General English #47 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

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)