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English MCQ
5281. What is the plural form of ‘sheep’?
sheeps
sheepses
sheepes
sheep
5282. Caliban is an important character from Shakespeare’s-
The Tempest
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
5283. 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?
5284. Francis Bacon is an illustrious –
essayist
dramatist
novelist
journalist
5285. 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.
5286. Sitting happily, The chicken laid eggs. The underlined part is a/an –
noun clause
subordinate clause
independent clause
coordinate clause
5287. The word ‘equivocation’ refers to –
stating like an author
two contradictory things in the same statement
free expression of opinions
a true statement
5288. “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
5289. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ is quoted from shakespeare’s-
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Comedy of Errors
As you like it
5290. The poetic drama ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ was written by –
Harold Pinter
G. B. Shaw
T. S. Eliot
Samuel Beckett
5291. Select the appropriate preposition: ‘Are you doing’ anything special ____ the weekend?
at
with
on
for
5292. ‘He could not win but learnt a lot.’ Which part of speech is the word ‘but’?
an adverb
a conjunction
an adjective
a verb
5293. The synonym of ‘panoramic’ is –
scenic
narrow
limited
restricted
5294. ‘By and large’ means –
everwhere
very large
mostly
far away
5295. The antonym for ‘slothful’ is –
playful
quarrelsome
energetic
sluggish
5296. “All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” This extract is taken from W.B. Yeats poem titled –
No Second Troy
Easter 1916
The Second Coming
The Wild Swans at Coole
5297. What is the verb form of the word ‘ability’?
capable
inability
enable
unable
5298. Which of the following words is spelt correctly?
authoratative
autheritative
authoritative
authoratative
5299. ‘To get along with’ means –
to adjust
to interest
to accompany
to walk
5300. Alexander Pope’s ‘Essay on Man’ is a –
novel
treatise
short story
poem