English MCQs and Answers: English MCQs are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams in 2022 must go through the topics of general English for competitive exams, as the English language is a key part of the syllabus.
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Directions(1-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q1.Senseless talk or writing
(a) Droll
(b)Titter
(c)Balderdash
(d)Stroppy
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.Droll: humorous, especially in an unusual way.
Titter: a short, half-suppressed laugh.
Stroppy: bad-tempered and argumentative.
Q2.Depict or describe in painting or words
(a) Gadarene
(b) Thrapple
(c) Gravitas
(d) Limn
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Gadarene: involving or engaged in a headlong or potentially disastrous rush to do something.
Thrapple: a person’s or animal’s throat.
Gravitas: dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
Q3.Light, delicate, and translucent
(a) Gravid
(b) Diaphanous
(c) Ocellated
(d) Patulous
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.Gravid: full of meaning or a specified quality.
Ocellated: having eye-like markings.
Patulous: spreading widely or expanded.
Q4.Prolonged and idle discussion
(a) Pantomime
(b) Simulacrum
(c) Palaver
(d) Scapegrace
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol.Pantomime: a performance using gestures and body movements without using words.
Simulacrum: an image or representation of someone or something.
Scapegrace: a mischievous or wayward person.
Q5.She remained a ____________all her life.
(a) Soothed
(b) Spinster
(c) Spencer
(d) Skull
S5. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Spinster’.
Spinster – an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.
Q6.The train derailed and _________ injured its engineer.
(a) Significantly
(b) Fatally
(c) Fatefully
(d) Vitally
S6. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The word that can be filled in the blank is, ‘Fatally’.
Fatally – in a manner leading to death or disaster:
He was injured fatally in the accident.
Q7. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
A smartwatch doesn’t need to be tuned for multitasking and games;
P- Instead, it should permit slick interface changes while retaining strong battery life.
Q- There was an occasional stutter at times, but that was duly ironed out once apps such as Google Fit and Google Calendar got the required updates.
R- The Falster does well as far as performance is concerned, and we never really noticed any lag while running apps meant for the watch or navigating the interface.
(a) RPQ
(b) QPR
(c) QRP
(d) PRQ
S7. Ans. (d)
Q8. In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
By no means (1) /did she flourish as a translator (2) / since her arrival in Vietnam 30 years ago. (3)/ no error. (4)
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. As the point of time “since” has been given, thus perfect tense should be used. Hence “has she flourished” should be used.
Q9. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A serious disease that is caused by a type of small worm getting into the blood.
(a) pandemic
(b) bilharzia
(c) bluetongue
(d) morbidity
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Bilharzia means a serious disease that is caused by a type of small worm getting into the blood.
Bluetongue means a disease that affects some farm animals, especially sheep and cows, in which the mouth and tongue of the affected animals turns blue.
Pandemic means existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
Morbidity means the morbidity of a disease is how many people have it in a particular population:
Directions (10-12): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.
Q10. In urban society the social circle is limited (A) / with the family but in (B) / the villages it encompasses the entire village. (C) / No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘with’ by ‘to’ as ‘limited’ takes preposition ‘to’ with it.
Q11. It proves year after year (A) / that when it comes into judging new writing (B) / we are on slippery ground (C) / No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Correct preposition to use here is ‘to’.
Hence replace ‘into’ by ‘to’.
Q12. Good people will make good laws (A) / but good laws passed by a few does not (B) / necessarily make a good society (C) / No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘does not’ by ‘do not’ as ‘Good laws’ i.e. subject is plural.
Directions : Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
Q13. He completed all projects on time except for two of them, which he found too difficult to ___________.
(a) embrace
(b) comprehend
(c) acknowledge
(d) discern
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Comprehend: grasp mentally; understand.
Directions (14-15): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
Q14. Car manufacturers are making considerable efforts to gain new customers.
(a) Considerable efforts are made by car manufacturers to gain new customers.
(b) Considerable efforts are being made by car manufacturers to gain new customers.
(c) Considerable efforts have been made by car manufacturers to gain new customers.
(d) Considerable efforts were made by car manufacturers to gain new customers.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. “Is/ are/ am + V1+ ing” changes into “is/are/am + being+ V3” while converting active into passive voice.
Q15. Who asked you to write this report?
(a) By who you were asked to write this report.
(b) By whom you were asked to write this report.
(c) By who were you asked to write this report?
(d) By whom were you asked to write this report?
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Interrogative pronoun “who” changes into “by whom” while changing active voice into passive voice.
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