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This section includes 117 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Professional Communication knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In which of these 'ly' is not added? |
| A. | First |
| B. | Second |
| C. | Third |
| D. | Final |
| Answer» B. Second | |
| 2. |
An ellipsis is a figure of _____ |
| A. | syntax |
| B. | quality |
| C. | amount |
| D. | verb |
| Answer» B. quality | |
| 3. |
Which of these means “to strain”? |
| A. | Baste |
| B. | Colander |
| C. | Sieve |
| D. | Confectionery |
| Answer» D. Confectionery | |
| 4. |
Fill in the blank.The policemen have committed _____ on innocent students. |
| A. | access |
| B. | accesses |
| C. | excess |
| D. | excesses |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which of these is an abbreviation for 'Please Reply'? |
| A. | PR |
| B. | RSVP |
| C. | RP |
| D. | RSP |
| Answer» C. RP | |
| 6. |
A participle should never be left without ______ |
| A. | proper reason |
| B. | proper agreement |
| C. | proper purpose |
| D. | proper adverb |
| Answer» C. proper purpose | |
| 7. |
Which of these is a French phrase? |
| A. | Bona fide |
| B. | De facto |
| C. | Deja vu |
| D. | Blitzkrieg |
| Answer» D. Blitzkrieg | |
| 8. |
_____ should not be used instead of so. |
| A. | On the contrary |
| B. | That |
| C. | But |
| D. | However |
| Answer» C. But | |
| 9. |
The use of possessive case should not be confined to which of these? |
| A. | Name of living beings |
| B. | Name of personified objects |
| C. | A few stereotyped phrases |
| D. | Nouns of space denoting a quality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Homophones are words that sound different but have same meanings. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 11. |
______ is the most important city of a country. |
| A. | Capitol |
| B. | Capetol |
| C. | Capital |
| D. | Capitalisation |
| Answer» D. Capitalisation | |
| 12. |
In the following statement, which of these are in agreement?They nominated him chairman. |
| A. | Noun and verb |
| B. | Noun and pronoun |
| C. | Verb and pronoun |
| D. | Adverb and pronoun |
| Answer» C. Verb and pronoun | |
| 13. |
Fill in the blank.His aim and object ___ to pass the C.A. examination. |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | am |
| Answer» D. am | |
| 14. |
Which of these agree in number and person? |
| A. | Noun |
| B. | Relative pronoun |
| C. | Verb |
| D. | Adverb |
| Answer» C. Verb | |
| 15. |
In case of double subject, when does verb takes plural form? |
| A. | When both subjects represent same plan. |
| B. | When both subjects are singular. |
| C. | When one of the subjects is plural. |
| D. | When the subject has multiple nouns. |
| Answer» D. When the subject has multiple nouns. | |
| 16. |
A team of detectives ______ coming to inspect the crime scene. |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | may |
| Answer» D. may | |
| 17. |
The committee members ______ to the proposal. |
| A. | ascented |
| B. | assented |
| C. | accented |
| D. | acsented |
| Answer» C. accented | |
| 18. |
When we draw attention to the similarities between two things, we use compared with. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 19. |
Which of these statements is false? |
| A. | The subject should usually follow the verb. |
| B. | The object usually comes after the verb. |
| C. | When there is an indirect object and a direct object, the indirect precedes the direct. |
| D. | When the adjective is used attributively it comes before the noun which it qualifies. |
| Answer» B. The object usually comes after the verb. | |
| 20. |
Fill in the blank.Neither Ramesh nor his brother ___ present in the office. |
| A. | are |
| B. | was |
| C. | were |
| D. | there |
| Answer» C. were | |
| 21. |
In the following sentence, which two are in apposition?It is difficult to understand Mathematics. |
| A. | difficult and Mathematics |
| B. | difficult and understand |
| C. | It and difficult |
| D. | It and to understand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which of these means “a tool for boring holes in wood”? |
| A. | Auger |
| B. | Banister |
| C. | Conduit |
| D. | Laminate |
| Answer» B. Banister | |
| 23. |
Fill in the blank.Neither Sona nor I ________ present in the office. |
| A. | is |
| B. | are |
| C. | were |
| D. | am |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Cassegrain Telescope is named after? |
| A. | A German astronomer |
| B. | A French astronomer |
| C. | A Russian astronomer |
| D. | An American astronomer |
| Answer» C. A Russian astronomer | |
| 25. |
Which pronoun is used as an introductory subject? |
| A. | He |
| B. | She |
| C. | It |
| D. | They |
| Answer» D. They | |
| 26. |
Eponym is a word derived from the name of an object. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 27. |
Fill in the blank.I advised her _____ drink it. |
| A. | don’t |
| B. | not to |
| C. | to not |
| D. | to don’t |
| Answer» C. to not | |
| 28. |
Ambassadors have _____ manners. |
| A. | urban |
| B. | urbane |
| C. | urben |
| D. | urbaen |
| Answer» C. urben | |
| 29. |
Which of these is an adjective? |
| A. | Course |
| B. | Coaurse |
| C. | Caorse |
| D. | Coarse |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which of these is named after an Irish land agent? |
| A. | Boolean |
| B. | Derrick |
| C. | Boycott |
| D. | Maxwell |
| Answer» D. Maxwell | |
| 31. |
Which of these is a wine bottle? |
| A. | Rehoboam |
| B. | Nicotine |
| C. | Roentgenium |
| D. | Timothy |
| Answer» B. Nicotine | |
| 32. |
Which of these is used in the following phrase?“This machine.” |
| A. | Demonstrative adjectives |
| B. | Descriptive adjectives |
| C. | Possessive adjectives |
| D. | Indefinite adjectives |
| Answer» B. Descriptive adjectives | |
| 33. |
Which of these is named after a German physician? |
| A. | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| B. | Weil’s Disease |
| C. | Chagas Disease |
| D. | Reye’s Syndrome |
| Answer» C. Chagas Disease | |
| 34. |
Which of these is not an eponym? |
| A. | Bloomers |
| B. | Boolean |
| C. | Boycott |
| D. | Basket |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Apposition is a relationship between two or more words. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 36. |
Which of these means “a monument”? |
| A. | Bulwark |
| B. | Edifice |
| C. | Facade |
| D. | Portal |
| Answer» C. Facade | |
| 37. |
Personal assistant is a ______ of minister. |
| A. | confidence |
| B. | confident |
| C. | confidential |
| D. | confidant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Some students are ____ at copying. |
| A. | adapt |
| B. | adept |
| C. | adopt |
| D. | edept |
| Answer» C. adopt | |
| 39. |
Possessive case is also known as? |
| A. | Genitive case |
| B. | Principal case |
| C. | Qualifying case |
| D. | Main case |
| Answer» B. Principal case | |
| 40. |
Which of these means “from the beginning”? |
| A. | ad hoc |
| B. | ab intio |
| C. | a priori |
| D. | ad interim |
| Answer» C. a priori | |
| 41. |
Concord means an agreement. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 42. |
Father _____ me not to go out in the cold. |
| A. | adviced |
| B. | advised |
| C. | advice |
| D. | advise |
| Answer» C. advice | |
| 43. |
In the following sentence, which word is in accusative case?This is the person whom you are looking for. |
| A. | person |
| B. | whom |
| C. | you |
| D. | looking |
| Answer» C. you | |
| 44. |
A word which is monosyllabic and has one vowel must end with: |
| A. | mm |
| B. | ll |
| C. | p |
| D. | t |
| Answer» C. p | |
| 45. |
A word which is monosyllabic and has two vowels must end with: |
| A. | ll |
| B. | l |
| C. | ck |
| D. | c |
| Answer» C. ck | |
| 46. |
When a word ends with “y”, and the letter before “y” is a consonant; for the various other forms of the word, “y” is replaced with: |
| A. | e |
| B. | i |
| C. | ie |
| D. | eng |
| Answer» C. ie | |
| 47. |
When we are trying to show what someone is like, we use compared to. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 48. |
Pennsylvania is named after whom? |
| A. | William Penn |
| B. | Jean Penn |
| C. | Ralph Penn |
| D. | George Penn |
| Answer» B. Jean Penn | |
| 49. |
______ must not be used with a Correlative. |
| A. | Adjective |
| B. | Noun |
| C. | Adverb |
| D. | Pronoun |
| Answer» D. Pronoun | |
| 50. |
In the following sentence, which two are in apposition?I presumed it unfair to promote such things. |
| A. | presumed and unfair |
| B. | it and to promote |
| C. | presumed and it |
| D. | it and unfair |
| Answer» C. presumed and it | |