Here is a General English MCQ Paper with 25 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and explanation. This is ideal for competitive exams like SSC, UPSC, Banking, and state-level exams.
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📝 General English MCQ Paper
Total Questions: 25 | Format: MCQ | Answers & Explanations included
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1. Choose the correct synonym of the word “Abundant”:
A) Scarce
B) Plenty
C) Empty
D) Lack
✅ Answer: B) Plenty
📘 Explanation: “Abundant” means available in large quantities. The synonym is “Plenty”.
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2. Fill in the blank: He is very good ___ mathematics.
A) at
B) in
C) with
D) on
✅ Answer: A) at
📘 Explanation: “Good at” is the correct prepositional phrase used with subjects or skills.
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3. Identify the correctly spelled word:
A) Recieve
B) Receive
C) Receeve
D) Receiv
✅ Answer: B) Receive
📘 Explanation: Rule: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ in many cases.
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4. Antonym of “Generous”:
A) Kind
B) Stingy
C) Gentle
D) Noble
✅ Answer: B) Stingy
📘 Explanation: “Stingy” means unwilling to give or spend; the opposite of “Generous”.
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5. Choose the correct passive voice: “They are writing a letter.”
A) A letter was written by them.
B) A letter is written by them.
C) A letter is being written by them.
D) A letter has been written by them.
✅ Answer: C) A letter is being written by them.
📘 Explanation: Present continuous passive structure: is/are + being + past participle.
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6. Choose the correct one-word substitution: “A person who speaks many languages.”
A) Translator
B) Interpreter
C) Polyglot
D) Linguist
✅ Answer: C) Polyglot
📘 Explanation: A “Polyglot” is someone who knows and uses several languages.
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7. Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I will help you.”
A) He said that he would help me.
B) He said that he will help me.
C) He said that I will help him.
D) He said that he helps me.
✅ Answer: A) He said that he would help me.
📘 Explanation: “Will” becomes “would” in reported speech.
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8. Select the correct article: He is ___ honest man.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) no article
✅ Answer: B) an
📘 Explanation: “An” is used before silent ‘h’ words like “honest”.
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9. Identify the type of sentence: “What a beautiful painting!”
A) Declarative
B) Imperative
C) Interrogative
D) Exclamatory
✅ Answer: D) Exclamatory
📘 Explanation: The sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
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10. Choose the correct tense: By this time tomorrow, we ___ our exam.
A) will finish
B) will have finished
C) have finished
D) will be finishing
✅ Answer: B) will have finished
📘 Explanation: Future perfect tense indicates an action completed before a specific future time.
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11. Choose the correct antonym of “Admit”:
A) Accept
B) Deny
C) Confess
D) Grant
✅ Answer: B) Deny
📘 Explanation: “Deny” is the direct opposite of “Admit”.
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12. Identify the figure of speech: “Time is a thief.”
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Irony
✅ Answer: B) Metaphor
📘 Explanation: “Time is a thief” is a metaphor comparing time to a thief without using “like” or “as”.
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13. Choose the correct synonym of “Eloquent”:
A) Silent
B) Fluent
C) Awkward
D) Clumsy
✅ Answer: B) Fluent
📘 Explanation: “Eloquent” means fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
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14. Select the correct idiom meaning “to start afresh”:
A) Beat around the bush
B) Break the ice
C) Turn over a new leaf
D) Cry over spilled milk
✅ Answer: C) Turn over a new leaf
📘 Explanation: It means to start a new chapter in life.
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15. Choose the grammatically correct sentence:
A) He do not like tea.
B) He doesn’t likes tea.
C) He don’t like tea.
D) He doesn’t like tea.
✅ Answer: D) He doesn’t like tea.
📘 Explanation: Subject-verb agreement with third-person singular requires “doesn’t + base verb”.
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16. What part of speech is the word “quickly”?
A) Adjective
B) Verb
C) Adverb
D) Noun
✅ Answer: C) Adverb
📘 Explanation: “Quickly” describes how something is done – it is an adverb.
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17. Identify the correct plural form:
A) Childs
B) Childes
C) Children
D) Childrens
✅ Answer: C) Children
📘 Explanation: “Children” is the irregular plural of “Child”.
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18. Find the misspelled word:
A) Occurence
B) Achievement
C) Intelligence
D) Beautiful
✅ Answer: A) Occurence
📘 Explanation: The correct spelling is “Occurrence”.
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19. Identify the noun in the sentence: “She showed kindness to all.”
A) She
B) Showed
C) Kindness
D) All
✅ Answer: C) Kindness
📘 Explanation: “Kindness” is an abstract noun.
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20. Choose the appropriate question tag: “You are a doctor, ___?”
A) are you
B) do you
C) aren’t you
D) don’t you
✅ Answer: C) aren’t you
📘 Explanation: Positive sentence → negative tag.
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21. Choose the correct synonym of “Brave”:
A) Cowardly
B) Bold
C) Weak
D) Shy
✅ Answer: B) Bold
📘 Explanation: “Bold” and “Brave” are synonyms.
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22. Which of these is an abstract noun?
A) Apple
B) Gold
C) Freedom
D) Table
✅ Answer: C) Freedom
📘 Explanation: “Freedom” is an abstract idea, not a physical object.
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23. Select the correct comparative form: “This road is ___ than that one.”
A) bad
B) worst
C) worse
D) more bad
✅ Answer: C) worse
📘 Explanation: “Worse” is the comparative form of “bad”.
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24. Choose the correct conjunction: “He is poor ___ honest.”
A) but
B) and
C) so
D) because
✅ Answer: A) but
📘 Explanation: Contrasting ideas are joined by “but”.
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25. Select the correct synonym of “Diligent”:
A) Lazy
B) Active
C) Hardworking
D) Tired
✅ Answer: C) Hardworking
📘 Explanation: “Diligent” means showing care and effort, i.e., hardworking.
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