Grammar - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

'Who' functions as a subject, while 'whom' functions as an object. Use 'who' when the word is performing the action. Use 'whom' when it is receiving the action.

You use 'no less/no lesser than' before an amount to indicate that the amount is surprisingly large.

You use if in conditional sentences to introduce the circumstances in which an event or situation might happen, might be happening, or might have happened.
Example: She gets very upset if I exclude her.

Option B is the correct answer because 'of' is used to mean concerning or relating to.

'take up' means to become interested or engaged in a pursuit. Hence, it is the right usage.

'carries' is correct because the sentence is in present tense and 'she' is a singular pronoun.

Both 'can' and 'could' are modal verbs that refer to 'a possibility', 'ability' or 'capacity'. 'Can' refers to a general truth or something that has a strong sense of possibility. 'Could' refers to something that has a weak possibility, or something that might happen, but is not necessarily a general truth. Hence, 'could' is the suitable answer here.

The verb in the statement should agree with the subject of the statement.
For singular subjects, singular verbs are used and for plural subjects, plural verbs are used.
Here, the subject is 'my mother', which is singular. Hence, the verb used can be 'was' or 'is'.
But, in the options, 'is' is not given. Hence, the correct answer is option D.

The verb 'stare' most often takes the preposition 'at' after it.
Example: She stared at the man with the gun.

'more' means a greater or additional amount of something. No other option is suitable.