MCQ
18801. Select the correct comparative form of the sentence 'A string of pearls was not so bright as her teeth.'
Her teeth was more brighter than a string of pearls
Her teeth were brighter than a string of pearls.
A string of pearls was brighter than her teeth.
A string of pearls were very bright than her teeth
18802. 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' was written by the author of -
Lord Jim
The Rainbow
Ulysses
A Passage to India
18803. 'Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' This extract is taken from the drama-
King Lear
Macbeth
As You Like it
Hamlet
18804. Which one is a correct sentence?
The doctor found my pulse.
The doctor took my pulse.
The doctor examined my pulse.
The doctor saw my pulse.
18805. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet was prince of-
Norway
Britain
Denmark
France
18806. 'Give somebody a piece of your mind' means to-
tell someone that you are very angry with them.
say exactly what you feel or think.
return or to help somebody return to a normal situation.
give somebody mental peace.
18807. Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel-
David Copperfield
The Return of the Native
A Passage to India
Adam Bede
18808. The poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is written by-
W. B. Yeats
T.S. Eliot
Walter Scott
Robert Browing
18809. Who is the author of the first scientific romance 'The Time Machine'?
H. G. Wells
Samuel Butler
George Moore
18810. Find out the correct passive form of the sentence 'Who taught you French?
By whom you were taught French?
By whom French was taught you?
French was taught you by whom?
By whom were you taught French?
18811. 'Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield' is taken from the poem written by-
Robert Browning
Matthew Arnold
Alfred Tennyson
Lord Byron
18812. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'terse':
concise
detailed
expressive
descriptive
18813. 'Pip' is the protagonist in Charles Dicken's novel-
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
18814. Identify the correct spelling:
questionnaire
questionair
questionaire
questionoir
18815. 'To win a prize is my ambition'. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an-
adjective phrase
noun phrase
adverb phrase
conjunctional phrase
18816. 'Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?' Who speaks the famous lines?
Caesar
Antony
Faustus
Romeo
18817. When Ushashi entered - the room everybody stopped talking.
into
in
to
no preposition required
18818. The Character 'Alfred Doolittle' is taken from Shaw's play titled-
Pygmalion
Man and Superman
The Doctor's Dilemma
Mrs. Warren's Profession
18819. 'Shylock' is a character in the play-
Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Measure for Measure
18820. Which 'but' is a preposition?
It is but right to admit our faults.
What can we do but sit and wait?
We tried hard, but did not succeed.
There is no one but likes him.