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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 | |