General English - Questions & Answers - 8
1051. Select the word which is similar in meaning to ‘MAGNITUDE’:
(a) Direction (b) Weight
(c) Ability (d) Extent
Answer: (d)
1052. You used to work here, _____?
(a) didn’t you (b) did you
(c) do you (d) are you
Answer: (a)
1053. Which is nearly opposite in meaning to the word ‘Boon’:
(a) Curse (b) Blemish
(c) Trouble (d) Misfortune
Answer: (a)
1054. The president gave a long speech. She spoke _____ two hours.
(a) while (b) for (c) during (d) when
Answer: (b)
1055. The meaning of ‘Prospective’:
(a) View (b) Vision
(c) Concerned with future (d) Curriculum
Answer: (c)
1056. The sound made by cattle:
(a) Low (b) Yelp
(c) Howl (d) Trumpet
Answer: (a)
1057. All the respondents should express their ____ views in this questionnaire.
(a) convenient (b) confident
(c) candid (d) favourable
Answer: (c)
1058. The word ‘Platonic’ means:
(a) Idealistic (b) Immoral
(c) Untidy (d) Impure
Answer: (a)
1059. There was no means of conveyance. So we ____ to walk.
(a) must (b) will (c) had to (d) may
Answer: (c)
1060. Colt is the young one of a:
(a) Cat (b) Horse
(c) Tiger (d) Goat
Answer: (b)
1061. I decided not to go ___ car. I went ___ my bike instead.
(a) by,by (b) on,on
(c) on,by (d) by,on
Answer: (d)
1062. His academic performance should be taken into account. Replace the underlined word with a suitable option.
(a) concerned (b) considered
(c) preferred (d) checked
Answer: (b)
1063. The river ____ (flow) very fast today- much faster than usual:(Use the correct form of the verb given)
(a) flow (b) flows
(c) is flowing (d) flown
Answer: (c)
1064. He’s lazy. He never does _____ work.
(a) no (b) any
(c) some (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1065. The plane was badly damaged ____ lighting.
(a) in (b) on (c) with (d) by
Answer: (d)
1066. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘SORROW’:
(a) Grief (b) Pain
(c) Misery (d) Regret
Answer: (a)
1067. He was exempted ___ fine.
(a) to (b) of (c) from (d) with
Answer: (c)
1068. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘GATHER’:
(a) Throw (b) Spread
(c) Scatter (d) Stretch
Answer: (c)
1069. Yesterday Manu ____ college early to receive his parents at the airport.
(a) absented (b) left
(c) departed (d) went
Answer: (b)
1070. Which is not a synonym of ‘Applaud’?
(a) Acclaim (b) Cheer
(c) Praise (d) Censure
Answer: (d)
1071. Here is a book on Japan. It gives a lot of _____ about the Japanese.
(a) development (b) enjoyment
(c) information (d) growth
Answer: (c)
1072. The need of ___ hour is national unity.
(a) a (b) an (c) the (d) No article
Answer: (c)
1073. The synonym of ‘Flippant’:
(a) Quick (b) Disrespectful
(c) Informal (d) Amusing
Answer: (b)
1074. When did you ____ the picture?
(a) saw (b) sees (c) to see (d) see
Answer: (d)
1075. We enjoyed our holiday, but we were a bit disappointed ____ the hotel.
(a) at (b) in (c) with (d) of
Answer: (c)
1076. Find out the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Pleasant (b) Extremly
(c) Credibility (d) Assurance
Answer: (b)
1077. Which is nearly opposite in meaning to the word ‘Illusionary’?
(a) Imaginary (b) Deceptive
(c) Certain (d) Real
Answer: (d)
1078. Nobody asked for me, ___?
(a) did they (b) didn’t they
(c) do they (d) does they
Answer: (a)
1079. We always have the same food everyday. I’m fed up ____ it.
(a) with (b) by (c) on (d) of
Answer: (a)
1080. ‘Imprudent’ means:
(a) Disrespectful (b) Unwise
(c) Poor (d) Envious
Answer: (b)
1081. She told____ me an interesting story.
(a) to (b) by
(c) with (d) no preposition needed
Answer: (d)
1082. The sound made by jackals:
(a) Howl (b) Bray
(c) Low (d) Trumpet
Answer: (a)
1083. ‘To bring to book’ means:
(a) To praise (b) Confused
(c) To punish (d) To suspect
Answer: (c)
1084. The ship waited till the storm ____ before sailing out to sea.
(a) evaporated (b) consolidated
(c) abated (d) normalized
Answer: (c)
1085. The boy was unwilling to part ____his toys.
(a) for (b) at (c) on (d) with
Answer: (d)
1086. ‘Eulogistic’ is the antonym of:
(a) Critical (b) Cowardly
(c) Affluent (d) Logistic
Answer: (a)
1087. The firm progressed ______
(a) ways and means (b) heart and soul
(c) hue and cry (d) by leaps and bounds
Answer: (d)
1088. The opposite of the word ‘Arrogant’:
(a) Flexible (b) Proud
(c) Polite (d) Humble
Answer: (d)
1089. John usually goes to work ____ bus.
(a) by (b) in (c) on (d) with
Answer: (a)
1090. She proved herself very ____ in Chess.
(a) adopt (b) adapt
(c) adept (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1091. The word ‘ecstasy’ means:
(a) Great sorrow (b) Great happiness
(c) Hope (d) Faith
Answer: (b)
1092. A speech delivered without any previous preparation:
(a) Extempore (b) Maiden
(c) Prologue (d) Spinster
Answer: (a)
1093. If dogs bark; then sparrows ___.
(a) scream (b) talk
(c) twitter (d) roar
Answer: (c)
1094. A person who hates the institution of marriage:
(a) Misogynist (b) Misologist
(c) Misogamist (d) Misnomer
Answer: (c)
1095. The opposite of ‘Attach’:
(a) Abstract (b) Detach
(c) Attend (d) Match
Answer: (b)
1096. If they really tried, they _____ the prize.
(a) will win (b) can win
(c) could win (d) could have won
Answer: (c)
1097. ‘Diffident’ best means:
(a) not confident (b) difficult
(c) different (d) bold
Answer: (a)
1098. I shall be there _____ 4p.m. on Friday.
(a) on (b) in (c) at (d) upon
Answer: (c)
1099. The idiom ‘to blow one’s own trumpet’ means:
(a) to give up music
(b) to shout at somebody
(c) to sing one’s own praises
(d) to be very ambitious
Answer: (c)
1100. The house is ___the lake.
(a) besides (b) beside
(c) there (d) between
Answer: (b)
1101. ‘To take to heart’ means:
(a) To be encouraged (b) To grieve over
(c) To like (d) To hate
Answer: (b)
1102. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Diologue (b) Scissors
(c) Giraff (d) Humourous
Answer: (b)
1103. ‘Virtous’ means:
(a) Unreal (b) Real
(c) Morally good (d) Sudden
Answer: (c)
1104. You can rely ____ Divya. She always keeps her promises.
(a) with (b) by (c) at (d) on
Answer: (d)
1105. There is no doubt, ____?
(a) isn’t there (b) is there
(c) was there (d) wasn’t there
Answer: (b)
1106. The meaning of ‘Sanitise’:
(a) Pleasant (b) Disinfect
(c) Pious (d) Crazy
Answer: (b)
1107. ‘To be above board’ means:
(a) to have a good height (b) to be honest in any business deal
(c) to have no doubts (d) try to be beautiful
Answer: (b)
1108. All of us must endeavour to____ the miseries of poor.
(a) augment (b) elaborate
(c) discourage (d) mitigate
Answer: (d)
1109. Lack of enough blood:
(a) Allergy (b) Anaemia
(c)Insomnia (d) Amnesia
Answer: (b)
1110. If you run away from justice or law, you are called a____.
(a) Cynic (b) Murderer
(c) Usurer (d) Fugitive
Answer: (d)
1111. The sound made by monkeys:
(a) Chatter (b) Grunt
(c) Bray (d) Yelp
Answer: (a)
1112. ‘To be at sea’ means:
(a) To punish (b) ill feeling
(c) cause of dispute (d) Confused
Answer: (d)
1113. A bad workman blames his _____.
(a) stars (b) tools (c) master (d) wife
Answer: (b)
1114. The noun form of ‘applaud’:
(a) Applause (b) Applandment
(c) Application (d) Appliancee
Answer: (a)
1115. The man became nervous because it was the first speech delivered by him. Select the one word for the words underlined:
(a) Maiden (b) Matin
(c) Malign (d) Manacle
Answer: (a)
1116. Nobody was flirting with my boyfriend, _______?
(a) were they (b) was they
(c) wasn’t they (d) aren’t they
Answer: (a)
1117. Paris is ____ the river Seine.
(a) at (b) in (c) on (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
1118. ‘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)
1119. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘MAMMOTH’:
(a) Quiet (b) Significant
(c) Huge (d) Small
Answer: (d)
1120. West Bengal ____ plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.
(a) misses (b) receives
(c) regrets (d) expects
Answer: (b)
1121. What would you like to drink _____ your meal?
(a) at (b) by
(c) with (d) about
Answer: (c)
1122. A block of residential flats ___ coming up near our house.
(a) are (b) is
(c) have been (d) have
Answer: (b)
1123. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘EMULATE’:
(a) Echo (b) Mimick
(c) Imitate (d) Simulate
Answer: (c)
1124.Treatment by means of exercise and massage:
(a) Chemotherapy (b) Psychotherapy
(c) Hydrotherapy (d) Physiotherapy
Answer: (d)
1125. It was nice ____ Anitha to let us stay in her flat.
(a) of (b) in (c) with (d) by
Answer: (a)
1126. The weather has turned very _____
(a) warmly (b) warm
(c) warmth (d) warmful
Answer: (b)
1127. Policemen riding on motor cycles as guards to a VIP:
(a) Outriders (b) Servants
(c) Commandos (d) Attendants
Answer: (a)
1128. The antonym of ‘Professional’:
(a) Amateur (b) Tradesman
(c) Labour (d) Customer
Answer: (a)
1129. The meaning of ‘Rivalled’:
(a) Hatred (b) Revised
(c) Competed (d) Contradicted
Answer: (c)
1130. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) Envirenment (b) Enveronment
(c) Environment (d) Environmant
Answer: (c)
1131. He _____ students to make use of their leisure time fully in the reconstruction of rural India:
(a) exhorted (b) acclaimed
(c) projected (d) ridiculed
Answer: (a)
1132. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Fution (b) Fusion
(c) Feusion (d) Fussion
Answer: (b)
1133. The meaning of ‘ Veracity’:
(a) Greediness (b) Speed
(c) Truthfulness (d) Commitment
Answer: (c)
1134. The king as well as his courtiers ____ hanged to death.
(a) are (b) was (c) were (d) have
Answer: (b)
1135. Necessity is the mother of_____.
(a) credit (b) invention
(c) borrowing (d) robbery
Answer: (b)
1136. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘CANDID’:
(a) Sweet (b) Dishonest
(c) Frank (d) Able
Answer: (c)
1137. The word meaning ‘tolerate’ is:
(a) endure (b) enormous
(c) eternal (d) emphasise
Answer: (a)
1138. I shall go there ____ you like it or not.
(a) if (b) but
(c) before (d) whether
Answer: (d)
1139. One who speaks less:
(a) Intestate (b) Reticent
(c) Fatalist (d) Veteran
Answer: (b)
1140. We are driving ____ a tunnel.
(a) beyond (b) above
(c) through (d) in between
Answer: (c)
1141. The opposite of ‘Wholesale’:
(a) Retail (b) Factory
(c) Profit (d) Cheap
Answer: (a)
1142. I am content ___ what I have.
(a) for (b) with (c) to (d) in
Answer: (b)
1143. Synonym for the word ‘Impertinent’:
(a) Thoughtless (b) Irritable
(c) Impudent (d) Sceptical
Answer: (c)
1144. Which means ‘dead lock’?
(a) En masse (b) En route
(c) Magnum opus (d) Impasse
Answer: (d)
1145. One who goes on foot:
(a) Pedant (b) Vendor
(c) Pedestrian (d) Truant
Answer: (c)
1146. Arun was very helpful. I thanked ___ him ___ everything he had done.
(a) to, for (b) No preposition, for
(c) to, by (d) for, to
Answer: (b)
1147. Tending to move away from the centre or axis:
(a) Centripetal (b) Awry
(c) Axiomatic (d) Centrifugal
Answer: (d)
1148. ‘Bridle’ means:
(a) Connected with marriage(b) Rein
(c) Fragile (d) Rigid
Answer: (b)
1149. Which is most nearly similar in meaning as the word ‘ADVERSE’:
(a) Favourable (b) Helpful
(c) Conflicting (d) Co-operating
Answer: (c)
1150. Which is most nearly opposite in meaning as the word ‘DEVOTE’:
(a) Assign (b) Allot
(c) Apply (d) Desecrate
Answer: (d)
1151. He did nothing but ____.
(a) read (b) reading
(c) to read (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
1152. The policeman on duty asked the boy to stay away from the spot (Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase underlined):
(a) keep on (b) run away
(c) keep away (d) keep up
Answer: (c)
1153. Choose the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Ludicrous (b) Luceed
(c) Lullaby (d) Luggage
Answer: (b)
1154. Would you like ______ wine with your meal?
(a) a lot (b) any (c) some (d) all
Answer: (c)
1155. He was made ____ the room.
(a) leave (b) to leave
(c) left (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1156. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘INDICT’:
(a) Implicate (b) Elude
(c) Manifest (d) Charge
Answer: (d)
1157. Which is the correctly spelt word?
(a)Oilment (b) Oinment
(c) Ointment (d) Oailment
Answer: (c)
1158. To renounce a high position of authoritarian control:
(a) Abduct (b) Abdicate
(c) Abandon (d) Abort
Answer: (b)
1159. We checked ___ the hotel as soon as we arrived.
(a) into (b) in (c) on (d) onto
Answer: (a)
1160. If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ____.
(a) drowsy (b) confident
(c) giddy (d) tired
Answer: (d)
1161. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘INVINCIBLE’:
(a) Small (b) Vulnerable
(c) Invisible (d) Reachable
Answer: (b)
1162. Don’t lose patience, things will improve by and by (Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined phrase/idiom):
(a) Gradually (b) Finally
(c) Soon (d) Unexpectedly
Answer: (a)
1163. In Britain we drive ____ the left.
(a) in (b) at (c) on (d) while
Answer: (c)
1164. Familiarity breeds ____
(a) friendship (b) respect
(c) obedience (d) contempt
Answer: (d)
1165. The meaning of ‘DERISION’:
(a) Humiliation (b) Ridicule
(c) Embarrassment (d) Condemnation
Answer: (b)
1166. The meaning of the word ‘Destitute’:
(a) Backward (b) Poor
(c) Resourceless (d) Diseased
Answer: (c)
1167. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Caimpagn (b) Compaign
(c) Campaine (d) Campaign
Answer: (d)
1168. That which cannot be avoided:
(a) Invincible (b) Insatiable
(c) Inimitable (d) Inevitable
Answer: (d)
1169. He has a deep distrust ___ his neighbours.
(a) of (b) with (c) for (d) by
Answer: (a)
1170. ____ Union of domestic servants was formed in Delhi:
(a) An (b) A (c) The (d) No article needed
Answer: (b)
1171. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) Disiplin (b) Discipline
(c) Disciplin (d) Dissipline
Answer: (b)
1172. I have a huge teak tree in my compound, the leaves of ____ are very broad.
(a) whom (b) what
(c) when (d) which
Answer: (d)
1173. In many countries poor children face a grim ____ for existence.
(a) struggle (b) attempt
(c) efforts (d) toil
Answer: (a)
1174. I saw Vijay ___ a concert on Sunday.
(a) at (b) on (c) in (d) to
Answer: (a)
1175. ‘Homage’ means:
(a) Poverty (b) Excessive humility
(c) Respect and reverence (d) Insincere flattery
Answer: (c)
1176. A code of _____.
(a) Stamps (b) stars
(c) sailors (d) laws
Answer: (d)
1177. Extermination of a race or community by mass murder:
(a) Fratricide (b) Genocide
(c) Uxoricide (d) Regicide
Answer: (b)
1178. There was ____ accident as I was going ___ home last night.
(a) a,a (b) an, the (c) an, a
(d) an, no preposition
Answer: (d)
1179. The scenery of Kashmir is worth ____.
(a) to see (b) to be seen
(c) seen (d) seeing
Answer: (d)
1180. We _____ to the station by taxi, because it was raining.
(a) have to go (b) had to go
(c) are going (d) will go
Answer: (b)
1181. Sony’s English is very ____, although she makes quite a lot of mistakes.
(a) complete (b) fluent
(c) nervous (d) careful
Answer: (b)
1182. She has not come yet,____?
(a) has she (b) hasn’t she
(c) is she (d) isn’t she
Answer: (a)
1183. The word opposite in meaning to ‘GLORIOUS’:
(a) Painful (b) Humiliating
(c) Cowardly (d) Sad
Answer: (b)
1184. He believes in the policy of making hay while the sun shines (Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined phrase/idiom):
(a) Giving bribes to get his works done
(b) Seeking advice from one and all
(c) Helping those who help him
(d) Making the best use of a favourable situation
Answer: (d)
1185. Choose the word with incorrect spelling:
(a) Separation (b) Seminar
(c) Emulate (d) Eradicate
Answer: (d)
1186. To talk much without coming to the point:
(a) Verbosity (b) Circumlocution
(c) Garrulous (d) Loquacious
Answer: (b)
1187. The meaning of ‘ALERT’:
(a) Energetic (b) Intelligent
(c) Watchful (d) Observant
Answer: (c)
1188. ‘I ate a banana’ is the active form of:
(a) A banana has eaten by me
(b) I was eaten by a banana
(c) A banana was eaten by me
(d) I had been eaten a banana
Answer: (c)
1189. While I was writing the letter I (hear) a knock on the door (Use the correct form of verb given in bracket):
(a) hearing (b) was hearing
(c) heard (d) had heard
Answer: (c)
1190. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘INNOCENT’:
(a) Corrupt (b) Deadly
(c) Sinful (d) Guilty
Answer: (d)
1191. Point out the nearest antonym of the word ‘Censured’:
(a) Rebuked (b) Condemned
(c) Criticised (d) Complimented
Answer: (d)
1192. I apologised ____ Radha _____ keeping her waiting so long.
(a) to, for (b) with, by
(c) to, in (d) for, to
Answer: (a)
1193. ‘To blaze a trail’ means:
(a) To blow the trumpet (b) To be annoyingly noisy
(c) To initiate work in a movement (d) To be vehemently opposed
Answer: (c)
1194. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘Luminous’:
(a) Delectable (b) Lucid
(c) Distasteful (d) Gloomy
Answer: (d)
1195. The Ganga is _____ rivers in India.
(a) the holiest of all the (b) holiest
(c) the holy (d) the holiest one
Answer: (a)
1196. It’s cold today. Don’t go out _____ a coat.
(a) at (b) by
(c) with (d) without
Answer: (d)
1197. ‘To call it a day’ means:
(a) To initiate proceedings (b) To conclude proceedings
(c) To work throughout the day (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
1198. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘DISCORD’:
(a) Harmony (b) Serenity
(c) Acceptance (d) Placidity
Answer: (a)
1199. The _____ of our civilization from an agricultural society to today’s complex industrial world was accompanied by war.
(a) adjustment (b) migration
(c) metamorphosis (d) route
Answer: (c)
1200. The teacher decided to split the class ___ four groups.
(a) into (b) to (c) at (d) by
Answer: (a)
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