General knowledge about Major parts of English for all sensitive/NET/SET/Competitive examinations

 

GENEARL KNOWLEDGE ENGLISH PART-2

101.  Who wrote “A Tale of Two Cities”?

Ans. Charles Dickens

 

102.  What is the antonym of “laugh”?

Ans. Cry

 

103.  What is the plural of “bacterium”?

Ans. Bacteria

 

104.  Who wrote “The Brothers Karamazov”?

Ans. Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

105.  What is the comparative form of “happy”?

Ans. Happier

 

106.  What is the past tense of “know”?

Ans. Knew

 

107.  What is a synonym for “brave”?

Ans. Courageous

 

108.  Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?

Ans. Oscar Wilde

 

 

109.  What is the antonym of “hard”?

Ans. Soft

 

110.  What is the plural of “crisis”?

Ans. Crises

 

111.  Who wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo”?

Ans. Alexandre Dumas

 

112.  What is the superlative form of “late”?

Ans. Latest

 

113.  What is the past participle of “give”?

Ans. Given

 

114.  What is a synonym for “strange”?

Ans. Unusual

 

115.  Who wrote “Dracula”?

Ans. Bram Stoker

 

116.  What is the antonym of “friend”?

Ans. Enemy

 

 

117.  What is the plural of “phenomenon”?

Ans. Phenomena

 

118.  Who wrote “The Jungle Book”?

Ans. Rudyard Kipling

 

119.  What is the comparative form of “few”?

Ans. Fewer

 

120.  What is the past tense of “think”?

Ans. Thought

 

121.  What is a synonym for “clear”?

Ans. Transparent

 

122.  Who wrote “Catch-22”?

Ans. Joseph Heller

 

123.  What is the antonym of “noisy”?

Ans. Quiet

 

124.  What is the plural of “index”?

Ans. Indices

 

125.  Who wrote “Slaughterhouse-Five”?

Ans. Kurt Vonnegut

 

126.  What is the superlative form of “early”?

Ans. Earliest

 

127.  What is the past participle of “break”?

Ans. Broken

 

128.  What is a synonym for “false”?

Ans. Untrue

 

129.  Who wrote “Invisible Man”?

Ans. Ralph Ellison

 

130.  What is the antonym of “beautiful”?

Ans. Ugly

 

131.  What is the plural of “criterion”?

Ans. Criteria

 

132.  Who wrote “Les Misérables”?

Ans. Victor Hugo

 

133.  What is the comparative form of “bad”?

Ans. Worse

 

134.  What is the past tense of “ride”?

Ans. Rode

 

135.  What is a synonym for “true”?

Ans. Accurate

 

136.  Who wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”?

Ans. John Steinbeck

 

137.  What is the antonym of “beginning”?

Ans. End

 

138.  What is the plural of “alumnus”?

Ans. Alumni

 

139.  Who wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude”?

Ans. Gabriel García Márquez

 

140.  What is the superlative form of “much”?

Ans. Most

 

141.  What is the past participle of “swim”?

Ans. Swum

 

142.  What is a synonym for “strong”?

Ans. Powerful

 

143.  Who wrote “Heart of Darkness”?

Ans. Joseph Conrad

 

144.  What is the antonym of “ancient”?

A: Modern

 

145.  What is the plural of “thesis”?

Ans. Theses

 

146.  Who wrote “Things Fall Apart”?

Ans. Chinua Achebe

 

147.  What is the comparative form of “little”?

Ans. Less

 

148.  What is the past tense of “drive”?

Ans. Drove

 

149.  What is a synonym for “angry”?

Ans. Furious

 

150.  Who wrote “Beloved”?

Ans. Toni Morrison

 

151.  What is the antonym of “frequent”?

Ans. Rare

 

152.  What is the plural of “radius”?

Ans. Radii

 

153.  Who wrote “Fahrenheit 451”?

Ans. Ray Bradbury

 

154.  What is the superlative form of “near”?

Ans. Nearest

 

155.  What is the past participle of “come”?

Ans. Come

 

156.  What is a synonym for “wealthy”?

Ans. Rich

 

157.  Who wrote “The Bell Jar”?

Ans. Sylvia Plath

 

158.  What is the antonym of “expand”?

Ans. Contract

 

159.  What is the plural of “datum”?

Ans. Data

 

160.  Who wrote “Gone with the Wind”?

Ans. Margaret Mitchell

 

161.  What is the comparative form of “late”?

Ans. Later

 

162.  What is the past tense of “fly”?

Ans. Flew

 

163.  What is a synonym for “tired”?

Ans. Exhausted

 

164.  Who wrote “A Farewell to Arms”?

Ans. Ernest Hemingway

 

165.  What is the antonym of “tall”?

Ans. Short

 

166.  What is the plural of “nucleus”?

Ans. Nuclei

 

167.  Who wrote “The Road Not Taken”?

Ans. Robert Frost

 

168.  What is the superlative form of “high”?

Ans. Highest

 

169.  What is the past participle of “forget”?

Ans. Forgotten

 

170.  What is a synonym for “friendly”?

Ans. Amiable

 

171.  Who wrote “Lord of the Flies”?

Ans. William Golding

 

172.  What is the antonym of “public”?

Ans. Private

 

173.  What is the plural of “diagnosis”?

Ans. Diagnoses

 

174.  Who wrote “The Call of the Wild”?

Ans. Jack London

 

175.  What is the comparative form of “simple”?

Ans. Simpler

 

176.  What is the past tense of “catch”?

Ans. Caught

 

177.  What is a synonym for “brilliant”?

Ans. Bright

 

178.  Who wrote “Medea”?

Ans. Euripides

 

179.  What is the antonym of “war”?

Ans. Peace

 

180.  What is the plural of “criterion”?

Ans. Criteria

 

181.  Who wrote “The Iliad”?

Ans. Homer

 

182.  What is the superlative form of “low”?

Ans. Lowest

 

183.  What is the past participle of “give”?

Ans. Given

 

184.  What is a synonym for “calm”?

Ans. Peaceful

 

185.  Who wrote “The Canterbury Tales”?

Ans. Geoffrey Chaucer

 

186.  What is the antonym of “accept”?

Ans. Reject

 

187.  What is the plural of “syllabus”?

Ans. Syllabi

 

188.  Who wrote “The Secret Garden”?

Ans. Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

189.  What is the comparative form of “expensive”?

Ans. More expensive

 

190.  What is the past tense of “sell”?

Ans. Sold

 

191.  What is a synonym for “important”?

Ans. Significant

 

192.  Who wrote “A Passage to India”?

Ans. E.M. Forster

 

193.  What is the antonym of “victory”?

Ans. Defeat

 

194.  What is the plural of “fungus”?

Ans. Fungi

 

195.  Who wrote “Rebecca”?

Ans. Daphne du Maurier

 

196.  What is the superlative form of “near”?

Ans. Nearest

 

197.  What is the past participle of “do”?

Ans. Done

 

198.  What is a synonym for “dangerous”?

Ans. Hazardous

 

199.  Who wrote “Of Mice and Men”?

Ans. John Steinbeck

 

200.  What is the antonym of “rise”?

Ans. Fall