English Selecting Words Quiz, Selecting Words Verbal Ability Questions and Answers

Selecting words - Questions

1 .

Life is to death as pleasure is to ______

A)

poverty

B)

pain

C)

anguish

D)

suffering

Correct Answer : Option (B) - pain

2 .

Man must ............ to stop pollution.

A)

act

B)

behave

C)

operate

D)

perform

Correct Answer : Option (A) - act

3 .

The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other.

A)

against

B)

with

C)

upon

D)

before

Correct Answer : Option (A) - against

4 .

The waiter hasn't brought the coffee ...... I've been here an hour already.

A)

up

B)

till

C)

still

D)

yet

Correct Answer : Option (D) - yet

5 .

He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians.

A)

save

B)

collect

C)

defend

D)

support

Correct Answer : Option (C) - defend

6 .

When varun left the cocktail party he was as ...... as a judge.

A)

brave

B)

wise

C)

sober

D)

drunk

Correct Answer : Option (B) - wise

7 .

Health is too important to be ......

A)

detested

B)

neglected

C)

despised

D)

discarded

Correct Answer : Option (B) - neglected

8 .

He lives near a lovely ...... of countryside.

A)

stretch

B)

length

C)

piece

D)

section

Correct Answer : Option (A) - stretch

9 .

He is a very careful person, he never takes side but remains ......

A)

neutral

B)

unbiased

C)

impartial

D)

prejudiced

Correct Answer : Option (C) - impartial

10 .

The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon known to everyone.

A)

covert

B)

candid

C)

unknown

D)

clandestine

Correct Answer : Option (D) - clandestine