English MCQ for Competitive Exams

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The workers had eaten all the pastries before the day broke.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Authentic

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Unbiased

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The ball of yarn was being nudged by the kitten.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. “Buy sweet apples, or none at all”, he instructed his servant.
B. A rich man sent his servant to an orchard to buy some apples.
C. The servant asked, “How am I to know that all of them are sweet if I taste just one?”
D. The owner of the orchard said to the servant, “All my apples are sweet. Try one."

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
No sooner did Priya / get her report card / when she started jumping / with joy.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Imran has found two good jobs in the advertisements of the newspaper.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Elated

Select t he most appropriate ANTONYM of t he given word.
Widespread

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The doctor has __________ (advised) medicine for the treatment of the disease.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Aunt May thought that Uncle Ken’s job as a manager at Firpo’s hotel in Shimla was a stable one.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The teacher will explain the lesson tomorrow.

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Girls have been the 1.________ of many crimes in India for years. The most fearful crime was female foeticide, in which girls were killed in the 2.________ of the mother after sex determination through ultrasound. ‘Save the Girl Child’ 3.________ has been launched by the government to end gender-selective abortions of female foetuses as well as other crimes
4.________ the girl child.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Sharp

There is an error in the given sentence. From the options given, identify the sentence that corrects the error to make it a grammatically accurate sentence.
This lesser known heritage building is so beautiful as the Red Fort.

Select the most appropriate synonym for the highlighted word.
This is credible information provided by the informer.

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
We feed the horse oats for a week because it had eaten all the hay. 

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the highlighted word.
The negligent attitude of the cops was criticised.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Damp

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Dreadful 

Select the most appropriate idiomatic expression that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Both Nitin and Uday are of the same interests. 

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

An arm and a leg

Submission to all that happens as inevitable.