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This section includes 1222 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 951. |
May I give you ____ advice? |
| A. | an |
| B. | some |
| C. | little |
| D. | one |
| Answer» C. little | |
| 952. |
There ____ any message from my teacher since she moved to London. |
| A. | isn t |
| B. | wasn t. |
| C. | hasn t been |
| D. | hadn t been |
| Answer» D. hadn t been | |
| 953. |
A.R. Rahman ____ the music for Commonwealth Games 2010. |
| A. | sang |
| B. | made |
| C. | composed |
| D. | produced |
| Answer» D. produced | |
| 954. |
I prevailed _______ him to contest the election. |
| A. | on |
| B. | off |
| C. | over |
| D. | of |
| Answer» B. off | |
| 955. |
Poets have compared this world ______ a stage. |
| A. | with |
| B. | to |
| C. | by |
| D. | on |
| Answer» C. by | |
| 956. |
You should not confide _____ a stranger. |
| A. | in |
| B. | to |
| C. | with |
| D. | by |
| Answer» C. with | |
| 957. |
Smallpox has been eradicated ____ India. |
| A. | in |
| B. | from |
| C. | within |
| D. | out of |
| Answer» C. within | |
| 958. |
The headmaster congratulated Rajan ____ getting the merit scholarship. |
| A. | for |
| B. | about |
| C. | with |
| D. | on |
| Answer» E. | |
| 959. |
Children below the age of fourteen should be ______ sent to school. |
| A. | compel |
| B. | compulsory |
| C. | compulsively |
| D. | compulsorily |
| Answer» E. | |
| 960. |
Girls generally ____ in their mother. |
| A. | confide |
| B. | confident |
| C. | confidential |
| D. | confidence |
| Answer» B. confident | |
| 961. |
Appearances are _____. |
| A. | deceptive |
| B. | deception |
| C. | deceptively |
| D. | deceive |
| Answer» B. deception | |
| 962. |
I _____ hard to establish the validity of the theory since morning. |
| A. | have been trying |
| B. | had tried |
| C. | tried |
| D. | am trying |
| Answer» B. had tried | |
| 963. |
The Greenland ice sheet is _____ at the rate of about 12 cubic miles a year. |
| A. | smelting |
| B. | condensing |
| C. | melting |
| D. | freezing |
| Answer» D. freezing | |
| 964. |
For a child, a blow _____ selfesteem is a terrible thing. |
| A. | of |
| B. | with |
| C. | to |
| D. | on |
| Answer» D. on | |
| 965. |
My sister and _____ are pleased to accept your invitation. |
| A. | I |
| B. | me |
| C. | myself |
| D. | I myself |
| Answer» B. me | |
| 966. |
Sachin was standing ____ me. |
| A. | aside |
| B. | next |
| C. | beside |
| D. | besides |
| Answer» D. besides | |
| 967. |
_____ of defence personnel would be given transfers to their place of choice. |
| A. | Friends |
| B. | Wives |
| C. | Husbands |
| D. | Spouses |
| Answer» E. | |
| 968. |
Discrimination _____ any form should be avoided. |
| A. | of |
| B. | by |
| C. | from |
| D. | in |
| Answer» E. | |
| 969. |
A thorough search of the aircraft was carried _____ in the airport. |
| A. | out |
| B. | off |
| C. | on |
| D. | along |
| Answer» B. off | |
| 970. |
It is our duty to get ____ the truth. |
| A. | to |
| B. | over |
| C. | into |
| D. | at |
| Answer» E. | |
| 971. |
The Principal called _____ an explanation from the clerks. |
| A. | on |
| B. | out |
| C. | for |
| D. | in |
| Answer» D. in | |
| 972. |
I have known him ______ a long time. |
| A. | since |
| B. | for |
| C. | before |
| D. | from |
| Answer» C. before | |
| 973. |
The aim of education is to ______ the best in students. |
| A. | bring on |
| B. | bring in |
| C. | bring about |
| D. | bring out |
| Answer» E. | |
| 974. |
His manners____him. |
| A. | speak of |
| B. | speak out |
| C. | speak up |
| D. | speak for |
| Answer» B. speak out | |
| 975. |
I can t make both ends ______ on my small salary. |
| A. | meet |
| B. | unite |
| C. | join |
| D. | touch |
| Answer» B. unite | |
| 976. |
My friend s father died _____ cancer. |
| A. | by |
| B. | of |
| C. | from |
| D. | with |
| Answer» C. from | |
| 977. |
The police offered a ____ for information about the stolen money. |
| A. | reward |
| B. | award |
| C. | profit |
| D. | prize |
| Answer» B. award | |
| 978. |
Have you got any idea as to what has happened to Akila ? I haven t seen her ______. |
| A. | lately |
| B. | later on |
| C. | late |
| D. | later |
| Answer» B. later on | |
| 979. |
His friend ____ unexpectedly. |
| A. | returned to |
| B. | come back |
| C. | turned up |
| D. | get down |
| Answer» D. get down | |
| 980. |
There is no possibility of _____ coming late. |
| A. | they |
| B. | their |
| C. | them |
| D. | theirs |
| Answer» C. them | |
| 981. |
As the bare mountains turned green, the people found _______ looking forward to spring. |
| A. | they |
| B. | them |
| C. | their |
| D. | themselves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 982. |
The audience watched the clowns _________ their act. |
| A. | performs |
| B. | perform |
| C. | performed |
| D. | are performing |
| Answer» C. performed | |
| 983. |
The life-guard would not let the children _________ at the deep end of the pool. |
| A. | swims |
| B. | swim |
| C. | swam |
| D. | to swim |
| Answer» C. swam | |
| 984. |
We have talked a lot ; now let us ________ to work. |
| A. | get down |
| B. | set off |
| C. | take off |
| D. | sit up |
| Answer» B. set off | |
| 985. |
We shall go for a picnic if the weather _____ good. |
| A. | is |
| B. | was |
| C. | has been |
| D. | had been |
| Answer» B. was | |
| 986. |
The agenda for the meeting is _____ the notice. |
| A. | forwarded in |
| B. | subscribed to |
| C. | enclosed with |
| D. | delivered as |
| Answer» D. delivered as | |
| 987. |
The country s economic growth was adversely _____ by political instability. |
| A. | reflected |
| B. | effected |
| C. | affected |
| D. | expected |
| Answer» D. expected | |
| 988. |
Today students should be reconciled _____ the way things are changing. |
| A. | with |
| B. | to |
| C. | for |
| D. | at |
| Answer» B. to | |
| 989. |
Most animals which are nocturnal have a sharper ____ at night, than in the morning. |
| A. | vision |
| B. | sight |
| C. | view |
| D. | eye |
| Answer» B. sight | |
| 990. |
If you litter, you _____ to pay a fine. |
| A. | will have |
| B. | would have |
| C. | will had |
| D. | would had |
| Answer» B. would have | |
| 991. |
The chef was wondering _____. |
| A. | when to brush his teeth |
| B. | what to prepare for the important dinner |
| C. | how to wash the dishes |
| D. | when to take the dog for a walk |
| Answer» C. how to wash the dishes | |
| 992. |
He drove from Maharashtra _____ Karnataka without stopping to rest. |
| A. | is |
| B. | to |
| C. | into |
| D. | towards |
| Answer» C. into | |
| 993. |
The sky is overcast, we _____ the storm will soon burst. |
| A. | expect |
| B. | hope |
| C. | trust |
| D. | suspect |
| Answer» B. hope | |
| 994. |
When Indians from the south move north, they find certain aspects of life quite ____ from their own. |
| A. | strange |
| B. | separate |
| C. | different |
| D. | divergent |
| Answer» D. divergent | |
| 995. |
Are you really desirous _____ visiting Japan ? |
| A. | of |
| B. | in |
| C. | to |
| D. | about |
| Answer» B. in | |
| 996. |
The bride settled ____ very well in the new environment. |
| A. | on |
| B. | down |
| C. | up |
| D. | off |
| Answer» C. up | |
| 997. |
The new India that Nehru led called itself a Sovereign _____ Democratic Republic. |
| A. | capitalist |
| B. | revisionist |
| C. | populist |
| D. | Socialist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 998. |
A good teacher should ______ responses from the students. |
| A. | elicit |
| B. | provoke |
| C. | command |
| D. | infer |
| Answer» B. provoke | |
| 999. |
The candidate s exposition was ____ for its brevity and clarity. |
| A. | complimentary |
| B. | conspicuous |
| C. | incomprehensible |
| D. | remarkable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1000. |
It is time you ______ home. |
| A. | go |
| B. | went |
| C. | come |
| D. | reach |
| Answer» C. come | |