

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.
101. |
He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance. |
A. | with |
B. | of |
C. | by |
D. | in |
Answer» C. by | |
102. |
Rama was so badly injured that he needed ...... care in the hospital. |
A. | extensive |
B. | little |
C. | deep |
D. | intensive |
Answer» E. | |
103. |
You cannot devise a method which ...... all possibility of errors. |
A. | excludes |
B. | includes |
C. | avoids |
D. | ignores |
Answer» B. includes | |
104. |
Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours. |
A. | spread |
B. | plunged |
C. | merged |
D. | deep |
Answer» C. merged | |
105. |
I don't really know how to ...... the problem. |
A. | tackle |
B. | cope |
C. | draw |
D. | erase |
Answer» B. cope | |
106. |
The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other. |
A. | before |
B. | upon |
C. | against |
D. | with |
Answer» D. with | |
107. |
Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons. |
A. | topics |
B. | titles |
C. | captions |
D. | headings |
Answer» D. headings | |
108. |
The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday. |
A. | time |
B. | event |
C. | occasion |
D. | celebration |
Answer» D. celebration | |
109. |
The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger. |
A. | promised |
B. | assured |
C. | advised |
D. | counselled |
Answer» C. advised | |
110. |
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 | |
111. |
The park ...... as far as the river. |
A. | extends |
B. | advances |
C. | enlarges |
D. | emerges |
Answer» B. advances | |
112. |
Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ...... |
A. | off |
B. | out |
C. | apart |
D. | away |
Answer» C. apart | |
113. |
When I was a child, I ......to school everyday instead going by cycle. |
A. | had walked |
B. | walked |
C. | have walked |
D. | have been walking |
Answer» C. have walked | |
114. |
Arti pulled a long ...... when she was told that she could not go to Agra. |
A. | mouth |
B. | skirt |
C. | face |
D. | hand |
Answer» D. hand | |
115. |
Farida sings very well and ...... does salim. |
A. | even |
B. | too |
C. | also |
D. | so |
Answer» E. | |
116. |
The old Nature versus ...... debate regarding crime continues even today. |
A. | Man |
B. | Universe |
C. | Culture |
D. | Nurture |
Answer» B. Universe | |
117. |
The Sun ...... at six this morning. |
A. | raised |
B. | rose |
C. | arose |
D. | aroused |
Answer» C. arose | |
118. |
That rule is applicable ...... every one. |
A. | to |
B. | for |
C. | about |
D. | with |
Answer» B. for | |
119. |
Her parents will never give their ...... to so much an unsuitable match. |
A. | acquiescence |
B. | consent |
C. | agreement |
D. | willingness |
Answer» C. agreement | |
120. |
He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians. |
A. | collect |
B. | save |
C. | support |
D. | defend |
Answer» E. | |
121. |
According to corporate circles data is pushing through the merger to create financially ...... company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's |
A. | acceptable |
B. | powerful |
C. | leading |
D. | straight |
Answer» C. leading | |
122. |
Indeed, all over the world, more and more people are ...... coffee. |
A. | wanting |
B. | drinking |
C. | liking |
D. | partaking |
Answer» C. liking | |
123. |
Like any other country India has its ...... share of superstitions. |
A. | proper |
B. | abundant |
C. | fair |
D. | peculiar |
Answer» D. peculiar | |
124. |
The new education policy provides a useful ...... for the planners to remove illiteracy. |
A. | breakup |
B. | breakthrough |
C. | breakaway |
D. | break-in |
Answer» C. breakaway | |
125. |
People who ...... on horses usually lose in the end. |
A. | gamble |
B. | play |
C. | risk |
D. | place |
Answer» B. play | |
126. |
If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we must make ...... arrangements to go to the airport. |
A. | alternative |
B. | another |
C. | alternate |
D. | possible |
Answer» B. another | |
127. |
About twenty clerks were made ...... when the banks introduced computers. |
A. | dispensable |
B. | redundant |
C. | expandable |
D. | obsolete |
Answer» C. expandable | |
128. |
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 | |
129. |
A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market, where the iron-smiths were ...... the pieces of metals. |
A. | flattening |
B. | striking |
C. | hammering |
D. | thrashing |
Answer» D. thrashing | |
130. |
I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while. |
A. | from |
B. | since |
C. | for |
D. | until |
Answer» D. until | |
131. |
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. | |
132. |
Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting. |
A. | hectic |
B. | historic |
C. | historical |
D. | histrionic |
Answer» C. historical | |
133. |
The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority. |
A. | by |
B. | with |
C. | from |
D. | through |
Answer» C. from | |
134. |
Man must ...... to stop pollution. |
A. | act |
B. | perform |
C. | operate |
D. | behave |
Answer» B. perform | |
135. |
He was sent to the prison for his ...... |
A. | sin |
B. | vice |
C. | crime |
D. | guilt |
Answer» D. guilt | |
136. |
The answer was written ...... blue ink. |
A. | with |
B. | by |
C. | in |
D. | on |
Answer» D. on | |
137. |
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 | |
138. |
In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be ...... money by fair means or foul. |
A. | |
B. | produce |
C. | acquire |
D. | extort |
Answer» D. extort | |
139. |
What is the ...... for an air letter? |
A. | fare |
B. | value |
C. | postage |
D. | stamp |
Answer» D. stamp | |
140. |
Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ...... |
A. | idealistic |
B. | generous |
C. | lazy |
D. | optimistic |
Answer» D. optimistic | |
141. |
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. | |
142. |
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 | |
143. |
He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval. |
A. | insists |
B. | persists |
C. | desists |
D. | resists |
Answer» C. desists | |
144. |
She ...... a brief appearance at the end of party. |
A. | put on |
B. | put in |
C. | put across |
D. | put up |
Answer» C. put across | |
145. |
Life is to death as pleasure is to ...... |
A. | poverty |
B. | suffering |
C. | anguish |
D. | pain |
Answer» E. | |
146. |
If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ...... |
A. | drowsy |
B. | tired |
C. | confident |
D. | giddy |
Answer» C. confident | |
147. |
His father-in-law ...... him up in business. |
A. | put |
B. | made |
C. | set |
D. | built |
Answer» D. built | |
148. |
This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ...... |
A. | keep, removed |
B. | afford, attached |
C. | develop, liquidated |
D. | keep up, destroyed |
Answer» E. | |
149. |
The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain. |
A. | but |
B. | and |
C. | for |
D. | if |
Answer» B. and | |
150. |
If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander. |
A. | to |
B. | on |
C. | for |
D. | with |
Answer» D. with | |