Tuesday 12 January 2016

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

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