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General English Quiz

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General English Quiz is a free, 25-minute, 25-mark practice quiz on AajExam rated at easy difficulty, designed to help candidates preparing for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway and State PSC government competitive exams sharpen their command of General English (General English). Every question on this quiz ships with a detailed step-by-step solution so you don't just learn the right answer — you learn the reasoning and shortcuts top scorers use to crack similar questions faster on the actual exam day. Why General English Quiz matters in your preparation: government exam-conducting bodies repeatedly draw questions from the same chapters and the same skill-clusters across recruitment cycles. By attempting focused topic-wise quizzes like this one, you build pattern recognition — the ability to spot which formula, rule or trick applies the moment you see a question. Toppers consistently report that 5-10 quizzes on a single topic delivers more exam-day score gain than 20+ unfocused full-length mocks, because targeted drilling exposes your specific sub-topic weaknesses with surgical precision. How to use this quiz effectively: attempt it in one sitting under the 25-minute timer, without referring to notes or external resources — simulate exam-day conditions exactly. After submission, review the auto-generated analytics to see your accuracy, time per question and section-wise performance. Then go through every wrong and skipped question with the explanation, mentally tagging the underlying concept rather than just memorising the answer. Revisit this quiz after 7-10 days; your second attempt should be 15-20% faster with noticeably better accuracy. After mastering this quiz, explore the 6 related quizzes linked below to broaden your topic coverage. AajExam quiz design principles: every quiz on the platform is curated by subject experts using the actual question formats, difficulty distributions and time pressures of the target government exams. We deliberately avoid generic "textbook" questions in favour of exam-replicating ones. Solutions are written in plain English (and Hindi where source material was bilingual), with step-by-step working for quantitative problems, grammar rules for English questions, and direct reference statements for general awareness items. Performance analytics after each attempt include accuracy, attempt rate, time spent per question, and an estimated all-India percentile so you know exactly where you stand against other candidates. This quiz is completely free to attempt. You only need a free AajExam account to track your performance across attempts, view detailed solutions and unlock the platform-wide analytics dashboard. The platform is mobile-friendly and works seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops — so you can sharpen your General English (General English) skills in any spare 15-minute window.

General English Quiz — Questions with Solutions

All 25 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.

  1. Q1.Choose the correctly spelt word.

    • A.Beautifull
    • B.Beautiful
    • C.Beutiful
    • D.Beautyful
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    Answer: B. Beautiful

    The correct spelling is 'Beautiful'.

  2. Q2.Fill in the blank: She ___ to the market yesterday.

    • A.go
    • B.goes
    • C.went
    • D.going
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    Answer: C. went

    Past tense of 'go' is 'went', matching 'yesterday'.

  3. Q3.Choose the correct plural form of 'Child'.

    • A.Childs
    • B.Children
    • C.Childes
    • D.Childrens
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    Answer: B. Children

    The correct plural of 'Child' is 'Children'.

  4. Q4.Choose the synonym of 'Happy'.

    • A.Sad
    • B.Joyful
    • C.Angry
    • D.Tired
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    Answer: B. Joyful

    'Joyful' is a synonym of 'Happy'.

  5. Q5.Choose the antonym of 'Increase'.

    • A.Rise
    • B.Decrease
    • C.Grow
    • D.Expand
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    Answer: B. Decrease

    'Decrease' is the antonym of 'Increase'.

  6. Q6.Identify the correct sentence.

    • A.He don't know the answer.
    • B.He doesn't knows the answer.
    • C.He doesn't know the answer.
    • D.He not know the answer.
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    Answer: C. He doesn't know the answer.

    'He doesn't know the answer' is grammatically correct.

  7. Q7.Fill in the blank: I have been waiting ___ two hours.

    • A.since
    • B.for
    • C.from
    • D.at
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    Answer: B. for

    'For' is used with a duration of time.

  8. Q8.Choose the correct passive voice of 'She writes a letter.'

    • A.A letter is written by her.
    • B.A letter was written by her.
    • C.A letter has written by her.
    • D.A letter is writing by her.
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    Answer: A. A letter is written by her.

    Present simple active becomes 'is + past participle' in passive.

  9. Q9.Choose the correctly spelt word.

    • A.Occassion
    • B.Occasion
    • C.Ocassion
    • D.Occassionn
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    Answer: B. Occasion

    The correct spelling is 'Occasion'.

  10. Q10.Fill in the blank: He is good ___ mathematics.

    • A.in
    • B.at
    • C.on
    • D.for
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    Answer: B. at

    The correct preposition is 'at' with 'good'.

  11. Q11.Choose the one-word substitution for 'a person who studies birds'.

    • A.Botanist
    • B.Ornithologist
    • C.Zoologist
    • D.Entomologist
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    Answer: B. Ornithologist

    An 'Ornithologist' studies birds.

  12. Q12.Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.

    • A.What is your name
    • B.What is your name?
    • C.What is your name.
    • D.what is your name?
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    Answer: B. What is your name?

    A question must end with a question mark and begin with a capital letter.

  13. Q13.Choose the correct form: 'Neither of the boys ___ present.'

    • A.is
    • B.are
    • C.were
    • D.have
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    Answer: A. is

    'Neither' takes a singular verb, so 'is' is correct.

  14. Q14.Choose the meaning of the idiom 'to break the ice'.

    • A.To start a conversation
    • B.To end a friendship
    • C.To become angry
    • D.To remain silent
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    Answer: A. To start a conversation

    This idiom means to initiate a conversation.

  15. Q15.Fill in the blank: She is interested ___ painting.

    • A.in
    • B.at
    • C.on
    • D.for
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    Answer: A. in

    The correct preposition with 'interested' is 'in'.

  16. Q16.Choose the correctly spelt word.

    • A.Necessary
    • B.Neccessary
    • C.Necesary
    • D.Neccesary
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    Answer: A. Necessary

    The correct spelling is 'Necessary'.

  17. Q17.Identify the correct comparative form of 'good'.

    • A.Gooder
    • B.Better
    • C.More good
    • D.Best
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    Answer: B. Better

    The comparative form of 'good' is 'better'.

  18. Q18.Choose the correct article: '___ sun rises in the east.'

    • A.A
    • B.An
    • C.The
    • D.No article
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    Answer: C. The

    'The' is used before unique nouns like 'sun'.

  19. Q19.Fill in the blank: They ___ playing football when it started raining.

    • A.was
    • B.were
    • C.is
    • D.are
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    Answer: B. were

    Plural subject 'They' takes 'were' in past continuous tense.

  20. Q20.Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said, 'I am tired.'

    • A.He said that he was tired.
    • B.He said that he is tired.
    • C.He said I am tired.
    • D.He said that he am tired.
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    Answer: A. He said that he was tired.

    In reported speech, present tense shifts to past: 'was tired'.

  21. Q21.Choose the correctly spelt word.

    • A.Recieve
    • B.Receive
    • C.Receeve
    • D.Receve
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    Answer: B. Receive

    The correct spelling is 'Receive'.

  22. Q22.Identify the correct sentence.

    • A.Each of the students have a book.
    • B.Each of the students has a book.
    • C.Each of the student have a book.
    • D.Each of student has a book.
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    Answer: B. Each of the students has a book.

    'Each' takes a singular verb, so 'has' is correct.

  23. Q23.Choose the correct meaning of the phrasal verb 'give up'.

    • A.To stop trying
    • B.To start something
    • C.To celebrate
    • D.To donate
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    Answer: A. To stop trying

    'Give up' means to stop trying or quit.

  24. Q24.Fill in the blank: This is the book ___ I told you about.

    • A.who
    • B.which
    • C.whom
    • D.whose
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    Answer: B. which

    'Which' is used to refer to things, such as a book.

  25. Q25.Choose the correctly spelt word.

    • A.Embarrass
    • B.Embarass
    • C.Embaras
    • D.Embarras
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    Answer: A. Embarrass

    The correct spelling is 'Embarrass'.

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General English questions appear regularly in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD; IBPS PO, Clerk; SBI PO, Clerk; RRB NTPC, Group D; UPSC prelims and most State PSC exams. The specific weightage varies by exam — check the exam pattern on the corresponding AajExam exam page for details.

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