English MCQs and Answers: English MCQs are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams 2022 must go through the topics of general English for competitive exams, as the English language is a key part of the syllabus.
Directions (1-3): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q1. Somnolent
(a) irritate
(b) provoke
(c) drowsy
(d) enrage
Q2. Invidious
(a) mournful
(b) slowly
(c) indifferent
(d) hateful
Q3. Haughty
(a) inborn
(b) fearful
(c) skillful
(d) arrogant
Directions (4-6): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Q4. Bountiful
(a) generous
(b) meager
(c) copious
(d) teeming
Q5. Nuisance
(a) disperse
(b) confront
(c) bold
(d) pleasure
Q6. Renaissance
(a) decadence
(b) pestilence
(c) prehistory
(d) immorality
Q7. In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
(a) ignominious
(b) illumination
(c) inquitous
(d) immediately
Q8. In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
(a) reverance
(b) squabble
(c) desiccation
(d) reiteration
Directions (9-10): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/phrase in the following questions:-
Q9. Cow – like
(a) aquiline
(b) bovine
(c) feline
(d) vulpine
Q10. Specialist of kidney
(a) nephrologist
(b) paediatrist
(c) orthopaedist
(d) oncologist
English MCQs and Solutions:
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Somnolent means abnormally drowsy. Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. Invidious means likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. Hence option (d) is the correct choice.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Haughty means arrogantly superior and disdainful. Hence option (d) is the correct choice.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Bountiful means large in quantity; abundant and meagre means lacking in quantity or quality.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Nuisance means a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance hence pleasure is the correct choice.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. Renaissance means a revival of or renewed interest in something and annihilation means complete destruction or obliteration.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Iniquitous means grossly unfair and morally wrong.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Reverence-deep respect for someone or something
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Aquiline means hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.
Vulpine means relating to a fox or foxes.
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. Paediatrist means the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.
Orthopaedist means an orthopaedic surgeon, a doctor who corrects congenital or functional abnormalities of the bones with surgery, casting, and bracing.
Oncologist means a medical practitioner qualified to diagnose and treat tumours.
