English Quiz

Directions(Q.Nos. 1-10)- In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and find the number of the correct letter combination.

Q1)- (A) Mitigation (B) Risking (C) Appreciation (D) Alleviation

C-A

C-D

A-D

A-B

Ans.- C
Mitigate = to make something less severe, violent or painful
Alleviate = to make something less severe; to ease something
Both are having same meaning.

Q2)-(A) Reiteration (B) Honoring (C) Reverberation (D) Hollow

A-C

B-C

C-D

A-B

Ans.- A
Reiterate = to repeat something that has already been said especially for emphasis
Reverberate = to be repeated several times as an echo.
Both are having same meaning.

Q3)-(A) Refurbish (B) Furnish (C) Innovate (D) Renovate

C-A

C-D

C-B

A-D

Ans.- D
Refurbish = to restore and decorate a building etc; to develop and improve something Innovate = to make changes; to introduce new ideas, methods etc.
Renovate = to get old buildings back into good condition
Both are having same meaning.

Q4)-(A) Articulate (B) Decipher (C) Senseless (D) Decode

C-B

D-B

A-D

B-A

Ans.- B
Decipher = to succeed in understanding something such as a code, an old document, somebody’s writing etc
Articulate = able to express one’s ideas clearly in words
Both are having same meaning.

Q5)-(A) Waiver (B) Speculate (C) Pursue (D) Revise

A-B

C-B

C-A

D-C

Ans.- C
Waive = to choose not to insist on something in a particular case even though one has a legal or official right to do so.
Speculate = to guess Pursue = to do, have or take part in something
Both are having opposite meaning.

Q6)-(A) Rebuke (B) Oppose (C) Praise (D) Distrust

A-B

B-C

C-A

C-D

Ans.- C
Rebuke = to express sharp or severe disapproval to somebody especially officially.
Both are having opposite meaning.

Q7)-(A) Moderate (B) Easy (C) Significant (D) Strenuous

B-D

A-B

A-C

B-C

Ans.- A
Strenuous = requiring great effort or energy; making great efforts; energetic
Both are having opposite meaning.

Q8)-(A) Consequence (B) Potential (C) Influence (D) Ability

D-C

B-C

B-D

A-C

Ans.- C
Both are having same meaning.

Q9)-(A) Defer (B) Dispute (C) Prefer (D) Challenge

B-C

A-C

B-D

C-D

Ans.- C
Defer = to delay something until a later time; to postpone something
Dispute = to question whether something is true or valid
Both are having same meaning.

Q10)-(A) Focus (B) Trivial (C) Vital (D) Site

A-B

B-C

B-D

C-D

Ans.- B
Trivial = of little importance; concerned with unimportant things.
Vital = essential to the existence, success or operation of something
Both are having opposite meaning.