141. Choose the correct preposition: The accused was charged ______ murder.
✅ B. with
'Charged with' is the fixed legal collocation. Read more
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142. Change into indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
✅ B. He said that he was tired.
In indirect speech the present tense shifts to past and the pronoun changes to third person. Read more
143. Choose the antonym of GUILTY.
✅ A. Innocent
Guilty means responsible for a wrong; innocent means not guilty. Read more
144. Change into passive voice: ‘They elected him captain.’
✅ A. He was elected captain.
The object 'him' becomes the subject and the verb becomes 'was elected'. Read more
145. Choose the synonym of VERDICT.
✅ B. Judgment
A verdict is the decision or judgment reached by a jury or judge. Read more
146. He is ______ honest man.
✅ B. an
'Honest' begins with a silent h, so the vowel sound requires 'an'. Read more
147. One word for ‘a person who speaks many languages’:
✅ B. Polyglot
A polyglot knows and uses several languages. A linguist studies language scientifically. Read more
148. Hardly had he reached the station ______ the train left.
✅ B. when
The correct pair is 'hardly ... when' (and 'no sooner ... than'). Read more
149. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
✅ B. He is senior to me.
Latin comparatives such as senior, junior, superior and inferior take 'to', not 'than'. Read more
150. Choose the synonym of METICULOUS.
✅ B. Careful
Meticulous means showing great attention to detail; very careful. Read more
151. Choose the antonym of GENEROUS.
✅ B. Stingy
Generous means giving freely; stingy (or miserly) is the opposite. Read more
152. Which of the following is a conjunction?
✅ B. although
'Although' joins two clauses, so it is a conjunction. Quickly is an adverb, beneath a preposition, beautiful an adjective. Read more
153. I have been working in this firm ______ 2019.
✅ B. since
'Since' is used with a point in time (2019); 'for' is used with a period (five years). Read more
154. One word for ‘government by the people’:
✅ B. Democracy
Democracy comes from the Greek demos (people) and kratos (rule). Read more
155. The idiom ‘a white elephant’ means:
✅ B. a costly but useless possession
A white elephant is something that costs a lot to keep but serves no useful purpose. Read more
156. Choose the antonym of TRANSPARENT.
✅ B. Opaque
Transparent means allowing light through or easily seen through; opaque is the opposite. Read more
157. The plural of ‘criterion’ is:
✅ C. criteria
'Criterion' is Greek in origin; its plural is 'criteria'. Read more
158. Choose the synonym of ELOQUENT.
✅ A. Fluent
Eloquent means fluent and persuasive in speech or writing. Read more
159. Each of the students ______ given a certificate.
✅ B. was
'Each of' takes a singular verb: each ... was given. Read more
160. He died ______ cancer last year.
✅ B. of
We say 'die of' an illness or disease. 'Die from' is used for an injury or external cause. Read more