General English - Questions & Answers - 45

676. A woman who is in charge of nursing and domestic arrangement in a hospital:

(a) Maid (b) Warden

(c) Matron (d) Midwife

Answer: (c)

677. Raju bought ____ flowers to decorate the hall.

(a) flocks of (b) heaps of

(c) bunches of (d) clumps of

Answer: (c)

678. Which word is correctly spelt?

(a) Traverse (b) Traverce

(c) Traverze (d) Traverrse

Answer: (a)

679. _____ is a very good form of exercise.

(a) Running (b) The run

(c) To run (d) Is running

Answer: (a)

680. He is always ____ in replying the letters.

(a) fast (b) swift

(c) immediate (d)  prompt

Answer: (d)

681. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘ENMITY’:

(a) Important (b) Unnecessary

(c) Friendship (d) Likeness

Answer: (c)

682. Rajiv Gandhi _____ Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister.

(a) acceded (b) receded

(c) exceeded (d) succeeded

Answer: (d)

683. Woman who trained  to help other women in child birth:

(a) Matron (b) Midwife

(c) Nurse (d) Concubine

Answer: (b)

684. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘RESERVED’:

(a) Popular (b) Companionable

(c) Likeable (d) Talkative

Answer: (d)

685. Arbiter means:

(a) Priest (b) Despot

(c) Very bitter (d)  Appointed by two parties to settle a dispute

Answer: (d)

686. Point out the nearest antonym of the word

‘Nominal’:

(a) Minimal (b) Exorbitant

(c) Large (d)  Costly

Answer: (b)

687. I expect my friend ____ the third of next month.

(a) from   (b) in  (c) by (d)  at

Answer: (c)

688. Choose the correctly spelt word:

(a) Ineligible (b) Inelligibal

(c) Inelligible (d) Inegibil

Answer: (a)

689. Two dozen oranges ____ only twenty rupees.

(a) cost (b) costing

(c) costs (d) costed

Answer: (a)

690. I met a lot of people ____ my stay in New York.

(a) at   (b) by  (c) during  (d) till

Answer: (c)

691. Substance that prevents putrefaction:

(a) Antidote (b) Antiseptic

(c) Antonym (d) Anaemic

Answer: (b)

692. I dislike ____ to my house.

(a) his coming (b) he coming

(c) him coming (d) None of these

Answer: (a)

693. He ____ reply to your letter as soon as possible.

(a) has (b) could

(c) has been (d)  will

Answer: (d)

694. When I opened the envelope, I was delighted to find a cheque ___ Rs.1000.

(a) by   (b) at  (c) in   (d) for

Answer: (d)

695. Students looked very bored _____ the lesson.

(a) while (b) for

(c) during (d)  None of these

Answer: (c)

696. The river divides the city ____ two parts.

(a) with (b) by

(c) between (d) into

Answer: (d)

697. Nobody believed Smitha at first but he ____ to be right.

(a) came out (b) turned out

(c) worked out (d) carried out

Answer: (b)

698. Money isn’t the solution ____ every problem.

(a) to   (b) with   (c) in   (d) by

Answer: (a)

699. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool:

(a) Imbecility (b) Senility

(c) Dotage (d) Superannuation

Answer: (c)

700. Select the correctly spelt word:

(a) Disiplin (b) Discipline

(c) Disciplin (d) Dissipline

Answer: (b)
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