Explore topic-wise MCQs in Competitive English.

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