

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 171 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Competitive English knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon known to everyone. |
A. | clandestine |
B. | covert |
C. | unknown |
D. | candid |
Answer» B. covert | |
2. |
The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow. |
A. | diverget |
B. | unravelled |
C. | integrated |
D. | invincible |
Answer» D. invincible | |
3. |
The thief ...... all the money.%! |
A. | made up |
B. | made off with |
C. | mode do with |
D. | made good |
Answer» C. mode do with | |
4. |
Moreover, a fact finding mission ...... by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over ...... to an Indian Partner.%! |
A. | organised, papers |
B. | constituted, authority |
C. | sponsored, power |
D. | dispatched, control |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree.%! |
A. | There I am |
B. | There am I |
C. | Here am I |
D. | Here I am |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
This book is a useful ...... to our library.%! |
A. | discovery |
B. | asset |
C. | addition |
D. | arrival |
Answer» D. arrival | |
7. |
But the introductory fee does not stop after the initial handshake, brokers have to ...... it up after each transaction.%! |
A. | bring |
B. | cough |
C. | boost |
D. | give |
Answer» B. cough | |
8. |
I have read one novel by Premchand. I want to read ...... novel by him. |
A. | other |
B. | another |
C. | all |
D. | few |
Answer» C. all | |
9. |
*$_Farida sings very well and ...... does salim.? |
A. | even |
B. | too |
C. | also |
D. | so |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
*$_True brevity ...... in saying only what needs to be said.? |
A. | consists |
B. | depicts |
C. | portrays |
D. | resides |
Answer» B. depicts | |
11. |
*$_Affix a revenue stamp and put your signature ...... it.? |
A. | on |
B. | upo |
C. | above |
D. | over |
Answer» B. upo | |
12. |
*$_I have read one novel by Premchand. I want to read ...... novel by him.? |
A. | other |
B. | another |
C. | all |
D. | few |
Answer» C. all | |
13. |
*$_But the introductory fee does not stop after the initial handshake, brokers have to ...... it up after each transaction.? |
A. | bring |
B. | cough |
C. | boost |
D. | give |
Answer» B. cough | |
14. |
*$_This book is a useful ...... to our library.? |
A. | discovery |
B. | asset |
C. | addition |
D. | arrival |
Answer» D. arrival | |
15. |
*$_Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree.? |
A. | There I am |
B. | There am I |
C. | Here am I |
D. | Here I am |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
*$_Moreover, a fact finding mission ...... by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over ...... to an Indian Partner.? |
A. | organised, papers |
B. | constituted, authority |
C. | sponsored, power |
D. | dispatched, control |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
*$_The thief ...... all the money.? |
A. | made up |
B. | made off with |
C. | mode do with |
D. | made good |
Answer» C. mode do with | |
18. |
*$_The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow.? |
A. | diverget |
B. | unravelled |
C. | integrated |
D. | invincible |
Answer» D. invincible | |
19. |
*$_The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon known to everyone.? |
A. | clandestine |
B. | covert |
C. | unknown |
D. | candid |
Answer» B. covert | |
20. |
*$_Affix a revenue stamp and put your signature ...... it.? |
A. | on |
B. | upo |
C. | above |
D. | over |
Answer» B. upo | |
21. |
*$_He is so ...... that he immediately believe my story of ghosts.? |
A. | innocent |
B. | credulous |
C. | vociferous |
D. | credible |
Answer» C. vociferous | |
22. |
*$_Farida sings very well and ...... does salim.? |
A. | even |
B. | too |
C. | also |
D. | so |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
*$_People who ...... on horses usually lose in the end.? |
A. | gamble |
B. | play |
C. | risk |
D. | place |
Answer» B. play | |
24. |
*$_He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians.? |
A. | collect |
B. | save |
C. | support |
D. | defend |
Answer» E. | |
25. |
*$_A sanguine outlook is associated with the ......? |
A. | rationalist |
B. | socialist |
C. | philanthropist |
D. | optimist |
Answer» E. | |
26. |
*$_Soft minded individuals are ...... to embrace all kinds superstitions.? |
A. | disposed |
B. | eager |
C. | reluctant |
D. | prone |
Answer» E. | |
27. |
*$_Government buildings are ...... on the Republic day.? |
A. | enlightened |
B. | lightened |
C. | illuminated |
D. | glowed |
Answer» D. glowed | |
28. |
*$_We shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to ...... to statements.? |
A. | corroborate |
B. | avouch |
C. | verify |
D. | approve |
Answer» B. avouch | |
29. |
True brevity ...... in saying only what needs to be said.? |
A. | consists |
B. | depicts |
C. | portrays |
D. | resides |
Answer» B. depicts | |
30. |
*/*_He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his ...... vanity that you should disagree with him.? |
A. | overstrung |
B. | overweening |
C. | overwhelming |
D. | overwrought |
Answer» B. overweening | |
31. |
*/*_Ambition is one of those ......which are never satisfied.? |
A. | ideas |
B. | fancies |
C. | passions |
D. | feeds |
Answer» D. feeds | |
32. |
*/*_On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the cattle became ......? |
A. | flippant |
B. | jubilant |
C. | agitated |
D. | emaciated |
Answer» E. | |
33. |
*/*_Once he has signed the agreement, he won't be able to ......? |
A. | back up |
B. | back in |
C. | back at |
D. | back out |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
*/*_It is not what you say that ...... but what you do? |
A. | matches |
B. | implies |
C. | matters |
D. | moves |
Answer» D. moves | |
35. |
*/*_If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side.? |
A. | faith |
B. | belief |
C. | substance |
D. | certainty |
Answer» B. belief | |
36. |
*/*_During Diwali the shops are ...... of people.? |
A. | busy |
B. | full |
C. | crowded |
D. | bubbling |
Answer» C. crowded | |
37. |
*/*_Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.? |
A. | about |
B. | through |
C. | along |
D. | up |
Answer» D. up | |
38. |
*/*_The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger.? |
A. | promised |
B. | assured |
C. | advised |
D. | counselled |
Answer» C. advised | |
39. |
*/*_You cannot devise a method which ...... all possibility of errors.? |
A. | excludes |
B. | includes |
C. | avoids |
D. | ignores |
Answer» B. includes | |
40. |
*/*_Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.? |
A. | over |
B. | on |
C. | upon |
D. | about |
Answer» B. on | |
41. |
*/*_The manner in which bombs exploded in five trains with in a short span of time suggests that it is a part of a ......? |
A. | game |
B. | conspiracy |
C. | villainy |
D. | sabotage |
Answer» C. villainy | |
42. |
*/*_Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......? |
A. | off |
B. | out |
C. | apart |
D. | away |
Answer» C. apart | |
43. |
*/*_Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ...... men? |
A. | throw away |
B. | send off |
C. | put off |
D. | lay off |
Answer» E. | |
44. |
*/*_This book is quite similar ......? |
A. | with the "Treasure Island" |
B. | of that film we saw at school |
C. | to the one I read last week |
D. | than a story told by our teacher |
Answer» D. than a story told by our teacher | |
45. |
*/*_The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain.? |
A. | but |
B. | and |
C. | for |
D. | if |
Answer» B. and | |
46. |
*/*_In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.? |
A. | occupied |
B. | conquered |
C. | swallowed |
D. | captured |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
*/*_I haven't seen you ...... a week.? |
A. | within |
B. | since |
C. | for |
D. | from |
Answer» D. from | |
48. |
*/*_The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.? |
A. | ready |
B. | mature |
C. | ripe |
D. | advanced |
Answer» D. advanced | |
49. |
*/*_The traveler slept under the ...... shade of banyan tree.? |
A. | cold |
B. | cool |
C. | cooling |
D. | dark |
Answer» C. cooling | |
50. |
*/*_Hardly had he arrived ...... it started raining.? |
A. | before |
B. | when |
C. | than |
D. | after |
Answer» C. than | |