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