MCQ Collection
PPSC English MCQs
Practice PPSC English questions with answers and explanations.
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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 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: 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. 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: 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. 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
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Correct Answer: B. needs repair
Explanation:
The predicate states what is said about the subject.
Here it tells that the bridge needs repair.
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Correct Answer: C. the extremely talented young musician
Explanation:
The phrase is built around the head noun 'musician.'
The other words function as determiners and modifiers.
