PTE Snacks V6 11 Flashcards
1001 What is the term used for a place or an institution where one can park extra funds to earn a return or borrow funds by making an extra payment?
a bank
1002 Which of these is greater a billion or a trillion?
a trillion
1003 Which part of our body relates to the gastro?
Stomach
1004 What are the five things in front of your foot?
Toes
1005 What is the hardest/toughest part of your hand?
Nails
1006 What can we call a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work?
Salon
1007 What can we call a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area?
Portico
1008 If a building is one thousand meters high, from where do we measure the height?
Skyline, Sky level
1009 Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?
Shoe
1010 Which one is the odd one out among dog, cat, horse and shoes?
Shoes
1011 What can we call the Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds?
Telephone
1012 What is the thing which we use for painting and is made of hair?
Brush
1013 What can we call a seat for one person, with a support for the back?
Chair
1014 What do we call a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments?
Desk
1015 What do we call the thing we use to put into the lock and open it?
Key
1016 What is the thing which we use to turn the light off? / What do we call the device that controls electrical appliances on and off?
Switch
1017 What is the device that controls electrical appliances on and off?
Switch
1018 What do we call a set of data arranged in rows and columns?
Table
1019 What do we call a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs?
Table
1020 What would you do to show your appreciation for a video on YouTube and other social media?
Like it ;subscribe ;share; comment
1021 What is the common term for websites such as Facebook and Twitter?
Social Media ; social networking
1022 What can we call the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing?
Central Processing Unit ; CPU
1023 What is the point device in a presentation called?
Laser pointer
1024 Which short TV program or a part of TV program tell whether it will be sunny or rainy tomorrow?
weather forecast
1025 What can we call a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points?
Television
1026 What device is used to measure a 200 meter sprint?
Stopwatch
1027 What document would doctors give patients for them to buy medicines?
Prescription
1028 Which is the last month of the year?
December
1029 How many years are there in a bicentennial?
Two hundred
1030 What can we call celebration of a hundredth year, once?
Centenary
1031 Which century is 1642 in?
seventeenth
1032 What can we call the practice of having two wives or husbands?
Bigamy
1033 What movement can babies do before they can sit and walk?
Crawl ; crawling
1034 What do we say if we call brothers and sisters in a same way? / Which word is used for a brother or sister?
Siblings
1035 What is the joint name for all the plant life in a particular region or period?
Flora
1036 What do we call any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors?
Orchid
1037 What is the ripened reproductive part of a seed plant?
Fruit
1038 What do we call a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees?
Orchard
1039 What fruit is used in a winery?
Grapes
1040 What is the main part of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants?
Leaf
1041 What is the act that does not waste resources?
Recycle ; Recycling
1042 What do we call a field of cultivated and mowed grass?
Lawn
1043 What can we call a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems?
Shrub
1044 What do we call an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops?
Farm
1045 What can we call a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations?
Secularism
1046 What can we call an economic system based on state ownership of capital?
Socialism
1047 What can we call an economic system based on private ownership of capital?
Capitalism
1048 What can we call a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership, favoring collectivism in a classless society?
Communism
1049 What can we call the one who speaks less?
Reticent
1050 What can we call General pardon for political offenders?
Amnesty
1051 What can we call the absence of government?
Anarchy
1052 What can we call a country governed by the officials?
Bureaucracy
1053 What can we call a country governed by the few?
Oligarchy
1054 What can we call a country governed by the Nobles?
Aristocracy
1055 What do people cast in an election?
vote ; ballot ; suffrage ; poll
1056 What do we call the movement of a knife to separate or divide?
Cut
1057 Which item of cutlery has several prongs usually three?
fork
1058 What is the activity to cook foods (primarily meat) on a grill by using fire or hot coals called?
Barbecue
1059 If someone is an alcoholic, what activity does he usually do?
Drinking
1060 There are several customers and a waiter pointing at the menu, what are they doing?
Order
1061 What do we call the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments?
Music
1062 What can we call an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner?
Music
1063 What do we call agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds?
Music
1064 What is the short piece of music that comes before a longer piece, and is often used as an introduction?
Prelude
1065 What is the music that is recorded for a movie or a film?
Soundtrack
1066 What is the opposite of ending in a film or movie?
Prologue
1067 What do you call the horror of being trapped in a closed space?
Claustrophobia
1068 How do you describe a person who faces you?
Judge ; Gaze
1069 A person of bad reputation is notorious, what is a person of good reputation?
famous ; well known
1070 What do you call a person who does not give up?
persistent ; perseverance
1071 What is the term used for the principle male character opposite a hero in a movie or a story?
Villain ; Antagonist ; devil ; monster
1072 What do we call a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation?
Epic
1073 What do we call the principal character in a work of fiction?
Protagonist
1074 What do we call the extra performance that actors give?
Encore
1075 Something that will last for a long time – durable or permanent?
durable
1076 What is the term used for see through items such as clear glass?
transparent ; lucid ; pellucid ; crystal
1077 How do we describe something through which light can pass?
Transparent
1078 What is the word used to describe something through which light can partly pass?
Translucent
1079 To which of our senses do all of the following words relate: rough, smooth and granular?
Touch
1080 What does under the weather mean?
Feel sick ; poor health ; tired ; exhausted
1081 Who is more likely to have sleep problems caused by their work schedule an accountant, a university lecturer or an international pilot?
an international pilot
1082 What piece of furniture is specifically designed for sleeping all through the night?
a bed
1083 Would most people spend greater amount of time eating, drinking or sleeping?
sleeping
1084 In normal circumstances would four hours of sleep per night be too much, too little or just right for most people?
too little
1085 What can we call the highest point of a mountain?
Summit
1086 What is the term used for raised tall geographical structures that usually have cooler climate?
mountains ; hills
1087 What can we call the sport running at a moderately swift pace or running for exercise?
Jog
1088 What do we call the tall buildings that stick into the sky?
skyscrapers
1089 What is the structure over river to transport?
Bridge
1090 Where are ships anchored?
Harbor
1091 What do we call a place where airplanes land and take off?
an airport
1092 How do we call the car that uses two types of fuels?
Hybrid
1093 In mechanics, what is the part that cars and airplanes all have?
Engine
1094 Which one is more widespread, Korean, Thai, or Hindi?
Hindi
1096 What is the most common symbol of a country at international gatherings?
its flag
1097 What is the third largest area on the map of Britain?
Wales
1098 Which country’s language is more widespread, Japan, North Korea, or India?
India
1099 What is the collection of maps called?
Atlas
1100 If you want to find the map of the US, what type of book should you use?
Atlas