English MCQ

1.
Choose the word that is closest to the given word
Jibe
a) Mock
b) Praise
c) Disagree
d) Ignore
2. Choose the word that is closest to the given word
Astute
a) Obtuse
b) Crafty
c) Imbecible
d) Naïve
Rummage
a. To search fanatically
b. To run after
c. To feel confused
d. To comfort
Rarefy
a) Muddle
b) Corrupt
c) Attenuate
d) Beef up
5. Select the word that is spelt incorrectly
a) Privilege
b) Lightning
c) Expresso
d) Apartment
a) Misappropriate
b) Kneel
c) Remunerate
d) Rhythem
a) Committee
b) Benign
c) Maintenance
d) Abberration
a) Atheist
b) Consensus
c) Dalmation
d) Weird
9. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and syntactically correct.
a) The kids enjoyed during the holidays

b) The kids enjoyed themselves at holidays
c) The kids enjoyed themselves during the holidays
d) The kids enjoyed in the holidays
10. The land was ___(1)____ peopled.
a) roughly
b) densely
c) deeply
d) totally
11. While life was hard and spare it was also, he ____(2)___, joyful and thrilling.
a) records
b) plans
c) wants
d) fears
12. The meadows _____(3)______ with the sounds of children playing and frolicking.
a) shimmered
b) teemed
c) resounded
d) ached
Gravitas
a) Dignity
b) Sanctity
c) Vanity
d) Profanity
Jeopardize
a) Fructify
b) Secure
c) Pressurize
d) Endure
Ludicrous
a) Serious
b) Ambiguous
c) Absurd
d) Rational
Munificent
a) Popular
b) Magnificent
c) Generous
d) Reticent
Ostracize
a) Welcome
b) Banish
c) Accept
d) Proclaim
Acrimonious
a) Churlish
b) Congenial
c) Impervious
d) Indulgent
Deliquesce
a) Fuse
b) Thaw
c) Coagulate
d) Gutter
Consecrate
a) Abolish
b) Sanctify
c) Desecrate
d) Concentrate
Blasphemous
a) Sanctimonious
b) Sacrilegious
c) Commendable
d) Fabulous
Parsimonious
a) Miserly
b) Depressed
c) Flamboyant
d) Ridiculous
23. Please get me some stamps, and post these letters while you’re ______ it.
a) for
b) after
c) through
d) about
24. In spite of her grief, she bore _______ bravely throughout the ceremony.
a) in
b) up
c) on
d) off
25. Choose the word which is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word.
Compunction
a) Remorse
b) Greed
c) Shamelessness
d) Mandatory
Condone
a) Condemn
b) Forgive
c) Bypass
d) Free
Delirious
a) Sane
b) Maniac
c) Dippy
d) Intelligent
28. Mr. Smith asked ______ John.
a) After
b) Upon
c) Over
d) Through
29. Are your parents ______ for the party?
a) Through
b) Abroad
c) In
d) Against
30. He was doubtless driven to despair, eventually becoming a ________ operator.
a) Naïve
b) Simple
c) Evil
d) Hardened
31. Handing down the death sentence is a crime and resorting to the means of hanging makes
it even more ________.
a) Pleasureable
b) Fearsome
c) Horrendous
d) Menacing
32. Those days, a watering hole was rare and tipplers even ________.
a) Infrequent
b) Unusual
c) Rarer
d) Farther
33. There is a large ________ of nearly one thousand staff including the management.
a) Workforce
b) Quantity
c) Number
d) Public
34. The festival facilitates an interesting ________ between three elements: the script, the
director and the performers.
a) Influencing
b) Interaction
c) Examination
d) Affilation
35. Rising air temperatures____ the physical nature of our oceans.

a) transform
b) induce
c) modify
d) affect
36. Manpower development is then taken up to provide labour force, of appropriate skills
and quality to different sectors so that there is rapid socio- economic development and
there is no mismatch between skills required and skills available.
a) comfortable
b) suitable
c) common
d) adequate
37. Sliders travel along a thin film of water located on the ___of the glacier.
a) crystal
b) pole
c) support
d) bottom
38. Sentence improvement:
The police break-up the trunk and found the looted jewellery.
a) broke opened
b) broke open
c) break opened
d) no improvement
39. The advertisement offered a reward for information relating to the activities of the
terrorists.
a) relative to the
b) as related to the
c) which relate to
d) no improvement
40. He travelled by bus but would have travelled by train to save time.
a) must have travelled

b) should be travelling
c) should have travelled
d) no improvement
Strafe
a) to punish
b) to strengthen
c) to run away
d) to work very hard
Delectation
a) Enjoyment
b) Envy
c) Inspiration
d) Astuteness
43. Choose the word that is opposite to the given word

Scintilla
a) unscientific
b) Huge quantity
c) Mealy-mouthed
d) Unpromising
44. Choose the word that is opposite to the given word
Knave
a) Honest
b) Ignorant
c) Timid
d) Belligerent
45. Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) insouciance
b) inseuciance
c) insauceince
d) insouciance
46. Choose the option that is closest to the given idiom or phrase
To turn over a new leaf
a) to change completely one’s course of action

b) To shift attention to new problems after having studied the old ones thoroughly
c) To cover up one’s faults by wearing new marks
d) To change the old habits and adopt new ones
A fair crack of the whip
a) Severe punishment
b) A good check
c) An equal chance to do something
d) Failure of administration
To talk one’s head off
a) To talk loudly
b) To talk in whispers
c) To talk to oneself
d) To talk excessively
49. One word substitution:
A small piece of potato
a) Chunk
b) Chip
c) Scrap
d) Bit
50. One word substitution:
A child who stays away from school without any good reason
a) Vagabond
b) Delinquent
c) Schizophrenic
d) Truant

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9. Choose the sentence that is grammatically and syntactically correct.

a) The kids enjoyed during the holidays

10. The land was ___(1)____ peopled.

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28. Mr. Smith asked ______ John.

30. He was doubtless driven to despair, eventually becoming a ________ operator.

35. Rising air temperatures____ the physical nature of our oceans.

38. Sentence improvement:

a) must have travelled

41. Choose the word that is closest to the given word

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43. Choose the word that is opposite to the given word

45. Choose the correctly spelt word:

To turn over a new leaf

a) to change completely one’s course of action

A fair crack of the whip

To talk one’s head off

49. One word substitution:

A small piece of potato

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