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Vocabulary and Synonyms

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Vocabulary and synonyms are essential components of English language sections across competitive exams. This topic tests word associations, context meanings, and precise vocabulary skills. Regular practice helps test takers score higher in SSC, banking, and railway recruitment tests.

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Vocabulary and Synonyms Questions

Multiple choice metaphor vocabulary english

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

My uncleaned room is a disaster area.

  1. Metaphor

  2. Simile

  3. Personification

  4. Irony
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the room has been compared to a disaster area due to how messy unclean it is, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option A) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

Multiple choice metaphor vocabulary english

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

His broken ankle was a chain about his foot.

  1. Simile

  2. Metaphor

  3. Personification

  4. Allusion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the broken ankle is compared to a chain as it restricts movement and metaphorically has tied him down, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option B) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

Multiple choice metaphor vocabulary english

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The road to success is usually a difficult and dangerous road to take.

  1. Personification

  2. Simile

  3. Metaphor

  4. Synecdoche
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the path to success has been compared to a long and dangerous road upon one must travel, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option C) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

Multiple choice metaphor vocabulary english

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

His proposal to the problem was just a bandage and not a solution.

  1. Metaphor

  2. Simile

  3. Personification

  4. Irony
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the proposal is compared to a bandage as, like a bandage, the solution is only temporary and cannot last, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option A) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Identify the rhyming words from the list given:
choose, blue, hoof, cheese, cruise

  1. choose, cruise

  2. choose, cheese

  3. blue, hoof

  4. blue, cruise
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Though there might be some confusion with choose/ cheese, they do not sound exactly similar and therefore do not rhyme. Choose/ Cruise, however, rhyme perfectly. Option A is the answer.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Which of the pairs given are rhyming words?
Select the best option(s). 

  1. bowl, howl

  2. bowl, sole

  3. bowl, mole

  4. bowl, foul
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,C Correct answer
Explanation

"Bowl, sole" and "bowl, mole" are the only two pairs that contains words which sound similar and has similar phonetic transcription. So, they rhyme with each other. Option B and C are the correct answer.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Which of the pairs given are rhyming words?
Select the best option. 

  1. truth, fruit

  2. truth, crude

  3. truth, stood

  4. truth, tooth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

"Truth" and "tooth" are the only two words from the given choices that sound similar and have similar phonetic transcription. Therefore, they are the rhyming pair. Option D is the answer.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Which of the pairs given are rhyming words?
Select the best option. 

  1. monk, stunk

  2. monk, chunk

  3. monk, flunk

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Monk, stunk, chunk and flunk all sound similar to each other, with similar phonetic transcriptions. Therefore, we can conclude that all the given words rhyme with each other. Option D is the correct answer.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Which of the pairs given are rhyming words?
Select the best option. 

  1. disguise, wise

  2. disguise, slice

  3. disguise, chastise

  4. disguise, hides
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer
Explanation

From the given pairs, 'disguise' sounds similar to both 'wise' and 'chastise' with similar phonetic transcriptions. Therefore we can conclude that the rhyming pairs are "disguise, wise" and "disguise, chastise". Options A and C are the correct answers.

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

reporters described the president's speech as "inflammatory."

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Reporters described the president's speech as "inflammatory."

  3. Reporters described the President's speech as "inflammatory."

  4. Reporters described the President's speech as "Inflammatory."
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Capital letter is used to start a sentence. Capital letter is used with the first word in quotations, provided the quoted sentence is a complete sentence. It is also used when a title replaces the use of a name. Here, 'President' is a title. Thus option C is correct according to the rules. 

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

shakespeare famously wrote, "the course of true love never did run smooth."

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Shakespeare famously wrote, "the course of true love never did run smooth."

  3. Shakespeare famously wrote, "The course of True Love never did run smooth."

  4. Shakespeare famously wrote, "The course of true love never did run smooth."
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Capital letter is used to start a sentence. Capital letter is used with the first word in quotations, provided the quoted sentence is a complete sentence. Thus option D is correct according to the rule. 
Multiple choice comma punctuation english

All that we have from time immemorial considered righteous and holy has now been desecrated.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

  1. righteous, and holy, has

  2. righteous and holy, has

  3. righteous, and holy has

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, a comma must be used to separate a long compound subject from the verb. In the given sentence, a comma must be placed before the verb and the adjoining verb to enhance the meaning of the sentence.
Thus, the correct answer will be Option B.
A comma must be used before 'and' only when it joins two independent clauses.

Multiple choice dash and hyphen punctuation english

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word:
Ladies, gentlemen, children; give me your attention.

  1. children -

  2. children,

  3. children:

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the em dash is often used to resume a scattered subject in a sentence. Thus, the correct answer in the given sentence must be Option A.
Option B is incorrect. A comma is used to indicate a pause in a sentence.
Option C is incorrect. A colon is used to introduce a list of items in a sentence.
Option D is incorrect. A semi colon is used to connect two independent clauses in a sentence.
Multiple choice forms of adverb adverb english

Convert the underlined phrase in the given sentence into an adverb.
The criminal requested the judge to consider his case with sympathy.

  1. Solace

  2. Systematic

  3. Sympathetic

  4. Sympathetically
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The underlined phrase has a preposition 'with' and a noun 'sympathy'. Often when a preposition is used with a noun, it can be converted into an adverb. For example, 'She cooked with energy'. Here, 'with energy' explains the way 'she' cooked. We can convert the noun into an adverb by using the word 'energetically'. 'She cooked energetically'.

NOTE: 'Sympathy' means feelings of pity and sorrow for someone's misfortune.
Option A - 'Solace' is a noun as well as a verb which means comfort or to give comfort. As we need an adverb to convert 'with sympathy', we can't use 'solace'. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B - 'Systematic' is an adjective and hence we can't use it here. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option C - 'Sympathetic' is an adjective, which means being comforting and supportive. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'Sympathetically' is an adverb, which means to do something with pity and sorrow. Hence, we can use 'sympathetically' to replace 'with sympathy'. Thus option D is the correct answer.

Multiple choice writing a paragraph writing english

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

At the family reunion Hiroko found her cousin charming and gentle, the _______ of his formerly rude and overbearing self.

  1. Remnant

  2. Antithesis

  3. Consequence

  4. Extremity

  5. Mainstay
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence describes a complete change in character. 'Antithesis' means the direct opposite, which fits the context of the cousin being charming and gentle compared to his formerly rude self.