English Language Online MCQ Set 8

QN01. Where was J.B.Priestley born?

1. Bradford
2. Manchester
3. Liverpool
4. Edinburgh

Answer

(A)Bradford

QN02. Rabindranath Tagore composed the Nation Anthem for ______________ & ______________.

1. India and Bangladesh
2. India and Pakistan
3. India and Sri Lanka
4. India and China

Answer

(A)India and Bangladesh

QN03. What is the unique feature of the success of the Mumbai dabbawalas business?

1. Mumbai's history
2. Mumbai's economy
3. Mumbai's geography
4. Mumbai's society

Answer

(C)Mumbai's geography

QN04. Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in ______________.

1. 1913
2. 1914
3. 1915
4. 1923

Answer

(A)1913

QN05. The head master ______________ to talk to you.

1. want
2. wants
3. has wanted
4. None of the above

Answer

(B)wants

QN06. A bomb scare ______________ a delay of the flight.

1. causing
2. cause
3. was caused
4. had caused

Answer

(D)had caused

QN07. If you want to learn to speak English fluently. You ______________ to work hard.

1. could
2. needn't
3. mustn't
4. need

Answer

(D)need

QN08. I borrowed a pen ______________ my classmate

1. to
2. from
3. with
4. through

Answer

(B)from

QN09. Change into passive: Everyone understands English. English ______________ by everyone.

1. is understood
2. has been understood
3. was understood
4. had understood

Answer

(A)is understood

QN10. This house has been empty ______________ several years.

1. towards
2. for
3. from
4. none of the above

Answer

(B)for

QN11. The diamond ring that her husband bought for her turned ______________ to be fake one.

1. in
2. of
3. out
4. none of the above

Answer

(C)out

QN12. Recipients of a message must be able to identfy the ______________.

1. receiver's intent
2. receiver's perception
3. sender's intent
4. Speaker

Answer

(C)sender's intent

QN13. ______________ refers to any obstruction that is caused by the sender.

1. Voice
2. Message
3. Speech
4. Noise

Answer

(D)Noise

QN14. In ______________ five W's should be checked.

1. conciseness
2. clarity
3. completeness
4. consideration

Answer

(C)completeness

QN15. The IPA or International Phonetic Alphabet is an alphabet of ______________.

1. letters
2. sounds
3. dialect
4. syllables

Answer

(B)sounds

QN16. The first rising tune is ______________.

1. the glide-up
2. the glide-down
3. the dive
4. the take -off

Answer

(A)the glide-up

QN17. A ______________ message saves time for both sender and receiver.

1. common
2. concise
3. intricate
4. confusing

Answer

(B)concise

QN18. During conversation we should ______________ patiently and ______________ tactfully.

1. speak; listen
2. listen; speak
3. write; speak
4. listen; write

Answer

(B)listen; speak

QN19. The consonant sounds are ______________ in number.

1. twenty-two
2. twenty
3. twenty-three
4. twenty-four

Answer

(D)twenty-four

QN20. "Literally literary" is a diction exercise for ______________ words.

1. 'L'
2. 'K'
3. 'H'
4. 'R'

Answer

(A)'L'

QN21. ______________ means trying something new and different from your fashion comfort zone.

1. Mobile Community
2. Furlough Employees
3. Donning the idea
4. Donning the fedora

Answer

(D)Donning the fedora

QN22. Which of these is used between sentences which are grammatically independent?

1. Colon
2. Semicolon
3. Comma
4. Hyphen

Answer

(A)Colon

QN23. Explain a woeful ballad.

1. a love song
2. a happy song
3. a song of god
4. a sad song

Answer

(D)a sad song

QN24. To which stage of life does the soldier belong?

1. second stage
2. third stage
3. fourth stage
4. fifth stage

Answer

(C)fourth stage

QN25. Guy de Maupassant is a ______________ author.

1. British
2. Japanese
3. French
4. American

Answer

(C)French

QN26. As per the beggar's belief, which God had visited the house in the form of a Cobra?

1. Natraja
2. Shiva
3. Subramanya
4. Vinayaka

Answer

(C)Subramanya

QN27. Shakespeare ______________ a lot of plays and poems

1. has written
2. written
3. writes
4. writing

Answer

(A)has written

QN28. I am sorry, but I ______________ to go now.

1. has
2. had
3. have
4. can

Answer

(C)have

QN29. Tom ______________ to call Susan yesterday but he has forgotten.

1. is supposed
2. supposed
3. supposes
4. was supposed

Answer

(D)was supposed

QN30. I plan to take my vocation either in June ______________ in July.

1. whether
2. or
3. as
4. if

Answer

(B)or

QN31. You must complete this homework ______________ next Wednesday.

1. on
2. until
3. by
4. till

Answer

(C)by

QN32. The Computer class start at 8.30 am ______________ the morning.

1. on
2. in
3. at
4. none of the above

Answer

(B)in

QN33. ______________ is a continuous process.

1. Communication
2. Message
3. Encoding
4. Decoding

Answer

(A)Communication

QN34. The message generated by the sender is ______________ in the form of words, pictures, gestures etc.

1. replaced
2. encoded
3. leaded
4. holded

Answer

(B)encoded

QN35. The ______________ model is less message focused and more intercommunication focused.

1. action
2. interaction
3. transmission
4. transaction

Answer

(B)interaction

QN36. ______________ shows respect and allows you to learn.

1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing

Answer

(A)Listening

QN37. ______________ helps the workers to adjust to the physical and social aspect of work.

1. written communication
2. oral communication
3. good communication
4. poor communication

Answer

(C)good communication

QN38. ______________ is the way in which our voice changes as the pitch rises and falls.

1. consonant
2. tone
3. word
4. vowel

Answer

(D)vowel

QN39. ______________ word, one stress.

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Answer

(A)One

QN40. The stress is always on a ______________.

1. consonant
2. tone
3. word
4. vowel

Answer

(D)vowel