english grammer MCQ test

english grammer MCQ test
Mcqs About English Grammar
Free Online English Grammar Test


Directions—: Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error choose appropriate letter (A), (B) or (C). If there is no error, Choose letter (D).

1. Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on / (A)
what papers you have selected / (B)
but on how you have written them / (C)
No Error/(D)
Ans. (C)

2. Heavy rain /(A)
prevented us / (B)
to go to the cinema / (C)
No Error/(D)
Ans. (C)

3. If the majority of the individuals in a State /(A)
prosper / (B)
the State itself would prosper. (C)
No Error/ (D)
Ans. (B)

4. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations / (A)
they will be stopped, ticketed /(B)
and have to pay a fine / (C)
No Error/(D)
Ans. (C)


Directions Choose the word(s) opposite in meaning the given word
5. Suppress
(A) Stir up
(B) Rouse
(C) Urge
(D) Incite
Ans. (A)

6. Loosen
(A) Fasten
(B) Accelerate
(C) Delay
(D) Paste
Ans. (A)

7. Rebellion
(A) Forgiveness
(B) Retribution
(C) Submission
(D) Domination
Ans. (C)

8. Idiosyncrasy
(A) Insanity
(B) Sanity
(C) Generality
(D) Singularity
Ans. (C)

9. Sanguine
(A) Diffident
(B) Hopeless
(C) Cynical
(D) Morose
Ans. (A)


Directions :Fill in the blanks


10. In the last few days…………………… to help him?
(A) anything has been done
(B) is anything done
(C) something is done
(D) has anything been done
Ans. (D)

11. While picking a rose she her ……………hand on a thorn.
(A) stung
(B) scratched
(C) cut
(D) damaged
Ans. (B)


12. None of the food was wasted……………
(A) wasn’t it
(B) was it
(C) weren’t it
(D) were it
Ans. (B)


Directions—(Q. 13—22): In these questions, you have, two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and indicate the correct sequence.

PASSAGE—I

(Question -13—17)
In 776 BC the First Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greek’s chief God, Zeus. The Greeks emphasized, physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honoured by having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. The Greeks attached so much importance to these games that they calculated time in four-year cycles called ‘Olympiads’ dating from 776 BC.

13. Where were the First Olympic Games held?
At the foot of
(A) Mount Olympus
(B) Mount Olympiad
(C) Mount Orels
(D) Mount of Greeks
Ans. (A)

14. Why were the Olympic Games held?
(A) To stop wars
(B) To crown the best athletes
(C) To honour Zeus
(D) To sing songs about athletes
Ans. (C)

15. Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?
(A) 776 years
(B) 2279 years
(C) 1207 years
(D) 2781 years
Ans. (D)

16. Which of the following contests was not held?
(A) Discus throwing
(B Skating
(C) Boxing
(D) Running
Ans. (B)

17. The values connected with Olympic Games were—
(A) physical fitness, education of youth and friendship
(B) health, contests and singing
(C) running, jumping, throwing and boxing
(D) four-year cycles, war-time, young age and friendship
Ans. (A)

PASSAGE-Il
(Question 18—22)

Faith in progress is deep within our culture. We have been taught to believe that our lives are better than the lives of those who came before us. The ideology of modern economics suggests that material progress has yielded enhanced satisfaction and well-being. But much of our confidence about our own well-being comes from the assumption that our lives are easier than those of earlier generations.
The lives of the so-called primitive peoples are thought to be harsh—their existence dominated by the ‘incessant quest for food’. In fact, primitives did very little work. contemporary standards we’d have to judge them very lazy.
The key to understanding why these ‘stone- age people’ failed to act like us—increasing their work effort to get more things—is that they had limited desires. In the race between wanting and having, they had kept their wanting low—and, in this way ensured their own kind of satisfaction. They were materially poor by contemporary standards, but in at least one dimension—time— we have to count them richer.

18. What is the basis for progress and growth according to the writer.?
(A) Faith in progress is deep-rooted in our culture
(B) We have been taught that progress is necessary
(C) Material progress has given us strength
(D) We have assumed to progress
Ans. (C)

19. What does the writer attribute to modern economics?
(A) That our lives are easier than before
(B) That, progress is a natural process
(C) That material progress leads to higher satisfaction and well-being
(D) That it forces us to assume progress
Ans. (C)

20. What is the writer’s image of the primitive people?
(A) Their life was harsh
(B) They did no work
(C) They were lazy
(D) Search for food was their primary focus in life
Ans. (C)

21. What is the key to understanding the primitive peoples’ behaviour according to the passage?
(A) They had no desires
(B) They had everything they needed
(C) They had limited desires
(D) They kept their wants high
Ans. (C)

22. How does the writer appreciate the primitives?
(A) They have a low degree of wants
(B) They are the masters of their time owing to their contentedness
(C) They are materially poor
(D) They are highly satisfied
Ans. (B)

Directions: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which Best Expresses the meaning of the given bold word and indicate the correct alternative.

23. OBSTINATE
(A) Stubborn
(C) Silly
(B) Pretty
(D) Clever
Ans. (A)

24. ALERT
(A) Hostile
(B) Watchful
(C) Brave
(D) Quick
Ans. (B)

25. ACCEDE
(A) Consent
(B) Access
(C) Assess
(D) Proceed
Ans. (A)