NUST NET English MCQs with answers
Practise NUST NET English (Engineering) with 112 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.
112 questions · 4 chapters
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The questions follow the syllabus chapter by chapter. You can test the whole subject or one chapter at a time.
- English · Vocabulary 32 questionsSynonyms and antonyms, Words in context
- English · Sentence completion 20 questionsSentence completion
- English · Grammar and usage 32 questionsIdentifying errors, Improving sentences
- English · Reading comprehension 28 questionsShort passages
Sample NUST NET English MCQs with answers 12 questions
12 questions from the test, one or two from each chapter. Try each one, then open the answer.
1. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to CONCEAL.
- A
reveal
- B
hide
- C
cancel
- D
contain
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Answer: A. To conceal is to hide; to reveal is to show or make known. 'Hide' is a synonym.
2. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The historian warned that the diary, written forty years after the events it describes, should be treated with ______.
- A
reverence
- B
enthusiasm
- C
scepticism
- D
indifference
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Answer: C. A record written long after the events may be inaccurate, so the historian advises doubt: scepticism.
3. Which underlined part of the sentence contains an error?
The new metro line will not only reduce traffic on the main roads but also improving air quality in the city.
- A
will
- B
reduce
- C
also
- D
improving
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Answer: D. 'Not only ... but also' must join matching forms: will not only reduce traffic ... but also improve air quality.
4. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to AUGMENT.
- A
increase
- B
diminish
- C
argue
- D
predict
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Answer: B. To augment is to make something larger; to diminish is to make it smaller. 'Increase' is a synonym.
5. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The professor's explanations were so ______ that even students with no background in physics could follow them.
- A
lucid
- B
lengthy
- C
technical
- D
obscure
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Answer: A. Beginners could follow them, so the explanations were clear: lucid. 'Technical' and 'obscure' would make them harder to follow.
6. Which underlined part of the sentence contains an error?
If the builders had tested the steel properly, the roof would not collapse during the storm last winter.
- A
had tested
- B
would not collapse
- C
during
- D
last
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Answer: B. This is an 'if' sentence about the past (third conditional): 'If ... had tested, ... would not have collapsed'. 'Would not collapse' fits only an 'if' sentence about the present or future.
7. Choose the word closest in meaning to OBSOLETE.
- A
rare
- B
broken
- C
obvious
- D
outdated
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Answer: D. Obsolete means no longer used because something newer has replaced it: outdated. An obsolete machine may still work, so 'broken' is wrong.
8. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Although the new bridge looked fragile, it was surprisingly ______, surviving two major floods without damage.
- A
elegant
- B
costly
- C
robust
- D
temporary
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Answer: C. 'Although ... looked fragile' signals a contrast, and surviving floods shows strength: robust.
9. Which underlined part of the sentence contains an error?
Surprising, the smaller of the two engines produced more power, although it used less fuel.
- A
Surprising
- B
produced
- C
although
- D
used
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Answer: A. A word that comments on the whole sentence must be an adverb: 'Surprisingly, ...'. 'The smaller of the two' is correct because only two engines are compared.
10. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to VERBOSE.
- A
wordy
- B
spoken
- C
polite
- D
concise
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Answer: D. Verbose means using more words than needed; concise means saying a lot in few words. 'Wordy' is a synonym, and 'spoken' confuses verbose with verbal.
11. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Because the plant stores water in its thick, fleshy leaves, it can ______ months without rain.
- A
endure
- B
avoid
- C
cause
- D
predict
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Answer: A. Stored water lets the plant survive a long dry spell: it can endure months without rain.
12. Which underlined part of the sentence contains an error?
The workshop teaches students how to design circuits, write simple programs and they can test small robots.
- A
teaches
- B
write
- C
and
- D
they can test
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Answer: D. Items in a list need the same form: design circuits, write simple programs and test small robots. 'They can test' breaks the parallel structure.
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