General English (Grammar Usage) - Solved Quiz

Q:1 It is fourteen years since I ----------him.

(a) saw (b) have seen (c) did see (d) had seen

Q:2 She had just ----------- when the telephone rang.

(a) laid (b) lain (c) lay (d) None

Q:3 Sunita decided to set ------------- some time every day for prayers.

(a) up (b) in (c) on (d) aside

Q:4 The boy you met yesterday is in lass---------------.

(a) ninth (b) The ninth

(c) nine (d) the nine

Q:5 Will you ------------my dog while I am on tour?

(a) look out (b) look up

(c) look on (d) look after

Q:6 The mounting pressure was so overwhelming that he ultimately--------to her wish.

(a) agreed in (b) cowed in

(c) gave in (d) yielded in

Q:7 It is no use ---------- to come now. He is very busy.

(a) to ask him (b) asking him

(c) that you ask him (d) if you asked him

Q:8 There is disturbing nexus----- politics & sports in India.

(a) between (b) with

(c) among (d) by

Q:9 We shall fail --------we were industrious.

(a) though (b) until (c) even

(d) whether (e) unless

Q:10 I have been ill -----------last Sunday.

(a) for (b) since

(c) from (d) by

Q:11 The lawyer was threatened ------------- dire consequences.

(a) from (b) by

(c) with (d) of

Q:12 It has been raining ---------morning.

(a) for (b) from

(c) till (d) since

Q:13 One should not be indifferent---------the sufferings of others.

(a) about (b) to

(c) of (d) at

Q:14 His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not -----------suspicion.

(a) in (b) beyond

(c) under (d) above

Q:15 Everywhere elegant old buildings are being ------------- and mediocre modern structures are being put up.

(a) pulled off (b) pulled down

(c) pulled up (d) pulled through

Q:16 The press serve the profession better if it were objective in its reporting.

(a) would (b) may

(c) can (d) will

Q:17 Kanak is endowed ---------- many great qualities.

(a) in (b) with

(c) of (d) by

Q:18 A great change has come -------------- the world sine the War.

(a) about (b) over

(c) into (d) in

Q:19 Would anybody -------- a mother have risked his or her life for the baby.

(a) rather (b) but

(c) however (d) than

Q:20 He stumbled at the stone and fell ------------ a ditch.

(a) on (b) into

(c) in (d) within

Q:21 This brand of TV is quite inferior ------------- that one.

(a) over (b) with

(c) to (d) than

Q:22 He used to pray everyday , believing that as long as he --------so, he would be safe.

(a) is doing (b) does

(c) did (d) will do

Q:23 If they went to succeed, they---------------- have to work very hard.

(a) will (b) ought

(c) must (d) should

Q:24 He succeeded in getting possession------------- his land after the long court case.

(a) for (b) to

(c) of (d) with (e) against

Q:25 Had the police not reached there in time the bandits--------him.

(a) did have killed (b) will have killed

(c) would kill (d) would have killed

ANSWERS

1

2

3

4

5

a

b

d

c

d

16

17

18

19

20

c

b

b

b

b

6

7

8

9

10

c

b

a

e

b

21

22

23

24

25

c

c

a

c

d

11

12

13

14

15

c

d

b

d

b

26

27

28

29

30


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