General English #48 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL ENGLISH #48

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice, out of the four alternatives suggested; select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active Voice.

1. They have made a film based on this novel.

(a) A film was based on this novel and made.

(b) A film have been made based on, this novel.

(c) A film, based on this novel, has been made.

(d) A film has been based and made on this novel.

Answer: (c)

2. The people couldn't move me to the hospital and the doctor operated on me at home.

(a) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and was operated on at home by the doctor.

(b) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I had to be operated on at home.

(c) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I was operated at home by the doctor.

(d) I couldn't be moved to the hospital by the people and operated on at home.

Answer: (a)

3. Why did he deprive you of the membership?

(a) Why you were deprived of the membership?

(b) Why were you deprived of his membership by him?

(c) Why was he deprived of his membership?

(d) Why were you deprived of your membership by him?

Answer: (d)

4. The news has been brought to us by him.

(a) He brought us the news.

(b) He has brought us the news.

(c) He was brought the news to us.

(d) We brought the news to him.

Answer: (b)

5. Not a word was spoken by the criminal in self defence.

(a) The criminal spoke not a word in self defence.

(b) The criminal in self defence spoke no word.

(c) The criminal did not speak a word in self defence.

(d) The criminal spoke in self defence not a word.

Answer: (c)

Directions (6-20): For the following questions answer them individually.

6. Select the synonym of the word COERCE.

(a) Enchant

(b) Pressurize

(c) Cajole

(d) Leave

Answer: (b)

7. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

We had to decline several orders in case that the production was held up due to labour strike.

(a) in case that

(b) the production was held up

(c) due to labour strike

(d) We had to decline

Answer: (a)

8. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

His company has the …………… of producing the best cricket balls in the country.

(a) opinion

(b) brand

(c) reputation

(d) position

Answer: (c)

9. Select the antonym of the word EXPANSION.

(a) Inflation

(b) Augmentation

(c) Extension

(d) Compression

Answer: (d)

10. Select the antonym of the word SCARCE.

(a) Scanty

(b) Few

(c) Seldom

(d) Plentiful

Answer: (d)

11. Select the wrongly spelt word.

(a) Calander

(b) Career

(c) Callous

(d) Carriage

Answer: (a)

12. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Around sixty bands in colourful …………… took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.

(a) clothings

(b) costumes

(c) apparels

(d) dressing

Answer: (b)

13. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A person, animal or plant much below the usual height.

(a) Wizard

(b) Dwarf

(c) Creature

(d) Witch

Answer: (b)

14. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

The workers of this textile factory demand higher wages for a long time.

(a) have been demanding higher wages

(b) demanded higher wages

(c) No improvement

(d) has demanded higher wages

Answer: (a)

15. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

If you park your car here, the traffic police has fined you.

(a) will fine you

(b) No improvement

(c) fine you

(d) fined you

Answer: (a)

16. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. The cafe's owner says he's interested in conservation, and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.

B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles.

C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.

D. This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.

(a) DBCA

(b) DCBA

(c) ABCD

(d) ABDC

Answer:

17. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.

B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Phillipines where it was stranded a day earlier.

C. "It's very disgusting and heartbreaking," he said. "We've done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we've seen".

D. "The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach," said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D' Bone Collector Museum lnc.

(a) ABCD

(b) DABC

(c) BADC

(d) BACD

Answer: (c)

18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To play ducks and drakes.

(a) To use recklessly

(b) To change places

(c) To be friendly

(d) To act cleverly

Answer: (a)

19. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

Cyclone Idai killed at least 157 people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique although it tore across Southern Africa.

(a) Cyclone Idai killed

(b) it tore across

(c) although

(d) at least 157 people

Answer: (c)

20. Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Every passing vehicle was being thoroughly checked by the guards.

(a) The guards were thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

(b) The guards have thoroughly checked every passing vehicle.

(c) Every passing vehicle were thoroughly checking the guards.

(d) The guards have been thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

Answer: (a)

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