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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. | |