BITSAT English Proficiency Composition and Comprehension MCQs Set A

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, put the parts P, Q, R and S in their proper order to produce the correct sentence.

Ques. The ultimate hope (P) will foce the nations (Q) that the destructive nature of weapons (R) to give up war (S) has not been fulfilled

• a) PQRS
• b) PRQS
• c) QPRS
• d) RSQP

Answer: QPRS

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, put the parts P, Q, R and S in their proper order to produce the correct sentence.

Ques. It was (P) in keeping with my mood (Q) a soft summer evening (R) as I walked sedately (S) in the direction of the new house

• a) QPRS
• b) QRPS
• c) SQPR
• d) SRPQ

Answer: QPRS

Question: DIRECTIONS : Fill in the Blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Ques. The metallic letters at the entrance of the house read 'Swati Mukundam' ans as one steps inside the hall, one can see a series of paintings____________the walls.

• a) lying
• b) Sticking
• c) Adorning
• d) Creating

Answer: Adorning

Question: DIRECTIONS : Fill in the Blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Ques. With the _______________ of Cloud Computing, Microsoft has a real opportunity in India, the company's India-born CEO Satya Nadella has said.

• a) Come
• b) Outbreak
• c) Break
• d) Emergence

Answer: Emergence

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Ques. People claim to have seen the suspect in several cities.

• a) The suspect is being seen in several cities
• b) The suspect has been the people in several cities
• c) The suspect is claimed to have been seen in several cities
• d) The suspect was seen by people in several cities.

Answer: The suspect is claimed to have been seen in several cities

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Ques. The teacher punished the boys who had not done their homework.

• a) The boys who had not done their homework had been punished by their teacher
• b) The boys were punished by their teacher who had not done their homework
• c) The boys who had not done their homework were punished bby the teacher
• d) The boys who had not done their homework were being punished by the teacher

Answer: The boys who had not done their homework were punished bby the teacher

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, choose the best alternative to fill in the blank.

Ques. Mr. Shyam Lal has gone to his native village with the ____ or starting an adult school.

• a) Suggestion
• b) Presumption
• c) Opinion
• d) Intention

Answer: Intention

Question: DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, choose the best alternative to fill in the blank.

Ques. The twins are so alike that I cannot ____ one from the other.

• a) Discern
• b) Tell
• c) Say
• d) Notice

Answer: Tell

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about "Get him! Get Thimonier! Smash his devilish machines!" yelled the crowd.

They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically broken up and destroyed – dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had "been trampled under foot did the infuriated crowd recover their senses.

"That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention.

Ques: The passage throws light on

• a) Why inventions should be avoided.
• b) How a well meant invention can be misunderstood
• c) What mischief an inventor can do to ordinary people.
• d) How dangerous an invention can be.

Answer: How a well meant invention can be misunderstood

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about "Get him! Get Thimonier! Smash his devilish machines!" yelled the crowd.

They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically broken up and destroyed – dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had "been trampled under foot did the infuriated crowd recover their senses.

"That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention.

Ques: The crowd was protesting against

• a) The closings of workshops.
• b) The misdoings of Thimonier.
• c) The newly invented sewing machine
• d) Thimonier for keeping the invention a secret

Answer: The newly invented sewing machine

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about "Get him! Get Thimonier! Smash his devilish machines!" yelled the crowd.

They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically broken up and destroyed – dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had "been trampled under foot did the infuriated crowd recover their senses.

"That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention. 

Ques: The aim of the crowd was to

• a) kill Thimonier
• b) Drive Thimonier away
• c) Humiliate Thimonier
• d) Destroy the sewing machines

Answer: Destroy the sewing machines

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris. There was a clatter of shutters being closed hastily by trembling hands the citizens of Paris knew that once the fury of the people was excited there was no telling what they might do. They came to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor. A head popped out of the door to see what it was all about "Get him! Get Thimonier! Smash his devilish machines!" yelled the crowd.

They found the workshop without its owner. M. Thimonier had escaped by the back door. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines that were standing in the shop, ready to be delivered to buyers. They were systematically broken up and destroyed – dozens of them. Only when the last wheel and spindle had "been trampled under foot did the infuriated crowd recover their senses.

"That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied. Perhaps now they would find work, for they were all unemployed tailors and seamstresses who believed that their livelihood was threatened by that new invention.

Ques: The people thought that

• a) Their lives were in danger.
• b) Thimonier was mad.
• c) The sewing machine was dangerous.
• d) They would be deprived of their livelihood.

Answer: They would be deprived of their livelihood.

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

PASSAGE-

India is a country which has been subjected to foreign invasions since the down of Indian history. The fertile plains of India have been attracting avaricious tribals from all over the world. Long back the Aryans from Central Asia invaded India and settled down permanently in this beautiful land where food and fodder were available in plenty. After a chain of invasions from the bordering countries through land routes, the European nations, including the British, finally came to India to exploit her rich resources. The Englishmen came to India as traders but stealthily became her masters. India became the 'brightest Jewel' in the British diadem. They proclaimed to civilize her and started to exploit her. Neither the imperialist might, not the treachery of some of her sons, nor the treachery of some of her sons, nor the nerve-racking exploitation could curb the indomitable urge for freedom of the people who bid defiance to time. They fought and fought heroically; they never submitted. Their struggle for independence is an inspiring and exhilarating story. It is a story not only of firm determination and will but also of sacrifice and suffering, a story of heroism and courage that happens in all revolutionaries.

Ques: Why did the Aryans settle permanently in India?

• a) Because here food and fodder were available in plenty
• b) Because they invaded India
• c) Because here food was available in plenty
• d) Because here fodder was available in plenty

Answer: Because here food and fodder were available in plenty

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

PASSAGE- India is a country which has been subjected to foreign invasions since the down of Indian history. The fertile plains of India have been attracting avaricious tribals from all over the world. Long back the Aryans from Central Asia invaded India and settled down permanently in this beautiful land where food and fodder were available in plenty. After a chain of invasions from the bordering countries through land routes, the European nations, including the British, finally came to India to exploit her rich resources. The Englishmen came to India as traders but stealthily became her masters. India became the 'brightest Jewel' in the British diadem. They proclaimed to civilize her and started to exploit her. Neither the imperialist might, not the treachery of some of her sons, nor the treachery of some of her sons, nor the nerve-racking exploitation could curb the indomitable urge for freedom of the people who bid defiance to time. They fought and fought heroically; they never submitted. Their struggle for independence is an inspiring and exhilarating story. It is a story not only of firm determination and will but also of sacrifice and suffering, a story of heroism and courage that happens in all revolutionaries.

Ques: British came to India:

• a) To exploit her rich resources
• b) To become her master
• c) To civilize her
• d) None of the above

Answer: To exploit her rich resources

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

PASSAGE-

India is a country which has been subjected to foreign invasions since the down of Indian history. The fertile plains of India have been attracting avaricious tribals from all over the world. Long back the Aryans from Central Asia invaded India and settled down permanently in this beautiful land where food and fodder were available in plenty. After a chain of invasions from the bordering countries through land routes, the European nations, including the British, finally came to India to exploit her rich resources. The Englishmen came to India as traders but stealthily became her masters. India became the 'brightest Jewel' in the British diadem. They proclaimed to civilize her and started to exploit her. Neither the imperialist might, not the treachery of some of her sons, nor the treachery of some of her sons, nor the nerve-racking exploitation could curb the indomitable urge for freedom of the people who bid defiance to time. They fought and fought heroically; they never submitted. Their struggle for independence is an inspiring and exhilarating story. It is a story not only of firm determination and will but also of sacrifice and suffering, a story of heroism and courage that happens in all revolutionaries.

Ques: The Indians indomitable urge for freedom could be curbed neither :

• a) By the nerve-racking exploitation of the British
• b) By the treachery of some of her sons
• c) By the imperialist might
• d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: DIRECTIONS : Choose the suitable preposition from the given alternatives to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

Ques. So many servants attended ____ him during his illness.

• a) With
• b) On
• c) For
• d) To

Answer: To

Question: DIRECTIONS : Each of the idioms of phrases is follwed by four meanings out of which only one is correct. Pick out the correct meaning.

Ques. To beat about the bush:

• a) Not to come to the point
• b) Vigorous search for the culprit
• c) Easily achieved sucess without much effort
• d) Working hard to achieve the goal

Answer: Not to come to the point

Question: DIRECTIONS : Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.

Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Ques. He will dispense ______ your services.

• a) Of
• b) Off
• c) On
• d) With

Answer: With

Question: DIRECTIONS : Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Ques. I have given her ______ .

• a) A work
• b) Some works
• c) A piece of work
• d) Many works

Answer: A piece of work

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four.

The postmaster first took up his duties in the village of Ulapur. Though the village was a small one, there was an indigo factory nearby and the proprietor, an Englishman, had managed to get a post office established.

Our postmaster belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of water in this remote village. His office and living-room were in a dark thatched shed, not far from a green, silmy pond, surrounded on all sides by a dense growth.

The men employed in the indigo factory had no leisure, moreover they were hardly desirable companions for decent folk. Nor is a Calcutta boy an adept in the art of associating with others. Among strangers he appears either proud or ill at ease. At any rate the postmaster had but little company, nor had he much to do.

At times he tried his hand at writing a verse or two. That the movement of the leaves and clouds of the sky were enough to fill life with joy - such were the sentiments to which he sought to give expression. But God knows that the poor fellow would have felt it as the gift of a new life, if some genie of the Arabian Nights had in one night swept away the trees, leaves and all, and replaced them with a macadamised road, hiding the clouds from view with rows of tall houses.

Ques: What does the phrase 'ill at ease' in the passage mean?

• a) Forward
• b) Disease
• c) Comfortable
• d) Uneasy

Answer: Disease

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four.

The postmaster first took up his duties in the village of Ulapur. Though the village was a small one, there was an indigo factory nearby and the proprietor, an Englishman, had managed to get a post office established.

Our postmaster belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of water in this remote village. His office and living-room were in a dark thatched shed, not far from a green, silmy pond, surrounded on all sides by a dense growth.

The men employed in the indigo factory had no leisure, moreover they were hardly desirable companions for decent folk. Nor is a Calcutta boy an adept in the art of associating with others. Among strangers he appears either proud or ill at ease. At any rate the postmaster had but little company, nor had he much to do.

At times he tried his hand at writing a verse or two. That the movement of the leaves and clouds of the sky were enough to fill life with joy - such were the sentiments to which he sought to give expression. But God knows that the poor fellow would have felt it as the gift of a new life, if some genie of the Arabian Nights had in one night swept away the trees, leaves and all, and replaced them with a macadamised road, hiding the clouds from view with rows of tall houses.

Ques: What does the phrase 'little company' in the passage mean?

• a) Bad friendship
• b) Hardly any friends
• c) Small business
• d) Business-like

Answer: Hardly any friends

Question: DIRECTIONS : Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four.

The postmaster first took up his duties in the village of Ulapur. Though the village was a small one, there was an indigo factory nearby and the proprietor, an Englishman, had managed to get a post office established.

Our postmaster belonged to Calcutta. He felt like a fish out of water in this remote village. His office and living-room were in a dark thatched shed, not far from a green, silmy pond, surrounded on all sides by a dense growth.

The men employed in the indigo factory had no leisure, moreover they were hardly desirable companions for decent folk. Nor is a Calcutta boy an adept in the art of associating with others. Among strangers he appears either proud or ill at ease. At any rate the postmaster had but little company, nor had he much to do.

At times he tried his hand at writing a verse or two. That the movement of the leaves and clouds of the sky were enough to fill life with joy - such were the sentiments to which he sought to give expression. But God knows that the poor fellow would have felt it as the gift of a new life, if some genie of the Arabian Nights had in one night swept away the trees, leaves and all, and replaced them with a macadamised road, hiding the clouds from view with rows of tall houses.

Ques: At times, the postmaster wrote

• a) Poems
• b) Novels
• c) Short stories
• d) Dramas

Answer: Short stories

Question: DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, choose the most appropriate altarnative to fill in the blank.

Ques:  It is difficult to believe what he tells us because his account of any event is always full of _____ of all sorts.

• a) Discrepancies
• b) Differences
• c) Discretions
• d) Distinctions

Answer: Discrepancies

Question: DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, choose the most appropriate altarnative to fill in the blank.

Ques: The bank clerk tried to ______ money from his friend’s account.

• a) Empower
• b) Embellish
• c) Embroil
• d) Embezzle

Answer: Embezzle

Question: DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, choose the most appropriate altarnative to fill in the blank.

Ques: Eight scientists have _________ the national awards for outstanding contribution and dedication to the profession.

• a) Bestowed
• b) Picked
• c) Bagged
• d) Conferred

Answer: Bagged