English Question Bank
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Q2. If you make a mistake, and then someone rubs it in, it'll make you

1. feel worse about it
2. feel better about it
3. forget about it

Q3. If someone drops a bombshell, they

1. make a serious mistake
2. create a big problem
3. have some big, bad news

Q4. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** Everybody PROTESTED to be examined again.

1. were for
2. were against
3. were after
4. were before
5. were like

Q5. She would have failed the practical exam by a long way, but the school decided to ……… the rules so that she passed.

1. bend
2. twist
3. skip
4. dodge

Q6. When political correctness became popular in the nineties, millions of people jumped on the bandwagon and

1. said it was incorrect
2. became politically correct
3. corrected people's politics

Q7. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Duty

1. obligation
2. shade
3. period
4. native

Q8. “Oh dear! It looks as if it is going to rain again.” Mother was afraid that _______.

1. it was raining again
2. it was going to rain
3. it is going to rain again
4. it looked like rain again

Q9. While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any ________ messages for me.

1. urgent
2. hasty
3. valuable
4. early
5. confident

Q10. Most people were not impressed when in 1913, the Daily Mail newspaper offered 10.000 pounds to the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic in under 72 hours. The majority of scientists, even said it could not be done. Certainly the problems involved were many and far ranging. Obviously the design of the aero plane was of great importance, but so too were the skill and courage of the pilot and the navigator; weather conditions also had to be taken into consideration. A very few enthusiasts thought it might be possible ten years later. They were wrong. A pilot received the prize just six years later. --------- When the Daily Mail offered a prize in 1913, for flying across the Atlantic _____.

1. there were few aero planes that could stay in the air for more than 72 hours.
2. many enthusiastic amateurs were eager to try.
3. the majority of scientists thought it could be done.
4. almost no one believed it was possible to do this within the next ten years.
5. the general public were very interested in the scheme.