1. What is the meaning of the idiom 'a round dozen'?
a) a little less than a dozen
b) a little more than a dozen
c) a full dozen
d) round about a dozen
Answer: a full dozen
2. 'Paradise Lost' attempted to—
a) Justify the ways a man to God
b) Justify the ways of God to man
c) Show that the satan and God have equal power
d) Explain why good and evil are necessary
Answer: Justify the ways of God to man
3. What is the meaning of the idiom 'To meet one's Waterloo'?
a) To meet a strong adversary
b) To die a glorious death
c) To experience crushing defeat
d) To travel through a historical place
Answer: To experience crushing defeat
4. What is the meaning of the idiom 'To be at one's wit's end'?
a) To be puzzled
b) To get nervous
c) To be disappointed
d) To bear up
Answer: To be puzzled
5. What is the antonym of the word 'Benign'?
a) Gracious
b) Malignant
c) Beneficent
d) Kind
Answer: Malignant
6. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Assesination
b) Assasination
c) Assassination
d) Assasinetion
Answer: Assassination
7. Identify the correct passive form of 'Who taught you French?':
a) By whom were you taught French?
b) Who was taught French by you?
c) By whom you were taught French?
d) French was taught to you by whom?
Answer: By whom were you taught French?
8. Fill in the blank: "He had a headache of the ________ type."
a) severe
b) bad
c) acute
d) serious
Answer: acute
9. What is the synonym of the word 'Incite'?
a) Instigate
b) Inhibit
c) Insult
d) Inspire
Answer: Instigate
10. Which one is a noun?
a) Beautiful
b) Beauty
c) Beautify
d) Beautifully
Answer: Beauty
11. What is the meaning of the idiom 'Burning question'?
a) A question about fire
b) An important or much-discussed issue
c) A puzzling puzzle
d) A hard task
Answer: An important or much-discussed issue
12. Choose the correct sentence:
a) Each of the boys has come.
b) Each of the boys have come.
c) Every of the boys has come.
d) Every of the boys have come.
Answer: Each of the boys has come.
13. Fill in the blank: "He died ________ overeating."
a) by
b) of
c) from
d) for
Answer: from
14. What is the plural of 'Criteria'?
a) Criterions
b) Criteria
c) Criterias
d) Criterion (Note: Criterion is singular, Criteria itself is plural)
Answer: Criteria
15. 'The Merchant of Venice' is written by—
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) William Shakespeare
c) John Milton
d) William Wordsworth
Answer: William Shakespeare
16. Fill in the blank: "I wish I ________ a king."
a) was
b) am
c) were
d) shall be
Answer: were
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17. What is the synonym of 'Competent'?
a) Capable
b) Incompetent
c) Efficiently
d) Ability
Answer: Capable
18. What is the noun form of the word 'Brief'?
a) Briefly
b) Briefness
c) Brevity
d) Briefing
Answer: Brevity
19. Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: "She is proficient ________ English."
a) at
b) in
c) with
d) on
Answer: in
20. Change the narrative style: He said, "I am unwell."
a) He said that he was unwell.
b) He said that he is unwell.
c) He told that he was unwell.
d) He says that he was unwell.
Answer: He said that he was unwell.
