English MCQ for Competitive Exams

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The new building was being constructed by the construction workers.

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

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
He does not buy shirts.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Use your logical thinking for ______ decisions today as you will certainly succeed.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Himank's health has ______ ever since he has refused to get himself treated.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Pipe dream

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Stalwart

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Invade

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange t he sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. When he reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at t he door.
B. A man went away f rom his home.
C. Disappointed, he decided to take it himself .
D. One day he wrote a letter to his family, but could not find any one to take the letter to his town.

Select the appropriate idiom that can replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence.
My father’s office is at a close distance from home.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.
The youth involved in the accident escaped by the skin of his teeth.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Photographers who follow celebrities to get their pictures to sell them

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
S1. In Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
A. but also an elder statesman and national leader
B. we have not only a crusader against the caste system,
C. a valiant fighter for the cause of the downtrodden in India
D. whose contribution in the form of the Constitution of India
S6. will be cherished forever by posterity.

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

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The story of his uncle’s mysterious disappearance was first heard by Rajat in his childhood

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Humble

Select the most appropriate idiom that best explains the given sentence.
I was unable to solve the geometry question myself. So, I have asked my teacher to help me out.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a spelling error.
He wrote his dairy / in code / so that nobody / could understand it.

A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of other:

Governed by a sense of duty:

The state of being miserable bereft of all possessions:

A person who destroys property by fire

A broad channel formed by joining of the sea and river water

A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside