Competitive english grammar (Only with English Guru)
Q.1 Jawaharlal spent his childhood ______ Anand Bhawan.
(A) at
(B) in
(C) on
(D) across
Ans . B
Q.2 The boy was cured _____ typhoid.
(A) from
(B) of
(C) for
(D) through
Ans. B
Q.3 The king ______ rebel.
(A) excused
(B) forgave
(C) pardoned
(D) none of these
Ans . C
Q.4 I saw a ______ of cows in the field.
(A) group
(B) herd
(C) swarm
(D) flock
Ans. B
Q.5 He was sent to the prison for his ______ .
(A) sin
(B) vice
(C) crime
(D) guilt
Ans. C
Q.6 To err is ______ to forgive divide.
(A) beastly
(B) human
(C) inhuman
(D) natural
Ans. B
Q.7 God is _______
(A) graceful
(B) gracious
(C) grateful
(D) grace
Ans. B
Q.8 Many countries have sent medicine for ______ of the latest fighting.
(A) injured
(B) wounded
(C) victims
(D) culprits
Ans. C
Q.9 His path was beset _____ difficulties.
(A) with
(B) within
(C) among
(D) by
Ans. A
Q.10 I have resigned myself ______ my fate.
(A) at
(B) with
(C) on
(D) to
Ans. D
Q.11 The train is _____ time.
(A) besides
(B) between
(C) behind
(D) by
Ans. C
Q.12 He was struck ______ lightning.
(A) by
(B) with
(C) at
(D) from
Ans. A
Q.13 As soon as he reached home _____ to rain.
(A) then it began
(B) it began
(C) when it began
(D) that it began
Ans . B
Q.14 These days everybody complains _______ corruption in public life.
(A) about
(B) on
(C) of
(D) against
Ans. A
Q.15 I complimented him ______ his success in the examination.
(A) at
(B) on
(C) about
(D) against
Ans. B
Q.16 _______ cow is ______ useful animal.
(A) The, an
(B) a, the
(C) The, a
(D) a, a
Ans. C
Q.17 The chair of ______ the arm is broken is to be repaired.
(A) whose
(B) which
(C) whom
(D) that
Ans. B
Q.18 Their argument being at cross ______ will in no way lead to fruitful results.
(A) purposes
(B) roads
(C) intention
(D) bar
Ans. A
Q.19 The police finally cornered the thief in a _____ alley.
(A) wide
(B) lonely
(C) blind
(D) deserted
Ans. C
Q.20 It is time that India and Pakistan buried the ______ and became friends again.
(A) dead
(B) guns
(C) hatchet
(D) snowman
Ans. C
Q.21 All arrangements have been made to ______ the visit of students to the exhibition.
(A) serve
(B) introduce
(C) proceed
(D) facilitate
Ans. D
Q.22 Satish found that he needed more money to carry ______ his business.
(A) on
(B) about
(C) with
(D) down
Ans. A
Q.23 As it was very dark in the room, he asked me to _____ a candle.
(A) put
(B) light
(C) with
(D) operate
Ans. B
Q.24 The commission has suggested several measures to ______ the basic rights of the women.
(A) govern
(B) protect
(C) award
(D) control
Ans. B
Q.25 The peasant refused to grovel ______ the feet of this master.
(A) on
(B) about
(C) upon
(D) at
Ans. D
Q.26 It is dangerous to intrude ______ the enemy’s camp.
(A) in
(B) into
(C) on
(D) through
Ans. B
Q.27 President Saddam Hussein has lived ______ the gun all his life.
(A) with
(B) for
(C) by
Ans. C
Q.28 The mother was anxious _____ the safety of her son.
(A) at
(B) about
(C) for
(D) upon
Ans . B
Q.29 A good judge never jumps _____ the conclusion.
(A) to
(B) at
(C) on
(D) for
Ans. A
Q.30 A light breeze ______ the forest fire and made it more dangerous.
(A) extinguished
(B) lit
(C) fanned
(D) blew
Ans . C