General English - Questions & Answers - 17

241. The chief guest _____ the prizes to the winner.

(a) gave up (b) gave away

(c) gave out (d) gave in

Answer: (b)

242. ____  attention to what I am saying.

(a)Give (b) Pay (c) Bring (d) None of these

Answer: (b)

243. ____ is he up to?

(a) who  (b) how  (c) which    (d) what

Answer: (d)

244. Changing one’s mind too quickly.

(a) Adaptability (b) Instability

(c) Versatility (d) Vacillation

Answer: (d)

245. Complete the proverb : _____a day keeps the doctor away

(a) An orange (b) An apple

(c) A banana (d) A pineapple

Answer: (b)

246. The use of more words than are required to express an idea:

(a) Pleonasm (b) Verbatim

(c) Ventriloquism   (d) Circumlocution

Answer: (a)

247. 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)

248. Christ _____ his crucifiers. (Use the correct form of ‘FORGIVE’):

(a) forgive (b) was forgiven

(c) forgave (d)  was forgiving

Answer: (c)

249. Complete the proverb: chain is only as strong as its ______.

(a) strongest link (b) weakest link

(c) manufacturer (d) blacksmith

Answer: (b)

250.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)

251.Find the  correctly spelt word:

(a) Hammer (b) Hammar

(c) Hamar (d) Hamer

Answer: (a)

252. Government by priests:

(a) Oligarchy (b) Stratocracy

(c) Plutocracy (d) Theocracy

Answer: (d)

253.The exercise was written by me ____  a

Parker pen.

(a) in (b) by (c) with (d)  for

Answer: (c)

254.Everyday last week my sister ____ a plate.

(a) was breaking (b) breaks

(c) broke (d) will be broken

Answer: (c)

255.They protested ——— the new tax .

(a) against (b) from (c) in (d) for

Answer: (a)
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