MCQs on ‘Synonyms’- English Grammar Objective Questions.
DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
- Citadel
(a) Metropolis
(b) Mansion
(c) Fortress
(d) Palace
Correct Answer
Option (c) Fortress
Explanation:
The word Citadel (Noun) means: A castle on high ground where people could go when the city was being attacked, Fortress.
- Aberration
(a) Justification
(b) Intensification
(c) Deviation
(d) Rationality
Correct Answer
Option (c) Deviation.
Explanation:
The word Aberration (Noun) means: Deviation; Unusual action.
- Analogy
(a) Difference
(b) Comparison
(c) Addition
(d) Deletion
Correct Answer
Option (b) Comparison.
Explanation:
Analogy denotes Comparison.
- Allure
(a) Extol
(b) Excite
(c) Entice
(d) Elicit
Correct Answer
Option (c) Entice.
Explanation:
Allure and Entice both denote provoking someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
- Tribulation
(a) Palpitation
(b) Suffering
(c) Weakness
(d) Stimulation
Correct Answer
Option (b) Suffering.
Explanation:
Tribulation means: Unhappiness, pain or suffering.
- Barbaric
(a) Thorny
(b) Uncivilized
(c) Premeditated
(d) Barber’s
Correct Answer
Option (b) Uncivilized.
Explanation:
Barbaric means: Uncivilised.
- Hurdle
(a) Suspicion
(b) Throw
(c) Opposition
(d) Obstacle
Correct Answer
Option (d) Obstacle.
Explanation:
Hurdle means: Obstacle.
- Disgrace
(a) Disrespect
(b) Jealousy
(c) Disregard
(d) Shame
Correct Answer
Option (d) Shame.
Explanation:
Disgrace means: A state of shame.
- Fiasco
(a) Festival
(b) Failure
(c) Fortune
(d) Feast
Correct Answer
Option (b) Failure.
Explanation:
Fiasco means: A complete failure.
- Persist
(a) Resist
(b) Leave
(c) Quit
(d) Insist
Correct Answer
Option (d) Insist
Explanation:
Persist means: To insist.
- Impeccable
(a) Remarkable
(b) Unbelievable
(c) Flawless
(d) Displeasing
Correct Answer
Option (c) Flawless.
Explanation:
Impeccable means: Flawless.
- Catastrophe
(a) Tragedy
(b) Anger
(c) Violence
(d) Hatred
Correct Answer
Option (a) Tragedy
Explanation:
Catastrophe means: An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering.
- Assess
(a) Overload
(b) Measure
(c) Permit
(d) Enter
Correct Answer
Option (b) Measure.
Explanation:
Assess means: To get measure of.
- Persevere
(a) Fickle
(b) Persist
(c) Constant
(d) Polite
Correct Answer
Option (b) Persist
Explanation:
- Persevere means: Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success.
- Persist means: Continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
- Proposition
(a) Intimation
(b) Protestation
(c) Proposal
(d) Invitation
Correct Answer
Option (c) Proposal.
Explanation:
Proposition means: A plan or scheme proposed.
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