Free Vocabulary MCQs with Answers

1461. A book giving information on all branches of knowledge is known as _______?

• A. Encyclopedia
• B. Cynic
• C. Desperado
• D. Elysium

Explanation: An encyclopedia is a reference work containing information on many branches of knowledge. The other options name a type of person or a place, not a reference book.

1462. A group of associated or similar things is known as _____________?

• A. Constellation
• B. Plainness
• C. Elysium
• D. None of the above

Explanation: Constellation can mean a group or arrangement of related things, and it most commonly refers to a recognised group of stars. The other options do not name a group of associated things.

1463. A person who is recovering after an illness or medical treatment is known as ____________?

• A. Convalescent
• B. Regressing
• C. Faltering
• D. Failing

Explanation: A convalescent is a person recovering from an illness or medical treatment. The other choices describe decline or weakness, not recovery.

1464. Leaving one's country and go to live in a foreign land is known as _________?

• A. Emigrate
• B. Eradicate
• C. Immigrate
• D. Extempore

Explanation: To emigrate means to leave one's own country to settle elsewhere, while to immigrate means to enter a foreign country for settlement. The distinction depends on the direction of movement.

1465. One who looks on the dark side of the things is known as ________?

• A. Optimist
• B. Patricide
• C. Pessimist
• D. Philanthropist

Explanation: A pessimist habitually expects or notices the worst, so such a person looks on the dark side of things. An optimist has the opposite outlook.

1466. One who looks on the bright side of things is known as ________?

• A. Pessimist
• B. Novice
• C. Optimist
• D. Credulous

Explanation: An optimist expects favourable outcomes and focuses on the positive side of situations. A pessimist, listed in option a, has the opposite outlook.

1467. A letter which is not claimed by anybody is known as _______?

• A. Dead Letter
• B. Adjustment Letter
• C. Complaint Letter
• D. Acknowledgment Letter

Explanation: A dead letter is a letter that cannot be delivered to or claimed by its intended recipient. The other options are types of business or official correspondence.

1468. A composition which bears no name of the writer is known as _________?

• A. Anonymous
• B. Identified
• C. Signed
• D. Apostate

Explanation: An anonymous composition has no name or identifying signature attached to its writer. Signed and identified have the opposite meaning.

1469. The Government ruled by Women is called?

• A. Petticoat government
• B. Corporatocracy
• C. Patriarchy
• D. None of these

Explanation: “Petticoat government” is an informal expression for government or domination by women. Patriarchy has the opposite sense, referring to male-dominated authority.

1470. the killing of one's mother called________?

• A. matricide
• B. parricide
• C. regicide
• D. patricide

Explanation: Matricide means the killing of one’s mother, from Latin mater meaning “mother.” Parricide is the killing of a parent or close relative, while patricide specifically means killing one’s father.