English — All MCQs
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Q1661.Dearth means:
Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: Scarcity.
Q1662.Fastidious means:
Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: A person hard to please.
Q1663."Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet." This is a:
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Complex sentence.
Q1664.I know both of them are short ______ money because of their extravagant nature.
Correct Answer: D
Correct Answer: With.
Q1665.He writes ______ red ink.
Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: In.
Q1666.He was accused ______ theft.
Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: Of.
Q1667.Do not jeer ______ sacred things.
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: At.
Q1668.He is so dull that he is insensible ______ the beauties of nature.
Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: To.
Q1669.The settlers found an ideal location with plenty of ______ land for farming and a mountain stream for fresh water and irrigation.
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Arable.
Q1670.What is most needed in a discussion of immigration are solid facts, not wishful thinking; realities, not ______.
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Myths.
Q1671.The defendant claimed that he was innocent and that his confession was ______.
Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: Coerced.
Q1672.The rebel spies were charged with ______ and put on trial.
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Sedition.
Q1673.Zachary was doomed to a miserable life, for no matter how much he had, he always ______ the possessions of others.
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Coveted.
Q1674.According to paragraph 4, what is a negative effect of living too close to a glacier?
Correct Answer: D
Correct Answer: Lakes formed on top of glaciers may cause floods.
Q1675.The underlined word 'remote', as used in paragraph 4 of the passage, most nearly means:
Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: Isolated.
Q1676.The passage explains that glaciers can be found where?
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: On nearly every continent.
Q1677.According to the passage, why does glacial ice often appear blue?
Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: Because it absorbs all other colors but reflects blue.
Q1678.After reading the passage, what can one conclude about glaciers?
Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: Glaciers have both negative and positive effects on human life.
Q1679.After reading the passage, what can one infer about glaciers?
Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: Glaciers form in cold regions where the rate of snowfall is greater than the melting rate of snow.
Q1680.Select the grammatically correct sentence
Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: A noise woke me up in the middle of the night.