English Grammar - Synonyms and Antonyms: 27 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Synonyms and Antonyms
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0%Q1. Which word in the passage means "strict" ?
Direction (Q. No. 51 to 60) : Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow — The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man's servants; yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his masters. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all round them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in a good temper. Already we find it difficult either to work or play without the machines, and a time may come when they will rule us altogether, just as we rule the animals. And this brings me to the point at which I asked, "What do we do with all the time and energy that the machines have saved for us?" The answer, I think, is that we should try to become more civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given us, are not civilization but aids to civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and liking beautiful things, thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and less to fight against.
Right Answer: stern
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Q2. Find the closest antonym of "cheerful" in the passage :
Direction (Q. No. 51 to 60) : Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow — The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man's servants; yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his masters. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all round them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in a good temper. Already we find it difficult either to work or play without the machines, and a time may come when they will rule us altogether, just as we rule the animals. And this brings me to the point at which I asked, "What do we do with all the time and energy that the machines have saved for us?" The answer, I think, is that we should try to become more civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given us, are not civilization but aids to civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and liking beautiful things, thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and less to fight against.
Right Answer: sulky
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Q3. The word 'pious' means :
Right Answer: religious and moral
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Q4. The synonym of 'Filthy' is :
Right Answer: dirty
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Q5. The antonym of 'adversity' is :
Right Answer: prosperity
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Q6. Synonym of 'hate' is :
Right Answer: dislike
Explanation:
The word 'hate' means to feel a strong dislike or aversion towards someone or something. Among the given options, 'dislike' carries almost the same sense and is therefore its closest synonym, although 'hate' expresses a much stronger degree of feeling. 'Docile' means obedient and easy to manage; 'creep' means to move slowly and quietly, or an unpleasant person; and 'anger' is a temporary emotional state of displeasure rather than a settled aversion. Since a synonym must match the meaning and not merely the emotion, 'dislike' is the correct answer.
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Q7. Antonym of 'Cool' is :
Right Answer: Hot
Explanation:
The correct answer is 'Hot'. An antonym is a word opposite in meaning, and the natural opposite of 'cool' on the temperature scale is 'hot'. 'Cold' is not the best answer because cold and cool lie on the same side of the scale, cold being simply a more intense degree of coolness. 'Colder' and 'warmer' are comparative forms, and a positive degree word should be matched with another word in the positive degree. Since the question asks for a direct opposite of the same degree, 'Hot' is correct.
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Q8. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their synonyms in column ‘B’ and choose the correct option :
‘A’
a. Garrulous
b. Gibberish
c. Gregarious
d. Gigantic
‘B’
i. Talkative
ii. Sociable
iii. Immense
iv. Unintelligible speech or writing
Right Answer: a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
Explanation:
Garrulous describes a person who talks a great deal, especially about unimportant things, so its synonym is talkative. Gibberish means speech or writing that is rapid, confused and impossible to understand, hence unintelligible speech or writing. Gregarious describes someone who enjoys the company of others and, of animals, those that live in flocks or herds, so it corresponds to sociable. Gigantic means of enormous size, and its synonym here is immense. All four words happen to begin with the letter g, which is what makes the set a convenient vocabulary exercise.
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Q9. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: PERFIDIOUS
Right Answer: Treacherous
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Q10. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: Perfidious
Right Answer: Loyal
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