Free Meaning from Context MCQs with Answers

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Meaning from context requires inferring an unfamiliar word or phrase from surrounding clues, including definitions, examples, contrasts, cause and effect, tone and grammatical role. The intended meaning may differ from a dictionary’s first meaning, so collocation, connotation and the sentence’s overall idea must be considered together.

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  • A. Alertness
  • B. Nobility
  • C. Disobedience
  • D. Alliance

Explanation: 'Alertness' means "the quality of being alert, vigilant". 'Nobility' means "the quality of being noble in character, virtue".

Correct answer: Disobedience
  • A. Delicate
  • B. Flimsy
  • C. Slight
  • D. Thin

Explanation: The word "flimsy" means weak or unconvincing, and it suggests that the excuse given was not credible or believable.

Correct answer: Flimsy
  • A. Brakes
  • B. Cross roads
  • C. Tires
  • D. Controls

Explanation: The correct word to fill in the blank is "brakers". The word "brakes" refers to the device in a vehicle that is used to slow down or stop…

Correct answer: Brakes
  • A. Ideal
  • B. Cruel
  • C. Kind
  • D. Glad

Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. The definition of kind involves friendliness and generosity, as well as fits in the context of the…

Correct answer: Kind
  • A. Tent
  • B. House
  • C. Sanctuary
  • D. Accommodation

Explanation: In this context, the term "sanctuary" is employed to describe a designated location or area that offers endangered animals protection…

Correct answer: Sanctuary
  • A. Make
  • B. Repair
  • C. Renew
  • D. Wander

Explanation: The question asks for the best fitting word to complete the sentence. A mechanic works on cars to fix them.

Correct answer: Repair
  • A. Else
  • B. More
  • C. Extra
  • D. Much

Explanation: When someone is being asked questions and the subject matter is to be shifted, one can say they are moving on to something 'else'.

Correct answer: Else
  • A. Deforested
  • B. Afforested
  • C. Stripped
  • D. Shortage

Explanation: Stripped means taken away. Among the given Options stripped fits here and our sentence will be as follows; If mountains are stripped of…

Correct answer: Stripped
  • A. Discover
  • B. Find
  • C. Perform
  • D. Invent

Explanation: This option is correct because the wheel was invented, not found, discovered, or performed.

Correct answer: Invent
  • A. Rather
  • B. Eat
  • C. Prefer
  • D. Wear

Explanation: This question is comparing two things so to opt for which one we like better than the other, we would use prefer.

Correct answer: Prefer
  • A. Gloves
  • B. Underwear
  • C. Umbrella
  • D. Scissors

Explanation: Since cold weather is being spoken about in the sentence, "gloves" are a suitable accessory; "umbrella" would be chosen if it was rainy…

Correct answer: Gloves
  • A. Intense
  • B. Erratic
  • C. Meagre
  • D. Undesirable

Explanation: "Erratic" means inconsistent, and since the sentence is about rain in a desert, it makes sense for the rain to be unpredictable and…

Correct answer: Erratic
  • A. Reared
  • B. Grown
  • C. Developed
  • D. Produced

Explanation: "Reared" means brought up until fully grown. Rearing of animals (like buffaloes) refers to animals raised or bred for their use (profit or…

Correct answer: Reared
  • A. Desert
  • B. Dessert
  • C. Avoid
  • D. Suspend

Explanation: "Desert" means to leave usually without intending to return or to leave a person or thing that one should have stayed with.

Correct answer: Desert
  • A. French.
  • B. Chinese.
  • C. Portuguese.
  • D. Urdu.

Explanation: French has 26 letters. Portuguese is 23 letter and Urdu has 36. there are As many as 50,000-60,000 characters in Chinese hence Chinese is…

Correct answer: Chinese.
  • A. Tranquil
  • B. Peaceful
  • C. Responsible
  • D. Prosperous

Explanation: Since the land is good and much-needed industrial plants are being cultivated, the crop must be in demand and therefore good profit is…

Correct answer: Prosperous
  • A. Freezing
  • B. Stuffy
  • C. Boiling
  • D. Confusing

Explanation: To say that something is freezing cold means that it is extremely cold. The rest of the words do not make sense when used with cold.

Correct answer: Freezing
  • A. Quakes
  • B. Qualms
  • C. Quarrel
  • D. Quotation

Explanation: 'Qualms' is an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving.

Correct answer: Qualms
  • A. Yearning
  • B. Yapping
  • C. Yelling
  • D. Yielding

Explanation: 'Yearning' is a feeling of intense longing for something. Phrase: "He felt a yearning for the mountains".

Correct answer: Yearning
  • A. Knack
  • B. Groggy
  • C. Dank
  • D. Mayhem

Explanation: 'Mayhem' means violent or extreme disorder; chaos. So, the correct sentence is, "The parents were stunned when they saw that children had…

Correct answer: Mayhem