MCQ on Basic English Knowledge

General Studies

23- She did not take _______ photos when she went on holiday.

(A) many of

(B) a little

(C) little of

(D) many

 

24- Whose team had won the match? (Change the voice)

(A) By whose team is the match win?

(B) Which is the winning team?

(C) By whose team has the match won?

(D) By whose team had the match been won?

 

25- As we did not have much money, we stayed at _______ hotel that we could find.

(A) a less expensive

(B) a more expensive

(C) the least expensive

(D) the most expensive

 

26- _______ population growth in less developed countries is widely regarded as a moot obstacle to their material progress.

(A) Timely

(B) Retarded

(C) Hasty

(D) Rapid

 

27- The Ministry of Agriculture experts cannot _______ when the new technology will arrive or how it will affect international commerce.

(A) combat

(B) delay

(C) predict

(D) admit

 

28- In some cases the more prosperous groups have been relatively recent immigrants, who mostly came in empty-handed but were _______, ambitious, energetic, and resourceful.

(A) industrious

(B) talkative

(C) tangible

(D) exaggerated

 

29- Evolution, along with other theories and discoveries in biology, seems to _______ the materialist position.

(A) humiliate

(B) accumulate

(C) reinforce

(D) suffocate

 

30- Developing countries are becoming increasingly _______ on food imports from two countries – the United States and Canada.

(A) conventional

(B) impartial

(C) dependent

(D) negligible

 

31- To keep one’s temper (Select the correct meaning)

(A) To preserve one’s energy

(B) To be aloof from

(C) To be in a good mood

(D) To become hungry

 

32- To drive home (Select the correct meaning)

(A) To emphasize

(B) Back to the original position

(C) To take a rest

(D) To find one’s roots

 

33- To cry a wolf (Select the correct meaning)

(A) To die in hunger

(B) To be afraid

(C) To listen carefully

(D) To give a false alarm

 

ANSWERS:

23-(D), 24-(D), 25-(C), 26-(D), 27-(C), 28-(A), 29-(C), 30-(C), 31-(C), 32-(A), 33-(D)