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This section includes 158 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English including comprehension knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
101. |
Which one of these words is similar to the word ‘mooted’ highlighted in the given passage? |
A. | refuted |
B. | accepted |
C. | doubted |
D. | put forward |
Answer» E. | |
102. |
Which one of these words is similar to the word ‘ridicule’ highlighted in the given passage? |
A. | Make fun of |
B. | Regard with disgust |
C. | Feel utmost respect |
D. | Feel immense love |
Answer» B. Regard with disgust | |
103. |
Of higher education because in addition to large-scale (A)/ state universities remain central in the entire structure (B)/ on-campus enrolment they grant affiliation and thereby administer (C)/ and control a large network of colleges in their respective jurisdictions.(D) |
A. | BCDA |
B. | BACD |
C. | ADCB |
D. | No rearrangement required |
Answer» C. ADCB | |
104. |
And investment treaties pertaining to crucial resources like (A)/ increasingly essential, such as telecommunications (B)/ a lot of arbitration today is centred on trade agreements (C)/ oil, gas, energy, and water as well as services that are (D) |
A. | DABC |
B. | CBAD |
C. | CADB |
D. | No rearrangement required |
Answer» D. No rearrangement required | |
105. |
Today, tough questions are viewed (A) / not just as hostile and (B) / unnecessary, but also as disloyal (C) /and even anti-national (D). |
A. | CBDA |
B. | DBCA |
C. | ACBD |
D. | No rearrangement required |
Answer» E. | |
106. |
Of the judiciary, and for India’s constitutional system of governance(A) / senior-most judges of unquestionable integrity, for the institution (B) / the press conference organized by the four senior-most judges of the (C) / Supreme Court presents, in many ways, a breaking point for the four (D). |
A. | CDBA |
B. | BADC |
C. | ADCB |
D. | No rearrangement required |
Answer» B. BADC | |
107. |
Assets and the proposed FRDI Bill, 2017 to pre-empt any banking or (A) / the finance ministry claims that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (B) / financial institution failures will help resolve the bad loans problem (C) / enacted in May 2016 to expedite the recovery of stressed (D). |
A. | CBAD |
B. | BDAC |
C. | DBAC |
D. | No rearrangement required |
Answer» C. DBAC | |
108. |
The Hobbit actor, Sir Ian Mckellenbegan (A) / his career in an apprentice with (B) / the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | The Hobbit actor, Sir Ian Mckellenbegan |
B. | his career in an apprentice with |
C. | the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. |
D. | No error |
Answer» C. the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. | |
109. |
More than 80 percent of the energy produced in (A) / Japan comes from nuclear power, (B) / where it forms only 10 percent of the total energy produced in India. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | More than 80 percent of the energy produced in |
B. | Japan comes from nuclear power, |
C. | where it forms only 10 percent of the total energy produced in India. |
D. | No error |
Answer» D. No error | |
110. |
Tackling infrastructure bottlenecks would (A) / eventually lead to lowering (B) / inflation and subsequently, of the interest rates. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | Tackling infrastructure bottlenecks would |
B. | eventually lead to lowering |
C. | inflation and subsequently, of the interest rates. |
D. | No error |
Answer» C. inflation and subsequently, of the interest rates. | |
111. |
Scientists have found evidence (A) / that suggest that the dog (B) / is descended from the gray wolf. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | Scientists have found evidence |
B. | that suggest that the dog |
C. | is descended from the gray wolf. |
D. | No error |
Answer» C. is descended from the gray wolf. | |
112. |
The use of aspirin in post-myocardial patients was (A) / based on the assumption that inhibition of platelet activity would (B) / reduce thrombo-embolism associated with atherosclerosis. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | The use of aspirin in post-myocardial patients was |
B. | based on the assumption that inhibition of platelet activity would |
C. | reduce thrombo-embolism associated with atherosclerosis. |
D. | No error |
Answer» E. | |
113. |
The emergency services _________ the accident site as soon as the news of the train collision was _______ to them. |
A. | suspended, emitted |
B. | carried, postponed |
C. | finished, pronounced |
D. | reached, relayed |
Answer» E. | |
114. |
The critical outbursts from the ministers are ____________ of the fact that there is no real ____________ in the Union cabinet on the current austerity drive. |
A. | thoughtful, compromise |
B. | indicators, harmony |
C. | reflective, consensus |
D. | reflectors, conformity |
Answer» D. reflectors, conformity | |
115. |
In the automotive world, boost refers to the increase in pressure that is __________ by the turbocharger in the intake manifold that __________ normal atmospheric pressure. |
A. | generated, exceeds |
B. | transformed, emits |
C. | advanced, exhausts |
D. | composed, energizes |
Answer» B. transformed, emits | |
116. |
It is in the second and third years of the child's life that the ________ of the development of the mental processes is most apparent, and it might seem more reasonable to adopt a strictly _________ order to note the same. |
A. | process, alphabetical |
B. | rush, numerical |
C. | nature, celestial |
D. | rapidity, chronological |
Answer» E. | |
117. |
The ________ of honest politicians is the reason for the ________ state of the country. |
A. | slur, glorious |
B. | abundance, sad |
C. | shortage, miserable |
D. | lack, progressive |
Answer» D. lack, progressive | |
118. |
D |
A. | outlays |
B. | income |
C. | payment |
D. | addition |
Answer» B. income | |
119. |
S1. The internet and social media were once hailed for creating new opportunities to spread democracy and freedom.
|
A. | PSRQ |
B. | PQSR |
C. | SPQR |
D. | RPQS |
Answer» B. PQSR | |
120. |
S1. Alien dust carried and deposited on the glacier surfaces by winds absorb more solar radiation owing to their darker colour.
|
A. | PQSR |
B. | SPQR |
C. | SRPQ |
D. | RQSP |
Answer» E. | |
121. |
S1. India has no uniform civil code.
|
A. | QPSR |
B. | QSPR |
C. | SRQP |
D. | SQRP |
Answer» D. SQRP | |
122. |
S1. Companies are increasingly paying attention to automation.
|
A. | PRSQ |
B. | QSRP |
C. | PSRQ |
D. | RPSQ |
Answer» E. | |
123. |
S1. Indian Standard Time is measured in Allahabad, along the line of longitude 82.5° East. P. On the other hand, when the sun sets in Western India it is night time in North-Eastern India. Q. IST is 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. R. This standard time zone is followed across India, even though the East to West expanse of India exceeds 2,900 km. S. Thus, when it is daylight in North-Eastern India it is not yet dawn in Western India. S6. Therefore, there have been proposals by various people in the past that India needs more than one time zone. |
A. | QPSR |
B. | QRSP |
C. | RQSP |
D. | RSQP |
Answer» C. RQSP | |
124. |
Find the misspelled word. |
A. | Carismatic |
B. | Stupendous |
C. | Corroborate |
D. | Successor |
Answer» B. Stupendous | |
125. |
The cafes on the boulevard were doinga roaring trade. |
A. | In the animal business |
B. | Extremely poor |
C. | Highly successful |
D. | Shouting at others |
Answer» D. Shouting at others | |
126. |
What with all those car repairs, we're going to bein the redthis month. |
A. | Very busy |
B. | Making loss |
C. | Working overtime |
D. | Without a place to live |
Answer» C. Working overtime | |
127. |
He cannot be allowedtorideroughshodover his colleagues with his ambitious plans. |
A. | To give due respect to |
B. | To surpass others |
C. | To desert someone |
D. | To act without caring |
Answer» E. | |
128. |
In Galda, thousands of men and women had beenput to the sword. |
A. | To give weapons to someone |
B. | To enlist someone in the military |
C. | To kill someone |
D. | To fight with someone |
Answer» D. To fight with someone | |
129. |
He's turning into abag of bones. |
A. | An emaciated person |
B. | A dead person |
C. | A person about to die |
D. | A bag full of bones |
Answer» B. A dead person | |
130. |
Sometimes people fight with the system (A) / unnecessarily without understanding that (B) / the common goal of both the system and the people are actually the same. (C) / No Error (D) |
A. | Sometimes people fight with the system |
B. | unnecessarily without understanding that |
C. | the common goal of both the system and the people are actually the same. |
D. | No Error |
Answer» D. No Error | |
131. |
According to a recent survey made by the World Bank (A) / growth rate on India’s GDP will be near about (B) / 7.3% in 2018. (C) / No Error (D) |
A. | According to a recent survey made by the World Bank |
B. | growth rate on India’s GDP will be near about |
C. | 7.3% in 2018. |
D. | No Error |
Answer» C. 7.3% in 2018. | |
132. |
Since I had ordered a large number of (A) / handsets the dealer agreed to give me (B) / an additional discount of 10%. (C) / No error (D) |
A. | Since I had ordered a large number of |
B. | handsets the dealer agreed to give me |
C. | an additional discount of 10%. |
D. | No Error |
Answer» B. handsets the dealer agreed to give me | |
133. |
Neither his father (A) / nor his mother are agreeing (B) / for their marriage. (C) / No Error (D) |
A. | Neither his father |
B. | nor his mother are agreeing |
C. | for their marriage. |
D. | No Error |
Answer» C. for their marriage. | |
134. |
The temperature of the city (A) / suddenly went up (B) / last night. (C) / No Error (D) |
A. | The temperature of the city |
B. | had gone up suddenly |
C. | last night. |
D. | No Error |
Answer» E. | |
135. |
Which of the following behavioural pattern is causing malnutrition among Indian women? |
A. | Indian women in general over-steam and over-boil food that causes 22 percent to 34 percent loss of key vitamins. |
B. | 80% Indian women do not include food rich in Protein in meals and thus leads to malnutrition. |
C. | In many a household, women eat last and thus get less or lower quality food that causes malnutrition among them. |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above | |
136. |
Which of the following reasons has specifically been mentioned in the passage for lower rate of survival of female infants in India? |
A. | Lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas |
B. | A girl child below 2 years is more susceptible to common diseases than a boy child of the same age. |
C. | Prevailing discrimination against women |
D. | Not clearly mentioned in the passage |
Answer» E. | |
137. |
Which of the following is/are the reason/reasons of malnutrition among women in India?
|
A. | Only I |
B. | I and II |
C. | I and III |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
138. |
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the context of the passage?
|
A. | Only I |
B. | Only II |
C. | I and III |
D. | I and II |
Answer» E. | |
139. |
A person habitually lazy or idle. |
A. | Sluggard |
B. | Audacious |
C. | Novice |
D. | Pessimist |
Answer» B. Audacious | |
140. |
State of being present everywhere. |
A. | Incognito |
B. | Ubiquitous |
C. | Ephemeral |
D. | Nostalgia |
Answer» C. Ephemeral | |
141. |
Fear of driving or riding vehicles. |
A. | Acrophobia |
B. | Vehophobia |
C. | Hemophobia |
D. | Claustrophobia |
Answer» C. Hemophobia | |
142. |
A person who is bad in spellings |
A. | Cacographist |
B. | Calligraphist |
C. | Philatelist |
D. | Insolvent |
Answer» B. Calligraphist | |
143. |
A poem of lamentation. |
A. | Anecdote |
B. | Sonnet |
C. | Epitaph |
D. | Elegy |
Answer» E. | |
144. |
A policeman ______ I know helped me in this matter. |
A. | who |
B. | whom |
C. | which |
D. | to which |
Answer» C. which | |
145. |
The new employee complied _________ whatever instructions given by the manager. |
A. | on |
B. | at |
C. | to |
D. | with |
Answer» D. with | |
146. |
The farmer had _______ land and many servants. |
A. | little |
B. | a lot of |
C. | a few |
D. | many |
Answer» C. a few | |
147. |
The criminal together with his associates __________ arrested. |
A. | was |
B. | were |
C. | is |
D. | have |
Answer» B. were | |
148. |
Rehan was so drowsy __________ he could not come with us. |
A. | than |
B. | so |
C. | as |
D. | that |
Answer» E. | |
149. |
The lieutenant general acted like aloose cannonduring the time of war. |
A. | a soldier ready to take on the enemy with full energy |
B. | a soldier unwilling to fight the enemy |
C. | a person who acts unpredictably |
D. | a person who has to take care of the cannons |
Answer» D. a person who has to take care of the cannons | |
150. |
When the exam season was at its peak, the best teacher of the instituteleft it in the lurch. |
A. | to leave the institute due to bad health |
B. | to go for a short holiday |
C. | to join another organization |
D. | to leave someone in a difficult situation |
Answer» E. | |