General English - Questions & Answers - 53

876. I don’t mind going ____ car, but I don’t want to go ____ your car.

(a) by,on (b) by,by

(c) by,in (d)  in,by

Answer: (c)

877. The antonym of ‘Knowledge’:

(a) Ignorance (b) Lethargic

(c) Intelligent (d) Scholar

Answer: (a)

878. She could not help ____ tears.

(a) to shed (b) to be shed

(c) shed (d) shedding

Answer: (d)

879. Devote more attention to _____consumers.

(a) a (b) an

(c) the (d)  None of these

Answer: (c)

880. These photographs were taken ____ avery good camera.

(a) by (b) for

(c) to (d) with

Answer: (d)

881. ‘Improvident’ means:

(a) Not likely to happen

(b) Not influenced by others

(c) Not looking to future needs

(d)  Not capable of being excited

Answer: (c)

882. That was the ____ question in the paper.

(a) most difficult (b) more difficult

(c) difficulty (d) difficultest

Answer: (a)

883. ‘Efficacious’ means:

(a) Well adapted

(b) likely to catch fire easily

(c) Producing the desired result

(d)  Spreading by touch

Answer: (c)

884. There are some differences _____ British and American English.

(a) over (b) on

(c) among (d) between

Answer: (d)

885. They were not aware of his magnanimous act. (select the word which conveys almost the same meaning as italicized word)

(a) Generous (b) Charitable

(c) Insulting (d) Magnificent

Answer: (a)

886. Although he was tired, he _____ working.

(a) was going on (b) is going on

(c) went on (d) goes on

Answer: (c)

887. What did you have for ___ break fast?

(a) a (b) the

(c) an            (d)  No word is necessary

Answer: (d)

888. Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘MASK’:

(a) Hit (b) Expose

(c) Injure (d) Deface

Answer: (b)

889. Use the proper form of the word given in bracket: Krishna shows great ___ in his work (sincere):

(a) sincerely (b) sincere

(c) sincerity (d)   None of these

Answer: (c)

890. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘ADVANCE’:

(a) Progress (b) Payment

(c) Retreat (d) Attack

Answer: (a)

891. Since we brought a cat to the house, all the ____ have disappeared.

(a) mouse (b) mouses

(c) mices (d)  mice

Answer: (d)

892. I wanted to lend Rajiv some money, but I hadn’t got ___

(a) any (b) many

(c) none (d) some

Answer: (a)

893. A child of unusual or remarkable talent:

(a) Pedant (b) Prodigy

(c) Scholar (d) Freak

Answer: (b)

894. Which is most nearly similar in meaning as the word ‘DIFFERENCE’?

(a) Uniformity (b) Identity

(c) Variation (d) Agreement

Answer: (c)

895. Which is most nearly opposite in meaning as the word ‘ENDEAVOUR’?

(a) Abandon (b) Try

(c) Assay (d) Strive

Answer: (a)

896. The injured passenger ___ profusely before the ambulance arrived.

(a) bleeded (b) bleed

(c) bleeds (d) bled

Answer: (d)

897. The price of electricity is going up ____ October.

(a) at (b) on

(c) in (d)  to

Answer: (c)

898. Gandhiji was a humble man known for his ____.

(a) kindness    (b) modesty

(c) pleasantness  (d)sweetness

Answer: (b)

899. Choose the wrongly spelt word:

(a) Decametre (b) Hectometre

(c) Milimetre (d) Tonne

Answer: (c)

900. One who cannot die:

(a) Perennial (b) Stable

(c) Perpetual (d) Immortal

Answer: (d)
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