MCQ Collection
IBA Undergraduate Aptitude MCQs
Practice IBA Undergraduate Aptitude questions with answers and explanations.
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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: 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: 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: 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 meeting ended early
Explanation:
It contains a complete subject and predicate and expresses a complete thought.
Therefore, it can stand alone as a sentence.
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Correct Answer: D. Employees who arrive late must report to the supervisor.
Explanation:
The clause identifies which employees must report and is essential to the meaning.
Restrictive clauses are not separated by commas.
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Correct Answer: A. My car, which I bought last year, needs repair.
Explanation:
The clause adds extra information about an already identified car.
Nonrestrictive clauses are set off by commas.
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Correct Answer: B. Because the roads were flooded.
Explanation:
The word 'Because' makes the clause dependent.
Without a main clause, the thought is incomplete.
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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: D. Despite the heavy rain, the event continued.
Explanation:
'Despite' is followed by a noun phrase or gerund, not a finite clause with 'it was.'
It also does not take 'of.'
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Correct Answer: A. The students completed the project on time.
Explanation:
A simple sentence contains one independent clause.
It may include phrases but has no additional dependent or independent clause.
