General English #6 MCQ

GENERAL ENGLISH #6 MCQ

Directions: Select the appropriate word which is nearest in meaning to the word given in capitals.

1. AMBITION

(a) Goal

(b) Aspiration

(c) Desire

(d) Expectation

Answer: (c)

2. MANY

(a) Numberless

(b) Several

(c) Endless

(d) Unlimited

Answer: (b)

3. COMPETENCE

(a) Ability

(b) Efficiency

(c) Competition

(d) Compensation

Answer: (a)

4. NIMBLE

(a) Clear

(b) Subtle

(c) Quickening

(d) Lively

Answer: (c)

5. RELUCTANT

(a) Hesitating

(b) Ready

(c) Willing

(d) Inclined

Answer: (a)

Directions: From the given words select the one which is opposite in meaning to the word given in capitals.

6. FORBID

(a) Permit

(b) Celebrate

(c) Appreciate

(d) Provoke

Answer: (a)

7. SELDOM

(a) Often

(b) Daily

(c) Rarely

(d) Never

Answer: (a)

8. VITAL

(a) Outer

(b) Unimportant

(c) Dead

(d) Peripheral

Answer: (b)

9. RELIGIOUS

(a) Immoral

(b) Atheistic

(c) Sinful

(d) Secular

Answer: (d)

10. HAUGHTY

(a) Scared

(b) Humble

(c) Pitiable

(d) Cowardly

Answer: (b)

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

11. A building where dead bodies are kept

(a) Hospital

(b) Zoo

(c) Aviary

(d) Mortuary

Answer: (d)

12. A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others

(a) Bureaucrat

(b) Autocrat

(c) Fanatic

(d) Democrat

Answer: (b)

13. To induce to have sexual intercourse

(a) Entice

(b) Seduce

(c) Incite

(d) Lax

Answer: (b)

14. The violation of profaning of sacred things

(a) Sinecure

(b) Posthumous

(c) Solemn

(d) Sacrilege

Answer: (d)

15. A man who wasted money on luxury

(a) Nymph

(b) Extravagant

(c) Surge

(d) Extempore

Answer: (b)

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the correctly spelt word.

16. (a) Achievement

(b) Achevement

(c) Acheivment

(d) Achievment

Answer: (a)

17. (a) Illusteous

(b) Illistrious

(c) Ilustrious

(d) Illustrious

Answer: (d)

18. (a) Exagerate

(b) Exadgerate

(c) Exaggerate

(d) Exeggerate

Answer: (c)

19. (a) Bouquete

(b) Bouquet

(c) Bouquette

(d) Boquet

Answer: (b)

20. (a) Commission

(b) Commisson

(c) Comission

(d) Commision

Answer: (a)