General English #23 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL ENGLISH #23

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

General English : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

Directions (1-5): In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Five alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the five.

1. You must apologise ………. him ……….the wrong you have done.

(a) from, against

(b) to, for

(c) from, on

(d) to, against

(e) to, to

Answer: (b)

2. After I ………. dinner, ………. TV for a while.

(a) had, had watching

(b) had finished, will watch

(c) finished, watched

(d) finished, watching

(e) have finished, watched

Answer: (b)

3. Because it does not aim to ………. to the masses  and strives for a/an .......... view, art is fated to be always under attack.

(a) appeal, universal

(b) afford, independent

(c) defer, individual

(d) cater, alternate

(e) acquire, perfect

Answer: (a)

4. Enemies are almost always ………. as they share the same ………. offer shorted suspicion and betrayal.

(a) different, feelings

(b) disparate, qualities

(c) common, features

(d) similar, intensity

(e) same, feelings

Answer: (c)

5. I ………. him because of his ……….

(a) love, impertinence

(b) hate, rudeness

(c) admire, hypocrisy

(d) detest, generosity

(e) like, rudeness

Answer: (b)

Directions (6-10): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

6. Gift of the gab

(a) Talent for speaking

(b) To distribute gifts

(c) To win a prize

(d) To be lucky

(e) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. To account for

(a) Give the accounts for

(b) Give a satisfactory explanation for

(c) Speak the truth about

(d) Maintain accounts properly

(e) None of the above

Answer: (b)

8. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

(a) A wicked man who pretends to be good

(b) A good for nothing person

(c) A woman who looks younger than her age

(d) A man of high birth but in poor condition

(e) None of the above

Answer: (a)

9. She left him in the lurch

(a) Put him at ease

(b) Compromised him

(c) Annoyed him

(d) Deserted him in difficult times

(e) None of the above

Answer: (d)

10. Kicked the bucket

(a) Fought

(b) Died

(c) Played

(d) Collapsed

(e) None of the above

Answer: (b)

Directions (11-15): In these questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b), (c) and (d) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (e).

11. My relation was living in that house during 1965-1975.

(a) lived in that house from 1965 to 1975

(b) have been living in 1965 to 1975

(c) had been living from 1965 to 1975

(d) have lived in that house from 1965-1975

(e) No improvement

Answer: (a)

12. They knocked down ten houses when they built the new road.

(a) pulled down

(b) ruptured

(c) removed

(d) pushed

(e) No improvement

Answer: (a)

13. After my long walk, I was pleased to have an iced drink. I found it lively.

(a) livid

(b) refreshing

(c) tiring

(d) healthy

(e) No improvement

Answer: (b)

14. The revue at the theatre got excellent reviews from most newspapers.

(a) revenue

(b) review

(c) venue

(d) report

(e) No improvement

Answer: (d)

15. I want to tidy my room but I had no time.

(a) did not have time

(b) am having no time

(c) have not time

(d) have no time

(e) No improvement

Answer: (d)

Directions (16-20): In these questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

16. (a) Appreciation

(b) Apreciation

(c) Appraciation

(d) Apericiation

(e) None of the above

Answer: (a)

17. (a) Accomudation

(b) Accommodation

(c) Accomodation

(d) Acommodation

(e) None of the above

Answer: (b)

18. (a) Aperant

(b) Transparent

(c) Translocent

(d) Tranciant

(e) None of the above

Answer: (b)

19. (a) Ornemental

(b) Ornamental

(c) Ornamentel

(d) Ornammental

(e) None of the above

Answer: (b)

20. (a) Colleague

(b) Coleague

(c) Colegue

(d) Collegue

(e) None of the above

Answer: (a)

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