English Solved Question Paper

English Solved Question Paper

Free Online English Test Paper

Directions: In each question, out of the given alternatives,

choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

1. A man of odd habits

(a) Eccentric

(b) Cynical

(c) Introvert

(d) Moody

ANSWER: (a)

2. One whose attitude is: ‘eat, drink and be merry

(a) Epicurean

(b) Cynic

(c) Materialistic

(d) Stoic

ANSWER: (a)

3. Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him

(a) Dandy

(b) Bastard

(c) Concubine

(d) Cuckold

ANSWER: (d)

4. One who robs smuggler of his smuggled goods after the Border has been crossed

(a) Pirate

(b) Malefactor

(c) Hijacker

(d) Philanderer

ANSWER: (c)

5. One who pretends illness to escape duty?

(a) Truant

(b) Malingerer

(c) Hypocrite

(d) Concubine

ANSWER: (b)

6. Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning

(a) Circumlocution

(b) Verbatim

(c) Ventriloquism

(d) Pleonasm

ANSWER: (d)

7. One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause.

(a) Martyr

(b) Pedant

(c) Fanatic

(d) Patriot

ANSWER: (c)

8. Time alter twilight and before night

(a) Evening

(b) Dawn

(c) Dusk

(d) Eclipse

ANSWER: (c)

9. To bring peace, and end violence

(a) Soothe

(b) Harmonies

(c) Pacify

(d) Tranquilize

ANSWER: (c)

10. One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally

(a) Veteran

(b) Player

(c) Connoisseur

(d) Amateur

ANSWER: (d)

11. A political leader who tries to stir up people

(a) Demagogue

(b) Dictator

(c) Statesman

(d) Martinet

ANSWER: (a)

12. Person who has long experience

(a) Stalwart

(b) Pedantic

(c) Itinerant

(d) Veteran

ANSWER: (d)

13. An instrument for viewing objects at a distance

(a) Microscope

(b) Telescope

(c) Periscope

(d) Kaleidoscope

ANSWER: (b)

14. A general pardon of political offenders

(a) Parole

(b) Forgiveness

(c) Clemency

(d) Amnesty

ANSWER: (d)

15. A person who maliciously destroys by fire

(a) Antagonist

(b) Activist

(c) Terrorist

(d) Incendiary

ANSWER: (d)

16. A person very hard to please,

(a) Obstinate

(b) Unconquerable

(c) Fastidious

(d) Invincible

ANSWER: (c)

17. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks?

(a) Puritan

(b) Samaritan

(c) Pedant

(d) Teetotaler

ANSWER: (d)

18. The line which a plough cuts in the ground

(a) Vale

(b) Trench

(c) Furrow

(d) Trough

ANSWER: (c)

19. A person who forsakes religion

(a) Charlatan

(b) Apostles

(c) Renegade

(d) Apotheosis

ANSWER: (c)

20. Contempt of God

(a) Atheism

(b) Nihilism

(c) Blasphemy

(d) Agnosticism

ANSWER: (c)

21. A person concerned with practical results and values.

(a) Plagiarist

(b) Realist

(c) Pragmatist

(d) Fundamentalist

ANSWER: (c)

22. A person without manners or polish

(a) Rustic

(b) Naive

(c) Boorish

(d) Barbarian

ANSWER: (a)

23. Responsible according to law

(a) Liable

(b) Eligible

(c) Legalized

(d) Legitimate

ANSWER: (d)

24. Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified persons

(a) Veto

(b) Suffrage

(c) Plebiscite

(d) Franchise

ANSWER: (c)

25. A person who is made to bear the blame due to others

(a) Innocent

(b) Scapegoat

(c) lgnoramus

(d) Nincompoop

ANSWER: (b)