General English - Questions & Answers - 15
2101. Choose the mis-spelt word:
(a) Response (b) Submission
(c) Resurrection (d) Rebellian
Answer: (d)
2102. I am ____ (blame) for all this. (Use the correct form of verb given in bracket):
(a) blaming (b) to be blamed
(c) being blamed (d) blamed
Answer: (b)
2103. I have no faith ___ this man’s story.
(a) in (b) of (c) along (d) with
Answer: (a)
2104. One who rides horses in races.
(a) Jockey (b) Hawker
(c) Florist (d) Draper
Answer: (a)
2105. If winter comes can ____ be far behind.
(a) the monsoons (b) summer
(c) autumn (d) spring
Answer: (d)
2106. When I reached the place, nobody ____ seen there.
(a) is (b) was (c) have (d) had
Answer: (b)
2107. The noun form of ‘Solve’:
(a) Solvent (b) Insolvent
(c) Solution (d) Solute
Answer: (c)
2108. The teacher asked the pupil ____ he was absent last Friday:
(a) why (b) what
(c) where (d) when
Answer: (a)
2109. The eldest son is usually the ____
(a) hare (b) heir (c) hire (d) hair
Answer: (b)
2110. ‘Blemish’ means:
(a) Young (b) Fair
(c) Loyalty (d) Disgrace
Answer: (d)
2111. Which is opposite in meaning to ‘Contradiction’?
(a) Opposition (b) Adjustment
(c) Confirmation (d) Agreement
Answer: (d)
2112. She is ____ for the final round of the competition.
(a) superior (b) decided
(c) declared (d) qualified
Answer: (d)
2113. Only strict laws can make the evil of dowry die out(Choose the meaning of the idiom underlined):
(a) Drift (b) Disappear
(c) Decrease (d) Decay
Answer: (b)
2114. He felt at home here in my house (Choose the meaning of the idiom underlined):
(a) comfortable (b) happy
(c) friendly (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2115. The past tense of ‘Swim’:
(a) Swim (b) Swum
(c) Swam (d) Swimmed
Answer: (c)
2116. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘Menace’:
(a) Threat (b) Request
(c) Prayer (d) Curse
Answer: (d)
2117. I have not seen my brother _____ six months.
(a) since (b) for (c) in (d) from
Answer: (b)
2118. To be extremely interesting:
(a) Captivate (b) Capture
(c) Cantankerous (d) Dazzling
Answer: (a)
2119. One word for a disease that cannot be cured:
(a) Serious (b) Harmful
(c) Fatal (d) Incurable
Answer: (d)
2120. _____ you are alert and cautious, you will land in trouble.
(a) Despite (b) Unless
(c) In case (d) If
Answer: (b)
2121. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) Memorize (b) Memmorize
(c) Memarize (d) Memmerize
Answer: (a)
2122. If she comes I _____ call you.
(a) should (b) will
(c) would (d) would have
Answer: (b)
2123. The postman could not ______ the registered letter because he found no one at home.
(a) deposit (b) take
(c) give (d) deliver
Answer: (d)
2124. The opposite of ‘Misery’:
(a) Glad (b) Pleasant
(c) Enjoy (d) Bliss
Answer: (d)
2125. Latha sings _____
(a) beautifully (b) beautiful
(c) beauty (d) more beautiful
Answer: (a)
2126. The meaning of ‘Fortify’:
(a) Create (b) Generate
(c) Prohibit (d) Strengthen
Answer: (d)
2127. All the food _____ eaten.
(a) has been (b) have been
(c) are (d) were
Answer: (a)
2128. One who is recovering from illness:
(a) Reticent (b) Convalescent
(c) Valetudinarian (d) Vagabond
Answer: (b)
2129. ‘To smell a rat’ means:
(a) To see signs of plague epidemic
(b) To get bad smell of a dead rat
(c) To be in a bad mood
(d) To suspect foul dealings
Answer: (d)
2130. I enjoy ____
(a) to sail (b) sailing (c) sailed (d) sail
Answer: (b)
2131. Gold is ____ than all other metals.
(a)most attractive (b) attracting
(c) more attractive (d) attractive
Answer: (c)
2132. Which one of the following is a masculine gender?
(a) Heifer (b) Mare
(c) Ewe (d) Wizard
Answer: (d)
2133. The feminine gender of Lad ?
(a) Lord (b) Lady
(c) Lass (d) Ewe
Answer: (c)
2134. The snake crawled its hole:
(a) into (b) in
(c) under (d) by
Answer: (a)
2135. _____ book you want is out of print.
(a) The (b) some
(c) a (d) an
Answer: (a)
2136. I will meet you _____.
(a) between 4 p.m to 5 p.m.
(b) between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
(c) from 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
(d) at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Answer: (b)
2137. Raju is a hater of learning and knowledge (Choose
the apt substitute for the italicized words).
(a) Misologist (b) Bibliophile
(c) Misanthrope (d) Misogynist
Answer: (a)
2138. A wide road with trees on either side is called _____.
(a) Through fair (b) Highway
(c) Avenue (d) Street
Answer: (c)
2139. The strike was _____ after the Minister s assurance:
(a) called up (b) called off
(c) called for (d) called upon
Answer: (b)
2140. When I was a child, I _____ to school everyday.
(a) had walked (b) walked
(c) have walked (d) have been walking
Answer: (b)
2141. If you came to me, ______
(a) I would help you (b) will help you
(c) had helped you (d) would have helped you
Answer: (a)
2142. The meaning of EXONERATE :
(a) to convict (b) to convince
(c) to punish (d) to clear anything wrong doing
Answer: (d)
2143. The police is entrusted _____ the enforcement of law and order.
(a) for (b) to
(c) with (d) at
Answer: (c)
2144. The work was done _____ haste.
(a) in (b) at
(c) on (d) for
Answer: (a)
2145. This is the boy ______ pocket was picked.
(a) who (b) whom
(c) whose (d) which
Answer: (c)
2146. If I had gone for the interview _____.
(a) I would get the job (b) I would have got the
job (c) I will get the job (d) I will have get the job
Answer: (b)
2147. Which of the following sentences is wrong?
(a) My uncle went abroad last week
(b) He was in a hurry to go to office
(c) If you work hard, you will pass
(d) No sooner had he reached the home when the light went out
Answer: (d)
2148. Kishore is studying hard, but you are ______.
(a) well (b) not
(c) industrious (d) fine
Answer: (b)
2149. She has two houses in this street, and the house over there is also ______.
(a) her (b) hers
(c) her house (d) herself
Answer: (b)
2150. For the last six months he ______ Ayurvedic treatment for Asthma.
(a) is taking (b) was taking
(c) takes (d) has been taking
Answer: (d)
2151. Fatigue means:
(a) Quest (b) Caution
(c) Tiredness (d) Strict
Answer: (c)
2152. Alpha and _____ (coin the appropriate pair).
(a) omega (b) beta
(c) gamma (d) iota
Answer: (a)
2153. Let this letter be posted (Change to active):
(a) Please post this letter (b) Post this letter
(c) Please post that letter (d) Post that letter
Answer: (b)
2154. The object in the sentence She threw it away :
(a) away (b) threw
(c) it (d) she
Answer: (c)
2155. They _____ such camps for the last five years.
(a) conducting (b) has conducted
(c) have been conducting (d) conducted
Answer: (c)
2156. Go at once ____ you will be late.
(a) since (b) although
(c) and (d) or
Answer: (d)
2157. That which cannot be imitated:
(a) Inevitable (b) Invincible
(c) Inimitable (d) Incapable
Answer: (c)
2158. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a) Succesful (b) Successful
(c) Successfull (d) Succesfull
Answer: (b)
2159. Do we have ____ food for a fortnight?
(a) any (b) many
(c) indeed (d) sufficient
Answer: (d)
2160. He comes here now and then : The underlined words means:
(a) Frequently (b) Occasionally
(c) Always (d) Suddenly
Answer: (b)
2161. That bag is too heavy for you. Let me ___ you.
(a) help (b) to help
(c) helping (d) helped
Answer: (a)
2162. That was_____ meal I've ever eaten.
(a)the more delicious (b) the delicious
(c) most delicious (d) the most delicious
Answer: (d)
2163. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of AFFABLE :
(a) Glum (b) Polite
(c) Reserved (d) Cordial
Answer: (d)
2164. A dog barks; a cat ____.
(a) croaks (b) bleats
(c) mews (d) grunts
Answer: (c)
2165. The opposite of Appoint is:
(a) Disappoint (b) Refuse
(c) Decline (d) Dismiss
Answer: (d)
2166. The study of races:
(a) Ethology (b) Ethnology
(c) Etymology (d) Morphology
Answer: (b)
2167. All but ____ were present in the station.
(a) I (b) mine
(c) me (d) I am
Answer: (c)
2168. My friend is good at Hindi, but he is weak ___ grammar.
(a) by (b) at (c) in (d) from
Answer: (c)
2169. Even the new drug could not cure him ____ his illness.
(a) of (b) from
(c) in (d) at
Answer: (a)
2170. If you think or speak too much of yourself, you are ____
(a) a pedant (b) a glutton
(c) a pacifist (d) an egotist
Answer: (d)
2171. Fire is a good servant but a bad ____
(a)friend (b) neighbour
(c) master (d) companion
Answer: (c)
2172. It s only a ____ flight from London to Madrid.
(a) two hours (b) two hour
(c) Either (a) or (b) (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
2173. Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word
CALLOUS :
(a) Capable (b) Sensitive
(c) Sentimental (d) Confident
Answer: (b)
2174. He has been in Trivandrum ____ Thursday.
(a) on (b) after
(c) since (d) for
Answer: (c)
2175. Use the proper form of the word given in bracket:
You should be ____ in your daily work (punctuality)
(a) punctual (b) punctuality
(c) punctually (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2176. He is one of those brave soldiers who ___ never afraid of death.
(a)is (b) was
(c) has (d) are
Answer: (d)
2177. Pick up the correct form:
(a) Begar (b) Begger
(c) Beggar (d) Beger
Answer: (c)
2178. Pick out the word or phrase nearest in meaning to the given word: SUCCOUR
(a) Help (b) Blunder
(c) Serve (d) Oppose
Answer: (a)
2179. We _____ at 4 o clock.
(a) have arrived (b) arrived
(c) have been arrived (d) had arrived
Answer: (b)
2180. Three times five ____ fifteen.
(a) is (b) are
(c) were (d) have
Answer: (a)
2156. Go at once ____ you will be late.
(a) since (b) although
(c) and (d) or
Answer: (d)
2157. That which cannot be imitated:
(a) Inevitable (b) Invincible
(c) Inimitable (d) Incapable
Answer: (c)
2158. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a) Succesful (b) Successful
(c) Successfull (d) Succesfull
Answer: (b)
2159. Do we have ____ food for a fortnight?
(a) any (b) many
(c) indeed (d) sufficient
Answer: (d)
2160. He comes here now and then : The underlined words means:
(a) Frequently (b) Occasionally
(c) Always (d) Suddenly
Answer: (b)
2161. That bag is too heavy for you. Let me ___ you.
(a) help (b) to help
(c) helping (d) helped
Answer: (a)
2162. That was_____ meal I've ever eaten.
(a)the more delicious (b) the delicious
(c) most delicious (d) the most delicious
Answer: (d)
2163. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of AFFABLE :
(a) Glum (b) Polite
(c) Reserved (d) Cordial
Answer: (d)
2164. A dog barks; a cat ____.
(a) croaks (b) bleats
(c) mews (d) grunts
Answer: (c)
2165. The opposite of Appoint is:
(a) Disappoint (b) Refuse
(c) Decline (d) Dismiss
Answer: (d)
2166. The study of races:
(a) Ethology (b) Ethnology
(c) Etymology (d) Morphology
Answer: (b)
2167. All but ____ were present in the station.
(a) I (b) mine
(c) me (d) I am
Answer: (c)
2168. My friend is good at Hindi, but he is weak ___ grammar.
(a) by (b) at (c) in (d) from
Answer: (c)
2169. Even the new drug could not cure him ____ his illness.
(a) of (b) from
(c) in (d) at
Answer: (a)
2170. If you think or speak too much of yourself, you are ____
(a) a pedant (b) a glutton
(c) a pacifist (d) an egotist
Answer: (d)
2171. Fire is a good servant but a bad ____
(a)friend (b) neighbour
(c) master (d) companion
Answer: (c)
2172. It s only a ____ flight from London to Madrid.
(a) two hours (b) two hour
(c) Either (a) or (b) (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
2173. Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word
CALLOUS :
(a) Capable (b) Sensitive
(c) Sentimental (d) Confident
Answer: (b)
2174. He has been in Trivandrum ____ Thursday.
(a) on (b) after
(c) since (d) for
Answer: (c)
2175. Use the proper form of the word given in bracket:
You should be ____ in your daily work (punctuality)
(a) punctual (b) punctuality
(c) punctually (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2176. He is one of those brave soldiers who ___ never afraid of death.
(a)is (b) was
(c) has (d) are
Answer: (d)
2177. Pick up the correct form:
(a) Begar (b) Begger
(c) Beggar (d) Beger
Answer: (c)
2178. Pick out the word or phrase nearest in meaning to the given word: SUCCOUR
(a) Help (b) Blunder
(c) Serve (d) Oppose
Answer: (a)
2179. We _____ at 4 o clock.
(a) have arrived (b) arrived
(c) have been arrived (d) had arrived
Answer: (b)
2180. Three times five ____ fifteen.
(a) is (b) are
(c) were (d) have
Answer: (a)
2181. His party is solely to be blamed for the political ____ in the country.
(a) devaluation (b) revival
(c) advocacy (d) stalemate
Answer: (d)
2182. A person who seeks and enjoys luxury and sensual pleasure:
(a) Voluptuary (b) Spendthrift
(c) Entrepreneur (d) Plagiarist
Answer: (a)
2183. The fruits were ripe, ____?
(a) is n t it (b) weren't they
(c) are they (d) were they
Answer: (b)
2184. He persisted _____ his point.
(a) to emphasise (b) to be emphasised
(c) emphasised (d) emphasising
Answer: (d)
2185. There was panic when people realised that the building was ____ fire.
(a) on (b) with
(c) by (d) in
Answer: (a)
2186. My sister lives ___ a small village ___ the south west of Australia.
(a) at,at (b) at,in
(c) in,in (d) in, at
Answer: (c)
2187. Continuing fighting between parties, families, clans, etc.
(a) Enmity (b) Feud
(c) Quarrel (d) Skirmish
Answer: (b)
2188. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word LICENTIOUS:
(a) Immoral (b) Intellectual
(c) Moral (d) Without licence
Answer: (a)
2189. Have you ever considered _____ to live in another country?
(a) to go (b) gone
(c) going (d) went
Answer: (c)
2190. The door must have been opened ____ a key.
(a) in (b) by
(c) at (d) with
Answer: (d)
2191. Which is the past participle of ‘flow’:
(a) flown (b) flowed
(c) flowing (d) flew
Answer: (b)
2192. Pick out the most effective words from the given wordsto fill in the blanks: Sunil _____ play foot ball every day.
(a) might (b) would
(c) used to (d) will
Answer: (c)
2193. Would you mind _____ the window?
(a)open (b) opening
(c) to open (d) for opening
Answer: (b)
2194. Which is incorrect spelling?
(a) Reverent (b) Raverent
(c) Reverence (d) Reverend
Answer: (b)
2195. A drug used to reduce sadness is _____
(a) re-depressant (b) de-depressant
(c) anti-depressant (d) pro-depressant
Answer: (c)
2196. The antonym of ‘FACT’ is:
(a) Fixation (b) Figure
(c) Fiction (d) Fitness
Answer: (c)
2197. No letters _____ by the postman this evening.
(a) have been delivered (b) is delivered
(c) has been delivered (d) was delivered
Answer: (a)
2198. What _____ an apple fall?
(a) make (b) is making
(c) makes (d) making
Answer: (c)
2199. True charity does not consist _____ indiscriminate alms giving.
(a)in (b) with
(c) on (d) of
Answer: (a)
2200. This is the place _____ I lost my bag.
(a) where (b) when
(c) which (d) who
Answer: (a)
2201. He ____ that India is really great.
(a) opines (b) opine
(c) opinion (d) opinionate
Answer: (a)
2202. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures:
(a)Cynic (b) Epicure
(c) Stoic (d) Aesthetic
Answer: (b)
2203. The word opposite in meaning to ‘ABANDON’:
(a) Desert (b) Support
(c) Raise (d) Keep
Answer: (d)
2204. What is ___ time by your watch?
(a) the (b) a
(c) an (d) Article not required
Answer: (a)
2205. I ____ locked the door of the house.
(a) ours (b) ourselves
(c) myself (d) mineself
Answer: (c)
2206. The Italian city of Florence is famous ___ its art treasures.
(a) for (b) by
(c) at (d) within
Answer: (a)
2207. Which is not an adjective synonym of ‘DELICIOUS’:
(a) Appetizing (b) Enchanting
(c) Tasty (d) Mouthwatering
Answer: (b)
2208. Change the voice: He opened the door:
(a) The door was opened
(b) The door was being opened
(c) The door is opened
(d) The door opened
Answer: (a)
2209. David usually goes to ____ church on Sundays.
(a) a (b) an
(c) the (d) No article
Answer: (d)
2210. My mother’s ____ words motivate me to greater efforts.
(a) inspiration (b) inspire
(c) inspiring (d) inspirational
Answer: (c)
2211. I took five books with me on holiday, but I didn’t read ___ of them.
(a) neither (b) either
(c) none (d) any
Answer: (d)
2212. Pick out the meaning of the underlined expression: Everybody claimed in with my proposal and we went to the circus.
(a) force (b) deny
(c) listen (d) agree
Answer: (d)
2213. ‘A pretty kettle of fish’ means:
(a) A beautiful kettle of fish (b) A kettle with full of fish
(c) A situation that causes you problems
(d) A situation that is very different from that mentioned
Answer: (c)
2214. Choose the correct spelling:
(a) Corespondence (b) Correspondance
(c) Correspondence (d) Correspondense
Answer: (c)
2215. We have CREATED a beautiful new house from out of the old ruin (Select the antonym of the word given in CAPITAL letters).
(a) Destroyed (b) Built
(c) Constructed (d) Planned
Answer: (a)
2216. The avaricious man is greedy ____ gain.
(a) for (b) by
(c) with (d) into
Answer: (a)
2217. Usha isn’t attend school this week. She is ____ vacation.
(a) in (b) to
(c) on (d) between
Answer: (c)
2218. There were _____ children in the class than expected.
(a) few (b) fewer
(c) less (d) lesser
Answer: (b)
2219. That which can be absorbed into the system:
(a) Assimilable (b) Aggregate
(c) Annihilate (d) Alienate
Answer: (a)
2220. Corruption is quite alien ____ his nature.
(a) to (b) for
(c) in (d) at
Answer: (a)
2221. Choose the word opposite in meaning to ‘LATENT’:
(a) Real (b) Concealed
(c) Apparent (d) Dubious
Answer: (c)
2222. It is a great loss for a man _____ he cannot laugh.
(a) if (b) yet
(c) till (d) although
Answer: (a)
2223. Do not confide your secrets _____ everyone.
(a) with (b) at
(c) for (d) to
Answer: (d)
2224. The meaning of ‘Sycophant’:
(a) Flatterer (b) Coward
(c) Sneaky (d) Deceitful
Answer: (a)
2225. Sole right to make and sell some invention.
(a) Potent (b) Credential
(c) Ex-gratia (d) Patent
Answer: (d)
2226. This tank _____ contain 500 litres of water.
(a) has (b) can
(c) could (d) will
Answer: (b)
2227. It was _____ that made the football fan attack the policeman.
(a) Dutch courage (b) in high spirits
(c) French leave (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2228. To slap with a flat object:
(a) Gnaw (b) Swat
(c) Chop (d) Hew
Answer: (b)
2229. They considered every detail. The suitable phrasal verb for the underlined word is:
(a) Gave away (b) Put aside
(c) Carried away (d) Took up
Answer: (d)
2230. Find out which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) Would you (b) mind
(c) me sit here (d) No error
Answer: (c)
2231. A girl or woman who flirts, that is, try to attract people and make advances in love to simply satisfy her vanity:
(a) Spinster (b) Paramour
(c) Concubine (d) Coquette
Answer: (d)
2232. Which sentence is correct?
(a) He is a best friend of mine
(b) He was standing besides the car
(c) I have been waiting since a long time
(d) I met her at the theatre yesterday.
Answer: (d)
2233. Choose the word that is most opposite in meaning to ‘GRATEFUL’:
(a) Unappreciative (b) Thankless
(c) Ungrateful (d) Ingrate
Answer: (c)
2234. Our first impression of _____ are the most lasting.
(a) rejects (b) dejects
(c) project (d) objects
Answer: (d)
2235. He is a clever man, but unfortunately diffident ____ his powers.
(a) about (b) of
(c) in (d) at
Answer: (a)
2236. The antonym of ‘VINDICATE’:
(a) Excuse (b) Condemn
(c) Imprison (d) Defend
Answer: (b)
2237. Samuel retired _____ service last year.
(a) to (b) since
(c) for (d) from
Answer: (d)
2238. Give one word for: Sad being away from home.
(a) Homesick (b) Melancholy
(c) Ennui (d) Sedation
Answer: (a)
2239. ‘A pipe dream’ means:
(a) A bad dream (b) An impracticable plan
(c) A foolish idea (d) A pleasant dream
Answer: (b)
2240. The meaning of ‘PUDDLE’:
(a) Fight (b) A small pool of water
(c) Freedom from war (d) First meal of the day
Answer: (b)
2241. I am extremely sorry I can’t talk to you now, I am _____.
(a) behind the times (b) without time
(c) pressed for time (d) lost in time
Answer: (c)
2242. Serious learning requires a _____ atmosphere.
(a) congenital (b) congenial
(c) conjugal (d) uncongenial
Answer: (b)
2243. ‘Quid pro quo’ means:
(a) Middle course (b) Oral test
(c) Forbidden (d) A favour for a favour
Answer: (d)
2244. A person to whom cheque is paid:
(a) Payee (b) Payer
(c) Remit (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
2245. _____ Ramayana is ____ Hindu religious text.
(a) A, an (b) An,a
(c) A, the (d) The, a
Answer: (d)
2246. Boys over sixteen are debarred _____ competing.
(a) with (b) from
(c) to (d) for
Answer: (b)
2247. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Repercussion (b) Plaintif
(c) Kindergarden (d) Vengence
Answer: (a)
2248. Books are great source _____ happiness.
(a) for (b) with
(c) of (d) into
Answer: (c)
2249. Gopal ______ his friend for a duel.
(a) called up (b) called down
(c) called in (d) called at
Answer: (c)
2250. Payment made in favour or free:
(a) Ex gratia (b) Ex parte
(c) Ex officio (d) Ex tempore
Answer: (a)
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