English MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) - SchoolingAxis

English MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander. 

a. to 

b. on 

c. for 

d. with 


Answer- for


Que- His father-in-law ...... him up in business. 

a. put 

b. made 

c. set 

d. built 


Answer- set


Que- ...... works of reference are valuable as Encyclopedia, Brittanica. 

a. A few 

b. Few 

c. The few 

d. Fewer 


Answer- Few


Que- The battalion operating from the mountain was able to ...... three enemy divisons. 

a. tie up 

b. tie down 

c. tie on 

d. tie with 


Answer- tie down


Que- I purposely ...... meet you during my last visit to Kashmir. 

a. didn't 

b. won't 

c. hadn't 

d. wouldn't 


Answer- didn't


Que- I have read one novel by Premchand. I want to read ...... novel by him. 

a. other 

b. another 

c. all 

d. few 


Answer- another


Que- A man remains narrow minded, self compliance and ignorant unless he visits other people and ...... from them. 

a. earns 

b. borrows 

c. learns 

d. hears 


Answer- learns


Que- My father ...... down for a nap. 

a. lays 

b. laid 

c. lain 

d. lie 


Answer- lays


Que- I think they allow their children too much ...... 

a. liberality 

b. latitude 

c. lassitude 

d. levity 


Answer- latitude


Que- Once you suspect a person of double dealing, you ought to keep him at arm's ...... 

a. distance 

b. length 

c. aim 

d. width 


Answer- length


Que- Affix a revenue stamp and put your signature ...... it. 

a. on 

b. upo 

c. above 

d. over 


Answer- on


Que- My first lesson ...... forgiveness came from my mother. 

a. upon 

b. about 

c. in 

d. on 


Answer- on


Que- At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ...... specially over the issue of productivity linked wages. 

a. develop 

b. come out 

c. emerge 

d. grow 


Answer- emerge


Que- Do you know ......? 

a. where she comes from 

b. where does she come from 

c. where from she comes 

d. from where does she come 


Answer- where she comes from


Que- God is ...... 

a. graceful 

b. gracious 

c. grateful 

d. greatful 


Answer- gracious


Que- He is so ...... that he immediately believe my story of ghosts. 

a. innocent 

b. credulous 

c. vociferous 

d. credible 


Answer- credulous


Que- ...... of old paintings is a job for experts. 

a. Resurrection 

b. Retrieval 

c. Restoration 

d. Resumption 


Answer- Restoration


Que- During Diwali the shops are ...... of people. 

a. busy 

b. full 

c. crowded 

d. bubbling 


Answer- full


Que- The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave. 

a. straight 

b. but 

c. in 

d. directly 


Answer- but


Que- The telephone ...... several times before I answered it. 

a. was ringing 

b. has rung 

c. had rung 

d. would ring 


Answer- had rung


Que- He passed the examination in the first class because he ...... 

a. was hard working for it 

b. worked hardly for it 

c. had worked hard for it 

d. was working hard for it 


Answer- had worked hard for it


Que- Jawaharlal spent his childhood ...... Anand Bhawan. 

a. at 

b. in 

c. on 

d. across 


Answer- at


Que- If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side. 

a. faith 

b. belief 

c. substance 

d. certainty 


Answer- faith


Que- I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic. 

a. besides 

b. along 

c. at 

d. beside 


Answer- beside


Que- Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man. 

a. inaccessible 

b. impossible 

c. impermeable 

d. impenetrable 


Answer- inaccessible


Que- It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post 

a. feels 

b. looks 

c. believes 

d. seems 


Answer- seems


Que- In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match. 

a. for 

b. into 

c. against 

d. to 


Answer- against


Que- I haven't seen you ...... a week. 

a. within 

b. since 

c. for 

d. from 


Answer- for


Que- I listened, but I had no idea what he was ...... about. 

a. saying 

b. talking 

c. telling 

d. discussing 


Answer- talking


Que- Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree. 

a. There I am 

b. There am I 

c. Here am I 

d. Here I am 


Answer- Here I am


Que- That the poor in our country, are happy is 

a. a dream 

b. a vision 

c. an ideal 

d. an illusion 


Answer- an illusion


Que- The robbers were arrested and ...... prison yesterday. 

a. brought into 

b. brought to 

c. taken into 

d. taken to 


Answer- taken to


Que- The cinema ...... a welcome escape from cramped and dull city life and the Indians are avid movie-goers. 

a. depicts 

b. highlights 

c. follows 

d. offers 


Answer- offers


Que- I shall take revenge ...... you. 

a. from 

b. with 

c. on 

d. at 


Answer- on


Que- This book is a useful ...... to our library. 

a. discovery 

b. asset 

c. addition 

d. arrival 


Answer- addition


Que- The boy was cured ...... typhoid. 

a. from 

b. of 

c. for 

d. through 


Answer- of


Que- The communalist represents the ...... of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history. 

a. antithesis 

b. antidote 

c. immorality 

d. antagonism 


Answer- antithesis


Que- He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses. 

a. insensitive 

b. sensitive 

c. afraid 

d. immune 


Answer- sensitive


Que- The ...... of the Minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records. 

a. veracity 

b. verbosity 

c. ambiguity 

d. validity 


Answer- veracity


Que- But the introductory fee does not stop after the initial handshake, brokers have to ...... it up after each transaction. 

a. bring 

b. cough 

c. boost 

d. give 


Answer- bring


Que- Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ......on 8% value shared of tooth paste market by then end of first years. 

a. cornering 

b. soliciting 

c. disturbing 

d. keeping 


Answer- cornering


Que- ...... a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving very slowly. 

a. Owing 

b. Due to 

c. Because 

d. Since 


Answer- Due to


Que- Ocean currents play a _______role in setting long-term climate_________. 

a. vital … date  

b. important … variations  

c. major … patterns  

d. unusual … changes 


Answer- major … patterns


Que- I promise to ________ you in all circumstances 

a. stand up to  

b. stand with  

c. stand off  

d. stand by 


Answer- stand with


Que- It's difficult ______ reconcile such different points of view 

a. with  

b. to  

c. in  

d. on 


Answer- to


Que- The speaker did not properly space out his speech, but went on _______ one point only. 

a. stressing  

b. avoiding  

c. devoting  

d. decrying 


Answer- stressing


Que- In the test, we will _________ your work and then give you detailed feedback. 

a. assess  

b. judge  

c. measure  

d. check 


Answer- assess


Que- A speed limit is the _________ legal speed that you can travel on the road. 

a. highest  

b. biggest  

c. maximum  

d. longest 


Answer- maximum


Que- The President's speech was so ___________ that many people were persuaded to accept the need for change. 

a. expressive  

b. articulate  

c. eloquent  

d. calm 


Answer- eloquent


Que- There is something wonderful _______ him. 

a. of  

b. about  

c. for  

d. inside 


Answer- about


Que- If she is not interested, we will __________ the proposal. 

a. vaccant  

b. abandon  

c. impulse  

d. remove 


Answer- abandon


Que- The police forces have launched an operation to _______ out the kidnapped person 

a. track  

b. touch  

c. nib  

d. trace 


Answer- trace


Que- Some people __________ to the officer against him about his mis-deeds 

a. asked  

b. complained  

c. question  

d. informed 


Answer- complained


Que- If we go to the park, ______ you like to come too ? 

a. shall  

b. are  

c. would  

d. am 


Answer- would


Que- It is certain that human beings ______ latent power of which they are only vaguely aware 

a. exhibit  

b. possess  

c. impose  

d. knowledge 


Answer- possess


Que- It is already 5 o'clock. Can you _____ time to catch the bus? 

a. have it in  

b. have enough  

c. make it in  

d. made it 


Answer- make it in


Que- The man __________ down the road is my brother. 

a. hurry  

b. hurried  

c. to hurry  

d. hurrying 


Answer- hurrying


Que- All of us are devoted ________ one another. 

a. of  

b. at  

c. to  

d. with 


Answer- to


Que- I am very much ________ to meet you. 

a. delight  

b. to delight  

c. delighting  

d. delighted 


Answer- delighted


Que- I shall look _________ the matter. 

a. in  

b. about  

c. into  

d. after 


Answer- into


Que- He is blind _________ one eye. 

a. in  

b. of  

c. to  

d. with 


Answer- in


Que- The building is not safe and must be ___________down. 

a. pull  

b. pulling  

c. pulled  

d. pulls 


Answer- pulled


Que- He _________ in Pakistan. 

a. live  

b. lives  

c. is living  

d. living 


Answer- lives


Que- There is something wonderful ____ him. 

a. of  

b. about  

c. for  

d. inside 


Answer- about


Que- After_____________smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wood floor. 

a. finished  

b. finishing  

c. had finished  

d. finishes 


Answer- finishing


Que- The song in the play cannot be deleted as it is _________to the story. 

a. intervened  

b. innate  

c. exacting  

d. integral 


Answer- integral


Que- The lion sprang____________the buffaloes. 

a. at  

b. in  

c. upon  

d. on 


Answer- upon


Que- My brother is devoted _____________religion. 

a. with  

b. to  

c. at  

d. in 


Answer- to


Que- She remained a __________all her life. 

a. spinster  

b. bachelor  

c. unmarried  

d. single 


Answer- spinster


Que- My father was angry ________my failure. 

a. in  

b. on  

c. with  

d. at 


Answer- at


Que- Do not stay in the grasslands after dark, as some animals become _________when they see humans. 

a. provoked  

b. alerted  

c. aggressive  

d. threatened 


Answer- aggressive


Que- ___________you wake me up so early on a Sunday? 

a. Could  

b. Dare  

c. Must  

d. Will 


Answer- Dare


Que- The company let me ____ time off work. 

a. take  

b. taking  

c. to take  

d. took 


Answer- take


Que- There is quite tenuous evidence _________it. 

a. with  

b. at  

c. for  

d. must 


Answer- for


Que- I assume ______________with me. 

a. every one agreeing  

b. that every one agrees  

c. every one to agree  

d. that every one to agree 


Answer- that every one agrees


Que- That was __________movie I have ever seen. 

a. worse  

b. the worst  

c. most worst  

d. bad 


Answer- the worst


Que- _________the rain forests is very important, if we do not want the flora and fauna found there to become extinct. 

a. Reserving  

b. Destroying  

c. Preserving  

d. Maintaining 


Answer- Preserving


Que- He has many friends, but _________are good ones. 

a. a few  

b. few  

c. the few  

d. the some 


Answer- few


Que- If I had helped him, he ____________drowned. 

a. will not be  

b. would not be  

c. will not have  

d. would not have  


Answer- would not have 


Que- I am very much __________to meet you. 

a. delight  

b. to delight  

c. delighting  

d. delighted 


Answer- delighted


Que- When will you hand ____ your assignment? 

a. in  

b. back  

c. down  

d. into 


Answer- in


Que- If we go to the park, __________you like to come too ? 

a. shall  

b. are  

c. would  

d. am 


Answer- would


Que- The housewife __________the cakes burning, and ran to switch off the oven. 

a. smell  

b. smells  

c. smelt  

d. smelling 


Answer- smelt


Que- John said he __________to play at home. 

a. would prefer  

b. prefer  

c. will prefer  

d. had prefered 


Answer- would prefer


Que- The man ___________down the road is my brother. 

a. hurry  

b. hurried  

c. to hurry  

d. hurrying 


Answer- hurrying


Que- ________you leave now, you will be late. 

a. Until  

b. Till  

c. Unless  

d. Although 


Answer- Unless


Que- The _________were arrested for illegally hunting the bears. 

a. poachers  

b. rangers  

c. soldiers  

d. villagers 


Answer- poachers


Que- If you had followed the rules, you ____________disqualified. 

a. will not be  

b. would not be  

c. will not have been  

d. would not have been 


Answer- would not have been


Que- My younger sister constantly misbehaves and is always causing ___________. 

a. hostility  

b. violence  

c. mischief  

d. courtesy 


Answer- mischief


Que- He tends to___________to any suggestion I make in meetings. 

a. differ  

b. agree  

c. accept  

d. cooperate 


Answer- cooperate


Que- ____________your instruction, we have closed your bank account. 

a. In lieu  

b. With regard to  

c. In accordance with  

d. On account of 


Answer- In accordance with


Que- It is certain that human beings _______________latent power of which they are only vaguely aware. 

a. exhibit  

b. possess  

c. impose  

d. knowledge 


Answer- possess


Que- _________she is clever, she often makes mistakes. 

a. Despite  

b. Since  

c. Although  

d. Yet 


Answer- Although


Que- It is already 8 o'clock. Can you _____ time to catch the bus? 

a. have it in  

b. have enough  

c. make it in  

d. made it 


Answer- make it in


Que- Do you prefer___________ or traditional art forms? 

a. archaic  

b. contemporary  

c. foreign  

d. simultaneous 


Answer- contemporary


Que- The problem ____________a lot of thought. 

a. calls for  

b. comes across  

c. calls on  

d. comes into 


Answer- calls for


Que- I promise to ___________you in all circumstances. 

a. stand up to  

b. stand with  

c. stand off  

d. stand by 


Answer- stand with


Que- The farmers ____________their farms, if they had known that a thunderstorm was approaching. 

a. will leave  

b. would leave  

c. will have left  

d. would have left 


Answer- would have left


Que- The Paralympics is a competition for the ______________. 

a. disadvantaged  

b. discouraged  

c. disabled  

d. despised 


Answer- disabled

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