Adjective GK Questions with Answers – English MCQs

45 questions

In “She bought three red apples”, the adjective of number is —
1. three
2. red
3. bought
4. She
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Answer: (A) three

“Three” answers how many.
In “Give me some water”, “some” is an adjective of —
1. quality
2. number
3. quantity
4. manner
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Answer: (C) quantity

Water is uncountable → quantity.
“Which road leads to Jaipur?” — “Which” is —
1. possessive adjective
2. interrogative adjective
3. relative pronoun
4. distributive adjective
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Answer: (B) interrogative adjective

It asks a question with a noun.
The adjective formed from “danger” is —
1. dangering
2. dangerful
3. dangerly
4. dangerous
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Answer: (D) dangerous

danger → dangerous.
The adjective formed from “child” is —
1. childish
2. childen
3. childal
4. childy
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Answer: (A) childish

child → childish (also childlike, in a good sense).
The comparative of “happy” is —
1. more happy
2. happyer
3. happier
4. happiest
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Answer: (C) happier

y → i + er.
The superlative of “big” is —
1. bigger
2. bigest
3. biggest
4. most big
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Answer: (C) biggest

Double the consonant.
The comparative of “beautiful” is —
1. most beautiful
2. beautifulest
3. beautifuller
4. more beautiful
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Answer: (D) more beautiful

Three syllables → more.
The superlative of “bad” is —
1. worse
2. worst
3. most bad
4. baddest
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Answer: (B) worst

bad – worse – worst.
The comparative of “little” (amount) is —
1. littler
2. less
3. lesser
4. more little
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Answer: (B) less

little – less – least.

“My ___ brother is a doctor.” (older in the family)
1. more old
2. older
3. elder
4. oldest
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Answer: (C) elder

Senior in the family → elder.
“Ravi is ___ than Amit.” (greater in age)
1. eldest
2. most old
3. elder
4. older
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Answer: (D) older

“Than” goes with older.
“Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___.” (the second one)
1. latter
2. last
3. latest
4. later
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Answer: (A) latter

The second of two → latter.
“We need ___ information.” (additional)
1. farther
2. further
3. furthest
4. far
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Answer: (B) further

Additional → further.
Choose the correct sentence.
1. He is senior from me.
2. He is senior than me.
3. He is senior to me.
4. He is more senior than me.
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Answer: (C) He is senior to me.

Senior is followed by “to”.
Choose the correct sentence.
1. I prefer tea from coffee.
2. I prefer tea over of coffee.
3. I prefer tea than coffee.
4. I prefer tea to coffee.
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Answer: (D) I prefer tea to coffee.

prefer … to …
Which sentence has a double comparative?
1. She is more cleverer than him.
2. She is clever.
3. She is the cleverest.
4. She is cleverer than him.
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Answer: (A) She is more cleverer than him.

“more cleverer” doubles the comparative.
Choose the correct sentence.
1. This is the most unique idea.
2. This is a unique idea.
3. This is the uniquer idea.
4. This is more unique idea.
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Answer: (B) This is a unique idea.

Unique cannot be compared.
“Gold is more precious than any ___ metal.”
1. one
2. other
3. another
4. others
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Answer: (B) other

than any other + singular.
“Delhi is the largest city in India.” Comparative form —
1. Delhi is the larger city.
2. Delhi is largest than other city.
3. Delhi is larger than any city in India.
4. Delhi is larger than any other city in India.
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Answer: (D) Delhi is larger than any other city in India.

“any other” is needed.

“Mount Everest is the highest peak.” Positive form —
1. No other peak is higher than Everest.
2. Everest is high peak.
3. Every peak is as high as Everest.
4. No other peak is as high as Mount Everest.
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Answer: (D) No other peak is as high as Mount Everest.

No other … as … as.
“Of the two girls, Meena is the ___.”
1. tallest
2. taller
3. more tallest
4. most tall
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Answer: (B) taller

Of two → the taller.
Which is the correct order?
1. a wooden round old table
2. a wooden old round table
3. a round old wooden table
4. an old round wooden table
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Answer: (D) an old round wooden table

age → shape → material.
Which adjective is used only after a verb?
1. tall
2. little
3. happy
4. asleep
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Answer: (D) asleep

“Asleep” is predicative only.
“He is not ___ to lift the box.” (adequate strength)
1. strong enough
2. enough strongly
3. much strong
4. enough strong
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Answer: (A) strong enough

“Enough” follows the adjective.
“She has ___ friends, so she feels lonely.” (hardly any)
1. a few
2. few
3. a little
4. less
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Answer: (B) few

few = hardly any.
“I have ___ money; I can buy a pen.” (some)
1. a few
2. few
3. little
4. a little
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Answer: (D) a little

a little = some.
“There are ___ chairs here than we need.”
1. little
2. much
3. less
4. fewer
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Answer: (D) fewer

Chairs are countable → fewer.
“___ student must carry an identity card.”
1. Every
2. Many
3. Few
4. All
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Answer: (A) Every

Every + singular noun.
“Neither of the two answers ___ right.”
1. are
2. is
3. were
4. have
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Answer: (B) is

“Neither” is singular.

“I worked ___ day.”
1. all
2. all the
3. the whole
4. whole
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Answer: (C) the whole

the whole + singular noun.
“A number of boys ___ absent today.”
1. was
2. has been
3. is
4. are
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Answer: (D) are

“A number of” = several → plural.
“The number of boys ___ small.”
1. were
2. is
3. have been
4. are
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Answer: (B) is

“The number of” → singular.
“Many a student ___ failed.”
1. have
2. has
3. are
4. were
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Answer: (B) has

“Many a” + singular.
“The poor ___ always in need of help.”
1. has
2. is
3. are
4. was
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Answer: (C) are

“The poor” = poor people → plural.
“The film was ___.”
1. bore
2. borish
3. bored
4. boring
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Answer: (D) boring

It causes the feeling → -ing.
“I was ___ in the lecture.”
1. interested
2. interest
3. interests
4. interesting
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Answer: (A) interested

The one who feels → -ed.
“He is a ___ boy.”
1. ten-year-old
2. ten-years-old
3. ten-year-olds
4. ten years old
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Answer: (A) ten-year-old

The noun stays singular.
Which is a proper adjective?
1. happy
2. Beautiful
3. Indian
4. honest
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Answer: (C) Indian

Formed from India.
“What a lovely view!” — “What” is —
1. relative pronoun
2. distributive adjective
3. interrogative adjective
4. exclamatory adjective
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Answer: (D) exclamatory adjective

It expresses wonder: exclamatory.

Which is the correct sentence?
1. She is as tall as he.
2. She is so taller than him.
3. She is tall than he.
4. She is as taller as him.
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Answer: (A) She is as tall as he.

as + positive + as.
“The more you read, ___ you learn.”
1. more the
2. the more
3. the most
4. most
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Answer: (B) the more

The more … the more …
The comparative of “far” (distance) is —
1. furtherest
2. farer
3. farther
4. more far
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Answer: (C) farther

Distance: farther/further.
The adjective from “economy” meaning “thrifty” is —
1. economics
2. economist
3. economic
4. economical
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Answer: (D) economical

economical = thrifty.
Choose the correct sentence.
1. The climate of Pune is better than that of Mumbai.
2. The climate of Pune is better from Mumbai.
3. The climate of Pune is more better than Mumbai.
4. The climate of Pune is better than Mumbai.
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Answer: (A) The climate of Pune is better than that of Mumbai.

Compare climate with climate → that of.

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