Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

This section includes 81 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The grocer

P : did not listen to the protests of customer
Q : who was in the habit of weighing less
R : whom he had cheated
S : with great audacity
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. QPRS
D. PQSR
Answer» D. PQSR
Discussion
2.

In the darkness

P : the long, narrow beard
Q : was clearly visible with
R : the tall stooping figure of the doctor
S : and the aquiline nose
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQPS
B. PSQR
C. RSQP
D. QPRS
Answer» B. PSQR
Discussion
3.

A French woman

P : committed suicide
Q : where she had put up
R : who had come to Calcutta
S : by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS
B. QSRP
C. RPSQ
D. SRQP
Answer» D. SRQP
Discussion
4.

If you need help

P : promptly and politely
Q : ask for attendants
R : to help our customers
S : who have instructions
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SQPR
B. QPSR
C. QSRP
D. SQRP
Answer» D. SQRP
Discussion
5.

People

P : at his dispensary
Q : went to him
R : of all professions
S : for medicine and treatment
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPRS
B. RPQS
C. RQSP
D. QRPS
Answer» D. QRPS
Discussion
6.

It is easier

P : to venture into space
Q : for men
R : beneath their feet
S : than to explore
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. QPSR
C. PSRQ
D. PQSR
Answer» C. PSRQ
Discussion
7.

They felt safer

P : to watch the mountain
Q : of more than five miles
R : as they settled down
S : from a distance
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPSQ
B. RSQP
C. PQSR
D. PRSQ
Answer» B. RSQP
Discussion
8.

When he

P : did not know
Q : he was nervous and
R : heard the hue and cry at midnight
S : what to do
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQPS
B. QSPR
C. SQPR
D. PQRS
Answer» B. QSPR
Discussion
9.

It has been established that

P : Einstein was
Q : although a great scientist
R : weak in arithmetic
S : right from his school days
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRPQ
B. QPRS
C. QPSR
D. RQPS
Answer» C. QPSR
Discussion
10.

Then

P : it struck me
Q : of course
R : suitable it was
S : how eminently
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SPQR
B. QSRP
C. PSRQ
D. QPSR
Answer» D. QPSR
Discussion
11.

I enclose

P : and the postage
Q : a postal order
R : the price of books
S : which will cover
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPSQ
B. QSPR
C. QSRP
D. QPSR
Answer» D. QPSR
Discussion
12.

I don't remember

P : I saw a man dying in front of a hospital
Q : but when I left lucknow in 1984
R : hit apparently by a fast moving car
S : the exact date
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SQRP
B. SQPR
C. QRPS
D. SPRQ
Answer» C. QRPS
Discussion
13.

All such students

P : get success
Q : who are honest and hard-working
R : and recognition
S : in very walk of life
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SPRQ
B. PRQS
C. QPRS
D. PSRQ
Answer» D. PSRQ
Discussion
14.

The master

P : who was very loyal to him
Q : punished the servant
R : without giving any valid reason
S : when he left the work unfinished
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQPS
B. RQSP
C. QPSR
D. QRPS
Answer» D. QRPS
Discussion
15.

P: We must read

P : if we want to absorb the fruits of great literature
Q : but with concentration
R : them not as we do cricket stories
S : undefined
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPSR
B. PSQR
C. PRSQ
D. PRQS
Answer» B. PSQR
Discussion
16.

It was

P : in keeping with my mood
Q : a soft summer evening
R : as I walked sedately
S : in the direction of new house
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRPQ
B. QRPS
C. QPRS
D. SQPR
Answer» D. SQPR
Discussion
17.

He sat

P : through the Town Hall Park
Q : which flanked a path running
R : under the boughs
S : of a spreading tamarind tree
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. RSQP
C. RSPQ
D. PRSQ
Answer» C. RSPQ
Discussion
18.

We have to

P : as we see it
Q : speak the truth
R : there is falsehood and weakness
S : even if all around us
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQSP
B. QRPS
C. RSQP
D. QPSR
Answer» E.
Discussion
19.

When it began to rain suddenly on the first of January

P : to celebrate the new year
Q : we ran for shelter
R : to the neighbouring house
S : where many people had gathered
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. PSQR
C. PRSQ
D. QRSP
Answer» E.
Discussion
20.

He told us that

P : and enjoyed it immensely
Q : in a prose translation
R : he had read Milton
S : which he had borrowed from his teacher
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RSQP
B. QRPS
C. RQSP
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
21.

He knew that

P : and then to save himself
Q : was to save all the lives
R : entrusted to his care
S : the duty of a captain
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. SQRP
C. SPRQ
D. QSRP
Answer» C. SPRQ
Discussion
22.

It is not, therefore

P : that I pay a tribute
Q : to conductors as a class
R : with any feeling of unfriendliness
S : to a particular member of that class
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
D. PSRQ
Answer» D. PSRQ
Discussion
23.

By this time

P : at the railway station
Q : reported mass looting
R : reports of violence were flooding in
S : which police dispatches
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RSPQ
B. SPRQ
C. SQRP
D. RSQP
Answer» D. RSQP
Discussion
24.

Then the women

P : lamenting their evil desire
Q : that had brought
R : wept loudly
S : this sorrow upon them
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPQS
B. RQPS
C. PQSR
D. PRQS
Answer» B. RQPS
Discussion
25.

Women

P : till the other day
Q : who were content being housewives
R : about spending their time cooking
S : now sound apologetic
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. RSPQ
C. QPSR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
26.

Though he dialled frequently

P : on telephone
Q : my brother could not contact me
R : and had left no information
S : as I had gone out of office
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPRS
B. SQRP
C. QPSR
D. SPQR
Answer» D. SPQR
Discussion
27.

He said

P : here is the cat
Q : throughout the night
R : which had been paying havoc with things
S : that ate the rat
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSQR
B. PSRQ
C. QPRS
D. QRPS
Answer» C. QPRS
Discussion
28.

I saw that

P : but seeing my host in this mood
Q : I deemed it proper to take leave
R : as I had frequently done before
S : it had been my intention to pass the night there
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPSR
B. QRPS
C. SPQR
D. SRPQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
29.

He was so kind and generous that

P : he not only
Q : made others do so
R : but also
S : helped them himself
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSRQ
B. SPQR
C. PRSQ
D. QPRS
Answer» B. SPQR
Discussion
30.

There was

P : needed for it everyday life
Q : a time when each family
R : for itself most of the things it
S : actually produced
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRSP
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
D. QSRP
Answer» E.
Discussion
31.

It is very easy

P : a great deal more than one realises
Q : may mean
R : that a phrase that one does not quite understand
S : to persuade oneself
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RSQP
B. SPQR
C. SRQP
D. RQPS
Answer» C. SRQP
Discussion
32.

work is the one thing

P : and without it
Q : that is necessary
R : to keep the world going
S : we should all die
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPSR
B. RPQS
C. SRPQ
D. QRPS
Answer» E.
Discussion
33.

Little

P : that he had been let down
Q : stood by all these years
R : did he realise
S : by a colleague whom he had
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPSQ
B. RSQP
C. QSRP
D. QSPR
Answer» B. RSQP
Discussion
34.

Of many artists

P : those who impressed me the most
Q : I was a child
R : but those with unique personalities off stage
S : were not always the successful ones
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRQP
B. QRSP
C. RSPQ
D. QPSR
Answer» E.
Discussion
35.

The appearance

P : this dinosaurs were at their peak
Q : of the first mammals on the earth
R : at the time when
S : went almost unnoticed
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRPQ
B. QSRP
C. QRPS
D. RPQS
Answer» D. RPQS
Discussion
36.

As a disease

P : and breaks up marriages
Q : accidents and suicides
R : alcoholism leads to
S : affecting all ages
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRPQ
B. RPSQ
C. SRQP
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
37.

It is easy to excuse

P : but it is hard
Q : in a boy of fourteen
R : the mischief of early childhood
S : to tolerate even unavoidable faults
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPQS
B. QRSP
C. QRPS
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
38.

The majestic mahogany table

P : belongs to an old prince
Q : which has one leg missing
R : who is no impoverished
S : but not without some pride
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. QRSP
C. PRSQ
D. QPRS
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

Education is

P : of the proper sense of responsibilities
Q : the first need
R : in a citizen
S : for the development
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SQPR
B. QSRP
C. QSPR
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
Discussion
40.

I read an advertisement that said

P : posh, air-conditioned
Q : gentleman of taste
R : are available for
S : fully furnished rooms
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. PSRQ
C. PSQR
D. SRPQ
Answer» C. PSQR
Discussion
41.

With her body

P : dragging her unwilling feet
Q : weak and infirm
R : doubled with age
S : she persisted in her mission
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QPRS
C. RQPS
D. SRPQ
Answer» D. SRPQ
Discussion
42.

It was to be

P : before their school examination
Q : which was due to start
R : the last expedition
S : in a month's
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRQP
B. RQSP
C. RPQS
D. SPRQ
Answer» D. SPRQ
Discussion
43.

The national unity of a free people

P : to make it impracticable
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power
S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. QRSP
C. RPQS
D. RSPQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
44.

Since the beginning of history

P : have managed to catch
Q : the Eskimos and Red Indians
R : by a very difficulty method
S : a few specimens of this aquatic animal
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. SQPR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR
Answer» E.
Discussion
45.

We went

P : along the railway line
Q : and had a right to
R : where other people not allowed to go
S : but daddy belonged to the railway
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPQS
B. PRSQ
C. RSQP
D. PRQS
Answer» C. RSQP
Discussion
46.

I was

P : and stay fro few days in Delhi
Q : when my father told me
R : very excited
S : that I could go with him
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. RQSP
C. QRSP
D. SPQR
Answer» C. QRSP
Discussion
47.

This time

P : exactly what he had been told
Q : the young man did
R : beyond his dreams
S : and the plan succeeded
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPRS
B. QPSR
C. PQSR
D. QSRP
Answer» C. PQSR
Discussion
48.

It would

P : appear from his statement
Q : about the policy of management
R : in dealing with the strike
S : that he was quite in the dark
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPSQ
B. PSQR
C. RQPS
D. PRQS
Answer» C. RQPS
Discussion
49.

(A) his writing are so philosophical

A. ACBD
B. ABCD
C. BCAD
D. BDAC
E. .
Answer» B. ABCD
Discussion
50.

(A) people blame other for their misdeeds

A. CBDA
B. DCBA
C. ABDC
D. CBAD
Answer» B. DCBA
Discussion