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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.
| 1001. |
Government must ______ the rise in prices. |
| A. | cheque |
| B. | check |
| C. | cease |
| D. | seize |
| Answer» C. cease | |
| 1002. |
He _______ wants to succeed in life must be prepared to work hard. |
| A. | whoever |
| B. | whom |
| C. | who |
| D. | whose |
| Answer» D. whose | |
| 1003. |
He drove the car very fast, ____. |
| A. | did he ? |
| B. | does he ? |
| C. | didn t he ? |
| D. | was he ? |
| Answer» D. was he ? | |
| 1004. |
There will be a rush for seats when the train _______. |
| A. | will arrive |
| B. | arrived |
| C. | is arriving |
| D. | arrives |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1005. |
Had he taken his degree five years ago he ______ got a promotion by now. |
| A. | might |
| B. | would have |
| C. | will be |
| D. | was |
| Answer» C. will be | |
| 1006. |
The tribes lived ____ customs different from anything the English had ever seen. |
| A. | on |
| B. | by |
| C. | off |
| D. | with |
| Answer» C. off | |
| 1007. |
The farmer had ____ land and many servants. |
| A. | very little |
| B. | some |
| C. | a lot of |
| D. | many |
| Answer» D. many | |
| 1008. |
When I was speaking to Rani over the phone suddenly we were ____. |
| A. | hung up |
| B. | run out |
| C. | broken down |
| D. | cut off |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1009. |
_______ a walk in the morning will improve your health. |
| A. | Going to |
| B. | Go to |
| C. | Go for |
| D. | Going for |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1010. |
The chairman, as well as the members, ____ to blame for this misfortune. |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | has |
| Answer» D. has | |
| 1011. |
We all laughed the affair. |
| A. | over |
| B. | about |
| C. | for |
| D. | on |
| Answer» C. for | |
| 1012. |
Age and experience________ wisdom to man. |
| A. | bring |
| B. | have brought |
| C. | are bringing |
| D. | brings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1013. |
She feared that she __________. |
| A. | will fail |
| B. | may fail |
| C. | might fail |
| D. | would fail |
| Answer» D. would fail | |
| 1014. |
My friends fail to see why I should ride the horse just because I have won a prize! |
| A. | great |
| B. | good |
| C. | big |
| D. | high |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1015. |
A wise man profits ..... the mistakes of others. |
| A. | through |
| B. | from |
| C. | with |
| D. | by |
| Answer» C. with | |
| 1016. |
Homoeopathic treatment, they say, cuts the need for operation and risk from surgery. |
| A. | off |
| B. | out |
| C. | down |
| D. | away |
| Answer» D. away | |
| 1017. |
The streets are lighted electricity. |
| A. | with |
| B. | by |
| C. | on |
| D. | in |
| Answer» C. on | |
| 1018. |
It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ____ it. |
| A. | didn t have to do |
| B. | hadn t to do |
| C. | mightn t have done |
| D. | mustn t have done |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1019. |
By united struggle, we may achieve success. |
| A. | a |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. an | |
| 1020. |
Like humans, zoo animals also must have a dentist ______ their teeth. |
| A. | to fill |
| B. | filled |
| C. | filling |
| D. | to be filled |
| Answer» B. filled | |
| 1021. |
The hotel was not too expensive,_____ |
| A. | was it ? |
| B. | wasn t it ? |
| C. | is it ? |
| D. | isn t it ? |
| Answer» B. wasn t it ? | |
| 1022. |
Speed is ..... essence. |
| A. | in |
| B. | for |
| C. | about |
| D. | of |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1023. |
The sudden change in his behaviour came as a surprise to me, I began __ |
| A. | to cut a sorry figure |
| B. | to smell a rat |
| C. | to turn a new leaf |
| D. | to blow hot and cold |
| Answer» C. to turn a new leaf | |
| 1024. |
He is the most generous man, I him for a long time. |
| A. | knew |
| B. | have known |
| C. | know |
| D. | had known |
| Answer» C. know | |
| 1025. |
As he got older his belief in these principles did not ______. |
| A. | wither |
| B. | shake |
| C. | waver |
| D. | dither |
| Answer» B. shake | |
| 1026. |
______ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at the victory. |
| A. | Whichever |
| B. | Whoever |
| C. | Whatever |
| D. | Wherever |
| Answer» C. Whatever | |
| 1027. |
My friend has written a ..... account of his journey to the Mars. |
| A. | factitious |
| B. | factional |
| C. | fictional |
| D. | factual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1028. |
Your father used to be the principal of this college, ____ ? |
| A. | did he ? |
| B. | does he ? |
| C. | didn t he ? |
| D. | doesn t he ? |
| Answer» D. doesn t he ? | |
| 1029. |
Everyone in this world is accountable to God _____ his actions. |
| A. | about |
| B. | for |
| C. | to |
| D. | over |
| Answer» C. to | |
| 1030. |
______ the last ten years we have been victims of abuse. |
| A. | From |
| B. | For |
| C. | Before |
| D. | Since |
| Answer» C. Before | |
| 1031. |
He did not qualify ______ the job. |
| A. | for |
| B. | to |
| C. | against |
| D. | with |
| Answer» B. to | |
| 1032. |
I have ______ Lakshmi for the past twelve years. |
| A. | know |
| B. | knew |
| C. | known |
| D. | knows |
| Answer» D. knows | |
| 1033. |
During the recent floods twothirds of our city ..... in ruins. |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | was |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1034. |
When will you hand ____ your assignment ? |
| A. | in |
| B. | back |
| C. | down |
| D. | into |
| Answer» B. back | |
| 1035. |
I was washing my face as the insect ..... quietly into the bedroom. |
| A. | crept |
| B. | creeps |
| C. | was creeping |
| D. | has crept |
| Answer» B. creeps | |
| 1036. |
Unhygienic surroundings _______ health problems. |
| A. | give rise to |
| B. | bring into being |
| C. | call for |
| D. | set in |
| Answer» B. bring into being | |
| 1037. |
She politely asked him _______. |
| A. | to leave her hand |
| B. | to give up her hand |
| C. | to release her hand |
| D. | to let her hand go |
| Answer» B. to give up her hand | |
| 1038. |
When the doctor _____, the patient was already ______. |
| A. | arrived ; died |
| B. | arrived ; dead |
| C. | arrive ; dead |
| D. | arriving ; dying |
| Answer» C. arrive ; dead | |
| 1039. |
If I had helped him, he _____. |
| A. | will not be drowned |
| B. | would not be drowned |
| C. | will not have been drowned |
| D. | would not have been drowned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1040. |
Shivaji Maharaj fought ______ every kind of aggression. |
| A. | against |
| B. | to |
| C. | with |
| D. | at |
| Answer» B. to | |
| 1041. |
Dr. Sharma concluded his speech ______ stressing the Buddha s teachings of the importance of charity. |
| A. | by |
| B. | with |
| C. | at |
| D. | in |
| Answer» B. with | |
| 1042. |
He travelled all ______ the world when he was eighty years old. |
| A. | in |
| B. | over |
| C. | with |
| D. | of |
| Answer» C. with | |
| 1043. |
The engineers ________ this bridge since last year. |
| A. | have repaired |
| B. | had repaired |
| C. | have been repairing |
| D. | are repairing |
| Answer» D. are repairing | |
| 1044. |
The song in the play cannot be deleted as it is _____ to the story. |
| A. | intervened |
| B. | innate |
| C. | exacting |
| D. | integral |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1045. |
There is something wonderful _____ him. |
| A. | of |
| B. | about |
| C. | for |
| D. | inside |
| Answer» C. for | |
| 1046. |
The building is not safe and must be _____ down. |
| A. | pull |
| B. | pulling |
| C. | pulled |
| D. | pulls |
| Answer» D. pulls | |
| 1047. |
Our life promises a lot ______ pleasure and we must learn to enjoy it. |
| A. | with |
| B. | for |
| C. | of |
| D. | at |
| Answer» D. at | |
| 1048. |
Don t depend _____ others; you must stand on your own feet. |
| A. | upon |
| B. | on |
| C. | to |
| D. | for |
| Answer» C. to | |
| 1049. |
Do you prefer _____ or traditional art forms ? |
| A. | archaic |
| B. | contemporary |
| C. | foreign |
| D. | simultaneous |
| Answer» C. foreign | |
| 1050. |
_______ she is clever, she often makes mistakes. |
| A. | Despite |
| B. | Since |
| C. | Although |
| D. | Yet |
| Answer» D. Yet | |