MCQ Collection
FPSC English MCQs
Practice FPSC English questions with answers and explanations.
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A.
Please bring three items: a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
B.
Please bring: three items a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
C.
Please: bring three items, a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
D.
Please bring three: items a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
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Correct Answer: A. Please bring three items: a pen, a notebook, and an identity card.
Explanation:
A colon can introduce a list after a complete independent clause.
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A.
make less severe
B.
create deliberately
C.
measure exactly
D.
hide permanently
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Correct Answer: A. make less severe
Explanation:
'Alleviate' means to reduce pain, difficulty, or severity.
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A.
The final—speaker our department head arrived late.
B.
The final speaker—our department head—arrived late.
C.
The final speaker our—department head arrived late.
D.
The final speaker, —our department head arrived late.
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Correct Answer: B. The final speaker—our department head—arrived late.
Explanation:
A pair of em dashes can set off strongly emphasized parenthetical information.
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A.
It was a well organized-event.
B.
It was a well organized event.
C.
It was a well-organized event.
D.
It was a wellorganized event.
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Correct Answer: C. It was a well-organized event.
Explanation:
The two words jointly modify the following noun 'event.'
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A.
professor Ahmed teaches english at Punjab university.
B.
Professor Ahmed teaches english at Punjab University.
C.
Professor ahmed teaches English at punjab University.
D.
Professor Ahmed teaches English at Punjab University.
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Correct Answer: D. Professor Ahmed teaches English at Punjab University.
Explanation:
A title used with a name, a language, and an institution's proper name are capitalized.
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A.
My brother, who lives in Quetta, is visiting us.
B.
My brother who lives in Quetta is visiting us.
C.
My brother who lives, in Quetta is visiting us.
D.
My brother; who lives in Quetta; is visiting us.
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Correct Answer: A. My brother, who lives in Quetta, is visiting us.
Explanation:
The clause adds nonessential information about an already identified brother.
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A.
Please Hamza close the door.
B.
Please, Hamza, close the door.
C.
Please Hamza, close, the door.
D.
Please; Hamza close the door.
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Correct Answer: B. Please, Hamza, close the door.
Explanation:
A person's name used in direct address is set off by commas.
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A.
Its going to rain.
B.
Its' going to rain.
C.
It's going to rain.
D.
It,s going to rain.
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Correct Answer: C. It's going to rain.
Explanation:
'It's' is the contraction of 'it is.'
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A.
She asked whether the office was open?
B.
She asked, whether the office was open?
C.
She asked whether, the office was open.
D.
She asked whether the office was open.
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Correct Answer: D. She asked whether the office was open.
Explanation:
An indirect question is grammatically a statement and normally ends with a period.
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A.
His voice faded: 'I thought I could...'
B.
His... voice faded immediately.
C.
His voice... faded because he stopped.
D.
His voice faded;... he spoke clearly.
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Correct Answer: A. His voice faded: 'I thought I could...'
Explanation:
An ellipsis can indicate that quoted speech trails off or is incomplete.
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A.
The seminar begins (at 10 a.m. registration opens at 9:30.
B.
The seminar begins at 10 a.m. (registration opens at 9:30).
C.
The seminar begins at 10 a.m.) registration opens at 9:30 (.
D.
The seminar (begins at 10 a.m. registration) opens at 9:30.
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Correct Answer: B. The seminar begins at 10 a.m. (registration opens at 9:30).
Explanation:
Parentheses enclose supplementary information that is not essential to the main statement.
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A.
However the evidence, was not conclusive.
B.
However; the evidence was not conclusive.
C.
However, the evidence was not conclusive.
D.
However the evidence was not, conclusive.
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Correct Answer: C. However, the evidence was not conclusive.
Explanation:
An introductory conjunctive adverb such as 'However' is followed by a comma.
