Top 20 Question of English language for defence exam

Directions (1-10): Each of the following sentences has a black space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.

Q1. The mounting pressure was so over-whelming that he ultimately _________  to her wish.
(a) yielded in
(b) gave in
(c) cowed in
(d) disagreed in

Q2. Authority _______  when it is not supported by the moral purity of its user.
(a) prevails
(b) entails
(c) crumbles
(d) wait

Q3. In a developing country like India some industries will have to be brought within public _______  and control, for other-wise rapid growth of the economy may be impossible.
(a) personal
(b) hegemony
(c) observation
(d) ownership

Q4. Gandhiji conceived of the idea of channelizing the powerful currents of the united mass movement so as to give the utmost impetus to the national ________  for independence.
(a) struggle
(b) dispute
(c) onslaught
(d) march

Q5. Because of his _______ habits, he could not save much money.

(a) extravagant
(b) frugile
(c) unsavoury
(d) bad

Q6. Socrates was _______  of spreading discontent among young men of Athens and of trying to destroy their faith in the old gods.
(a) rebuked
(b) disparaged
(c) accused
(d) demolish

Q7. The robbers fell ______  amongst themselves over the sharing of the loot.

(a) out
(b) through
(c) inn
(d) across

Q8. A really sophisticated person would never be _______  enough to think that he is always right.
(a) reverent
(b) naive
(c) artificial
(d) humble

Q9. Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to ________ accidents.

(a) ignoble
(b) find
(c) great
(d) gruesome

Q10. Creative people are often ________ with their own uniqueness.

(a) obsessed
(b) deranged
(c) unbalanced
(d) disagree

 

 

  • Synonyms multiple choice questions

Select the correct answer

 

Q.11Voracious…..

(A) tenacious

(B) truthful

(C) spacial

(D) ravenous

 

Q12 Abortive…..

(A) fruitful

(B) cozy

(C) unsuccessful

(D) consum

 

Q13 Tenacious…..

(A) holding fast

(B) collect

(C) run

(D) intentional

 

Q.14 Terse

(A) brief in speech

(B) beyond

(C) without honor

(D) in strain

 

Q.15 Tentative….

(A) mock

(B) worry

(C) experimental

(D) prevalent

 

Q.16 Tenacity…..

(A) ingratitude

(B) decimal

(C) splendor

(D) perseverance

 

Q.17 Replenish….

(A) reinstale

(B) refill

(C) rigect

(D) polish

 

Q.18 Relish….

(A) savor

(B) vindicate

(C) avail

(D) wish

 

Q.19 Repercussion….

(A) resistance

(B) good

(C) acceptance

(D) reaction

 

Q.20 Repellent….

(A) porous

(B) stifness

(C) electric

(D) unattractive

 

  1. Ans.(b) 2. Ans.(c) 3. Ans.(d)  4. Ans.(a)  5. Ans.(a)  6. Ans.(c)  7. Ans.(a)  8. Ans.(b)  9. Ans.(d)  10. Ans.(a)
  2. Ans.(D) 12. Ans.(C) 13. Ans.(A)  14. Ans.(A)  15. Ans.(C)  16. Ans.(D)  17. Ans.(B)  18. Ans.(C)  19. Ans.(D)  20. Ans.(D)

 

 

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