Explore topic-wise MCQs in Competitive English.

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101.

_ In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.$?

A. for
B. into
C. against
D. to
Answer» D. to
102.

_ I saw a ...... of cows in the field.$?

A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock
Answer» C. swarm
103.

_ You've only three months to complete the course, Don't give ...... now.$?

A. out
B. away
C. up
D. off
Answer» D. off
104.

_ The pilot had been warned about the storm, before he ......$?

A. took away
B. took up
C. took over
D. took off
Answer» E.
105.

_The battalion operating from the mountain was able to ...... three enemy divisons.$?

A. tie up
B. tie down
C. tie on
D. tie with
Answer» C. tie on
106.

_He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses.$?

A. insensitive
B. sensitive
C. afraid
D. immune
Answer» C. afraid
107.

_The cinema ...... a welcome escape from cramped and dull city life and the Indians are avid movie-goers.$?

A. depicts
B. highlights
C. follows
D. offers
Answer» E.
108.

_The boy fell ...... bicycle.$?

A. of
B. off
C. from
D. under
Answer» C. from
109.

_A stone that goes on rolling ...... no moss.$?

A. collects
B. gets
C. gathers
D. accumulates
Answer» D. accumulates
110.

_When their examinations are over, the children gleefully ...... the books they had been reading.$?

A. shelve
B. sidetrack
C. overthrew
D. abandon
Answer» E.
111.

_She ...... from the crowd because of her height and flaming red hair.$?

A. stood out
B. stood off
C. stood up
D. stood by
Answer» B. stood off
112.

_Leave a two inch ...... on each page for the teacher's remarks.$?

A. border
B. margin
C. blank
D. gap
Answer» C. blank
113.

_I think they allow their children too much ......$?

A. liberality
B. latitude
C. lassitude
D. levity
Answer» C. lassitude
114.

_Do you know ......?$?

A. where she comes from
B. where does she come from
C. where from she comes
D. from where does she come
Answer» B. where does she come from
115.

_...... The arrival of the police, nobody went near the victim.$?

A. Unless
B. Although
C. Even
D. Till
Answer» E.
116.

_Like any other country India has its ...... share of superstitions.$?

A. proper
B. abundant
C. fair
D. peculiar
Answer» D. peculiar
117.

_That rule is applicable ...... every one.$?

A. to
B. for
C. about
D. with
Answer» B. for
118.

_The man came in a van to ...... the television set.$?

A. mend
B. reform
C. correct
D. alter
Answer» B. reform
119.

_When varun left the cocktail party he was as ...... as a judge.$?

A. sober
B. drunk
C. brave
D. wise
Answer» E.
120.

_The building comprises ...... sixty rooms.$?

A. of
B. onto
C. by
D. no preposition needed
Answer» E.
121.

_It was indeed unreasonable ...... him to leave this job and start business.$?

A. in
B. with
C. upon
D. of
Answer» E.
122.

_It being an ...... issue, it is not correct to introduce questions of morality in to the debate.$?

A. moral
B. immoral
C. amoral
D. irrelevant
Answer» E.
123.

_We had to pay more taxi fare because the driver brought us by a ...... route.$?

A. circular
B. circumscribed
C. longest
D. circuitous
Answer» E.
124.

_Sita's heart ...... at the sight of the beautiful diamond necklace.$?

A. leapt
B. stopped
C. slowed
D. ran
Answer» B. stopped
125.

_In high school many of us never realised the importance that grammar would ...... in later life.$?

A. figure
B. portray
C. play
D. exercise
Answer» D. exercise
126.

_She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday.$?

A. obtains
B. draws
C. pulls
D. extracts
Answer» C. pulls
127.

_West Bengal ...... plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.$?

A. misses
B. receives
C. expects
D. regrets
Answer» C. expects
128.

_He passed the examination in the first class because he ......$?

A. was hard working for it
B. worked hardly for it
C. had worked hard for it
D. was working hard for it
Answer» D. was working hard for it
129.

_The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.$?

A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into
Answer» B. on
130.

_If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.$?

A. possessed
B. punished
C. confiscated
D. fined
Answer» D. fined
131.

_I don't really know how to ...... the problem.$?

A. tackle
B. cope
C. draw
D. erase
Answer» B. cope
132.

_He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance.$?

A. with
B. of
C. by
D. in
Answer» C. by
133.

_The answer was written ...... blue ink.$?

A. with
B. by
C. in
D. on
Answer» D. on
134.

_He felt no ...... as he plunged the knife into her back.$?

A. qualms
B. scruple
C. conscience
D. morals
Answer» B. scruple
135.

_Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood$?

A. boundary
B. threshold
C. peak
D. horizon
Answer» C. peak
136.

_I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while.$?

A. from
B. since
C. for
D. until
Answer» D. until
137.

_His father-in-law ...... him up in business.$?

A. put
B. made
C. set
D. built
Answer» D. built
138.

_Life is to death as pleasure is to ......$?

A. poverty
B. suffering
C. anguish
D. pain
Answer» E.
139.

_The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society.$?

A. spoil
B. improve
C. degrade
D. defame
Answer» B. improve
140.

_It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post$?

A. feels
B. looks
C. believes
D. seems
Answer» E.
141.

_Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.$?

A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Answer» B. luck
142.

_In our zeal for progress we should not ...... executive with more power.$?

A. avoid
B. give
C. enhance
D. arm
Answer» E.
143.

_...... all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm.$?

A. in
B. upon
C. with
D. to
Answer» E.
144.

Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ...... cosmetics.$?

A. with
B. in
C. at
D. for
Answer» C. at
145.

I shall call ...... you tomorrow.$?

A. at
B. on
C. with
D. by
Answer» D. by
146.

Physically we are now all neighbors, but psychologically. we are ...... to each other.$?

A. primitives
B. complimentary
C. strangers
D. cowards
Answer» D. cowards
147.

Walking at 3'o clock, I heard the ...... of thunder.$?

A. crackle
B. rumble
C. ripple
D. clank
Answer» C. ripple
148.

Now, the management graduate can expect to have a prosperous life on a ...... income without having to depend on finding a place in family busiess having to tend the paternal estates.$?

A. professional
B. regular
C. meaningful
D. dependable
Answer» C. meaningful
149.

The robbers were arrested and ...... prison yesterday.$?

A. brought into
B. brought to
C. taken into
D. taken to
Answer» E.
150.

The communalist represents the ...... of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history.$?

A. antithesis
B. antidote
C. immorality
D. antagonism
Answer» B. antidote