Important English Miscellaneous Quiz Questions For all Government Exams
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Synonyms, Antonyms
- What is the most appropriate synonym for the word “Usher”?
(A) close
(B) accompany
(C) cease
(D) trail
Ans. (B)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Manifold”?
(A) single
(B) multiple
(C) one
(D) same
Ans. (B)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Onus”?
(A) responsibility
(B) burden
(C) advantage
(D) liability
Ans. (C)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Complacent”-
(A) puffed-up
(B) humble
(C) smug
(D) self-satisfied
Ans. (B)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Catastrophe”?
(A) Salvation
(B) Emancipation
(C) Godsend
(D) Crisis
Ans.(D)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Scathing”?
(A) Blistering
(B) Mild
(C) Complimentary
(D) Gentle
Ans.(A)
- Which of the following is an antonym of the word “Depreciation”?
(A) Devaluation
(B) Cheapening
(C) Reduction in Value
(D) Develop
Ans (D)
- Which of the following is an antonym of the word “Unequivocal”?
(A) Unmistakable
(B) Unambiguous
(C) Indisputable
(D) Ambiguous
Ans(D)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Consensus”?
(A) non-consent
(B) minority view
(C) concord
(D) dissidence
Ans. (C)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Incurring”?
(A) defer
(B) experience
(C) stave off
(D) postpone
Ans. (B)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Certitude”?
(A) confidence
(B) certainty
(C) sureness
(D) doubt
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Daunting”-
(A) formidable
(B) intimidating
(C) disconcerting
(D) heartening
Ans. (D)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Combat”?
(A) armistice
(B) agreement
(C) action
(D) peace
Ans. (C)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Zeal”?
(A) passion
(B) apathy
(C) indifference
(D) non interference
Ans. (A)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Dwindling”?
(A) decrease
(B) diminish
(C) flourish
(D) reduce
Ans. (C)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Appalling”-
(A) horrific
(B) shocking
(C) consolatory
(D) horrifying
Ans. (C)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Moot”?
(A) certain
(B) accomplished
(C) hands-down
(D) debatable
Ans. (D)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Robust”?
(A) sturdy
(B) Emaciate
(C) frail
(D) Emaciated
Ans. (A)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Ajar”?
(A) unfastened
(B) half open
(C) agape
(D) closed
Ans. (D)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Anomaly”-
(A) peculiarity
(B) oddity
(C) abnormality
(D) normal
Ans. (D)
- What is the most appropriate synonym for the word “Feasibility”?
(A) incurability
(B) impracticability
(C) practicality
(D) incurable
Ans. (C)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Cavalier”?
(A) wary
(B) thoughtful
(C) casual
(D) careful
Ans. (C)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Efficacy”?
(A) effectiveness
(B) inefficacy
(C) achievement
(D) success
Ans. (B)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Convalescent”-
(A) recuperating
(B) succor
(C) recovering
(D) deteriorating
Ans. (D)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Mitigate”?
(A) diminish
(B) increase
(C) aggravate
(D) intensify
Ans. (A)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Tenuous”?
(A) substantial
(B) convincing
(C) flimsy
(D) strong
Ans. (C)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Desperate”?
(A) composed
(B) despairing
(C) hopeless
(D) anguished
Ans. (A)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Onerous”-
(A) inconvenient
(B) burdensome
(C) effortless
(D) heavy
Ans. (C)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Strewn”?
(A) gather
(B) disperse
(C) catch on
(D) consider
Ans. (B)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Aggravated”?
(A) exasperate
(B) calm
(C) reconcile
(D) conciliate
Ans. (A)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Infirm”?
(A) feeble
(B) frail
(C) healthy
(D) weak
Ans. (C)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Indelible”-
(A) ineradicable
(B) ineffaceable
(C) erasable
(D) inerasable
Ans. (C)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Reliance”?
(A) Mainstay,
(B) Independency
(C) Self-reliance
(D) Independence
Ans (A)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Complacency”?
(A) Heartburn
(B) Stagnancy
(C) Dissatisfaction
(D) Complacency
Ans (D)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Faraway”?
(A) Discontinuous
(B) Distant
(C) Apart
(D) proximate
Ans (D)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Tantrum”-
(A) Blow-up
(B) Outburst
(C) Happiness
(D) Flare-up
Ans (C)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Ousted”?
(A) allowed
(B) accepted
(C) appointed
(D) expel
Ans. (D)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Flattening”?
(A) roughen
(B) compact
(C) uneven
(D) make
Ans. (B)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Stringent”?
(A) rigorous
(B) flexible
(C) firm
(D) rigid
Ans. (B)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Inevitably”-
(A) naturally
(B) unnecessarily
(C) necessarily
(D) automatically
Ans. (B)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Flee”?
(A) arrive
(B) run away
(C) continue
(D) come
Ans. (B)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Hazardous”?
(A) safe
(B) certain
(C) precarious
(D) secure
Ans. (C)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Overridden”?
(A) disallow
(B) countermand
(C) accept
(D) overrule
Ans. (C)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Probed”-
(A) feel
(B) examine
(C) feel around
(D) responded
Ans. (D)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Solidarity”?
(A) disagreement
(B) antagonism
(C) unity
(D) difference
Ans. (C)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Angst”?
(A) ease
(B) calmness
(C) dread
(D) composure
Ans. (C)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Deterred”?
(A) discourage
(B) put off
(C) dissuade
(D) encourage
Ans. (D)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Steadfast”-
(A) loyal
(B) irresolute
(C) committed
(D) faithful
Ans. (B)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Adjoining”?
(A) remote
(B) sequestered
(C) secluded
(D) connected
Ans. (D)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Vantage”?
(A) drawback
(B) stance
(C) liability
(D) handicap
Ans. (B)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “Ensued”?
(A) result
(B) develop
(C) follow
(D) ended
Ans. (D)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Morale ”-
(A) self-esteem
(B) confidence
(C) self-confidence
(D) weakness
Ans. (D)
- What is the most appropriate Synonym for the word “Unprecedente”?
(A) congenerous
(B) normal
(C) common
(D) unequalled
Ans. (D)
- Choose the most appropriate synonym for the word “Rampant”?
(A) controlled
(B) unrestrained
(C) acquired
(D) abridged
Ans. (B)
- Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of the word “ Populous”?
(A) congested
(B) crowded
(C) packed
(D) deserted
Ans. (D)
- Choose the correct antonym for the word “Dismal”-
(A) dingy
(B) cheerful
(C) dark
(D) dim
Ans. (B)
Choose the most relevant one word: –
Direction (01-28):
- Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light-
(A) Flicker
(B) Glance
(C) Glimmer
(D) Shine
Ans. (A)
- One who suffers for one’s faith –
(A) Martyr
(B) Immolate
(C) Victim
(D) Ablator
- Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported –
(A) Contraband
(B) Smuggled
(C) Prohibited
(D) Banned
Ans. (A)
- A post with little work but high salary
(A) Sinecure
(B) Soft option
(C) Rational Choice
(D) Fluctuation
Ans.(A)
- Interval between two events –
(A) Interlude
(B) Recess
(C) Pause
(D) Respite
Ans. (A)
- An animal which lives by preying on other animals –
(A) Predator
(B) Shark
(C) Vermin
(D) Vulture
Ans. (A)
- One who is indifferent to pain or pleasure –
(A) Stoic
(B) Indifferent
(C) Nostalgic
(D) Effortless
Ans. (A)
- No longer a child, but not yet an adult –
(A) Adolescent
(B) Pubescent
(C) Youthful
(D) Young
Ans. (A)
- A person who is womanish in habits –
(A) Effeminate
(B) Pansy
(C) Henpecked
(D) Womanish
Ans. (A)
- The art of delaying –
(A) Procrastination
(B) Lateness
(C) Latency
(D) Deceleration
Ans. (A)
- A person’s peculiar habit –
(A) Idiosyncrasy
(B) Madness
(C) Insanity
(D) Psychosis
Ans. (A)
- Government by a king –
(A) Monarchy
(B) State
(C) Kingdom
(D) Government
Ans. (A)
- Regular user of places/restaurant etc. –
(A) Clientele
(B) Client
(C) Clientage
(D) Vendee
Ans. (A)
- One who pretends to be what he is not –
(A) Hypocrite
(B) Canter
(C) Sanctimony
(D) Dissembler
Ans. (A)
- Opinion contrary to accepted doctrine –
(A) Heresy
(B) Pharisaic
(C) Phylactery
(D) Heterodoxy
Ans. (A)
- Person who eats too much-
(A) Glutton
(B) Gastronome
(C) Astronomer
(D) Gastronomist
Ans. (A)
- One hides away in a ship or passenger vehicle to obtain a free passage-
(A) Stowaway
(B) Privacy
(C) Retirement
(D) Solitude
Ans (A)
- The study of ancient civilization –
(A) Archaeology
(B) Anthropology
(C) Paleontology
(D) Geology
Ans (A)
- Suitable or intended only for young persons –
(A) Juvenile
(B) Youthful
(C) Under age
(D) Ephemeral
Ans. (A)
- Hard working and diligent –
(A) Sedulous
(B) Zealous
(C) Enthusiastic
(D) Scholarly
Ans. (A)
- One who pretends to be what he is not –
(A) Imposter
(B) Hypocritical
(C) Fraudulent
(D) Affected
Ans. (A)
- A round-about way of expression –
(A) Circumlocution
(B) Verbosity
(C) Pleonasm
(D) Verbalism
Ans. (A)
- A person who has lost protection of law –
(A) Outlaw
(B) Robber
(C) Bandit
(D) Mugger
Ans. (A)
- Thing that can be felt or touched –
(A) Palpable
(B) Perceptible
(C) Tactile
(D) Ponderable
Ans. (A)
- A place where money is coined –
(A) Mint
(B) Presuppose
(C) Deduce
(D) Guess
Ans. (A)
- One who is converted from one religion to other –
(A) Proselyte
(B) Ensnare
(C) Proselytize
(D) Allure
Ans. (A)
- A state of emotional or intellectual separation –
(A) Alienation
(B) Disfavor
(C) Dispassion
(D) Impassivity
Ans. (A)
- The ceremony of crowning a sovereign –
(A) Coronation
(B) Consecration
(C) Ablution
(D) Anointment
Ans. (A)
Choose the correctly spelt word: –
Direction (01-28):
- (A) Saccrifice
(B) Sacrifice
(C) Sacrfifice
(D) Sacriffice
Ans. (B)
- (A) Minnister
(B) Minister
(C) Ministerr
(D) Ministter
Ans. (B)
- (A) Reprsentative
(B) Representetive
(C) Reparsentative
(D) Representative
Ans. (D)
- (A) Giudence
(B) Giudance
(C) Guidance
(D) Guidence
Ans. (C)
- (A) Massterly
(B) Mastarly
(C) Masterly
(D) Mastrely
Ans. (C)
- (A) Parbiol
(B) Parboill
(C) Pareboil
(D) Parboil
Ans. (D)
- (A) Entomulogists
(B) Entomologists
(C) Entomolougists
(D) Enttomologists
Ans. (B)
- (A) Specailist
(B) Specialist
(C) Spacialist
(D) Specaillist
Ans. (B)
- (A) Aviodance
(B) Avoidance
(C) Avoidence
(D) Avoidanse
Ans. (B)
- (A) Circcumambulatory
(B) Circumambulatory
(C) Circumambulatary
(D) Circumambulatry
Ans. (B)
- (A) Dominoin
(B) Dominian
(C) Dominien
(D) Dominion
Ans. (D)
- (A) Soveriegnty
(B) Sovireignty
(C) Sovereiginty
(D) Sovereignty
Ans. (D)
- (A) Priggissness
(B) Priggishness
(C) Prigishness
(D) Prigissness
Ans. (B)
- (A) Misbeleiver
(B) Misbeliever
(C) Missbeliever
(D) Misbelliever
Ans. (B)
- (A) Eclipse
(B) Ecllipsse
(C) Ecclipse
(D)Eclippse
Ans. (A)
- (A) Assumpption
(B) Assumption
(C) Assumptionn
(D) Assumpttion
Ans. (B)
- (A) Genious
(B) Genius
(C) Genuis
(D) Ginius
Ans (B)
- (A) Mathemetics
(B) Mathmetics
(C) Mathematics
(D) Mathmatics
Ans (C)
(B) Diffusion
(C) Diffusionn
(D) Difusionn
Ans. (B)
- (A) Expansivness
(B) Expanssiveness
(C) Expansiveness
(D) Expansiviness
Ans. (C)
- (A) Virbaige
(B) Verbiage
(C) Verbaigi
(D) Verbaige
Ans. (B)
- (A) Bombust
(B) Bumbast
(C) Bombeast
(D) Bombast
Ans. (D)
- (A) Plagiarist
(B) Plageirist
(C) Plagierist
(D) Plagairist
Ans. (A)
- (A) Cliantele
(B) Clientale
(C) Cliantale
(D) Clientele
Ans. (D)
- (A) Psefology
(B) Pssephology
(C) Psepholougy
(D) Psephology
Ans. (D)
- (A) Sidulous
(B) Seduluos
(C) Sedulous
(D) Sedulouss
Ans. (C)
- (A) Spiritualisation
(B) Sppiritualization
(C) Spirritualization
(D) Spiritualization
Ans. (D)
- (A) Ilustriousness
(B) Illustriuosness
(C) Illustriousness
(D) Illustrioussness
Ans. (C)
Choose the most appropriate Idioms: –
Direction (01-28):
- If you do something _______then you usually do it.
(A) As a rule
(B) As a law
(C) As a law book
(D) As a enactment
Ans. ()
- If a person is ___________they are unemotional.
(A) As cool as calm
(B) As cold as stone
(C) As cold as Snag
(D) As Cold as Ice
Ans.(B)
- If you are prepared to do something ______________, you are willing to do anything, good or bad, to reach your goal.
(A) By hook or by crook
(B) By hook with crook
(C) By hook by crook
(D) With hook or by crook
Ans. (A)
- If you____________, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken..
(A) Burnt your bridges
(B) Burned your bridges
(C) Burns your bridges
(D) Burn your bridges
Ans. (D)
- After spending years in an emotionally abusive relationship, Patrick finally decided to make a _______and leave his girlfriend.
(A) clean break
(B) clean broken
(C) fresh break
(D) spotless broken
Ans. (A)
- The kids finally _______________about eating the cookies I’d made for the bake sale.
(A) came clean
(B) come fresh
(C) came fair
(D) come Spotless
Ans. (A)
- My sister and I haven’t seen each other in nearly five years, so we stayed up half the night____________.
(A) chewing the fat
(B) chew the tallow
(C) masticate the grease
(D) chewing the pulp
Ans. (A)
- The principal is a _________who has greatly improved the school.
(A) class act
(B) class method
(C) class action
(D) class work
Ans. (A)
- If someone is________, they are not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully
(A) Asleep of the switch
(B) Asleep on the switch
(C) Asleep at the switch
(D) Asleep at the shift
Ans.(C)
- If you are in total darkness and can’t see anything at all, you are as_____________
(A) Eyeless as a bat.
(B) Blind as a bats
(C) Sightless as a bat.
(D) Blind as a bat.
Ans.(D)
- I ___________________by applying to 15 colleges.
(A) covered all the foundations
(B) covered all the bases
(C) included all the backbone
(D) covered all the ground
Ans. (B)
- These delicious strawberries are the_____________.
(A) cream of the harvest
(B) dope of the crop
(C) paste of the gnaw
(D) cream of the crop
Ans. (D)
- Financial analysts believe that the sudden drop in oil prices points to a _____________for the national economy.
(A) cloud on the horizon
(B) mass on the sealine
(C) cloud on the skyline
(D) mass on the horizon
Ans. (A)
- I had a _____________this morning when a tractor trailer unexpectedly swerved into my lane.
(A) close shave
(B) close stealth
(C) close deception
(D) close guile
Ans. (A)
- A person _____________thinks the same way as you.
(A) After your own heart
(B) After your own heart
(C) After your own courage
(D) After your own adventure
Ans.(A)
- If doing something goes_____________, you’re unwilling to do it because it contradicts what you believe in, but you have no real choice.
(A) Against the grain
(B) Against the grain
(C) Against the magician
(D) Against the necromancer
Ans.(B)
- If you ______________to someone, you tell them your personal and private feelings.
(A) Bared your own Heart
(B) Bare Your Heart
(C) Bared Your Heart
(D) Baring Your Heart
Ans (B)
- If a person is very underweight, they are_____, or bones.
(A) all bone
(B) all skin
(C) Some skin and bone
(D) all skin and bone
Ans (D)
- When we ______________this much, it frustrates our customers. We need to set a schedule and stick to it.
(A) chop and variation
(B) reap and change
(C) chop and alteration
(D) chop and change
Ans. (D)
- The company’s closure was inevitable, as it has been ____________for the last six months.
(A) circling the drain
(B) ramble the channel
(C) roaming the system
(D) circling the exit
Ans. (A)
- The police ________________as they ransacked another house.
(A) caught the robbers red-handed
(B) catch the robbers red-handed
(C) grab the robbers red-handed
(D) caught the robbers red-hands
Ans. (A)
- She seems to have forgotten that_________________—she has no problem volunteering at the church but rarely visits her own mother.
(A) charity begins at house
(B) charity startup at home
(C) charity begins at home
(D) aims begins at house
Ans. (C)
- I considered Walt for the promotion, but his constant lateness soon _____________that decision.
(A) cast doubt on
(B) cast suspicion on
(C) cast hesitancy of
(D) cast doubt of
Ans. (A)
- I can’t believe he gave his brand-new convertible to that bumpkin—talk about ________________.
(A) casting your pearls before swine
(B) casts your pearls after snorted
(C) casting your nacre after swine
(D) cast your pearls before swine
Ans. (A)
- I’m going to try to squeeze in a _____________before my next shift starts, or else I’ll be feeling sluggish for the entire evening.
(A) cat nap
(B) cat blink
(C) cat slumber
(D) cat dormancy
Ans. (A)
- They were so happy together when they first started dating, but after 10 years together, they’ve started leading a______________.
(A) heck-and-dog life
(B) cat-and-cat life
(C) cat-and-dog life
(D) latch-and-dog life
Ans. (C)
- There’s a ______________in work after it came to light that someone has been stealing from the cash registers.
(A) cloud of suspicion
(B) cloud of hesitance
(C) cloud of misgiving
(D) cloud of doubt
Ans. (A)
- It will be a ____________when I let you borrow my car!
(A) cold day in Hell
(B) cold day in inferno
(C) cold day in Abaddon
(D) cold day in Gehenna
Ans. (A)
