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GED Test Questions With Verified Answers
"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - answer✔They are
palindromes
Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - answer✔Thomas
Paine
What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - answer✔tigerhead
What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - answer✔friction
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle? - answer✔obtuse angle
What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1) - answer✔Asia
Correct the verb: "My friends have went to summer camp." - answer✔"My friends have gone to
summer camp."
What government executive conducts most of its business in the Oval Office? -
answer✔President of the United States
Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals? - answer✔metals
If your class is catting online with an author "real time," that's now. True or false? - answer✔true
Do you wear a belt around your w-a-i-s-t or w-a-s-t-e? - answer✔w-a-i-s-t
Where were the shots fired that began the American Revolutionary War? - answer✔Lexington,
Massachusetts
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights? - answer✔jumping rope
What large muscle helps you breath in and out: the heart or the diaphragm? - answer✔diaphragm
A number that's divided by another is called the divisor. True or false? - answer✔false.
Classify from lowest to highest: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, and Appalachians -
answer✔Appalachians, Sierra Nevada, Rockies
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" Is this an example of personification or metaphor? -
answer✔personification
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In what city was George Washington worn in as the first US president? - answer✔New York
City
Is a simple machine consisting of a wheel and a rope called a lever, a gear, or pulley? -
answer✔pulley
What is the tallest mountain in the United States? - answer✔Mt. McKinley
Which uses a linking verb?
A: "Joe feels awful."
B: "Joe feels the dog's fur." - answer✔A: "Joe feels awful."
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats? - answer✔Robert Fulton
If your tea is decaffeinated, it has caffeine in it. True or false? - answer✔false
Do most of your muscles work individually or in pairs? - answer✔pairs
Find the product of 80*7 - answer✔560
On a map, the numbered and lettered squares form a pattern called ... what? - answer✔grid
Answer with a homonym pair: What's it called when the cost of a bus ride is reasonable? -
answer✔fair fore
When the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish, who was their chief? - answer✔Montezuma
In chemistry, what does the symbol "C" stand for? - answer✔carbon
What sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating, or skateboarding? -
answer✔ice skating
"Jed was sick. Now he's better." Use a conjunction to connect these sentences - answer✔"Jed
was sick, but now he's better."
Are the opening words of the Constitution called the Introduction or the Preamble? -
answer✔Preamble
To meditate, do you sit quietly and clear your mind or do you try to float in the air? -
answer✔You sit quietly and clear your mind.
Which forms over an ocean: a hurricane or a tornado? - answer✔a hurricane
Our bus left at 12:45 pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive? - answer✔5:15 pm
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of Europe - answer✔Alps
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Is a flashback a story interruption that gives past information or a brainstorm? - answer✔It's a
story interruption that gives information that happened in the past
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs? - answer✔Hernando Cortes
Which is the best conductor of electricity: wood, ceramic or copper? - answer✔copper
Is "confetti" bits of colored paper or very thin noodles? - answer✔bits of colored paper
Spell the noun that comes from the adjective "silly." - answer✔silliness
In what war were the American forces called the Continental Army? - answer✔The American
Revolution or War of Independence
The bald eagle has no feathers on its head. True or false? - answer✔false
During an equinox, are the hours of daylight and darkness equal or unequal? - answer✔equal
Using pencil and paper, find the sun of $23.47 and $69.03 - answer✔$92.50
Which of these European cities is the largest: Berlin, London, or Paris? - answer✔London
Should Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk? - answer✔lay
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s? - answer✔the cotton gin
Who discovered the law of gravity? - answer✔Isaac Newton
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shades of what color? - answer✔blue
I've (swam or swum?) in the freezing cold water and will never do it again! - answer✔swum
Was New Amsterdam a city or a colony in early America? - answer✔a city
If someone says your "epidermis" is showing, what body part do they mean? - answer✔your skin
Are the worker bees male or female? - answer✔female
The band has 3 drums and 3 flutes. What's the ratio of drums to flutes? - answer✔1 to 1
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch? - answer✔St. Louis
Which poetry is usually humorous: a haiku, a limerick, or free verse? - answer✔a limerick
Did Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper or the elevator? - answer✔the reaper
What contains the embryo of a flowering plant? - answer✔a seed
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Is the holiday of Yam Kippur observed by Jews or by Christians? - answer✔by Jews
"I'll read you the story." Which word is the indirect object? - answer✔you
Who won Word War II: the Axis or the Allies? - answer✔the Allies
Find the misfit in this group: Bach, Chopin, Picasso, Schubert - answer✔Picasso
What do rocks turn into when they erode? - answer✔sand
How many zeros are there in 735 million? - answer✔6
Which state does NOT border on California: Nevada, Washington, or Arizona? -
answer✔Washington
There is no real English word that rhymes with "orange." True or false? - answer✔true
Which country fought against the US in World War I: Russia or Germany? - answer✔Germany
Does light from the sun take 8 seconds, 8 minutes, or 8 days to reach Earth? - answer✔8 minutes
Which are NOT endangered: blue whales, Asian elephants, or emperor penguins? -
answer✔emperor penguins
Complete this analogy: High is to low as tall is to ... what? - answer✔short
A century is a period of 100 years. How many years is a millennium? - answer✔1,000
Was gunpowder invented in Egypt, China, or India? - answer✔China
What is your body's largest organ? - answer✔the skin
Round to the nearest hundred, then estimate the difference: 669 minus 435 - answer✔300
If you fly from Boston to Los Angeles, how many time zones do you travel through? -
answer✔four
What's another word for sad that's also a color? - answer✔blue
Which president was once a governor or Arkansas: Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter? - answer✔Bill
Clinton
What do you call a plant that comes from two different species of plants? - answer✔a hybrid
In what game is a plastic disk tossed between players with a flip of the wrist? - answer✔Frisbee
Change the verb to the future tense: "people live on Mars." - answer✔"People will live on Mars."
