Adjectives MCQs

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Adjectives MCQs

Practice Adjectives MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn about descriptive adjectives, quantitative adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, interrogative adjectives and degrees of comparison through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #361
Identify the adjective of quality in: 'It was a horrifying experience.'
A. It
B. horrifying
C. was
D. experience

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
'Horrifying' describes the quality of the experience.

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Question #362
Spot the error: 'The patient is much better today than yesterday.'
A. No error
B. better
C. much
D. than

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
'Much better' is correct to emphasize the comparative.

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Question #363
Which is a distributive adjective?
A. my
B. this
C. every
D. what

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
'Every' distributes to all members of a group.

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Question #364
Fill in the blank: 'There is not ________ bread left.'
A. much
B. many
C. few
D. several

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
'Bread' uncountable, use 'much'.

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Question #365
Fill in the blank: 'The ________ soldiers were honoured.'
A. wounded
B. wounding
C. wound
D. wounds

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Past participle 'wounded' as adjective.

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Question #366
Choose the correct adjective order: 'He bought a ________ car.'
A. new red sports
B. new sports red
C. red new sports
D. sports new red

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Age (new) → colour (red) → purpose/sport (sports).

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Question #367
Identify the error: 'The news was too shocked to believe.'
A. too
B. believe
C. No error
D. shocked

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Use 'shocking' (news causes shock).

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Question #368
Which sentence uses a correct comparative?
A. Gold is most precious than silver.
B. Gold is precious than silver.
C. Gold is preciouser than silver.
D. Gold is more precious than silver.

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Comparative 'more precious'.

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Question #369
Fill in the blank: 'The ________ child started crying.'
A. frightened
B. frightfully
C. frightening
D. frighten

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Past participle 'frightened' describes the child's state.

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Question #370
What type of adjective is 'whose' in 'Whose book is this?'?
A. interrogative
B. demonstrative
C. possessive
D. relative

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
'Whose' is an interrogative adjective when asking about possession before a noun.

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Question #371
Fill in the blank: 'She has ________ knowledge of programming.'
A. few
B. little
C. a little
D. a few

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
'A little' indicates she has some knowledge (positive).

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Question #372
Spot the error: 'He is the tallest of all the two brothers.'
A. tallest
B. brothers
C. No error
D. all the two

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
For two, use 'taller' and remove 'of all'.

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Question #373
Choose the correct adjective: 'It was an ________ sight.'
A. amaze
B. amazing
C. amazement
D. amazed

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Present participle 'amazing' describes the sight.

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Question #374
Fill in the blank: 'I have ________ rupees in my pocket.'
A. a few
B. a little
C. few
D. little

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
'Rupees' countable; 'a few' means some.

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Question #375
Which of these adjectives cannot be used attributively?
A. happy
B. sad
C. afraid
D. brave

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
'Afraid' is a predicative adjective; we don't say 'an afraid boy'. It's used after verb: 'The boy is afraid'.

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Question #376
Fill in the blank: 'He is the ________ of the two candidates.'
A. qualified
B. most qualified
C. more qualified
D. qualifieder

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Comparative for two.

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Question #377
Identify the adjective: 'There are several reasons for his success.'
A. reasons
B. several
C. There
D. success

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
'Several' is an indefinite numeral adjective.

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Question #378
Spot the error: 'This is the more expensive of the three rings.'
A. more expensive
B. rings
C. No error
D. the three

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
For three, use superlative 'most expensive'.

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Question #379
Choose the correct adjective: 'The movie was a ________ success.'
A. grandness
B. grandly
C. grander
D. grand

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Adjective 'grand' before noun.

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Question #380
Fill in the blank: 'She showed ________ courage during the crisis.'
A. commendably
B. commending
C. commendation
D. commendable

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Adjective 'commendable'.

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