ENGLISH QUIZ
1. He has written a poem which fascinates everyone.
A. A poem has been written by him which fascinates everyone.
B. Everyone is fascinated by the poem which has been written by him.
C. Poem written by him fascinates everyone
D. Every one fascinates the poem written by him.
2. Will those happy days be ever forgotten by us?
A. Will we ever forget those happy days?
B. Shall we ever forgot these happy days?
C. Would we forge these happy days?
D. Ever shall we forget those happy days?
3. A poem of mouring.
A. epic
B. sonnet
C. lyric
D. eleg
4. One who despises persons of lower social position
A. Prim
B. Snob
C. Prig
D. Aristocrat
5. Gradual recovery from illness
A. Hysteria
B. Amnesia
C. Superannuation
D. Convalescence
6. One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him
A. Vindicator
B. Usurer
C. Vindictive
D. Virulent
7. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
A. Stoic
B. Hedonist
C. Epicure
D. Sensual
8. Commencement of words with the same letter
A. Rhyme
B. Alliteration
C. Pun
D. Oxymoron
9. Child bereaved of one or both the parents
A. Desolate
B. Destitute
C. Orphan
D. Lout
10. Gift left by will
A. Alimony
B. Parimony
C. Legacy
D. Property
11. A government run by a dictator
A. Democracy
B. Autocracy
C. Oligarchy
D. Theocracy
12. One who always runs away from danger
A. Escapist
B. Timid
C. Coward
D. Shirker
13. A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost
A. Ode
B. Epic
C. Sonnet
D. Elegy
14. A post without remuneration
A. Voluntary
B. Sinecure
C. Honorary
D. Involuntary
15. Large scale departure of people
A. Migration
B. Emigration
C. Immigration
D. Exodus
16. Lottery in which an article is assigned by lot to one of those buying tickets
A. Auction
B. Raffle
C. Audit
D. Transit
17. To send an unwanted person out of the country
A. Exclude
B. Ostracise
C. Deport
D. Expatriate
18. Voluntarily giving up throne by king in favour of his son
A. Abdiction
B. Resurrection
C. Accession
D. Renunciation
19. List of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting
A. Schedule
B. Agenda
C. Proceedings
D. Excerpts
20. A process involving too much official formality
A. Nepotism
B. Diplomacy
C. Red-tapism
D. Bureaucracy
ANSWERS
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. D
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. C