All Free English MCQs with Answers

1371. When I asked him ______ the keys , Bilal said he had no idea where they were.

• A. if did he see
• B. if he had seen
• C. could he see
• D. that he had seen

Explanation: An indirect question uses normal statement order, so “if he had seen the keys” is correct. “If did he see” wrongly retains question inversion.

1372. John said he __________to play at home.

• A. would prefer
• B. prefer
• C. will prefer
• D. had prefered

Explanation: After the past reporting verb “said,” “will” normally changes to “would” in indirect speech. Thus, “John said he would prefer to play at home” is correct.

1373. It was unanimously resolved that the parties _____ launching of popular programmes.

• A. Should unitedly undertake
• B. Should be united undertook
• C. Should be unitedly undertaken
• D. Should be unitedly undertake

Explanation: After “resolved that,” the modal “should” takes the base verb “undertake,” so “should unitedly undertake” is grammatical. “Should be unitedly undertake” incorrectly combines a passive form with a base verb.

1374. The research study is an eye-opener and _____ us with the problems of poor nations.

• A. Attempted to acquaint
• B. Attempting to acquaint
• C. Attempts at acquainting
• D. Attempt to acquaint

Explanation: “Attempts at acquainting” is a grammatical noun phrase that can follow “is an eye-opener and,” with the study as its subject. The other choices create incorrect tense or number agreement with “study.”

1375. It is _______ today.

• A. too much hot
• B. so much hot
• C. too hot
• D. more hotter

Explanation: “Hot” is an adjective modified directly by “too,” giving the correct phrase “too hot.” “Too much” modifies uncountable nouns, while “more hotter” incorrectly uses two comparative markers.

1376. The students in our school are __________ in other schools.

• A. smarter
• B. smarter than
• C. smarter than those
• D. more smarter than

Explanation: “Smarter than those in other schools” compares the students with “those,” meaning the students in the other schools. “Smarter” alone leaves the comparison incomplete, while “more smarter” is a double comparative.

1377. Though smaller than our solar system, a quasar, which looks like an ordinary star, emits more light ________ galaxy.

• A. than an entire
• B. than entire
• C. than is entire
• D. than entirely

Explanation: The comparison is between the quasar's light and the light of an entire galaxy, so than an entire galaxy completes the construction. Entire must modify the singular noun galaxy, and the other options are grammatically incomplete or illogical.

1378. Commencement of words with the same letter:

• A. Pun
• B. Alliteration
• C. Transferred epithet
• D. Oxymoron

Explanation: Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial sound or letter in nearby words, as in “wild and windy.” A pun depends on wordplay, while an oxymoron joins contradictory terms.

1379. The idiom a hard nut to crack means:

• A. An easy question
• B. A foolish search
• C. A difficult problem
• D. Expensive thing

Explanation: A hard nut to crack describes something difficult to solve or understand. It compares a difficult problem with a nut that is hard to open.

1380. What is the phrasal meaning of carry-on?

• A. To continue doing something
• B. To end doing something
• C. To start doing something
• D. None of these

Explanation: Carry on means to continue doing something, as in “Carry on with your work.” It is not used here for starting or ending an activity.