PTE - Answer Short Questions
Power of reading the thoughts of others immediately: Homeopathy or Telepathy?
Telepathy
What do you call equipment we use to look at stars?
Telescope
What is this instrument called?
Telescope
In the following question choose one word that best describes the meaning of the given word. Ghastly: terrible, pleasant, pretty, sanction?
Terrible
When is the Martin Luther King Day?
The 16th of January 2017
Which ocean is located on the west of the US?
The Pacific Ocean
The large island just off the coast of mainland Europe is home to which country?
The United Kingdom
What is the name of the third book?
The adventure of America
What does a sundial measure?
Time
Which sense of human relates to the Soft and roughness?
Touch
To which category are the comedy and tragedy belong?
Tragicomedy
What vehicle runs on a track and blows a whistle, Car, train, airplane, helicopter?
Train
What is the word for the shape in geometry which has three sides?
Triangle
Which days there are swimming lessons?
Tuesday and Thursday
How many hours in a day?
Twenty four
How many countries are involved in a mutual agreement?
Two
How many sides are there in a bilateral agreement?
Two
Computer, telephone and typewriter, which one is the first invention?
Typewriter
In addition to the A, E, I, O, What is the other vowel?
U
Which country has the highest percentage of admission content blog in China?
UK
Father of your cousin?
Uncle
Do scapegoats escape or undertake the crime?
Undertake
What are the premises like colleges, faculties, libraries, and locations in the university called?
University Campus
A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river is called?
Valley
What Do Vegans eat?
Vegetables
Gram, Kilogram and velocity, which on is used to measure the speed of butterfly wing?
Velocity
One who possesses many talents is referred as?
Versatile
Plants that are grown in between rocks?
alpine plants or Lithophytes
What do you call a person who serves people food?
Cook - Waiter
There are two main ways to pay in a shop, one by cash and the other by?
Credit card
What does king or queen wear on their head at official ceremonies?
Crown
What does the shortcut keyboard key ctrl + X do?
Cut
What do you call a person that can't hear?
Deaf
In mathematics there are four basic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and what?
Division
What does the term otolaryngology mean?
Ear, Nose & Throat
Would it be better to go jogging at noon, or in early morning, if you wanted to avoid hottest part of the day?
Early morning
What is the name of the planet in our solar system that supports life?
Earth
What planet do we live on?
Earth
The phrase used to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls?
Ebb and flow
The environment related to organisms is called as?
Ecology
A thing that is fit to be eaten?
Edible
What is the process of teaching and learning called?
Education
Cause and ...?!
Effect
A man who thinks only for himself?
Egoistic or Self-centered
What is the joint between your shoulder and your forearm?
Elbow
Windmill is used for?
Electricity
What do we call the animals with white ivories and a long trunk?
Elephant
Where is this sign the most common?
Email Address
What is the period of bicentennial event?
Every 200 years
Anything that leads to death?
Fatal
What is the body covering of a bird?
Feather
What is the month between January and March?
February
The chemical breakdown of a substance by yeasts or some bacteria, etc.?
Fermentation
What is the last game in a sports competition that decides the champion?
Final
How many ECO2000 are there in a week?
Five
How many faces does a pentagon have?
Five
What are roses and tulips?
Flowers
What is the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material?
Fracture
What is the habitat of this insect?
Fruit
What information does a terrestrial globe provide?
Geography
Science concerned about study of earth materials and nutrients is geology or geography?
Geology
What studies the structure of the earth, geology or geography?
Geology
Which is largest, Kilobyte, gigabyte or megabyte?
Gigabyte
Which is the tallest animal on the earth, giraffe or zebra?
Giraffe
How do we weight butterfly?
Grams
What is the heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine?
Headline
What type of plant is mint?
Herb
A post which carries no salary: honorary or honorable?
Honorary
What is the bone forming joints at the shoulder and the elbow?
Humerus
A serpent with many heads?
Hydra
What can be added to the drink to cool it down on a hot day?
Ice
What is the solid form of water?
Ice
What do we call twins that look exactly alike?
Identical
Worship of idols?
Idolatry
In which room of their home would someone usually wash their clothes?
In the bathroom
There are two types of sporting contests: one is amateur; and the other is?
Professional
Which hospital department would you go for an X-ray - radiology or cardiology?
Radiology
Which area has a humid environment, a desert or a rainforest?
Rainforest
In America, what do people call it when children go out to play during a break at school?
Recess
The instructions that tell you how to cook food?
Recipe
What two colors are mixed to create the color purple, white and black or red and blue?
Red and blue
What does a student must do when he feels ill in the test?
Report to invigilator
What books cannot be borrowed from the library?
Reserved books
A place where people may obtain food and refreshment?
Restaurant
If a figure is hexagonal, how many sides does it have?
Six
Which one is renewable energy: solar energy or oil energy?
Solar energy
How can we send satellites into the space?
Space shuttle
What do people wear, if they can't see very well?
Spectacles
What does an optic person deal with?
Spectacles
What is dangerous in this photo?
Speed
Square to cube is as circle to what? Round, Ball, Pie, Sphere?
Sphere
What is a part of the digestive system and essential for churning food?
Stomach
When something comes at halt, what does this mean?
Stop
What do you touch when you play a guitar?
Strings
According to the picture the car is stuck in what?
Stuck in mud
What is the antonym of predecessors?
Successors
A famous canal links the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean, is it the Corinth or Suez Canal?
Suez Canal
What is the source of solar energy?
Sun
How would you describe the weather in the scene?
Sunny
What general part of the day is known as dawn?
Sunrise or Morning time
What does the sun do during dusk?
Sunsets
Which kind of shop contains more kinds of products?
Supermarket
What is not a font style, Bold, Regular, Superscript, or Italic?
Superscript
Who is a physician who performs surgical operations?
Surgeon
Where does crocodiles live? In forest or swamp?
Swamp
What are the words called which have the same meaning?
Synonym
If something such as fabric or medicine is artificially made, what do we say it is?
Synthetic, Artificial, Manmade
What is the list of chapters at the beginning of a book?
Table of contents
What is the woman doing?
Taking a book from the shelf
How many days are in a leap year?
366
In the doctoral course of 1-5 years, when is the thesis?
5th year
What is the economic sector that deals with farming?
Agriculture
How would you describe an economy based largely on farming?
Agronomics
What is the device that can measure air pollution and can distinguish clean and dirty air?
Air-Quality Monitor
What is the collection of pictures called?
Album
How would you call someone who likes to drink heavily every day?
Alcoholic
Which month has 28 days?
All
The study of sound: Phonetics, Acoustics, all of the above?
All above
What do we call the person who can speak two languages?
Bilingual
What do you need if you want to see things far away?
Binoculars
The science which treats with life?
Biology
What do we call the study of living things?
Biology
Which major branch of science deals with classification of human beings?
Biology
What do ornithologists study, human, birds or machines?
Birds
What is the day that someone is born?
Birthday
An event that occurs suddenly causing a great damage or suffering?
Catastrophe
An animal living both on land in water?
Amphibian
What is this building?
An indoor stadium
A person who wishes to throw his establishment?
Anarchist
The meat of cow is known as: beef or pork?
Beef
How many wheels does a tricycle have?
3
Horse is a mammal, amphibian or reptile?
Mammal
Article of food rich in nutrients?
Nutritive
What do most children ride on to go to school, School bus, car, taxi, motorcycle?
Bus
Which is the best method of transportation, Bus, Plane or ship?
Bus
One who kills animals and sells their flesh. Butcher or barber?
Butcher
Which Animal is not a mammal, Butterfly, cow or Goat?
Butterfly
What's the fastest way to get from the 20th floor to the 1st floor?
By elevator
A shed for motor cars?
Garage
What do you call the art or practice of cultivating and managing gardens?
Gardening
A government publication relating to order, notification, etc: Gazette, Journal, Magazine?
Gazette
Which subject is in the sphere of biology?
Genetics
Things of same nature: Homogenous, Heterogeneous?
Homogenous
What is the sweet food produced by bees?
Honey
The point where the earth and sky seem to meet: Horizon, Quarter, Hemisphere?
Horizon
What is the meeting point of Sea and Sky called?
Horizon
When the earth and the universe come to same line, what we call it?
Horizon
The art of cultivating and managing gardens?
Horticulture
Someone who is fond of entertaining guests: Host, Hospitable?
Hospitable
Language which is confused and unintelligible. Jargon or vocabulary?
Jargon
What is the national flower of India?
Lotus
Which one is the result of economic growth? High unemployment or low unemployment?
Low unemployment
What is green color meaning?
Nature Environment
What do pedestrians travel by?
By foot
Where is the man?
In the room
Something that cannot be believed?
Incredible
Who defends a criminal person?
Lawyer
What is the most common blood type in humans O or B+?
O
Extreme fear from strangers?
Xenophobia
What was the departure time of bus from downtown?
12:02
Jane and Peter have three children. They are 4, 13 and 15 years old. They only have one son, who is their youngest child. How old is their middle child?
13
What is the parking block number circled?
13
What does it mean by fortnight?
14 days
This work is due for submission, one month from 15th June. On what date is it to be submitted?
15th July
When does the tractor invent? (with table)
1982
In which century was the computer invented, 19th century, 18th century?
19th century
What are the hot days of this month? [Bar chart is given]
19th-23rd
How many hemispheres does the earth have?
2
How many intestines does a human being have, 1 or 2?
2
How many persons are involved in a parallel conversation?
2
The pair is a term for the group of how many things?
2
How to express 1/5 as a percentage?
20%
What is the Preceding year of April?
2003 (Preceding means previous tax year)
In which century was the automobile manufactured on a large scale?
20th Century
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
26
On a clock, if the big hand is on 12 and the little hand is on 3 what time would it be? A) 12 o'clock. B) 3 o' clock. C) 5 o' clock. D) 9 o'clock?
3 o' clock
What is the average temperature of the human body?
98.6 F or 37 C
What would you call one half of the percentage?
0.005
What is half of a hundred percent?
0.5
What is 3 quarters of 100%?
0.75
What is 3/4th of percentage called as?
0.75
How many years are in a decade?
10 Years
How many milligrams in a gram?
1000
How many players are involved in the football?
11
What are the first three letters of the English alphabet?
A B C
Who left this footprint, a bear, a wolf, or a bird?
A bear
A list of events placed in time order is usually described as what?
A chronology or a Timeline
Where would you most likely go to buy a flower, a bakery, a florist or a supermarket?
A florist
Arena is a: A place for indoor games, hockey, wrestling, or racing?
A place for wrestling
Which one has more interactions between a teacher and a student, a lecture or a tutorial?
A tutorial
What is the verb form of the noun Abstention?
Abstain
What does the prefix 'post' mean as in post-graduate?
After
What is the list of the business or subjects to be considered at a meeting called?
Agenda
Which device at home is used for waking up?
Alarm clock
When the writer of the book is unknown, what word do we use for the writer?
Anonymous
What is the time period before noon called?
Ante meridiem (A.M.)
Which drugs are used for killing bacteria?
Antibiotics
A medicine that prevents infection by killing germs?
Antiseptic
Is the desert weather known as an arid climate or a wet climate?
Arid climate
What Is the characteristic of the desert a humidity or aridity?
Aridity
What is the name of ground military forces?
Army
Where would you go to see an exhibition of sculptures?
Art gallery or Museum
What does ASAP mean?
As soon as possible
In which continent do most people speak Korean and Thai?
Asia
What is the study of the stars and planets called?
Astronomy
In which kind of book can we find Africa maps?
Atlas
What is the chemical name of Gold - Mg, Au or O2?
Au
Which country is in the southern hemisphere, Australia or Canada?
Australia
Name a country located in the Southern hemisphere?
Australia or New Zealand
What kind of book is written by a person about his/her own life?
Autobiography
A government where the power is concentrated in the hands of one person?
Autocracy
The government runs by the dictator. Autocracy or Democracy?
Autocracy
Who cuts men's hair?
Barber
When would it be safe to take medication, which causes drowsiness before sleeping, driving or operating machinery?
Before sleeping
In medical terms, are antibodies harmful or beneficial for patients?
Beneficial
A thing no longer in use. Obsolete, Out of date or both?
Both
In which container is the water kept?
Bottle
What is the line between countries?
Boundary or border
What organ controls your speech, feelings, body movement and thoughts?
Brain
What is the term Neuro-Psych?
Brain injury or mental heal
What do we call a first meal of the day?
Breakfast
To cross over from one side of the river to another without using a boat, what is usually required?
Bridge
Likely to break apart easily: Hard, Harsh, Brittle, or Breakable?
Brittle
What is the quickest way of traveling from Tokyo to Paris?
By plane
How would most people travel to work each day, in big cities like Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York?
By public transportation
Which is the position in the company hierarchy circle?
CEO
What do we call the land of college or university?
Campus
A flesh eating plant or animal?
Carnivores
What is the most favorite pet among people?
Cat
Which one is a domesticated animal: cat, camel or tiger?
Cat
A list of names books?
Catalogue
What is the collective term for cows and bulls, especially on the farm?
Cattle
A person who is above hundred years?
Centenarian
What do you call the middle of something?
Center
What do you call the middle of something?
Centre
What do we call a period of 100 years?
Century
How do you describe the line that segments a circle?
Chord
Which browser occupied 20.6 percent?
Chrome
Which geometrical shapes have circumference, radius, and diameter form?
Circle
Which shape in mathematics has the concept of perimeter and diameter?
Circle
If someone lives in an urban area, where does he live?
City/Town
Is the dress hanged in a closet or a drawer?
Closet
What emergency service is usually called when someone is in trouble at sea; Ambulance or Coast guard?
Coast guard
What emergency service is called at sea?
Coastguard
The surface of which material is soft?
Coca cola
A coworker in the same institution is a colleague or a peer?
Colleague
When you create a table, the data in horizontal dimension is organized in rows and the data in vertical dimension is organized in what?
Columns
Which kind of punishment for a crime is the less severe, an imprisonment or community service?
Community service
What piece of equipment shows a person what direction they are traveling?
Compass
What instrument do you use when long-distance learning?
Computer
A disease which spreads by contact?
Contagious disease
A person living at the same time as another: Historical, Contemporary, Time-fellow, Chum?
Contemporary
What do you call the word in the book which is starting with this letter?
Contents
What is it called when two or more people are speaking to each other?
Conversation
What is the last thing to do when baking a cake?
Cook it in the oven
What is this book about?
Cooking
What does the letter "C" represent in brands?
Copyright
What is this symbol called?
Copyright
What farm animal gives us milk to drink, Cow or Buffalo?
Cow
A nursery where children are cared for while their parents are at work?
Creche
What is the person in the picture doing?
Cutting tree
What is this image showing? Dawn or Dusk?
Dawn
If you have to owe, are you in debt or gain?
Debt
What is money you owe called, debt or asset?
Debt
What happens when the temperature drops down, decrease or increase?
Decreasing
If your teeth are in pain, who do you visit, dentist or psychologist?
Dentist
What divides a circle into 2 halves?
Diameter
What word describes moving a program or other material from a website to your computer?
Download
What you must not do after drinking?
Driving
Who is the main journalist responsible for producing newspaper or magazine?
Editor
What are the things that hens lay?
Eggs
What do you call a person who is working for a company?
Employee
Who is the person hired to do a specific job in a company?
Employee
What is a reference book providing summaries of information from all branches of knowledge?
Encyclopedia
What is the location of the index within a book?
End of a book
An exact copy?
Facsimile
What are the people that plant food and raise crops commonly known as?
Farmers
What is the second month of the year?
February
Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned. Flammable or Nonflammable?
Flammable
What does bird do with its wings? Flutter or grasp?
Flutter
What is the butterfly doing with its wings, Grasp, Flutter?
Flutter
Trying to predict the weather is known as weather?
Forecasting
A person living in a foreign country: Native, Broader, Remote, Foreigner?
Foreigner
How many seasons are in a year?
Four
When your bone is injured and broken, what would you say you have?
Fracture
What do we call someone who studies about rocks?
Geologist
Who specializes in the study of earth and its composition?
Geologist
What do people wear, if they can't see very well?
Glasses/ contact lenses
What's the material used to stick things together?
Glue
A person who eats too much: Glutton, Reveler, Omnivore, None above?
Glutton
What does this man wearing?
Goggles
What color is the medal if you win the competition?
Gold
Which is more expensive? Gold or silver
Gold
At what ceremony, the students receive their degree or diploma at end of their study?
Graduation day
What is the name of this ceremony?
Graduation day
Art and science dealing with rules of language. Grammar or Literature?
Grammar
Where would you go to work out on a treadmill?
Gym
What is the chemical formula of water or What is the name of H2O?
H2O or Water
How much water is in this glass?
Half of the glass
A vehicle to carry dead bodies?
Hearse
Things of different nature: Homogenous, heterogeneous?
Heterogeneous
When we go hiking in the mountains what do we use to protect our feet?
Hiking boots
Who is a person who studies the past?
Historian
A person who cannot read or write: Illiterate or Ignorant?
Illiterate
What is term Immunology?
Immune related HIV
That cannot be satisfied?
Insatiable
That kills insects: Insecticide, Pesticide?
Insecticide
Entomology is the science that studies: Behavior of human beings, Insects, The origin and history of technical and scientific terms, the formation of rocks?
Insects
The one who is unable to pay his debts. In debt or Insolvent?
Insolvent
What do we call the list of steps, which tells you to put something together?
Instructions
A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power: Expert, Intellectual, Snob, Literate?
Intellectual
What is the 1st paragraph of a report called?
Introduction
Something that is not applicable?
Irrelevant
On what geographical location would someone be living if their country is surrounded by water on all sides?
Island
A one who travels from place to place?
Itinerant
Detailed plan of journey travelogue, Travel kit, Schedule, Itinerary?
Itinerary
If you want to buy a ring, who do you approach, a jeweler or a pharmacist?
Jeweler
What is a store that sells jewels and precious stones?
Jewelry
What do we call a place selling gold and silver?
Jewelry store or bullion market
What is Orthopedic relates to?
Joints, Knee, bones
Which source is more reliable, magazine or journal?
Journal
Which one has more academic articles, magazines or journals?
Journals
Which is the fastest? jumping, jogging, walking
Jumping
Which is the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter or mars?
Jupiter
Anything which is related to youth and young?
Juvenile
An animal of Australia with great leaping power?
Kangaroo
Which part of your leg can make it possible to bend?
Knee
Where to see the scientific instruments?
Laboratory
Where would you expect to find equipment like microscopes, Bunsen burner, beaker and petri dish?
Laboratory
What object will you use to climb up to the roof of the house?
Ladder
What helps you go up in a 25 floor building?
Ladder/Stairs/ Lift/elevator
What is the general term for paintings of countryside or natural views?
Landscape
Grand central terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's: largest railway station, highest railway station, longest railway station, none of the above?
Largest railway station
Which is the nearest building from residence?
Laundry
Which is the biggest one?
Left side
The person in charge of library?
Librarian
What is the name of a building where you can borrow books?
Library
Where is it?
Library
A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep?
Lullaby
What do we call the organ in our chest that we need to breathe?
Lungs
what kind of animal is this? a reptile or a mammal?
Mammal
Animals which give milk: Reptiles, Mammals?
Mammals
What term is used for animals such as humans that usually give birth to live young; Mammals or reptiles?
Mammals
A paper written by hand is known as: Handicraft, Manuscript, Handiwork, or Thesis?
Manuscript
If you are lost in a city, what should you buy?
Map
MSc stands for what?!
Master of science
Belonging to the middle ages?
Medieval
What material is used for most of vehicles and aircrafts?
Metal
What is the subject of studying changes in the temperature of the weather?
Meteorology
If telescope is used for far distant object, what instrument is employed for miniscule objects?
Microscope
What instrument will you use to examine very small objects or life forms?
Microscope
A person who does not believe in the institution of marriages: Bachelor, Misogamist?
Misogamist
A person who hates women: Misogamist, Misogynist?
Misogynist
Which is not a way of public transportation, Train, Model car or Airplane?
Model car
A government by a king or a queen: Monarchy, Monocracy?
Monarchy
Some calendars begin the week on Sunday. What is the other day which commonly starts a week?
Monday
The practice of having one wife or husband: Polygamy, Monogamy?
Monogamy
Where is the lunar map?
Moon
Despite all the advances in equality between the sexes, would more men or women play professional football?
More men
What is the time of a day before noon called?
Morning
That which is subject to death?
Mortal
What are piano and guitar?
Musical instrument
What is the opposite of artificial?
Natural
What is the daily publication of a periodical called?
Newspaper
Where can we find a crossword?
Newspaper
Today is Thursday; a person has a doctor appointment on Wednesday when he has an appointment? Today, tomorrow, next week?
Next week
The equator divides the earth into which two hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
What is the opposite of southeast?
Northwest
The two holes in your nose are called?
Nostrils
All powerful, possessing complete power and authority?
Omnipotent
One who is present everywhere?
Omnipresent
One who knows everything?
Omniscient
Are human's omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?
Omnivore
An animal that eats any kind of food: Omnivorous, Carnivorous, or Herbivorous?
Omnivorous
Where is power button?
On the left top corner
Where are the potatoes in this picture?
On the right top corner
How many times in a year is an annual conference held?
Once a year
How many additional days are added to February in a leap year?
One
One who loves his/ her country: Patriot, terrorist?
Patriot
The one who has no money: Pauper or Beggar?
Pauper
One who goes on foot?
Pedestrian
The doctor who specializes in the treatment of children's diseases?
Pediatrician
What is the doctor who specializes in treating children's diseases?
Pediatrician
Payment made in consideration of past service?
Pension
In hospitals and other shops who gives medicine?
Pharmacist
Who will give you drugs at the pharmacy?
Pharmacist
Lover of mankind?
Philanthropist
Study of stamp collection: Philately, numismatics?
Philately
Study of words and their roots?
Philology
One who attends to sick people and prescribe medicines?
Physician
Gravity comes in physics or biology?
Physics
The study of the body?
Physiology
What do we call the things of 88 keys covered by color white and black?
Piano
In statistics, what is a circle divided into many parts called?
Pie
What is the formula to find the area of a circle?
Pie or square
Who seats at the cockpit of an airplane?
Pilot
One who leads others?
Pioneer
Literary theft or passing off an author's original work as one's own?
Plagiarism
One who copies from other writers: Plagiarist, Cheater, Deceiver?
Plagiarist
What is the name for the huge natural body that orbits the sun?
Planet
A specialist who repairs leaking water pipes is called a?
Plumber
A government by the rich: Democracy, Plutocracy, Autocracy?
Plutocracy
Who defends people against criminals?
Police
One who knows many languages: Polyglot, Linguistic, Multilanguage?
Polyglot
What do you call the number of people living in a specific area?
Population
A place where ships seek shelter?
Port
What is a painting of a person's head usually called?
Portrait
An animal that preys on other animals?
Predator
To form an opinion against anybody baselessly?
Prejudice
What is vaccine used for?
Prevent disease
What kind of school admit children between the ages of 5 through 11?
Primary school
Which is first invented: print press, computer or mobile phone?
Print press
A business does not want to make a loss, What does it want to make?
Profit
What is the company's earning money?
Profit
Why people do wear gloves when they do experiments?
Protection
What instrument is used to measure angles in geometry?
Protractor
Who specializes in the study of psychological effect of words?
Psycholinguist
Which field of study relates to the human mind and behavior?
Psychology
What is the name of the fish?
Puffer
Tendency to quarrel: Hot tempered, Pugnacity, Argumentative?
Pugnacity
If a newspaper published in 7 days of a week, and a magazine published one day a week, what is that journal which is published four months a year?
Quarterly
What do we call the piece of paper that proves that you have bought an item?
Receipt
What term is used for the amount of money you pay a landlord for living in their house or apartment?
Rent
The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
Ribs
Which egg is spotted?
Right one
Oral English is different from academic English. Which is the best term to describe academic English: tolerant or rigorous?
Rigorous
What is the cry of lion called?
Roar
What do we use to launch space shuttle?
Rocket boosters
What is the capital of Italy- Rome or Tokyo?
Rome
A string of beads used for counting prayers. Rosary or Garland?
Rosary
Which natural material is used to make a tire?
Rubber
What key mineral makes sea water different from fresh water?
Salt
What is happening to the papers?
Scattering
What is the payment of a student's education by an organization called?
Scholarship
What do you call a person who makes and builds sculptures?
Sculptor
Where is the habitat of this fish?
Sea water, ocean
What is she doing?
Searching book
What are winter, spring, summer and autumn?
Seasons
What do you call the strap that circulates a person in a car or an airplane?
Seat belt
Medicine which induces sleep?
Sedative
What does this girl doing?
She is looking at the sky
Who takes care of the sheep?
Shepherd
How did people use to travel in the sea before the advent of airplanes?
Ship
What is the string or lace for fastening the shoes usually called?
Shoelaces
What is the item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot?
Shoes
What crime has someone stealing from a shop committed, Shop fitting or Shop lifting?
Shop lifting
Sleep enjoyed in the afternoon. Siesta or Nap?
Siesta
If you are happy with the agreement, what would you like to put at the bottom of the contract with the date?
Signature
On compass, what is the opposite of northwest?
Southeast
What can take astronauts to the space?
Spacecraft
What is a vehicle used for traveling in space?
Spacecraft
What is it when two stones are rubbed?
Spark
A building for keeping and feeding horses in. Stable or Kennel?
Stable
To which parts of the body is gastrointestinal related?
Stomach
What is a hard seed inside a cherry, plum, peach, and similar fruits called?
Stone
Where does solar power generate energy?
Sun
Which size of the newspaper is smaller, Tabloid or broadsheet?
Tabloid
Name a country located in North America?
The United States of America/ Canada
Where would you store meat you wish to keep frozen at home?
The freezer
Who is the person in charge of a football match?
The referee
How many bones do a human being has, 206, 208?
The right answer is 206
What do you call a very long essay that students have to write for a doctoral degree?
Thesis or dissertation
What are these people doing?
They are ordering food
What are these people doing?
They are watching landscape
How many people are involved in a trio contract?
Three
If the profit of a company is tripled, How manifold it means?
Three
Ram had 342 coins in his collection. How would you write 342, Three four two, Three forty two, Three hundred forty two, Three hundred four two?
Three hundred forty two
How many years do you study for an Undergraduate program?
Three years
Where do you pay for your purchases at a supermarket?
Till or Checkout or Cashier
What is the person doing?
To extinguish
In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find food or to hide?
To hide
Colloquial phrases are not normally used in the academic language, is tolerate or put up with more appropriate in the academic writing?
Tolerate
X will come on Wednesday. Today is Tuesday. So X will come today or tomorrow?
Tomorrow
A dozen is a grouping of which number?
Twelve
How many months are in a year?
Twelve
How many times does a biannual magazine published in one year?
Twice
After secondary education, students can study in colleges as well as...?
Universities
What classes does the primary level include, up to 5, up to 7?
Up to 5
What is a destructive program that spreads from computer to computer?
Virus
Which kind of mountain can erupt?
Volcano
Who serves food in a restaurant?
Waiter or Waitress
What is a violent conflict between two or more countries?
War
What do we wear in mountains to protect our bodies?
Warm clothes
What is the name of this device which is used to generate electricity?
Windmill
How does a bird fly?
With wing
What are they doing?
Withdraw money
The science of animal life. Biology or Zoology?
Zoology
What do people hold over the head when it's rainy?
an umbrella
Is the newspaper closer to the book or email?
book
What is the 100th national anniversary of an event called?
centenary
What is CPU in a computer?
central processor unit
What is a storytelling book with pictures called?
comic book
Do we need wood or creative thought to write a novel?
creative thought
Which kind of transportation involves human effort, horse riding or cycling?
cycling
What is the ripening agent or chemical substance to ripen fruits?
ethylene
What are these people doing?
experimenting in the Lab
How are agricultural products obtained?
farming
What is baby called when in the womb of mother?
fetus
What is the part of body that start with gastro?
gastrointestinal
What do you call a cousin of your parent?
grand-cousin
Who invites the guests to a party?
host
That which is against law?
illegal
A handwriting that cannot be read?
illegible
Something that cannot be explained?
inexplicable
What do we call foods or substances that we use in a recipe?
ingredient
A person who die for his country: Martyr, Soldier?
martyr
Which of following sports is more dangerous, parachuting or long distance running?
parachuting
What is the outer covering of a banana?
peel
Who controls the flight of an aircraft?
pilot
What do we call a city in a country responsible for governing it?
political capital
Custom of many husbands: Polygamy, Monogamy, Polyandry?
polyandry
What is an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to take medicine?
prescription
If you sold your house for more money than you bought, did you make a profit or loss?
profit
What kind of transportation runs on the railway?
train
If a species is described as venomous, what substance does it have?
venom
What is a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's property after one's death?
will
What is paper made of?
wood
When we talk about extensive use of paper, which substance is in danger?
wood
How many days are in a week?
7
One who is new to a trade or profession?
Novice
What plan shows how much money is available and how it will be spent?
Budget
A manufacturing process releases poisonous gases. What is the most important safety measure for workers at this plant; ensuring good ventilation or appropriate footwear?
(Ensuring good) Ventilation
Which is the lowest percentage?
6.1
Where would you see the exhibits of dinosaurs?
A Museum
What do you call an apartment that is below ground level, a basement apartment or a penthouse apartment?
A basement apartment
Which of these would probably be found in most homes around the world; A computer, a bed, or a television?
A bed
Would a town, city or village probably cover the largest area?
A city
If you forget the way what will you buy to find your destination?
A map
Which is the longest: a decade, a millennium or a century?
A millennium
Would you go to the pharmacy or surgery to get a prescription filled after visiting a doctor?
A pharmacy
Which of these would probably be found in an office, a printer, a blanket or a nailbrush?
A printer
Who would you consult to treat a fear of crowded places, a philosopher or a psychologist?
A psychologist
What we call it when the moon completely blocks out the light from the sun?
A solar eclipse or an eclipse
Would a supermarket, a cafe or book store probably have the widest range of products available?
A supermarket
What's the verb used to describe two people sharing the same opinion?
Agree
Treatment of diseases by drugs whose effect on the body is the opposite of the disease?
Allopathy
What is a standard set of letters that is used to write one or more languages based upon the general principle?
Alphabet
What piece of equipment would you use to go diving in a sea - an aquaplane or an aqualung?
An aqualung
If you don't feel like eating, what do we say you don't have?
Appetite
What piece of equipment would you use for floating on the sea?
Aquaplane
The place or tank where fishes are kept is known as?
Aquarium
One who studies the past through objects left behind?
Archaeologist
The study of ancient societies: Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Ethnology?
Archeology
One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection?
Architect
What do we call the restricted area of a library in a university, in which you can read books, but you can't borrow (or take them away)?
Archives or Reference collection
How do you call a public sale in which goods or properties are sold to the highest price offered?
Auction
Perceptible to ear: Audible, Laudable, Praisable, Adorable?
Audible
An assembly of hearers at a conference or concert?
Audience
In which season do apples most commonly mature?
Autumn
A place where birds are kept: Aquarium or Aviary?
Aviary
What is the antonym of anxiety? A) Scare. B) Calmness. C) Leisure. D) Apprehension?
B. calmness
Simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, water and soil; essential to life but may cause disease?
Bacteria
Increase in iron, good or bad for health?
Bad
Who is a person that makes bread, cakes and pastries?
Baker
Where do people invest their money?
Bank
Who was the president of USA, Manmohan Singh, Haseena sheikh, Barack Obama?
Barack Obama
Periodical published twice in a week: Bi-weekly or Weekly
Bi-weekly
A list of books representing some scholarly work for reference?
Bibliography
Which part at the end of a book can be used for further information? An index or a bibliography?
Bibliography
A great lover of books?
Bibliophile
What is the event which takes place every 200 years called?
Bicentenary or Bicentennial
What is related to a computer system of numerical notation?
Binary
If there are 8 black balls and 1 white ball, and I randomly pick one, which color is mostly likely to be picked?
Black
Which color has a significant portion?
Black
What is someone that can't see called?
Blind
What is hematology related to?
Blood
What is the fluid pumped from the organ related to cardiology?
Blood
What is the red liquid that flows through a body?
Blood
What is the material of the body's skeleton?
Bone
What do we put in a backpack? Chair or book?
Book
Which category does a novelist specialize in, a book or a printer?
Book
From where do we buy books in the university?
Bookstore
What do you call the document that tells your qualification and work experience?
CV, Curriculum Vitae or Resume
What is the natural coloring or form of an animal which enables it to blend in with its surroundings?
Camouflage
Which is the second largest country in land area?
Canada
What is a man-made river called?
Canal
What is the line in the middle of the candle?
Candle wick
What is more fuel-efficient, car or truck?
Car
What is in the girl's hand?
Certificate
If something is not expensive, what do we say it is?
Cheap
What desk would you go to when you first arrive to the hotel?
Check in desk or Reception
What is the process of payment at the counter after shopping?
Check out
In which branch of science, periodic table comes?
Chemistry
What is the opposite of convex?
Concave
A country ruled by two country?
Condominium
What do we call the date a piece of work must be finish by?
Deadline or Due date
What is the first stage of applying for graduate students and PhD?
Degree application
What do you call a system of government in which people vote for the people that will represent them?
Democracy
What is the name of a system of government in which the people elect their leaders?
Democracy
What is the job of someone that looks after your teeth and gums?
Dentist
Which section of the train timetable will tell you, what time the train leaves?
Departures
Camel lives in which habitat?
Desert
What Is the characteristic of the desert? Humidity or desiccation?
Desiccation
One whose business is to find out criminals. Detectives or police?
Detectives
Which category had the lowest percentage?
Dial up
How do you describe the line that divide a circle into the same half?
Diameter
What do we call the book with list of words, with their meanings?
Dictionary
Which is the currency of Dubai?
Dirham (AED)
What is the antonym of content?
Dissatisfied
Miles and KMs are used to measure distance or liquid?
Distance
Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or have an injury at a hospital?
Doctor
What is the piece of paper with official information written on it called?
Document
Describe image?
Doing experiment or to heat
What is recession?
Downfall in economy
The property which a new wife brings to her husband?
Dowry
A game in which no one wins?
Draw
What is a series of events that happen in your mind while you are sleeping?
Dream
If a coat had a stain on it, where would you take it?
Dry cleaner
What is the visible joint between the upper and lower parts of the arm?
Elbow
What power consumption does this light have?
Electricity
Which word does the "e" in e-mail stand for?
Electronic
Would letter or email be the fastest way to get a message to your professor?
What mechanical device is used to keep airplanes and cars working?
Engine
Whenever a person goes to an interview, would he be in an enthusiastic mood or sad mood?
Enthusiastic mood
What is the red line called?
Equator
What do you call tax on goods produced and used in a country?
Excise tax
After more work, you will be exhausted or refreshed?
Exhausted
What is the word used to describe animals and plants which do not exist anymore?
Extinct
What is an evaluative process that leads to the disappearance of species or population? (How would you describe an animal that no longer exist on the earth?)
Extinction
A person who is active, lively and enjoys the company of others?
Extrovert
What do ophthalmologist specialize in?
Eye operations
What is the opposite of stale?
Fresh
What is the force resisting the relative motion of objects when they are rubbed against each other?
Friction
When you rub 2 things, what will happen?
Friction
What appliance do people use to keep their food cool and prevent it from spoiling?
Fridge
What type of food is an apple?
Fruit
Which symbol is used to complete a sentence?
Full stop
Which of the following is not fiction? unicorn or giraffe
Giraffe
What materials are generally used in glasses and windows?
Glass
What is the person wearing to protect eyes from chemicals?
Goggles
What is this person doing?
He is boarding (the airplane).
What is this person doing?
He is giving a presentation
Why this man wearing gloves?
He is painting
What is this person doing?
He is reading a newspaper.
What is this person doing?
He is studying.
What is the title of a newspaper called?
Headline
Noisy environment affects which sense?
Hearing
What organ do cardiologists specialize in?
Heart
What is the altitude related to? Weight or height?
Height
What kind of equipment is used to protect motorbike rider's brain from injury?
Helmet
A man dances to the tunes of his wife?
Henpecked
A grass eating animal: Carnivorous, Herbivorous?
Herbivorous
Which subject studies the past?
History
What is fear of water called: Acrophobia, Hydrophobia, Orthophobia (fear of correctness), or Gynophobia?
Hydrophobia
One who pretends to be what he is not?
Hypocrite
Where is this photo taken? In a city or in a small country town?
In a city
In which season people will be the least likely to go skiing?
In summer
Where would you find an urban area, In the city or in the countryside?
In the city
Where is this girl? In the room or in the office?
In the room
A sound that cannot be heard: Audile, Inaudible?
Inaudible
Incapable of being burnt?
Incombustible
Which word is different from the others? (Decrease, Increase and Decline)?
Increase
Something that cannot be cured?
Incurable
If you want to reference all pages in a book that discuss a particular topic, where to find it?
Index
What do we call the alphabetical list, at the end of the book that tells you where to find specific information?
Index
What do we call the content listed at the beginning or the end of a book?
Index
Something that cannot be avoided?
Inevitable
One who does not make mistakes?
Infallible
The act of killing an infant: Infanticide, Homicide?
Infanticide
Not limited by person or number. Infinite or Finite?
Infinite
The thing which catches fire easily: Irresistible or Inflammable?
Inflammable
The medical graduate serving as an apprentice in a hospital taking medical training is an?
Intern
What do we call the meeting where the employer asks the potential employee questions about their work experience?
Interview
What is the unit in which you weigh yourself?
Kilograms
Would it be better to use kilometers or kilograms to measure the distance between two cities?
Kilometers
A school for small children?
Kindergarten
"King George was the ruler of Spain in 1993, King Russell ruled Spain in 1996, King Bernard ruled Spain in 2000". Who was the predecessor for King Bernard?
King Russell
What do meter and millimeter measure, height or length?
Length
What do we call a tower which is designed to emit light to serve as a navigational aid at sea?
Lighthouse
What is 'L' stand for?
Lincoln Hall
One who know many languages: Linguist, Bilingual?
Linguist
Would you measure volume of water in liters or kilos?
Liters
Which is the largest area in the house plan?
Living area
What is the name of number 2?
Living hall
What is first stage of master's degree and bachelor's?
Lodge application
Which city had the first metro?
London
Which location does the Google map display?
London Eye
What are they doing?
Looking at a laptop /Group discussion /Surfing the internet on the laptop
What is a thing that has iron inside and can attract iron?
Magnet
What are the names of two genders?
Male and female
What is the opposite of maximize?
Minimize
One for whom the money is the most important thing?
Materialistic
Algebra, statistics are branches of which field?
Mathematics
Morning prayer in church?
Matin
A cinema show which is held in the afternoons?
Matinee
Name the month that falls between April and June?
May
How would you describe the process in which ice becomes water?
Melting
What is a person that belongs to an organization called?
Member
Very particular about very small details?
Meticulous
How do you call the seasonal flying from cold to warmer areas, mitigation or migration?
Migration
Someone who moves from one place to another: Migratory, Immigrant?
Migratory
What do we call a period of 1000 years?
Millennium
Which would be better to report the population of a major global city, Hundred, millions, billions?
Millions
A person with evil reputation?
Notorious
A place or building where dead bodies are kept. Cemetery or Mortuary?
Mortuary
Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is a series of connected mountains called?
Mountain range
The part of computer you can carry with you and has the same name as that of animal?
Mouse
What is the pointing device of a computer?
Mouse
What is the opposite of "still"?
Moving / Active/ Dynamic
If a button has come off a shirt, what would someone most likely use to put it back on?
Needle and thread
If you are feeling fed up, is it a positive or a negative feeling?
Negative
One who is a new comer?
Neophyte
A person publically authorized to draw up or attest contracts etc.?
Notary
Having a lot of fat in one's body?
Obesity
A notice of death in a newspaper?
Obituary
Scientists believe in subjective knowledge or objective?
Objective
Where does this fish live?
Ocean
Where would you find a whale - tropical forest or ocean?
Ocean
A study of ocean?
Oceanography
Name the month that falls between September and November?
October
Through which light cannot pass: Dull, Dark, Obscure, Opaque?
Opaque
What department studies the human's body part of eyes?
Ophthalmology
One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles?
Optician
Who look at the bright side of the thing: Optimist, Pessimist?
Optimist
Who studies birds?
Ornithologist
A person without mother and father?
Orphan
A place where orphans live?
Orphanage
One who believes in traditional values?
Orthodox
Which is the largest living bird?
Ostrich
What is the shape of an egg?
Oval
What do humans and animals need to inhale for survival?
Oxygen
What do you call a person who studies ancient bones, rocks and plants?
Paleontologist
A supposed cure for all diseases or problems?
Panacea
What animal is displayed in this image?
Panda
Which is easier to be recycled, plastic or paper?
Paper
A plant or animal growing on another?
Parasite
What special document do most people carry during international travels?
Passport
If you invented something, what can you apply for to prevent others copying your invention?
Patent
What is a government authority or license conferring a right for a set period?
Patent
What is document protecting people's works?
Patent
Study of diseases: Pathology, Biology?
Pathology
What is the name of a person who is ill in the hospital?
Patient
Killer of one's own father: Patricide, Homicide?
Patricide
Properties inherited from one's father?
Patrimony
One who looks on the dark side of things: Pessimist, Optimist?
Pessimist
Whose footprints are these? A polar bear or penguin?
Polar bear
The people who protect the public from criminals are called?
Police
Why bees are important to agriculture?
Pollination
Why plants need bees?
Pollination
A figure with many angles or sides?
Polygon
If something is POST, then what does Post mean?
Post means after
What is the time after noon called?
Post meridiem (P.M.)
A book published after the death of its author: Postscript, Posthumous or Post publish?
Posthumous
Medical examination of a dead body?
Postmortem
A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature?
Postscript
Water fit for drinking?
Potable
What doctors and lawyers do is called what?
Practice
In business and advertising what does PR stand for?
Public Relations
Sea levels rise or fall as a result of climate change?
Rise
Which is the fastest? running, jogging, walking
Running
What is the safety device of the plane?
Seat belt
What is used for measuring speeds? Hour or Second
Second
With which device the earthquakes are recorded?
Seismograph
What does a dermatologist specialize in?
Skin - Baldness & Hair
What is a dormitory, Inner part of the city, sleeping room in an institution, exercise room in an institution?
Sleeping room in an institution
What is the name of annoying sound that people sometimes make when they breathe while sleeping?
Snoring
Under what condition does a footprint remain in the environment?
Snow or mud
What do you call an individual musical sound?
Solo
How do you call a student that has finished his first year?
Sophomore
What is the word for the place where rivers start?
Source
What place is shown in the picture?
Space
If you wanted to dig a hole, which of the following would you be most likely to use, Spade, spanner, hammer, and hoe?
Spade
What word is used for someone who watches a sport event?
Spectator
An old unmarried woman?
Spinster
What do we call a company or an organization that gives money to sporting events in exchange of advertising?
Sponsor
What type of shape has four corners, four lines that are equal in length?
Square
What is the name of money people pay for the public construction?
Taxation
What do we call a festival which is held every four years gathering people together as a sporting event?
The Olympic Games
Which section of the newspaper gives the editor's opinion?
The editorial
What feature do pianos and computers have in common?
The keyboard
Which of these was the last to be explored, Himalayas, the moon or Australia?
The moon
The eclipse of moon: Solar, Lunar?
The right answer is lunar
What is the item which is circulated?
The telephone
What is the largest cat in the world?
The tiger
Where do you normally watch a play?
Theatre
What does the main difference between a wristwatch and a clock relate to?
Their relative sizes
Person who believes in the existence of God?
Theist
By which device can we measure temperature?
Thermometer
What is the name of the instrument used to measure variations in temperature?
Thermometer
What do we call the "Times New Roman" in word?
Typeface Font
Two children born at same time?
Twins
What is boiling water converted to?
Vapor
What do you call a person who eats vegetables?
Vegan
What vegetarians can eat?
Vegetables
What is H2O in chemical substances?
Water
What will snow become after it melts?
Water
When ice is in the room temperature, what does it become?
Water or liquid
If someone is feeling a little ill, they may say they are feeling under the what?
Weather
If someone is feeling ill, they will say "I am feeling under the what?
Weather
How do we call 7 days in time period?
Week
How do you weigh yourself?
Weight scale
What do tons, ounces, and pounds refer to?
Weights
"We went somewhere", how do you understand it's a past sentence?
Went
Which one is past tense: has gone, went or going?
Went
What is the opposite side that sun rises?
West
What point of the compass is directly opposite the east?
West
Which is the largest fish in the world, whale or Shark?
Whale
If there are 8 white balls and 1 black ball, and I randomly pick one, which color is most likely to be picked?
White
A woman whose husband is dead?
Widow
A man whose wife is dead. Is he a Widow or Widower?
Widower
Do unions work for workers or managers?
Workers
What is the joint called where your hand is connected to your arm?
Wrist
What is the woman in the picture doing?
Writing on the board
In most university courses there are two ways of being assessed, one is orally. The other is through?
Written assignments
What do we call a picture that a doctor takes to see inside your body?
X-ray
What is the most important document you have to show if you wanted to hire a car?
Your driver's license
What do you call a baby cat?
kitten
What is the public department, responsible for mail services?
post office
If one's response is simultaneous, is it quick or slow?
quick
What is the 26th letter of the modern English alphabet?
z
In a recession, does economic activity increase or slow down?
Slow down
In the library, which books we are not allowed to bring them out with ourselves?
Closed reserve book /Reference materials
What do we call it where we find information in front of a book?
Content
Who is the person who cooks in the kitchen?
Cook
What is the subject of study at a culinary institute?
Cooking
To improve their health and fitness, most people either try to improve their diet or?
Do more physical exercise
In which direction does the sun come up?
East
What are preserved remains of a long-dead plant or animal?
Fossils
How many times in a year is a quarterly journal published?
Four
What is the antonym of vertical?
Horizontal
Where is the natural habitat of animals classified as aquatic, in the land, in the sea or the sky?
In the sea
When a company's position improves, does revenue decrease or increase?
Increase
Where do students provide materials and resources at the university?
Library
What is common between these musical instruments? Guitar, Violin, Cello
String
In mathematics and arithmetic, there are addition, multiplication, division. What's the other one?
Subtraction
Which device can be used for telling the time by using the sun?
Sundial
Where would you most likely go to buy some flour, a bakery: A florist or a supermarket?
Supermarket
From where can you have a full view of a building, the outside, inside or top?
The top of the building
What kind of dictionary provides synonyms, antonyms and related words?
Thesaurus
When we say a couple of children, how many children we mean?
2
Which tool is not considered to be the modern general transportation tool? Car, carriage, airplane
Carriage
Profit means gain or loss?
Gain
Which continent has most of the Indian and Chinese population in the world?
Asia
Historians use evidence to conclude the past, would a contemporary artist's painting of an ancient battle be an original source or secondary source?
Secondary source
Which of the 5 senses are you using, if you detect the odor of gas in a laboratory or in your kitchen?
Smell
Inhalation of which tobacco substance or activity is dangerous?
Smoking
The stars, earth and moon belongs to what system?
Solar system
Which drink has caffeine alongside tea and hot chocolate?
Coffee
Would fresh milk last longer in a fridge or a cool cupboard?
(A) Fridge
How many sides of a peninsula are surrounded by water?
3
Would a person suffering problems with vision, consult a biologist or an optometrist?
An optometrist
What is the subject that involves geometry and algebra?
Mathematics
What is the name of birds' regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway?
Migration
What kind of liquid do mammals feed their babies?
Milk
A microscope is used to see what?
Organism/ Living things
A lack of which kind of weather causes drought, dry weather or rainy weather?
Rainy weather
Which traffic light color means to stop?
Red
What century are we in now?
Twenty one
What is the name of the student who has not completed his course?
Undergraduate student
Which is usually considered against the law? Use of illicit drugs or use of prescribed medication?
Use of illicit drugs
Which sense of human relates to the following words, opaque, vivid, brilliant, shiny?
Vision/sight
What is the ceremony called for marriage?
Wedding
What do we call the material used in carpenter?
Wood
