GENERAL ENGLISH #44
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Directions (1-5): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
1. to
foam at one’s mouth
(a) to brush properly
(b) to get very angry
(c) to salivate on seeing food
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
2. to
feel like a fish out of water
(a) disgusted
(b) uncomfortable
(c) disappointed
(d) homeless
Answer:
(b)
3. at
the eleventh hour
(a) too late
(b) too early
(c) immediately
(d) at the least moment
Answer:
(d)
4. to
burn one’s fingers
(a) to get hurt physically
(b) to suffer financial losses
(c) to find work
(d) to suffer nervous breakdown
Answer:
(b)
5. to
add fuel to fire
(a) to investigate
(b) to insulate
(c) to initiate
(d) to incite
Answer:
(d)
Directions
(6-10): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled
in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
6. Google
is one of the most popular search engines, it is …………… by the internet users.
(a) utilized
(b) effected
(c) examined
(d) flabbergasted
Answer:
(a)
7. Raj
was tired of Puja’s …………… approach, so he asked her to make her final decision
by that evening.
(a) silly-willy
(b) dilly-dally
(c) wasting
(d) dilly-nally
Answer:
(b)
8. Ria
is …………… at speaking languages. It is difficult to …………… one puppy for animal
shelter.
(a) adept, adapt
(b) adapt, adapt
(c) adept, adopt
(d) adapt, adopt
Answer:
(c)
9. School
days are considered to be the best years of your life. When my …………… year in
school began, I began to think of those past enjoyable days and of my future
also.
(a) penultimate
(b) absolute
(c) integral
(d) termination
Answer:
(d)
10. Being
……………, the judge gave a favourable verdict.
(a) sagacious
(b) pugnacious
(c) malicious
(d) tenacious
Answer:
(a)
Directions
(11-15): In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some
have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that
part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (d) i.e., No error
11.
I whistled thrice (a)/ with full might and raise my arms (b)/towards the sky.
(c) / No error (d)
Answer:
(b)
Explanation: Replace
‘raise’ with ‘raised’
12. Science
and religion (a)/are both necessary for man and for their (b)/ outer and inner
self respectively. (c)/ No error(d)
Answer:
(b)
Explanation: Use
both for man and their in place of both necessary
13. At
certain seasons (a), some areas on Mars (b)/ is subject to strong winds.(c)/No
error(d)
Answer:
(c)
Explanation: Replace
‘is’ with ‘are’
14. As
an artist (a)/ Raju is an good (b)/, if not better than, Ramesh. (c)/ No error
(d)
Answer:
(b)
Explanation: Instead
of an, so good or very good should be used
15. The
scientists (a)/ could not hardly (b)/ complete all the experiments, (c)/ No
error (d)
Answer:
(b)
Explanation: Could
not and hardly means the same thing. To correct the sentence remove either
'could not' or 'hardly'.
Directions
(16-20): In the following questions four words are given in each question, out
of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word as
your answer.
16. (a)
garulous
(b) garrulous
(c) garullous
(d) garrullous
Answer:
(b)
17. (a)
marquee
(b) markue
(c) marnuei
(d) marquie
Answer:
(a)
18. (a)
puissant
(b) puiscant
(c) puiscent
(d) puissent
Answer:
(a)
19. (a)
disconncerting
(b) disconserting
(c) discuncerting
(d) disconcerting
Answer:
(d)
20. (a)
exilarate
(b) exsilerate
(c) exsilarate
(d) exhilarate
Answer:
(d)
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