HSSC - Federal Board

QUESTION # 01: Multiple Choice Question - HSSC-II FB



BAHRIA COLLEGE KARSAZ

1. These expenses, along with the other __________ deductions are subject to a further reduction of 2 percent of his adjusted gross income. Choose the word with correct spelling to fill in the blank.

A. misellaneous                                   B. miscellaneous

C. miscellaneous                                 D. miscellaneous

2. Which of the following is the antonym of “revenge”

A. retribution                          B. pardon                                C. vengeance               D. payback

3. A tall boy, Hamza is the captain of our Volley ball team. The given sentence is the example of.

A. Anaphoric Expression                    B. Alliteration

C. Cataphoric Expression                   D. Verbosity

4. The result of this was that we were held _________ for six hours in the departure lounge waiting for the end of the dispute.

A. by                                       B. about                                  C. on                           D. up

5. The students checked their answers with one another, everybody had a different answer. The underlined Pronoun is:

A. Reflexive                            B. Personal                              C. Demonstrative        D. Reciprocal

6. I couldn't have known when the bus comes. The underlined part is a /an:

A. Adverbial Phrase                B. Noun Clause

C. Adverbial Clause                D. Adjective Clause

7. "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances", William Shakespeare. Identify the Figure of Speech

A. Personification                   B. Anaphora                            C. Simile                     D. Metaphor

8. I saw a ___________ of fish near the beach.

A. swarm                                 B. school                                 C. flock                       D. colony

9. Lately, I__________ about moving to Cilaos because I __________ unhappy with the hot weather! Choose the correct Tense.

A. have thought….have been becoming                     B. have been thinking ... have become

C. have thought ... have become                                 D. have been thinking ... have been becoming

10. Adverb of Degree is also known as:

A. Simple Adverb                   B. Adverb of Quantity           C. Relative Adverb     D. None

11. Select the sentence that contains an Intransitive Verb.

A. The new hybrid tomato plant grows well in dry climates.

B. The botanist developed a new hybrid tomato plant for dry climates.

C. A new hybrid tomato plant involves cross breeding.

12. Running can make people more aware of their physical surroundings, such as the scent of honeysuckle or the changing moods of the trees. Identify the nature of the underlined Transition?

A. addition                  B. contrast                   C. illustration              D. cause and effect

13. "I am waiting for my friend." Change Active Voice to Passive Voice.

A. My friend is being waited for by me.

B. My friend is waited for by me

C. My friend was being waited for by me.

D. My friend is waiting for me.

14. The usual Form of a Declarative Sentence is:

A. to make a statement                                   B. Subject-Verb

C. a period or full-stop                                    D. Imperative

15. What is a Participle called when it is used as a simple qualifying Adjective in front of a Noun?

A. Past Participle                                            B. Participial Adjective

C. Participial Noun                                         D. Participial Adverb

BAHRIA COLLEGE NORE-I

i. If you don’t curtail your spending, you will be broke in no time. The synonym for the underline word is:

A. follow                                             B. buy

C. purchase                                         D. reduce

ii. Opportunity knocks at the door once:

A. Simile                                             B. Personification

C. Metaphor                                        D. Hyperbole

iii. There are two types of _____: viral and bacterial. Choose the correct option:

A. pneumonia                                      B. newmonia

C. pnumonia                                        D. newmonia

iv. Don’t blame yourself for the mistake; _____ is perfect:

A. everybody                                      B. nobody

C. somebody                                       D. each

v. Their progress was slow as they were tired. The underlined part is a/an:

A. Simple sentence                             B. Compound sentence

C. Complex sentence                          D. Imperative sentence          

vi. Our city will have _____ university soon. Choose the correct option

A. a                             B. an                C. the                          D. no article

vii. We need to use ____ for the welfare and betterment of humanity.

A. modern inventions                         B. phones                               

C. transport                                         D. food                                  

viii. The teacher sent some homework ____ the end of the lesson. The correct preposition is:

A. about                                              B. by

C. at                                                    D. in

ix. ____ it was raining, I still walked to school. Choose the suitable transitional device from the following:

A. As a result                                      B. Accordingly          

C. Consequently                                 D. Although

x. They welcomed the chief guest with a _____of flowers:

A. bouquet                  B. bunch          C. pack                        D. cluster

xi. Amjad arrived ____ than Bilal. Select the correct degree of adverb:

A. early                       B. earlier          C. earliest                    D. most early

xii. A ‘Sonnet’ is an example of:

A. fiction                     B. novel           C. poetry                     D. drama

xiii. The old man remembers the days, when there was no television:

A. Noun clause                                   B. Adjective clause

C. Adverb clause                                D. Simple sentence

xiv. The black umbrella with a broken handle is mine. The underlined part is a/an:

A. Noun phrase                                   B. Adjective phrase

C. Adverb phrase                                D. Apposite phrase

xv. Select which one of the sentences contains Transitive Verb:

A. Alex sent a postcard from USA.   B The wasps fought bravely.

C. The sun shone brightly.                  B. Many horses fled away.