ENGLISH QUIZ 8

0
118

ENGLISH QUIZ

Q1. No sooner did he——- me ———– he tried to run away.

  1. notice, when
  2. see, than
  3. observe, soon
  4. watch, that

 

Q2. Even more than beauty, your attracts me and with ———– appeal.

  1. a delectable
  2. a sententious
  3. an irresistible
  4. an ineluctable

 

Q3. She had a terrible night caused by an ———– during her sleep.

  1. debility
  2. incubus
  3. delusion
  4. obsession

 

Q4. His ———– of the topic was so good that students had few doubts to raise at the end.

  1. exposure
  2. clarity
  3. exposition
  4. picturisation

 

Q5. His ———– in his family’s position is great but he does not boast about it.

  1. status
  2. pride
  3. deceit
  4. presumption

 

Q6. A son who is unable to look his father in the face is——.

  1. guilty
  2. arrogant
  3. timid
  4. ashamed

 

Q7. Suganya failed in the examination because none of her answers was ———– to the questions asked.

  1. pertinent
  2. allusive
  3. referential
  4. revealing

 

Q8. In the ———– areas of the rail road terminal thousands of travellers lingered while waiting for their train.

  1. extensive
  2. capacious
  3. commodious
  4. capricious

 

Q9. That charming girl was the ———– of all eyes.

  1. aim
  2. target
  3. ambition
  4. cynosure

 

Q10. It was through the Second World War that Russia ———– herself increased ———– in power and wealth and prestige.

  1. saw, abundantly
  2. notice, gullibly
  3. witnessed, prodigiously
  4. None of these

 

Q11. ———– is a person who dabbles in art and letters.

  1. chauvinist
  2. connoisseur
  3. philistine
  4. dilettante

 

Q12. The scientist made a ———– discovery for which he was honoured.

  1. sensual
  2. sensational
  3. sensuous
  4. sentimental

 

Q13. So many servants attended ———– him during his illness.

  1. at
  2. upon
  3. on
  4. with

 

Q14. India, for the present, is deeply ———– in economic difficulties, but the Government has taken a pledge to set everything right within five years.

  1. vexed
  2. ruined
  3. saturated
  4. swamped

 

Q15. The salaries and perks of the employees were not in ———– with their status in this industry.

  1. capacity
  2. conformity
  3. possession
  4. accordance

 

Q16. It was the help he got from his friends which ———– him through the tragedy.

  1. boosted
  2. parked
  3. supported
  4. helped

 

Q17. We never believed that he would resort to ———– in order to achieve his end; we always regarded him as an honest man.

  1. charm
  2. subterfuge
  3. logic
  4. cunning

 

Q18. A determined effort will be needed to restrict the country’s ———– social services.

  1. expensive
  2. variegated
  3. renegade
  4. profligate

 

Q19. I never miss a cricket match. I ———– fond of cricket sice childhood.

  1. am
  2. will be
  3. have been
  4. has been

 

Q20. The unruly behaviour of the soldiers ———– their commander.

  1. clashed
  2. incensed
  3. tempered
  4. aggrieved

 

-:ANSWERS:-

1ANSWER:B

2ANSWER:C

3ANSWER:D

4ANSWER:C

5ANSWER:A

6ANSWER:C

7ANSWER:A

8ANSWER:C

9ANSWER:D

10ANSWER:C

11ANSWER:D

12ANSWER:B

13ANSWER:C

14ANSWER:D

15ANSWER:B

16ANSWER:D

17ANSWER:B

18ANSWER:A

19ANSWER:C

20ANSWER:B