression (b) Translation
(c) Transformation (d) Transmigration
Answer: (c)
1959. He generally ____ at an odd hour.
(a) turns over (b) turns on
(c) turns up (d) turns off
Answer: (c)
1960. My mother is reading ____ newspaper.
(a) this day’s (b) a today’s
(c) the today’s (d) today’s
Answer: (d)
1961. One who takes care of a building:
(a) Curator (b) Teetotaller
(c) Janitor (d) Crew
Answer: (c)
1962. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Assasin (b) Bycycle
(c) Cessation (d) Conference
Answer: (c)
1963. _____ he was industrious, I encouraged him.
(a) As (b) Yet
(c) But (d) Since
Answer: (a)
1964. Choose the option which is the antonym of ‘HAUGHTINESS’:
(a) Affability (b) Sedation
(c) Authentic (d) Malady
Answer: (a)
1965. Suddenly we were enveloped _____ dense fog.
(a) in (b) by (c) on (d) for
Answer: (a)
1966. You may fail many times, but _____ trying.
(a) keep on (b) keep up
(c) keep out (d) keep away
Answer: (a)
1967. Do it right away _____ you will be scolded.
(a)but (b) for
(c) or (d) as well as
Answer: (c)
1968. One to whom goods are dispatched:
(a) Consignee (b) Apostate
(c) Confectioner (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
1969. Tom, Dick and Harry were quarrelling with _______.
(a) each other (b) one another
(c) (a) or (b) (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1970. There have been many complaints _____ your behaviour.
(a) with (b) of
(c) about (d) for
Answer: (c)
1971. Find the correctly spelt word:
(a) Abbrassive (b)Abrasive
(c) Abrassive (d) Abbrasive
Answer: (b)
1972. To sarround with armed forces.
(a)Cease (b) Seize
(c) Attack (d) Besiege
Answer: (d)
1973. What is the verb form of the word ‘Defence’?
(a) Defend (b) Defy
(c) Defeat (d) Defect
Answer: (a)
1974. The idiom/phrase that means ‘A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself’:?
(a) Dog in the manger (b) To smell a rat
(c) Castles in the air (d) By the skin of one’s teeth
Answer:(a)
1975. Few students were present, _____?
(a) isn’t it (b) were they
(c) did they (d) have they
Answer:(b)
1976. India and China are at loggerheads with each other. ‘At logger heads’ means:
(a) friendship (b) Hostile
(c) Harmony (d) None of these
Answer:(b)
1977. The feminine gender of ‘bridegroom’:
(a) Groombride (b) Groom
(c) Bride (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1978. Luggage at railway station is kept in:
(a) Clock room (b) Cloak room
(c) Pantry (d) Yard
Answer: (b)
1979. The young one of goat:
(a)Kid (b) Calf
(c) Lamb (d) Cub
Answer: (a)
1980. Can this apparatus be adopted ___ this job?
(a) in (b) with
(c) for (d) to
Answer: (c)
1981. ‘Pot-luck dinner’ means dinner where:
(a) everybody brings something to eat
(b) everybody pays for food
(c) where only soup is served
(d) people eat and play games at the same time
Answer: (a)
1982. Choose the word opposite in meaning tothe word ‘MAMMOTH’:
(a) Quiet (b) Significant
(c) Huge (d) Small
Answer: (d)
1983. West Bengal ____ plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.
(a) misses (b) receives
(c) regrets (d) expects
Answer: (b)
1984. What would you like to drink _____ your meal?
(a)at (b) by
(c) with (d) about
Answer: (c)
1985. A block of residential flats ___ coming up near our house.
(a)are (b) is
(c) have been (d) have
Answer: (b)
1986. The British enjoyed monopoly ____ textiles.
(a) with (b) of
(c) over (d) in
Answer: (d)
1987. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of ‘Adverse’:
(a) Unequal (b) Unfavourable
(c) Unwanted (d) Undue
Answer: (b)
1988. Their assets ____ short of their liabilities.
(a) falls (b) fall
(c) fallen (d) falling
Answer: (b)
1989. This bicycle is ____
(a)she (b) her
(c) hers (d) herself
Answer: (c)
1990. One word to refer to a person ‘preoccupied with an unrealistically
optimistic approach to life’:
(a) Rationalist (b) Romantic
(c) Quixotic (d) Sceptic
Answer: (c)
1991. The gun ____ unexpectedly.
(a) went out (b) went up
(c) went in (d) went off
Answer: (d)
1992. He finished first ______ he began late.
(a) though (b) or
(c) if (d) until
Answer: (a)
1993. People from ____ and near came to see the final match of the tournament
yesterday.
(a) distance (b) above
(c) far (d) long
Answer: (c)
1994. I have nothing to say with reference ____ this proposal.
(a)to (b) by
(c) at (d) over
Answer: (a)
1995. He is intimate ____ the secretary.
(a) at (b) with
(c) over (d) for
Answer: (b)
1996. Measure yourself _____ your equals.
(a) against (b) on
(c) at (d) in
Answer: (a)
1997. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
(a) He resigned from his post
(b) They have come in the morning
(c) He did nothing else than weep
(d) Your friends will come, won’t they?
Answer: (d)
1998. Even in today’s modern society, people ____ God to bring rains (Choose the most appropriate word to fill the blanks):
(a) Appeal (b) Propitiate
(c) Provoke (d) Evoke
Answer: (b)
1999. A place or condition of ideal happiness:
(a) Asylum (b) El Dorado
(c) Elysium (d) Dystopia
Answer: (c)
2000. Which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) He will certainly help you/
(b) if you will ask him/
(c) in a pleasant manner.
(d) No error
Answer: (b)
2001. Complete the proverb:All lay load on a willing _____.
(a)dog (b) cat
(c) elephant (d) horse
Answer: (d)
2002. The meaning of the idiom ‘Mealy mouthed’:
(a) Ill-tempered
(b) Unwilling to state facts or opinions simply and directly
(c) Soft-tongued
(d) Ambitious
Answer: (b)
2003. A person who sneaks into a country:
(a) Invader (b) Aggressor
(c) Infiltrator (d) Spy
Answer: (c)
2004. Ass brays. Crow ______.
(a) screams (b) cries
(c) screeches (d) crows
Answer: (d)
2005. Person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft:
(a) Astronaut (b) Aeronaut
(c) Aerobat (d) Acrobat
Answer: (b)
2006. I have been visiting Chennai _____ my childhood.
(a) since (b) for
(c) on (d) about
Answer: (a)
2007. Trust no man ____ does not love his country.
(a) which (b) who
(c) whom (d) whose
Answer: (b)
2008. He is so ______ to light that he never leaves the house without sun-glasses.
(a) insensitive (b) immune
(c) sensitive (d) afraid
Answer: (c)
2009. Find out the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Canon (b) Cannon
(c) Congenital (d) Cantagious
Answer: (d)
2010. Artists and writers are normally very ____
(a) creating (b) creative
(c) created (d) creatively
Answer: (b)
2011. His ‘eager to know’ is superb: The underlined phrase means:
(a) Curiosity (b) Ability
(c) Fortitude (d) Mirth
Answer: (a)
2012. Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word DEPLORABLE:
(a) Joyful (b) Laudable
(c) Memorable (d) Creditable
Answer: (b)
2013. ‘Go to the dogs’ means:
(a) be ruined (b) search
(c) go after the dogs (d) run fast
Answer: (a)
2014. One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views:
(a) Religious (b) Fanatic
(c) Bigot (d) God-fearing
Answer: (c)
2015. The meaning of ‘Disparity’:
(a) Disseminate (b) Difference
(c) Discord (d) Difficulty
Answer: (b)
2016. The team was well trained and strong, but somehow its ___ was low.
(a) feeling (b) moral
(c) consciousness (d) morale
Answer: (d)
2017. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) Indispensable (b) Indispenseble
(c) Indispansible (d) Indispensabil
Answer: (a)
2018. It is pleasant ___ children playing.
(a) is watching (b) watched
(c) to watch (d) watch
Answer: (c)
2019. In which segment of the sentence lies the mistake?
(a) The college team (b) are playing
(c) tomorrow (d) no error
Answer: (b)
2020. I took a shower ____ and got into the car.
(a) quick (b) quickly
(c) double quick (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
2021. ‘Allusion’ means:
(a) A deceptive appearance (b) A kind of wine
(c) Indirect reference (d) An article of food
Answer: (c)
2022. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘Solely’:
(a) Obviously (b) Wholly
(c) Partly (d) Indefinitely
Answer: (c)
2023. My mother ____ sixty, next week.
(a) could be (b) will be
(c) shall be (d) should be
Answer: (b)
2024. I don’t like driving ____ night.
(a)at (b) on
(c) in (d) by
Answer: (a)
2025. Choose the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Tsunami (b) Trustee
(c) Tryst (d) Tuberculocis
Answer: (d)
2026. To talk without respect for something sacred or holy:
(a) Rudeness (b) Vulgarity
(c) Obscenity (d) Blasphemy
Answer: (d)
2027. Through perseverance and hard work we can keep the ____ of liberty burning even during dark and trying times.
(a) goal (b) flame
(c) lamp (d) light
Answer: (b)
2028. This scissors _____ very sharp.
(a) isn’t (b) wasn’t
(c) hasn’t (d) aren’t
Answer: (d)
2029. It was a confusing situation. Many things were happening ___ the same time.
(a) in (b) on
(c) at (d) by
Answer: (c)
2030. Mrs. Panicker _____ awake the whole of last night worried about her husband’s death.
(a) lied (b) lay
(c) laid (d) had laid
Answer: (b)
2031. We have been trying to solve the problem ____.
(a) since two days (b) during two days
(c) for two days (d) from two days
Answer: (c)
2032. The teacher gave me a new insight ___ the poem.
(a)to (b) into
(c) of (d) off
Answer: (b)
2033. The staff have felt on edge ever since they heard the rumour about
retrenchment (Choose the meaning of the idiom underlined):
(a) unhappy (b) disheartened
(c) nervous (d) scared
Answer: (c)
2034. She is tall ___ her age.
(a)at (b) on
(c) of (d) for
Answer: (d)
2035. The fear of high places ____ quite common.
(a)are (b) is
(c) are being (d) were
Answer: (b)
2036. Satyajit Ray’s films are a class ____ themselves:
(a)in (b) by
(c) for (d) together
Answer: (b)
2037. Please, may I have ____ oranges?
(a)a few (b) some
(c) little (d) less
Answer: (b)
2038. Habit of talking while sleep:
(a) Somnambulism (b) Somniloquy
(c) Omnipotent (d) Soliloquy
2039. He wiped sweat ___ his face.
(a)on (b) off
(c) of (d) over
Answer: (b)
2040. Find out which part of the sentence has an error?
(a)May I know (b) who you want
(c) to see please (d) No error
Answer: (b)
2041. Arrangement in the order of occurrence:
(a) Timely (b) Chronic
(c) Chronological (d) Temporal
Answer: (c)
2042. As Ammu is ill, she has to ____ a doctor.
(a) confirm (b) consort
(c) contract (d) consult
Answer: (d)
2043. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Encroachment (b) Encrochment
(c) Encroachement (d) Enkroachment
Answer: (a)
2044. Few government officials do their job without a monetary ______.
(a)bribe (b) grant
(c) loan (d) inducement
Answer: (d)
2045. The synonym of ‘DAMSEL’:
(a) Witch (b) Maiden
(c) Widow (d) Bitch
Answer: (b)
2046. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Controvercial (b) Debter
(c)Exibition (d) Rehearsal
Answer: (d)
2047. The science of measuring.
(a) Calculation (b) Logarithm
(c) Algebra (d) Mensuration
Answer: (d)
2048. The student ____ book I still have, can take it from me.
(a) which (b) whose
(c) that (d) his
Answer: (b)
2049. Many yogis subsist ____ leaves and fruits.
(a) for (b) at
(c) with (d) on
Answer: (d)
2050. The vase will break _____ you drop it.
(a) till (b) yet
(c) or (d) if
Answer: (d)
2051. You should participate ____ me.
(a) to (b) at
(c) by (d) with
Answer: (d)
2052. It was ____ that the Prime Minister escaped the assassination attempt.
(a)misfortunate (b) fortunate
(c) difficult (d) advantage
Answer: (b)
2053. All the board members were present with the ______ of the treasurer.
(a) exception (b) absence
(c) delay (d) omission
Answer: (a)
2054. ‘Staunch’ means:
(a) Cranky (b) Virile
(c) Trustworthy (d) Intensive
Answer: (c)
2055. Many a person ____ done this sort of thing.
(a) has (b) have
(c) are (d) were
Answer: (a)
2056. The synonym of ‘weak’ is:
(a) feeble (b) strong
(c) firm (d) obstinate
Answer: (a)
2057. The box of books _____ yesterday.
(a) were opened (b) was opened
(c) had opened (d) had been opened
Answer: (b)
2058. _____ exciting the journey was.
(a) When (b) How
(c) What (d) Who
Answer: (b)
2059. The word nearest in meaning to ‘compassionate’:
(a) Remorseless (b) Malevolent
(c) Honourable (d) Tender-hearted
Answer: (d)
2060. The prefix ‘hetero’ means:
(a) six (b) different
(c) excessive (d) whole
Answer: (b)
2061. The opposite of ‘trivial’:
(a) Important (b) Ordinary
(c) Confused (d) Transparent
Answer: (a)
2062. ‘Are you happy?’ This is an_____ sentence.
(a) assertive (b) imperative
(c) exclamatory (d) interrogative
Answer: (d)
2063. The antonym of ‘REDUNDANT’
(a) Insufficient (b) Dilatory
(c) Astute (d) Calumnious
Answer: (a)
2064. He has a house in Mumbai, _____?
(a) isn’t it (b) has he
(c) hasn’t he (d) doesn’t he
Answer: (c)
2065. ‘vis-a-vis’ means:
(a) direct (b) opposite
(c) private (d) personal
Answer: (b)
2066. The patient ____ before the doctor arrived.
(a)had died (b) died
(c) would die (d) die
Answer: (a)
2067. Change the gender of ‘Goose’:
(a) Geese (b) Geeses
(c) Gander (d) Gossen
Answer: (c)
2068. What is equivalent to ‘by the very nature of the case’?
(a) Faux pas (b) Ipso facto
(c) Modus operandi (d) Potpourri
Answer: (b)
2069. He travelled to England from Mumbai ___ a ship.
(a) at (b) in (c) on (d) over
Answer: (c)
2070. Won’t is the contracted form of:
(a) will not (b) were not
(c) would not (d) was not
Answer: (a)
2071. The opposite of ‘HOST’:
(a) Guest (b) Ghost
(c) Guardian (d) Guard
Answer: (a)
2072. They said that he was ______
(a) hitted hardly (b) hitted hard
(c) hit hardly (d) hit hard
Answer: (d)
2073. I ____ go to cinema at the weekend.
(a) may (b) often
(c) much (d) more
Answer: (b)
2074. ‘Ex parte’ means:
(a) On one side (b) Things to be done
(c) In the same place (d) Without end
Answer: (a)
2075. Be careful not to ___ your money.
(a) loose (b) lose
(c) loss (d) losing
Answer: (b)
2076. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) Arguement (b) Argument
(c) Argumment (d) Argumennt
Answer: (b)
2077. The government must ___ all resources of energy:
(a) collect (b) gather
(c) muster (d) harness
Answer: (d)
2078. The meaning of ‘CANTANKEROUS’:
(a) Cancerous (b) Ferocious
(c) Quarrelsome (d) Fissiparous
Answer: (c)
2079. He lost control of the car and crashed ____ a wall.
(a) into (b) with (c) to (d) on
Answer: (a)
2080. Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the
word ‘ACQUIRED’:
(a) Grabbed (b) Freed
(c) Stopped (d) Lost
Answer: (d)
2081. A place where clothes are washed and ironed:
(a) Dairy (b) Aviary
(c) Hangar (d) Laundry
Answer: (d)
2082. No one could understand _____.
(a) what did he say (b) what was he saying
(c) what he did say (d) what he was saying
Answer: (d)
2083. The boys sing very well, ____?
(a) don’t they (b) aren’t they
(c) do they (d) does they
Answer: (a)
2084. Animals which carry their young ones in a pouch,
e.g.Kangaroo:
(a) Mammals (b) Ungulates
(c) Ruminants (d) Marsupials
Answer: (d)
2085. Rajan is endowed _____ many great qualities.
(a) of (b) by (c) with (d) in
Answer: (c)
2086. When I arrived France last year I __ (be) a bachelor (Use the correct form of verb given in bracket):
(a) were (b) was
(c) am (d) will be
Answer: (b)
2087. Spend your money carefully lest you ____
(a) will feel the pinch later (b) feeling the pinch later
(c) can feel the pinch later (d) should feel the pinch later
Answer: (d)
2088. He finds it difficult to ____ between blue and green as he is colour blind.
(a) see (b) study
(c) recognise (d) distinguish
Answer: (d)
2089. I’m fat ___ Tom is thin.
(a) or (b) because (c) and (d) nor
Answer: (c)
2090. We had a ____ of warm weather in February.
(a) phase (b) spell
(c) time (d) length
Answer: (b)
2091. Wanton destruction by a plant by workmen:
(a) Sabotage (b) Scandal
(c) Sedition (d) Trespass
Answer: (a)
2092. His blindness is ______.
(a) congenial (b) conjunctive
(c) congenital (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
2093. I saw him felling a big tree ____ a hatchet.
(a) with (b) for (c) in (d) on
Answer: (a)
2094. He is rich _____ he is not happy.
(a) when (b) yet
(c) or (d) as
Answer: (b)
2095. His mother forced him to ____ his homework every night after supper.
(a) make (b) do (c) made (d) did
Answer: (b)
2096. To suspend proceedings to another time or place:
(a) Convene (b) Adjourn
(c) Procastinate (d) Terminate
Answer: (b)
2097. The meaning of ‘COVERT’:
(a) Not openly practised (b) Revolutionay
(c) Sudden change (d) Disagreement
Answer: (c)
2098. Of outstanding significance:
(a) Meaningful (b) Ominous
(c) Evident (d) Monumental
Answer: (d)
2099. Which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) He / (b) is /
(c) the most unique man. / (d) no error
Answer: (a)
2100. Choose the word that is most opposite in meaning to
‘SUBHUMAN’:
(a) Superman (b) Divine
(c) Superhuman (d) Inhuman
Answer: (b)
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