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 option that express the given sentence in active voice.
The article had not been posted by Mr. Gupta.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Consent

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.
Some people were tired of the long ______ in front of the mall and left without entering.

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.
The Principal requested / the teacher’s / to monitor / and take care of the small children.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Someone stole his traveller's cheques when he was travelling in Europe.

Select t he most appropriate meaning of t he given idiom.
Be at a loss f or words

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.
The Maasais live in (1)______ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)______ of miles of rolling
grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)______ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a ‘Manyatta’, where a few families live
for a (4)______ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with
them, and burning the old ‘Manyatta’ to the ground.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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.
The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up In the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for suffocation and deaths of woodland animals as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags and the search for more alternatives continues.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Tia wanted a dog that was __________ than Larry’s dog.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Marvel Comics created Superman.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The movie was released__________ expected.

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

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Perumal has given a challenging assignment to the newly admitted students.

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. Select the option that contains an error.
By the way a lorry crashed into the car but the boys were lucky and escaped with only minor injuries.

A person who can not be corrected:

Take great pleasure

One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain:

A person who makes love without serious intention:

The state of being miserable bereft of all possessions:

Someone not fit to be chosen