Tag: Grammar MCQs

Foreign Words & Phrases MCQs for All Competitive Exams

1) vis-a-vis :
(a) similar
(b) face to face
(c) contrary to the fact
(d) in good faith
Answer: (b)

2) Modus operandi
(a) successful operation
(b) unsuccessful mission
(c) mode or manner of doing a thing
(d) a clandestine operation
Answer: (b)

3) Ad valorem
(a) according to the-value
(b) according to utility
(c) according to cost
(d) according to demand
Answer: (b)

4) Aide-mémoire
(a) hearing aid
(b) without memory
(c) with sound memory
(d) notes to aid memory
Answer: (c)

5) Ad interim :
(a) finally
(b) ultimately
(c) unanimously
(d) in the mean time
Answer: (b)

Back out — to withdraw from a promise, contract : I felt grieved when he backed out of his promise to help me.

Back up — to support; to sustain : He backed up his report with relevant statistics.

Bear upon — to be relevant to : This argument does not bear upon the subject under discussion.

Blow up — to explode : The mine blew up and all the labourers working inside were killed.

— to reprimand or scold : If you continue to be negligent, the teacher will blow you up.

Break down — of a car; a piece of machinery; to go wrong so that it will not function : The car broke down on our way to Mumbai.

— to collapse; to succumb to uncontrollable weeping : She broke down completely on hearing the news of her husband’s death.

— to succumb to a nervous collapse through overwork or worry : He worked so hard that his health broke down near the examination.

Choose the appropriate preposition form from the given options to fill in the blanks below.

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01. The book has __________ 300 pages.
(a) for
(b) around
(c) between
(d) through
Answer: (b)

02. They went off ___________ the wide world, so their parents didn’t see them again.
(a) over
(b) to
(c) into
(d) through
Answer: (c)

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1. The set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word structures of a language is called

Grammar

2. A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words is called
Idiom

3. A word which is a person, place, thing or idea is called
Noun

4. Mount Everest is grammatically called
Noun