GENERAL ENGLISH #47
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Directions
(1-5): 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. Your answer is 'd' i.e., No error.
1. He
is a university professor/but of his three sons/neither has any merit./No
error.
(a) He is a university professor
(b) but of his three sons
(c) neither has any merit.
(d) No error
Answer:
(c)
Explanation:
Neither is used to describe the absence of two things and is usually followed
by the use of nor. 'None' is used to describe the quality of each object/person
in the buch/group of objects/persons. So 'neither has any merit' should be
replaced by 'none of them has any merit'.
2. After
knowing truth,/they took the right decision/in the matter./No error.
(a) After knowing truth,
(b) they took the right decision
(c) in the matter.
(d) No error
Answer:
(a)
Explanation:
There should be 'the' in between knowing and truth, because truth is a common
noun.
3. It
is time you/decide on your next/course of action./No error.
(a) It is time you
(b) decide on your next
(c) course of action.
(d) No error
Answer:
(b)
Explanation: The
word 'on' can be omitted from the phrase 'decide on your next course of
action'.
4. He
who has suffered most/for the cause,/let him speak/No error.
(a) He who has suffered most
(b) for the cause,
(c) let him speak
(d) No error
Answer:
(c)
Explanation: The
phrase 'let him speak' is incomplete and has to be replaced by 'should be let
to speak'.
5. A
cup of coffee/is an excellent complement/to smoked salmon./No error.
(a) A cup of coffee
(b) is an excellent complement
(c) to smoked salmon.
(d) No error
Answer:
(d)
Explanation: There
is no grammatical and vocabulary related error in the sentence.
Directions
(6-10): 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.
The hotel was not too expensive, ……………?
(a) was it?
(b) wasn't it?
(c) is it?
(d) isn't it?
Answer:
(a)
7. Like
humans, zoo animals must have a dentist to …………… their teeth.
(a) fill
(b) filled
(c) filling
(d) to be filled
Answer:
(a)
8. It
was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you …………… it.
(a) didn't have to do
(b) hadn't to do
(c) mightn't have done
(d) mustn't have done
Answer:
(d)
9. He
went ......... sea alone.
(a) in
(b) to
(c) into
(d) on
Answer:
(b)
10. The
…………… of our civilization from an agricultural society to today's complex
industrial world was accompanied by war.
(a) adjustment
(b) migration
(c) route
(d) metamorphosis
Answer:
(d)
Directions
(11-15): In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the
given word.
11. FLORID
(a) Weak
(b) Pale
(c) Monotonous
(d) Ugly
Answer:
(b)
12. VERITY
(a) Sanctity
(b) Reverence
(c) Falsehood
(d) Rarity
Answer:
(c)
13. PERSPICUITY
(a) Vagueness
(b) Dullness
(c) Unfairness
(d) Unwillingness
Answer:
(a)
14. FERVENT
(a) Inexcitable
(b) Enduring
(c) Dispassionate
(d) Subdued
Answer:
(c)
15. MEANDERING
(a) Sliding
(b) Sloping
(c) Strained
(d) Straight
Answer:
(d)
Directions
(16-20): In the following questions out of the four alternatives, choose the
one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
16. LUXURIANT
(a) Luxury-loving
(b) Lovely
(c) Rich
(d) Abundant
Answer:
(d)
17. CANTANKEROUS
(a) Cancerous
(b) Ferocious
(c) Quarrelsome
(d) Fissiparous
Answer:
(c)
18. ONUS
(a) Sadness
(b) Happiness
(c) Responsibility
(d) Criticism
Answer:
(c)
19. DERISION
(a) Humiliation
(b) Embarrassment
(c) Ridicule
(d) Condemnation
Answer:
(c)
20. TRITE
(a) Commonplace
(b) Clever
(c) Brief
(d) Impudent
Answer:
(a)
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