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FIA Recruitment Test English Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English as it is examined in FIA Recruitment Test. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Do collective nouns (team, jury, committee) take singular or plural verbs?
Usually singular when acting as one unit (The committee has decided), but plural when members act individually.
What verb agreement do 'either/or' and 'each of' constructions require with the phrase 'one of the'?
'One of the' takes a singular verb (One of the boys is absent), as the subject is 'one', not the plural noun.
What is a synonym? Give a synonym for 'abundant'.
A synonym is a word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another. Synonym for 'abundant': plentiful.
Give a synonym for each: 'candid', 'frugal', 'lucid'.
Candid = frank; Frugal = economical/thrifty; Lucid = clear.
Give a synonym for each: 'meticulous', 'obstinate', 'transient'.
Meticulous = careful/precise; Obstinate = stubborn; Transient = temporary/fleeting.
What is an antonym? Give the antonym of 'benevolent'.
An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another. Antonym of 'benevolent': malevolent (or cruel).
Give the antonym for each: 'amateur', 'scarce', 'condemn'.
Amateur = professional; Scarce = abundant; Condemn = praise/approve.
Give the antonym for each: 'humble', 'optimist', 'transparent'.
Humble = arrogant/proud; Optimist = pessimist; Transparent = opaque.
What is 'one word substitution'? Give the word for 'a person who eats too much'.
Replacing a phrase or group of words with a single precise word. A person who eats too much: glutton.
One word for 'a person who knows many languages'?
Polyglot (or linguist).
One word for 'a government run by the people' and 'a government by a few'?
Government by the people = democracy; government by a few = oligarchy.
One word for 'a medicine that prevents disease' and 'a person who cannot read or write'?
Medicine preventing disease = prophylactic/vaccine; person who cannot read or write = illiterate.
One word for 'a place where birds are kept' and 'a place where fish are kept'?
Place for birds = aviary; place for fish = aquarium.
What is an idiom? Explain the idiom 'to bite the bullet'.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the literal words. 'To bite the bullet' means to face a difficult situation bravely.
What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?
Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.
What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?
To reveal a secret accidentally or carelessly.
What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?
Something that happens very rarely.
What does the idiom 'to turn a blind eye' mean?
To deliberately ignore something or pretend not to notice it.
What is an analogy in verbal reasoning, and what is the key step to solve one?
An analogy shows a relationship between two pairs of words. The key step is to identify the relationship in the first pair and apply the same logic to the second.
Complete the analogy: Author : Book :: Composer : ?
Music (relationship = creator to creation).
Complete the analogy: Hand : Glove :: Foot : ?
Sock (relationship = body part to its covering).
What is 'sentence correction', and what common errors does it test?
Identifying and fixing grammatical mistakes in a sentence. It tests errors in tense, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, prepositions, articles, and word order.
Correct this sentence: 'He is senior than me.'
'He is senior to me.' ('Senior', 'junior', 'superior', 'inferior', 'prior' take 'to', not 'than'.)
What is 'spotting errors', and which part of speech is most commonly tested in it?
Identifying the part of a sentence that contains a grammatical mistake. Prepositions, verb-tense agreement, and articles are the most commonly tested errors.
What this deck covers
The English deck follows the FIA Recruitment Test English syllabus — 4 chapters and 18 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 85 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English flashcards FAQ
How many English flashcards are in this FIA Recruitment Test deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these FIA Recruitment Test flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English cards cover?
They follow the FIA Recruitment Test English syllabus — 4 chapters and 18 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.