PTE Snacks V6 1 Flashcards
1 What is the solid form of water?
Ice
2 What studies the structure of earth, geology or geography?
Geology
3 Science concerned about study of earth materials and nutrients is geology or geography?
Geology
4 What information does a terrestrial globe provide?
Geography
5 The part of computer you can carry with you and has the same name as that of animal?
Mouse
6 What do we call 7 days in time period?
Week
7 What is the pointing device of a computer?
Mouse
8 What do you call a person who is working for a company?
Employee
9 Horse is a mammal, amphibian or reptile?
Mammal
10 What’s the fastest way to get from the 20th floor to the 1st floor?
(By) Elevator
11 What helps you go up in a 25 floor building?
Ladder; Stairs; Lift; elevator
12 What is the time of a day before noon called?
Morning
13 Which of these would probably be found in most homes around the world; A computer, a bed, or a television?
A bed
14 Some calendars begin the week on Sunday. What is the other day which commonly starts a week?
Monday
15 Who is the person in charge of a football match?
The referee
16 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
17 Which section of the newspaper gives the editor’s opinion?
The editorial
18 What instrument will you use to examine very small objects or life forms?
Microscope
19 What is a destructive program that spreads from computer to computer?
Virus
20 What term is used for animals such as humans that usually give birth to live young; Mammals or reptiles?
Mammals
21 What do we call a system of government in which people vote for the people that will represent them?
Democracy
22 What is the name of a system of government in which the people elect their leaders?
Democracy
23 Where would you go to work out on a treadmill?
Gym
24 How would you describe an economy based largely on farming?
Agronomics
25 What is the study of the stars and planets called?
Astronomy
26 What do we call the piece of paper that proves that you have bought an item?
Receipt
27 What emergency service is usually called when someone is in trouble at sea; Ambulance or Coast guard?
Coast guard
28 What word describes moving a program or other material from a website to your computer?
Download(ing)
29 What do we call a picture that a doctor takes to see inside your body?
X ray
30 What crime has someone stealing from a shop committed, Shop fitting or Shop lifting?
Shop lifting
31 If someone is feeling a little ill, they may say they are feeling under the what?
Weather
32 What is the last game in a sport competition that decides the champion?
Final
33 What is the general term for paintings of countryside or natural views?
Landscape
34 Which of these would probably be found in an office, a printer, a blanket or a nailbrush?
Printer
35 What’s the job title of a person who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection?
Architect
36 What term is used for the amount of money you pay a landlord for living in their house or apartment?
Rent
37 What do we call the meeting where the employer asks the potential employee questions about their work experience?
Interview
38 What is a painting of a person’s head usually called?
Portrait
39 What point of the compass is directly opposite east?
West
40 What do you call an apartment that is below ground level, a basement apartment or a penthouse apartment?
A basement apartment
41 What feature do pianos and computers have in common?
The keyboard
42 If you are feeling fed up, is it a positive or a negative feeling?
Negative
43 Where would you most likely go to buy a flower, a bakery, a florist or a supermarket?
A florist
44 A specialist who repairs leaking water pipes is called a?
Plumber
45 Where would you store meat you wish to keep frozen at home?
The freezer
46 What is the most important document you have to show if you wanted to hire a car?
Your driver’s license
47 If you sold your house for more money than your bought, did you make a profit or loss?
Profit
48 A business does not want to make a loss, what does it want to make?
Profit
49 What is the location of the spotted egg?
(picture not included) On the right
50 Which ocean is located on the west of the US?
The Pacific Ocean
51 On the map given which ocean is on the west?
Pacific Ocean
52 What is the habitat of a fish like puffer fish or Jelly fish?
Sea water; ocean;
53 What do tons, ounces, and pounds refer to?
Weights
54 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
55 What is a man made river called?
Canal
56 What do you call an individual musical sound?
Solo
57 Which is not a way of public transportation, Train, Model car or Airplane?
Model car
58 What does Butterfly do with wings in the picture, Grasp or Flutter?
Flutter
59 Letter C is shown in the image. What do you call the word in the book which starts with this letter?
Contents
60 A thing no longer in use is obsolete, Out of date or both?
Both
61 Scientists believe in subjective knowledge or objective?
Objective
62 What do we call having a lot of fat in one’s body?
Obesity
63 The one who is unable to pay his debts. In debt or Insolvent?
Insolvent
64 What vegetarians can eat?
Vegetables
65 On compass, what is the opposite of northwest?
Southeast
66 Algebra and statistics are branches of which field?
Mathematics
67 In mathematics there are four basic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and what?
Division
68 What is the difference between wall clock and wrist watch; (a) Color (b) size (c) features (d) technology?
Size
69 Plants that are grown between rocks are called?
alpine plants OR Lithophytes
70 In the picture, whose prints are these, Polar Bear or Penguin?
Polar Bear
71 At what ceremony, the students receive their degree or diploma at end of their study?
Graduation day
72 For killing bacteria which drugs are used?
Antibiotics
73 A notice of death in a newspaper is?
Obituary
74 A person is wearing spacesuit in the picture, what place is shown in the picture?
Space
75 What do we use to launch space shuttle?
Rocket boosters
76 Medicine which induces sleep is?
Narcotic
77 In the picture a scientist is doing an experiment. What the person is wearing to protect eyes from Chemical?
Goggle
78 Which kind of transportation involves human effort, horse riding or cycling?
cycling
79 How many seasons are in a year?
Four
80 How many hours are in a day?
Twenty four
81 The phrase used to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls is?
Ebb and flow
82 A man whose wife is dead. Is he a Widow or Widower?
Widower
83 A woman whose husband is dead is?
Widow
84 One whose business is to find out criminals. Detectives or police?
Detectives
85 The government runs by the dictator is Autocracy or Democracy?
Autocracy
86 A government where the power is concentrated in the hands of one person is?
Autocracy
87 One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles is?
Optician
88 What does an optic person deal with?
Spectacles ; Glasses
89 What do people wear, if they can’t see very well?
Spectacles ; Glasses
90 A disease which spreads by contact is?
Contagious disease
91 A man who thinks only for himself is?
Egoistic or self centered
92 A building for keeping and feeding horses is Stable or Kennel?
Stable
93 Art and science dealing with rules of language is Grammar or Literature?
Grammar
94 Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned is Flammable or Nonflammable?
Flammable
95 One who kills animals and sells their flesh is Butcher or barber?
Butcher
96 What do you call a great lover of books?
Bibliophile
97 What is the name of ground military forces?
Army
98 What is a person that can’t see called?
Blind
99 What do you call the middle of something?
Centre
100 Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or have an injury at a hospital?
Doctor