Q.1 The philosophy of putting another’s welfare above one’s own.
a) Agnosticism
b) Polytheism
c) Altruism
d) Iconoclasm
c) Altruism
Q.2 Proposition made as a basis for reasoning without the assumption of its truth
a) Hypertext
b) Hypocrisy
c) Hyperbole
d) Hypothesis
d) Hypothesis
Q.3 Indifference to pleasure and pain
a) Perseverance
b) Tolerance
c) Stoicism
d) Radicalism
c) Stoicism
Q.4 No longer a child, but not yet an adult
a) Youngster
b) Adolescent
c) Juvenile
d) Yokel
b) Adolescent
Q.5 A record of one’s own life written by oneself
a) History
b) Biography
c) Bibliography
d) Autobiography
d) Autobiography
Q.6 Belong to the same period
a) Comrades
b) Contemporaries
c) Compromises
d) Renegades
b) Contemporaries
Q.7 One who listens secretly to private conversation
a) Eavesdropper
b) Encroacher
c) Eaves bearer
d) Listener
a) Eavesdropper
Q.8 Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding
a) Thistle
b) Stifle
c) Scepter
d) Pestle
d) Pestle
Q.9 An act when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person
a) Election
b) Exit-poll
c) By-election
d) Referendum
d) Referendum
Q.10 A self governing country or region
a) Autonomy
b) Anarchy
c) Democracy
d) Monarchy
a) Autonomy
Q.11 A place where coins, medals or tokens are made
a) Mill
b) Mint
c) Casting
d) Workshop
b) Mint
Q.12 A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body
a) Throng
b) Cluster
c) Crowd
d) Drove
d) Drove
Q.13 A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself
a) Triplet
b) Triumvir
c) Trilogy
d) Trivet
c) Trilogy
Q.14 Study of insects
a) Entomology
b) Biology
c) Geology
d) Ecology
a) Entomology
Q.15 Drawings or writing scribbled on walls in public places
a) Graffiti
b) Posters
c) Hoardings
d) Sketches
a) Graffiti