Selecting Words MCQs : This section focuses on the "Selecting Words". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Selecting Words skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
In a changing and ...... unstructured business environment, creativity and innovation are being ...... demanded of executives.
A. highly, extremely
B. progressively, increasingly
C. increasingly, moderately
D. excessively, rapidly
Question 2
I was astounded at his ...... lack of knowledge about the Continent of Africa.
A. abundant
B. colossal
C. huge
D. great
Question 3
Moreover, a fact finding mission ...... by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over ...... to an Indian Partner.
A. organised, papers
B. constituted, authority
C. sponsored, power
D. dispatched, control
Question 4
A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ...... a safety pin.
A. was just swallowing
B. swallowed
C. had just swallowed
D. just swallowed
Question 5
The ...... of the Minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records.
A. veracity
B. verbosity
C. ambiguity
D. validity
Question 6
His father-in-law ...... him up in business.
A. put
B. made
C. set
D. built
Question 7
The thief ...... all the money.
A. made up
B. made off with
C. mode do with
D. made good
Question 8
He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians.
A. collect
B. save
C. support
D. defend
Question 9
The telephone ...... several times before I answered it.
A. was ringing
B. has rung
C. had rung
D. would ring
Question 10
You haven't had your lunch yet, ...... you?
A. are
B. aren't
C. have
D. haven't
Question 11
After the rain the weather ...... and the sun came out.
A. cleared out
B. cleared up
C. cleared away
D. cleared off
Question 12
...... works of reference are valuable as Encyclopedia, Brittanica.
A. A few
B. Few
C. The few
D. Fewer
Question 13
It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post
A. feels
B. looks
C. believes
D. seems
Question 14
Leave a two inch ...... on each page for the teacher's remarks.
A. border
B. margin
C. blank
D. gap
Question 15
He is the person who is ...... to blame.
A. mostly
B. sure
C. most
D. bound
Question 16
Indeed, all over the world, more and more people are ...... coffee.
A. wanting
B. drinking
C. liking
D. partaking
Question 17
His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not ...... suspicion.
A. above
B. beyond
C. under
D. in
Question 18
Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons.
A. topics
B. titles
C. captions
D. headings
Question 19
Like any other country India has its ...... share of superstitions.
A. proper
B. abundant
C. fair
D. peculiar
Question 20
The traveler slept under the ...... shade of banyan tree.
A. cold
B. cool
C. cooling
D. dark
Question 21
The pilot had been warned about the storm, before he ......
A. took away
B. took up
C. took over
D. took off
Question 22
The criminal seems to have acted in ...... the three others.
A. collusion
B. coalition
C. collision
D. cohesion
Question 23
Once he has signed the agreement, he won't be able to ......
A. back up
B. back in
C. back at
D. back out
Question 24
If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ......
A. drowsy
B. tired
C. confident
D. giddy
Question 25
In a large cities people are cut ...... from nature.
A. away
B. off
C. out
D. down
Question 26
The boy was cured ...... typhoid.
A. from
B. of
C. for
D. through
Question 27
Affix a revenue stamp and put your signature ...... it.
A. on
B. upo
C. above
D. over
Question 28
There is a keen ...... in each trade.
A. contest
B. comparison
C. competition
D. cooperation
Question 29
God is ......
A. graceful
B. gracious
C. grateful
D. greatful
Question 30
This book is a useful ...... to our library.
A. discovery
B. asset
C. addition
D. arrival
Question 31
He is too dull ...... this problem.
A. solving
B. to solving
C. to solve
D. solves
Question 32
The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
A. straight
B. but
C. in
D. directly
Question 33
The American ...... presented his credentials to the President of India.
A. adviser
B. ambassador
C. delegate
D. representative
Question 34
It was difficult to remove my feet as it had got stuck ...... in the mud.
A. fairly
B. greatly
C. widely
D. firmly
Question 35
The cinema ...... a welcome escape from cramped and dull city life and the Indians are avid movie-goers.
A. depicts
B. highlights
C. follows
D. offers
Question 36
Once you suspect a person of double dealing, you ought to keep him at arm's ......
A. distance
B. length
C. aim
D. width
Question 37
The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon known to everyone.
A. clandestine
B. covert
C. unknown
D. candid
Question 38
My first lesson ...... forgiveness came from my mother.
A. upon
B. about
C. in
D. on
Question 39
A stone that goes on rolling ...... no moss.
A. collects
B. gets
C. gathers
D. accumulates
Question 40
The king ...... the rebel.
A. excused
B. forgave
C. pardoned
D. none of these
Question 41
If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.
A. possessed
B. punished
C. confiscated
D. fined
Question 42
we had ...... wonderful time at the party last night.
A. such a
B. so
C. such
D. very
Question 43
The French ...... reputed to have a very good sense of humour.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. will be
Question 44
We shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to ...... to statements.
A. corroborate
B. avouch
C. verify
D. approve
Question 45
Wheat ...... carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and dietary fibre in our daily diet.
A. has
B. gives
C. yields
D. provides
Question 46
Man does not live by ...... alone.
A. food
B. bread
C. meals
D. diet
Question 47
She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday.
A. obtains
B. draws
C. pulls
D. extracts
Question 48
The new education policy provides a useful ...... for the planners to remove illiteracy.
A. breakup
B. breakthrough
C. breakaway
D. break-in
Question 49
The communalist represents the ...... of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history.
A. antithesis
B. antidote
C. immorality
D. antagonism
Question 50
I think they allow their children too much ......
A. liberality
B. latitude
C. lassitude
D. levity
Question 51
Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
A. at
B. over
C. for
D. on
Question 52
During Diwali the shops are ...... of people.
A. busy
B. full
C. crowded
D. bubbling
Question 53
The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority.
A. by
B. with
C. from
D. through
Question 54
A man remains narrow minded, self compliance and ignorant unless he visits other people and ...... from them.
A. earns
B. borrows
C. learns
D. hears
Question 55
If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we must make ...... arrangements to go to the airport.
A. alternative
B. another
C. alternate
D. possible
Question 56
He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his ...... vanity that you should disagree with him.
A. overstrung
B. overweening
C. overwhelming
D. overwrought
Question 57
She ...... a brief appearance at the end of party.
A. put on
B. put in
C. put across
D. put up
Question 58
Health is too important to be ......
A. discarded
B. despised
C. detested
D. neglected
Question 59
When varun left the cocktail party he was as ...... as a judge.
A. sober
B. drunk
C. brave
D. wise
Question 60
When their examinations are over, the children gleefully ...... the books they had been reading.
A. shelve
B. sidetrack
C. overthrew
D. abandon
Question 61
Physically we are now all neighbors, but psychologically. we are ...... to each other.
A. primitives
B. complimentary
C. strangers
D. cowards
Question 62
This book is quite similar ......
A. with the "Treasure Island"
B. of that film we saw at school
C. to the one I read last week
D. than a story told by our teacher
Question 63
True brevity ...... in saying only what needs to be said.
A. consists
B. depicts
C. portrays
D. resides
Question 64
I put ...... the light and slept.
A. up
B. down
C. in
D. out
Question 65
One major ...... between the Election Commission and the Union Government related to the powers of the former in respect of the deployment of central police forces at places where are elections is held.
A. irritant
B. conflict
C. pain
D. culprit
Question 66
The earth is at present in great danger of becoming uninhabitable because of ...... environmental pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace.
A. gigantic
B. inhuman
C. stupendous
D. colossal
Question 67
The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain.
A. but
B. and
C. for
D. if
Question 68
Ayesha always ...... the permission of her father before going for movies.
A. seeking
B. seeks
C. sought
D. seeker
Question 69
The park ...... as far as the river.
A. extends
B. advances
C. enlarges
D. emerges
Question 70
To err is ...... to forgive divine.
A. beastly
B. human
C. inhuman
D. natural
Question 71
Hardly had he arrived ...... it started raining.
A. before
B. when
C. than
D. after
Question 72
The stenographer is very efficient. He is ...... to his firm.
A. a boon
B. a credit
C. blessing a
D. an asset
Question 73
I ...... a car to be absolutely necessary these days.
A. consider
B. regard
C. think
D. agree
Question 74
The car in which the minister was traveling ...... with an accident.
A. hit
B. drove
C. crashed
D. met
Question 75
In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be ...... money by fair means or foul.
A. print
B. produce
C. acquire
D. extort
Question 76
Please' and 'Thank you' are the little courtesies by which we keep the ...... of life oiled and running smoothly.
A. path
B. machine
C. garden
D. river
Question 77
The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday.
A. time
B. event
C. occasion
D. celebration
Question 78
The luggage was ...... heavy for him to lift
A. much
B. as
C. so
D. too
Question 79
We had a ...... of warm weather in February.
A. time
B. spell
C. length
D. phase
Question 80
In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
A. occupied
B. conquered
C. swallowed
D. captured
Question 81
Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting.
A. hectic
B. historic
C. historical
D. histrionic
Question 82
...... all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm.
A. in
B. upon
C. with
D. to
Question 83
...... a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving very slowly.
A. Owing
B. Due to
C. Because
D. Since
Question 84
Jawaharlal spent his childhood ________ Anand Bhawan.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. across
Question 85
Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ......on 8% value shared of tooth paste market by then end of first years.
A. cornering
B. soliciting
C. disturbing
D. keeping
Question 86
He is a very careful person, he never takes side but remains ......
A. impartial
B. unbiased
C. neutral
D. prejudiced
Question 87
Rama was so badly injured that he needed ...... care in the hospital.
A. extensive
B. little
C. deep
D. intensive
Question 88
The robbers were arrested and ...... prison yesterday.
A. brought into
B. brought to
C. taken into
D. taken to
Question 89
The answer was written ...... blue ink.
A. with
B. by
C. in
D. on
Question 90
Pakistan lost a ...... wicket just when they seemed to be doing so well, and that led to their eventual defeat.
A. critical
B. crucial
C. sensitive
D. providential
Question 91
According to corporate circles data is pushing through the merger to create financially ...... company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's
A. acceptable
B. powerful
C. leading
D. straight
Question 92
It's very kind of you to ...... to speak at the meeting.
A. accept
B. agree
C. comply
D. concur
Question 93
I shall call ...... you tomorrow.
A. at
B. on
C. with
D. by
Question 94
If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side.
A. faith
B. belief
C. substance
D. certainty
Question 95
The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
A. avidly
B. admiringly
C. thoughtfully
D. earnestly
Question 96
A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market, where the iron-smiths were ...... the pieces of metals.
A. flattening
B. striking
C. hammering
D. thrashing
Question 97
The man came in a van to ...... the television set.
A. mend
B. reform
C. correct
D. alter
Question 98
I haven't seen you ...... a week.
A. within
B. since
C. for
D. from
Question 99
It being an ...... issue, it is not correct to introduce questions of morality in to the debate.
A. moral
B. immoral
C. amoral
D. irrelevant
Question 100
The manner in which bombs exploded in five trains with in a short span of time suggests that it is a part of a ......
A. game
B. conspiracy
C. villainy
D. sabotage
Question 101
Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
A. with
B. over
C. on
D. round
Question 102
At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ...... specially over the issue of productivity linked wages.
A. develop
B. come out
C. emerge
D. grow
Question 103
He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.
A. insists
B. persists
C. desists
D. resists
Question 104
However, the group's long-term strategy is to ...... on core sector business connected with infrastructure and energy.
A. breed
B. develop
C. concentrate
D. depend
Question 105
Man must ...... to stop pollution.
A. act
B. perform
C. operate
D. behave
Question 106
About twenty clerks were made ...... when the banks introduced computers.
A. dispensable
B. redundant
C. expandable
D. obsolete
Question 107
Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree.
A. There I am
B. There am I
C. Here am I
D. Here I am
Question 108
He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance.
A. with
B. of
C. by
D. in
Question 109
I shall take revenge ...... you.
A. from
B. with
C. on
D. at
Question 110
Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood
A. boundary
B. threshold
C. peak
D. horizon
Question 111
Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons
A. topics
B. titles
C. captions
D. headings
Question 112
Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.
A. about
B. through
C. along
D. up
Question 113
In hot weather I like lying in the ...... of a tree.
A. shade
B. shelter
C. protection
D. shadow
Question 114
The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.
A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced
Question 115
I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while.
A. from
B. since
C. for
D. until
Question 116
In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.
A. for
B. into
C. against
D. to
Question 117
It is 14 years since i ...... him.
A. have seen
B. had seen
C. saw
D. see
Question 118
The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow.
A. diverget
B. unravelled
C. integrated
D. invincible
Question 119
Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours.
A. spread
B. plunged
C. merged
D. deep
Question 120
You cannot devise a method which ...... all possibility of errors.
A. excludes
B. includes
C. avoids
D. ignores
Question 121
My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.
A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. myself
Question 122
Chintu is ...... small to start playing cricket now.
A. very
B. much
C. too
D. more
Question 123
In our zeal for progress we should not ...... executive with more power.
A. avoid
B. give
C. enhance
D. arm
Question 124
Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......
A. off
B. out
C. apart
D. away
Question 125
The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society.
A. spoil
B. improve
C. degrade
D. defame
Question 126
He was sent to the prison for his ......
A. sin
B. vice
C. crime
D. guilt
Question 127
She has an aversion ...... taking even onion and garlic.
A. with
B. at
C. against
D. to
Question 128
He felt no ...... as he plunged the knife into her back.
A. qualms
B. scruple
C. conscience
D. morals
Question 129
Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.
A. inaccessible
B. impossible
C. impermeable
D. impenetrable
Question 130
Arti pulled a long ...... when she was told that she could not go to Agra.
A. mouth
B. skirt
C. face
D. hand
Question 131
When I was a child, I ......to school everyday instead going by cycle.
A. had walked
B. walked
C. have walked
D. have been walking
Question 132
He was accused ...... stealing his aunt's necklace.
A. for
B. with
C. of
D. on
Question 133
The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other.
A. before
B. upon
C. against
D. with
Question 134
The waiter hasn't brought the coffee ...... I've been here an hour already.
A. till
B. up
C. yet
D. still
Question 135
West Bengal ...... plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.
A. misses
B. receives
C. expects
D. regrets
Question 136
Now, the management graduate can expect to have a prosperous life on a ...... income without having to depend on finding a place in family busiess having to tend the paternal estates.
A. professional
B. regular
C. meaningful
D. dependable
Question 137
Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ...... men
A. throw away
B. send off
C. put off
D. lay off
Question 138
The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars, a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which stars are born.
A. perception
B. discovery
C. enquiry
D. quest
Question 139
If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander.
A. to
B. on
C. for
D. with
Question 140
...... of old paintings is a job for experts.
A. Resurrection
B. Retrieval
C. Restoration
D. Resumption
Question 141
She ...... from the crowd because of her height and flaming red hair.
A. stood out
B. stood off
C. stood up
D. stood by
Question 142
The river overflowed its ...... and flooded the area.
A. edges
B. fronts
C. limits
D. banks
Question 143
The old Nature versus ...... debate regarding crime continues even today.
A. Man
B. Universe
C. Culture
D. Nurture
Question 144
Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.
A. over
B. on
C. upon
D. about
Question 145
What is the ...... for an air letter?
A. fare
B. value
C. postage
D. stamp
Question 146
Government buildings are ...... on the Republic day.
A. enlightened
B. lightened
C. illuminated
D. glowed
Question 147
He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses.
A. insensitive
B. sensitive
C. afraid
D. immune
Question 148
The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into
Question 149
Soft minded individuals are ...... to embrace all kinds superstitions.
A. disposed
B. eager
C. reluctant
D. prone
Question 150
In high school many of us never realised the importance that grammar would ...... in later life.
A. figure
B. portray
C. play
D. exercise
Question 151
Natwarlal ...... them all for a ride by producing false documents.
A. took
B. cheated
C. kept
D. let
Question 152
...... The arrival of the police, nobody went near the victim.
A. Unless
B. Although
C. Even
D. Till
Question 153
I have read one novel by Premchand. I want to read ...... novel by him.
A. other
B. another
C. all
D. few
Question 154
I listened, but I had no idea what he was ...... about.
A. saying
B. talking
C. telling
D. discussing
Question 155
Jawaharlal spent his childhood ...... Anand Bhawan.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. across
Question 156
An employment advertisement should ...... the number of vacancies.
A. provide
B. specify
C. contain
D. declare
Question 157
It was indeed unreasonable ...... him to leave this job and start business.
A. in
B. with
C. upon
D. of
Question 158
He passed the examination in the first class because he ......
A. was hard working for it
B. worked hardly for it
C. had worked hard for it
D. was working hard for it
Question 159
I don't really know how to ...... the problem.
A. tackle
B. cope
C. draw
D. erase
Question 160
The Sun ...... at six this morning.
A. raised
B. rose
C. arose
D. aroused
Question 161
I saw a ...... of cows in the field.
A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock
Question 162
On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the cattle became ......
A. flippant
B. jubilant
C. agitated
D. emaciated
Question 163
The building comprises ...... sixty rooms.
A. of
B. onto
C. by
D. no preposition needed
Question 164
The battalion operating from the mountain was able to ...... three enemy divisons.
A. tie up
B. tie down
C. tie on
D. tie with
Question 165
This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......
A. keep, removed
B. afford, attached
C. develop, liquidated
D. keep up, destroyed
Question 166
The boy fell ...... bicycle.
A. of
B. off
C. from
D. under
Question 167
Namrata was found to ...... the required qualifications for the job.
A. contain
B. disclose
C. posses
D. acquire
Question 168
Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ......
A. idealistic
B. generous
C. lazy
D. optimistic
Question 169
Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Question 170
People who ...... on horses usually lose in the end.
A. gamble
B. play
C. risk
D. place
Question 171
Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ...... cosmetics.
A. with
B. in
C. at
D. for
Question 172
Sita's heart ...... at the sight of the beautiful diamond necklace.
A. leapt
B. stopped
C. slowed
D. ran
Question 173
I purposely ...... meet you during my last visit to Kashmir.
A. didn't
B. won't
C. hadn't
D. wouldn't
Question 174
It is not what you say that ...... but what you do
A. matches
B. implies
C. matters
D. moves
Question 175
The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger.
A. promised
B. assured
C. advised
D. counselled
Question 176
Nobody can ...... me to do anything which I do not want to do.
A. encourage
B. request
C. oppose
D. compel
Question 177
That rule is applicable ...... every one.
A. to
B. for
C. about
D. with
Question 178
Walking at 3'o clock, I heard the ...... of thunder.
A. crackle
B. rumble
C. ripple
D. clank
Question 179
The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their ...... was low.
A. feeling
B. moral
C. consciousness
D. morale
Question 180
He lives near a lovely ...... of countryside.
A. length
B. piece
C. section
D. stretch
Question 181
But the introductory fee does not stop after the initial handshake, brokers have to ...... it up after each transaction.
A. bring
B. cough
C. boost
D. give
Question 182
If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late, ...... ?
A. isn't it
B. won't I
C. will I
D. is it
Question 183
The stenographer is very efficient. He is ...... to his firm.
A. a boon
B. a credit
C. a blessing
D. an asset
Question 184
Ambition is one of those ......which are never satisfied.
A. ideas
B. fancies
C. passions
D. feeds
Question 185
Do you know ......?
A. where she comes from
B. where does she come from
C. where from she comes
D. from where does she come
Question 186
Farida sings very well and ...... does salim.
A. even
B. too
C. also
D. so
Question 187
Her parents will never give their ...... to so much an unsuitable match.
A. acquiescence
B. consent
C. agreement
D. willingness
Question 188
He is a person of sound character and ...... disposition.
A. beneficent
B. morous
C. amiable
D. amicable
Question 189
Life is to death as pleasure is to ......
A. poverty
B. suffering
C. anguish
D. pain
Question 190
He is so ...... that he immediately believe my story of ghosts.
A. innocent
B. credulous
C. vociferous
D. credible
Question 191
this brand of TV is quite inferior ...... that one.
A. than
B. to
C. with
D. over
Question 192
A sanguine outlook is associated with the ......
A. rationalist
B. socialist
C. philanthropist
D. optimist
Question 193
You've only three months to complete the course, Don't give ...... now.
A. out
B. away
C. up
D. off
Question 194
We had to pay more taxi fare because the driver brought us by a ...... route.
A. circular
B. circumscribed
C. longest
D. circuitous
Question 195
Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......
A. unique
B. different
C. likely
D. alike
Question 196
I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.
A. besides
B. along
C. at
D. beside
Question 197
My father ...... down for a nap.
A. lays
B. laid
C. lain
D. lie
Question 198
That the poor in our country, are happy is
A. a dream
B. a vision
C. an ideal
D. an illusion