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This section includes 1236 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
351. |
They are waiting for her since morning. |
A. | ere waiting |
B. | ave been waiting |
C. | ait |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. ait | |
352. |
Because of the patient's ill health, losing weight was advised him by the doctor. |
A. | ose weight was what the doctor advised |
B. | o lose weight was advised to him by the doctor |
C. | e was advised by the doctor to lose weight |
D. | o correction required |
Answer» E. | |
353. |
The train will leave at 8.30 p.m., we have been ready by 7.30 p.m. so that we can reach the station in time. |
A. | hould have |
B. | ust be |
C. | ere |
D. | re |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» C. ere | |
354. |
As John dived off the spring board, he was horrified to see that the water was drained from the pool the night before. |
A. | as drained away |
B. | as drained |
C. | ad been drained off |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
355. |
May I know who did accompany you to the bus station? |
A. | hom did accompany you |
B. | hom you accompanying |
C. | hom did you accompany |
D. | ho accompanied you |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» E. o correction required | |
356. |
It is a common belief that familiarity dispenses with the necessity of politeness. |
A. | ispenses of |
B. | ispenses without |
C. | ispenses from |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» E. | |
357. |
Certainly man must look up the future and find ways of providing for his needs. |
A. | ook for |
B. | ook to |
C. | ook in |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. ook in | |
358. |
When Shankar came home after a hard day in the office he found his wife had slept. |
A. | as sleeping |
B. | leeping |
C. | as been sleeping |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. as been sleeping | |
359. |
Had you helped me, I shall not be miserable. |
A. | ould not be |
B. | hould not be |
C. | ould not have been |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
360. |
The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than four hours now. |
A. | as been waiting |
B. | ad waited |
C. | ave been waiting |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
361. |
He was so rude that they were compelled for asking him to leave. |
A. | sk him to leave |
B. | o ask him to leave |
C. | im to ask to leave |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. im to ask to leave | |
362. |
When the train finally came into the station the lonely traveller seemed relieved. |
A. | ulled into |
B. | ill pull into |
C. | ulled to |
D. | ave pulled into |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» B. ill pull into | |
363. |
When a man has to give evidence he must have a clean breast of the whole matter. |
A. | ake a clean breast |
B. | btain a clean breast |
C. | ossess a clean breast |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. btain a clean breast | |
364. |
Mr. Hyon and other dissident leaders have taken shelter at the church last month after the authorities ordered their arrest. |
A. | ad taken shelter |
B. | ook shelter |
C. | re taking shelter |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. re taking shelter | |
365. |
The fast train came a halt to before crossing the bridge. |
A. | ame before to a halt |
B. | ame to a halt before |
C. | ame to halts before a |
D. | ame before a halt to |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» C. ame to halts before a | |
366. |
It is high time he starts to look into his own flaws before speaking ill of others. |
A. | tarted to look |
B. | tarts looking |
C. | tarted looking |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
367. |
Leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician offered clarifications about his role in the party elections. |
A. | eaving less room for |
B. | eaving little room for |
C. | aving left less room for |
D. | eaving for little room to |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» C. aving left less room for | |
368. |
Miss Pillai teaches very well, isn't it? |
A. | idn't she? |
B. | oesn't she? |
C. | asn't it? |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. asn't it? | |
369. |
The workers are hellbent at getting what is due to them. |
A. | ell bent for getting |
B. | ell bent on getting |
C. | ell bent upon getting |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
370. |
Governments in developing countries are under increasing pressure for the recruiting and training teachers to meet the demands of their rapidly expanding systems of education. |
A. | o as to recruit and train |
B. | o recruit and train |
C. | n the recruiting and training of |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. n the recruiting and training of | |
371. |
They succeeded without hardly making any effort. |
A. | ardly without making |
B. | ith hardly making |
C. | ithout making hardly |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. ith hardly making | |
372. |
If a person studied this period of history, he would have wondered how such things had happened in India. |
A. | person had studied |
B. | person would study |
C. | person could have studied |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. person would study | |
373. |
Any able bodied man is eligible for the job. |
A. | ny able-bodied men are |
B. | ach able-bodied man is |
C. | ny able-bodied men have been |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. ny able-bodied men have been | |
374. |
Our team is likely to lose unless all members learn to cooperate with one other. |
A. | ith one and all |
B. | ith one another |
C. | ne other with |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. ne other with | |
375. |
The notorious dacoit, with all his gangsters, have been robbing banks for the last few months. |
A. | s robbing |
B. | as been robbing |
C. | re robbing |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. re robbing | |
376. |
We should take up the first item, let us begin this song. |
A. | his song begin us |
B. | s begin with this song |
C. | s beginning this song |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. s beginning this song | |
377. |
The quality of food served in this hotel is so poor that no respectable person would want to eat over here. |
A. | ill want to eat |
B. | ill want to have eaten |
C. | ill have wanted to eat |
D. | ill be wanting to eat |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» E. o correction required | |
378. |
It is easy for children than for adults to learn a new language. |
A. | s easy as children |
B. | asy for children as |
C. | ery easy to children as |
D. | asier for children than |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» E. o correction required | |
379. |
I told him clearly that he hadn't ought to do that to me. |
A. | ught not have done |
B. | ught not done |
C. | ught not has done |
D. | asn't ought to do |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» B. ught not done | |
380. |
Having finished the book, it was put away by him. |
A. | e put it away |
B. | t was being put away by him |
C. | t was putting away by him |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. t was being put away by him | |
381. |
He was urgently in need to get his eye operation. |
A. | f an eye operation |
B. | or operation on eye |
C. | or eye to be operated |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. or operation on eye | |
382. |
If you are absent for a week, you have to catch with the work when you return. |
A. | atch up with |
B. | atch on with |
C. | atch in with |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. atch on with | |
383. |
If I was you, I would not have joined the party. |
A. | s you |
B. | f I am you |
C. | ere I you |
D. | f I be you |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» D. f I be you | |
384. |
Mary met with an accident. She didn't just twist her leg, she has broken it. |
A. | ad broken it |
B. | reaks it |
C. | roke it too |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. reaks it | |
385. |
Do not take another step, else your life will face great peril. |
A. | ight be thrown into |
B. | ill be in |
C. | ould be placed in great |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
386. |
As soon as our plan is approved, I shall favour its' adoption. |
A. | ur |
B. | t's |
C. | ts |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
387. |
He spent much time and energy over it, and lost a large sum in the bargain. |
A. | nto the bargain |
B. | ith the bargain |
C. | ff the bargain |
D. | or the bargain |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» F. | |
388. |
Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further. |
A. | ied |
B. | ain |
C. | ay |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
389. |
He opened the letter without caring to read the address on the envelope. |
A. | hinking |
B. | othering |
C. | orrying |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. orrying | |
390. |
It was so hot during the school parade that several of the weaker pupils passed by. |
A. | ut |
B. | hrough |
C. | ver |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. hrough | |
391. |
The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge, then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger that measured eleven feet six and three-fourth inches. |
A. | ettered |
B. | mproved |
C. | roken |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
392. |
I knew he could not be trusted; he let off the cat from the bag. |
A. | et the cat from the bag |
B. | et the cat out of the bag |
C. | et the cat jump out of the bag |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. et the cat jump out of the bag | |
393. |
He has formed a low opinion about him, so he thinks little of him. |
A. | hinks a little of him |
B. | hinks the little of him |
C. | ittle thinks about him |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» B. hinks the little of him | |
394. |
Do you know who she is going to marry? |
A. | ho she is married? |
B. | ho is she going to marry? |
C. | hom she is going to marry? |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. hom she is going to marry? | |
395. |
Even if I had stood on a chair, I would not have been able to reach the light bulb. |
A. | id not reach |
B. | ould not reach |
C. | ould not be reaching |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» E. | |
396. |
The people in villages are deprived of essential commodities for the past two weeks. |
A. | as been deprived |
B. | ave been deprived |
C. | re being deprived |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» C. re being deprived | |
397. |
As he was much hated by his contemporaries, posterity praises his statesmanship. |
A. | e was as much |
B. | o much he was |
C. | uch as he was |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
398. |
We might not be able to change the situation quickly but we should continue our efforts in that direction. |
A. | ould not be |
B. | id not |
C. | ad not been |
D. | ould not be |
E. | o correction required |
Answer» D. ould not be | |
399. |
He could not cope up with the heavy rush. |
A. | ope up to |
B. | ope by |
C. | ope with |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |
400. |
The old man felled some trees with hardly no effort at all. |
A. | ard effort |
B. | hardly any effort |
C. | ardly any effort |
D. | o improvement |
Answer» D. o improvement | |