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Correct and Incorrect English Spellings MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 43 Correct and Incorrect English Spellings questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Find the word that is incorrectly spelt.
Continously is misspelt; the standard adverb is Continuously, with u after n before ously. Thoroughly, Awkwardly and Cautiously are correctly spelt.
Q2Which of the following is the correct spelling?
Freight is spelt with 'ei' (f-r-e-i-g-h-t), not 'ie'. Like several travel and commerce words, it is a standard exception to the basic i-before-e guideline.
Q3Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word from the options below.
Millennium requires a double n (as well as a double l): millenium is the classic one-n error. Occurrence, parallel and committee are all correctly spelt.
Q4Identify the correctly spelt word from the options given below.
Mortgage contains a silent 't' between 'r' and 'g': M-O-R-T-G-A-G-E. Pronunciation drops that 't', which is why spellings that erase or voice it are common exam traps.
Q5Identify which word among these is spelt correctly.
Questionnaire is a French-derived word with a double n and the ending -aire. Questionaire lacks the second n, while questionnare and questionnair distort the ending.
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6Choose the option that is spelt correctly.
7Which of the following spellings is accurate?
8Find the correctly spelt word.
9Select the correctly spelt word.
10Choose the option that is spelt correctly.
11Which of the following words is correctly spelt?
12Pick the option with the right spelling.
13Choose the word with the standard spelling.
14Select the correctly spelt word.
15Which option contains three correctly spelt words?