English Language

Correct answer: (B) Present Perfect

'Have done' is the present perfect tense, formed with has/have + past participle, showing an action just completed with present relevance.

Correct answer: (B) Secret

'Covert' means hidden or concealed, so its synonym is 'Secret'; its opposite is 'overt' (open).

Correct answer: (D) By whom has the work been done?

Active 'Who has done the work?' converts to passive 'By whom has the work been done?', where the agent 'who' becomes 'by whom' and the verb takes 'been done'.

Correct answer: (B) Noun

The word 'Adjective' is itself a naming word (the name of a part of speech), so grammatically it functions as a Noun.

Correct answer: (C) Rehearsal

The correct spelling is 'Rehearsal' (from 'rehearse'), spelt r-e-h-e-a-r-s-a-l.

Correct answer: (A) Humanitarian

A 'Philanthropist' is one who loves and helps mankind, i.e. a humanitarian; the root 'phil' means love and 'anthropos' means man.

Correct answer: (C) Loquacious

'Loquacious' means very talkative, so it is the one-word substitute for one who talks continuously.

Correct answer: (C) bear with

'Bear with' means to be patient with or tolerate, so it can replace 'tolerance'.

Correct answer: (D) Compound

'Do or Die' joins two independent clauses ('Do' or '[you will] Die') with the coordinating conjunction 'or', making it a compound sentence.

Correct answer: (C) Cruelty

'Atrocity' means an extremely cruel or wicked act, so its synonym is 'Cruelty'.

Correct answer: (A) Claim

'Forgo' means to give up or relinquish, so its antonym is 'Claim' (to demand or take).

Correct answer: (B) A very mild punishment

The idiom 'a slap on the wrist' means a very mild punishment or reprimand for a wrongdoing.

Correct answer: (B) see eye to eye

'See eye to eye' means to agree with someone, correctly replacing 'agreed on the business deal'.

Correct answer: (A) (Q) (P) (R) (S)

The correct order is (Q)(P)(R)(S): 'although a great scientist, Einstein was weak in arithmetic right from his school days.'

Correct answer: (D) Hermaphrodite

A 'Hermaphrodite' is an organism possessing both male and female reproductive organs.

Correct answer: (B) number

When counting a definite total of persons the fixed idiom is 'four in number', so 'number' is correct.

Correct answer: (C) Hate

'Adore' means to love or worship deeply, so its antonym is 'Hate'.

Correct answer: (C) over

The correct collocation is 'control over', so 'She has no control over her temper.'

Correct answer: (D) about

The verb 'worry' takes the preposition 'about', so 'What are you worrying about?'

Correct answer: (A) painting

After 'like', the gerund 'painting' (verb + -ing acting as noun) correctly fills the blank: 'I like painting pictures.'

Correct answer: (B) on

The idiomatic collocation is 'on the phone', so 'He spends hours on the phone every day.'

Correct answer: (A) for

With companies the standard usage is 'work for', so 'He works for an insurance company.'

Correct answer: (B) Alumni

'Alumni' is the plural of 'alumnus'; index, hypothesis and analysis are singular forms.

Correct answer: (C) of

To state the cause of death from a disease English uses 'died of', so 'He died of dengue.'

Correct answer: (C) fear of confined spaces

'Claustrophobia' combines Latin 'claustrum' (enclosed place) with 'phobia' (fear), so it means an abnormal fear of confined or enclosed spaces like lifts or small rooms. Fear of water is hydrophobia; fear of darkness is nyctophobia.

Correct answer: (D) alighted

'Alight' means to get down or step off a vehicle, so 'She alighted from the bus' is the idiomatic choice. 'Boarded' means to get on, the opposite action, which is why it is wrong.

Correct answer: (C) feel unwell

The idiom 'under the weather' means to feel ill or unwell, typically mildly sick. It does not specifically mean depressed or uncertain.

Correct answer: (A) change

'Vicissitude' means a change or variation in circumstances, especially the ups and downs of fortune. Stability, uniformity and stagnation are its opposites.

Correct answer: (D) haughty

'Supercilious' means behaving in a superior, arrogant, disdainful way, so its synonym is 'haughty'. 'Officious' (meddlesome) and 'superficial' (shallow) are distractors.

Correct answer: (A) self-important

'Officious' describes someone asserting authority or offering unwanted help in an overbearing way, i.e. self-important. It is not the same as 'official' despite the resemblance.

Correct answer: (A) over

The fixed collocation is 'preside over a meeting', meaning to be in charge of it. The verb 'preside' idiomatically takes the preposition 'over'.

Correct answer: (B) was

The subject is the singular noun 'ship'; the phrase 'with its crew' is parenthetical and does not change the number of the verb, so the singular 'was' is correct.

Correct answer: (D) Apiary

An 'apiary' is a place where bees (and hives) are kept. An aviary houses birds, an abattoir is a slaughterhouse, and a granary stores grain.

Correct answer: (B) Accommodation

The correct spelling is 'Accommodation', which has a double 'c' and a double 'm'. The other options drop one of these doubled letters.

Correct answer: (D) Incapable

The standard negative prefix for 'capable' is 'in-', giving 'incapable'. 'Uncapable' and the others are not accepted English forms.

Correct answer: (D) sanctimonious

'Holier than thou' describes someone who is self-righteous and morally superior, i.e. 'sanctimonious'. It carries a negative, hypocritical tone rather than simply meaning pure or religious.

Correct answer: (A) get by

'Make both ends meet' means to manage financially on a limited income, i.e. to 'get by'. It is about balancing income and expenditure.

Correct answer: (A) rarely

'Once in a blue moon' means very rarely or almost never, since an actual second full moon in a month is uncommon.

Correct answer: (A) Normal

'Weird' means strange or unusual, so its antonym is 'normal'. The other options are unrelated in meaning.

Correct answer: (D) When will you meet me?

'Tomorrow' indicates time, so the matching wh-question asks about time: 'When will you meet me?' The others ask about place or manner instead.

Correct answer: (D) by

To express the extent of a difference in comparisons, English uses 'by': 'taller than you by two inches'. 'By' marks the measured margin.

Correct answer: (A) Deep

'Superficial' means shallow or on the surface, so its antonym is 'deep'. 'Artificial' and 'apparent' are not true opposites.

Correct answer: (C) rewound

'Rewind' follows the pattern of 'wind/wound', so its past tense is 'rewound' (not the regular 'rewinded').

Correct answer: (B) Calmness

'Serenity' means peaceful tranquillity, best replaced by 'calmness'. Noiselessness, isolation and seclusion capture only part or none of the meaning.

Correct answer: (A) was sitting

An ongoing action interrupted by a sudden event takes the past continuous: 'While I was sitting... someone threw a ball'. So 'was sitting' is correct.

Correct answer: (B) A one-eyed person was seen roaming about the streets.

'One-eyed' begins with the consonant sound /w/, so it takes 'a', not 'an': 'A one-eyed person'. Article choice depends on sound, not spelling.

Correct answer: (C) a

'Unique' begins with the consonant sound /juː/ ('yoo'), so it takes 'a', not 'an': 'a unique work of art'. Article choice follows the initial sound.

Correct answer: (C) with

The idiom is 'offended with (a person)', so 'He was offended with me unjustly' is correct. One is offended 'at' a thing or act but 'with' a person.

Correct answer: (C) Narcissism

'Narcissism' is excessive love or admiration of oneself, named after Narcissus in Greek myth. Hedonism is pursuit of pleasure and sadism/masochism relate to inflicting/receiving pain.

Correct answer: (B) UNATTRACTIVE

'Winsome' means charming, attractive or appealing, so the word farthest in meaning (the antonym) is UNATTRACTIVE (B). 'Insipid' means dull/tasteless but is not the direct opposite of charming.