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This section includes 1535 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The sound /z/ occurs in______________________ |
| A. | Loose |
| B. | Lose |
| C. | Rice |
| D. | Scene |
| Answer» C. Rice | |
| 2. |
Another word used to refer to negative transfer is___________________ |
| A. | Mother tongue |
| B. | Exchange |
| C. | Transfer |
| D. | L1 interference |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
A decrease in price generally leads to an _______________ in sales. |
| A. | Fall |
| B. | eminent |
| C. | Increase |
| D. | expand |
| Answer» D. expand | |
| 4. |
Are we going the right way? I think ____________ |
| A. | indeed |
| B. | it |
| C. | so |
| D. | yes |
| Answer» D. yes | |
| 5. |
Pure vowels are also called__________________ |
| A. | Monophthongs |
| B. | Diphthongs |
| C. | Vowel glides |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Diphthongs | |
| 6. |
I’s absent for a week. So, I couldn’t figure out what the teacher was talking about. |
| A. | Listen to |
| B. | Understand |
| C. | Calculate |
| Answer» C. Calculate | |
| 7. |
Mistake |
| A. | did |
| B. | started |
| C. | cooked |
| D. | made |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The final consonant in rise is_________________ |
| A. | /s/ |
| B. | /e/ |
| C. | /a:/ |
| D. | /z/ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Where ____________ the car? |
| A. | did you park |
| B. | did you parked |
| C. | parked you |
| D. | you parked |
| Answer» B. did you parked | |
| 10. |
It was after three meetings with the Principal that Rinu understood she was not asking theright person for a salary hike. |
| A. | Run out of steam |
| B. | A bone of contention |
| C. | Wreak havoc on |
| D. | Barking up the wrong tree |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Most older people feel a slight pang of___________ as they think back on theirSchool days. |
| A. | anger |
| B. | tears |
| C. | nostalgia |
| D. | pride |
| Answer» D. pride | |
| 12. |
I've ____________ made some coffee. It's in the kitchen. |
| A. | ever |
| B. | just |
| C. | never |
| D. | yet |
| Answer» C. never | |
| 13. |
When I looked round the door, the baby ____________ quietly. |
| A. | is sleeping |
| B. | slept |
| C. | was sleeping |
| D. | were sleeping |
| Answer» D. were sleeping | |
| 14. |
The word content, when used as an adjective, is stressed on the _______ syllable. |
| A. | First |
| B. | Second |
| C. | Third |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Third | |
| 15. |
I'm very tired. ____________ over four hundred miles today. |
| A. | I've driven |
| B. | I'm driving |
| C. | I've been driving |
| D. | I drive |
| Answer» B. I'm driving | |
| 16. |
Which among the following is another way of saying “how are you?” |
| A. | What about you? |
| B. | How about you? |
| C. | How are things? |
| D. | Would you mind speaking about yourself? |
| Answer» D. Would you mind speaking about yourself? | |
| 17. |
Which among the following sentence is an apt way of persuading? |
| A. | Shall I do this work for you? |
| B. | There will be no other chance like this. So try a hand. |
| C. | Do you need any help to complete this homework? |
| D. | How come you are here at this time! |
| Answer» C. Do you need any help to complete this homework? | |
| 18. |
The final sound in Bridge is a _______________ |
| A. | Vowel |
| B. | Consonant |
| C. | Monophthong |
| D. | Vowel glide |
| Answer» C. Monophthong | |
| 19. |
Success |
| A. | large |
| B. | enormous |
| C. | heavy |
| D. | big |
| Answer» C. heavy | |
| 20. |
Which among the following is NOT a polite way of advising your friend who smokes? |
| A. | If I were you, I wouldn’t smoke like this. |
| B. | It is high time you quit your smoking habit. |
| C. | Smoking is very b |
| D. | I want you to stop it. |
| Answer» D. I want you to stop it. | |
| 21. |
At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ____________ for the bus. |
| A. | wait |
| B. | waiting |
| C. | was waiting |
| D. | were waiting |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Robert ____________ ill for three weeks. He's still in hospital. |
| A. | had been |
| B. | has been |
| C. | is |
| D. | was |
| Answer» C. is | |
| 23. |
The new foreign policy of the ruling party, experts say, have caused harm to the economy. |
| A. | Run out of steam |
| B. | A bone of contention |
| C. | Wreak havoc on |
| D. | Barking up the wrong tree |
| Answer» D. Barking up the wrong tree | |
| 24. |
My friend ____________ the answer to the question. |
| A. | is know |
| B. | know |
| C. | knowing |
| D. | knows |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
I'll tell Anna all the news when ____________ her. |
| A. | I'll see |
| B. | I'm going to see |
| C. | I see |
| D. | I shall see |
| Answer» D. I shall see | |
| 26. |
................... I carry that bag for you? ~ Oh, thank you. |
| A. | Do |
| B. | Shall |
| C. | Will |
| D. | Would |
| Answer» C. Will | |
| 27. |
The varying degree of emphasis with which sounds are produced is called _________ |
| A. | Intonation |
| B. | Pronunciation |
| C. | Stress |
| D. | Articulation |
| Answer» D. Articulation | |
| 28. |
The silent letter in the word depot is_________ . |
| A. | /t/ |
| B. | /o/ |
| C. | /p/ |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. /o/ | |
| 29. |
Roshan’s habit of waking up very late was a matter of dispute between him and his wife. |
| A. | Run out of steam |
| B. | A bone of contention |
| C. | Wreak havoc on |
| D. | In leaps and bounds |
| Answer» C. Wreak havoc on | |
| 30. |
Which team ____________ the game? |
| A. | did it win |
| B. | did they win |
| C. | won |
| D. | won it |
| Answer» D. won it | |
| 31. |
Smoker |
| A. | big |
| B. | heavy |
| C. | strong |
| D. | powerful |
| Answer» C. strong | |
| 32. |
There was no one else at the box office. I ____________in a queue. |
| A. | didn't need to wait |
| B. | mustn't wait |
| C. | needn't have waited |
| D. | needn't wait |
| Answer» B. mustn't wait | |
| 33. |
Our friends ____________ meet us at the airport tonight. |
| A. | are going to |
| B. | are |
| C. | go to |
| D. | will be to |
| Answer» B. are | |
| 34. |
Just go and talk to M. Latha. You can count on her for good advice. |
| A. | Depend |
| B. | Accept |
| C. | Find |
| Answer» B. Accept | |
| 35. |
Janet is out of breath because ____________ |
| A. | she'd been running |
| B. | she did run |
| C. | she's been running |
| D. | she's run |
| Answer» D. she's run | |
| 36. |
Where's Robert? ____________ a shower? |
| A. | Does he have |
| B. | Has he |
| C. | Has he got |
| D. | Is he having |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Monosyllabic words are often stressed on __________ syllable |
| A. | Second |
| B. | Third |
| C. | First |
| D. | Last |
| Answer» D. Last | |
| 38. |
Carla's father was filled with_________ when he saw that she had dyed her beautifulblack hair blonde. |
| A. | anger |
| B. | tears |
| C. | despair |
| D. | pride |
| Answer» D. pride | |
| 39. |
On the third day of the strike, the protesters started to lose enthusiasm. |
| A. | Run out of steam |
| B. | A bone of contention |
| C. | Wreak havoc on |
| D. | In leaps and bounds |
| Answer» B. A bone of contention | |
| 40. |
Bus |
| A. | lost |
| B. | failed |
| C. | escaped |
| D. | missed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
My arms are aching now because ____________ since two o'clock. |
| A. | I'm swimming |
| B. | I swam |
| C. | I swim |
| D. | I've been swimming |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Consonants are produced with ________________ of the air. |
| A. | Free release |
| B. | Obstruction |
| C. | Free flow |
| D. | Both A and C |
| Answer» C. Free flow | |
| 43. |
Catch |
| A. | disease, |
| B. | love, |
| C. | anger, |
| D. | hatred |
| Answer» B. love, | |
| 44. |
When Martin ____________ the car, he took it out for a drive. |
| A. | had repaired |
| B. | has repaired |
| C. | repaired |
| D. | was repairing |
| Answer» B. has repaired | |
| 45. |
Choose the correct sentences from those given |
| A. | Where your elder brother live? |
| B. | Where does the new teacher reside? |
| C. | Where do your elder brother live? |
| Answer» C. Where do your elder brother live? | |
| 46. |
The number of letters used to represent 20 vowel sounds is ________ |
| A. | Six |
| B. | Seven |
| C. | Eight |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
What's the weather like in Canada? How often ____________ there? |
| A. | does it snow |
| B. | does it snows |
| C. | snow it |
| D. | snows it |
| Answer» B. does it snows | |
| 48. |
Most of the guests invited for the functions were unknown personalities but two of them were__________ men of letters. |
| A. | prosperity |
| B. | disappointed |
| C. | expand |
| D. | eminent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
I really enjoyed the disco. It was great, ____________ ? |
| A. | is it |
| B. | isn't it |
| C. | was it |
| D. | wasn't it |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
The first sound in the word age is a __________ . |
| A. | Monophthongs |
| B. | Diphthongs |
| C. | Vowel glides |
| D. | Both B & C |
| Answer» E. | |