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This section includes 4479 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Competitive English knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
Q: Which of the following factors was/were responsible for the neglect of the farming sector after the Green Revolution? A. Steel and cement sectors generated more revenue for the government as compared to agriculture B. Large-scale protests against favouring agriculture at the cost of other important sectors such as education and health care C. Attention of policy makers and aid organisations was diverted from agriculture to other sectors |
| A. | None |
| B. | Only C |
| C. | Only B & C |
| D. | Only A & B |
| E. | All A, B & C |
| Answer» C. Only B & C | |
| 252. |
Q: Which of the following factors was/were responsible for neglect of the farming sector after the Green Revolution? (i) Steel and cement sectors generated more revenue the government as com- pared to agriculture.(ii) Large scale protests against favouring agriculture the cost of other important sectors such as education and health care.(iii)Attention of policy-makers and aid organisations was diverted from agriculture to other sectors. |
| A. | Only (i) and (ii) |
| B. | Only (iii) |
| C. | Only (ii) and (iii) |
| D. | Only (i) and (iii) |
| E. | All (i), (ii) and (iii) |
| Answer» C. Only (ii) and (iii) | |
| 253. |
Q: Which of the following factors is responsible for algal blooms? |
| A. | Using up of oxygen dissolved in the water by algae |
| B. | Rotting of aquatic plants in lakes and estuaries |
| C. | Concentration of inorganic fertilizers in lakes |
| D. | Farmlands being located near lakes and estuaries |
| Answer» D. Farmlands being located near lakes and estuaries | |
| 254. |
Q: Which of the following does not contribute to the success of Planet Youth programme? |
| A. | Enacting laws against late night movement of teenagers |
| B. | Arranging opportunities for music, sports etc |
| C. | Ensuring parental control and influence |
| D. | Arranging street gatherings of teenagers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 255. |
Q: Which of the following discourages innovation in India? |
| A. | Adopting an 80 percent solution to a problem |
| B. | Trying to focus both on product and process innovation |
| C. | Focusing on the future benefits of an idea rather than present ones, |
| D. | Making innovation system driven |
| E. | None of these. |
| Answer» C. Focusing on the future benefits of an idea rather than present ones, | |
| 256. |
Q: Which of the following can be side about Akbar’s family?A. They were poor and uneducated.B. They discouraged him form becoming courtier.C. He was ashamed of them and did not introduce them at Court. |
| A. | None |
| B. | Only A |
| C. | B and C |
| D. | Only C |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Only A | |
| 257. |
Q: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? |
| A. | Luke did not take good care of his uncle |
| B. | Lake of self-control had put Luke into trouble |
| C. | The Emperor was a wicked man |
| D. | Luke had a habit of speaking loudly |
| Answer» C. The Emperor was a wicked man | |
| 258. |
Q: Which of the following best discribes the newly appointed minister?I. He was cunning and manipulated the Emperor into going to war.II. He was dishonest and stole from the Emperor.III. He was jealous of the old minister. |
| A. | Both I & II |
| B. | Only II |
| C. | Both I & III |
| D. | Only I |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Only II | |
| 259. |
Q: Which of the following are the different opinions regarding the BRMS proposal?/(1) At least a small step has been taken to improve the health care facilities in the rural areas through this proposal.(2) There should be uniform healthcare facilities available for people living in both rural and urban areas.(3) The healthcare providers through this proposal would not be up to the mark. |
| A. | Only (1) |
| B. | Only (1) and (2) |
| C. | Only (2) and (3) |
| D. | Only (2) |
| E. | All (1), (2) and (3) |
| Answer» F. | |
| 260. |
Q: Which of the following are Asian countries other than India, doing to head towards a knowledge based economy?A. Building competitive research based universitiesB. Investing in diverse higher education systems C. Providing access to higher education to a select few students. |
| A. | Only A |
| B. | Only A and B |
| C. | Only B and C |
| D. | Only B |
| E. | All A, B and C |
| Answer» C. Only B and C | |
| 261. |
Q: Which of the following , according to the passage, is/are needed for economic success of a country?A. Cheap labourB. Educated employeesC. Research institutions to cater to development |
| A. | Only A and B |
| B. | Only B |
| C. | Only C |
| D. | Only B and C |
| E. | All A, B and C |
| Answer» F. | |
| 262. |
Q: Which is the best way to perfect health and physical fitness, according to the passage? |
| A. | fighting |
| B. | seek inward happiness |
| C. | live a life of luxury |
| D. | Climb hills and mountains |
| Answer» E. | |
| 263. |
Q: Where were they playing the cricket match? |
| A. | Where was the cricket match played? |
| B. | Where has the cricket match been played? |
| C. | Where will the cricket match be played? |
| D. | Where was the cricket match being played? |
| Answer» E. | |
| 264. |
Q: Where should the salutation be mentioned in an official letter? |
| A. | at the middle in the latter. |
| B. | at the left hand side below. |
| C. | at the right hand side in the letter. |
| D. | at the end of the letter. |
| Answer» C. at the right hand side in the letter. | |
| 265. |
Q: Where did you go last evening? (Change into Assertive) |
| A. | I does go to see a movie. |
| B. | I am go to see a movie. |
| C. | I am went to see a movie. |
| D. | You didn't go anywhere last evening. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 266. |
Q: Directions: In the question given below, a part of the sentence is highlighted. Below are given alternatives to the highlighted part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D). Whenever the two sisters go out for shopping, they take their pet dog with them. |
| A. | go out to shopping |
| B. | go out on shopping |
| C. | go out shopping |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 267. |
Q: Whenever (a)/ you are coming here, (b)/ you bring a lot of (c)/ sweets for me. (d)/ No error (e) |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | E |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 268. |
Q: When you will find out (a)/ any solution to this problem (b)/ you will become able (c)/ to finalize the project. (d)/ No error (e) |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | E |
| Answer» B. B | |
| 269. |
Q: When we went to wonder of worlds, I loved that really big old silver antique car that was parked in the parking lot of the East India Mall. |
| A. | Really old silver big antique car |
| B. | Really big silver old antique car |
| C. | Really big silver antique car |
| D. | Really big old silver antique car |
| E. | No correction required |
| Answer» E. No correction required | |
| 270. |
Q: When we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus. |
| A. | has run |
| B. | was running |
| C. | had run |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. had run | |
| 271. |
Q: When they read about the proposed strike of buses they said, “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” |
| A. | Call them for talks |
| B. | Cancel our plans |
| C. | Prevent them |
| D. | Solve the problem |
| Answer» E. | |
| 272. |
Q: When the wind blow, the cradle will rock. |
| A. | wind blew |
| B. | wind blews |
| C. | wind blows |
| D. | No improvement. |
| Answer» D. No improvement. | |
| 273. |
Q: When the vegetation is altered, the animal life also changed. |
| A. | No substitution required |
| B. | changed |
| C. | also changes |
| D. | is changing |
| Answer» D. is changing | |
| 274. |
Q: When the stranger saw me, (a)/ he seemed to recognise me (b)/ and asked me what was my name. (c)/ No error (d). |
| A. | (a) |
| B. | (b) |
| C. | (c) |
| D. | (d) |
| Answer» D. (d) | |
| 275. |
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.When the PMC Bank failed many people's lives were ruining. |
| A. | were ruined |
| B. | was ruined |
| C. | has ruined. |
| D. | No substitution required |
| Answer» B. was ruined | |
| 276. |
Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).Q.19. When the owner offered tea, the poet denied it |
| A. | disliked |
| B. | declined |
| C. | disobeyed |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. disobeyed | |
| 277. |
Q: When the party ended, the band pack up its equipment and left. |
| A. | will pack up |
| B. | will have packed up |
| C. | packed up |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 278. |
Q: When the owner offered tea, the poet denied it |
| A. | disliked |
| B. | declined |
| C. | disobeyed |
| D. | No Improvement |
| Answer» D. No Improvement | |
| 279. |
Q: When the family in the next house packed off at midnight, I began to smell a rat. |
| A. | to see hidden meaning |
| B. | to smell a bad smell |
| C. | to suspect a trick |
| D. | to misunderstand |
| Answer» D. to misunderstand | |
| 280. |
Q: When shall we (A) / arrive (B)/ to our destination. (C)/ No error(D). |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 281. |
Q: When Ram lost the money, he was down in the dumps. |
| A. | sad and depressed |
| B. | very angry at himself |
| C. | accusing others of stealing |
| D. | searching everywhere |
| Answer» B. very angry at himself | |
| 282. |
Q: Direction: In these questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternative to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D).Q.3. When she regained consciousness, she was stretched in the ditch out, soaked to the skin. |
| A. | out in the ditch stretched |
| B. | on the ditch outstretched |
| C. | outstretched in the ditch |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 283. |
Q: When Rajesh lost the money, he was down in the dumps. |
| A. | accusing others of stealing |
| B. | searching everywhere |
| C. | sad and depressed |
| D. | very angry at himself |
| Answer» D. very angry at himself | |
| 284. |
Q: When India’s aspiration for permanent membership of the UN Security Council met with strong resistance, New Delhi hit upon the idea of forcing a vote in the General Assembly.(I) The president’s healthcare plan drew a lot of resistance from his political rivals.(II) The employees’ showed their resistance to the salary cuts by picketing outside the factory.(III) He also investigated electrical endosmosis and the electrical resistance of electrolytes. |
| A. | Only II |
| B. | Both I and II |
| C. | Only II |
| D. | Only III |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 285. |
Q: When he fell down the ditch, he shouted with all his might so that to catch someone’s attention. |
| A. | such that to catch |
| B. | so as to catch |
| C. | so that to catching |
| D. | so then to catch |
| E. | No correction required |
| Answer» C. so that to catching | |
| 286. |
Q: When he died, Ramanujan ____behind three notebooks. |
| A. | left |
| B. | leaves |
| C. | was leaving |
| D. | had left want |
| Answer» B. leaves | |
| 287. |
Q: When do science and technology become dangerous? |
| A. | When they become idols |
| B. | When they are used with temptation |
| C. | When their advantages are not used judiciously |
| D. | When it is assumed that material success is the criterion of civilisation |
| Answer» C. When their advantages are not used judiciously | |
| 288. |
Q: What wrong with respect to India are the Europeans responsible for? |
| A. | That India is economically decades behind the developed world |
| B. | Their inappropriate generalizations |
| C. | Their hatred towards Indian culture |
| D. | Their complete lack of knowledge regarding India's past |
| Answer» C. Their hatred towards Indian culture | |
| 289. |
Q: What will happen if Eastern people use machines? |
| A. | It will bring great opportunities and rewards to them |
| B. | It will show the victory of mind over matter |
| C. | They will realise that it is not an end in itself |
| D. | They will get involved in politics and drift into the danger of death |
| Answer» B. It will show the victory of mind over matter | |
| 290. |
Q: What would be the impact of unchecked greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions? |
| A. | The temperature would rise from the current temperature by 2.2 degrees Celsius |
| B. | The sea-level would rise by about 5.5 inches |
| C. | The arctic ice would stabilize by 2100 |
| D. | The arctic ice would reduce by one-fourth |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The sea-level would rise by about 5.5 inches | |
| 291. |
Q: What will be the benefits of children growing up as free individuals? |
| A. | They will consider their thoughts as the highest and will be eager to confidently share them |
| B. | They will be practical and will be able to control the intensities of their emotions |
| C. | They will become more genial, sharing and receiving love without restraint |
| D. | They will be morally upright as far as worldly life is concerned |
| Answer» D. They will be morally upright as far as worldly life is concerned | |
| 292. |
Q: What will be possible in the future? |
| A. | Personalised DNA chips for people to assess their own inherited predispositions |
| B. | You are at great risk for heart disease |
| C. | You will not be able to determine what food you should eat |
| D. | You will be unable to adjust your diet |
| Answer» B. You are at great risk for heart disease | |
| 293. |
Q: (DIRECTIONS 16): In the following questions, you have brief passages. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.Indian airlines had no positive response to the incident occurred in the failure of aeroplane engine.It was 1989 ,Indian airline B059 got crashed in the middle of the Indian ocean,205 passengers were died.There were no clues about the B059 , some says that it got crashed but some said it got lost.Passengers relative were worried about their dear ones. Government decleared the issue of B059 as a priority,Indian navy were given responsibility to find the B059 but nothing was found .After a year some fishermen found the black box of B059, which confirms about the crash of Indian aeroplane B059 due to engine failure.What was the reason for the crash of B059? |
| A. | Crashed with bird. |
| B. | Engine failure. |
| C. | B059 catches Fire. |
| D. | Pilot failure. |
| Answer» C. B059 catches Fire. | |
| 294. |
Q: What was the immediate provocation for the meeting held in August 1998 ? |
| A. | the insistence of America’s leading |
| B. | the horrors of possible bio-attacks |
| C. | a culprit’s heinous act of spreading germs |
| D. | people’s lack of trust in the government |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 295. |
Q: What was the Emperor's reaction when he saw the old minister? |
| A. | He was ashamed to see him because he had replaced him with a new minister. |
| B. | He was relieved to see him because he wanted his advice. |
| C. | He felt sorry for the old man because he was talking to birds. |
| D. | He was pleased to see him. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 296. |
Q: What virtue of Gandhiji is the author talking about? |
| A. | Piety |
| B. | Courage |
| C. | Selflessness |
| D. | Forgiveness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 297. |
Q: What the daughter picked from the neighbour's garden were- |
| A. | some branches with blossoms |
| B. | some branches with fruit |
| C. | some branches |
| D. | some flowers |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. some branches with fruit | |
| 298. |
Q: What the author wants to convey by saying “age of diversity”? |
| A. | There is diversity between man and woman. |
| B. | There is diversity between young generation and old generation. |
| C. | There is no gender bias at global level. |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 299. |
Q: What suggestions have been cited by the writer in regard to raising adequate financing and hiring skilled employees ? |
| A. | Effective securities regulation |
| B. | Effective securities regulation and venture capital firms |
| C. | Effective securities regulation and venture capital firms and strong educational institutions |
| D. | Both ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Both ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) | |
| 300. |
Q: What solution is being offered by the Health Ministry for the shortage of doctors in rural areas? |
| A. | Increase the number of government run hospitals in the rural areas thereby increasing the number of doctors catering to the people in these regions. |
| B. | Make it mandatory for doctors serving in the urban areas to serve in the rural areas for a specific number of years. |
| C. | Set up increasing number of community health centres in rural areas. |
| D. | Hire retired professors of medicine to offer medical help to people living in the rural areas till the time more doctors are appointed. |
| E. | Run a separate medical course for three and a half years which can be taken up only by rural candidates who would ultimately serve in the rural areas. |
| Answer» F. | |