English Quiz

Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Q1. To declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result.
(a) To annul
(b) To negate
(c) To efface
(d) To undo

Q2. Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
(a) Pious
(b) Reverent
(c) Humble
(d) Devout

Q3. A substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs.
(a) Sedentary
(b) Placebo
(c) Lax
(d) Torpid

Q4. To lift or haul something heavy with great effort.
(a) Heave
(b) Shrimp
(c) Wimp
(d) Runt

Q5. A conclusion or agreement done or reached decisively and with authority.
(a) Precise
(b) Definitive
(c) Reliable
(d) Specific

Q6. To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal.
(a) To mow
(b) To prune
(c) To pare
(d) To shear

Q7. To exclude from a society or group
(a) To ostracize
(b) To deport
(c) To boycott
(d) To snub

Q8. A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness.
(a) Hog
(b) Slob
(c) Swine
(d) Brute

Q9. Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
(a) Moderate
(b) Supernatant
(c) Hobble
(d) Hum

Q10. To sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls.
(a) Bilking
(b) Duping
(c) Conning
(d) Shorting

Q11. To use for the first time
(a) Paten
(b) Smitten
(c) Begotten
(d) Christen

Q12. To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.
(a) To scrutiny
(b) To juxtapose
(c) To correlate
(d) To contrast

Q13. To expel someone from a position or place:
(a) To oust
(b) To disinherit
(c) To chase
(d) To relegate

Q14. To expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly
(a) To irrupt
(b) To puke
(c) To spew
(d) To spritz

Q15. To make a person or animal go away by waving one’s arms at them
(a) To scram
(b) To shoo
(c) To vamoose
(d) To scoot

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘To declare invalid an official agreement, decision or result’ means ‘To annul’.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect’ means ‘Reverent’

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘A substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs’ means ‘Placebo’

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘To lift or haul something heavy with great effort’ means ‘Heave’

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘A conclusion or agreement done or reached decisively and with authority’

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal.’ means ‘To shear’

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘To exclude from a society or group’ means ‘To ostracise’

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness’ means ‘Slob’

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Average in amount, intensity, quality or degree’ means ‘Moderate’

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘To sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls ’means ‘Shorting’

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘To use for the first time’ means ‘Christen’

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect’ means ‘To juxtapose’

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘To expel someone from a position or place.’ means ‘To oust’

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘To expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly’ means ‘To spew’

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘To make a person or animal go away by waving one’s arms at them means ‘To shoo