General English - Questions & Answers - 47

726. There was complete peace during his ____.

(a) rain (b) rein

(c) reigne (d) reign

Answer: (d)

727. Teaching is a ____ profession.

(a) respectful (b) respective

(c) respectable (d) respectfully

Answer: (c)

728. A Government by the rich:

(a) Aristocracy (b) Plutocracy

(c) Theocracy (d) Oligarchy

Answer: (b)

729. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word CHARGES:

(a) Income (b) Payment

(c) Fee (d) Profit

Answer: (c)

730. When he was about to be arrested he ___ the police.

(a) went in (b) went for

(c) went to (d)  went by

Answer: (b)

731. Go at once ____ you will be late.

(a) since (b) although

(c) and (d) or

Answer: (d)

732. That which cannot be imitated:

(a) Inevitable (b) Invincible

(c) Inimitable (d) Incapable

Answer: (c)

733. Which is the correctly spelt word?

(a) Succesful (b) Successful

(c) Successfull (d) Succesfull

Answer: (b)

734. Do we have ____ food for a fortnight?

(a) any (b) many

(c) indeed (d) sufficient

Answer: (d)

735.He comes here now and then : The underlined words means:

(a) Frequently  (b) Occasionally

(c) Always (d) Suddenly

Answer: (b)

736. That bag is too heavy for you.  Let me ___ you.

(a) help (b) to help

(c) helping (d)  helped

Answer: (a)

737.That was_____ meal I’ve ever eaten.

(a) the more delicious (b) the delicious

(c) most delicious (d)  the most delicious

Answer: (d)

738.Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of ‘AFFABLE’:

(a) Glum (b) Polite

(c) Reserved (d) Cordial

Answer: (d)

739.A dog barks; a cat ____.

(a) croaks (b) bleats

(c) mews (d) grunts

Answer: (c)

740.The opposite of ‘Appoint’ is:

(a) Disappoint (b) Refuse

(c) Decline (d) Dismiss

Answer: (d)

741. The study of races:

(a) Ethology (b) Ethnology

(c) Etymology (d) Morphology

Answer: (b)

742.All but ____ were present in the station.

(a) I   (b) mine  (c) me (d) I am

Answer: (c)

743.My friend is good at Hindi, but he is weak ___ grammar.

(a) by   (b) at   (c) in   (d) from

Answer: (c)

744.Even the new drug could not cure him ____ his illness.

(a) of   (b) from   (c) in (d) at

Answer: (a)

745. If you think or speak too much of yourself, you are ____

(a) a pedant (b) a glutton

(c) a pacifist (d) an egotist

Answer: (d)

746. Those who are jealous ___ others never get peace in life.

(a) by (b) from

(c) in (d)  of

Answer: (d)

747.____ learning a dangerous thing, says Alexander the Great.

(a) Little (b) Few

(c) A little (d) A few

Answer: (c)

748.The meaning of ‘Erratic’:

(a) Cunning (b) Abnormal

(c) Hardened (d) Deadly

Answer: (b)

749.____ is one who studies the sky and stars.

(a) An astrologer (b) A geologist

(c) An astronomer (d) A prophet

Answer: (c)

750. It’s late.  I must ____ now.

(a) go (b) to go

(c) going (d) gone

Answer: (a)
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