“Close shave” means:
- (A) Hair’s breadth
- (B) By the skin of one’s teeth
- (C) A narrow escape
- (D) To apply economy
- (C) A narrow escape
Select the correct indirect sentence of: My friend asked me, “Has Saima talked to Sonia?”
- (A) My friend asked me if Saima has talked to Sonia
- (B) My friend asked me that Saima had talked to Sonia
- (C) My friend asked me if Saima had talked to Sonia
- (D) My friend told me if Saima had talked to Sonia
- (D) My friend told me if Saima had talked to Sonia
To words with very closely related meanings:
- (A) Antonyms
- (B) Synonyms
- (C) Hyponymy
- (D) Homonyms
- (B) Synonyms
Select the correct indirect sentence of: She said to me, “What are you doing?”
- (A) She asked me what was I doing
- (B) She asked me what am I doing
- (C) She asked me what I was doing
- (D) She asked me what were you doing
- (C) She asked me what I was doing
Choose the correct synonym of “Circumvent”?
- (A) Satire
- (B) Sensuality
- (C) Avoid
- (D) Reforms
- (C) Avoid
How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
- (A) 36
- (B) 37
- (C) 38
- (D) 39
- (C) 38
The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into:
- (A) Baltic Sea
- (B) North Sea
- (C) Bay of Biscay
- (D) Adriatic Sea
- (B) North Sea
What is the capital of Denmark?
- (A) Copenhagen
- (B) Vienna
- (C) Oslo
- (D) Stockholm
- (A) Copenhagen
Which book holds the title for the most-read book in the world?
- (A) Holy Quran
- (B) Holy Bible
- (C) Bhagavad Gita
- (D) Hebrew Bible
- (B) Holy Bible
Taj Mahal, the Crown of Palaces, is located in which Indian city?
- (A) Delhi
- (B) Mumbai
- (C) Gujarat
- (D) Agra
- (D) Agra