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| English Grammar MCQ | |
| Topic | English Grammar MCQ |
| Category | Daily Quiz |
| Used for | All Competitive Exams |
English Grammar MCQ
Q1. Identify the best way to improve the bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?
- Lend me a few rupees
- Lend me any rupees
- Borrow me a few rupees
- No improvement
Q2. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words.
To look at someone in an angry or threatening way.
- Gnaw
- Gnash
- Grind
- Glower
Q3. Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active or passive) form of the given sentence.
The servant had cleaned the floor.
- The floor has been cleaned by the servant.
- The floor had been cleaned by the servant.
- The floor was cleaned by the servant.
- The floor was being cleaned by the servant.
Q4. Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Her beauty is more unmatched.
- beauty is
- more
- No error
Q5. Select the most appropriate idiom (in the context) to fill in the sentence.
She keeps trying to get her book published but I think she’s ______________________.
- Flogging a dead horse
- Giving someone the cold shoulder
- The best of both worlds
- Kill two birds with one stone
Q6. Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Sameer is smarter enough to get selected for a civil service examination.
- is smarter
- to get
- for a
- No error
Q7. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
- Although rats do not ‘think’ like humans, some of their brain structure resembles the more primitive elements of human brains.
- Their brains are larger than mice, and the animals are less timid and more intelligent.
- Rats are often used to study behaviour in psychology experiments.
- Hence, they can be used to model some human behaviours.
(a)RQPS
(b)SPQR
(c)QRPS
(d)PQSR
Q8. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Five persons were (knocked down) by a speeding truck.
- Turned down
- Pulled down
- Carried down
- No Improvement
Q9. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Perilous
- Risky
- Annoying
- Careful
- Doubtful
Q10. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Jaggery has ___________amount of good fibre which helps in detoxifying the system and accelerates metabolism, when consumed raw or with warm water.
- Ample
- Meagre
- Beneficent
- Scarce
English Grammar Solution
S1. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
Replace ‘Lend me few rupees’ with ‘Lend me a few rupees’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Borrow – means to take something from another person, knowing you will give it back to them.
For example – Could I borrow your pen for a minute, please?
Lend – means to give something to another person expecting to get it back.
For example – I lent her 50,000 Rupees.
When you give something, you ‘Lend’ it; when you get or receive something, you ‘Borrow’ it.
S2. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
Glower – To look at someone in an angry or threatening way.
Whereas, meaning of other words –
Gnaw – to bite or chew something repeatedly,
Gnash – grind (one’s teeth) together as a sign of anger.
Grind – reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.
Option (d) portrays the same meaning as that of the given group of words & hence it is the correct choice.
S3. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The given sentence is in – Past Perfect Tense.
Structure in active voice – Subject + had + v3+ object.
Structure in passive voice – Object+ had + been +V3+ by + subject.
The sentence thus formed is – The floor had been cleaned by the servant.
S4. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The error lies in part (c) of the sentence.
Remove ‘More’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
The meaning of certain words – such as ‘unique, perfect, major, unmatched’ is itself in the superlative form. Hence, never use ‘More’ or ‘Most’ before them.
S5. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
Flogging a dead horse – It is an idiomatic expression which means, ‘To waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding.’
As per the context, the idiom – ‘Flogging a dead horse’ best fits in the given sentence.
Hence, option (a) is the correct choice.
S6. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The error lies in part (a) of the sentence.
Replace ‘Smarter’ with ‘Smart’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
The word that comes before ‘Enough’ should always be in the positive form.
S7. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The proper sequence is – RQPS.
S8. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The given sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
Knock down – To hit someone with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed.
S9. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
Perilous – full of danger or risk.
Synonyms – dangerous, risky, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe.
Antonyms – harmless, safe, unthreatening.
S10. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Ample’.
Ample – enough or more than enough; plentiful.
