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Phrasal verbs MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 15 Phrasal verbs questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
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Q1Choose the phrasal verb that best completes the sentence. The committee's unusually frank report is expected to ___ a wider debate on administrative accountability.
The required sense is causative: the report is expected to make a wider debate happen. Bring about means cause or produce a change, event, or result, so it fits the cue 'expected to' before the result 'a wider debate'. Bring up would suit mentioning an issue in conversation. Bring out would suit publishing a report or revealing a quality. Bring round concerns persuasion or recovery of consciousness. Therefore, bring about is the only phrasal verb that carries the intended formal meaning.
Q2Read the following statements about phrasal verbs. Statement 1: The committee has put forward a revised schedule means that the committee has proposed a revised schedule. Statement 2: The clerk put the visitors through to the registrar means that the clerk connected the visitors by telephone to the registrar. Statement 3: The phrase put up with means to display something publicly. Which of the above statements are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: put forward an idea, plan, or schedule means propose it for consideration. Statement 2 is also correct: put someone through means connect that person by telephone. Statement 3 is the trap. Put up with means tolerate or endure something unpleasant, as in put up with noise. Display publicly would be put up a notice or put something up, not put up with. Hence only Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
Q3Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb from the given options: The meeting was .......... because of bad weather.
Called off means cancelled, which fits a meeting that did not take place because of bad weather. Called back means returned a phone call or asked someone to return, so it does not express cancellation. Call back is also in the wrong form after was; the passive construction needs a past participle. Called in usually means summoned or requested to come, which gives the opposite sense of cancellation. The correct phrasal verb must show that the meeting was cancelled.
Q4Consider the following statements about phrasal verbs. Statement 1: In "turn down the offer", a noun object may also be placed between the verb and the particle: "turn the offer down". Statement 2: With a pronoun object, the separated form is required: "turn it down", not "turn down it". Statement 3: The same separable pattern applies to "look after", so "look the child after" is standard English. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Turn down is a separable phrasal verb when it means reject. With a noun object, both orders are possible: turn down the offer and turn the offer down. With a pronoun object, English requires separation: turn it down, not turn down it. However, look after is not separable; standard English says look after the child, not look the child after. Therefore Statements 1 and 2 are correct, while Statement 3 is an overextension of the separable-verb rule.
Q5Choose the phrasal verb that best completes the sentence. The committee tried to conceal the procurement irregularities, but the auditor's report finally ______ the manipulation of invoices.
The clue is that the irregularities were hidden but became known because of the auditor's report. To bring out something can mean to reveal, make clear, or draw attention to it. Brought about would mean caused the manipulation, which reverses the sense. Brought up is about raising a topic, and brought down is about reduction or defeat. Therefore, brought out is the only phrasal verb that matches the context of disclosure.
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6Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: 1. set aside 2. take after 3. fall through 4. run into List II: a. resemble a family member b. fail to materialise c. reserve or invalidate, depending on context d. meet unexpectedly or encounter a difficulty
7Choose the sentence in which the phrasal verb is used incorrectly.
8Read the assertion and reason carefully and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): In the sentence 'The review panel turned down the proposal', the phrasal verb means rejected. Reason (R): In many phrasal verbs, the particle changes the ordinary meaning of the base verb and creates an idiomatic unit.
9Which sentence uses the phrasal verb incorrectly?
10Identify the sentence in which the phrasal verb is used correctly.
11Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence: The inquiry committee decided to look into the allegations before recommending disciplinary action.
12Which one of the following sentences uses a phrasal verb incorrectly?
13Assertion (A): The sentence "The scholar was looked up to by younger researchers" is grammatically acceptable. Reason (R): In some phrasal and prepositional verb constructions, the object can become the subject in the passive, while the particle or preposition remains after the verb.
14Match List I with List II. List I: 1. carry out 2. give in 3. do away with 4. stand by List II: a. abolish or remove b. support or remain loyal c. perform or execute d. yield after resistance Choose the correct code.
15Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: 1. Bear out 2. Gloss over 3. Rule out 4. Take over List II: a. to assume control or responsibility b. to avoid discussing an unpleasant detail c. to confirm or support a statement d. to exclude a possibility