

MCQOPTIONS
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.
1. |
Physically we are now all neighbors, but psychologically. we are ...... to each other. |
A. | primitives |
B. | complimentary |
C. | strangers |
D. | cowards |
Answer» D. cowards | |
2. |
When their examinations are over, the children gleefully ...... the books they had been reading. |
A. | shelve |
B. | sidetrack |
C. | overthrew |
D. | abandon |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
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 | |
4. |
Chintu is ...... small to start playing cricket now. |
A. | very |
B. | much |
C. | too |
D. | more |
Answer» D. more | |
5. |
A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ...... a safety pin. |
A. | was just swallowing |
B. | swallowed |
C. | had just swallowed |
D. | just swallowed |
Answer» D. just swallowed | |
6. |
She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday. |
A. | obtains |
B. | draws |
C. | pulls |
D. | extracts |
Answer» C. pulls | |
7. |
The American ...... presented his credentials to the President of India. |
A. | adviser |
B. | ambassador |
C. | delegate |
D. | representative |
Answer» C. delegate | |
8. |
He was accused ...... stealing his aunt's necklace. |
A. | for |
B. | with |
C. | of |
D. | on |
Answer» D. on | |
9. |
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. | |
10. |
The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars, a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which stars are born. |
A. | perception |
B. | discovery |
C. | enquiry |
D. | quest |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Sita's heart ...... at the sight of the beautiful diamond necklace. |
A. | leapt |
B. | stopped |
C. | slowed |
D. | ran |
Answer» B. stopped | |
12. |
The luggage was ...... heavy for him to lift |
A. | much |
B. | as |
C. | so |
D. | too |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
It's very kind of you to ...... to speak at the meeting. |
A. | accept |
B. | agree |
C. | comply |
D. | concur |
Answer» C. comply | |
14. |
The thief ...... all the money. |
A. | made up |
B. | made off with |
C. | mode do with |
D. | made good |
Answer» C. mode do with | |
15. |
Walking at 3'o clock, I heard the ...... of thunder. |
A. | crackle |
B. | rumble |
C. | ripple |
D. | clank |
Answer» C. ripple | |
16. |
Pakistan lost a ...... wicket just when they seemed to be doing so well, and that led to their eventual defeat. |
A. | critical |
B. | crucial |
C. | sensitive |
D. | providential |
Answer» C. sensitive | |
17. |
A stone that goes on rolling ...... no moss. |
A. | collects |
B. | gets |
C. | gathers |
D. | accumulates |
Answer» D. accumulates | |
18. |
The earth is at present in great danger of becoming uninhabitable because of ...... environmental pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace. |
A. | gigantic |
B. | inhuman |
C. | stupendous |
D. | colossal |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
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. | |
20. |
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 | |
21. |
The boy fell ...... bicycle. |
A. | of |
B. | off |
C. | from |
D. | under |
Answer» C. from | |
22. |
The pilot had been warned about the storm, before he ...... |
A. | took away |
B. | took up |
C. | took over |
D. | took off |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
Hardly had he arrived ...... it started raining. |
A. | before |
B. | when |
C. | than |
D. | after |
Answer» C. than | |
24. |
The French ...... reputed to have a very good sense of humour. |
A. | is |
B. | was |
C. | are |
D. | will be |
Answer» D. will be | |
25. |
There is a keen ...... in each trade. |
A. | contest |
B. | comparison |
C. | competition |
D. | cooperation |
Answer» D. cooperation | |
26. |
I ...... a car to be absolutely necessary these days. |
A. | consider |
B. | regard |
C. | think |
D. | agree |
Answer» B. regard | |
27. |
Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ...... cosmetics. |
A. | with |
B. | in |
C. | at |
D. | for |
Answer» C. at | |
28. |
Leave a two inch ...... on each page for the teacher's remarks. |
A. | border |
B. | margin |
C. | blank |
D. | gap |
Answer» C. blank | |
29. |
The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their ...... was low. |
A. | feeling |
B. | moral |
C. | consciousness |
D. | morale |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
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 | |
31. |
The king ...... the rebel. |
A. | excused |
B. | forgave |
C. | pardoned |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
32. |
I shall call ...... you tomorrow. |
A. | at |
B. | on |
C. | with |
D. | by |
Answer» D. by | |
33. |
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 | |
34. |
In a large cities people are cut ...... from nature. |
A. | away |
B. | off |
C. | out |
D. | down |
Answer» B. off | |
35. |
The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow. |
A. | diverget |
B. | unravelled |
C. | integrated |
D. | invincible |
Answer» D. invincible | |
36. |
We had a ...... of warm weather in February. |
A. | time |
B. | spell |
C. | length |
D. | phase |
Answer» C. length | |
37. |
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. | |
38. |
That the poor in our country, are happy is |
A. | a dream |
B. | a vision |
C. | an ideal |
D. | an illusion |
Answer» E. | |
39. |
The robbers were arrested and ...... prison yesterday. |
A. | brought into |
B. | brought to |
C. | taken into |
D. | taken to |
Answer» E. | |
40. |
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. | |
41. |
I shall take revenge ...... you. |
A. | from |
B. | with |
C. | on |
D. | at |
Answer» D. at | |
42. |
This book is a useful ...... to our library. |
A. | discovery |
B. | asset |
C. | addition |
D. | arrival |
Answer» D. arrival | |
43. |
The boy was cured ...... typhoid. |
A. | from |
B. | of |
C. | for |
D. | through |
Answer» C. for | |
44. |
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 | |
45. |
He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses. |
A. | insensitive |
B. | sensitive |
C. | afraid |
D. | immune |
Answer» C. afraid | |
46. |
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 | |
47. |
...... a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving very slowly. |
A. | Owing |
B. | Due to |
C. | Because |
D. | Since |
Answer» C. Because | |
48. |
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. | |
49. |
Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ......on 8% value shared of tooth paste market by then end of first years. |
A. | cornering |
B. | soliciting |
C. | disturbing |
D. | keeping |
Answer» B. soliciting | |
50. |
The ...... of the Minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records. |
A. | veracity |
B. | verbosity |
C. | ambiguity |
D. | validity |
Answer» B. verbosity | |