English Blanks Mcqs for the preparation of NTS, PPSC, SPSC, BPSC, KPSC, FPSC, OTS and other academic entry test and jobs tests.
31. These days everybody complains ——- corruption in public life.
(a) About
(b) On
(c) Of
(d) Against
32. We sailed ——– the river.
(a) In
(b) On
(c) At
(d) Down
33. He was kind enough to accede ———- his request.
(a) With
(b) In
(c) To
(d) Over
34. She persisted ——– doing the job despite its being uninteresting to her.
(a) On
(b) With
(c) At
(d) In
35. In the world of today, material values take precedence —— spiritual values.
(a) At
(b) On
(c) Over
(d) Above
36. He persevered ——— all obstacles’
(a) Among
(b) Between
(c) Through
(d) Despite
37. He will not succeed ——– he works hard.
(a) Unless
(b) Until
(c) In case
(d) In
38. I am ———– sure of it as you are.
(a) Quite
(b) As
(c) Perfectly
(d) Very
39. Beethoven ——– music you have been listening to was one of the world’s famous composers.
(a) Which
(b) Whose
(c) About whom
(d) About which
40. I was born in London but ————- most of my childhood in the country.
(a) Spend
(b) Spent
(c) Was spending
(d) Was spent
41. In my town, they continuously ——— down old houses and put up new ones.
(a) Pulled
(b) Pull
(c) Pulling
(d) Pulls
42. When the clock struck six o’clock, I —– here for over an hour.
(a) Have waited
(b) Had to wait
(c) Shall have waited
(d) Had been waiting
43. I ————— a lie if I ever said that I liked you
(a) Was telling
(b) Have been telling
(c) Would have been telling
(d) Would have told
44. Now are you going to have your hair cut? During the hot weather I am going to ———–
(a) Cut it short.
(b) Cut it shortly
(c) Have it shortly cut
(d) Have it cut short
45. Everyone wonders why you took such a risk. I wish they would ———-
(a) Stop to guess
(b) Stop in their guessing
(c) Stop guessing
(d) Stop from guessing