General English MCQ — Practice Questions for RAS Exam
General English is a crucial component of the RAS/RPSC exam syllabus. Practice 1,287 multiple-choice questions across 127 topics with detailed explanations to strengthen your preparation.
1,287
Total Questions
127
Topics Covered
3
Difficulty Levels
Topics in General English
General English
366 questions
One-word substitution
41 questions
Antonyms
36 questions
Synonyms
35 questions
GENERAL ENGLISH:
25 questions
Narration — direct & indirect speech
15 questions
Translation — English sentences to Hindi
15 questions
Confusable & commonly misused words
15 questions
Use of Articles (a/an/the, zero article)
15 questions
Articles & determiners (a/an/the, zero article, quantifiers)
15 questions
Transformation — Interrogative & Exclamatory
15 questions
Phrasal verbs
15 questions
Reading comprehension of a given passage
15 questions
Narration — Indirect to Direct speech
15 questions
Spotting errors
15 questions
Comprehension of a given passage (factual & vocabulary-in-context)
15 questions
Writing — Tenders (format & conventions)
15 questions
Writing letters — Official letters & D.O. (Demi-Official)
15 questions
Comprehension of a given passage (inference & main-idea)
15 questions
Transformation — Affirmative <-> Negative
15 questions
Use of Determiners (some/any/much/many/each/every etc.)
15 questions
Voice — Active to Passive conversion
15 questions
Official & demi-official (D.O.) letter writing — format & conventions
15 questions
Forming new words by prefixes
15 questions
Spotting errors (wrong words & usage across grammar areas)
15 questions
Narration — Direct to Indirect speech
15 questions
Writing — Circulars and Notices
15 questions
Glossary of official & technical terms (with Hindi versions)
15 questions
Active & passive voice
15 questions
Prepositions (time, place, verb & adjective collocations)
15 questions
Translation — Hindi sentences to English
15 questions
Sentence correction & improvement
15 questions
Glossary of official & technical terms (English)
15 questions
Voice — Passive to Active conversion
15 questions
Tenses — Future tenses & Sequence of Tenses
14 questions
Tenses — Present (simple/continuous/perfect/perfect-continuous)
14 questions
Subject-verb agreement
14 questions
Conjunctions & connectives
14 questions
Forming new words by suffixes
14 questions
Confusable words (commonly confused word pairs)
14 questions
Sentence correction — degrees of comparison & connectives
14 questions
Prepositions — of time and place
14 questions
Tenses — Past (simple/continuous/perfect/perfect-continuous)
14 questions
Modals & auxiliaries
14 questions
Idioms & phrases
14 questions
Prepositions — with verbs and adjectives (collocations)
13 questions
Sentence correction — Subject-Verb agreement
13 questions
Spelling — correctly & incorrectly spelt words
13 questions
Tenses & sequence of tenses
12 questions
Articles
10 questions
Idioms and phrases
9 questions
Direct and indirect speech
8 questions
Passive voice
6 questions
Prepositions
5 questions
Dictionary order
4 questions
Vocabulary: Hindi to English word meaning
4 questions
Reading comprehension
4 questions
Vocabulary: synonyms
3 questions
Synonyms in context
3 questions
Translation: Hindi to English
3 questions
Determiners
3 questions
Vocabulary: antonyms
3 questions
Active and passive voice
3 questions
Reported speech
3 questions
Translation from Hindi to English
3 questions
Conditional sentences
2 questions
Word analogy
2 questions
Future perfect tense
2 questions
Hindi to English translation
2 questions
Prepositions with verbs
2 questions
Vocabulary: word meaning
2 questions
Reading comprehension: sentence completion
2 questions
Vocabulary: synonym
2 questions
Reading comprehension: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
1 questions
Reading comprehension: factual understanding
1 questions
Reading comprehension inference
1 questions
Reading comprehension: Kyoto summit
1 questions
Formal letter writing
1 questions
Reading comprehension: contextual fill in the blank
1 questions
Prepositions and passive voice
1 questions
Formal letter subscription
1 questions
Reported speech and tense agreement
1 questions
Verb-preposition collocation
1 questions
Verb forms and tense
1 questions
Jumbled words and odd one out
1 questions
Reading comprehension: fill in the blank
1 questions
Hindi to English vocabulary
1 questions
Vocabulary: one-word substitution
1 questions
Indefinite pronouns and adverbs
1 questions
Letter writing format
1 questions
Reading comprehension: identifying false statements
1 questions
Reading comprehension: nuclearisation of India
1 questions
Tenses
1 questions
Verbal analogy
1 questions
Tenses: past perfect
1 questions
Present perfect continuous tense
1 questions
Reading comprehension: cause and effect
1 questions
Letter writing terminology
1 questions
Reading comprehension: inference
1 questions
Formal letter style
1 questions
Comprehension: stress and wellbeing
1 questions
Antonyms in context
1 questions
Formal letter format
1 questions
Vocabulary in context
1 questions
Comprehension: signs of stress
1 questions
Prepositions with adjectives
1 questions
Reading comprehension: greenhouse effect
1 questions
Voice transformation
1 questions
Reading comprehension: word meaning in context
1 questions
Notice writing
1 questions
Tenses and sequence of events
1 questions
Official letter writing
1 questions
Reading comprehension: vocabulary meaning
1 questions
Comprehension: stress management
1 questions
Reading comprehension: main idea
1 questions
Verb form and tense
1 questions
Tenses and prepositions
1 questions
Reading comprehension: science and spirituality
1 questions
Reading comprehension: problem-solving
1 questions
Passive voice with modals
1 questions
Reading comprehension: creative thinking
1 questions
Letter writing and notices
1 questions
Quantifiers
1 questions
Indirect questions
1 questions
Prepositions and time clauses
1 questions
Official communication language
1 questions
Reading comprehension: personal freedom
1 questions
Sample Questions
Try these General English questions. Click "Show Answer" to reveal the explanation.
In a formal official letter from a government department to another department, which placement of the reference number, date, subject, and salutation follows the usual convention most closely?
Match the commonly misspelt forms in List I with their correct spellings in List II. List I: 1. Occassion 2. Priviledge 3. Harrassment 4. Desparate List II: a. Privilege b. Desperate c. Occasion d. Harassment
What prefix would you add to the root word 'view' to indicate that you see something before other people do?
Which option correctly gives the opening block, before the salutation and body, for an official letter sent by a clerk to the District Education Officer? The block must identify the sender, the addressee and the subject.
Identify the sentence in which the adjective takes the correct preposition.
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