All Free English MCQs with Answers

1011. SOLILOQUY : PLAY ::

• A. violin : concerto
• B. overture : musical
• C. duet : ensemble
• D. lyric : poem
• E. aria : opera

Explanation: A soliloquy is a dramatic musical or spoken feature of a play, while an aria is a vocal feature of an opera. The other musical terms do not have the same part-to-whole relationship.

1012. HOST : PARASITE ::

• A. meadow : soil
• B. egg : bird
• C. medium : bacterium
• D. lair : predator
• E. kernel : seed

Explanation: A host provides the environment or nourishment for a parasite, while a medium provides the conditions in which a bacterium can grow. Both pairs show a supporting environment and the organism it supports.

1013. SENSITIZATION : ALLERGIC ::

• A. immunity : vulnerable
• B. habituation : inured
• C. invigoration : stimulating
• D. sleep : anesthetic
• E. disinfection : preventive

Explanation: Sensitization makes a person allergic or increasingly reactive, while habituation makes a person inured or accustomed. Both pairs show a process producing the stated condition.

1014. EUPHEMISM : OFFENSE ::

• A. rhetoric : persuasion
• B. prevarication : truth
• C. metaphor : description
• D. repetition : boredom
• E. conciliation : appeasement

Explanation: A euphemism is used to avoid causing offense, while prevarication is used to evade or avoid the truth. Metaphor and repetition do not have this avoidance relationship with their second terms.

1015. APOLOGIZE : CONTRITE ::

• A. aggravate : contemptuous
• B. endorse : esteemed
• C. extenuate : guilty
• D. compliment : impressed
• E. rationalize : modest

Explanation: A person may apologize because he is contrite, just as a person may compliment someone because he is impressed. The other adjectives do not give the usual motivation for the paired verb.

1016. COWARD : CRAVEN ::

• A. liar : facetious
• B. dupe : gullible
• C. commentator : caustic
• D. judge : impartial
• E. criminal : hostile

Explanation: A coward is characteristically craven, meaning lacking courage, while a dupe is characteristically gullible and easily deceived. The other adjectives do not define the people named by their nouns.

1017. RENOUNCE : PLEDGE ::

• A. exculpate : victim
• B. desecrate : shrine
• C. recriminate : hero
• D. redeem : honor
• E. rescind : order

Explanation: To renounce is to give up or withdraw from a pledge, while to rescind is to cancel or withdraw an order. Both pairs show an action that invalidates or abandons the associated commitment.

1018. REQUEST : COMMAND ::

• A. propose : stipulate
• B. enlist : support
• C. relegate : consign
• D. volunteer : accept
• E. select : reject

Explanation: A request is a milder form of command, while a proposal is a milder form of stipulation or requirement. The other pairs do not show a weaker and stronger form of directive.

1019. BLANDISHMENT : COAX ::

• A. medal : honor
• B. budget : save
• C. diary : reminisce
• D. concert : play
• E. plea : threaten

Explanation: A blandishment is flattering speech used to coax someone, just as a medal can be a mark of honour. Both pairs link something with its purpose or effect.

1020. EXORBITANT : MODERATION ::

• A. dispassionate : equanimity
• B. macabre : interest
• C. perfidious : loyalty
• D. brilliant : gullibility
• E. lavish : extravagance

Explanation: Something exorbitant lacks moderation because it is excessive, while someone perfidious lacks loyalty because they are treacherous. The second pair has the same quality-versus-opposite-quality relationship.