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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Two or more sentences linked together by commas instead of being separated by periodresults in |
| A. | fragmentation |
| B. | comma splice |
| C. | run-on |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. run-on | |
| 2. |
The assumption that ‘the repeated occurance of an event that departs from the expected normindicates that the event will soon’ leads to …………. |
| A. | Gambler’s fallacy |
| B. | Begging the Question |
| C. | Appeal to pity |
| D. | Ad Hominem |
| Answer» B. Begging the Question | |
| 3. |
The main idea or the main perspective of a research is called…………. |
| A. | Thesi |
| B. | concept |
| C. | research |
| D. | idea |
| Answer» B. concept | |
| 4. |
……………helps a reader to understand the writers idea properly |
| A. | Punctuation |
| B. | synonyms |
| C. | Adjectives |
| D. | Nouns |
| Answer» B. synonyms | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is a good way to Gather first hand information in a researchsubject? |
| A. | print source |
| B. | Electronic sources |
| C. | internet |
| D. | interviews |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
‘Non Sequitur’ means ……..in latin |
| A. | does not follow |
| B. | look who is talking |
| C. | Inappropriate authority |
| D. | divine fallacy |
| Answer» B. look who is talking | |
| 7. |
That which seeks to defend or condemn one’s actions by depending on the past is …………persuasion |
| A. | deliberative |
| B. | Forensic |
| C. | ceremonial |
| D. | obligatory |
| Answer» C. ceremonial | |
| 8. |
Thed truth of the conclusion is guaranteed in |
| A. | argument |
| B. | deductive argument |
| C. | fallacies |
| D. | inductive argument |
| Answer» C. fallacies | |
| 9. |
…………..project reports are in the drawer. |
| A. | The |
| B. | an |
| C. | a |
| D. | on |
| Answer» B. an | |
| 10. |
Distorting author’s speech by shifting emphasis to one’s own benefit results in…….. |
| A. | Fallacy of emphasi |
| B. | Straw ma fallacy |
| C. | begging the Question |
| D. | Division |
| Answer» B. Straw ma fallacy | |
| 11. |
……………is used to indicate a break or a sudden turn in thought |
| A. | Em dash |
| B. | en dash |
| C. | hyphen |
| D. | comma |
| Answer» B. en dash | |
| 12. |
When you want to emphasize the result more than the cause, use |
| A. | Active |
| B. | passive |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» C. both | |
| 13. |
Expand OHP |
| A. | Over Head Projector |
| B. | Open head Projector |
| C. | Over Hearing Programme |
| D. | Open Handle Projector |
| Answer» B. Open head Projector | |
| 14. |
……………….is a reference guide to the recently published articles in periodicals |
| A. | Encyclopaedia |
| B. | Scholarly article |
| C. | Readers Guide to Periodical Literature |
| D. | Timesw of India |
| Answer» D. Timesw of India | |
| 15. |
Title of articles from newspapers, journals and magazines are written withi |
| A. | bracket |
| B. | parentheses |
| C. | Quotation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 16. |
Questionnaire is tool used in …………. |
| A. | Survey |
| B. | seminar |
| C. | Documentation |
| D. | letter |
| Answer» B. seminar | |
| 17. |
When we ask for justifications, we are thinking |
| A. | critically |
| B. | emotionally |
| C. | foolishly |
| D. | academicaly |
| Answer» B. emotionally | |
| 18. |
When you need a book on up-to-date information , you should consider…………. |
| A. | The publisher of the book |
| B. | the date of publication |
| C. | the back ground of the author |
| D. | the cover page of the book |
| Answer» C. the back ground of the author | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is essential for developing critical thinking? |
| A. | Blind faith |
| B. | prejudice |
| C. | questioning attitude |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 20. |
In critical thinking,we are concerned with………. |
| A. | opinion |
| B. | ego centrism |
| C. | argument |
| D. | personal interest |
| Answer» D. personal interest | |
| 21. |
Documentation means |
| A. | Citing the source |
| B. | recording information |
| C. | reading text |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. recording information | |
| 22. |
We appeal to ………in ‘argumentum ad populum’ |
| A. | Emotion |
| B. | pity |
| C. | fear |
| D. | Ignorance |
| Answer» B. pity | |
| 23. |
Cue words are used to …………… |
| A. | Decorate |
| B. | organize |
| C. | indicate signal shifts in thoughts |
| D. | provide additional information |
| Answer» D. provide additional information | |
| 24. |
Two or more sentences running together without any punctution in between them is called |
| A. | fragmentation |
| B. | comma splice |
| C. | run-on |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
When we go wrong factually in an argument ,we have…………….. |
| A. | logical fallacie |
| B. | ambiguity |
| C. | factual fallacy |
| D. | error |
| Answer» D. error | |
| 26. |
Connectors that link words, phrases or clauses are called |
| A. | Preposition |
| B. | phrasal verbs |
| C. | conjunctions |
| D. | auxiliaries |
| Answer» D. auxiliaries | |
| 27. |
The supported statements of an argument is called |
| A. | Sign |
| B. | conclusion |
| C. | premise |
| D. | validity |
| Answer» C. premise | |
| 28. |
The conclusion is guaranteed to be true in ………..argument |
| A. | Logical |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | formal |
| D. | Deductive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
He tried………….to find a job. |
| A. | Hard |
| B. | hardly |
| C. | harder |
| D. | hardest |
| Answer» B. hardly | |
| 30. |
The results of a survey are valid only during |
| A. | present |
| B. | past |
| C. | future |
| D. | always |
| Answer» B. past | |
| 31. |
Is there …………….market nearby? |
| A. | A |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | on |
| Answer» B. an | |
| 32. |
Underlining the important parts of a text while reading is called………….. |
| A. | Summary |
| B. | Praphrase |
| C. | outline |
| D. | Annotating |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Which form of note taking is suited for communicating all the data of a source to thereaders? |
| A. | Summary |
| B. | paraphrase |
| C. | Direct Quote |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Direct Quote | |
| 34. |
‘the’ is a…………. |
| A. | defenite article |
| B. | indefenite article |
| C. | preposition |
| D. | conjunction |
| Answer» B. indefenite article | |
| 35. |
Which of the following is not a barrier to critical thinking? |
| A. | print media |
| B. | elders |
| C. | courage |
| D. | influence of print and electronic media |
| Answer» D. influence of print and electronic media | |
| 36. |
Fallacy of ambhibody is a ………….. fallacy. |
| A. | Syntactic |
| B. | lexical |
| C. | logical |
| D. | rational |
| Answer» B. lexical | |
| 37. |
The type of persuasio that is associated with the present is |
| A. | deliberative |
| B. | Forensic |
| C. | ceremonial |
| D. | obligatory |
| Answer» D. obligatory | |
| 38. |
Which of the following is a technique for effective presentation |
| A. | repetition |
| B. | fast pace |
| C. | loe voice |
| D. | inadequate words |
| Answer» B. fast pace | |
| 39. |
He got one job………. |
| A. | Eventually |
| B. | event |
| C. | eventual |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. event | |
| 40. |
Success depends ……….how you work. |
| A. | of |
| B. | on |
| C. | and |
| D. | after |
| Answer» C. and | |
| 41. |
In a murder case, police rounded up four suspects and one of those is surely a killer. These four suspects made the following statements:Suspect A said, “I am not the killer”.Suspect B said, “I am the killer”.Suspect C said, “A is the killer”.Suspect D said, “C is lying”.If out of the given four statements, only one statement is correct, then identify who is the real killer? |
| A. | C |
| B. | A |
| C. | D |
| D. | B |
| Answer» C. D | |
| 42. |
In column I are listed certain groups of individuals while in column II are listed some of the characteristics against each group of individuals which are common to each member of that group.Column IColumn IIFHIJTWIJKPTIJLMSUWGHIKMRYGHIQRVFGIPRHIJQTWIJLQSUMGIJPQSWhich individual has all the above characters? |
| A. | H |
| B. | I |
| C. | J |
| D. | M |
| Answer» C. J | |
| 43. |
A solid is in the form of a cylinder with hemispherical ends. The diameter of the cylinder is 1/3 of its height (excluding the hemispherical ends). The total length of the solid including the hemispherical ends is 56 cm. What is the surface area of the solid? |
| A. | 3080 cm2 |
| B. | 2464 cm2 |
| C. | 2772 cm2 |
| D. | 2156 cm2 |
| Answer» C. 2772 cm2 | |
| 44. |
Consider the following three statements:P: 5 is a prime number.Q: 7 is a factor of 192.R: L.C.M. of 5 and 7 is 35.Then the truth value of which one of the following statements is true? |
| A. | (~P) ∨ (Q ∧ R) |
| B. | (P ∧ Q) ∨ (~R) |
| C. | (~P) ∧ (~Q ∧ R) |
| D. | P ∨ (~Q ∧ R) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Arvind is busy in identifying the problem, choosing the evaluating alternatives. He is trying to find out the best alternative among alternatives available and executes them. In which process he is involved |
| A. | Organising |
| B. | Planning |
| C. | Decision Making |
| D. | Controlling |
| Answer» D. Controlling | |
| 46. |
Parekh’s PANCARD, Voter’s ID and passport numbers are ABTFW4632P, HYV4475328 and F4160087. Check which of the following is the same as these. |
| A. | ABTEW4632P, HYV4475328 and F416O087 |
| B. | ABTFW4632P, HYV4775328 and F4I60087 |
| C. | ABTFW4632P, HYV4475328 and F4160087 |
| D. | ABIFW4632P, HYV4475328 and F4160887 |
| Answer» D. ABIFW4632P, HYV4475328 and F4160887 | |
| 47. |
If cream cracker means computer programming, and it’s programming, then it’s cream cracker. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | Maybe |
| D. | Irrelevant |
| Answer» D. Irrelevant | |
| 48. |
Directions: The critical reasoning question is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given and explain why the chosen answer is the right fit.Statement: Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arider. A huge issue that many countries have is the fact that there are large pockets of land that are going through a process that is known as desertification.Which of the following statements is/are a possible reason for the increasing desertification? |
| A. | Animal grazing is a huge problem for many areas. |
| B. | Urbanization is providing fewer places for the plants to grow. |
| C. | Desertification is reducing the agricultural lands and making them infertile. |
| D. | Both 1 and 2 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 49. |
Directions: The critical reasoning question is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given and explain why the chosen answer is the right fit. Statements: The metals that do not react easily with atmospheric elements, water, vapour, dust, etc. are called precious metals. Of all the precious metals, platinum is one of the strongest and most durable.Which of the following inferences cannot be complied with the text? |
| A. | Platinum does not react with atmospheric elements easily. |
| B. | Platinum is among the strongest metals on earth. |
| C. | Platinum is precious because it is a metal that is strong and durable. |
| D. | Both 1 and 2 |
| E. | Both 2 and 3 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 50. |
Price is not the same thing as value. Suppose that on a day the price of everything viz., coal, bread, postage stamps, a day's labour, the rent of houses, etc_ were to double. Prices then would certainly rise, but values of all things except one would not." The writer wants to say that if prices of all things were doubled, then |
| A. | The values of all things would remain constant |
| B. | The values of the things sold would be doubted |
| C. | The values of the things bought would be halved |
| D. | The value of money only would be halved |
| Answer» E. | |