English MCQs
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A person who was before another refers to --
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A: Predecessor
An affidavit is...
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D: written statement made in a court
The antonym of Prolific is .......
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C: barren
'Highhanded' means --
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The plural of 'stimulus' is-
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C: stimuli
The timely rain ...... good crops.
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B: brings forth
Anthrax is generally an........of sheep and cattle, but may also be transmitted to humans. ilment
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A: ailment
We listen dumb-struck, full of ..... to the shocking details of corruption and vice.
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B: credulity
Licenses of-----drivers, when and if apprehended, should be ......... with immediate effect and without showing any mercy,
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D: drunk, banned
The correct combination of the following groups of sentences "The boy climbed up to the top of the tower. The tower was steep and tall. The boy was my younger brother. There was none other" would be --
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Arman is a methodical person. Every night before going to bed, he ------ his clothes for the next day on his chair
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B: lays
He was initially.......... at the suggestion but was ..........soon it himself.
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C: shocked, advocating
He maintains a clandestine link with the Education Adviser. This 'means he maintains a
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D: secret link
Some economists believe that the best way to get a ............... economy moving again is to cut taxes.
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B: sluggish
Subjudice means --
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Who said “Cowards die many times before their death”?
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A: Shakespeare
Which of the following has relationship similar to the one between FIRE: ASHES?
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“Renaissance” means-
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A: rebirth of learning
Relating to/pertaining to money or involving money is --.
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A: pecuniary
Domicile means ----
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The last word of the proverb A good husband should be deaf and a good wife ------
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A: blind
Bertrand Russell was a British --
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D: philosopher
Gulliver's Travels” was written by.....
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A: Jonathan Swift
It is one man's meat is another man's.............
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You can go wherever you like. The underlined clause is an
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C: adverbial clause of place
Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition: The walls of our have been painted ___green.
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D: No preposition
Complete the sentence: Communicative competence may be described as______.
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B: Explicit learnigng
Which one is the correct idiom?
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A: Mr. khan is a dark horse in politics
Antonym of 'untenable' is------
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B: supportable
The airline.............It sent me to Hong Kong but my luggage to Singapore.
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C: blundered
Pertaining to handwriting an artistic expression is-
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C: calligraphy
The meaning of modus operandi is-
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A: method of keeping files
The compound form of “The history of civilization shows how man always had to choose right and wrong use of the discoveries of science" is-
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D: Man always has to choose right and wrong use of discoveries of science and the history of civilization
The word 'electorate' means---
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C: voters
Mountain climbing is an_____ sport.
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B: arduous
A.......statement is an........comparison it does not compare things explicitly, but suggests a likeness between them.
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C: metaphorical...... implied
The government will...----- the guilty parties polluting the waters
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B: prosecute
The simple form of 'Immense are the boons which science has given to mankind' is---
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B: Science has given immense boons to mankind
Climate is is a.........of the environment.
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A: state
The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few should worry us all as the influence of the technological revolution is........ and ..... day by day.
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A: accelerating..........intensifying
This long sentence "Since it is made of chemicals any food is wrapped up in it particularly in the black polythene bag for a long time, the food item becomes contaminated” refers to
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Japan's industrial success is.......... in part to its tradition of group effort and............as opposed to the emphasis on personal achievement that is prominent aspect of other industrial nations.
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“Study of life in outer space" is known as-
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B: Exobiology
The correct sentence of 'He did nothing but to sign’ is----
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combination of the following groups of sentences "He devoted himself to public affairs. He took holiday. This continued for thirty years'' would be-
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Not only the........... are fooled by propaganda; we can all be.......... if we are not wary.
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D: gullible............ misled
A little learning is a dangerous thing” is a quotation from
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C: Alexander Pope
Stockings are................ socks.
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A: long
I shall go where he lives. The underlined part of the sentence is'
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C: An adverbial clause