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English Language Questions (20th BCS)

The passive form of the sentence "Some children were helping the wounded man" is:

a) The wounded man was being helped by some children

b) The wounded man was to be helped by some children

c) The wounded man was helping some children

d) The wounded man was helped by some children

What is the meaning of the word 'euphemism'?

a) Wise saying

b) Vague idea

c) Inoffensive expression

d) Verbal play

If a substance is cohesive, it tends to:

a) Bend without too much difficulty

b) Retain heat

c) Break easily

d) Stick together

The word 'dilly-dally' means:

a) Repeat

b) Waste time

c) To dilute

d) Wait impatiently

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to EXCITE : CALM:

a) Agitate : trouble

b) Upset : perturb

c) Retrain : compose

d) Stimulate : cool down

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to DELAY : EXPEDITE:

a) Block : obstruct

b) Drag : procrastinate

c) Detain : dispatch

d) Related : halt

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to ANARCHY : GOVERNMENT:

a) Verbosity : words

b) Penury : wealth

c) Chaos : disorder

d) Monarchy : republic

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to VACCINE : PREVENT:

a) Victim : attend

b) Wound : heal

c) Diagnosis : cure

d) Antidote : counteract

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

"___ glass is, for all practical purposes, a solid, its molecular structure is that of a liquid."

a) Because

b) Since

c) Although

d) If

The intensive search was conducted by the detectives to locate those criminals who ___:

a) Have been escaping

b) Have had escaped

c) Had escaped

d) Are escaping

The intellectual can no longer be said to live ___ the margins of society.

a) Beyond

b) Against

c) Before

d) Inside

According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree ___:

a) The University will employ me

b) I will be employed of the University

c) My education will be employed by the university

d) Employment will be given to me by the University

He stopped his car ___ when the light turned red.

a) Ambiguously

b) Incisively

c) Equitably

d) Abruptly

The influence of the technological revolution in ___ and ___ the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few should worry us all.

a) Proliferating - diminishing

b) Undermining - neutralizing

c) Accelerating - intensifying

d) Aggravating - demolishing

Few people would care to take the negative side of the proposition that the women of the world are ___ and ___.

a) Slighted - celebrated

b) Admired - provoked

c) Oppressed - scorned

d) Rebuked - regaled

Anger, even when it is ___, has one virtue: it overcomes ___.

a) Unnecessary - malice

b) Sinful - sloth

c) Intense - hate

d) Inevitable - desire

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