English MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) - SchoolingAxis

English MCQ

 Que- Leave or remove from a place considered dangerous 

a. Evade 

b. Evacuate 

c. Avoid 

d. Exterminate 


Answer- Evacuate


Que- A prima facie case is such 

a. As it seems at first sight 

b. As it is made to seem at first sight 

c. As it turns out to be at the end 

d. As it seems to the court after a number of hearings 


Answer- As it seems at first sight


Que- A person pretending to be somebody he is not 

a. Magician 

b. Rogue 

c. Liar 

d. Imposter 


Answer- Imposter


Que- A person who knows many foreign languages 

a. Linguist 

b. Grammarian 

c. Polyglot 

d. Bilingual 


Answer- Linguist


Que- One who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness 

a. Egoist 

b. Fatalist 

c. Stoic 

d. Cynic 


Answer- Cynic


Que- One who possesses many talents 

a. Versatile 

b. Nubile 

c. Exceptional 

d. Gifted 


Answer- Versatile


Que- Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin 

a. Nepotism 

b. Favouritism 

c. Wordliness 

d. Corruption 


Answer- Nepotism


Que- Hater of learning and knowledge 

a. Misologist 

b. Bibliophile 

c. Misogynist 

d. Misanthropist 


Answer- Misologist


Que- A person interested in reading books and nothing else 

a. Book-keepr 

b. Scholar 

c. Book-worm 

d. Student 


Answer- Book-worm


Que- A place where monks live as a secluded community 

a. Cathedral 

b. Diocese 

c. Convent 

d. Monastery 


Answer- Monastery


Que- Incapable of being seen through 

a. Ductile 

b. Opaque 

c. Obsolete 

d. Potable 


Answer- Opaque


Que- One who does not care for literature or art 

a. Primitive 

b. Illiterate 

c. Philistine 

d. Barbarian 


Answer- Philistine


Que- A large sleeping-room with many beds 

a. Bedroom 

b. Dormitory 

c. Hostel 

d. Basement 


Answer- Dormitory


Que- To issue a thunderous verbal attack 

a. Languish 

b. Animate 

c. Fulminate 

d. Invigorate 


Answer- Fulminate


Que- That which is perceptible by touch is 

a. Contagious 

b. Contingent 

c. Tenacious 

d. Tangible 


Answer- Tangible


Que- Very pleasing to eat 

a. Appetising 

b. Palatable 

c. Tantalising 

d. Sumptuous 


Answer- Palatable


Que- The part of government which is concerned with making of rules 

a. Court 

b. Tribunal 

c. Bar 

d. Legislature 


Answer- Legislature


Que- One who believes that all things and events in life are predetermined is a 

a. Fatalist 

b. Puritan 

c. Egoist 

d. Tyrant 


Answer- Fatalist


Que- Something that relates to everyone in the world 

a. General 

b. Common 

c. Usual 

d. Universal 


Answer- Universal


Que- To walk with slow or regular Steps is to 

a. Limp 

b. Stride 

c. Pace 

d. Advance 


Answer- Pace


Que- A style full of words 

a. Verbose 

b. Pedantic 

c. Rhetorical 

d. Abundant 


Answer- Verbose


Que- Murder of a brother 

a. Patricide 

b. Regicide 

c. Homicide 

d. Fratricide 


Answer- Fratricide


Que- Having superior or intellectual interests and tastes 

a. Elite 

b. Highbrow 

c. Sophisticated 

d. Fastidious 


Answer- Highbrow


Que- To cause troops, etc. to spread out in readiness for battle 

a. Disperse 

b. Deploy 

c. Collocate 

d. Align 


Answer- Deploy


Que- A voice loud enough to be heard 

a. Audible 

b. Applaudable 

c. Laudable 

d. Oral 


Answer- Audible


Que- A light sailing boat built specially for racing 

a. Canoe 

b. Yacht 

c. Frigate 

d. Dinghy 


Answer- Yacht


Que- One who is in charge of museum 

a. Curator 

b. Supervisor 

c. Caretaker 

d. Warden 


Answer- Curator


Que- A government by the nobles 

a. Aristocracy 

b. Democracy 

c. Autocracy 

d. Bureaucracy 


Answer- Aristocracy


Que- That which cannot be seen 

a. Insensible 

b. Intangible 

c. Invisible 

d. Unseen 


Answer- Invisible


Que- To slap with a flat object 

a. Chop 

b. Hew 

c. Gnaw 

d. Swat 


Answer- Swat


Que- Habitually silent or talking little 

a. Servile 

b. Unequivocal 

c. Taciturn 

d. Synoptic 


Answer- Taciturn


Que- One who cannot be corrected 

a. Incurable 

b. Incorrigible 

c. Hardened 

d. Invulnerable 


Answer- Incorrigible


Que- Be the embodiment or perfect example of 

a. Characterise 

b. Idol 

c. Personify 

d. Signify 


Answer- Personify


Que- A person not sure of the existence of god 

a. Cynic 

b. Agnostic 

c. Atheist 

d. Theist 


Answer- Agnostic


Que- A paper written by hand 

a. Handicraft 

b. Manuscript 

c. Handiwork 

d. Thesis 


Answer- Manuscript


Que- A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal 

a. Schizophrenia 

b. Claustrophobia 

c. Kleptomania 

d. Magolomania 


Answer- Kleptomania


Que- One who sacrifices his life for a cause 

a. Patriot 

b. Martyr 

c. Revolutionary 

d. Soldier 


Answer- Martyr


Que- A person who brings goods illegally into the country 

a. Importer 

b. Exporter 

c. Fraud 

d. Smuggler 


Answer- Smuggler


Que- To take secretly in small quantities 

a. Robbery 

b. Pilferage 

c. Theft 

d. Defalcation 


Answer- Pilferage


Que- To accustom oneself to a foreign climate 

a. Adapt 

b. Adopt 

c. Accustom 

d. Acclimatise 


Answer- Acclimatise


Que- One who knows everything 

a. Literate 

b. Scholar 

c. Omnipotent 

d. Omniscient 


Answer- Omniscient


Que- Detailed plan of journey 

a. Travelogue 

b. Travelkit 

c. Schedule 

d. Itinerary 


Answer- Itinerary


Que- Continuing fight between parties, families, clans, etc. 

a. Enmity 

b. Feud 

c. Quarrel 

d. Skirmish 


Answer- Feud


Que- A building for storing threshed grain 

a. Hangar 

b. Dockyard 

c. Store 

d. Granary 


Answer- Granary


Que- Policeman riding on motorcycles as guards to a VIP 

a. Outriders 

b. Servants 

c. Commandos 

d. Attendants 


Answer- Outriders


Que- One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him 

a. Virulent 

b. Vindictive 

c. Usurer 

d. Vindicator 


Answer- Vindictive


Que- Murder of a king 

a. Infanticide 

b. Matricide 

c. Genocide 

d. Regicide 


Answer- Regicide


Que- An expression of mild disapproval 

a. Warning 

b. Denigration 

c. Impertinence 

d. Reproof 


Answer- Reproof


Que- One absorbed in his own thoughts and feelings rather than in things outside 

a. Scholar 

b. Recluse 

c. Introvert 

d. Intellectual 


Answer- Introvert


Que- The raison d'etre of a controversy is 

a. The enthusiasm with which it is kept alive 

b. The fitness with which participants handle it 

c. The reason or justification of its existence 

d. The unending hostility the parties concerned have towards each other 


Answer- The reason or justification of its existence


Que- A place where bees are kept in called 

a. An apiary 

b. A mole 

c. A hive 

d. A sanctury 


Answer- An apiary


Que- A religious discourse 

a. Preach 

b. Stanza 

c. Sanctorum 

d. Sermon 


Answer- Sermon


Que- Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks 

a. Isthmus 

b. Archipelago 

c. Hinterland 

d. Swamps 


Answer- Hinterland


Que- Study of the evolution of man as an animal 

a. Archaeology 

b. Anthropology 

c. Chronology 

d. Ethnology 


Answer- Anthropology


Que- A person who speaks many languages 

a. Linguist 

b. Monolingual 

c. Polyglot 

d. Bilingual 


Answer- Polyglot


Que- One who does not believe in existence of god 

a. Egoist 

b. Atheist 

c. Stoic 

d. Naive 


Answer- Atheist


Que- A drawing on transparent paper 

a. Red print 

b. Blue print 

c. Negative 

d. Transparency 


Answer- Transparency


Que- One who is not easily pleased by anything 

a. Maiden 

b. Mediaeval 

c. Precarious 

d. Fastidious 


Answer- Fastidious


Que- A remedy for all diseases 

a. Stoic 

b. Marvel 

c. Panacea 

d. Recompense 


Answer- Panacea


Que- One who is fond of fighting 

a. Bellicose 

b. Aggressive 

c. Belligerent 

d. Militant 


Answer- Bellicose


Que- A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics, etc. 

a. Store 

b. Stall 

c. Boutique 

d. Booth 


Answer- Boutique


Que- That which cannot be read 

a. Negligible 

b. Illegible 

c. Ineligible 

d. Incorrigible 


Answer- Illegible


Que- In a state of tension or anxiety or suspense 

a. Off balance 

b. Depressed 

c. Diffused 

d. On tenterhooks 


Answer- On tenterhooks


Que- Words inscribed on tomb 

a. Epitome 

b. Epistle 

c. Epilogue 

d. Epitaph 


Answer- Epitaph


Que- One who eats everything 

a. Omnivorous 

b. Omniscient 

c. Irrestible 

d. Insolvent 


Answer- Omnivorous


Que- Malafide case is one 

a. Which is undertaken in a good faith 

b. Which is undertaken in a bad faith 

c. Which is undertaken after a long delay 

d. Which is not undertaken at all 


Answer- Which is undertaken in a bad faith


Que- The custom or practice of having more than one husband at same time 

a. Polygyny 

b. Polyphony 

c. Polyandry 

d. Polychromy 


Answer- Polyandry


Que- Tending to move away from the centre or axis 

a. Centrifugal 

b. Centripetal 

c. Axiomatic 

d. Awry 


Answer- Centrifugal


Que- Teetotaller means 

a. One who abstains from theft 

b. One who abstains from meat 

c. One who abstains from taking wine 

d. One who abstains from malice 


Answer- One who abstains from taking wine


Que- A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things 

a. Antiquarian 

b. Junk-dealer 

c. Crank 

d. Archealogist 


Answer- Antiquarian


Que- The idiomatic phrase "Spick and Span" means? 

a. Wisdome and foresight  

b. Watch the weather  

c. spotlessly clean  

d. Deceive somebody 


Answer- spotlessly clean


Que- What do you mean by Novel ___________ ? 

a. Short prose  

b. A long fictional prose with many characters   

c. A short narrative prose  

d. A literary work on the stage 


Answer- A long fictional prose with many characters 


Que- What the term Short Story stands for: 

a. A long prose fiction  

b. A story of figurative language  

c. A story of many characters  

d. A short prose fiction 


Answer- A short prose fiction


Que- To"Jazz Up" means to___________? 

a. Go faster  

b. Make something more exciting  

c. Make a lot of noise  

d. Be Strong 


Answer- Make something more exciting


Que- There were no opposition to the new policy by the ‘rank and file' of the Government. 

a. The ordinary members   

b. The official machinery  

c. The majority  

d. The cabinet ministers 


Answer- The ordinary members 


Que- Meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song"? 

a. Last work   

b. First work  

c. Middle work  

d. Early work 


Answer- Last work 


Que- Clique means____________? 

a. A group of animals  

b. A group of birds  

c. A group of people  

d. None of above 


Answer- A group of people


Que- Prosaic means__________? 

a. Good  

b. Dull  

c. Beautiful  

d. None 


Answer- Dull


Que- What is the meaning of Banton? 

a. Afresh  

b. Good manners  

c. Farewell  

d. Authority 


Answer- Good manners


Que- He is busy with his work ______________? 

a. inns and out  

b. up to neck  

c. up to the hilt  

d. kith and kin 


Answer- up to the hilt


Que- All Hours means___________? 

a. At Regular Times  

b. At Irregular Times  

c. Every Hour  

d. None of these 


Answer- At Irregular Times


Que- Idiom "A slap on the wrist" means? 

a. Hard Punishment  

b. Beating Someone  

c. Warning or Small Punishment  

d. Make someone sad 


Answer- Warning or Small Punishment


Que- Idiom "To cut long story short" means? 

a. Tell the story briefly  

b. Come to the point  

c. Miss the main points  

d. None of above 


Answer- Come to the point


Que- De novo means___________? 

a. Calm in arm  

b. New  

c. Prominent  

d. To any extent 


Answer- New


Que- Inter alia means___________? 

a. In between  

b. By the fact  

c. Under concentration  

d. At the end 


Answer- In between


Que- En-route means_________? 

a. oneway direction  

b. On the way  

c. Long distance  

d. None of these 


Answer- On the way


Que- Idiom " To make amend for" means___________? 

a. Make possible effort  

b. To compensate for damage  

c. To bring chance in something  

d. None of these 


Answer- To compensate for damage


Que- Brain Drain means__________? 

a. Mad Person  

b. Migration Of Skilled Person To Other Country  

c. Emigration Of Intellectuals  

d. None 


Answer- Migration Of Skilled Person To Other Country


Que- The idiom "To burry the hatchet" mean? 

a. To make peace  

b. To make a foolish choice  

c. To make a wrong decision  

d. To lose something 


Answer- To make peace


Que- Complete the idiom "Hell hath no fury like a___________? 

a. A women scorned  

b. A burnned women  

c. A women forgotten  

d. A devil's advocate 


Answer- A women scorned


Que- Foreign phrase " De Jure" means? 

a. By law  

b. Successful  

c. Illegal  

d. Compromising 


Answer- By law


Que- Idiom "Tie the knot" means? 

a. Friendship  

b. Getting married  

c. Enmity  

d. Criticism 


Answer- Getting married


Que- The Government ruled by Women is called? 

a. Petticoat government  

b. Corporatocracy  

c. Patriarchy  

d. None of these 


Answer- Petticoat government


Que- One-Trick Pony means: 

a. A person having one special feature, talent, or area of experti  

b. Doing work dishonesty  

c. Unlawful paropaganda  

d. Clever planning for enemy 


Answer- A person having one special feature, talent, or area of experti


Que- His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase "apple-pie order" means? 

a. Neat & tidy  

b. Disordered  

c. Mismanaged  

d. Ornamental 


Answer- Neat & tidy


Que- Hold one's horse means__________? 

a. Keep one's expectations  

b. Keep one's gift  

c. Have patience  

d. High on energy 


Answer- Have patience


Que- Give cold shoulder means__________? 

a. To support  

b. Cold meat  

c. To ignore  

d. Shiver 


Answer- To ignore


Que- To catch a tartar means: 

a. To meet with disaster  

b. To catch a dangerous person  

c. To deal with a person who is more than one's match  

d. None of above 


Answer- To catch a dangerous person


Que- To make clean breast of means 

a. To gain prominence  

b. To praise oneself  

c. To destroy before it blooms  

d. To confess without of reserves 


Answer- To confess without of reserves


Que- She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase "turn heads" mean? 

a. too pleased  

b. get angry  

c. attract a lot of attention  

d. not knowing what to say  


Answer- attract a lot of attention

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