Free Vocabulary MCQs with Answers

41. Complete the analogy: SCALPEL is to SURGEON as CHISEL is to

• A. stone
• B. sculptor
• C. hammer
• D. carving

Explanation: The relationship links a tool to the specialist who uses it, so the chisel belongs to the sculptor. Stone is the material and carving is the product, neither of which matches the relationship. Naming the link explicitly before checking the options is what prevents these errors.

42. Complete the analogy: DROUGHT is to WATER as FAMINE is to

• A. food
• B. hunger
• C. crops
• D. disease

Explanation: Each first term names a severe shortage and each second names the thing in short supply, so famine is a shortage of food. Hunger is the consequence rather than the missing resource, which makes it the strongest distractor. Matching the exact form of the relationship is the whole skill.

43. Complete the analogy: CARDIOLOGY is to HEART as NEPHROLOGY is to

• A. nerves
• B. kidneys
• C. lungs
• D. liver

Explanation: Each branch of medicine is paired with the organ it studies, and the Greek nephros means kidney. Nerves belong to neurology, lungs to pulmonology and liver to hepatology, all of which are offered to test the whole set. These roots recur throughout medical vocabulary.

44. In the sentence "The symptoms were benign and required no treatment", benign means

• A. not harmful
• B. painful
• C. contagious
• D. chronic

Explanation: The clue is that no treatment was required, so the symptoms cannot have been dangerous. In medicine benign is the opposite of malignant, which describes a tumour that invades and spreads. In everyday use benign simply means gentle or kindly.

45. In the sentence "The drug is contraindicated in patients with liver disease", contraindicated means

• A. strongly recommended
• B. advised against because it would be harmful
• C. available only on prescription
• D. given in a smaller dose

Explanation: The prefix contra means against, so a contraindication is a reason not to use a treatment in a particular patient. The word appears constantly in drug information and in MDCAT passages. Indicated, its opposite, means the treatment is appropriate.

46. One word substitution: a person who is easily deceived.

• A. credible
• B. gullible
• C. sceptical
• D. cynical

Explanation: Gullible describes someone who believes claims too readily and is therefore easily fooled, and it is close in meaning to credulous. Sceptical and cynical describe the opposite disposition, and credible applies to the claim rather than to the person. This pair of near opposites is examined frequently.

47. Choose the word most similar in meaning to TENACIOUS.

• A. persistent and determined
• B. fragile
• C. temporary
• D. generous

Explanation: A tenacious person holds on and refuses to give up, so dogged and persevering are synonyms. The root comes from the Latin tenere, meaning to hold, the same root as in tenant and retain. Its opposite would be irresolute or yielding.

48. "She was elated when she got first position in exams." What is the meaning of "elated" in this sentence?

• A. Disappointed
• B. Worried
• C. Excited
• D. Mad

Explanation: Elated means filled with high spirits and joy, so excited is the closest of the four, and the context of coming first confirms a positive emotion. Disappointed and worried point the opposite way, which the situation rules out at once. Reading the sentence for whether the missing word is positive or negative usually halves the options before any precise meaning is needed.

49. The writer has unearthed serious irregularities in the entire project. The word 'unearthed' in this sentence means

• A. written
• B. mentioned
• C. exposed
• D. stated

Explanation: To unearth is literally to dig up, and used figuratively it means to bring something hidden to light, so exposed or uncovered is the sense here. Mentioned and stated are far weaker, implying only that the writer referred to the irregularities rather than discovering them. Choosing the option that matches the strength of the original word is what these questions test.

50. Honey : Bee ::

• A. Sparrow : Nest
• B. Sonnet : Poet
• C. Sculptor : Statue
• D. None of these

Explanation: A bee produces honey, just as a poet produces a sonnet, giving the same product-to-producer relationship. “Sculptor : Statue” reverses this order by placing the creator first.