Short Questions

1. Piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water from all the sides?
- island
2.Piece of land that is almost (from 3 sides) surrounded by water?
- peninsula
3. Person in-charge of a Football Match?
- referee
4. Person who watched at a show, game or other event?
- spectator
5. Last game in a sporting competition which decides the champion?
- final
6. Painting / photograph / sculpture of a person's head?
- portrait
7. Painting of countryside / Nature views?
- landscape
8.Medical practitioner sepcializing in children and their diseases?
- paediatrician
9. Specialist in treating disorders related to heart / blood vessels?
- cardiologist
10. Organs in the Chest that helps us to breath?
- lungs
11. Organ that is responsible for pumping blood in our body?
- heart
12.Study of living things?
- biology
13. Study of interactions among organism and their environment?
- ecology
14. Study of stars and other celestial objects?
- astronomy
15. Medical instrument used for listening hearts sounds or breathing?
- stethoscope
16. Optical instrument used by Astronomers to make distant objeccts appear nearer?
- telescope
17. An apartment located below street level?
- basement apartment
18. Apartment on the higest floor of an apartment building?
- penthouse
19, What is the name of ground military forces?
– army
20. What is someone that can’t see called?
- blind
21. What do you call the middle of something?
- centre
22. Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or have an injury at a hospital?
- doctor
23. What is the process of teaching and learning called?
– education
24. What kind of book is written by a person about their own life?
-autobiography
25. What is the red liquid that flows through a body?
-blood
26. What is the payment of a students education by an organization called?
- scholarship
27. What is piece of paper with official information written on it?
- document
28. What is the name of a building where you can borrow books?
- library
29. Who is a person that makes bread, cakes and pastries?
– baker
30. What organ controls your speech, feelings, body movement and thoughts?
– brain
31. What piece of equipment shows a person what direction they are traveling?
– compass
32. What is a series of events that happen in your mind while you are sleeping?
– dream
33. What is a that person belongs to an organization called?
- member
34. Who cuts men’s hair?
– barber
35. What is it called when two or more people are speaking to each other?
– conversation
36. What is a violent conflict between two or more countries?
– war
37. What do you call the number of people living in a specific area?
– population
38. What do you call a person that can’t hear?
– deaf
39. What is the day that someone is born?
– birthday
40. What plan shows how much money is available and how it will be spent?
– budget
41. What is the name of a system of government in which the people elect their leaders?
– democracy
42. What planet do we live on?
– earth
43. What is the job of someone that looks after your teeth and gums?
– dentist
44. What is the time period before noon is called?
– ante meridian
45. What is the time after noon called?
– post meridian
46. What organ do cardiologists specialize in?
– heart
47. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river is called?
- valley
48. What is 3/4th of percentage called as?
- 75%
49. Circumference, radius, diameter form which geometrical shape?
- circle
50. What does an optic person deal with?
- spectacles
51. If you have pain in teeth whom do you consult?
- dentist
52. Name the device of computer having name same to that of an animal.
- mouse
52. How many years are in a decade?
- 10 years
53. Whenever a person goes to an interview, would he be in an enthusiastic mood or sad mood?
- enthusiastic mood
54. What special document do most people carry during international travels?
- passport
55. What would you call one half of the percentage?
- 0.005
56. What do we call the alphabetical list, at the end of the book, that tells you where to find specific information ?
- index
57. At what ceremony, the students receive their degree or diploma at end of their study ?
- graduation day
58. What is the chemical formula of water ?
- H2O
59. What is the name of H2o?
- water
60. Which Animal is not a mammal? Butterfly, cow or Goat?
- butterfly
61. How many years you study for an Undergraduate program?
- 3 years
62. If you forget the way what will you buy to find your destination?
- map
63. If something is POST ,then what does Post mean?
- after
64. In hospitals and other shops who gives medicine?
- pharmacist
65. If you face any heart related issue whom you will contact?
- cardiologist
66. What do people wear, if they cant see very well?
- spectacles
67. In which branch of science, periodic table comes?
- chemistry
68. When something comes at halt , what does this mean ?
- stop
69. After secondary education, students can study in colleges as well as....?
- universities
70. If a button has come out of shirt, what would someone most likely use to put it back on ?
- needle
71. What general part of the day is known as dawn?
- morning
72. What does king or queen wear on their head at official ceremonies ?
- crown
73. What are winter , spring ,summer and autumn?
- seasons
74. What is the sweet food produced by bees ?
- honey
75. What do we call organs in our chest that we use to breathe ?
- lungs
76. In English calendar, if March comes before april, then which month will come after April?
- may
77. An older unmarried woman
- spinster
78. Sleep enjoyed in the afternoon
- siesta
79. Language which is confused and unintelligible
- jargon
80. The one who has no money
- pauper
81.A man whose wife is dead
- widower
82.A place where dead bodies are kept
- mortuary
83.One whose business is to find out criminals
- detective
84. The government runs by the dictator
- autocracy
85. One who prepares plans for buildings
- architect
86.A great lover of books
- bibliophile
87.A place where fishes are kept
- aquarium
88. One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles
- optician
89. The science of animal life
- zoology
90. One who kills animals and sells their flesh
- butcher
91. A disease which spreads by contact
- contagious disease
92.A man who thinks only for himself
- egoistic
93.An animal living both on land in water
- amphibian
94.A building for keeping and feeding horses in
- stable
95. A string of beads used for counting prayers
- rosary
96. A government publication relating to order, notification, etc.
- gazette
97. Art and science dealing with language
- grammar
98.A vehicle to carry dead bodies
- hearse
99.A grass eating animal
- herbivorous
100.Things of different nature
- heterogeneous
101.The point where the earth and sky seem to meet.
- horizon
102. Someone who is fond of entertaining guests
- hospitable
103.A serpent with many heads
- hydra
104. One who pretends to be what he is not
- hypocrite
105. Worship of idols
- idolatry
106. A handwriting that cannot be read
- illegible
107.A sound that cannot be heard
- inaudible
108.Incapable of being burnt
- incombustible
109.Something that cannot be believed
- incredible
110.Something that cannot be cured
- incurable
111.Something that cannot be avoided
- inevitable
112.Something that cannot be explained
- explicable
113.The act of killing an infant
- infanticide
114. Not limited by person or number
- infinite
115. Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned
- inflammable
116. That cannot be satisfies
- insecticide
117. The one who is unable to pay his debts
- insolvent
118.Something that is not applicable
- irrelevant
119.A one who travels from place to place
- itinerant
120.Anything which is related to youth and young
- juvenile
121.An animal of Australia with great leaping power
- kangaroo
122.One who know many languages
- linguist
123.The eclipse of moon
- lunar
124.Animals which give milk
- mammals
125.Handwritten book
- manuscript
126.A person who die for his country
- martyr
127. One for whom the money is the most important thing
- materialistic
128. A cinema show which is held in the afternoons
- matinee
129. Belonging to the middle ages
- medieval
130.Very particular about very small details
- meticulous
131.Someone who moves from one place to another
- migratory
132.A person who does not believe in the institution of marriages
- misogamist
133.A person who hates woman
- misogynist
132.A government by a king or a queen
- monarchy
133.The practice of having one wife or husband
- monogamy
134.Medicine which induces sleep
- narcotic
135. One who is a new comer
- neophyte
136. Person publicly authorized to draw up or attest contracts etc
- notary
137. One who is new to a trade or profession
- novice
138.Article of food rich in nutrition
- nutritive
139.Having a lot of fat in one’s body
- obesity
140.A notice of death in a newspaper
- obituary
141.A thing no longer in use
-obsolete
142.A study of ocean
- oceanography
143.All powerful, possessing complete power and authority
- omnipotent
144. A one who is presents everywhere
- omnipresent
145. A one who knows everything
- omniscient
146.An animal that eats any kind of food
- omnivorous
147.One who look at the bright side of the thing
- optimist
148. A person without mother and father
- orphan
149. A place where orphans live
- orphanage
150.One who believe in traditional values
- orthodox
151.A supposed cure for all diseases or problems
- panacea
152.Study of disease
- pathology
153.Killer of one’s own father
- patricide
154. Properties inherited from one’s father
- patrimony
155. One who loves his/ her country?
- patriot
156. Payment made in consideration of past service
– pension
157. One who looks on the dark side of things?
- pessimist
158. Lover of mankind
- philanthropist
159.Study of stamp collection
- philately
160.Study of words and their roots
- philology
161.The study of the body
- physiology
162. One who leads others
- pioneer
163. One who copies from other writers?
- plagiarist
164. A government by the rich
- plutocracy
165.The practice of having many wives
- polygamy
166.One who know many languages
- polyglot
167.A figure with many angles or sides
- polygon
168.A place where ships seek shelter
- port
170. A book published after the death of its author
- posthumous
171. Medical examination of a dead body
- postmortem
172. A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature
- postscript
173. Water fit for drinking
- potable
174. An animal that preys on other animals
- predator
175. To form an opinion against anybody baselessly
- prejudice
176. Tendency to quarrel
- pugnacity
177. One who is particular about the purity of one's language
- purist
178.The study of ancient societies
- archeology
179.A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power
- intellectual
180. What is the list of the business or subjects to be considered at a meeting called
- agenda
181. One who possesses many talent is referred as
- versatile
182. A person who is above hundred years
- centenarian
183.A flesh eating plant
– carnivores
184. A game in which no one wins
– draw
185.A life history written by oneself
- autobiography
186.A person with evil reputation
- notorious
187. A paper written by hand is known as
- manuscript
188. detailed plan of journey-
- itinerary
189. The environment related to organisms is called as
- ecology
190. A thing that is fit to be eaten
- edible
191. An exact copy
- facsimile
192.Anything that leads to death
- fatal
193.A person who eats too much
- glutton
194.Likely to break apart easily-
- brittle
195.A person living in a foreign country
- foreigner
196.Perceptible to ear-
- audible
197. One who does not make mistakes
- infallible
198. One who goes on foot
- pedestrian
199.The science which treats with life
- biology
200. What are the words called which have the same meaning
- synonym
201. A person living at the same time as another
- contemporary
202. Through which light cannot pass
- opaque
203. A man dances to the tunes of his wife
- henpecked
204. An instrument for viewing object at a distance
- telescope
205. Cure of all diseases
- panacea
206. Custom of many husbands
- polygamy
207. What is fear of water called
- hydrophobia
208. A woman whose husband is dead
- widow
209. That which is against law
Answer: illegal
210. Things of same nature
- homogenous
211.A list of names. Books
- catalogue
212. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep
- lullaby
213. A school for small children
- kindergarten
214. A coworker in the same institution is a colleague or a peer
- colleague
215. An assembly of hearers at a conference or concert
- audience
216. A shed for motor cars
- garage
217. A medicine that prevents infection by killing germs
- antiseptic
218. Arena is a
- a place for wrestling
219. What is a dormitory?
- sleeping room in an institution
220. Grand central terminal, Park Avenue, new york is the world’s largest:-
- the largest railway station
221. Entomology is the science that studies
- insects
222. How many bones do a human being has?
- 206
223. How many intestines does a human being has?
- 2
224. What is baby called when in the womb of mother?
- foetus
225. How many players are there in football team?
- 11
226. Which one is a domesticated animal: cat, camel or tiger
- cat
227. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
- ribs
228. The two holes in your nose are called?
- nostrils
229. The meet of cow is known as – beef or pork
- beef
230. Are human’s omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?
- omnivore
231. What is the sweet substance made by bees?
- honey
232. What is the capital of Italy- Rome or Tokyo?
- Rome
233. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______
- forecasting
234. The place where fishes are kept is known as
- aquarium
235. Archery is the national sport of which country-
- Bhutan
236. What instrument is used to measure angles in geometry?
- protractor
237. Which size of the newspaper is smaller? Tabloid or broadsheet
- tabloid
238. How many milligrams in a gram?
- 1000
239. What is the largest cat in the world?
- tiger
240. Who is the president of USA?
- Barack Obama
241. In what season do apples most commonly mature?
- autumn
242. Which is the largest fish in the world?
- whale or shark
243. Which is the tallest animal on the earth-giraffe or zebra?
- giraffe
244. Who takes care of the sheep?
- shepherd
245. Which is the highest mountain in the world?
- mount Everest
246. What is the antonym of content?
- dissatisfied
247. What is the antonym of anxiety?
- calmness
248.What is the cry of lion called?
- roar
249. What does this picture describe?
- sports