Questions and answers for exam Preparation

MCQs

Total Questions : 120 | Page 5 of 12 pages

Question 41. Which of these is used to convey a sudden change or abrupt end of a thought?

Comma
Colon
Dash
Hyphen

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Dash
Answer: (c).Dash

Question 42. The hyphen is a longer line than the dash.

True
False
May be True or False
Can't say

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> False
Answer: (b).False

Question 43. Which of these is used in the case of titles of books?

Brackets
Capital Letters
Apostrophe
Parenthesis

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Capital Letters
Answer: (b).Capital Letters

Question 44. Choose the correct statement:

God, the supreme creator and the supreme being is our only hope.
God, the Supreme Creator and the Supreme Being is our only hope.
God, the Supreme creator and the Supreme being is our only hope.
God, the supreme Creator and the supreme Being is our only hope.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> God, the Supreme Creator and the Supreme Being is our only hope.
Answer: (b).God, the Supreme Creator and the Supreme Being is our only hope.

Question 45. Choose the correct statement:

The industrial age saw a rise in the use of machinery.
The Industrial age saw a rise in the use of machinery.
The Industrial Age saw a rise in the use of machinery.
The industrial Age saw a rise in the use of machinery.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> The Industrial Age saw a rise in the use of machinery.
Answer: (c).The Industrial Age saw a rise in the use of machinery.

Question 46. Convert the following simple sentence to a compound sentence :
Besides being rude, he was also arrogant.

He was rude and arrogant.
He was not only rude but also arrogant.
He was not only arrogant but also rude.
He was being rude and arrogant.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> He was not only rude but also arrogant.
Answer: (b).He was not only rude but also arrogant.

Question 47. Convert the following compound sentence into a simple sentence :
We must eat, or we cannot live.

We must live to eat.
We must eat to live.
We can’t live if we eat.
We can’t eat if we live.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> We must eat to live.
Answer: (b).We must eat to live.

Question 48. Which of these conjunctions is not used in the transformation of simple into compound sentences?

Alternative conjunctions
Illative conjunctions
Cumulative conjunctions
Complex conjunctions

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Complex conjunctions
Answer: (d).Complex conjunctions

Question 49. Which of the conjunctions is used in the following transformation?
Simple : Besides being pretty, she is intelligent.
Compound : Not only is she pretty, but she is also intelligent.