English MCQs with answers for PPSC, FPSC

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1. Choose the synonym of "Abundant":
  1. Scarce
  2. Plentiful
  3. Tiny
  4. Empty
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B. Plentiful — Abundant means existing in large amounts.

2. Choose the antonym of "Ancient":
  1. Old
  2. Modern
  3. Historic
  4. Aged
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B. Modern — The opposite of ancient is modern.

3. Choose the correct spelling:
  1. Recieve
  2. Receive
  3. Receeve
  4. Riceive
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B. Receive — Remember: i before e, except after c.

4. Choose the correct sentence:
  1. She don't like tea.
  2. She doesn't like tea.
  3. She not like tea.
  4. She doesn't likes tea.
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B. She doesn't like tea. — With he/she/it, use doesn't plus the base verb.

5. Fill in the blank: He has been living here ___ 2015.
  1. for
  2. since
  3. from
  4. by
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B. since — Use "since" with a point in time; "for" with a length of time.

6. Choose the synonym of "Diligent":
  1. Lazy
  2. Hard-working
  3. Careless
  4. Slow
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B. Hard-working — Diligent means showing care and effort.

7. Choose the antonym of "Generous":
  1. Kind
  2. Selfish
  3. Giving
  4. Helpful
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B. Selfish — The opposite of generous is selfish or mean.

8. What is the plural of "child"?
  1. Childs
  2. Children
  3. Childes
  4. Childrens
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B. Children — Child has an irregular plural: children.

9. Choose the correct word: I am interested ___ learning English.
  1. on
  2. at
  3. in
  4. for
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C. in — We say "interested in".

10. What does the idiom "a piece of cake" mean?
  1. Something very easy
  2. A dessert
  3. A small part
  4. A celebration
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A. Something very easy — "A piece of cake" means very easy.

11. What does "once in a blue moon" mean?
  1. Every night
  2. Very rarely
  3. At midnight
  4. Never
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B. Very rarely — It means very rarely.

12. Choose the correct past tense of "go":
  1. Goed
  2. Gone
  3. Went
  4. Going
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C. Went — Go, went, gone.

13. Choose the synonym of "Brief":
  1. Long
  2. Short
  3. Slow
  4. Loud
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B. Short — Brief means short in time or length.

14. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
  1. Its raining today.
  2. It's raining today.
  3. Its' raining today.
  4. It is' raining today.
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B. It's raining today. — "It's" is short for "it is".

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