English MCQ for Competitive Exams

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The Mesopotamians invented the decimal system.

Describe how you will tell your teacher that the windmill is being built by Master Yadav in active voice.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

The outcome document of the Rio+20 Conference, the Future We Want, underscores climate change as "an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries". Through the document, Member States express their concern about the continuous rising of emissions of greenhouse gases and the vulnerability of all countries, particularly developing countries, to the adverse impacts of climate change.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Eloquent

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Brat

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. But a dove that happened to be sitting on a neighbouring tree saw the ant’s danger and, plucking off a leaf, let it drop into the water before him.
B. Just at that time, a fowler was spreading his net and was in the act of ensnaring the dove, when the ant, perceiving his object, bit his heel.
C. An ant went to a fountain to quench his thirst and, tumbling in, almost drowned.
D. The ant mounting upon it, was presently wafted safely ashore.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Harmony

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Man-made fibre, is fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man-made fibres (1)______ spun
and woven into a large (2)______ of consumer and industrial products, (3)______ garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery; home furnishings (4)______ as upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and (5)______ parts such as tire cord, flame-proof linings, and drive belts.

Select t he most appropriate option to fill in blank 5.

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Man-made fibre, is fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man-made fibres (1)______ spun
and woven into a large (2)______ of consumer and industrial products, (3)______ garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery; home furnishings (4)______ as upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and (5)______ parts such as tire cord, flame-proof linings, and drive belts.

Select t he most appropriate option to fill in blank 4.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Help from relatives ______ him in difficult times.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
We can buy books online from Amazon.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
A new book on games will be released by the publishers next week.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.
The employee took the manager’s remark with a pinch of salt

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Nowadays, online shopping is easier ________ shopping in a market.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Decadence

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.

In question, four alternatives are given for the idiom under in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom.
Mr. Avinash is very nice and friendly, but his brother is very toffee-nosed.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
The best of both worlds

Murder of a king:

A place where money is coined:

Science of heredity:

An area where wild birds or animals protected and encouraged to breed