This set of Professional Communication Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Words Related to Science, Engineering, Nutrition and Health”.
1. Which of these words is correct?
a) Longevity
b) Longivity
c) Longevety
d) Longeviety
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Explanation: The correct word is Longevity. It is often misspelt. Other such words are liquefy, liaison, mystique, propeller, etc..
2. Choose the correct statement:
a) Please open the light.
b) Please shut the light.
c) Please turn on the light.
d) Please shut down the light.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: Please turn on the light. We turn on or off the light. We don’t open or shut the light.
3. Choose the correct statement:
a) He comes always late for practice.
b) He always comes late for practice.
c) He comes late always for practice.
d) He comes late for practice always.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: He always comes late for practice. Adverbs of indefinite time like, ever, never, sometimes and the adverbs almost, hardly, nearby are placed before the principal verb.
4. Fill in the blank :
I could not _____ him to come to the party.
a) convince
b) persuade
c) push
d) force
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I could not persuade him to come to the party. To convince is to make a person believe in something that they initially didn’t believe in. To persuade means to get a person to do something.
5. Choose the correct statement:
a) Graham Bell discovered the telephone.
b) Graham Bell found the telephone.
c) Graham Bell invented the telephone.
d) Graham Bell did the telephone.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: Graham Bell invented the telephone. To discover means to find that which already existed. To invent means to make that which did not exist.
6. The word “ultrasonic” is a noun.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is false. The word “ultrasonic” is an adjective whereas the word “ultra sound” is a noun.
7. Choose the correct statement:
a) I met him six years before.
b) I met him six years early.
c) I met him six years ago.
d) I met him six years behind.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I met him six years ago. We use ago in counting from the time of speaking to a point in the past; we use before in counting from a distance to a nearer point in the past.
8. The word “cross-section” is a verb.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is true. The word “cross-section” is a verb whereas the word “cross section” is a noun. Similarly, the word “cut out” is a verb and “cutout” a noun.
9. Choose the correct statement:
a) I am presently working in Mumbai.
b) I am at present working in Mumbai.
c) I am at presently working in Mumbai.
d) I am present working in Mumbai.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I am at present working in Mumbai. At present means now and presently means soon.
10. Choose the correct statement:
a) This shop has many rich clients.
b) This shop has many rich customers.
c) This shop has many rich people.
d) This shop has many rich trespassers.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: This shop has many rich customers. A person is a client to a lawyer, a bank, etc., but not to a shop.
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