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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.
| 201. |
A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly. |
| A. | hullabaloo |
| B. | cacophony |
| C. | pandemonium |
| D. | harangue |
| Answer» E. | |
| 202. |
A person speaking many languages |
| A. | conversant |
| B. | polyglot |
| C. | talkative |
| D. | orator |
| Answer» C. talkative | |
| 203. |
Study of cultures |
| A. | eremology |
| B. | etymology |
| C. | ethology |
| D. | ethnology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect |
| A. | sit for a portrait |
| B. | render precisely |
| C. | juxtapose |
| D. | framing |
| Answer» D. framing | |
| 205. |
A mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant material, used to provide a gentle natural scent inside buildings, especially in residential settings. |
| A. | potpourri |
| B. | perfume |
| C. | scent |
| D. | aroma |
| Answer» B. perfume | |
| 206. |
Inscription on a gravestone |
| A. | obituary |
| B. | memorial |
| C. | epitaph |
| D. | epigraph |
| Answer» D. epigraph | |
| 207. |
Any morbid dread of water. |
| A. | hydrofoil |
| B. | hydrophobia |
| C. | hydraulic |
| D. | hyacinth |
| Answer» C. hydraulic | |
| 208. |
A post with little work but high salary. |
| A. | freelancer |
| B. | sine qua non |
| C. | sinecure |
| D. | quangos |
| Answer» D. quangos | |
| 209. |
One who believes in many Gods. |
| A. | polyglot |
| B. | polygamy |
| C. | polygon |
| D. | polythiest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
One who lends money on high rates of interest |
| A. | usurper |
| B. | usherer |
| C. | usurer |
| D. | undertaker |
| Answer» D. undertaker | |
| 211. |
Violation of that which is holy and sacred |
| A. | malevolent |
| B. | sacrilege |
| C. | bizarre |
| D. | iniquitous |
| Answer» C. bizarre | |
| 212. |
Nations that do not trust each other/look upon each other. |
| A. | calmly |
| B. | hopefully |
| C. | askance |
| D. | retrospectively |
| Answer» D. retrospectively | |
| 213. |
One who collects postage stamps. |
| A. | Philanthropist |
| B. | Numismatist |
| C. | Philatelist |
| D. | Curator |
| Answer» D. Curator | |
| 214. |
A new word coined by an author. |
| A. | novelty |
| B. | innovation |
| C. | neologism |
| D. | inception |
| Answer» D. inception | |
| 215. |
A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the need of the hour. |
| A. | management |
| B. | embankment |
| C. | enhancement |
| D. | conservation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 216. |
Incapable of feeling tired or exhausted |
| A. | invincible |
| B. | inflatable |
| C. | indefatigable |
| D. | inextricable |
| Answer» D. inextricable | |
| 217. |
One of the time-tested ways of remembering a series of items. |
| A. | recollection |
| B. | schematizing |
| C. | mnemonic |
| D. | ingenuity |
| Answer» D. ingenuity | |
| 218. |
A person who constantly thinks that he is sick. |
| A. | hypochondriac |
| B. | misogynist |
| C. | misanthrope |
| D. | hyper pituitary |
| Answer» B. misogynist | |
| 219. |
The story of one s own life. |
| A. | autobiography |
| B. | cartography |
| C. | calligraphy |
| D. | bibliography |
| Answer» B. cartography | |
| 220. |
Constant effort to achieve something. |
| A. | patience |
| B. | vigour |
| C. | enthusiasm |
| D. | perseverance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 221. |
One who studies the working of the human mind. |
| A. | anthropologist |
| B. | psychologist |
| C. | neurologist |
| D. | ethnologist |
| Answer» C. neurologist | |
| 222. |
We are expecting a good monsoon this year. |
| A. | getting |
| B. | predicting |
| C. | hoping |
| D. | visualising |
| Answer» C. hoping | |
| 223. |
Opposed to great or sudden change. |
| A. | conservative |
| B. | revolutionary |
| C. | evolutionary |
| D. | static |
| Answer» B. revolutionary | |
| 224. |
Responsible according to law. |
| A. | eligible |
| B. | illegitimate |
| C. | legalised |
| D. | liable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
Anything written in a letter after it is signed. |
| A. | corrigendum |
| B. | manuscript |
| C. | postscript |
| D. | postdiction |
| Answer» D. postdiction | |
| 226. |
Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding |
| A. | thistle |
| B. | stifle |
| C. | sceptre |
| D. | pestle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 227. |
A person of South African Dutch descent |
| A. | boar |
| B. | boer |
| C. | boor |
| D. | bore |
| Answer» C. boor | |
| 228. |
Place given to soldiers to live in |
| A. | barracks |
| B. | trench |
| C. | garage |
| D. | quay |
| Answer» B. trench | |
| 229. |
A place where astronomical observations are made |
| A. | laboratory |
| B. | observatory |
| C. | astrolibrary |
| D. | astrophery |
| Answer» C. astrolibrary | |
| 230. |
A drug or other substance that produces sleep |
| A. | soporific |
| B. | depressant |
| C. | narcotic |
| D. | antiseptic |
| Answer» B. depressant | |
| 231. |
Land covered by water on three sides |
| A. | island |
| B. | mainland |
| C. | strait |
| D. | peninsula |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
One who knows everything. |
| A. | omniscient |
| B. | conscious |
| C. | intellectual |
| D. | learned |
| Answer» B. conscious | |
| 233. |
One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc. |
| A. | typist |
| B. | editor |
| C. | composer |
| D. | compositor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 234. |
A place where money is coined. |
| A. | bank |
| B. | mint |
| C. | firm |
| D. | parliament |
| Answer» C. firm | |
| 235. |
Interval between two events |
| A. | recess |
| B. | interlude |
| C. | shuttle |
| D. | prelude |
| Answer» C. shuttle | |
| 236. |
The process by means of which plants and animals breathe. |
| A. | respiration |
| B. | germination |
| C. | absorption |
| D. | transpiration |
| Answer» B. germination | |
| 237. |
An animal which lives by preying on other animals |
| A. | aggressor |
| B. | attacker |
| C. | terminator |
| D. | predator |
| Answer» E. | |
| 238. |
A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land. |
| A. | lagoon |
| B. | cape |
| C. | strait |
| D. | isthumus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 239. |
No longer a child, but not yet an adult |
| A. | youngster |
| B. | adolescent |
| C. | juvenile |
| D. | yokel |
| Answer» C. juvenile | |
| 240. |
Person who eats too much |
| A. | cannibal |
| B. | glutton |
| C. | obese |
| D. | carnivorous |
| Answer» C. obese | |
| 241. |
A doctor who specializes in the diseases of the eyes |
| A. | ophthalmologist |
| B. | optimist |
| C. | optician |
| D. | orthodontist |
| Answer» B. optimist | |
| 242. |
The art of delaying |
| A. | degeneration |
| B. | inflation |
| C. | procrastination |
| D. | regression |
| Answer» D. regression | |
| 243. |
The scientific study of elections |
| A. | pathology |
| B. | palaeontology |
| C. | psephology |
| D. | philology |
| Answer» D. philology | |
| 244. |
One who is eighty years old |
| A. | septagenarian |
| B. | sextagenarian |
| C. | nonagenarian |
| D. | octogenarian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 245. |
The act of setting free from bondage of any kind |
| A. | emancipation |
| B. | eradication |
| C. | indemnity |
| D. | emigration |
| Answer» B. eradication | |
| 246. |
That which makes one highly knowledgeable |
| A. | erudition |
| B. | irreverence |
| C. | irritability |
| D. | impulsiveness |
| Answer» B. irreverence | |
| 247. |
A person who is new to a profession |
| A. | expert |
| B. | coach |
| C. | tutor |
| D. | novice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 248. |
The philosophy of putting another s welfare above one s own. |
| A. | agnosticism |
| B. | polytheism |
| C. | altruism |
| D. | iconoclasm |
| Answer» D. iconoclasm | |
| 249. |
Providing relief |
| A. | reissue |
| B. | reprieve |
| C. | rejoinder |
| D. | refuge |
| Answer» C. rejoinder | |
| 250. |
Act of making things like new again. |
| A. | innovate |
| B. | renovate |
| C. | motivate |
| D. | activate |
| Answer» C. motivate | |