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This section includes 1524 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Skills Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 851. |
He was punished for shirking his official work. |
| A. | lowing |
| B. | ostponing |
| C. | voiding |
| D. | elegating |
| Answer» D. elegating | |
| 852. |
The leaders charisma attracted many followers. |
| A. | umility |
| B. | ower |
| C. | harming |
| D. | andour |
| Answer» D. andour | |
| 853. |
The man looked at the poor boy with contempt. |
| A. | isrespect |
| B. | ity |
| C. | ealousy |
| D. | oncern |
| Answer» B. ity | |
| 854. |
What India hankers for most at this moment is security and stability. |
| A. | reams |
| B. | lans |
| C. | esires |
| D. | ims |
| Answer» D. ims | |
| 855. |
She does not get her work done punctually and properly because she is always dawdling. |
| A. | onfused |
| B. | laying |
| C. | oitering |
| D. | hit-chatting |
| Answer» D. hit-chatting | |
| 856. |
Fifty years after the independence there can be no alibi for not providing basic amenities to every citizen. |
| A. | ause |
| B. | lea |
| C. | actor |
| D. | eason |
| Answer» C. actor | |
| 857. |
His wife enjoined him to change his ways. |
| A. | sked |
| B. | leaded |
| C. | rged |
| D. | hreatened |
| Answer» D. hreatened | |
| 858. |
In the meeting the minister floated a couple of new ideas. |
| A. | ave |
| B. | resented |
| C. | dvised |
| D. | ffered |
| Answer» C. dvised | |
| 859. |
The problem of unemployment is emasculating our youth from making concrete innovations. |
| A. | indering |
| B. | ressurizing |
| C. | ncouraging |
| D. | eaken |
| Answer» E. | |
| 860. |
His speech was full of affectation. |
| A. | oasting |
| B. | retence |
| C. | edantry |
| D. | uphemism |
| Answer» C. edantry | |
| 861. |
Before my work on the writer appeared there were many vague ideas afloat about him. |
| A. | irculating |
| B. | revalent |
| C. | tagnant |
| D. | rimitive |
| Answer» B. revalent | |
| 862. |
Eventually vision is affected and the patient is only able to see if light is present. |
| A. | nitially |
| B. | rimarily |
| C. | ltimately |
| D. | radually |
| Answer» D. radually | |
| 863. |
He declined to speak about the problem when I asked him. |
| A. | greed |
| B. | romised |
| C. | efused |
| D. | ermitted |
| Answer» D. ermitted | |
| 864. |
Before I could expostulate he had spoken again. |
| A. | ostulate |
| B. | rotest |
| C. | xplain |
| D. | isclose |
| Answer» C. xplain | |
| 865. |
He kindled the spirit of revenge in him and used it to his advantage. |
| A. | ontrived |
| B. | rovoked |
| C. | olted |
| D. | urnt |
| Answer» C. olted | |
| 866. |
The prisoners of war were subjected to bestial atrocities. |
| A. | ardships |
| B. | unishments |
| C. | ruelties |
| D. | obs |
| Answer» D. obs | |
| 867. |
All his colleagues bore an innate reverence for his immaculate character. |
| A. | efined |
| B. | ure |
| C. | aithful |
| D. | plendid |
| Answer» C. aithful | |
| 868. |
The Director leaves on Tuesday on tour of the overseas branches of the company. |
| A. | ound |
| B. | rivate |
| C. | ourney |
| D. | ersonal |
| Answer» D. ersonal | |
| 869. |
Scientific knowledge is an intoxicating draught, and it may be one in which the human race is unable to sustain. |
| A. | rink |
| B. | roduct |
| C. | isease |
| D. | rocess |
| Answer» B. roduct | |
| 870. |
The bounties of nature are being exploited by man. |
| A. | ifts |
| B. | roducts |
| C. | ules |
| D. | cological |
| Answer» B. roducts | |
| 871. |
Most of the politicians these days have a large number of toadies around them. |
| A. | ollowers |
| B. | rofessional |
| C. | ervants |
| D. | ycophants |
| Answer» E. | |
| 872. |
Pakistan has been vigorously pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons programme. |
| A. | efarious |
| B. | rogressive |
| C. | ystematic |
| D. | ecretive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 873. |
The army has laid out an entire web of agents to detect the surreptitious activities of the enemy. |
| A. | ostile |
| B. | ecret |
| C. | ntriguing |
| D. | oppish |
| Answer» C. ntriguing | |
| 874. |
Before finalising this transaction, I had to sign an indemnity bond. |
| A. | ompensation |
| B. | ecurity |
| C. | artnership |
| D. | eparation |
| Answer» C. artnership | |
| 875. |
All his documents were confiscated. |
| A. | ancelled |
| B. | eized |
| C. | orfeited |
| D. | estroyed |
| Answer» C. orfeited | |
| 876. |
Poets and writers are sensuous by nature. |
| A. | ensible |
| B. | entimental |
| C. | ensual |
| D. | ensitive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 877. |
The time I spent in the library was the most rewarding one. |
| A. | recious |
| B. | erviceable |
| C. | rofitable |
| D. | aying |
| Answer» D. aying | |
| 878. |
Even though Akshay does not study hard, he always comes first in his class. |
| A. | cores |
| B. | tands |
| C. | rrives |
| D. | ompletes |
| Answer» D. ompletes | |
| 879. |
Inspite of their efforts, the team of scientists could not make much headway to solve the problem. |
| A. | esults |
| B. | tart |
| C. | fforts |
| D. | rogress |
| Answer» E. | |
| 880. |
We walked down a precipitous slope. |
| A. | recarious |
| B. | teep |
| C. | recise |
| D. | radual |
| Answer» C. recise | |
| 881. |
He was given a severe warning for coming late. |
| A. | igorous |
| B. | tern |
| C. | arsh |
| D. | trict |
| Answer» C. arsh | |
| 882. |
The munificence of the businessman was great. |
| A. | enerosity |
| B. | tinginess |
| C. | isery |
| D. | actfulness |
| Answer» B. tinginess | |
| 883. |
The british levied unusually high taxes on export of Indian goods. |
| A. | mplemented |
| B. | tipulated |
| C. | mposed |
| D. | nacted |
| Answer» D. nacted | |
| 884. |
The Border Security Force intercepted yesterday a truck carrying arms and ammunition. |
| A. | ound |
| B. | topped |
| C. | et |
| D. | nterrupted |
| Answer» C. et | |
| 885. |
The meeting was adjourned after discussing on the matter for about two hours. |
| A. | ostponed |
| B. | topped |
| C. | egun |
| D. | eviewed |
| Answer» B. topped | |
| 886. |
Buoyed by these visions of the future of his son, the artist soldiered on. |
| A. | ersevere |
| B. | topped |
| C. | truggled |
| D. | ought |
| Answer» B. topped | |
| 887. |
The soldier displayed exceptional courage and saved the Major from the enemy's hand. |
| A. | ew |
| B. | trange |
| C. | bnormal |
| D. | nusual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 888. |
I used to skate quite well but I have lost the knack now. |
| A. | gility |
| B. | trength |
| C. | kill |
| D. | tamina |
| Answer» D. tamina | |
| 889. |
Everyone who has worked for him hammers home that point because they feel that it is widely unappreciated. |
| A. | ints |
| B. | tresses |
| C. | trikes |
| D. | irects |
| Answer» D. irects | |
| 890. |
He listened to her mellifluous music under the genial influence of wine. |
| A. | eavy |
| B. | tressing |
| C. | rowsy |
| D. | ympathetic |
| Answer» C. rowsy | |
| 891. |
One of the most tenacious and dangerous legends about the shark is that he has poor eyesight. |
| A. | rave |
| B. | trong |
| C. | eroic |
| D. | oolish |
| Answer» C. eroic | |
| 892. |
The police need tangible proof of his guilt before they can act against him. |
| A. | onvincing |
| B. | trong |
| C. | mphatic |
| D. | lear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 893. |
A government rocked by frequent scandals is an effete set of people with no credibility. |
| A. | nnocent |
| B. | tupid |
| C. | xcited |
| D. | xhausted |
| Answer» E. | |
| 894. |
Public opinion will pillory these agents of crime. |
| A. | corn |
| B. | ubserve |
| C. | ecall |
| D. | eclare |
| Answer» B. ubserve | |
| 895. |
No civilised society can allow the subversion of its institutions by extremists. |
| A. | omination |
| B. | ubservience |
| C. | estruction |
| D. | ubordination |
| Answer» D. ubordination | |
| 896. |
The District Collector made it clear that the Government cannot sustain for long the support for such schemes. |
| A. | ay |
| B. | ucceed |
| C. | anage |
| D. | ontinue |
| Answer» E. | |
| 897. |
Our posterity shall hold us responsible for the devastation caused by cutting of trees. |
| A. | redecessors |
| B. | uccessors |
| C. | ffspring |
| D. | ollowers |
| Answer» D. ollowers | |
| 898. |
The river level was rising drastically after that heavy rain. |
| A. | lightly |
| B. | uddenly |
| C. | reatly |
| D. | nexpectedly |
| Answer» D. nexpectedly | |
| 899. |
Gandhiji had proposed the path of non-violence. |
| A. | ollowed |
| B. | uggested |
| C. | dopted |
| D. | ccepted |
| Answer» C. dopted | |
| 900. |
Article 26 of the Constitution is, in fact, a corollary to Article 25. |
| A. | roof |
| B. | ummary |
| C. | ynopsis |
| D. | onsequence |
| Answer» E. | |