General English #19 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL ENGLISH #19

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSGeneral English : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

Directions (1-5): In these questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

1. (a) Ubiqutous

(b) Ubequitous

(c) Ubiquitous

(d) Ubequitus

Answer: (c)

2. (a) Exenerate

(b) Exonerate

(c) Exanrate

(d) Exonarate

Answer: (b)

3. (a) Noticible

(b) Noticeible

(c) Noticable

(d) Noticeable

Answer: (d)

4. (a) Bilieve

(b) Beleive

(c) Believe

(d) Beleeve

Answer: (c)

5. (a) Planeing

(b) Planning

(c) Planing

(d) Planinng

Answer: (b)

Directions (6-15): In these questions, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

No child is ….(6)…. spoilt child by birth. It is ….(7)…. family conditions and circumstances ….(8)…. which a child grows up ….(9)…. spoil him. It is common experience that a ….(10)…. wanted child or the only child ….(11)…. his parents is more prone to ….(12)…. spoilt. Such a child becomes arrogant and insolent ….(13)…. of the overindulgence and over-protection of the parents. Sometimes it ….(14)…. seen that a ….(15)…. child also tends to become a nuisance.

6. (a) them

(b) the

(c) a

(d) an

Answer: (c)

7. (a) a

(b) the

(c) an

(d) them

Answer: (b)

8. (a) at

(b) on

(c) over

(d) under

Answer: (d)

9. (a) those

(b) this

(c) that

(d) these

Answer: (c)

10. (a) much

(b) more

(c) little

(d) less

Answer: (a)

11. (a) off

(b) for

(c) of

(d) in

Answer: (c)

12. (a) become

(b) becoming

(c) becomes

(d) became

Answer: (a)

13. (a) so

(b) and

(c) why

(d) because

Answer: (d)

14. (a) is

(b) are

(c) was

(d) were

Answer: (a)

15. (a) neglect

(b) neglected

(c) neglects

(d) neglecting

Answer: (b)

Directions (16-20): In the given questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.

16. After toiling very hardly (a) / over a long period of time (b) / he found that he had met no profit at all. (c) / No error (d)

Answer: (a)

Explanation: Use ‘hard’ in place of ‘hardly’

17. Excuse (a) / me (b) / interrupting you. (c) / No error (d)

Answer: (c)

Explanation: Use ‘for’ before ‘interrupting’

18. At this time of the year (a) / the mountains are (b) / usually covered with ice. (c) / No error (d)

Answer: (a)

Explanation: Use ‘a’ in place of ‘the’

19. One of my friends (a) / are (b) / an I.A.S. Officer. (c) / No error (d)

Answer: (b)

Explanation: Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’

20. Paradise Lost (a) / is (b) / a epic poem. (c) / No error (d)

Answer: (c)

Explanation: Use ‘an’ in place of ‘a’

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