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This section includes 45 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
They understand that some ___ treatment is necessary in the beginning to______ ingenious aspirants. |
| A. | essential, push |
| B. | imperative, obviate |
| C. | difference, prevent |
| D. | differential, deter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
In each of the following sentences there are blank space/s. Find out which word or pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it grammatically correct.If the wind in a tropical depression exceeds this speed, it is ___ to a tropical storm and ____ a personal name. |
| A. | demoted, awarded |
| B. | consigned, gifted |
| C. | upgraded, assigned |
| D. | elevated, presented |
| Answer» D. elevated, presented | |
| 3. |
It depends on whether we get _______ down by failures or use them as stepping-stones. |
| A. | wretched |
| B. | bogged |
| C. | squirted |
| D. | eluded |
| Answer» C. squirted | |
| 4. |
The rainfall ______ India varies _____ place to place and also from year _____ year. |
| A. | over, with, by |
| B. | of, from, after |
| C. | in, from, to |
| D. | for, with, after |
| Answer» D. for, with, after | |
| 5. |
There was no agreement ______ the great powers ______ a treaty to ban weapons. |
| A. | between, about |
| B. | among, on |
| C. | in, for |
| D. | with, about |
| Answer» C. in, for | |
| 6. |
Political scions who _________ as young members of the house ________ a decade ago are now ministers with key development portfolios. |
| A. | began, around |
| B. | took, hardly |
| C. | opened, merely |
| D. | debuted, nearly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
You expect us to stay in such a________ building even if it can be hired on a nominal rent? |
| A. | Scruffy |
| B. | desperate |
| C. | fragment |
| D. | robust |
| Answer» B. desperate | |
| 8. |
We had to face a lot of ____due to their _______ act. |
| A. | Problems, desirable |
| B. | consequences, immeasurable |
| C. | worries, kind |
| D. | humiliation, disgraceful |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
I would like to __________ your attention to the last paragraph of my essay __________ to the terms of sale of the goods. |
| A. | Consider, according |
| B. | draw, pertaining |
| C. | attract, regarding |
| D. | haul, mainly |
| Answer» C. attract, regarding | |
| 10. |
We must endeavour to ________________the miseries of poor. |
| A. | Augment |
| B. | elaborate |
| C. | discourage |
| D. | mitigate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
If markets were so_______, why is the east providing a massive ___ for agriculture. |
| A. | sundry, help |
| B. | productive, support |
| C. | efficient, subsidy |
| D. | successful, coverage |
| Answer» D. successful, coverage | |
| 12. |
The visit had a unique start with the President _______ his home state and, in doing so, _______ his priorities. |
| A. | exhibiting, flashing |
| B. | boasting, nodding |
| C. | promoting, indicating |
| D. | showcasing, signalling |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The company has fired another ______ to _______ stock market sentiment. |
| A. | gun, reconsider |
| B. | armament, retrospect |
| C. | tribute, rejuvenate |
| D. | salvo, revive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Private colleges ______huge fees, but have not been successful in providing ______ education. |
| A. | collect, maintaining |
| B. | pay, better |
| C. | ask, good |
| D. | charge, quality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
________to popular belief that meat makes humans ________, they have found that it has a calming effect. |
| A. | dissimilar, happy |
| B. | opposite, intelligent |
| C. | contrary, aggressive |
| D. | comparable, hostile |
| Answer» D. comparable, hostile | |
| 16. |
The world was _______ to the happenings in Syria, America s political class was _______by the attacks. |
| A. | watching, worried |
| B. | alert, concerned |
| C. | vigilant, disturbed |
| D. | glued, devastated |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
This ______ strengthens the allegation that the influence of the executive in the appointment of judges cannot be ruled out. |
| A. | hindrance |
| B. | thoughts |
| C. | consent |
| D. | persuasion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Even after 15 years of the Kisan Cooperative Schemes, I find a lack of___________. |
| A. | cognizance |
| B. | misunderstanding |
| C. | ingratiating |
| D. | inviting |
| Answer» B. misunderstanding | |
| 19. |
The run up to the elections in 2016 saw many dramatic _______ in the country s politics. |
| A. | increments |
| B. | innovations |
| C. | developments |
| D. | changes |
| Answer» D. changes | |
| 20. |
London s palace of Westminster has been home to the British parliament for_______. |
| A. | centuries |
| B. | adolescence |
| C. | years |
| D. | longer |
| Answer» B. adolescence | |
| 21. |
Revitalising Indian railways would be good for ________but it would also have the added benefit of reducing _______from transport. |
| A. | passengers, emissions |
| B. | drivers, concealment |
| C. | commuter, refrains |
| D. | customer, containment |
| Answer» B. drivers, concealment | |
| 22. |
Earlier regulatory act on Jallikattu was ________as an anthropocentric law that was_______ to the eco-centric law against cruelty to animals. |
| A. | recollect, nice |
| B. | recall, good |
| C. | dismissed, repug t |
| D. | learn, friendly |
| Answer» D. learn, friendly | |
| 23. |
There are real possibilities of ensuring a modicum of nutritional________ and economic security to all________ households. |
| A. | stop, secure |
| B. | support, vulnerable |
| C. | frustration, protected |
| D. | opposition, safe |
| Answer» C. frustration, protected | |
| 24. |
Clearly, Iraq 2003 and Syria now, _______the most ______testimony on the failure of diplomacy. |
| A. | provide, eloquent |
| B. | leave, fluent |
| C. | develop, fast |
| D. | emphasis, alert |
| Answer» B. leave, fluent | |
| 25. |
The logic of disqualifying persons in ______ to electricity boards and cooperative societies is strange. |
| A. | redress |
| B. | bias |
| C. | afflicts |
| D. | arrears |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
We have found our-selves left with ____________ moral values and little ethical ___________. |
| A. | extreme, judgment |
| B. | fundamental, scruples |
| C. | incidental, standards |
| D. | obsolete, direction |
| Answer» B. fundamental, scruples | |
| 27. |
You will not gain anything by insulting and _________ the man you do not agree with. |
| A. | defaming |
| B. | depicting |
| C. | charging |
| D. | revamping |
| Answer» B. depicting | |
| 28. |
Arts still does not make news, ___________ the story has political ___________. |
| A. | until, bickering |
| B. | unless, ramifications |
| C. | without, angle |
| D. | given, ending |
| Answer» C. without, angle | |
| 29. |
The right to livelihood is an ___________ facet of the right to life. |
| A. | unimportant |
| B. | integral |
| C. | utmost |
| D. | ideal |
| Answer» C. utmost | |
| 30. |
Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the below given word/ sentence.Cultivation, management, and study of individual trees is called as __________ |
| A. | Arboriculture |
| B. | Sericulture |
| C. | Horticulture |
| D. | Viticulture |
| Answer» B. Sericulture | |
| 31. |
Rearrange the following parts (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) in proper sequence to obtain a correct sentence. 1) influenced life around the world, including2) developed devices that greatly 3) phonograph, motion picture camera4)Thomas Alva Edison5) and the electric light bulb |
| A. | 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 |
| B. | 4, 2, 1, 3, 5 |
| C. | 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 |
| D. | 3, 5, 1, 2, 5 |
| Answer» C. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 | |
| 32. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositionShe has applied ___ the principal ____ the post of lab assistance. |
| A. | to, to |
| B. | to, at |
| C. | to, for |
| D. | for, at |
| Answer» D. for, at | |
| 33. |
Select the most effective word from the options given below to fill in the blank and complete the sentence meaningfully. (Collective nouns)A_____________ of eggs. |
| A. | collection |
| B. | clutch |
| C. | quiver |
| D. | brood |
| Answer» C. quiver | |
| 34. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositionHe comes ______ a family which has a passion _______ playing cricket. |
| A. | from, in |
| B. | off, for |
| C. | of, in |
| D. | of, for |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Only if business continues to expand can it ___ enough new jobs to make up for those that will be ___ by automation. |
| A. | produce, required |
| B. | invent, introduced |
| C. | create, eliminated |
| D. | repeal, reduced |
| Answer» D. repeal, reduced | |
| 36. |
The officer has stayed away from _____ populism such as raising the income tax exemption limit. |
| A. | restricted |
| B. | classified |
| C. | overt |
| D. | furtive |
| Answer» D. furtive | |
| 37. |
The government must now _________ its seriousness by moving away from the _________ policies of the past. |
| A. | ensconce, conscientious |
| B. | masquerade, equitable |
| C. | shelter, scrupulous |
| D. | demonstrate, flawed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
We are witnessing an industry that is__________ on poverty, mostly. |
| A. | leading |
| B. | superior |
| C. | thriving |
| D. | discord |
| Answer» D. discord | |
| 39. |
Through past ____________experiences, we must prepare ___________for future challenges. |
| A. | peaceable, openly |
| B. | kind, familiarly |
| C. | kindly, commonly |
| D. | bitter, ourselves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
It is always the ordinary people who ____ victims of violence because the politicians move around in bullet-proof vehicles. |
| A. | indicate |
| B. | shun |
| C. | fall |
| D. | transform |
| Answer» D. transform | |
| 41. |
Mohit was advised to take ____ since he broke his leg in the accident. |
| A. | medicine |
| B. | coffee |
| C. | rest |
| D. | leftover |
| Answer» D. leftover | |
| 42. |
Petrol prices, which have been on the rise for last several years, have ____ the backbone of automobile industry. |
| A. | joined |
| B. | burst |
| C. | broken |
| D. | altered |
| Answer» D. altered | |
| 43. |
The ___ should understand that they would get a licence only if they have basic skills of driving. |
| A. | residential |
| B. | political |
| C. | authoritative |
| D. | applicants |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
When Sameer heard the news of his selection to the IIM, he felt __________. |
| A. | effervescent |
| B. | enamoured |
| C. | elated |
| D. | embittered |
| Answer» D. embittered | |
| 45. |
Select the most effective word from the options given below to fill in the blank and complete the sentence meaningfully.A ___________ of advisers. |
| A. | army |
| B. | board |
| C. | crowd |
| D. | council |
| Answer» E. | |