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This section includes 877 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 651. |
That which cannot be called back |
| A. | irresponsible |
| B. | irrevocable |
| C. | irredeemable |
| D. | incalculable |
| Answer» C. irredeemable | |
| 652. |
One who criticises popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise |
| A. | philistine |
| B. | iconoclast |
| C. | imposter |
| D. | cannibal |
| Answer» C. imposter | |
| 653. |
An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct |
| A. | subterfuge |
| B. | manoeuvre |
| C. | stratagem |
| D. | complicity |
| Answer» C. stratagem | |
| 654. |
Impossible to describe |
| A. | miraculous |
| B. | ineffable |
| C. | stupendous |
| D. | appalling |
| Answer» C. stupendous | |
| 655. |
One who breaks the law |
| A. | aggressor |
| B. | politician |
| C. | transgressor |
| D. | pedestrian |
| Answer» D. pedestrian | |
| 656. |
That which cannot be captured |
| A. | unbreakable |
| B. | ungrippable |
| C. | impregnable |
| D. | slippery |
| Answer» C. impregnable | |
| 657. |
An unexpected piece of good fortune |
| A. | windfall |
| B. | philanthropy |
| C. | benevolence |
| D. | turnstile |
| Answer» B. philanthropy | |
| 658. |
Clues available at a scene |
| A. | circumstantial |
| B. | derivative |
| C. | inferential |
| D. | suggestive |
| Answer» B. derivative | |
| 659. |
One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage |
| A. | compositor |
| B. | stoker |
| C. | stowaway |
| D. | shipwright |
| Answer» D. shipwright | |
| 660. |
Science of the races of mankind |
| A. | genealogy |
| B. | epistemology |
| C. | ethnology |
| D. | sociology |
| Answer» D. sociology | |
| 661. |
Detaining and confining someone |
| A. | interruption |
| B. | interrogation |
| C. | interment |
| D. | internment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 662. |
The use of many words where only a few are necessary |
| A. | circumlocution |
| B. | circumspection |
| C. | circumscription |
| D. | circumvention |
| Answer» B. circumspection | |
| 663. |
A continuous process of change is known as |
| A. | transformation |
| B. | metamorphosis |
| C. | flux |
| D. | dynamism |
| Answer» D. dynamism | |
| 664. |
An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a |
| A. | complex |
| B. | reflex |
| C. | reflection |
| D. | response |
| Answer» C. reflection | |
| 665. |
The animals of a particular region. |
| A. | flora |
| B. | museum |
| C. | zoo |
| D. | fauna |
| Answer» E. | |
| 666. |
Arrangement in order of occurrence |
| A. | timely |
| B. | chronological |
| C. | chronic |
| D. | temporal |
| Answer» C. chronic | |
| 667. |
Science of heredity |
| A. | hereditary |
| B. | genetics |
| C. | genesis |
| D. | inheritance |
| Answer» C. genesis | |
| 668. |
An emolument over and above fixed income or salary |
| A. | honorarium |
| B. | sinecure |
| C. | perquisite |
| D. | prerogative |
| Answer» D. prerogative | |
| 669. |
A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc. are kept. |
| A. | portico |
| B. | pantry |
| C. | mezzanine |
| D. | kitchen |
| Answer» C. mezzanine | |
| 670. |
One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world |
| A. | bohemian |
| B. | cosmopolitan |
| C. | philanthropist |
| D. | internationalist |
| Answer» C. philanthropist | |
| 671. |
The practice of having more than one husband |
| A. | polyandry |
| B. | polygamy |
| C. | bigamy |
| D. | debauchery |
| Answer» B. polygamy | |
| 672. |
Determine the nature of the disease |
| A. | investigate |
| B. | determine |
| C. | diagnose |
| D. | detect |
| Answer» D. detect | |
| 673. |
Occurring at night |
| A. | nightly |
| B. | dark |
| C. | neurotic |
| D. | nocturnal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 674. |
One who tends to take a hopeful view of life |
| A. | magnate |
| B. | creator |
| C. | pacifist |
| D. | optimist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 675. |
Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure |
| A. | metronome |
| B. | compass |
| C. | pedometer |
| D. | barometer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 676. |
Something that causes death |
| A. | dangerous |
| B. | fatal |
| C. | brutal |
| D. | horrible |
| Answer» C. brutal | |
| 677. |
A post with little work but high salary |
| A. | director |
| B. | trustee |
| C. | sinecure |
| D. | ombudsman |
| Answer» D. ombudsman | |
| 678. |
To struggle helplessly |
| A. | flounder |
| B. | founder |
| C. | fumble |
| D. | finger |
| Answer» B. founder | |
| 679. |
Loss of memory |
| A. | ambrosia |
| B. | amnesia |
| C. | insomnia |
| D. | forgetting |
| Answer» C. insomnia | |
| 680. |
Quibble |
| A. | premeditate |
| B. | prenominate |
| C. | prevaricate |
| D. | preponderate |
| Answer» D. preponderate | |
| 681. |
Words uttered impiously about God |
| A. | amoral |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | logic |
| D. | blasphemy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 682. |
Theft of another person s writings or ideas and passing them off as one s own |
| A. | plagiarism |
| B. | burglary |
| C. | piracy |
| D. | pilferage |
| Answer» B. burglary | |
| 683. |
To look at someone in an angry or threatening way |
| A. | glower |
| B. | gnaw |
| C. | gnash |
| D. | grind |
| Answer» B. gnaw | |
| 684. |
Speed of an object in one direction |
| A. | pace |
| B. | tempo |
| C. | velodrome |
| D. | velocity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 685. |
A test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and tested |
| A. | biopsy |
| B. | autopsy |
| C. | operation |
| D. | amputation |
| Answer» B. autopsy | |
| 686. |
One who finds nothing good in anything |
| A. | critic |
| B. | satirist |
| C. | cynic |
| D. | slanderer |
| Answer» B. satirist | |
| 687. |
The study of insects |
| A. | anthropology |
| B. | zoology |
| C. | etymology |
| D. | entomology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 688. |
That which cannot be easily read |
| A. | illegible |
| B. | incomprehensible |
| C. | unreadable |
| D. | unintelligible |
| Answer» B. incomprehensible | |
| 689. |
The process of deciding the nature of a disease by examination |
| A. | test |
| B. | perusal |
| C. | diagnosis |
| D. | operation |
| Answer» D. operation | |
| 690. |
List of issues to be discussed at a meeting |
| A. | schedule |
| B. | agenda |
| C. | time-table |
| D. | plan |
| Answer» C. time-table | |
| 691. |
A person who is fluent in two languages |
| A. | versatile |
| B. | expert |
| C. | bilingual |
| D. | knowledgeable |
| Answer» D. knowledgeable | |
| 692. |
State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion |
| A. | constriction |
| B. | consternation |
| C. | concentration |
| D. | contraction |
| Answer» C. concentration | |
| 693. |
An established principle of practical wisdom |
| A. | marxism |
| B. | maxim |
| C. | Neologism |
| D. | Platonism |
| Answer» C. Neologism | |
| 694. |
A person who loves wealth and spends as little money as possible |
| A. | curmudgeon |
| B. | money-grabber |
| C. | scrimp |
| D. | miser |
| Answer» E. | |
| 695. |
To keep a great person or event in people s memory |
| A. | communicate |
| B. | commensurate |
| C. | commemorate |
| D. | commiserate |
| Answer» D. commiserate | |
| 696. |
A violent storm |
| A. | weather |
| B. | rains |
| C. | breeze |
| D. | tempest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 697. |
A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else |
| A. | imperialist |
| B. | impressionist |
| C. | implorer |
| D. | impostor/Imposter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 698. |
Careful and thorough enquiry |
| A. | investigation |
| B. | interview |
| C. | examination |
| D. | exploration |
| Answer» B. interview | |
| 699. |
Occurring at irregular intervals in time |
| A. | epidemic |
| B. | endemic |
| C. | temporal |
| D. | sporadic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 700. |
A child born after the death of its father |
| A. | an orphan |
| B. | a deprived child |
| C. | a waif |
| D. | a posthumous child |
| Answer» E. | |