MCQ Collection
CSS MCQs
Practice CSS questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: C. The test was difficult, but many students finished early.
Explanation:
Two independent clauses need proper coordination or punctuation.
A comma plus 'but' correctly joins the contrasting clauses.
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Correct Answer: C. He was made to apologize.
Explanation:
In the passive, 'make' is followed by a to-infinitive.
Therefore, 'was made to apologize' is the correct transformation.
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Correct Answer: D. The shop was closed, we returned home.
Explanation:
A comma alone cannot join two independent clauses in formal writing.
This incorrect joining is called a comma splice.
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Correct Answer: D. I had my car repaired.
Explanation:
'Have something done' means arranging for another person to perform a service.
The object is followed by the past participle 'repaired.'
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Correct Answer: A. The job requires planning, organizing, and communicating.
Explanation:
All three items use matching gerund forms.
Parallel grammatical structure makes coordinated ideas clear and balanced.
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Correct Answer: A. She got her brother to carry the boxes.
Explanation:
'Get someone to do something' expresses persuasion or arrangement.
It requires an object followed by a to-infinitive.
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Correct Answer: B. Ali and Hamza are preparing the report.
Explanation:
The subject contains two nouns joined by 'and.'
Both Ali and Hamza perform the action.
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Correct Answer: B. The teacher made the students rewrite the essay.
Explanation:
'Make someone do something' takes the bare infinitive in active voice.
Therefore, 'made the students rewrite' is correct.
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Correct Answer: C. The researcher collected and analyzed the data.
Explanation:
One subject performs two actions: collected and analyzed.
Two verbs sharing the same subject form a compound predicate.
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Correct Answer: C. The report needs to be completed today.
Explanation:
The passive infinitive is formed with 'to be' plus a past participle.
'Needs to be completed' expresses that the report must receive the action.
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Correct Answer: D. Never have I seen such a crowded hall.
Explanation:
A negative adverb placed first triggers auxiliary-subject inversion.
The correct order is 'Never have I seen.'
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Correct Answer: D. He dislikes being criticized in public.
Explanation:
The passive gerund is formed with 'being' plus a past participle.
It functions as the object of 'dislikes.'