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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.
| 351. |
One who is known widely but usually unfavourably is |
| A. | famous |
| B. | illustrious |
| C. | notorious |
| D. | tarnished |
| Answer» D. tarnished | |
| 352. |
A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words |
| A. | temerity |
| B. | tarragon |
| C. | tautology |
| D. | repetition |
| Answer» D. repetition | |
| 353. |
Intentional damage to arrest production |
| A. | nemesis |
| B. | sangfroid |
| C. | sabotage |
| D. | modus operandi |
| Answer» D. modus operandi | |
| 354. |
A handsome man |
| A. | adonis |
| B. | tycoon |
| C. | debonair |
| D. | cavalier |
| Answer» B. tycoon | |
| 355. |
A cinema show held in the afternoon |
| A. | entertainment |
| B. | play |
| C. | premiere |
| D. | matinee |
| Answer» E. | |
| 356. |
No longer in existence or use |
| A. | invincible |
| B. | delete |
| C. | obsolete |
| D. | inefficient |
| Answer» D. inefficient | |
| 357. |
An excessive fear of confined spaces |
| A. | hydrophobia |
| B. | bathophobia |
| C. | cynophobia |
| D. | claustrophobia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 358. |
A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity/capacity |
| A. | veteran |
| B. | versatile |
| C. | vulnerable |
| D. | venerable |
| Answer» B. versatile | |
| 359. |
Feint |
| A. | pretended effect |
| B. | pretended attack |
| C. | pretended effort |
| D. | pretended support |
| Answer» C. pretended effort | |
| 360. |
A land fit for growing crops |
| A. | sprout |
| B. | arable |
| C. | sterilized |
| D. | venerable |
| Answer» C. sterilized | |
| 361. |
The art of beautiful handwriting |
| A. | genealogy |
| B. | calligraphy |
| C. | cartography |
| D. | philology |
| Answer» C. cartography | |
| 362. |
A writing or a speech in praise of someone |
| A. | tribute |
| B. | eulogy |
| C. | accolade |
| D. | oration |
| Answer» C. accolade | |
| 363. |
Favouritism granted in politics or business to relatives |
| A. | monotheism |
| B. | nepotism |
| C. | hedonism |
| D. | redtapism |
| Answer» C. hedonism | |
| 364. |
A word or practice that has gone out of use |
| A. | obsolete |
| B. | absolute |
| C. | outdated |
| D. | old-fashioned |
| Answer» B. absolute | |
| 365. |
A person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job |
| A. | labourer |
| B. | worker |
| C. | employee |
| D. | apprentice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 366. |
A speaker s platform |
| A. | stage |
| B. | stand |
| C. | pulpit |
| D. | podium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 367. |
Science or practice of map drawing |
| A. | chirography |
| B. | xerography |
| C. | cartography |
| D. | pictography |
| Answer» D. pictography | |
| 368. |
Passing out of use |
| A. | adolescent |
| B. | reticent |
| C. | translucent |
| D. | obsolescent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 369. |
One who is concerned with the welfare of others |
| A. | ascetic |
| B. | hedonist |
| C. | egoist |
| D. | altruist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 370. |
To free completely from blame |
| A. | let go |
| B. | clear |
| C. | exonerate |
| D. | releas |
| Answer» D. releas | |
| 371. |
Estimation of a thing s worth |
| A. | pay |
| B. | goodness |
| C. | appraisal |
| D. | beliefs |
| Answer» D. beliefs | |
| 372. |
A special fondness or liking for |
| A. | propensity |
| B. | inclination |
| C. | penchant |
| D. | preoccupation |
| Answer» D. preoccupation | |
| 373. |
Something that might happen in the future |
| A. | contingency |
| B. | insurance |
| C. | emergency |
| D. | prophecy |
| Answer» B. insurance | |
| 374. |
Affecting or relating to cows |
| A. | feline |
| B. | bovine |
| C. | ovine |
| D. | vulpine |
| Answer» C. ovine | |
| 375. |
A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks |
| A. | cocktail |
| B. | mocktail |
| C. | liquor |
| D. | bisque |
| Answer» E. | |
| 376. |
Person believing in free will |
| A. | guardian |
| B. | tyrant |
| C. | humanitarian |
| D. | libertarian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 377. |
To remove an objectionable part from a book. |
| A. | exterminate |
| B. | expurgate |
| C. | extirpate |
| D. | destroy |
| Answer» C. extirpate | |
| 378. |
A part of a word that can be pronounced separately |
| A. | particle |
| B. | sibilant |
| C. | syllable |
| D. | letter |
| Answer» D. letter | |
| 379. |
Government by the few |
| A. | oligarchy |
| B. | autocracy |
| C. | monarchy |
| D. | anarchy |
| Answer» B. autocracy | |
| 380. |
Study of caves |
| A. | speleology |
| B. | seismology |
| C. | topology |
| D. | numismatics |
| Answer» B. seismology | |
| 381. |
The act of speaking about one s thoughts when one is alone. |
| A. | silence |
| B. | monologue |
| C. | dialogue |
| D. | soliloquy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 382. |
A doctor who specializes in diseases of the nose |
| A. | rhinologist |
| B. | otologist |
| C. | pathologist |
| D. | podiatrist |
| Answer» B. otologist | |
| 383. |
A man who knows a lot about things like food, music and art |
| A. | priest |
| B. | optimist |
| C. | hostage |
| D. | connoisseur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 384. |
A wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle |
| A. | rein |
| B. | leash |
| C. | whip |
| D. | yoke |
| Answer» E. | |
| 385. |
Having a stale smell or taste |
| A. | rancid |
| B. | insipid |
| C. | savoury |
| D. | tepid |
| Answer» B. insipid | |
| 386. |
Materials that change naturally by the action of bacteria |
| A. | inflammable |
| B. | perishable |
| C. | biological |
| D. | biodegradable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 387. |
A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author |
| A. | nickname |
| B. | pseudonym |
| C. | sobriquet |
| D. | pet name |
| Answer» C. sobriquet | |
| 388. |
A poem of fourteen lines |
| A. | ballad |
| B. | psalm |
| C. | sonnet |
| D. | carol |
| Answer» D. carol | |
| 389. |
Wild imagination |
| A. | whim |
| B. | fantasy |
| C. | fancy |
| D. | memory |
| Answer» C. fancy | |
| 390. |
An allowance made to a wife by her husband, when they are legally separated. |
| A. | alimony |
| B. | parsimony |
| C. | matrimony |
| D. | honorarium |
| Answer» B. parsimony | |
| 391. |
The Bedouin Arabs are people of no fixed abode. |
| A. | barbarians |
| B. | nomads |
| C. | vagabonds |
| D. | travellers |
| Answer» C. vagabonds | |
| 392. |
A person who can make himself/ herself feel at home in any country |
| A. | cosmocrat |
| B. | cosmesis |
| C. | cosmetician |
| D. | cosmopolitan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 393. |
That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence or real nature of something |
| A. | camouflage |
| B. | transparent |
| C. | infallible |
| D. | image |
| Answer» B. transparent | |
| 394. |
The secretary s proposal was adopted with the full agreement of all the members. |
| A. | ambitiously |
| B. | unanimously |
| C. | equivocally |
| D. | vehemently |
| Answer» C. equivocally | |
| 395. |
Short speech or poem given at the end of a play or a book |
| A. | epilogue |
| B. | epigram |
| C. | epitaph |
| D. | epicure |
| Answer» B. epigram | |
| 396. |
Lack of feeling |
| A. | empathy |
| B. | apathy |
| C. | sympathy |
| D. | pity |
| Answer» C. sympathy | |
| 397. |
The headmaster brought back to mind the outstanding achievements of the school. |
| A. | remembered |
| B. | reminded |
| C. | reminisced |
| D. | recalled |
| Answer» C. reminisced | |
| 398. |
One who plays for pleasure rather than as a profession |
| A. | player |
| B. | amateur |
| C. | performer |
| D. | actor |
| Answer» C. performer | |
| 399. |
Person leading a life of strict self-discipline |
| A. | hedonist |
| B. | disciplinarian |
| C. | atheist |
| D. | ascetic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 400. |
That which can be drunk |
| A. | edible |
| B. | palatable |
| C. | potable |
| D. | culpable |
| Answer» D. culpable | |