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Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
If _____ asks, tell them I've got a cold.

  1. anyone

  2. anything

  3. somewhere

  4. somebody
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

We use "anyone" to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people. We use it with a singular verb.  Here we refer to an unlimited set of people who might ask about the speaker's absence. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
We're _____ a party next Saturday. Would you like _____ ?

  1. have / to go

  2. having / to come

  3. had / to have

  4. having to / had
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The present continuous tense(am/is/are+verb+ing) is used to refer to an action that would happen in near future, that is, having. The infinitive or to+root verb is used to express a proposition, that is, "to come". Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.


You must see my new flat. ____ round and _____ a drink some time.

  1. Go / come

  2. Have / come

  3. Go / have

  4. Come / have
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The first sentence indicates an invitation to come in the general present, hence, simple present tense should be used.  The basic meaning of the verb have is “to be in the possession of something”. It is used in present simple, and it expresses a fact of having something in the present, here, having a drink. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I'm looking forward _____ more free time.

  1. to having

  2. to have

  3. of having

  4. having
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

"Look forward to "something means to be pleased or excited that it is going to happen, here, having more free time. The "to" in look forward to is a preposition, so we must follow it by a noun phrase or a verb in the -ing form. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
" _____ a drink?"
"Yes, please. I'll have an orange juice."

  1. Do you like

  2. Are you liking

  3. Would you like

  4. Did you like
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Would is used to talk about a hypothesis or preference, like preference for a drink. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: ________ is responsible for all this confusion?
B: It may be Jack.

  1. How

  2. Why

  3. Who

  4. Whom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Here, 'who' as a pronoun is correct because it is used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people. Here, it is being asked about the name of the person responsible for ....
'How' is incorrect as it is used to imply in what way or manner.
'Why' is incorrect because it is used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something.
'Whom' is incorrect because it is used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
________ did Helen eat for breakfast?

  1. When

  2. What

  3. Where

  4. Why
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Here, 'what' as an interrogative pronoun is correct because it is used in questions to ask for particular information about somebody/something. Here, information is being asked about Helen's breakfast.
'Where is incorrect because it is used after words or phrases that refer to a place or situation to mean ‘at, in or to which’.
'When' is incorrect because it is used after an expression of time to mean ‘at which’ or ‘on which’.
'Why' is incorrect because it is used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something.

Multiple choice interrogative and exclamatory pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.


________ clever baby!

  1. What

  2. How

  3. What a

  4. How a
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

We use "what" when we ask about specific information from a general range of possible answers, here, the quality possessed by a baby, that is, cleverness.  Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.

Multiple choice elements of business ownership structures - joint stock company meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public

Fill in the blank:
A company which can start its business only after securing the certificate of commencement of business is a ____________.

  1. public company

  2. private company

  3. Joint stock company

  4. Co-operative society
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Only public companies are required to secure a certificate of commencement of business before starting operations, as they raise capital from the general public.

Multiple choice elements of business ownership structures - joint stock company meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public

Fill in the blank:
The company which raises its capital by issuing shares to public is a __________.

  1. public company

  2. private company

  3. joint stock company

  4. government organisation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A public company can raise its capital by issuing shares to public. For doing the same, it has to issue a prospectus which is an invitation to the public to subscribe to the capital of the company and undergo various other formalities.

Multiple choice elements of business ownership structures - joint stock company meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public

Select the option from the option choices given in below and re-write the completed sentences:
A public company may adopt _____ in place of Articles of Association.

  1. Table A

  2. Memorandum of Association

  3. Prospectus

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The Articles of Association are drawn for internal administration of the Company. The articles of the company, besides containing the regulations of the company shall also include such additional matters as may be necessary for its management.

Under Companies Act, 1956, it was not mandatory for a public company limited by shares to have its Articles, as it could adopt the entire Table A of its articles; however under Companies Act, 2013, it is mandatory for every company to have its own articles.
Multiple choice elements of business ownership structures - joint stock company meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public

Select the option from the option choices given in below and re-write the completed sentences:
A _________ company must issue prospectus to the public for capital subscription.

  1. statutory

  2. private

  3. public

  4. government
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Prospectus is a detailed statement that must be issued by a company that goes public. It is an invitation to the member of the public. It includes any notice, circular, advertisement inviting deposits from the public. Hence, a public company must issue prospectus to the public for capital subscription.

Multiple choice elements of business ownership structures - joint stock company meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public

Fill in the blanks:
A public company must publish ________ for raising capital.

  1. prospectus

  2. articles of association

  3. memorandum of association

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Sec. 2(36) of the Companies Act describes a prospectus as “any document issued as a prospectus and includes any notice, circular, advertisement or other document inviting deposits from the public or inviting offers from the public for the subscription or purchase of any share in, or debentures of a body corporate.”

In other words, it is a document which invites deposits from the public or invites offers from the public for the subscription of shares in, or debentures of, a company. The words “inviting deposits from the public” were added by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1974.
Thus a public company must publish prospectus for raising capital.
Multiple choice physics electrical circuits domestic electric circuits and safety precautions domestic and commercial circuit electric power

Each electrical appliance is provided with a _______ core flexible cable. Fill in the blank.

  1. 3

  2. 2

  3. 1

  4. 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Each electrical appliance is provided with three (3) core flexible cables. The insulation on the three wires is of different colours i.e  Brown for live wire, blue for neutral wire and green or yellow for earth wire.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

Fill in the blanks
For growing cotton ________ soil is ideal.

  1. Black

  2. Red

  3. Laterite

  4. Sandy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The soils are generally rich in montmorillonitic and beidellitic group of clay minerals. Black soils are most suitable for the cotton crop hence it is also known as black cotton soil. Besides cotton, the soil is suitable for the cultivation of crops like wheat, groundnut, chillies, tobacco and jowar.