English Quiz

Directions (1-10): Give one word substitution for the following group of words or phrases out of four given alternatives.

1.A cure for all disseases

(a) Panacea 

(b) Cure

(c) Antibiotic  

(d) Remedy

2.A writer who steals ideas from others

(a) Plagiarist  

(b) Copier

(c) Editor   

(d) Translator

3.A place where government or public records are kept.

(a) Attic   

(b) Museum

(c) Celler   

(d) Archive

4.A person who is very selective, disgusted easily, and is hard to please.

(a) Misanthrope  

(b) Fastidious

(c) Selector  

(d) Ambiguous

5.Decision that cannot be taken back.

(a) Irrevocable  

(b) Rigid

(c) Order   

(d) Brief

6.A disease or accident which ends in death?

(a) Fatal  

(b) Drawn

(c) fastidious 

(d) illegal

7.The murder of brother ?

(a) Genocide 

(b) Fratricide

(c) Sororicide 

(d) Suicide

8.One who talks too much ?

(a) Quite  

(b) Garrulous

(c) Pregnable 

(d) Illogical

9.A school boy who cuts classes frequently is  a 

(a) Defeatist  

(b) Sycophant

(c) Truant  

(d) Martinet

10.The act of violating the sanctity of the church is –

(a) Blasphemy 

(b) Heresy

(c) Sacrilege 

(d) Desecration

Answers Key:
1.d
2.b
3.a
4.d
5.c
6.a
7.b
8.b
9.c
10a