CSS English MCQS with Answers Set 38

Select the appropriate word that is SIMILAR in meaning to the numbered word.(IDIOMS)
I received (recognition for my effort) in my attempt to write a short story.

A show of hands

A cap and gown

An eager beaver

An A for effort

Choose the correct answer from following options.
There is a statute for the abolition of capital punishment.

Noun

Adverb

Adjective

Verb

Sentence Completion.
The _____ of time had left the castle______it towered above the village,looking much as it must have done in Richard the Lion-Hearted’s time.

Ravages,,untouched

Lack,,defended

Remoteness,,alone

Repairs,,,destroyed

Status,,lonely

Sentence Completion.
Perhaps because something in us instinctively distrusts such displays of natural fluency,some readers approach John Updike’s fiction with

Recklessness

Suspicion

Indifference

Bewilderment

Veneration

Choose the Preposition.
There is no need for you to be so sensitive_______criticism.

By

For

None of these

Of

Choose the Preposition.
I should not pride_______my qualification.

In

At

To

None of these

Select the appropriate word that is SIMILAR in meaning to the numbered word.(IDIOMS)
If you argue about something unimportant,you:

Sweat blood

Split hairs

Have a body blow

Make someone’s blood boil

Choose the Preposition.
I have regret________failure in C.S.P exam.

Of

None of these

To

For

Select the appropriate word that is SIMILAR in meaning to the numbered word.(IDIOMS)
I was asked to (read all of the book) before the next class.

Learn the book by heart

Read the book out loud

Publish or perish

Read through the book

Select the appropriate word that is SIMILAR in meaning to the numbered word.(IDIOMS)
I (made a nest egg) when I was working and I am now able to go to school.

Earned a lot of money

Worked as hawker

Saved money

Got a part-time job