Most Repeated GK MCQs from Past Papers MCQs with Answers & Explanations (Page 162)

Liberal implies openness to change, so Conservative fits as its antonym because it favors tradition and resists change.

To agree is to accept or assent, and deny is the opposite because it means to refuse or reject.

Skillful means having ability or proficiency, and competent matches that meaning by indicating capability and effectiveness.

Fatal denotes causing death, so deadly is the similar word because it also describes something likely to cause death.

FOSTER means to promote growth or development, so Both A and B fits because it can mean both increase and raise.

'Destructive' is the antonym of 'productive' because 'productive' means creating or producing, while 'destructive' means causing damage or destroying, so they are opposites.

'Subtraction' is the antonym of 'extension' because 'extension' implies adding or lengthening, whereas 'subtraction' implies taking away or reducing, making them contrary concepts.

'Worker: Bonus' matches because a tip is an extra payment made to a waiter, and a bonus is an extra payment made to a worker, so the relationship (service → extra pay) is the same.

'At' is correct because the fixed expression is 'connive at,' meaning to tolerate or turn a blind eye to someone's follies.

'Of' is correct because the preposition 'of' links 'convention' to what it concerns (convention of money), making 'of' the appropriate connector in this sentence.

'Of' is correct because the phrase 'sensible of your kindness' uses 'of' to indicate what he is sensible or appreciative about, i.e., your kindness.

'In' is correct because someone is 'deficient in' something when they lack it, so 'deficient in common sense' is standard.

'With' is correct because 'bristles with' means to be full of or covered by difficulties, so the question 'bristles with difficulties' fits.

'Simple' is correct because the sentence contains a single independent clause with one subject and one predicate, making it a simple sentence.

'Compound' is correct because the sentence joins two independent clauses ('they always talk' and 'never think') with a coordinating conjunction, so it is compound.

'None' is correct because none of the listed prepositions fits the passive phrasing; the expected phrase requires 'over', which is not an option.

'Prosperity' is correct because the analogy matches opposites: beauty to ugliness as adversity to prosperity.

"she said that she would do well" is correct because future 'will' backshifts to 'would' in reported speech and 'that' introduces the indirect statement.

"He said that he had come" is correct because the present perfect 'has come' is backshifted to the past perfect 'had come' when reporting.

"compound" is correct because the sentence joins two independent clauses with the coordinating conjunction 'yet'.