English Grammar MCQs

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Synonym of Paucity is _____________?
A. Presence
B. Poverty
C. Scarcity
D. None of these
Making a show of being morally superior to other people is called__________?
A. Selflessness
B. Over confidence
C. Sanctimonious
D. None of the above
Rome was not built in a day. 
A. They did not build rome in a day.
B. They could not build rome in a day.
C. The romans did not build rome in a day.
D. They have not built rome in a day.
To beat the air means?
A. Making progress
B. To sound logical
C. To keep doing something despite its apparent pointlessness or futility
D. None of these
The poet who used extensive alliteration?
A. William shakespeare
B. William wordsworth
C. John keats
D. Percy bysshe shelley
Idiom “at one’s wit’s end” means?
A. To understand thoroughly
B. To be puzzled
C. To be a stupid person
D. To behave irrationally
Idiom “by leaps and bounds” means?
A. Very slowly
B. Very quickly
C. Irregularly
D. Very systematically
Idiom “The pros and cons of” means?
A. Measure the ingredient
B. Observe etiquette
C. Consider all facts
D. Postpone action
Idiom “Get the sack” means?
A. Resigned
B. Got rid of
C. Was demoted from
D. Was dismissed from