ENG101 Solved MCQs from Papers

FINAL TERM PAPERS · SOLVED MCQS · ENG101 Created Date: Feb.14 , 2011 · Spring 2010

Q1. (1 marks)

1. filiations
2. nescience
3. cognation
4. homology

Correct answer: homology

Q2. The meaning of the stem mal in the word malediction is: (1 marks)

1. lessen
2. cheap, worthless
3. badly
4. tasteless

Correct answer: badly

Q3. What is the antonym of 'Sate'? (1 marks)

1. 
2. Disappoint
3. Envision
4. Hostile
5. Pate

Q4. (1 marks)

1. Click on the option that you think is correct.

Marijuana is less toxic than alcohol or tobacco. __________, some people believe it should be

legalized.

1. due to
2. therefore
3. because
4. so

Correct answer: therefore

Q5. The coach's ___________ voice could be heard over all the other noise in the gymnasium. (1 marks)

1. sanguine
2. ingratiating
3. Strident
4. mellifluous

Correct answer: Strident

Q6. Fill in the blank with appropriate parallel structure. (1 marks)

Egyptian pyramids were regularly robbed despite their intricate passageways, byzantine mazes, and

1. walls of falsity
2. walls which were false
3. false walls
4. they had false walls

Correct answer: walls of falsity

Q7. (1 marks)

1. because
2. but
3. since
4. while

Correct answer: but

Q8. James usually has his lunch at this restaurant _____ sometimes he eats elsewhere. (1 marks)

1. either
2. but
3. as
4. if

Correct answer: as

Q9. (1 marks)

1. The problem with making decisions based upon emotion he argued is that sound reasoning, sometimes, gets lost in the process.
2. The problem with making decisions based upon emotion, he argued, is that sound reasoning sometimes gets lost in the process.
3. The problem with making decisions based upon emotion he argued is that sound reasoning sometimes gets lost in the process.
4. The problem with making decisions, based upon emotion, he argued is that sound reasoning sometimes gets lost in the process.

Correct answer: The problem with making decisions based upon emotion, he argued, is that sound reasoning sometimes gets lost in the process.

Q10. Select the option which best describes the sentence. (1 marks)

Although he had been an often decorated soldier during World War II and had fought many battles for the losing cause of liberalism in Congress.

1. Run-on: put a comma after World War II.
2. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
3. Fragment: put a comma after Congress and finish the sentence.
4. Run-on: put a semicolon after World War II.

Correct answer: There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.

Q11. In Europe, a definite system of locating the annual cuttings __________ in the management of communal and government forests because under this system the forests can be so organized that an approximately equal yield is secured each year. (1 marks)

1. will have extensively used
2. has extensively used
3. is extensively used
4. extensively uses

Correct answer: is extensively used

Q12. ......... any one object if I turn the heating down? (1 marks)

1. Doing
2. Does
3. Did
4. Do

Correct answer: Does

Q13. She ......... working on that manuscript for 2 years now. - (1 marks)

1. is
2. has been
3. had been
4. will be

Correct answer: has been

Q14. I ......... there once a long time ago and haven't been back since. (1 marks)

1. was going
2. have gone
3. go
4. went

Correct answer: have gone

Q15. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. (1 marks)

The ......... saga lasted three hours. A lot of people in the theater enjoyed the film but most agreed that it was too long.

1. Excerpt
2. Except
3. Epoch
4. Epic

Correct answer: Epic

Q16. Hong Kong has to be one of the few places on the planet where you can enjoy ......... cuisine and service at relatively reasonable prices. (1 marks)

1. Explosive
2. Expletive
3. Exquisite
4. Explicit

Correct answer: Exquisite

Q17. How many suffixes are in the word 'peaceful'? - (1 marks)

1. 1
2. 2
3. 0
4. 3

Correct answer: 1

Q18. "According to a report, U.S. tariffs on the Canadian softwood industry took a heavy toll, thousands of jobs in the forest industry were lost." (1 marks)

1. Misplaced modifier
2. Punctuation error
3. Comma splice
4. Run-on sentence

Correct answer: Run-on sentence