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 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 (1-15): In the following questions, sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested in the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Q1. In terms of spatial distribution, rainfall during this season was most conducive for augmenting agricultural ____________ this year.
(a) consumption
(b) saving
(c) labour
(d) output
Q2. Greenhouse gases ____________ into the atmosphere cause this long-wave radiation to increase. Thus, heat is trapped inside of our planet and creates a general warming effect.
(a) appeared
(b) released
(c) exposed
(d) revealed
Q3. Photosynthesis is a ____________ that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into organic carbon and oxygen that feeds almost every ecosystem.
(a) formation
(b) growth
(c) movement
(d) process
Q4. Central co-operative banks ____________ all the business of a joint stock bank.
(a) direct
(b) manage
(c) conduct
(d) account
Q5. With increased economic development, the demand for the metal has grown at a faster ____________ than it is being mined.
(a) pace
(b) move
(c) step
(d) manner
Q6. This operating point ___________ cost savings and efficiencies in the solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems.
(a) implement
(b) prevent
(c) provides
(d) approve
Q7. Large sums are ___________ on education and health care in the backward States. But the results are not there.
(a) applied
(b) allocated
(c) donated
(d) spent
Q8. The reserve fund is ___________ in first class securities.
(a) invested
(b) superimposed
(c) advanced
(d) devoted
Q9. Education is a strong ___________ of poverty status.
(a) requirement
(b) predictor
(c) discolor
(d) exposure
Q10. The study ___________ that the largest group of street children in Chennai work as coolies.
(a) announced
(b) informed
(c) introduced
(d) revealed
Q11. The staff at the Frontier lines up in silent admiration as Arjun, proudly _______the gold medal, walks in, takes his seat, and then tries soaking in the place.
(a) crumpling
(b) dangling
(c) rumpling
(d) flinging
Q12.The latest ____________ of how children are faring in schools in rural areas indicates there has been no dramatic improvement in learning outcomes.
(a) notion
(b) assessment
(c) law
(d) conjecture
Q13.The ____________ of the collegium system has once again been called into question.
(a) credibility
(b) mortality
(c) empathy
(d) mendacity
Q14.The river overflowed its __________and flooded the area.
(a) limits
(b) edge
(c) bank
(d) fronts
Q15.The strike in the paper mill has resulted in the ___________ loss.
(a) comprehensive
(b) colossal
(c) commendable
(d) outsize
ANSWER
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘Output’ is the correct answer as we are talking about increasing (augmenting) agriculture outputs. Use of rainfall in a sentence is the first indication that the sentence is about increasing the output and not of consumption.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. We ‘release’ gas we never ‘expose’ it for e.g.- we expose our skin.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘Process’ is the only word that fills the blank correctly.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. There can be doubt between conduct and manage but we use conduct as one bank don’t manage the activities of other bank though it can conduct it by formulating regulations.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. Pace means speed in walking, running, or moving. Here we are talking about growth speed so pace is used.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Operating point” is a singular subject which must take “singular verb” so “provides” is correct.
We cannot “implement” cost saving, we can implement cost saving techniques/plans/methods.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. We “spend” money on education and health care.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. We invest the fund. None of the other goes with the context.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Predict- To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Study reveals something. Hence, with “study” we use “reveal”.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Crumple: fall to the ground suddenly.
Dangle: to hold something so that it hangs loosely.
Rumple: give a creased or disheveled appearance to.
Fling: throw or hurl forcefully.
Hence option B is the correct choice.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Notion: a conception of or belief about something.
Assessment: the process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgment.
Conjecture: an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Hence option B is the apt choice.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Credibility: the quality of being trusted and believed in; reliability.
Mendacity: untruthfulness.
Hence option A is the apt choice.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bank: the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
Hence option C is the apt choice.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Colossal: (esp. of something bad) very great.
Hence option B is the apt choice.
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