English MCQs
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Identify the proper meaning of the underlined idiom in- 'Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace became a wild goose chase.'
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C: Useless action
When you have to do a research paper for Biology, for instance, you have to - all the specialized books your teacher suggests.
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D: go into
I took the old card ---- the computer and put --- the new.
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B: out of/into
The player's popularity has given him a great deal of (credit to enhance his speculative capacity) with the owners of the team.
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B: advancement
(Choose the best pair of analogy) CYGNET:SWAN::?
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D: KID:GOAT
COMIC
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B: TRAGIC
DUCTILE
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C: STFF
Lumberjack:Axe::chef
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D: Colander
AFTER: BEFORE
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B: Successor:Predecessor
He has many friend, but ___are good ones
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B: few
Unable to attend the reunion , Tanjilla could enjoy it only in a ____ fashion, through the photographs taken there.
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C: vicarious
The possibility of exapropation was believed to be unlikely in the near due to the lack of mining technology and capital availanle in this small South American country
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D: because of the lack mining technology and there was no
We find it difficult to tranlate a foregin text litrally because we cannot capture the _____of the original passage exactly
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C: connotations
"Get one's goat means-"
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B: To irrigate someone
The governor's imposition of martial law on the once peaceful community was the last straw, so far the lawmaker were concerned: The legislature refused to function until mariner law was____
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D: rescinded
"Turns head " means-
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C: Too Pleased
Your performance at work is not exactly -----
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B: pushing the envelope
Engender:Produce::Reduction:?
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C: Deplete
When the judge entered the bailiff ---- to greet him. A ----------- by any other name smells just as sweet.
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D: sweet pie
(Make meaningful sentences using the following jumbles) A flawless half moon---- P. perfect blue sky Q. floated in a R. our goodbyes S. on the morning we said
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D: QPSR|
Although he is sitting for the exam this year, I get the feeling, he is -----.
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C: not playing with a full deck
(Identify an appropriate substitution) After the sepoy revolt of 1857, the Queen decided to grant a general pardon to all soldiers involved in the mutiny except a few who had played pivotal roles.
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D: Amnesty
(Make meaningful sentences using the following jumbles) Thomas Alva Edison ------ P. influenced life around the world, including Q. developed devices that greatly R. phonograph, motion picture camera S. and the electric light bulb
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B: QPRS
Improve the Brackets part of the sentences: (In case of sporting events) our employees are allowed to watch the matches during breaks and we have even designed a game format where employees submit their predictions.
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D: no improvement required
Latoya strongly dislikes boastful people. She detests anyone who brags about personal accomplishments or possessions. How is the second sentence related to the first?
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D: It clarifies the first sentence.
The existence of civilized communities, however, is impossible without some element of force, since ambitions who, if unchecked, would soon cause a reversion to anarchy and barbarism. Where force is unavoidable, it should be exerted by the constituted authority in accordance with the will of the community as expressed in the criminal law. The author of passage probably assumes that-
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C: existence of civilization is synonymous with use of force
GUMTION
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D: SAGACITY
Vaunt Boast::Skewer?
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B: Criticize
INCUBENT:OFFICE
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C: Jailer:Cell
Only hard working students will succeed. Only --------
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B: those students who will work hard wil succeed
I took the old card____ ___the computer and put___ the new one.
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B: out of----into
Akbar had been fully cured ____the chronic pain in his legs.
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D: of
Unless they reverse present politices immdiatley the world may suffer permant damage from the unregulated use of pesticides
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C: A & B both
If the wind in a tropical depression exceeds this speed, it is ----- to a this speed, it is ----- to a 'tropical storm' and ---- a personal name.
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C: efficient, subsidy
The rich should not look down ----- the poor.
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D: upon
The difference between Leibniz and Schopenhauer is that The former is optimistic the latter pessimistic
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A: the former is optimistic; the latter pessimistic
There are now many kinds of dictionaries such as a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms a biographical dictionary and a geographical dictionary with pronunciations given.
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A: with pronunciations given
`(Change the speech) The traveller enquired of the potter if he could tell him the way to the nearest inn.
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B: The traveller said to the potter, "Can you tell me the way to the nearest inn?"
The method suggested in the lecture enables a student to learn more quickly and to have remembered for a longer period of time.
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C: and to have remembered for a longer period of time
The rain poured down in sheets against the window. roberto could not see anything outside. How are the two sentences related?
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C: The first sentence establishes the cause of the second
If the wind in a tropical depression exceeds this speed, it is ---- to a 'tropical storm' and ---- a persona name.
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C: upgraded, assigned
[Identify an appropriate substitution] He was guilty of (rudeness that could not be tolerated)-
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B: intolerable rudeness
[Identify an appropriate substitution] A speech delivered without any prior preparation ------.
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D: Extempore
[Identify an appropriate substitution] Being stuck on road for traffic jam daniel lost his patience and proceeded to -----.
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C: read the riot act
[Choose the best option to make a pair matching the pair given on the left in the following questions] Ballast:Stability, Asylum:?
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A: Refuge
As a fearless -----, he always inspired confidence in his goalkeeper. The party shall win if you ---- my candidature.
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A: prop
[Choose the best option to make a pair matching the pair given on the left in the following questions] Flood: Famine :: Starvation:?
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A: Malnutrition
I would like to ----- your attention to the last paragraph of my essay ----- to the terms of sale of the goods.
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B: draw, pertaining
Gabriel was charged ----- treason.
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C: of
The world was ----- to the happenings in Syria, Ameraca's political class was ----- by the attacks.
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D: glued, devastated