Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

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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