English MCQ
5281. Sitting happily, The chicken laid eggs. The underlined part is a/an –
noun clause
subordinate clause
independent clause
coordinate clause
5282. The synonym of ‘panoramic’ is –
scenic
narrow
limited
restricted
5283. Alexander Pope’s ‘Essay on Man’ is a –
novel
treatise
short story
poem
5284. The word ‘equivocation’ refers to –
stating like an author
two contradictory things in the same statement
free expression of opinions
a true statement
5285. ‘He could not win but learnt a lot.’ Which part of speech is the word ‘but’?
an adverb
a conjunction
an adjective
a verb
5286. “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more;” Thesee memorable lines in Shakespearean tragedy are spoken by –
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Duncan
Banquo
5287. Find out the active form of the sentence: ‘By whom can our country be saved?’
Who can save our country?
Our country has been saved by who?
Who save our country?
Who will save our country?
5288. The poetic drama ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ was written by –
Harold Pinter
G. B. Shaw
T. S. Eliot
Samuel Beckett
5289. The antonym for ‘slothful’ is –
playful
quarrelsome
energetic
sluggish
5290. What is the plural form of ‘sheep’?
sheeps
sheepses
sheepes
sheep
5291. Select the appropriate preposition: ‘Are you doing’ anything special ____ the weekend?
at
with
on
for
5292. Francis Bacon is an illustrious –
essayist
dramatist
novelist
journalist
5293. Identify the correct passive form: ‘Do not close the door.’
Let not the door close.
Let not the door be closed.
Let not the door close.
Let not door closed.
5295. Which of the following words is spelt correctly?
authoratative
autheritative
authoritative
authoratative
5296. What is the verb form of the word ‘ability’?
capable
inability
enable
unable
5297. ‘To get along with’ means –
to adjust
to interest
to accompany
to walk
5298. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ is quoted from shakespeare’s-
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Comedy of Errors
As you like it
5300. Caliban is an important character from Shakespeare’s-
The Tempest
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello