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PTE Snacks V6 11 Flashcards

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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?

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a bank

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1002 Which of these is greater a billion or a trillion?

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a trillion

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1003 Which part of our body relates to the gastro?

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Stomach

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1004 What are the five things in front of your foot?

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Toes

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1005 What is the hardest/toughest part of your hand?

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Nails

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1006 What can we call a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work?

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Salon

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1007 What can we call a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area?

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Portico

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1008 If a building is one thousand meters high, from where do we measure the height?

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Skyline, Sky level

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1009 Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?

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Shoe

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1010 Which one is the odd one out among dog, cat, horse and shoes?

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Shoes

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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?

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Telephone

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1012 What is the thing which we use for painting and is made of hair?

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Brush

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1013 What can we call a seat for one person, with a support for the back?

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Chair

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1014 What do we call a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments?

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Desk

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1015 What do we call the thing we use to put into the lock and open it?

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Key

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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?

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Switch

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1017 What is the device that controls electrical appliances on and off?

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Switch

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1018 What do we call a set of data arranged in rows and columns?

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Table

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1019 What do we call a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs?

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Table

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1020 What would you do to show your appreciation for a video on YouTube and other social media?

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Like it ;subscribe ;share; comment

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1021 What is the common term for websites such as Facebook and Twitter?

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Social Media ; social networking

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1022 What can we call the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing?

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Central Processing Unit ; CPU

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1023 What is the point device in a presentation called?

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Laser pointer

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1024 Which short TV program or a part of TV program tell whether it will be sunny or rainy tomorrow?

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weather forecast

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1025 What can we call a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points?

A

Television

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1026 What device is used to measure a 200 meter sprint?

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Stopwatch

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1027 What document would doctors give patients for them to buy medicines?

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Prescription

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1028 Which is the last month of the year?

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December

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1029 How many years are there in a bicentennial?

A

Two hundred

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1030 What can we call celebration of a hundredth year, once?

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Centenary

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1031 Which century is 1642 in?

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seventeenth

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1032 What can we call the practice of having two wives or husbands?

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Bigamy

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1033 What movement can babies do before they can sit and walk?

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Crawl ; crawling

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1034 What do we say if we call brothers and sisters in a same way? / Which word is used for a brother or sister?

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Siblings

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1035 What is the joint name for all the plant life in a particular region or period?

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Flora

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1036 What do we call any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors?

A

Orchid

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1037 What is the ripened reproductive part of a seed plant?

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Fruit

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1038 What do we call a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees?

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Orchard

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1039 What fruit is used in a winery?

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Grapes

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1040 What is the main part of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants?

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Leaf

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1041 What is the act that does not waste resources?

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Recycle ; Recycling

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1042 What do we call a field of cultivated and mowed grass?

A

Lawn

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1043 What can we call a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems?

A

Shrub

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1044 What do we call an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops?

A

Farm

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1045 What can we call a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations?

A

Secularism

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1046 What can we call an economic system based on state ownership of capital?

A

Socialism

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1047 What can we call an economic system based on private ownership of capital?

A

Capitalism

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1048 What can we call a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership, favoring collectivism in a classless society?

A

Communism

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1049 What can we call the one who speaks less?

A

Reticent

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1050 What can we call General pardon for political offenders?

A

Amnesty

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1051 What can we call the absence of government?

A

Anarchy

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1052 What can we call a country governed by the officials?

A

Bureaucracy

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1053 What can we call a country governed by the few?

A

Oligarchy

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1054 What can we call a country governed by the Nobles?

A

Aristocracy

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1055 What do people cast in an election?

A

vote ; ballot ; suffrage ; poll

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1056 What do we call the movement of a knife to separate or divide?

A

Cut

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1057 Which item of cutlery has several prongs usually three?

A

fork

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1058 What is the activity to cook foods (primarily meat) on a grill by using fire or hot coals called?

A

Barbecue

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1059 If someone is an alcoholic, what activity does he usually do?

A

Drinking

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1060 There are several customers and a waiter pointing at the menu, what are they doing?

A

Order

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1061 What do we call the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments?

A

Music

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1062 What can we call an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner?

A

Music

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1063 What do we call agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds?

A

Music

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1064 What is the short piece of music that comes before a longer piece, and is often used as an introduction?

A

Prelude

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1065 What is the music that is recorded for a movie or a film?

A

Soundtrack

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1066 What is the opposite of ending in a film or movie?

A

Prologue

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1067 What do you call the horror of being trapped in a closed space?

A

Claustrophobia

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1068 How do you describe a person who faces you?

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Judge ; Gaze

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1069 A person of bad reputation is notorious, what is a person of good reputation?

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famous ; well known

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1070 What do you call a person who does not give up?

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persistent ; perseverance

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1071 What is the term used for the principle male character opposite a hero in a movie or a story?

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Villain ; Antagonist ; devil ; monster

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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?

A

Epic

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1073 What do we call the principal character in a work of fiction?

A

Protagonist

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1074 What do we call the extra performance that actors give?

A

Encore

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1075 Something that will last for a long time – durable or permanent?

A

durable

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1076 What is the term used for see through items such as clear glass?

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transparent ; lucid ; pellucid ; crystal

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1077 How do we describe something through which light can pass?

A

Transparent

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1078 What is the word used to describe something through which light can partly pass?

A

Translucent

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1079 To which of our senses do all of the following words relate: rough, smooth and granular?

A

Touch

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1080 What does under the weather mean?

A

Feel sick ; poor health ; tired ; exhausted

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1081 Who is more likely to have sleep problems caused by their work schedule an accountant, a university lecturer or an international pilot?

A

an international pilot

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1082 What piece of furniture is specifically designed for sleeping all through the night?

A

a bed

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1083 Would most people spend greater amount of time eating, drinking or sleeping?

A

sleeping

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1084 In normal circumstances would four hours of sleep per night be too much, too little or just right for most people?

A

too little

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1085 What can we call the highest point of a mountain?

A

Summit

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1086 What is the term used for raised tall geographical structures that usually have cooler climate?

A

mountains ; hills

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1087 What can we call the sport running at a moderately swift pace or running for exercise?

A

Jog

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1088 What do we call the tall buildings that stick into the sky?

A

skyscrapers

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1089 What is the structure over river to transport?

A

Bridge

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1090 Where are ships anchored?

A

Harbor

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1091 What do we call a place where airplanes land and take off?

A

an airport

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1092 How do we call the car that uses two types of fuels?

A

Hybrid

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1093 In mechanics, what is the part that cars and airplanes all have?

A

Engine

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1094 Which one is more widespread, Korean, Thai, or Hindi?

A

Hindi

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1096 What is the most common symbol of a country at international gatherings?

A

its flag

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1097 What is the third largest area on the map of Britain?

A

Wales

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1098 Which country’s language is more widespread, Japan, North Korea, or India?

A

India

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1099 What is the collection of maps called?

A

Atlas

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1100 If you want to find the map of the US, what type of book should you use?

A

Atlas

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