English Questions

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

The writer says war is

Choose  the  word  which  is  nearest in meaning to the given word ‘TRANSGRESSOR’

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Panegyric

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Once and for all

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

apple of my eye

Select the word with the correct spelling.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Tyro