English Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) based on UPSC IES Exam:
Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam is conduct by UPSC for the selection of Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Civil Engineers and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers in Naval, Defence, Railways, Power and other departments/officer.
FILLING THE BLANKS – SIMPLE SENTENCES
Directions: Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given after the sentence. Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.
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Question: Australia …………… the Frank Worrell Trophy with a hard fought draw against West Indies.
(a) deserved
(b) finished
(c) retained
(d) championed
Question: The pilot was ________ injured, he died within half an hour.
(a) seriously
(b) fatally
(c) fatefully
(d) vitally
Question: After reaching the top of its ………….., the craft will fall back into the atmosphere and glide to a landing like an airplane.
(a) height
(b) speed
(c) orbit
(d) trajectory
Question: He was very friendly with the press and it really __________ him even for what he did not achieve.
(a) praised
(b) lionized
(c) appreciated
(d) highlighted
Question: The FICCE delegation with the government to be cautious in rolling back the Stimulus packages that had been provided to beat the slowdown.
(a) pleaded
(b) discussed
(c) argued
(d) negotiated
Question: “How dare you speak to me like that, you ________ fellow !” shouted the officer.
(a) impudent
(b) impeccable
(c) immutable
(d) intricate
Question: This year a number of under children are also participating.
(a) privileged
(b) nourished
(c) employed
(d) estimated
Question: Let us __________ our heads together to solve this difficult problem.
(a) join
(b) bring
(c) combine
(d) put
CLOZE (sentence completion test)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate alternatives suggestions given as options:
Passage 1:
The classics of the western tradition, for all their wisdom and relevance, have (1) deficiencies. Written mostly by white males, they (2) the vast majority of human experience. Moreover, the classics have (3) to address certain problems either because they are of recent origin or because they were regarded as (4). In the latter category, I would (5) the issue of the human role in caring for the natural world. Search as one may (6) Plato, Aristotle and the rest of the authors, (7) is said of this (8) a few exceptions, the (9) from western sources begins with Thoreau and Marsh. The classic literature of western culture has not offered much (10) on the appropriate relationship between humanity and its habitat.
Question 1: (a) certain
(b) needless
(c) little
(d) no
Question 2: (a) introduce
(b) include
(c) exclude
(d) encompass
Question 3: (a) trampled
(b) tried
(c) started
(d) failed
Question 4: (a) stagnant
(b) avoidable
(c) important
(d) unusual unimportant
Question 5: (a) stake
(b) include
(c) avoid
(d) clarify
Question 6: (a) with
(b) through
(c) as
(d) about
Question 7: (a) little
(b) less
(c) much
(d) more
Question 8: (a) considering
(b) making
(c) with
(d) not withstanding
Question 9: (a) allegory
(b) inference
(c) reaction
(d) insight
Question 10: (a) improvement
(b) enlightenment
(c)embellishment
(d) encouragement
Passage 2:
Without water (1) animal can survive. In desert regions the greatest (2) to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of (3) little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature’s masterpieces (4) creatures equipped to (5) with desert life is the hardy camels. Stories range from the desert lands far and wide about (6) endurance feats by camels. It is said that camels can (7) a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel (8) an intake of a single drop of water. The popular (9) that camels store water in their hump is (10) in a way; water is indeed stored there but in the form of fat.
Question 1: (a) every
(b) no
(c) any
(d) desert
Question 2: (a) need
(b) worry
(c) threat
(d)requirement
Question 3: (a) what
(b) the
(c) very
(d) that
(b)
Question 4: (a) for
(b) about
(c) among
(d) with
Question 5: (a) live
(b) resist
(c) bear
(d) cope
Question 6: (a) remarkable
(b) little
(c) tolerable
(d) popular
Question 7: (a) measure
(b) reduce
(c) lead
(d) cover
Question 8: (a) for
(b) without
(c) accepting
(d) receiving
Question 9: (a) proverb
(b) guess
(c) belief
(d) version
Question 10: (a) baseless
(b) wrong
(c) misleading
(d) correct
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SYNONYMS (similar words)
Question: Cruel
(a) Dreadful
(b) Merciless
(c) Indifferent
(d) Hateful
Question: Stringent
(a) Flexible
(b) Inflexible
(c) Staunch
(d) Tough
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Question: Stagnant
(a) Unaltered
(b) Immovable
(c) Stationary
(d) Contaminated
Question: Preposterous
(a) unreasonable
(b) improper
(c) too early
(d) arrogant
Question: Impasse
(a) deadline
(b) stalemate
(c) standstill
(d) status quo
Question: Foul
(a) dirty
(b) innocent
(c) foolish
(d) unbecoming
Question: Incident
(a) fact
(b) accident
(c) event
(d) occasion
Question: Delegate
(a) Participant
(b) Representative
(c) Members
(d) Officer
Question: Trudge
(a) prod slowly
(b) walk wearily
(c) trample easily
(d) wade carelessly
Question: Destitution
(a) Humility
(b) Moderation
(c) Poverty
(d) Beggary
Question: Contract
(a) Tract
(b) Expand
(c) Give
(d) Abridge
Question: Behaviour
(a) Conduct
(b) Blessing
(c) Character
(d) Response
Question: Abortive
(a) Unsuccessful
(b) Consuming
(c) Financing
(d) Familiar
Question: Enhance
(a) embellish
(b) increase
(c) create
(d) reveal
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Question: Apathy
(a) Anger
(b) Quickness
(c) Behaviour
(d) Indifference
SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT
Directions: Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence, three possible substitutions for the underlined part are given. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer sheet against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or (c). If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer sheet. Thus a “No improvement” response will be signified by the letter (d).
Question: The teacher asked the intruder who was he and why was he occupying his chair.
(a) Who he was and why he was
(b) Who he was why was he
(c) Who he had and why he had been
(d) No improvement
Question: Bad habits must be nipped at the bud.
(a) Nipped off the bud
(b) Nipped in the bud
(c) Nipped on the bud
(d) No improvement
Question: The various practices and horms for bank’s transactions are laid by the down by the Raserve Bank of India.
(a) aqre laid up
(b) are led down
(c) are lead up
(d) no improvement
Question: No one needs to worry abiut me.
(a) will sorry
(b) need worry
(c) shall worry
(d) no improvement
Question: When the soldiers realized that they had been fooled, they rush back.
(a) had rush
(b) have rush
(c) rushed
(d) no improvement
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Question: I hope you will look me up when you come to Delhi.
(a) look at me
(b) look me
(c) look upon me
(d) no improvement
Question: They went to the cinema and has got back to their house at nine o’ clock.
(a) returned
(b) turning back
(c) come back
(d) no improvement
Question: Which of the two boxes is more preferable?
(a) more preferred
(b) preferable
(c) better preferred
(d) no improvement
Question: I have been working in the same factory for the last twenty years now.
(a) will work
(b) shall be working
(c) worked
(d) no improvement
Question: Scaracely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
(a) when
(b) while
(c) as
(d) no improvement
SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (For the following 10 items):
Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).
Question: You cannot withdraw (a)/ all your money until (b)/ you give a prior notice. (c)/No error.(d)
Question: The dog (a)/is (b)/a(c)/faithful animal. (d)/no error (e)
Ans: (e)
Question: He not only believes (a)/ in hard work but also (b)/ in honesty of the highest order.(c)/No error(d)
Question: The captain and his wife (a)/ were invited for the (b)/ cultural function at my home.(c)/No error(d)
Question: Let no one (a)/ remain with doubt that (b)/ India is getting stronger and stronger. (c)/ No error. (d)
Question: Looking into the situation (a)/ that prevailed a few years ago(b)/he was taken that decision (c)/ No error (d)
Question: If you had not come in time (a)/ the child would have taken (b)/ by the dacoits.(c) / No error (d).
Question: These are(a) / his/ (b) conclusion remarks (c). / No error(d)
Question: They talked for a while (a)/and then they will continue to play (b)/ the game till tomorrow morning.(c)/ No error (d).
Question: He looks more depressed (a)/ than her but I don’t (b)/ know the reason(c)/ No error (d).
ANTONYMS (opposite words)
Question: Lukewarm
(a) enthusiastic
(b) moderate
(c) friendly
(d) fervent
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Question: Obescurity
(a) clarity
(b) precision
(c) certainty
(d) specificity
Question: Logical
(a) irrational
(b) disorderly
(c) astonished
(d) saddened
Question: Stern
(a) passive
(b) mild
(c) forgiving
(d) understanding
Question: Trivial
(a) stupendous
(b) momentous
(c) great
(d) significant
Question: Dormant
(a) flexible
(b) active
(c) hefty
(d) adamant
Question: Estrangement
(a) reunion
(b) familiarity
(c) gathering
(d) meeting
Question: Brusque
(a) cold
(b) opulent
(c) gracious
(d) suspect
Question: Callow
(a) kind
(b) urbane
(c) sensitive
(d) gentle
Question: Vainglorious
(a) horrible
(b) fierce
(c) greedy
(d) modest
Question: Iniquitous
(a) virtuous
(b) complacent
(c) equal
(d) virulent
Question: Due
(a) Pending
(b) Proper
(c) Legal
(d) Unfair
Ans. (d)
COMPREHENSION
Directions (For the following 9 items):
In this section there are two short passages. Each passage is followed by questions based on the passage. Read each passage and answer the questions that follow.
PASSAGE-1
Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13.
Question: He was spoilt mostly because he was _______
(a) smart boy
(b) loved by one and all
(c) the only son in the family
(d) was friend with bad boys
Question: Picasso went to school only when_____
(a) his friends accompanied him
(b) his parents gave him money
(c) he was allowed to paint
(d) he was allowed to carry a pet with him
Question: When his father painted in the college, Pablo
(a) Occasionally helped him
(b) Rarely helped
(c) Always helped him
(d) Invariably helped him
Question: When Pablo completed the picture, his father________
(a) did not like it
(b) rebuked him
(c) was impressed by him
(d) slapped him
Question: Pablo’s father gave up painting________
(a) after he was impressed by his son’s painting
(b) as he got ill
(c) he did not like it
(d) as he was asked to stop it.
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PASSAGE – II
I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed, it must not be thought I was discontented; all who had to do with me were good, and I had a light airy stable and the best of food. What more could I want? Why, liberty! For three years and a half of my life I had all the liberty I could wish for; but now, week after week, month after month, and no doubt year after year, I must stand up in a stable night and day except when I am wanted, and then must be just as steady and quiet as any old horse who has worked for twenty years. Now, I am not complaining. I only mean to say that for a young fellow, full of strength and spirits, who has been used to some large field or plain, where he can fling up his head, and toss up his tail and gallp away at full speed, then round and back against with a snort to his companions – I say it is hard never to have a bit more liberty to do as you like.
Question: Who is the speaker in this passage?
(a) A young stable boy in his new work place
(b) An old and discontented animal
(c) A young and energetic horse
(d) An old stable hand in new surroundings
Question: Referring to his new surroundings, the speaker says that
(a) he has found peace and happiness
(b) he is quite happy there
(c) he does not care whether or not he is happy
(d) he is more or less happy
Question: In his new surroundings, the speaker is denied
(a) the freedom to roam around at will
(b) the freedom to speak at will
(c) the freedom to speak who he wills
(d) nothing
Question: What is the over-all tone of the speaker?
(a) A complaining attitude
(b) Highly rebellious
(c) Wistful and longing
(d) Happy and carefree
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