GENERAL ENGLISH #19
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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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