UPSC IES - English Grammer 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

1. The opposite of 'natural'is:
A. Artificial
B. Normal
C. Chemical
D. General
Answer : A

2. When the dog chased Jayant,____ ran as fast as ____ could.
A. He,He
B. He,Him
C. Him,He
D. Him,Him
Answer : A

3. The meeting has been _____ due to the demise of the Minister.
A. called for
B. called off
C. called out
D. called on
Answer : B

4. One of the following sentenses is correct. Tick the correct answer.
A. Fifty rupees is enough for the Job
B. Fifty rupees have enough for the Job
C. Fifty rupees were enough for the Job
D. Fifty rupees are enough for the Job
Answer : A

5. I will inform to your father. Rewrite the sentence correcting error. Select the correct option -
A. I will inform at your father
B. I will inform with into father
C. I will inform with your father
D. I will inform your father
Answer : D

6. That man ____left leg was amputated, suffers from diabetes.
A. who
B. wchih
C. whose
D. whom
Answer : C

7. Please don't tell ____ about ____.
A. She,I
B. She,Me
C. Her,I
D. Her,Me
Answer : D

8. She could not _____ with her husbands people.
A. get through
B. get over
C. get on
D. get about
Answer : C

9. Rashi ____ the newspaper every morning on the train.
A. read
B. reads
C. is reading
D. red
Answer : B

10. At the moment she ____ a letter to a client.
A. write
B. wrote
C. is writting
D. written
Answer : C

11. Our friends, ____we invited to party, arrived rather early.
A. which
B. whom
C. whose
D. who
Answer : B

12. Man does not live ____ bread alone.
A. by
B. on
C. with
D. in
Answer : A

13. At the moment you _____ an English exercise.
A. do
B. does
C. are doing
D. done
Answer : C

14. If you heat water, you ____ steam.
A. will get
B. get
C. are getting
D. would get
Answer : B

15. Aditi ____ three languages: English,French and Spanish.
A. speak
B. speaks
C. spoken
D. spoke
Answer : B

16. Would you mind ____the suitcase, Sir ?
A. open
B. opening
C. opened
D. to open
Answer : B

17. Choose the antonym of the quoted word :- He is now a 'physical' education instructor.
A. moral
B. mortal
C. physiological
D. spiritual
Answer : A

18. The Bank ______ at 9.30 every morning from Monday to Friday.
A. open
B. is opening
C. opend
D. opens
Answer : D

19. That woman, ____ you saw, was my auntie.
A. who
B. whose
C. whom
D. which
Answer : C

20. Please tell_____ _____have obtained a degree in Chemistry.
A. He,I
B. Him,Me
C. Him,I
D. He,Me
Answer : C

21. The teacher said to the class, "When ____ finished your work, please pass ____ up to me."
A. you,It
B. You,Them
C. Your,It
D. Your,Them
Answer : A

22. Choose the correct one of the following statements is :
A. Every non-terminating decimal is irrational
B. Every non-repeating and non-terminating decimal is irrational
C. Every non-repeating decimal is irrational
D. Every repeating decimal is irrational
Answer : B

23. My uncle works in a factory. ____ says ____ is a noisy place.
A. He,Its
B. He,It
C. It,Its
D. It,It
Answer : B

24. Shreya has cat;____likes to play with ___.
A. She,Him
B. She,It
C. Her,Him
D. Her,It
Answer : B

25. None of us knew the answer, ____
A. isn't it?
B. didn't we?
C. did we?
D. are we?
Answer : B

26. Don't be late for dinner, ____
A. will you?
B. do you?
C. won't you?
D. don't you?
Answer : A

27. No doubt, Ammu ____ het mother.
A. tkes in
B. takes after
C. takes to
D. takes up
Answer : B

28. Oue cousins ____ to see us next Sunday.
A. come
B. are coming
C. came
D. comes
Answer : B

29. I can't remember his _____ a single day off work.
A. take
B. taking
C. took
D. taken
Answer : B

30. Does ______ know that _____ was absent?
A. she,me
B. she,I
C. her,me
D. her.I
Answer : B

31. The members of the religious sect ostracized the ____ who had abandoned their faith.
A. coward
B. litigant
C. recreant
D. suppliant
Answer : C

32. If they had been there, they _____ you.
A. will help
B. would help
C. would have helped
D. had helped
Answer : C

33. I taught ____ to draw.
A. ourselves
B. yourself
C. myself
D. themselves
Answer : C

34. Shreya has cat;____likes to play with ___.
A. She,Him
B. She,It
C. Her,Him
D. Her,It
Answer : B

35. This is not something _____we like to do.
A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. whose
Answer : A

36. Today is sunday. Ankush and Aayush ____ in their garden.
A. relax
B. relaxed
C. relaxes
D. are relaxing
Answer : A

37. He rewarded ____ with an ice-cream.
A. herself
B. himself
C. themselves
D. yourself
Answer : B

38. My brother and I bought ____ some apples.
A. ourselves
B. themselves
C. herself
D. itself
Answer : A

39. Sanya usually _____ the house on Saturdays.
A. cleans
B. clean
C. are cleaning
D. cleaned
Answer : A

40. Kangaroos, ____ use their pouch to carry their babies, are found in Australia.
A. whom
B. whose
C. who
D. which
Answer : D

41. Rahul and Priya ____ english this year.
A. learn
B. are learing
C. learns
D. learned
Answer : B

42. The strike by the workers was ____ with a heavy hand.
A. got down
B. set down
C. taken down
D. put down
Answer : D

43. That monkey is scratching ____.
A. herself
B. himself
C. itself
D. themselves
Answer : C

44. They agreed amongst ____ that they would not tell anyone.
A. themselves
B. himself
C. ourselves
D. yourself
Answer : A

45. The boy, ____father is a doctor, is my friend.
A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. whose
Answer : D

46. ____ can swim because ____ has webbed feet.
A. It,It
B. Its,It
C. It,Them
D. Its,Them
Answer : A

47. He was endowed ____ some rare faculties.
A. by
B. in
C. with
D. at
Answer : C

48. This is the book that I have been looking ____.
A. on
B. by
C. into
D. for
Answer : D

49. I believe you are just eighteen years old, ___
A. aren't you?
B. are you?
C. don't I?
D. do you?
Answer : A

50. We thorpughly enjoyed ____ at the party on sunday.
A. ourselves
B. themselves
C. herself
D. itself
Answer : A