Home › Quizzes › Assessment Test (Vocabulary)

Assessment Test (Vocabulary)

Diagnostic Test (Vocabulary)

42 Questions Published
Play Quiz Practise this topic out loud

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

The bus met with an ________ and several passengers were injured.

  1. accident
  2. incident
  3. event
  4. occasion
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option and fill in the blank.

He is a ________ miscreant.

  1. popular
  2. vulgar
  3. notorious
  4. famous
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

Examination of a dead body

  1. Autopsy
  2. Biopsy
  3. Surgery
  4. Postpartum
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

The ship ________ at high seas and rescue parties are desperately looking for survivors.

  1. drowned
  2. sank
  3. choked
  4. soaked
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

The story of a man written by himself

  1. Biography
  2. Autobiography
  3. History
  4. Life history
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option that replaces the given phrase.

Bad weather with strong wind

  1. Haunt
  2. Storm
  3. Wave
  4. Hail
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

They have given me a hearty send-off.

  1. Gift
  2. Compliment
  3. Party wish
  4. Farewell
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

That which can be carried

  1. Portable
  2. Edible
  3. Potable
  4. Bearable
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Except

  1. Exclude
  2. Extract
  3. Await
  4. Admit
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Enslave

  1. Subjugate
  2. Emancipate
  3. Enfranchise
  4. Torture
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

I wouldn't doubt his integrity for one moment.

  1. Unity
  2. Faith
  3. Honesty
  4. Courage
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that names a professional whose job it is to argue your case. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Eitdor
  2. Mcrahent
  3. Aetsonmror
  4. Avcadote
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that means a new finding. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Intenvion
  2. Cetiraon
  3. Comitoposin
  4. Exsipsreon
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that is NOT a virtue. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Baervry
  2. Cimre
  3. Hesntoy
  4. Kiesndns
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

A ________ is a medical specialist who deals with heart ailments.

  1. cardiologist
  2. dermatologist
  3. neurologist
  4. psychiatrist
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

He has a wide ________ of acquaintances.

  1. group
  2. bunch
  3. total
  4. circle
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

We are in _______ with several other companies for the contract.

  1. competition
  2. claim
  3. change
  4. challenge
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Advice
  2. Counsel
  3. Direct
  4. Suggestion
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

To supply land with water by artificial means

  1. Irrigate
  2. Drought
  3. Cultivate
  4. Germinate
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Enforce

  1. Execute
  2. Waive
  3. Confirm
  4. Blame
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

A speech made without preparation

  1. Fared
  2. Debate
  3. Extempore
  4. Elocution
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Evade

  1. Confront
  2. Elude
  3. Value
  4. Repel
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Skirmish
  2. Fray
  3. Ceasefire
  4. Fight
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Disperse
  2. Aggregate
  3. Accumulate
  4. Congregate
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose one word substitute for the given phrase.

Two words which have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings

  1. Homonym
  2. Homophone
  3. Palindrome
  4. Anagram
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the given expression.

A raised platform on which offerings to God are made

  1. Choir
  2. Altar
  3. Sacrilege
  4. Apostle
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Not fit for consumption

  1. Eligible
  2. Audible
  3. Inedible
  4. Potable
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A knife fixed on to the end of a gun

  1. Machete
  2. Lance
  3. Dagger
  4. Bayonet
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

He made a conciliatory speech.

  1. Meaningful
  2. Lengthy
  3. Pacifying
  4. Hard-hitting
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword.

Defunct

  1. Current
  2. Operational
  3. Dead
  4. Unpopular
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Explicit

  1. Indirect
  2. Specific
  3. Concealed
  4. Extraordinary
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

The study of birds

  1. Ornithology
  2. Philology
  3. Horology
  4. Geology
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is nearly the same in meaning to the given word.

Expedite

  1. Hinder
  2. Help the progress of
  3. Send on an expedition
  4. Clear from involvement
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

One who abstains totally from alcoholic drinks

  1. Recluse
  2. Teetotaller
  3. Sceptic
  4. Stoic
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A statement which is accepted as true without proof

  1. Axiom
  2. Jargon
  3. Caption
  4. Extant
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word or phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

Segregation of races

  1. Jingoism
  2. Factionalism
  3. Partiality
  4. Apartheid
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

He decided to go out in the inclement weather.

  1. Fair
  2. Favourable
  3. Unforgiving
  4. Conceal
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Loss of memory

  1. Anorexia
  2. Sinecure
  3. Amnesia
  4. Dementia
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword.

Compunction

  1. Distress
  2. Remorse
  3. Worry
  4. Eagerness
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: In the following question out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized word in the sentence.

Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines.

  1. Asperity
  2. Passion
  3. Rage
  4. Acrimony
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the word out of given four choices.

Alacrity

  1. Deep suspicion
  2. Fear
  3. Sympathy
  4. Briskness
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

One who walks in one's sleep

  1. Dreamer
  2. Somnambulist
  3. Ignorant
  4. Somniloquist
← Back to Quizzes