English MCQ
4881. The poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is written by-
W. B. Yeats
T.S. Eliot
Walter Scott
Robert Browing
4882. The Character 'Alfred Doolittle' is taken from Shaw's play titled-
Pygmalion
Man and Superman
The Doctor's Dilemma
Mrs. Warren's Profession
4883. '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.
4884. Identify the correct spelling:
questionnaire
questionair
questionaire
questionoir
4885. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'terse':
concise
detailed
expressive
descriptive
4886. 'I will not let you go.' In this sentence 'go' is a/an-
infinitive
gerund
participle
verbal noun
4887. 'The old man was tired of walking'. Here 'walking' is a/an-
present participle
adjective
common noun
gerund
4888. Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel-
David Copperfield
The Return of the Native
A Passage to India
Adam Bede
4889. Which one of the following is a common gender?
king
sovereign
emperor
queen
4890. Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural.
wood
issue
fish
light
4891. 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?
4892. 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.
4893. 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.
4894. 'To win a prize is my ambition'. The underlined part of the sentence is a/an-
adjective phrase
noun phrase
adverb phrase
conjunctional phrase
4895. 'Shylock' is a character in the play-
Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Measure for Measure
4896. When Ushashi entered - the room everybody stopped talking.
into
in
to
no preposition required
4897. Who is the author of the first scientific romance 'The Time Machine'?
H. G. Wells
Samuel Butler
George Moore
4898. '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
4899. 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
4900. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet was prince of-
Norway
Britain
Denmark
France