ENGLISH QUIZ
Q1. Even when Murugan’s reputation was in ———– almost everyone was willing to admit that he had genius.
A. failure
B. rebuttal
C. accumulation
D. eclipse
Q2. His answer was such ———– I expected him to gave.
A. who
B. as
C. which
D. that
Q3. These were reduced to skeletons for they had long been ———– for food.
A. famishing
B. longing
C. snarling
D. craving
Q4. The accused ———– having made any statement.
A. refused
B. rejected
C. declaimed
D. denied
Q5. For nations conscious of the ———– of modern war, peace must be the goal of their foreign policies.
A. incidence
B. perils
C. potentialities
D. redundancies
Q6. The speaker pointed a ———– picture of hunger in parts of India.
A. chimerical
B. passionate
C. parisimonious
D. poignant
Q7. She is so ———– that she easily catches cold.
A. sober
B. sincere
C. sensitive
D. sensible
Q8. He congratulated his friend ———– the latter’s success.
A. for
B. about
C. on
D. with
Q9. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who ———– their clients funds.
A. devour
B. devastate
C. dawdled
D. embezzle
Q10. Prasanna got the company car for a ———– price as he was the senior most employee in the company.
A. reduced
B. nominal
C. fixed
D. discounted
Q11. The new owners of the paper changed the ———– completely.
A. layout
B. outlook
C. outlay
D. outlet
Q12. The enemy paid a large sum as ———–.
A. redress
B. amends
C. compensation
D. punishment
Q13. His moral decadence was marked by his ———– from the ways of integrity and honesty.
A. departure
B. obsession
C. opprobrium
D. declivity
Q14. I decided to sell a piece of land when I was offered a more ———– price.
A. correct
B. true
C. exact
D. realistic
Q15. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God ———– his actions
A. about
B. against
C. for
D. of
Q16. We had a wonderful view of the bay through the ———–.
A. window
B. zenith
C. vicinity
D. proximity
Q17. Modern architecture has discarded the ———– trimming on buildings and emphasises simplicity of line.
A. gaunt
B. flagrant
C. gaudy
D. flamboyant
Q18. In the world of today, material values take precedence ———– spiritual values.
A. about
B. on
C. over
D. at
Q19. Knowledge is like a deep well fed by ———– springs, and your mind is the little bucket that you drop in it.
A. perennial
B. eternal
C. sterling
D. immortal
Q20. The opposition parties allege that prices of essential commodities are ———– like a runaway ballon.
A. soaring
B. reviving
C. flying
D. leaping
ANSWERS
1ANSWER: D
2ANSWER: B
3ANSWER: A
4ANSWER: D
5ANSWER: C
6ANSWER: D
7ANSWER: C
8ANSWER: C
9ANSWER: D
10ANSWER: B
11ANSWER: A
12ANSWER: C
13ANSWER: A
14ANSWER: D
15ANSWER: C
16ANSWER: A
17ANSWER: C
18ANSWER: C
19ANSWER: A
20ANSWER: A