100 MCQ on English and Communication with answer
In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
1.
ENORMOUS
A. Soft
B. Average
C. Tiny
D. Weak
Answer:
Option C
2.
COMMISSIONED
A. Started
B. Closed
C. Finished
D. Terminated
Answer:
Option D
3.
ARTIFICIAL
A. Red
B. Natural
C. Truthful
D. Solid
Answer:
Option B
4.
EXODUS
A. Influx
B. Home-coming
C. Return
D. Restoration
Answer:
Option A
5.
RELINQUISH
A. Abdicate
B. Renounce
C. Possess
D. Deny
Answer:
Option C
6.
EXPAND
A. Convert
B. Condense
C. Congest
D. Conclude
Answer:
Option B
7.
MORTAL
A. Divine
B. Immortal
C. Spiritual
D. Eternal
Answer:
Option B
8.
QUIESCENT
A. ACTIVE
B. Dormant
C. Weak
D. Unconcerned
Answer:
Option A
9.
OBEYING
A. Ordering
B. Following
C. Refusing
D. Contradicting
Answer:
Option A
10.
FRAUDULENT
A. Candid
B. Direct
C. Forthright
D. Genuine
Answer:
Option D
Some proverbs/idioms are given below
together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, if
there is no correct meaning given, E (i.e.) 'None of these' will be the answer.
11.
To leave someone in the lurch
A. To come to compromise with someone
B. Constant source of annoyance to someone
C. To put someone at ease
D. To desert someone in his difficulties
E. None of these
Answer:
Option D
12.
To play second fiddle
A. To be happy, cheerful and healthy
B. To reduce importance of one's senior
C. To support the role and view of another
person
D. To do back seat driving
E. None of these
Answer:
Option C
13.
To beg the question
A. To refer to
B. To take for granted
C. To raise objections
D. To be discussed
E. None of these
Answer:
Option B
14.
A black sheep
A. An unlucky person
B. A lucky person
C. An ugly person
D. A partner who takes no share of the
profits
E. None of these
Answer:
Option E
15.
A man of straw
A. A man of no substance
B. A very active person
C. A worthy fellow
D. An unreasonable person
E. None of these
Answer:
Option A
16.
To smell a rat
A. To see signs of plague epidemic
B. To get bad small of a bad dead rat
C. To suspect foul dealings
D. To be in a bad mood
E. None of these
Answer:
Option C
17.
To hit the nail right on the head
A. To do the right thing
B. To destroy one's reputation
C. To announce one's fixed views
D. To teach someone a lesson
E. None of these
Answer:
Option A
18.
To set one's face against
A. To oppose with determination
B. To judge by appearance
C. To get out of difficulty
D. To look at one steadily
E. None of these
Answer:
Option A
19.Fate
smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
A. with
B. over
C. on
D. round
Answer:
Option C
20.
The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
A. avidly
B. admiringly
C. thoughtfully
D. earnestly
Answer:
Option A
21.
Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Answer:
Option A
22.
I saw a ...... of cows in the field.
A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock
Answer:
Option B
23.
The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.
A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced
Answer:
Option C
24.
Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
A. at
B. over
C. for
D. on
Answer:
Option D
25.
My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.
A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. myself
Answer:
Option C
26.
If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs
authority.
A. possessed
B. punished
C. confiscated
D. fined
Answer:
Option C
27.
Man does not live by ...... alone.
A. food
B. bread
C. meals
D. diet
Answer:
Option B
28.
Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.
A. about
B. through
C. along
D. up
Answer:
Option C
29.
Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......
A. unique
B. different
C. likely
D. alike
Answer:
Option D
30.
To err is ...... to forgive divine.
A. beastly
B. human
C. inhuman
D. natural
Answer:
Option B
31.
The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into
Answer:
Option A
32.
The pilot had been warned about the storm, before he ......
A. took away
B. took up
C. took over
D. took off
Answer:
Option D
33.
Hardly had he arrived ...... it started raining.
A. before
B. when
C. than
D. after
Answer:
Option B
34.
I ...... a car to be absolutely necessary these days.
A. consider
B. regard
C. think
D. agree
Answer:
Option A
35.
Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ...... cosmetics.
A. with
B. in
C. at
D. for
Answer:
Option B
36.
The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their ...... was low.
A. feeling
B. moral
C. consciousness
D. morale
Answer:
Option D.
37.
The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon
known to everyone.
A. clandestine
B. covert
C. unknown
D. candid
Answer:
Option A
38.
The king ...... the rebel.
A. excused
B. forgave
C. pardoned
D. none of these
Answer:
Option C
39.
I shall call ...... you tomorrow.
A. at
B. on
C. with
D. by
Answer:
Option C
40.
She ...... from the crowd because of her height and flaming red hair.
A. stood out
B. stood off
C. stood up
D. stood by
Answer:
Option A
41.
In a large cities people are cut ...... from nature.
A. away
B. off
C. out
D. down
Answer:
Option A
42.
The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow.
A. diverge
B. unraveled
C. integrated
D. invincible
Answer:
Option C
43.
We had a ...... of warm weather in February.
A. time
B. spell
C. length
D. phase
Answer:
Option B
44.
After the rain the weather ...... and the sun came out.
A. cleared out
B. cleared up
C. cleared away
D. cleared off
Answer:
Option B
45.
The building comprises ...... sixty rooms.
A. of
B. onto
C. by
D. no preposition needed
Answer:
Option D
46.
Namrata was found to ...... the required qualifications for the job.
A. contain
B. disclose
C. posses
D. acquire
Answer:
Option C
47.
Government buildings are ...... on the Republic Day.
A. enlightened
B. lightened
C. illuminated
D. glowed
Answer:
Option C
48.
We had ...... wonderful time at the party last night.
A. such a
B. so
C. such
D. very
Answer:
Option A
49.
An employment advertisement should ...... the number of vacancies.
A. provide
B. specify
C. contain
D. declare
Answer:
Option B
50.
When varus left the cocktail party he was as ...... as a judge.
A. sober
B. drunk
C. brave
D. wise
Answer:
Option D
Find the correctly spelt words.
51.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Efficient
B. Treatment
C. Betterment
D. Employed
Answer:
Option A
52.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Foreign
B. Foreign
C. Foreign
D. Foreign
Answer:
Option A
53.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Ominous
B. Ominous
C. Ominous
D. Ominous
Answer:
Option C
54.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Passenger
B. Passenger
C. Passenger
D. Passenger
Answer:
Option B
55.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Benefitted
B. Benefited
C. Benefited
D. Benefited
Answer:
Option C
56.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Framing
B. Burning
C. Running
D. Frying
Answer:
Option C
57.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Damage
B. Damage
C. Damage
D. Damage
Answer:
Option D
58.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Accomplish
B. Accomplish
C. Accomplish
D. Accomplish
Answer:
Option A
59.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Puerile
B. Puerile
C. Puerile
D. Puerile
Answer:
Option D
60.
(solve as per the direction given above)
A. Satellite
B. Satellite
C. Satellite
D. Satellite
Answer:
Option C
Sentence Improvement
61.
The workers are hell bent at getting
what is due to them.
A. hell bent on getting
B. hell bent for getting
C. hell bent upon getting
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option C
62.
When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from
serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.
A. into crushing
B. in crushing
C. without crushing
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option B
63.
If the room had been brighter, I
would have been able to read for a while before bedtime.
A. If the room was brighter
B. If the room are brighter
C. Had the room been brighter
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option C
64.
The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge. then Viceroy of India, shot a
tiger than measured 11 feet and 6 inches.
A. improved
B. broken
C. bettered
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option B
65.
his powerful desire brought about his
downfall.
A. His intense desire
B. His desire for power
C. His fatal desire
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option B
66.
Will you kindly open the knot?
A. untie
B. break
C. loose
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option A
67.
He sent a word to me that he would be
coming late.
A. sent word
B. had sent a word
C. sent words
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option A
68.
We look forward to hear from you.
A. hearing
B. have heard
C. listen
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option A
69.It
was indeed a shock for her, but she has later
recovered from it.
A. since
B. then
C. afterwards
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option A
70.
Realizing is the significance of technical education for developing country,
the government laid aside a large sum
on it during the last plan-period.
A. laid up
B. set aside
C. laid out
D. No improvement
Answer:
Option B
In the questions below the sentences
have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose
the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
71.
After driving Professor Kumar to the museum she dropped him at his hotel.
A. After being driven to the museum,
Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel.
B. Professor Kumar was being driven
dropped at his hotel.
C. After she had driven Professor Kumar to
the museum, she had dropped him at his hotel.
D. After she was driven Professor Kumar to
the museum, she had dropped him at his hotel.
Answer:
Option A
72.
I remember my sister taking me to the museum.
A. I remember I was taken to the museum by
my sister.
B. I remember being taken to the museum by
my sister.
C. I remember myself being taken to the
museum by my sister.
D. I remember taken to the museum by my
sister.
Answer:
Option B
73.
Who is creating this mess?
A. Who has been created this mess?
B. By whom has this mess been created?
C. By whom this mess is being created?
D. By whom is this mess being created?
Answer:
Option D
74.
They greet me cheerfully every morning.
A. Every morning I was greeted cheerfully.
B. I am greeted cheerfully by them every
morning.
C. they are cheerfully greeting me every
morning.
D. Cheerful greeting is done by them every
morning to me.
Answer:
Option B
75.
Darjeeling grows tea.
A. Tea is being grown in Darjeeling.
B. Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling.
C. Tea is grown in Darjeeling.
D. Tea grows in Darjeeling.
Answer:
Option C
76.
You can play with these kittens quite safely.
A. These kittens can played with quite
safely.
B. These kittens can play with you quite
safely.
C. These kittens can be played with you
quite safely.
D. These kittens can be played with quite
safely.
Answer:
Option D
77.
A child could not have done this mischief.
A. A child could not do this mischief.
B. This mischief could not been done by a child.
C. This mischief could not have been done
by a child.
D. This mischief a child could not have
been done.
Answer:
Option C
78.
James Watt discovered the energy of steam.
A. The energy of steam discovered James
Watt.
B. James Watt discovered the energy of
steam.
C. James Watt was discovered by the energy
of steam.
D. James Watt had discovered energy by the
steam.
Answer:
Option B
79.
She makes cakes every Sunday.
A. Every Sunday cakes made by her.
B. Cakes are made by her every Sunday.
C. Cakes make her every Sunday.
D. Cakes were made by her every Sunday.
Answer:
Option B
80.
She spoke to the official on duty.
A. The official on duty was spoken to by
her
B. The official was spoken to by her on
duty.
C. She was spoken to by the official on
duty.
D. She was the official to be spoken to on
duty.
Answer:
Option A
Ordering of Sentences
81.:
In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the
most important person in the room.
P: For a committee is not just a mere collection
of individuals.
Q: On him rests much of the responsibility
for the success or failure of the committee.
R: While this is happening, we have an
opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committee.
S: As the meeting opens, he runs briskly
through a number of formalities.
S6: From the moment its members meet, it
begins to have a sort of nebulous life of its own.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. RSQP
B. PQRS
C. SQPR
D. QSRP
Answer:
Option D
82.
S1: A force of exists between everybody in the universe.
P: Normally it is very small but when the
one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable.
Q: It has been investigated by many
scientists including Galileo and Newton.
R: Everything on or near the surface of
the earth is attracted by the mass of earth.
S: This gravitational force depends on the
mass of the bodies involved.
S6: The greater the mass, the greater is the
earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction
gravity.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. PRQS
B. PRSQ
C. QSRP
D. QSPR
Answer:
Option D
83.
S1: Calcutta unlike other cities kept its trams.
P: As a result, there horrendous
congestion.
Q: It was going to be the first in South
Asia.
R: They run down the centre of the road
S: To ease in the city decided to build an
underground railway line.
S6: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. PRSQ
B. PSQR
C. SQRP
D. RPSQ
Answer:
Option D
84.
S1: For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
P: Then a chance Customer would come.
Q: Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was
entirely unlike anyone else's
R: Lincoln would jump up and attend to his
needs and then revert to his reading.
S: He used to lie full length on the
counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time
for reading as had then.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. SRQP
B. QSPR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR
Answer:
Option B
85.
S1: All the land was covered by the ocean.
P: The leading god fought the monster,
killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
Q: A terrible monster prevented the gods
from separating the land from the water.
R: The god made the sky out of the upper
part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
S: The god created the earth from the
lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
S6: The god molded the first people out of
clay according to his own image and mind.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. QPSR
D. QPRS
Answer:
Option D
86.
S1: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
P: Passengers were told to be ready to
quit the ship.
Q: The rising gale fanned the shouldering
fire.
R: Everyone now knew there was fire on
board.
S: Flames broke out here and there.
S6: Most people bore the shock bravely.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. SRQP
B. QPSR
C. RSPQ
D. QSRP
Answer:
Option A
87.
S1: Once upon a time there lived three
young men in a certain town of Hindustan.
P: All the people of the neighborhood were
mortally afraid of them.
Q: They were so powerful that they could
catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.
R: Someone told them that they would
become immortal if they killed Death.
S: The young men believed themselves to be
very good friends.
S6: All of them set out in search of their
foe called Death.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. QPRS
B. SQPR
C. RSQP
D. SRPQ
Answer:
Option B
88.
S1: Metals are today being replaced by
polymers in many applications.
P: Above all, they are cheaper and easier
to process making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q: Polymers are essentially a long chains
of hydrocarbon molecules.
R: Today polymers as strong as metals have
been developed.
S: These have replaced the traditional
chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
S6: Many Indian Institutes of science and
Technology run special programmes on polymer science.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. QRSP
B. RSQP
C. RQSP
D. QRPS
Answer:
Option A
89.
S1: Since the sixties, there has been an
increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of
mental activity and behavior.
P: It has a format that is very similar to
that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
Q: Since then, a number of journals devoted
entirely to this area of research have appeared.
R: Before the 1960's when this field was
the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were
scattered in various neurological journals.
S: Brain and cognition is one such
journal.
S6: So far, the journal has published the
mixture of articles including reports and investigations.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. RQSP
B. QRSP
C. QSPR
D. RSPQ
Answer:
Option A
90.
S1: An elderly lady suddenly became blind.
P: The doctor called daily and every time
he took away some of her furniture he liked.
Q: At last, she was cured, and the doctor
demanded his fee.
R: She agreed to pay a large fee to the
doctor who would cure her
S: On being refused, the doctor wanted to
know the reason.
S6: The lady said that she had not been
properly cured because she could not see all his furniture.
The
Proper sequence should be:
A. PQRS
B. RPQS
C. RSPQ
D. RQPS
Answer:
Option B
Change of Speech
91.
"If you don't keep quiet, I shall shoot you", he said to her in a
calm voice.
A. He warned her to shoot if she didn't
keep quiet calmly.
B. He said calmly that I shall shoot you
if you don't be quiet.
C. He warned her calmly that he would
shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.
D. Calmly he warned her that be quiet or
else he will have to shoot her.
Answer:
Option C
92.
I told him that he was not working hard.
A. I said to him, "You are not
working hard."
B. I told to him, "You are not
working hard."
C. I said, "You are not working
hard."
D. I said to him, "He is not working
hard."
Answer:
Option A
93.
His father ordered him to go to his room and study.
A. His father said, "Go to your room
and study."
B. His father said to him, "Go and
study in your room."
C. His father shouted, "Go right now
to your study room"
D. His father said firmly, "Go and
study in your room."
Answer:
Option A
94.
He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."
A. He told his father, "Please
increase the pocket-money"
B. He pleaded his father to please
increase my pocket money.
C. He requested his father to increase his
pocket-money.
D. He asked his father to increase his
pocket-money.
Answer:
Option C
95.
She said that her brother was getting married.
A. She said, "Her brother is getting
married."
B. She told, "Her brother is getting
married."
C. She said, "My brother is getting
married."
D. She said, "My brother was getting
married."
Answer:
Option C
96.
He exclaimed with joy that India had won the Sahara Cup.
A. He said, "India has won the Sahara
Cup"
B. He said, "India won the Sahara
Cup"
C. He said, "How! India will win the
Sahara Cup"
D. He said, "Hurrah! India has won
the Sahara Cup"
Answer:
Option D
97.
The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun rise in the East?"
A. The little girl said to her mother that
the sun rose in the East.
B. The little girl asked her mother if the
sun rose in the East.
C. The little girl said to her mother if
the sun rises in the East.
D. The little girl asked her mother if the
sun is in the East.
Answer:
Option B
98.
The man said, "No, I refused to confer guilt.
A. The man emphatically refused to confer
guilt.
B. The man refused to confer his guilt.
C. The man said that he did not confers
guilt.
D. The man was stubborn enough to confers
guilt.
Answer:
Option A
99.
Nita ordered her servant to bring her cup of tea.
A. Nita told her servant, "Bring a
cup of tea."
B. Nita said, "Bring me a cup of
tea."
C. Nita said to her servant, "Bring
me a cup of tea."
D. Nita told her servant, "Bring her
that cup of tea."
Answer:
Option C
100.
My cousin said, "My room-mate had snored throughout the night."
A. my cousin said that her roommate snored
throughout the night.
B. my cousin told me that her roommate
snored throughout the night.
C. my cousin complained to me that her roommate
is snoring throughout the night.
D. my cousin felt that her roommate may be
snoring throughout the night.
Answer:
Option A
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