25 English Grammar Questions and Answers set 2

 
25 English Grammar Questions and Answers set 2

1. Let Kamala and ____ try their luck.

(a) his (b) he

(c) him (d) None of these

2. The synonym of ‘Winsome’ is:

(a) Appealing (b) Barbarous

(c) Prosper (d) Instruct

3. He is in his salad days. (The meaning of underlined phrase)

(a) Polite and kind (b) fair way

(c) Young and inexperienced stage

(d) cheerful days

4. Camels are peculiarly adapted ___ life in desert.

(a) for (b) to

(c) by (d) in

5. He insists ___ leaving immediately.

(a) on (b) at

(c) with (d) none of these

6. We shall not go for the movie if it ____ raining.

(a)has (b) was

(c) is (d) had been

7. Choose the word opposite to the noun ‘Balance’:

(a) Unbalance (b) non balance

(c) Imbalance (d) Misbalance

8. The young one of Ape :

(a) Baby (b) Calf

(c) Joey (d) Pup

9. The meaning of ‘Hiatus’:

(a) Nothingness (b) Gap

(c) Emptiness (d) Absence

10. Sulphur dioxide is composed _____ sulphur and oxygen.

(a) from (b) with

(c) to (d) of

11. I didn’t watch the news on television. But I heard it ___ the

radio.

(a) in (b) by

(c) on (d) with

12. The synonym of ‘excuse’ is:

(a) Accuse (b) Condone

(c) Condemn (d) Charge

13. He is the last son. (The underlined Determiner is a)

(a) Possessive (b) Numeric

(c) Negative (d) Demonstrative

14. Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) Occurrence (b) Occurance

(c) Occurrance (d) Occurence

15. One who eats too much:

(a) Glutton (b) Gourmet

(c) Greedy (d) Turncoat

16. The culprit was ____

(a) hung (b) hunged

(c) hanged (d) hangen

17. Every paisa should be accounted ____.

(a) for (b) by

(c) on (d) against

18. My friend ______ for me when I arrived.

(a) waited (b) has waited

(c) was waiting (d) has been waiting

19. I shall not come _____ you need me.

(a) if not (b) without

(c) except (d) unless

20. Security arrangements have been tightened up in all _____

areas.

(a) sensible (b) sensual

(c) sensitive (d) sensational

21. ‘Aggravate’ means:

(a) to falsify (b) to praise

(c) to make better (d) to make worse

22. The word CLUMSY means:

(a) Adroit (b) Dexterous

(c) Rough (d) Ungraceful

23. Last Saturday we ___ to visit our ancestral home.

(a) went (b) will go

(c) have gone (d) go

24. The word ‘Hilarious’ means:

(a) Very angry (b) Very funny

(c) Very jealousy (d) Very hungry

25. ‘Fait Accompli’ means:

(a) An established fact (b) All together

(c) Free of charge (d) Incomparable

Answers

1(c) 2(a) 3(c) 4(a) 5(a) 6(c) 7(c) 8(a) 9(b) 10(d) 11(c)

12(b) 13(b)14(a) 15(a) 16(c) 17(a) 18(c) 19(d) 20(c)

21 (d) 22(d) 23 (a)24 (b) 25(a)