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This section includes 1522 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your 8th Class knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Find the conjunction that can connect two sentences. Time ____tide never wait for anyone. |
| A. | Though |
| B. | And |
| C. | As |
| D. | So |
| E. | As well as |
| Answer» C. As | |
| 2. |
In the following sentences, analyze the clauses giving the kind and function of each clause: I eat my food after I have said my prayers. (Principal Clause) |
| A. | I eat |
| B. | My prayers |
| C. | I have said |
| D. | Food |
| E. | I eat my food |
| Answer» F. | |
| 3. |
Select the word closest in meaning to the given words: Exponent |
| A. | Meddler |
| B. | Cancel |
| C. | Advocate |
| D. | Horrid |
| Answer» D. Horrid | |
| 4. |
Fill in the blanks using correct tense forms: We ______ recently ______ to a new house. |
| A. | have-shifted |
| B. | are-shifting |
| C. | do-shifting |
| D. | will-shift |
| Answer» B. are-shifting | |
| 5. |
Select the word closest in meaning to the given words: Wonder |
| A. | Beautiful |
| B. | Wander |
| C. | Astonishment |
| D. | Convince |
| Answer» D. Convince | |
| 6. |
DIRECTIONS: Read the following statement and choose the correct option from the given alternatives. While travelling in a train, you observe some college students pulling the alarm chain simply to get down at their desired point. You would: |
| A. | with the help of some passengers, check them from doing so. |
| B. | let them pull the chain but check them from detraining. |
| C. | inform the guard of the train as soon as it stops. |
| D. | keep quiet and do nothing. |
| Answer» B. let them pull the chain but check them from detraining. | |
| 7. |
Select the options that are synonymous to the word. Flaunt |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | argue |
| C. | Brandish |
| D. | twist |
| Answer» D. twist | |
| 8. |
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions from the given options. He was not punished he was guilty. |
| A. | since |
| B. | than |
| C. | though |
| D. | that |
| Answer» D. that | |
| 9. |
Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in the brackets. Mike __ (teach) at the university for more than a year before he left for London. |
| A. | Had been teaching |
| B. | Has been teaching |
| C. | Teaches |
| D. | Is teaching |
| E. | Was teaching |
| Answer» B. Has been teaching | |
| 10. |
Select the options that are synonymous to the word. Blight |
| A. | Soften |
| B. | ruin |
| C. | Reduce |
| D. | adapt |
| Answer» C. Reduce | |
| 11. |
Fill in the blanks with A, An or the wherever necessary James has __________ small box. |
| A. | A |
| B. | An |
| C. | The |
| D. | But |
| E. | And |
| Answer» B. An | |
| 12. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct word that best completes each sentence.The travellers had a terrible journey through the ___ road. |
| A. | torturous |
| B. | tortuous |
| C. | tortious |
| D. | tortous |
| Answer» C. tortious | |
| 13. |
Pick out the determiner word in the following sentences and select kind of determiner it is. There isn't any cash in my wallet. |
| A. | Article Determiners |
| B. | Demonstrative Determiners |
| C. | Possessive Determiners |
| D. | Numeral Determiners |
| E. | Quantitative Determiners |
| Answer» F. | |
| 14. |
Select the word closest in meaning to the given words: Rite |
| A. | Custom |
| B. | Correct |
| C. | Rot |
| D. | Renowne |
| Answer» B. Correct | |
| 15. |
Change the direct into indirect narration: Mourad said to Robin, "Who has hurt you?" |
| A. | Mourad asked Robin if who had hurt him. |
| B. | Mourad asked Robin who had hurt him. |
| C. | Mourad asked Robin whom had he hurt. |
| D. | Mourad asked Robin who has hurt him. |
| Answer» C. Mourad asked Robin whom had he hurt. | |
| 16. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the right word from the options given below.Nobody ____ what you are thinking. |
| A. | knows |
| B. | nose |
| C. | knose |
| D. | nows |
| Answer» B. nose | |
| 17. |
Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions. Here is the book which you asked ____________. |
| A. | For |
| B. | To |
| C. | Of |
| D. | For |
| E. | With |
| Answer» B. To | |
| 18. |
Fill in the blanks with suitable modals. __________I talk to my friends in the library waiting room? |
| A. | May |
| B. | Would |
| C. | Can |
| D. | Could |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Could | |
| 19. |
DIRECTIONS: Observe the image given below and read the passage. Choose the correct option. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first-ever nation-wide 'Clean India' campaign (Swacch Bharat Campaign). Modi weilded a broom to kick off the campaign that he had announced during his Independence Day speech. The aim of this campaign is to make India 'clean' by 2019, which will mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Under the campaign, every city, town and village will be facilitated with pucca toilets, safe drinking water, waste disposal systems and clean roads. The campaign is also meant to create awareness about the importance of sanitation and cleanliness, and civil society and social organisations are expected to participate in the campaign. Several companies have also donated funds for the campaign. More than 30 lakh central government and state government employees will pledge to carry the campaign forward. Hundreds of school and college students will also join the campaign. One of Modi's main thrust areas in the campaign is providing toilets to all, given that 53 percent of households are still without toilets as per the 2011 census. What does the Prime Minister appeal? |
| A. | Every citizen of India to dedicate 100 hours a year towards cleanliness |
| B. | To pay money for the success of the mission |
| C. | To be different to filth and dirt. |
| D. | To avoid speeches and debates on the topic. |
| Answer» B. To pay money for the success of the mission | |
| 20. |
DIRECTIONS: Observe the image given below and read the passage. Choose the correct option. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first-ever nation-wide 'Clean India' campaign (Swacch Bharat Campaign). Modi weilded a broom to kick off the campaign that he had announced during his Independence Day speech. The aim of this campaign is to make India 'clean' by 2019, which will mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Under the campaign, every city, town and village will be facilitated with pucca toilets, safe drinking water, waste disposal systems and clean roads. The campaign is also meant to create awareness about the importance of sanitation and cleanliness, and civil society and social organisations are expected to participate in the campaign. Several companies have also donated funds for the campaign. More than 30 lakh central government and state government employees will pledge to carry the campaign forward. Hundreds of school and college students will also join the campaign. One of Modi's main thrust areas in the campaign is providing toilets to all, given that 53 percent of households are still without toilets as per the 2011 census. Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary falls in |
| A. | 2025 |
| B. | 2017 |
| C. | 2020 |
| D. | 2019 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
DIRECTIONS: Observe the image given below and read the passage. Choose the correct option. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first-ever nation-wide 'Clean India' campaign (Swacch Bharat Campaign). Modi weilded a broom to kick off the campaign that he had announced during his Independence Day speech. The aim of this campaign is to make India 'clean' by 2019, which will mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Under the campaign, every city, town and village will be facilitated with pucca toilets, safe drinking water, waste disposal systems and clean roads. The campaign is also meant to create awareness about the importance of sanitation and cleanliness, and civil society and social organisations are expected to participate in the campaign. Several companies have also donated funds for the campaign. More than 30 lakh central government and state government employees will pledge to carry the campaign forward. Hundreds of school and college students will also join the campaign. One of Modi's main thrust areas in the campaign is providing toilets to all, given that 53 percent of households are still without toilets as per the 2011 census. The campaign will spread the message of |
| A. | sanitation |
| B. | education |
| C. | economics |
| D. | democracy |
| Answer» B. education | |
| 22. |
Select the word closest in meaning to the given words: Admit |
| A. | Dissent |
| B. | Confess |
| C. | Except |
| D. | Attain |
| Answer» C. Except | |
| 23. |
Fill in the blanks with the correct auxiliary verbs from the choices given below: Beauty and brain _____ not often go together. |
| A. | have |
| B. | are |
| C. | do |
| D. | does |
| Answer» D. does | |
| 24. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct Passive form of the following sentences. The soldiers are defending the country bravely. |
| A. | The country is being defended bravely by the soldiers. |
| B. | The country has been defended bravely by the soldiers. |
| C. | The country had been defended bravely by the soldiers. |
| D. | The country was being defended by the soldiers bravely. |
| Answer» B. The country has been defended bravely by the soldiers. | |
| 25. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the right word from the options given below.I ____ a letter to my aunt in Vietnam. |
| A. | sent |
| B. | scent |
| C. | sceent |
| D. | cent |
| Answer» B. scent | |
| 26. |
Pick out the determiner word in the following sentences and select kind of determiner it is. Four birds are sitting on the tree. |
| A. | Article Determiners |
| B. | Demonstrative Determiners |
| C. | Possessive Determiners |
| D. | Numeral Determiners |
| E. | Quantitative Determiners |
| Answer» E. Quantitative Determiners | |
| 27. |
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the verbs in the brackets. I thought that the grass _____ (need) cutting, but the lawnmower ______ (be) out of order. Therefore, I ______ (cut) the grass with a pair of shears. |
| A. | needs, would, cut |
| B. | needing, will, cut |
| C. | needed, was, cut |
| D. | needed, were, cut |
| Answer» D. needed, were, cut | |
| 28. |
DIRECTIONS: Read the following poem carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow.POEM - 1I lay in sorrow, deep distressed:My grief a proud man heard; His looks were cold, he gave me goldBut not a kindly word.My sorrow passed-I paid him backThe gold he gave to me;Then stood erect and spoke my thanksAnd blessed his Charity.I lay in want, in grief and pahi:A poor man passed my way;He bound my head he gave me breadHe watched me night and day.How shall I pay him back again,For all he did to meOh, gold is great, but greater farIs heavenly Sympathy!Which of the following statements is not true? |
| A. | The poet repaid his debt to the proud man by taking him. |
| B. | The poor man blessed the charity of the poet. |
| C. | The poor man gave food to the poet and took care of him day and night. |
| D. | He took the poet home and bound his head which was hurt |
| Answer» C. The poor man gave food to the poet and took care of him day and night. | |
| 29. |
Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings: Give up |
| A. | Stop doing something |
| B. | Give a gift |
| C. | Accept a gift |
| D. | Accept with a smile |
| Answer» B. Give a gift | |
| 30. |
Choose the kind of pronoun of underlined word. Serena reached there herself. |
| A. | Reflexive Pronoun |
| B. | Personal Pronoun |
| C. | Interrogative Pronoun |
| D. | Demonstrative Pronoun |
| E. | Possessive Pronoun |
| Answer» B. Personal Pronoun | |
| 31. |
DIRECTIONS: In the questions below the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/ Direct speech. His father ordered him to go to his room and study. |
| A. | His father said, "Go to your room and study." |
| B. | His father said to him, "Go and study in your room." |
| C. | His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room" |
| D. | His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room." |
| Answer» B. His father said to him, "Go and study in your room." | |
| 32. |
DIRECTIONS: Pick out the farthest correct meaning or Antonym of the "words given below: ORIGIN |
| A. | Ointment |
| B. | Detergent |
| C. | Remnant |
| D. | Comfort |
| Answer» D. Comfort | |
| 33. |
Fill in the blanks with correct options. Don't disturb your dad. He _______ about serious problems at his office. |
| A. | Think |
| B. | thought |
| C. | Is thinking |
| D. | had been thinking |
| Answer» D. had been thinking | |
| 34. |
DIRECTIONS: Report the Following Dialogue. She said, "I have been sewing from morning until now." (The next day, you report her statement) |
| A. | She said that she had been sewing from morning until now. |
| B. | She said that she had been sewing from morning until then. |
| C. | She said that she has been sewing from morning until now. |
| D. | She said that she has been sewing from morning until then. |
| Answer» C. She said that she has been sewing from morning until now. | |
| 35. |
DIRECTIONS: Report the Following Dialogue. "If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you", he said to her in a calm voice. |
| A. | Calmly he warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her. |
| B. | He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don't be quiet. |
| C. | He warned her to shoot if she didn't keep quiet calmly. |
| D. | He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
DIRECTIONS: Pick out the farthest correct meaning or Antonym of the "words given below:RADICAL |
| A. | Superficial |
| B. | Slow |
| C. | Narrow |
| D. | Simple |
| Answer» B. Slow | |
| 37. |
Select the word closest in meaning to the given words: Pacify |
| A. | Gather |
| B. | A lot |
| C. | Calm |
| D. | Remit |
| Answer» D. Remit | |
| 38. |
Directions: In each of the following questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words. Choose the correct alternative. Embarrass : Humiliate |
| A. | Difficult : Painful |
| B. | Annoy : Exasperate |
| C. | Gamble: Investment |
| D. | Embezzle : Peculate |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Gamble: Investment | |
| 39. |
DIRECTIONS: Read the following advertisement carefully and answer the questions that follow: - Which of the following statements is not true? |
| A. | Indonesia is a centre of 130 active volcanoes. |
| B. | A volcano in Chile in 2011 caused major flight disruptions. |
| C. | In 1902 was the deadliest volcano that had occurred in Japan until the volcano in 2014 happened. |
| D. | In the year 2015 a volcano that spewed ash thirty nine kilometres into the sky occurred. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
DIRECTIONS: From the options given below choose the sentences with simple present (SP), present continuous (PC), present perfect (PP), or present perfect continuous.I have been wanting my own bike for years. |
| A. | SP |
| B. | PP |
| C. | PPC |
| D. | PC |
| Answer» D. PC | |
| 41. |
DIRECTIONS: Read the following statement and choose the correct option from the given alternatives. You are a member of the sports team of your college. One day due to misunderstanding, other members stop talking to you. You |
| A. | ask someone to mediate |
| B. | go forward and start talking |
| C. | wait till they come and start talking again |
| D. | keep to yourself and let things take their time for improving |
| Answer» C. wait till they come and start talking again | |
| 42. |
Change the following Direct speech into indirect speech. The major said to his men, "Bravo! you fought bravely." |
| A. | The major said to his men Bravo! you fought bravely. |
| B. | The major applauded his men, saying that they have fought bravely. |
| C. | The major applauded his men, saying that they was fought bravely. |
| D. | The major applauded his men, saying that they had fought bravely. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 43. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct antonym of the -words given below. AFFIRM |
| A. | Accept |
| B. | Deny |
| C. | Allow |
| D. | Welcome |
| Answer» C. Allow | |
| 44. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct antonym of the -words given below. BOLD |
| A. | Brave |
| B. | Timid |
| C. | Incredible |
| D. | Courageous |
| Answer» C. Incredible | |
| 45. |
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct antonym of the -words given below. CONFIDENT |
| A. | Diffident |
| B. | Wise |
| C. | Intelligent |
| D. | Invincible |
| Answer» B. Wise | |
| 46. |
Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in the brackets. I ____________ (wait) at the station at this lesion time next week |
| A. | Wait |
| B. | Is waiting |
| C. | Will have waited |
| D. | Was waiting |
| E. | Has waited |
| Answer» D. Was waiting | |
| 47. |
Choose the kind of pronoun of underlined word. His room is like ours. |
| A. | Reflexive Pronoun |
| B. | Personal Pronoun |
| C. | Demonstrative Pronoun |
| D. | Interrogative Pronoun |
| E. | Possessive Pronoun |
| Answer» F. | |
| 48. |
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the verbs in the brackets.My school ____ (hold) a food-and-fun fair next month to raise money for the school building-fund. |
| A. | holds |
| B. | will hold |
| C. | is holding |
| D. | was hold |
| Answer» D. was hold | |
| 49. |
Select the options that are synonymous to the word. Abet |
| A. | Pretend |
| B. | assist |
| C. | Select |
| D. | represent |
| Answer» C. Select | |
| 50. |
Choose the best answer from the options given below:Son: "Mummy, I've been selected the best student of the school."Mummy:"__________." |
| A. | Thank you. You are my star |
| B. | Well done! Congrats my son |
| C. | You deserve it |
| D. | Both [a] and [c] |
| Answer» C. You deserve it | |