Grammar - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

81

The poet composed a poem while . . . . . . . . under a tree.

A) sitting B) sat C) sit D) sits

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Gerunds can be used after certain verbs including enjoy, fancy, discuss, dislike, finish, mind, suggest, recommend, keep, and avoid. After prepositions of place and time.
Example: I made dinner before getting home.

82

Rashi . . . . . . . . the newspaper every morning on the train.

A) read B) reads C) is reading D) red

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The simple present tense form of the verb 'read' is used in the above sentence.
A simple Present Tense is a form of the verb used when an action is taking place in the present time or happens regularly.

83

Nuclear energy is . . . . . . . . dangerous to be used widely.

A) that B) too C) such D) so

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

'too' is used when you want to indicate excessiveness. If you find grammar tough, you can say that it's too hard. In casual speech, speakers sometimes use too in the sense of "very".

84

Monica . . . . . . . . since last week.

A) did plan B) has been planning C) had been planning D) was planning

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

'Did plan' (more specifically 'planned') is the simple past form of the verb 'plan'.
Simple past tense is used to indicate an action which took place in the past time and has no effect in the future.
''Has been planning" is the present perfect continuous form of the verb 'plan'.
Present perfect continuous tense is used to indicate an action which took place in the past yet has its effect at present.
''Had been planning" is the past perfect continuous tense of the verb 'plan'.
Past perfect continuous tense is used to indicate an action which took place at some time in the past and had its effect till sometime in the past.
"Was planning" is the past continuous tense of the verb 'plan'.
Past continuous tense is used to indicate an action which had been going on in the past.

85

Yesterday I got a call from my old friend, and he . . . . . . . . me the whole story.

A) telling B) told C) tells D) tell

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

'yesterday' means past tense hence the correct answer is 'told'.

86

Ali is an amateur . . . . . . . . stenography.

A) of B) for C) in D) to

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

'amateur' is a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity. 'amateur in stenography' suggest the person’s ineptness in stenography.

87

Anomalous Finites refers to a group . . . . . . . . finites.

A) for B) to C) of D) on

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

'A group of' people or things is a number of people or things which are together in one place at one time. Example: The trouble involved a small group of football supporters.

88

You . . . . . . . . the cleaning. I would have done it tonight.

A) needn't have done B) couldn't have done C) can't have done D) wouldn't have done

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Need not is a modal that means something is/was not necessary.
Example
You need not come to the office on Sunday.

89

The rains have set . . . . . . . .?

A) in B) of C) on D) out

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

'set in' (of rain, bad weather, infection, etc.) means to begin and seem likely to continue.

90

. . . . . . . . answers were given by you.

A) Oldest B) A few C) Much D) A little

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

We use 'a little' with singular uncountable nouns. We use 'a few' with plural countable nouns.