Q 1 English Vocabulary Synonyms
Scraggly - synonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Gaunt
Correct Answer: Gaunt
Scraggly means thin, unkempt and ragged in appearance; gaunt (lean and haggard) is its closest synonym.
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CSS MPT 2025 English Section (Fragments Q41-54, Q76-80) - Vocabulary, Grammar & Idioms Solved MCQs
CSS MPT 2025 English fragments - 17 solved vocabulary, grammar and idiom MCQs (Q41-54 and Q76-80) with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan booklet fragment, not the full paper or complete English section.
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A Sir Adnan booklet headed 'CSS MPT 2025 ENGLISH - ONE-LINER' (monster-data 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS' pack) that prints only two fragments of the English section: Q41-54 (synonyms, antonyms and grammar) and Q76-80 (idioms). 17 of the 19 printed items are published in the standard MCQ format with verified answers and explanations; Q51 and Q53 are dropped (each has two grammatically correct options), and Q48's booklet answer is corrected to the standard antonym. The missing ranges Q55-75 and Q81-90 are not in the booklet and were not invented, so this file is a section fragment, never the full paper or complete section.
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CSS MPT 2025 English Section (Fragments Q41-54, Q76-80) - Vocabulary, Grammar & Idioms
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English
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Vocabulary Synonyms
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Q 2 English Vocabulary Synonyms
Catacomb - synonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Crypt
Correct Answer: Crypt
A catacomb is an underground cemetery of tunnels and chambers; a crypt is an underground chamber, especially beneath a church, used as a burial place.
Q 3 English Vocabulary Synonyms
Sobriquet - synonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Nickname
Correct Answer: Nickname
A sobriquet is a nickname, a descriptive name given in place of a person's real name.
Q 4 English Vocabulary Synonyms
Metanoia - synonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Repentance
Correct Answer: Repentance
Metanoia (Greek, 'change of mind') means repentance, a change of heart and mind.
Q 5 English Vocabulary Synonyms
Verisimilitude - synonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Realism
Correct Answer: Realism
Verisimilitude is the appearance of being true or real; realism is its synonym, while artifice means trickery.
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Vocabulary Antonyms
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Q 6 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Bastion - antonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Defenseless
Correct Answer: Defenseless
A bastion is a strong, fortified defence; defenseless (without defence) is its antonym.
Q 7 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Egregious - antonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Inconspicuous
Correct Answer: Inconspicuous
Egregious means conspicuously and shockingly bad; inconspicuous (not noticeable) is its antonym, while flagrant is a synonym.
Q 8 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Melange - antonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Homogeneous
Correct Answer: Homogeneous
A melange is a mixture of dissimilar things; its antonym is homogeneous (uniform in composition).
Q 9 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Solipsist - antonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Selfless
Correct Answer: Selfless
A solipsist is centred on the self (the view that only the self exists or can be known); selfless is its antonym.
Q 10 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Lionize - antonym
View answer & explanation Ans: Vilify
Correct Answer: Vilify
To lionize is to treat someone as a celebrity to be admired; to vilify is to speak evil of or defame someone - its antonym.
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Grammar
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Q 11 English Grammar
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
View answer & explanation Ans: Walking down the street, I noticed the trees swaying in the wind.
Correct Answer: Walking down the street, I noticed the trees swaying in the wind.
The opening phrase 'Walking down the street' must modify the subject of the main clause. Only option B supplies 'I' as the walker; in the other options the trees or the wind are left 'walking', a dangling modifier.
Q 12 English Grammar
Which sentence is correct?
View answer & explanation Ans: These are the best restaurants in town, but those are too expensive.
Correct Answer: These are the best restaurants in town, but those are too expensive.
Subject-verb agreement: plural 'these' requires 'are'. Options B and C mix singular and plural forms, and D changes the meaning to a single restaurant.
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Idioms & Phrases
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Q 13 English Idioms & Phrases
"Emit smoke from seven orifices" means:
View answer & explanation Ans: To be extremely angry
Correct Answer: To be extremely angry
This renders the Chinese idiom qi qiao sheng yan (seven orifices emitting smoke), used for someone so furious that smoke seems to pour from every opening.
Q 14 English Idioms & Phrases
"To sell wolf tickets" means:
View answer & explanation Ans: To talk tough but not back it up
Correct Answer: To talk tough but not back it up
'Selling wolf tickets' is African-American slang for boasting, threatening or talking tough with no intention (or ability) of following through.
Q 15 English Idioms & Phrases
"The carrots are cooked" means:
View answer & explanation Ans: The situation is hopeless
Correct Answer: The situation is hopeless
From the French 'les carottes sont cuites' (the carrots are cooked): it is all over, the situation is beyond saving and cannot be changed.
Q 16 English Idioms & Phrases
"Forty winks" means:
View answer & explanation Ans: A short nap or brief period of sleep
Correct Answer: A short nap or brief period of sleep
'Forty winks' is a short, light sleep - a brief nap, not a full night's sleep.
Q 17 English Idioms & Phrases
"As clear as a dumpling broth" means:
View answer & explanation Ans: Something that is very clear and easy to understand
Correct Answer: Something that is very clear and easy to understand
From the German 'klar wie Klossbruhe' (clear as dumpling broth), listed in idiom collections as meaning crystal clear.
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Is this the complete CSS MPT 2025 English section? +
No. The booklet prints only Q41-54 and Q76-80. Q55-75 and Q81-90 are absent from the booklet and were not invented, so this file is published as a section fragment, not the full paper or the complete English section.
How many questions are published, and why 17 of 19? +
17 of the 19 printed items are published. Printed Q51 is dropped because 'yet' as well as 'but' makes a grammatically correct sentence, and printed Q53 is dropped because both 'taking risks' and 'risk-taking' are parallel constructions (and the booklet marks both).
Were any booklet answers corrected? +
Yes, one: printed Q48 (Melange - antonym) is corrected from the booklet's 'Harmonious' to 'Homogeneous', the standard antonym of a mixture, with the correction flagged in keyFlag.
Which topics does this fragment cover? +
Vocabulary synonyms (Q41-45), vocabulary antonyms (Q46-50), grammar - dangling modifiers and agreement (Q52, Q54), and idioms (Q76-80), including the French 'les carottes sont cuites' and the German 'klar wie Klossbruhe'.