100 PTE Short Answer Questions (With Options + Answers)

100 PTE Short Answer Questions (With Options + Answers)

1–20: General Knowledge

1.      What do bees produce?
d) Juice c) Oil b) Honey a) Milk
Answer: b) Honey

2.      What is the capital of Japan?
d) Bangkok c) Beijing b) Tokyo a) Seoul
Answer: b) Tokyo

3.      Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
d) Mercury c) Jupiter b) Venus a) Mars
Answer: a) Mars

4.      What do people wear to protect their eyes from the sun?
d) Cap c) Jacket b) Sunglasses a) Gloves
Answer: b) Sunglasses

5.      Where do you usually borrow books?
d) Museum c) Hospital b) School a) Library
Answer: a) Library

6.      What gas do plants produce in photosynthesis?
d) Carbon dioxide c) Helium b) Nitrogen a) Oxygen
Answer: a) Oxygen

7.      What device do people use to call someone?
d) Camera c) Radio b) Phone a) Watch
Answer: b) Phone

8.      What do you call a baby cat?
d) Calf c) Cub b) Kitten a) Pup
Answer: b) Kitten

9.      What object tells time?
d) Pen c) Fan b) Lamp a) Clock
Answer: a) Clock

10. What is H₂O?
d) Milk c) Salt b) Oxygen a) Water
Answer: a) Water

11. Which season is the coldest?
d) Autumn c) Spring b) Winter a) Summer
Answer: b) Winter

12. What fruit is yellow and curved?
d) Mango c) Lemon b) Banana a) Apple
Answer: b) Banana

13. Which animal is the king of the jungle?
d) Bear c) Elephant b) Lion a) Tiger
Answer: b) Lion

14. How many days are in a week?
d) Eight c) Seven b) Six a) Five
Answer: c) Seven

15. What do you call a person who teaches?
d) Pilot c) Doctor b) Teacher a) Driver
Answer: b) Teacher

16. Which body organ pumps blood?
d) Liver c) Lungs b) Heart a) Brain
Answer: b) Heart

17. Which month has 28 or 29 days?
d) October c) July b) February a) May
Answer: b) February

18. Where does a pilot work?
d) Factory c) School b) Airport a) Hospital
Answer: b) Airport

19. What is the opposite of ‘cold’?
d) Hard c) Dry b) Warm a) Wet
Answer: b) Warm

20. What do you drink from a cup?
d) Soap c) Bread b) Rice a) Tea
Answer: a) Tea

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21–40: Science & Environment

21. What force pulls objects to Earth?
d) Pressure c) Electricity b) Gravity a) Friction
Answer: b) Gravity

22. What natural resource comes from trees and is used for paper?
d) Plastic c) Glass b) Wood a) Metal
Answer: b) Wood

23. What do you call melted rock under the Earth?
d) Soil c) Stone b) Magma a) Clay
Answer: b) Magma

24. What energy comes from the sun?
d) Nuclear c) Hydro b) Wind a) Solar
Answer: a) Solar

25. Which part of a plant absorbs water?
d) Flower c) Roots b) Leaves a) Stem
Answer: c) Roots

26. What gas do humans need to breathe?
d) Steam c) Argon b) Oxygen a) Helium
Answer: b) Oxygen

27. What do you call frozen water?
d) Sand c) Gas b) Salt a) Ice
Answer: a) Ice

28. What weather instrument measures temperature?
d) Scale c) Compass b) Barometer a) Thermometer
Answer: a) Thermometer

29. What is Earth’s primary source of light?
d) Fire c) Sun b) Stars a) Moon
Answer: c) Sun

30. What is used to clean teeth?
d) Powder c) Soap b) Toothpaste a) Paint
Answer: b) Toothpaste

31. Which animal lives in water?
d) Cow c) Dog b) Fish a) Tiger
Answer: b) Fish

32. What do cows produce?
d) Tea c) Honey b) Milk a) Oil
Answer: b) Milk

33. What do people use to see tiny objects?
d) Camera c) Binoculars b) Microscope a) Telescope
Answer: b) Microscope

34. What natural disaster shakes the ground?
d) Tornado c) Flood b) Earthquake a) Hurricane
Answer: b) Earthquake

35. What animal lays eggs?
d) Tiger c) Bird b) Cow a) Dog
Answer: c) Bird

36. What do you call water that falls from clouds?
d) Mist c) Smoke b) Fog a) Rain
Answer: a) Rain

37. What part of the body helps you smell?
d) Skin c) Ear b) Nose a) Eye
Answer: b) Nose

38. What do humans use to hear?
d) Teeth c) Ears b) Nose a) Mouth
Answer: c) Ears

39. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
d) Venus c) Mercury b) Mars a) Earth
Answer: c) Mercury

40. What is frozen rain called?
d) Steam c) Dust b) Snow a) Fog
Answer: b) Snow

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41–60: Academic/Study Topics

41. Where do students attend classes?
d) Mall c) Market b) School a) Theatre
Answer: b) School

42. What do you call a book of maps?
d) Manual c) Novel b) Atlas a) Dictionary
Answer: b) Atlas

43. What is the study of the past called?
d) Economics c) Chemistry b) History a) Biology
Answer: b) History

44. In which subject do students learn about numbers?
d) Music c) English b) Math a) Geography
Answer: b) Math

45. Who writes books?
d) Baker c) Driver b) Author a) Singer
Answer: b) Author

46. What tool is used for measuring length?
d) Brush c) Knife b) Ruler a) Spoon
Answer: b) Ruler

47. What do students use to take notes?
d) Box c) Bottle b) Plate a) Notebook
Answer: a) Notebook

48. What is the opposite of ‘fail’?
d) Miss c) Fall b) Pass a) Drop
Answer: b) Pass

49. What do researchers use to collect data?
d) Paint c) Poster b) Recipe a) Survey
Answer: a) Survey

50. What do you call a list of books used in research?
d) Catalog c) Bibliography b) Biography a) Agenda
Answer: c) Bibliography

51. What is the basic unit of life?
d) Protein c) Tissue b) Cell a) Atom
Answer: b) Cell

52. Which subject deals with chemical reactions?
d) Law c) Geography b) Chemistry a) Physics
Answer: b) Chemistry

53. What do you call a scientist who studies living things?
d) Economist c) Architect b) Astronomer a) Biologist
Answer: a) Biologist

54. What is the largest organ in the human body?
d) Liver c) Skin b) Brain a) Heart
Answer: c) Skin

55. What kind of chart shows parts of a whole?
d) Table c) Bar graph b) Line graph a) Pie chart
Answer: a) Pie chart

56. What is the study of the Earth called?
d) Economics c) Anatomy b) Geography a) Biology
Answer: b) Geography

57. Which skill involves writing quickly as someone speaks?
d) Editing c) Typing b) Shorthand a) Translation
Answer: b) Shorthand

58. What do you call a long written assignment in university?
d) Poster c) Thesis b) Essay a) Resume
Answer: c) Thesis

59. What do students use to highlight text?
d) Tape c) Clip b) Spoon a) Marker
Answer: a) Marker

60. What is the person who gives a lecture called?
d) Collector c) Cleaner b) Lecturer a) Listener
Answer: b) Lecturer

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61–80: Everyday Life

61. Where do people sleep?
d) Chair c) Shelf b) Bed a) Desk
Answer: b) Bed

62. What do you wear on your feet?
d) Belt c) Gloves b) Hat a) Shoes
Answer: a) Shoes

63. What device stores food to keep it cold?
d) Washing machine c) Refrigerator b) Heater a) Oven
Answer: c) Refrigerator

64. What do you use to open a locked door?
d) Card c) Phone b) Spoon a) Key
Answer: a) Key

65. Where do you put letters to send them?
d) Bag c) Drawer b) Mailbox a) Bin
Answer: b) Mailbox

66. What do you wear to see clearly?
d) Helmet c) Necklace b) Glasses a) Gloves
Answer: b) Glasses

67. What do you use to clean floors?
d) Plate c) Brush b) Fork a) Broom
Answer: a) Broom

68. What is used to cut paper?
d) Tape c) Glue b) Scissors a) Pen
Answer: b) Scissors

69. What do people use to cool a room?
d) Kettle c) Blanket b) Stove a) Fan
Answer: a) Fan

70. Where do people cook food?
d) Bedroom c) Office b) Kitchen a) Garage
Answer: b) Kitchen

71. What do you call the money you pay at a restaurant?
d) Rent c) Tax b) Bill a) Fare
Answer: b) Bill

72. What is the opposite of ‘noisy’?
d) Cold c) Quiet b) Soft a) Clean
Answer: c) Quiet

73. What item tells temperature?
d) Map c) Clock b) Thermometer a) Calendar
Answer: b) Thermometer

74. Which room has a shower?
d) Living room c) Kitchen b) Bathroom a) Bedroom
Answer: b) Bathroom

75. What do you call a person who fixes pipes?
d) Chef c) Farmer b) Painter a) Plumber
Answer: a) Plumber

76. What is used to write on a blackboard?
d) Paper c) Knife b) Brush a) Chalk
Answer: a) Chalk

77. What do people use to measure weight?
d) Plate c) Map b) Clock a) Scale
Answer: a) Scale

78. What is faster — walking or running?
d) Sitting c) Sleeping b) Running a) Walking
Answer: b) Running

79. Which vehicle flies?
d) Bicycle c) Airplane b) Train a) Bus
Answer: c) Airplane

80. Where do you keep clothes?
d) Box c) Desk b) Sink a) Cupboard
Answer: a) Cupboard

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81–100: Advanced / Academic Style

81. What instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
d) Hygrometer c) Thermometer b) Altimeter a) Barometer
Answer: a) Barometer

82. What is the study of human behavior?
d) Chemistry c) Physics b) Psychology a) Geography
Answer: b) Psychology

83. What is the fluid that circulates in the body?
d) Air c) Oil b) Blood a) Water
Answer: b) Blood

84. What do you call a doctor who treats animals?
d) Dentist c) Pharmacist b) Veterinarian a) Surgeon
Answer: b) Veterinarian

85. What organ is responsible for thinking?
d) Lungs c) Liver b) Brain a) Heart
Answer: b) Brain

86. What branch of science studies space?
d) Ecology c) Zoology b) Anthropology a) Astronomy
Answer: a) Astronomy

87. What do you call a large ocean wave caused by an earthquake?
d) Tornado c) Avalanche b) Hurricane a) Tsunami
Answer: a) Tsunami

88. What is the device used to check blood pressure?
d) Thermometer c) Sphygmomanometer b) Stethoscope a) Microscope
Answer: c) Sphygmomanometer

89. What is the power that makes a machine work?
d) Air c) Soil b) Water a) Fuel
Answer: a) Fuel

90. Which organ helps you breathe?
d) Kidney c) Lungs b) Liver a) Stomach
Answer: c) Lungs

91. What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
d) Chemist c) Physicist b) Botanist a) Geologist
Answer: a) Geologist

92. What natural resource is used to make glass?
d) Plastic c) Metal b) Wood a) Sand
Answer: a) Sand

93. What is the hardest natural substance?
d) Silver c) Iron b) Diamond a) Gold
Answer: b) Diamond

94. Which ocean is the largest?
d) Pacific c) Arctic b) Indian a) Atlantic
Answer: d) Pacific

95. What organ filters blood?
d) Stomach c) Lung b) Heart a) Kidney
Answer: a) Kidney

96. What process turns liquid into gas?
d) Condensation c) Melting b) Evaporation a) Freezing
Answer: b) Evaporation

97. What study focuses on society and culture?
d) Linguistics c) Physics b) Biology a) Sociology
Answer: a) Sociology

98. Which machine is used to print documents?
d) Modem c) Projector b) Printer a) Scanner
Answer: b) Printer

99. Which organ helps in digestion by producing acid?
d) Lung c) Kidney b) Stomach a) Brain
Answer: b) Stomach

100.                     What do you call the path Earth takes around the Sun?
d) Ring c) Layer b) Circle a) Orbit
Answer: a) Orbit