Marine Academy Admission Questions 2014-2015

01. What kind of noun is 'army'?

i. Material

ii. Collective

iii. Common

iv. Proper

Correct Answer: ii. Collective

02. Photosynthesis takes place in the ---- of plants.

i. root

ii. green parts

iii. stem

iv. all parts

Correct Answer: ii. green parts

03. What is the masculine gender of 'mare'?

i. Stallion

ii. Mermaid

iii. Bear

iv. Dog

Correct Answer: i. Stallion

04. My uncle has three sons, ---- work in the same office.

i. all of them

ii. who all

iii. they all

iv. all of whom

Correct Answer: iv. all of whom

05. Many islands make up ----.

i. an isles

ii. an archipelago

iii. a peninsula

iv. a continent

Correct Answer: ii. an archipelago

06. The opposite word of 'sluggish' is

i. animated

ii. dull

iii. heavy

iv. slow

Correct Answer: i. animated

07. Which is the noun of the word 'please'?

i. pleasing

ii. pleasure

iii. pleaseness

iv. pleased

Correct Answer: ii. pleasure

08. Which is the verb of the word 'life'?

i. alive

ii. enlife

iii. living

iv. lively

Correct Answer: iii. living

09. The synonym of genesis is

i. introduction

ii. preface

iii. beginning

iv. foreword

Correct Answer: iii. beginning

10. What is the antonym of the word 'sympathy'?

i. antipathetic

ii. antipathy

iii. adversity

iv. oppose

Correct Answer: ii. antipathy

11. 'Unable to read or write' means:

i. unschooled

ii. uneducated

iii. ignorant

iv. illiterate

Correct Answer: iv. illiterate

12. What is the meaning of the expansion of 'bottom line'?

i. final step

ii. last line of a block

iii. end of a road

iv. essential point

Correct Answer: iv. essential point

13. Choose the correct spelling.

i. Ascertain

ii. Assertain

iii. sertain

iv. Alune

v. Asartaine

Correct Answer: i. Ascertain

14. 'To read between the lines' means:

i. To concentrate

ii. To suspect

iii. To grasp the hidden meaning

iv. To read carefully

Correct Answer: iii. To grasp the hidden meaning

15. Which of the following is not an adjective?

i. Humble

ii. Humid

iii. Humane

iv. Humour

Correct Answer: iv. Humour

16. My family and I ---- well.

i. is

ii. an

iii. are

iv. none

Correct Answer: iii. are

17. The verb of the word 'new' is

i. renew

ii. newly

iii. a new

iv. newness

Correct Answer: i. renew

18. The word 'since' in the sentence 'Five years have passed since I met you' is used as

i. Noun

ii. Pronoun

iii. Conjunction

iv. Preposition

Correct Answer: iv. Preposition

19. 'Life expectancy' means:

i. Life expectation

ii. How long one lives

iii. High hopes

iv. Birth

Correct Answer: ii. How long one lives

20. 'Squander' means:

i. Improve

ii. Solve

iii. Travel

iv. Waste

Correct Answer: iv. Waste

21. 'To replicate' means

i. To understand

ii. To motivate

iii. To enunciate

iv. To copy

Correct Answer: iv. To copy

22. 'End in smoke' means:

i. Come to nothing

ii. Destruct

iii. Catch fire

iv. Inspect something

Correct Answer: i. Come to nothing

23. What is the antonym of 'segregation'?

i. Integration

ii. Depression

iii. Separation

iv. Tensed

Correct Answer: i. Integration

24. The adjective of mountain is

i. Mounting

ii. Mountainous

iii. Mountic

iv. Mountainly

Correct Answer: ii. Mountainous

25. The word 'lucrative' means:

i. good looking only

ii. professional

iii. profitable

Correct Answer: iii. profitable

26. Spool: Thread :: Coil: Rope

i. Bale: Hay

ii. Reel: Line

iii. Verse: Song

Correct Answer: ii. Reel: Line

27. The ambassador called the president.

i. at

ii. upon

iii. back

iv. out

Correct Answer: ii. upon

28. Correct spelling:

i. Encyclopadia

ii. Encyclopideis

iii. Encyclopedia

iv. Encyclopadia

Correct Answer: iii. Encyclopedia

29. Every member of my family ---- here.

i. are

ii. is

iii. were

Correct Answer: ii. is

30. The type of clothing people wear tells others a lot about-

i. What they are

ii. Who are they

iii. What they were

iv. Who they are

Correct Answer: iv. Who they are

31. ---- all his attempts to master the assignment, he failed.

i. Because

ii. Despite

iii. Neglecting

iv. After

Correct Answer: ii. Despite

32. No one can deny that he is clever. Here deny means:

i. defy

ii. denounce

iii. disagree

iv. oppose

Correct Answer: iii. disagree

33. The plot of the story is so ---- that I can predict the outcome.

i. Complicated

ii. Theoretical

iii. Significant

iv. Trite

Correct Answer: i. Complicated

34. 'Salt of life' stands out in:

i. valuable thing

ii. sobs of life

iii. saline water

iv. sorrows of life

Correct Answer: i. valuable thing

35. Whose quotation is this: "Knowledge is power"?

i. Crane

ii. Hobbes

iii. Galileo

iv. Keats

Correct Answer: ii. Hobbes

36. She looks ---- than she is.

i. more young

ii. more younger

iii. much younger

iv. none

Correct Answer: iii. much younger

37. Do it right away ---- you will be scolded.

i. for

ii. or

iii. but

iv. end

Correct Answer: ii. or

38. There is no reason ---- absent.

i. of being

ii. to be

iii. for being

Correct Answer: ii. to be

39. He watched the boat ---- down the river.

i. float

ii. was floating

iii. floating

iv. to float

Correct Answer: iii. floating

40. Our school building has a good ----.

i. side

ii. cite

iii. sight

iv. site

Correct Answer: iv. site

41. One who sacrifices his life for a cause is a

i. patriot

ii. martyr

iii. soldier

iv. none

Correct Answer: ii. martyr

42. The correct spelling is

i. Embasey

ii. Ambassy

iii. Embassy

iv. Embassi

Correct Answer: iii. Embassy

43. Everybody should ---- their old parents.

i. look after

ii. look at

iii. look at

iv. none

Correct Answer: i. look after

44. I spent ---- with patient.

i. sometimes

ii. some time

iii. sometime

iv. some times

Correct Answer: ii. some time

45. I have read the book you lent me.

i. that

ii. what

iii. which

iv. that what

Correct Answer: iii. which

46. I am not leaving ---- I get an apology from you.

i. so that

ii. as if

iii. until

iv. unless

Correct Answer: iii. until

47. Please write the matter ----.

i. in

ii. to

iii. down

iv. away

Correct Answer: iii. down

48. Pick the correct spelling.

i. torrential rain

ii. Torrensial rain

iii. Torential rain

iv. Torrensel rain

Correct Answer: i. torrential rain

49. The man was ---- for murder.

i. hanging

ii. hung

iii. hanged

iv. hang

Correct Answer: iii. hanged

50. What is the adjective of 'Carnivore'?

i. Carnival

ii. Carnivorous

iii. Carnish

iv. Carnivora

Correct Answer: ii. Carnivorous