General English #10 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL ENGLISH #10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Directions: Choose the most appropriate alternative to fill in the blanks.

1. Do you ………. any milk?

(a) will have

(b) have

(c) have had

(d) got

Answer: (b)

2. The crowd ……….

(a) are shouting

(b) shout

(c) have been shouting

(d) was shouting

Answer: (d)

3. Twelve books of this library ……….

(a) has been missing

(b) are missing

(c) is missing

(d) has missed

Answer: (b)

4. Leaves ………. from the tree.

(a) are falling

(b) falls

(c) was falling

(d) has been falling

Answer: (a)

5. The owner of these books ……….

(a) were gone

(b) is gone

(c) has gone

(d) have gone

Answer: (c)

Directions: Select the alternative which is most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

6. WEIRD

(a) Unpleasant

(b) Beasty

(c) Unnatural

(d) Frightening

Answer: (c)

7. DESTITUTION

(a) Humility

(b) Damage

(c) Beggary

(d) Poverty

Answer: (d)

8. ADVERSITY

(a) Miserable

(b) Failure

(c) Misfortune

(d) Crisis

Answer: (c)

9. RESTIVE

(a) Friendly

(b) Obstinate

(c) Uneasy

(d) Relaxed

Answer: (c)

10. MALICE

(a) Haughty

(b) Ill will

(c) Diligent

(d) Cruelty

Answer: (b)

Directions: From the given words select the word which is furthest in meaning to the word given in capitals.

11. RESIST

(a) Aspect

(b) Repel

(c) Accept

(d) Welcome

Answer: (c)

12. CONTENTEND

(a) Rash

(b) Disappointed

(c) Gloomy

(d) Narrow minded

Answer: (b)

13. HINDRANCE

(a) Aid

(b) Persuasion

(c) Agreement

(d) Cooperation

Answer: (a)

14. RESERVED

(a) Popular

(b) Talkative

(c) Likable

(d) Companionable

Answer: (b)

15. NOURISHING

(a) Undercooked

(b) Unhealthy

(c) Poor

(d) Heavy

Answer: (b)

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

16. An official numbering of the population

(a) Counting

(b) Demography

(c) Census

(d) Censor

Answer: (c)

17. Yearly celebration of a date or an event

(a) Jubilee

(b) Anniversary

(c) Centenary

(d) Birthday

Answer: (b)

18. A remedy for all diseases

(a) Treatment

(b) Panacea

(c) Recoil

(d) Marvel

Answer: (b)

19. One who sacrifices his life for a cause

(a) Soldier

(b) Martyr

(c) Revolutionary

(d) Patriot

Answer: (b)

20. A person coming to a foreign land to settle

(a) Immigrant

(b) Emigrant

(c) Visitor

(d) Tourist

Answer: (a)