MCQ Collection
IBA English Composition MCQs
Practice IBA English Composition questions with answers and explanations.
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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.
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Correct Answer: B. The sun set, and the streets became quiet.
Explanation:
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined here by 'and.'
Each clause could stand as a complete sentence.
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Correct Answer: C. We left because the building was closing.
Explanation:
The sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause introduced by 'because.'
That combination makes it complex.
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Correct Answer: D. Although it was late, we continued working, and the manager stayed with us.
Explanation:
It contains the dependent clause 'Although it was late' and two independent clauses.
This combination makes it compound-complex.
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Correct Answer: A. The old bridge across the river
Explanation:
The complete subject names what the sentence is about.
The entire noun phrase identifies the bridge that needs repair.
