GED test questions (Correct Answers)
"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike?Correct
AnswersThey are palindromes
Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson?Correct
AnswersThomas Paine
What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead?Correct
Answerstigerhead
What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion?Correct Answersfriction
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle?Correct
Answersobtuse angle
What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1)Correct AnswersAsia
Correct the verb: "My friends have went to summer camp."Correct Answers"My friends
have gone to summer camp."
What government executive conducts most of its business in the Oval Office?Correct
AnswersPresident of the United States
Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals?Correct
Answersmetals
If your class is catting online with an author "real time," that's now. True or false?Correct
Answerstrue
Do you wear a belt around your w-a-i-s-t or w-a-s-t-e?Correct Answersw-a-i-s-t
Where were the shots fired that began the American Revolutionary War?Correct
AnswersLexington, Massachusetts
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights?Correct
Answersjumping rope
What large muscle helps you breath in and out: the heart or the diaphragm?Correct
Answersdiaphragm
A number that's divided by another is called the divisor. True or false?Correct
Answersfalse.
Classify from lowest to highest: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, and AppalachiansCorrect
AnswersAppalachians, Sierra Nevada, Rockies
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" Is this an example of personification or
metaphor?Correct Answerspersonification
In what city was George Washington worn in as the first US president?Correct
AnswersNew York City
Is a simple machine consisting of a wheel and a rope called a lever, a gear, or pulley?
Correct Answerspulley
What is the tallest mountain in the United States?Correct AnswersMt. McKinley
Which uses a linking verb?
A: "Joe feels awful."
B: "Joe feels the dog's fur."Correct AnswersA: "Joe feels awful."
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats?Correct
AnswersRobert Fulton
If your tea is decaffeinated, it has caffeine in it. True or false?Correct Answersfalse
Do most of your muscles work individually or in pairs?Correct Answerspairs
,Find the product of 80*7Correct Answers560
On a map, the numbered and lettered squares form a pattern called ... what?Correct
Answersgrid
Answer with a homonym pair: What's it called when the cost of a bus ride is
reasonable?Correct Answersfair fore
When the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish, who was their chief?Correct
AnswersMontezuma
In chemistry, what does the symbol "C" stand for?Correct Answerscarbon
What sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating, or skateboarding?
Correct Answersice skating
"Jed was sick. Now he's better." Use a conjunction to connect these sentencesCorrect
Answers"Jed was sick, but now he's better."
Are the opening words of the Constitution called the Introduction or the Preamble?
Correct AnswersPreamble
To meditate, do you sit quietly and clear your mind or do you try to float in the air?
Correct AnswersYou sit quietly and clear your mind.
Which forms over an ocean: a hurricane or a tornado?Correct Answersa hurricane
Our bus left at 12:45 pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive?Correct
Answers5:15 pm
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of EuropeCorrect AnswersAlps
Is a flashback a story interruption that gives past information or a brainstorm?Correct
AnswersIt's a story interruption that gives information that happened in the past
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs?Correct AnswersHernando
Cortes
Which is the best conductor of electricity: wood, ceramic or copper?Correct
Answerscopper
Is "confetti" bits of colored paper or very thin noodles?Correct Answersbits of colored
paper
Spell the noun that comes from the adjective "silly."Correct Answerssilliness
In what war were the American forces called the Continental Army?Correct AnswersThe
American Revolution or War of Independence
The bald eagle has no feathers on its head. True or false?Correct Answersfalse
During an equinox, are the hours of daylight and darkness equal or unequal?Correct
Answersequal
Using pencil and paper, find the sun of $23.47 and $69.03Correct Answers$92.50
Which of these European cities is the largest: Berlin, London, or Paris?Correct
AnswersLondon
Should Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk?Correct Answerslay
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s?Correct
Answersthe cotton gin
Who discovered the law of gravity?Correct AnswersIsaac Newton
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shades of what color?Correct Answersblue
I've (swam or swum?) in the freezing cold water and will never do it again!Correct
Answersswum
Was New Amsterdam a city or a colony in early America?Correct Answersa city
, If someone says your "epidermis" is showing, what body part do they mean?Correct
Answersyour skin
Are the worker bees male or female?Correct Answersfemale
The band has 3 drums and 3 flutes. What's the ratio of drums to flutes?Correct
Answers1 to 1
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch?Correct AnswersSt. Louis
Which poetry is usually humorous: a haiku, a limerick, or free verse?Correct Answersa
limerick
Did Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper or the elevator?Correct Answersthe reaper
What contains the embryo of a flowering plant?Correct Answersa seed
Is the holiday of Yam Kippur observed by Jews or by Christians?Correct Answersby
Jews
"I'll read you the story." Which word is the indirect object?Correct Answersyou
Who won Word War II: the Axis or the Allies?Correct Answersthe Allies
Find the misfit in this group: Bach, Chopin, Picasso, SchubertCorrect AnswersPicasso
What do rocks turn into when they erode?Correct Answerssand
How many zeros are there in 735 million?Correct Answers6
Which state does NOT border on California: Nevada, Washington, or Arizona?Correct
AnswersWashington
There is no real English word that rhymes with "orange." True or false?Correct
Answerstrue
Which country fought against the US in World War I: Russia or Germany?Correct
AnswersGermany
Does light from the sun take 8 seconds, 8 minutes, or 8 days to reach Earth?Correct
Answers8 minutes
Which are NOT endangered: blue whales, Asian elephants, or emperor penguins?
Correct Answersemperor penguins
Complete this analogy: High is to low as tall is to ... what?Correct Answersshort
A century is a period of 100 years. How many years is a millennium?Correct
Answers1,000
Was gunpowder invented in Egypt, China, or India?Correct AnswersChina
What is your body's largest organ?Correct Answersthe skin
Round to the nearest hundred, then estimate the difference: 669 minus 435Correct
Answers300
If you fly from Boston to Los Angeles, how many time zones do you travel through?
Correct Answersfour
What's another word for sad that's also a color?Correct Answersblue
Which president was once a governor or Arkansas: Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter?Correct
AnswersBill Clinton
What do you call a plant that comes from two different species of plants?Correct
Answersa hybrid
In what game is a plastic disk tossed between players with a flip of the wrist?Correct
AnswersFrisbee
Change the verb to the future tense: "people live on Mars."Correct Answers"People will
live on Mars."
"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike?Correct
AnswersThey are palindromes
Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson?Correct
AnswersThomas Paine
What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead?Correct
Answerstigerhead
What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion?Correct Answersfriction
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle?Correct
Answersobtuse angle
What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1)Correct AnswersAsia
Correct the verb: "My friends have went to summer camp."Correct Answers"My friends
have gone to summer camp."
What government executive conducts most of its business in the Oval Office?Correct
AnswersPresident of the United States
Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals?Correct
Answersmetals
If your class is catting online with an author "real time," that's now. True or false?Correct
Answerstrue
Do you wear a belt around your w-a-i-s-t or w-a-s-t-e?Correct Answersw-a-i-s-t
Where were the shots fired that began the American Revolutionary War?Correct
AnswersLexington, Massachusetts
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights?Correct
Answersjumping rope
What large muscle helps you breath in and out: the heart or the diaphragm?Correct
Answersdiaphragm
A number that's divided by another is called the divisor. True or false?Correct
Answersfalse.
Classify from lowest to highest: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, and AppalachiansCorrect
AnswersAppalachians, Sierra Nevada, Rockies
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" Is this an example of personification or
metaphor?Correct Answerspersonification
In what city was George Washington worn in as the first US president?Correct
AnswersNew York City
Is a simple machine consisting of a wheel and a rope called a lever, a gear, or pulley?
Correct Answerspulley
What is the tallest mountain in the United States?Correct AnswersMt. McKinley
Which uses a linking verb?
A: "Joe feels awful."
B: "Joe feels the dog's fur."Correct AnswersA: "Joe feels awful."
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats?Correct
AnswersRobert Fulton
If your tea is decaffeinated, it has caffeine in it. True or false?Correct Answersfalse
Do most of your muscles work individually or in pairs?Correct Answerspairs
,Find the product of 80*7Correct Answers560
On a map, the numbered and lettered squares form a pattern called ... what?Correct
Answersgrid
Answer with a homonym pair: What's it called when the cost of a bus ride is
reasonable?Correct Answersfair fore
When the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish, who was their chief?Correct
AnswersMontezuma
In chemistry, what does the symbol "C" stand for?Correct Answerscarbon
What sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating, or skateboarding?
Correct Answersice skating
"Jed was sick. Now he's better." Use a conjunction to connect these sentencesCorrect
Answers"Jed was sick, but now he's better."
Are the opening words of the Constitution called the Introduction or the Preamble?
Correct AnswersPreamble
To meditate, do you sit quietly and clear your mind or do you try to float in the air?
Correct AnswersYou sit quietly and clear your mind.
Which forms over an ocean: a hurricane or a tornado?Correct Answersa hurricane
Our bus left at 12:45 pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive?Correct
Answers5:15 pm
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of EuropeCorrect AnswersAlps
Is a flashback a story interruption that gives past information or a brainstorm?Correct
AnswersIt's a story interruption that gives information that happened in the past
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs?Correct AnswersHernando
Cortes
Which is the best conductor of electricity: wood, ceramic or copper?Correct
Answerscopper
Is "confetti" bits of colored paper or very thin noodles?Correct Answersbits of colored
paper
Spell the noun that comes from the adjective "silly."Correct Answerssilliness
In what war were the American forces called the Continental Army?Correct AnswersThe
American Revolution or War of Independence
The bald eagle has no feathers on its head. True or false?Correct Answersfalse
During an equinox, are the hours of daylight and darkness equal or unequal?Correct
Answersequal
Using pencil and paper, find the sun of $23.47 and $69.03Correct Answers$92.50
Which of these European cities is the largest: Berlin, London, or Paris?Correct
AnswersLondon
Should Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk?Correct Answerslay
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s?Correct
Answersthe cotton gin
Who discovered the law of gravity?Correct AnswersIsaac Newton
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shades of what color?Correct Answersblue
I've (swam or swum?) in the freezing cold water and will never do it again!Correct
Answersswum
Was New Amsterdam a city or a colony in early America?Correct Answersa city
, If someone says your "epidermis" is showing, what body part do they mean?Correct
Answersyour skin
Are the worker bees male or female?Correct Answersfemale
The band has 3 drums and 3 flutes. What's the ratio of drums to flutes?Correct
Answers1 to 1
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch?Correct AnswersSt. Louis
Which poetry is usually humorous: a haiku, a limerick, or free verse?Correct Answersa
limerick
Did Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper or the elevator?Correct Answersthe reaper
What contains the embryo of a flowering plant?Correct Answersa seed
Is the holiday of Yam Kippur observed by Jews or by Christians?Correct Answersby
Jews
"I'll read you the story." Which word is the indirect object?Correct Answersyou
Who won Word War II: the Axis or the Allies?Correct Answersthe Allies
Find the misfit in this group: Bach, Chopin, Picasso, SchubertCorrect AnswersPicasso
What do rocks turn into when they erode?Correct Answerssand
How many zeros are there in 735 million?Correct Answers6
Which state does NOT border on California: Nevada, Washington, or Arizona?Correct
AnswersWashington
There is no real English word that rhymes with "orange." True or false?Correct
Answerstrue
Which country fought against the US in World War I: Russia or Germany?Correct
AnswersGermany
Does light from the sun take 8 seconds, 8 minutes, or 8 days to reach Earth?Correct
Answers8 minutes
Which are NOT endangered: blue whales, Asian elephants, or emperor penguins?
Correct Answersemperor penguins
Complete this analogy: High is to low as tall is to ... what?Correct Answersshort
A century is a period of 100 years. How many years is a millennium?Correct
Answers1,000
Was gunpowder invented in Egypt, China, or India?Correct AnswersChina
What is your body's largest organ?Correct Answersthe skin
Round to the nearest hundred, then estimate the difference: 669 minus 435Correct
Answers300
If you fly from Boston to Los Angeles, how many time zones do you travel through?
Correct Answersfour
What's another word for sad that's also a color?Correct Answersblue
Which president was once a governor or Arkansas: Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter?Correct
AnswersBill Clinton
What do you call a plant that comes from two different species of plants?Correct
Answersa hybrid
In what game is a plastic disk tossed between players with a flip of the wrist?Correct
AnswersFrisbee
Change the verb to the future tense: "people live on Mars."Correct Answers"People will
live on Mars."
