General English - Questions & Answers - 16
2251. The synonym of DROWSY :
(a) Soothing (b) Lazy
(c) Exhausted (d) Sleepy
Answer: (d)
2252. The word CLUMSY means:
(a) Adroit (b) Dexterous
(c) Rough (d) Ungraceful
Answer: (d)
2253. The word PHOBIA means:
a) Fame (b) Greatness
(c) Fear (d) Illusion
Answer: (c)
2254. They don t work hard. (add suitable tag)
(a) don t they? (b) do they?
(c) are they? (d) aren t they?
Answer: (b)
2255. They have entered ____ an agreement.
(a) in (b) on
(c) into (d) with
Answer: (c)
2256. When I met Seetha, ______ as a lecturer in the college
(a) she was working(b) she has been working
(c) she must have been working (d) she is working
Answer: (a)
2257. Please look this word in the dictionary.
(a) for (b) up
(c) after (d) into
Answer: (b)
2258. The antonym of Balance :
(a) Disbalance (b) Misbalance
(c) Debalance (d) Imbalance
Answer: (d)
2259. Vinod has come, ?
(a) hasn t he (b) isn t he
(c) doesn t he (d) can t he
Answer: (a)
2260. I saw a _____ of cows in the field:
(a) Group (b) Herd
(c) Swarm (d) Flock
Answer: (b)
2261. The meaning of Commensurate :
(a) Measurable (b) Proportionate
(c) Beginning (d) Appropriate
Answer: (b)
2262. Wear one s heart on one s sleeve means:
(a) get upset (b) pay more money
(c) show one s feeling openly (d) be calm
Answer: (c)
2263. The young one of Ape :
(a) Baby (b) Calf
(c) Joey (d) Pup
Answer: (a)
2264. He _____ to climb the coconut tree.
(a)tryed (b) tired
(c) tried (d) try
Answer: (c)
2265. I _____ go to movies.
(a)was (b) happen
(c) everyday (d) seldom
Answer: (d)
2266. The synonym for the word recur is:
(a)Reverse (b) Repeat
(c) Receive (d) Recede
Answer: (b)
2267. Women need complete _____ at their work place.
(a)persecution (b) protection
(c) prosecution (d) protest
Answer: (b)
2268. We shall not go for the movie if it ____ raining.
(a)has (b) was
(c) is (d) had been
Answer: (c)
2269. To confirm with the help of evidence:
(a)Corroborate (b) Implicate
(c) Designate (d) Extricate
Answer: (a)
2270. The antonym of Scarcity :
(a)Scanty (b) Prosperity
(c) Majority (d) Plenty
Answer: (d)
2271. As a general rule, politicians do not ____ centre stage.
(a)forward (b) forbid
(c) forgive (d) forsake
Answer: (d)
2272. The stranger asked Sarah where she _____
(a) lived (b) live
(c) has lived (d) have lived
Answer: (a)
2273. It _____ (stop) raining for a while, but now it s raining again. (Use the correct form of verb).
(a)stops (b) is stopping
(c) stopped (d) was stopping
Answer: (c)
2274. Our flat is ____ the second floor of the building.
(a)at (b) on
(c) in (d) to
Answer: (b)
2275. I didn t watch the news on television. But I heard it ___ the radio.
(a) in (b) by
(c) on (d) with
Answer: (c)
2276. A student in the second year of a course at a college or university.
(a)Sophomore (b) Alumni
(c) Truant (d) Pedant
Answer: (a)
2277. If she were selected, she _____ a good secretary.
(a) will make (b) can make
(c) would make (d) may have made
Answer: (c)
2278. Which is opposite in meaning to Suspicion ?
(a)Indifference (b) Trust
(c) Whim (d) Doubt
Answer: (b)
2279.Identify the correct sentence:
(a)It has a pointed long stem with tiny pink flowers
(b) It has a long pointed stem with tiny pink flowers
(c) It has a pointed long stem with pink tiny flowers
(d) It has a long pointed stem with pink tiny flowers
Answer: (b)
2280. Identify the word which comes closest in meaning to TACIT :
(a)Silent (b) Sudden
(c) Clear (d) Open
Answer: (a)
2281. Before the _____ of the Europeans, India was a free country.
(a) entry (b) amalgamation
(c) advent (d) emigration
Answer: (c)
2282.The synonym of Idiocy :
(a) Dogma (b) Privilege
(c) Brilliance (d) Absurdity
Answer: (d)
2283. Yearly celebration of a date or an event:
(a) Birthday (b) Anniversary
(c) Jubilee (d) Centenary
Answer: (b)
2284. _____ all his learning he has no sense.
(a) In (b) At
(c) With (d) For
Answer: (c)
2285. Arun s horse is of an excellent _____.
(a) steed (b) brood
(c) stood (d) breed
Answer: (d)
2286. She was standing ______ the mirror.
(a) in front of (b) instead of
(c) on behalf of (d) in order to
Answer: (a)
2287. A person is known by the _____ he keeps
(a)vehicle (b) company
(c) house (d) dress
Answer: (b)
2288. He poured water ______ the basin.
(a)in (b) to
(c) on (d) into
Answer: (d)
2289. Choose the word opposite in meaning to PROFUSION :
(a)Ample (b) Dearth
(c) Plethora (d) Excess
Answer: (b)
2290. Once she was poor, so she knows what ______ is like.
(a)fortune (b) poverty
(c) money (d) world
Answer: (b)
2291. The stars ____ us light.
(a)are giving (b) is giving
(c) give (d) gives
Answer: (c)
2292. Select the correct sentence:
(a)The children are played with their toys
(b) The children were played with their toys
(c) The children is playing with their toys
(d) The children are playing with their toys
Answer: (d)
2293. Stage between boyhood and youth:
(a)Puberty (b) Adolescence
(c) Maturity (d) Infancy
Answer: (b)
2294. A feather in the cap means:
(a)A distinctive achievement(b) A provocative action
(c) An act of cowardice(d) A false step
Answer: (a)
2295. Wet blanket means:
(a) Enthusiastic person (b) Person with leadership qualities
(c) Boring person (d) An angry person
Answer: (c)
2296. Idiomatic expression that means something considered as worthless because one cannot get it :
(a) Hard nut to crack (b) Sour grapes
(c) Black sheep (d)Dark horse
Answer: (b)
2297. A likeness of anything so exaggerated or distorted as to cause amusement or ridicule:
(a) Caricature (b) Cartoon
(c) Mimicry (d) Caption
Answer: (a)
2298. Newly acquired freedom is sometimes liable ____ abuse.
(a) in (b) at
(c) to (d) with
Answer: (c)
2299. He tried to _____ smoking but he did not succeed.
(a) give away (b) give on
(c) give in (d) give up
Answer: (d)
2300. Emitting foul smell:
(a) Malodorous (b) Malignant
(c) Malicious (d) Abrogate
Answer: (a)
2301. This is a useful peace of information from ____ honest man.
(a) the (b) a
(c) an (d) none of these
Answer: (c)
2302. He takes delight ___ his studies.
(a) about (b) in
(c) to (d) of
Answer: (b)
2303. The meaning of BENEVOLENCE :
(a) Kindness (b) Overhead
(c) Cruelty (d) Uphold
Answer: (a)
2304. One who is present everywhere:
(a) Omnipotent (b) Omniscient
(c) Omnivorous (d) Omnipresent
Answer: (d)
2305. The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions or influences.
(a) Agriculture (b) Superstitions
(c) Fluent (d) Environment
Answer: (d)
2306. The finger ____ to bleed as soon as he ____himself.
(a) Began, cuts (b) will begin, cut
(c) began, cut (d) begins, cuts
Answer: (c)
2307. To please one by praising:
(a)Reputation (b) Fawn
(c) Redeem (d) Glorious
Answer: (b)
2308. What ____ you_____ when I knocked at the door.
(a)were, doing (b) have, done
(c) do, do (d) will, do
Answer: (a)
2309. The opposite of the word Cheap is:
(a) Uncheap (b) Dear
(c) Rare (d) Unavailable
Answer: (b)
2310. My brother is good ____ boxing.
(a) in (b) with
(c) at (d) about
Answer: (c)
2311. He enquired ____ my health:
(a) for (b) after
(c) into (d) of
Answer: (c)
2312. A large scale departure of people:
(a) Migration (b) Immigration
(c) Retreat (d) Exodus
Answer: (d)
2313. If I know his address I ______.
(a)will give it to you (b) would give it to you
(c) would have given it to you (d) would be giving it you
Answer: (a)
2314. A man who dances to the tunes of his wife:
(a) Henpecked (b) Effeminate
(c) Slave (d) Chum
Answer: (a)
2315. Constituting number twelve in a sequence:
(a) Twelth (b) Twelfth
(c) Twelveth (d) Twelvth
Answer: (b)
2316. Let off means:
(a)Allow (b) Extinguish
(c) To excuse from penalty (d) Start
Answer: (c)
2317. Which word is same in meaning as the word fight ?
(a)Gush (b) Expel
(c) Fray (d) Knot
Answer: (c)
2318.We shall drive if the roads are _____.
(a)Clear (b) Clearly
(c) Clearing (d) Clarify
Answer: (a)
2319. I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed _____ than usual.
(a) early (b) earliest
(c) earlier (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
2320. Give vent to means:
(a)To express one s feelings openly (b) To retire from job
(c) To give money (d) To support
Answer: (a)
2321. The play was so _____ that the audience laughed all through it.
(a)ludicrous (b) ludicroose
(c) ludicruous (d) ludecrous
Answer: (a)
2322. The past participle of rise is:
(a)rise (b) risen
(c) rose (d) rised
Answer: (b)
2323. Which word is wrongly spelt?
(a)Flopy (b) Flossy
(c) Floridly (d) Fluently
Answer: (a)
2324. The word Banal means:
(a)Common place (b) Noisy
(c) Happy (d) Annoying
Answer: (a)
2325. Demeanour means:
(a)Dignity (b) Behaviour
(c) Insult (d) Worry
Answer: (b)
2326. Select the word which meaning
‘small branch’:
(a) Bit (b) Stick
(c) Twig (d) Log
Answer: (c)
2327. The book is not only interesting but also _____.
(a) intruding (b) intrinsic
(c) endearing (d) instructive
Answer: (d)
2328. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word ‘IMMUNITY’:
(a) Disinclination (b) Freedom
(c) Protection (d) Apathy
Answer: (c)
2329. Find the word that is wrongly spelt:
(a) Courageous (b) Encourage
(c) Vicious (d) Majistrate
Answer: (d)
2330. The word which is nearest in meaning to the word ‘illustrious’:
(a) Splendid (b) Outstanding
(c) Famous (d) Powerful
Answer: (c)
2331. Everybody is happy, ____?
(a) is they (b) are they
(c) isn’t they (d) aren’t they
Answer: (d)
2332. I have never met Osama Bin Laden ____ do I want to. (negative conjunction):
(a) nor (b) neither
(c) or (d) either
Answer: (a)
2333. The past participle form of ‘throw’:
(a) Throwed (b) Threw
(c) Throw (d) Thrown
Answer: (d)
2334. ‘Faux pas’ means:
(a) False step (b) A meeting
(c) Free of charge (d) In reality
Answer: (a)
2335. ‘Ingenious’ means:
(a) Foolish (b) Mismanaged
(c) Clever (d) Cowardly
Answer: (c)
2336. I am thinking of ____my parents.
(a) to visit (b) visit
(c) visiting (d) visited
Answer: (c)
2337. A person of much or varied learning:
(a) Truant (b) Pedant
(c) Polyglot (d) Polymath
Answer: (d)
2338. ‘A square deal’ means:
(a) A good bargain \
(b) A hidden enemy
(c) Unfounded suspicion
(d) A strange person
Answer: (a)
2339. If I ___ a lot of money, I would travel round the world.
(a) have (b) had
(c) am having (d) would have
Answer: (b)
2340. Things haven’t changed ____ over the past few decades.
(a) much (b) more
(c) many (d) few
Answer: (a)
2341. The meaning of ‘Physique’:
(a) Medicine (b) Related to physics
(c) Bodily structure (d)Financial status
Answer: (c)
2342. He is regarded as Manager’s right hand man. (Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase underlined)
(a) Good follower (b) Close relative
(c) Most efficient assistant (d) Psychopath
Answer: (c)
2343. Which is nearly opposite in meaning to the word ‘Deterioration’?
(a) Revision (b) Improvement
(c) Reformation (d) Amendment
Answer: (b)
2344. If we have faith in ___ Almighty everything will turn out to be all right.
(a) a (b) an
(c) the (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
2345. ‘Dainty’ means:
(a) Refined (b) Groom
(c) Trap (d) Alien
Answer: (a)
2346. The function was organised by the Department of tourism, the first batch of the French tourists were accorded ___ rousing reception.
(a) an (b) a
(c) the (d) some
Answer: (b)
2347. Science is the study of cause and _____.
(a) effort (b) event
(c) experience (d) effect
Answer: (d)
2348. He _____ Rs.1000 out of the bank every Sunday.
(a) extracts (b) pulls
(c) draws (d) obtains
Answer: (c)
2349. I shall take revenge ___ you.
(a) in (b) on
(c) to (d) into
Answer: (b)
2350. One of the students ____ lost his pen.
(a) have (b) is
(c) has (d) was
Answer: (c)
2351. The children have gone on a picnic with _____ parents.
(a) his (b) her
(c) its (d) their
Answer: (d)
2352. He is taller than his brother ___ three inches.
(a) at (b) in
(c) to (d) by
Answer: (d)
2353. An error which implies the misplacing of persons or events in time:
(a) Analogy (b) Synchronisation
(c) Anachronism (d) Anarchy
Answer: (c)
2354. ‘To call a spade a spade’ means:
(a) To speak frankly (b) To speak secretly
(c) Speak loudly (d) Speak confidently
Answer: (a)
2355. A place where one lives permanently:
(a) Mansion (b) Sedentary
(c) Utopia (d) Domicile
Answer: (d)
2356. Which is opposite in meaning to
‘DESPISE’?
(a) Appease (b) Flatter
(c) Admire (d) Appreciate
Answer: (c)
2357. I am _____ of success in the University examination.
(a) confidant (b) confident
(c) conform (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
2358. How can I atone ____ my misdeeds?
(a) for (b) to
(c) on (d) in
Answer: (a)
2359. The home of Gypsy:
(a) Caravan (b) Palace
(c) Den (d) Asylum
Answer: (a)
2360. ‘Altercation’ means:
(a) One by one (b) Change
(c) Final (d) Quarrel
Answer: (d)
2361. A great number of people ____ come to visit the exhibition.
(a) was (b) were
(c) has (d) have
Answer: (d)
2362. The father breathed his last before the return of his _____ son.
(a) Prodigal (b) Prodigy
(c) prodigious (d)None of these
Answer: (a)
2363. I shall do it _____ pleasure.
(a) in (b) at
(c) by (d) with
Answer: (d)
2364. ‘Per se’ means:
(a) In itself (b) Per day
(c) Per year (d) In proportion
Answer: (a)
2365. Find out which part of the sentence has an error?
(a) By the time I
(b) reached the railway station
(c) the train has been leaving
(d) No error
Answer: (c)
2366. His statement was tantamount _____ a confession.
(a) to (b) from
(c) for (d) because
Answer: (a)
2367. It’s the early bird that catches the_____.
(a) flower (b) worm
(c) food (d) enemy
Answer: (b)
2368. To cause troops etc to spread out in readiness for battle:
(a) Collocate (b) Disperse
(c) Align (d) Deploy
Answer: (d)
2369. Before they got into the bus, all the seats ____ occupied.
(a) were (b) have been
(c) would have been (d) had been
Answer: (d)
2370. Person who rules without consulting the opinion of others.
(a) Autocrat (b) Democrat
(c) Fanatic (d) Bureaucrat
Answer: (a)
2371. Unemployment is a _____ problem.
(a) reluctant (b) despite
(c) burning (d) agony
Answer: (c)
2372. ‘Hue and cry’ means:
(a) With all the power
(b) Loud and persistent outcry from many people
(c) A useless cry
(d) Indefinitely
Answer: (b)
2373. Find out the meaning of the word ‘DWINDLE’ from the alternatives given below:
(a) Blow (b) Inhabit
(c)Spin (d) Lessen
Answer: (d)
2374. Our path is beset ____ difficulties.
(a) with (b) at
(c) by (d) for
Answer: (a)
2375. Pick out the correctly spelt word:
(a) Abbreviation (b) Abreviation
(c) Abbriviation (d) Abreviation
Answer: (a)
2376. ‘Post mortem’ means:
(a) after death (b) operation
(c) surgical investigation
(d) medical check up
Answer: (a)
2377. I_____ the boy from the deep well.
(a) escaped (b) saved
(c) am escaped (d) am saved
Answer: (b)
2378. The killing of one human being by another:
(a) Suicide (b) Regicide
(c) Homicide (d) Patricide
Answer: (c)
2379. Medical study of skin and its diseases:
(a) Dermatology (b) Ophthalmology
(c) Orthopaedics (d) Orthography
Answer: (a)
2380. I am angry, _____ ?
(a) am I (b) aren’t I
(c) Isn’t it (d) wasn’t it
Answer: (b)
2381. You pose as if you _____ the master of this house:
(a) is (b) has
(c) were (d) have
Answer: (c)
2382. Which one of the following is a correct plural form?
(a) sisters in law (b) sister in law
(c) sister in laws (d) sisters in laws
Answer: (a)
2383. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘Brief’:
(a)Limited (b) Small
(c) Little (d) Short
Answer: (d)
2384. Pick the correctly spelt word:
(a) Exaggerate (b) Exagerate
(c) Exeggerate (d) Exegerate
Answer: (a)
2385. Choose the opposite of ‘Debit’:
(a)Loan (b) Advance
(c) Credit (d) Deposit
Answer: (c)
2386. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘Vindicate’:
(a) Open (b) Ventilate
(c) Justify (d) Recommend
Answer: (c)
2387. He is indifferent alike ____ praise and blame:
(a)in (b) for
(c) about (d) to
Answer: (d)
2388. A secret agent on a specific mission:
(a) Hedonist (b) Ambassador
(c) Emissary (d) Prodigal
Answer: (c)
2389. The synonym of ‘frugal’:
(a)Strong (b) Stingy
(c) Tranquil (d) Extravagant
Answer: (b)
2390. The snake crept into a _____..
(a) whole (b) holl
(c) howl (d) hole
Answer: (d)
2391. _____ do you get up in the morning?
(a) At what (b) When
(c) What (d) Were
Answer: (b)
2392. Rumours _____ very fast.
(a) spread (b) spred
(c) widespread (d) spreads
Answer: (a)
2393. Ten kilograms of rice _____ over two hundred rupees.
(a) costs (b) coast
(c) coasts (d) cost
Answer: (a)
2394. Monkeys enjoy _____ on the branches of tree.
(a) swings (b) swinging
(c) swing (d) Swung
Answer: (b)
2395. Don’t put your feet _____ the table.
(a)on (b) in
(c) at (d) over
Answer: (a)
2396. The union and management have been _____ ever since the management proposed issuing new contracts.
(a)at loggerheads (b) at cross purposes
(c) get in touch (d) fighting a losing battle
Answer: (a)
2397. The object in the sentence ‘I must get my shoes mended’ is:
(a) must (b) get
(c) my shoes (d) mended
Answer: (c)
2398. Dribble (Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning):
(a) Speak fluently (b) Wet
(c) Leak (d) Flow in drops
Answer: (d)
2399. The synonym of ‘Dextrous’’/Dexterous:
(a) Skilful (b) Heavy
(c) Huge (d) Stupid
Answer: (a)
2400. Our examination (be) over next week (Supply the correct form of the verb):
(a) are (b) is
(c) were (d) will be
Answer: (d)
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