ECAT — Engineering College Admission Test (UET)

ECAT English — Prepositions, Articles and Conjunctions (Set 4)

Take the ECAT English — Prepositions, Articles and Conjunctions (Set 4): 30 multiple-choice questions (40 minutes) with instant scoring and a full answer…

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30 ECAT English

Sample questions with answers

The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.

Q1. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The Indus is the longest river of Pakistan, and ___ Indus Valley Civilisation grew along its banks.
- A. no article is needed
- B. the ✓
- C. a
- D. an
Answer: B. the
Explanation: 'The' is used with rivers and with a specific, well-known civilisation.
Q2. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: She has just finished her course and is now ___ M.Sc. in Physics.
- A. a
- B. the
- C. an ✓
- D. no article is needed
Answer: C. an
Explanation: The article depends on the sound: 'M' is pronounced 'em', a vowel sound, so 'an'.
Q3. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Ever since childhood, Zain has suffered from ___ asthma and carries an inhaler everywhere.
- A. no article is needed ✓
- B. the
- C. a
- D. an
Answer: A. no article is needed
Explanation: The names of diseases and illnesses are uncountable and take no article.
Q4. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: What ___ pity that the match was cancelled because of rain!
- A. the
- B. a ✓
- C. an
- D. no article is needed
Answer: B. a
Explanation: In exclamations with a singular countable noun after 'what', 'a' is used.
Q5. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: She has ___ unique talent for solving puzzles quickly.
- A. an
- B. the
- C. a ✓
- D. no article is needed
Answer: C. a
Explanation: 'Unique' begins with a 'y' sound (yoo-neek), a consonant sound, so 'a'.

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Q6. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: During her European tour, Maryam visited ___ Netherlands and then Switzerland.
- A. an
- B. a
- C. no article is needed
- D. the
Q7. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The heavy rain resulted ___ severe flooding in the low-lying areas.
- A. in
- B. with
- C. by
- D. from
Q8. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The two teams could not agree ___ a date for the final match.
- A. on
- B. with
- C. to
- D. for
Q9. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: After the accident, the driver blamed the bad road ___ the damage to his car.
- A. at
- B. on
- C. for
- D. with
Q10. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The college provides every student ___ a free copy of the syllabus.
- A. with
- B. to
- C. of
- D. for
Q11. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: My cousin is senior ___ me by three years, though we study in the same college.
- A. to
- B. from
- C. over
- D. than
Q12. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: She is very fond ___ classical music and listens to it every evening.
- A. of
- B. with
- C. for
- D. to
Q13. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Her grandfather died ___ heart failure last winter.
- A. with
- B. by
- C. for
- D. of
Q14. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The shopkeeper deals ___ agricultural tools and spare parts for tractors.
- A. in
- B. to
- C. on
- D. with
Q15. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Please submit the form ___ three days, or your application will be rejected.
- A. within
- B. since
- C. on
- D. after
Q16. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The assignment must reach me ___ Friday at the latest, otherwise marks will be deducted.
- A. at
- B. for
- C. until
- D. by
Q17. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The library will remain closed ___ Monday because of the repairs.
- A. within
- B. by
- C. until
- D. since
Q18. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The ambulance arrived ___ time to save the injured man's life.
- A. in
- B. on
- C. by
- D. at
Q19. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The students were not allowed to talk ___ the examination.
- A. while
- B. for
- C. since
- D. during
Q20. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The meeting has been put ___ until next Thursday because the chairman is ill.
- A. up
- B. away
- C. out
- D. off
Q21. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The new law was brought ___ to reduce traffic accidents on the highways.
- A. through
- B. up
- C. across
- D. in
Q22. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Take your umbrella ___ it rains on the way home.
- A. even though
- B. in case
- C. unless
- D. as if
Q23. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The roads were flooded; ___, all the buses were suspended for the day.
- A. however
- B. consequently
- C. moreover
- D. otherwise
Q24. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Hira is very talented; ___, she is rather lazy about practising.
- A. besides
- B. therefore
- C. consequently
- D. however
Q25. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: Though Sara is very poor, ___ she is honest and generous.
- A. so
- B. yet
- C. because
- D. therefore
Q26. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: You may borrow my notes ___ you return them before the test.
- A. in spite of
- B. as though
- C. provided that
- D. even if
Q27. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: He spoke slowly and clearly ___ everyone in the hall could follow him.
- A. so as
- B. lest
- C. in order
- D. so that
Q28. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The mountaineers did not turn back ___ the weather turned stormy.
- A. in case
- B. unless
- C. so that
- D. even though
Q29. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The new school is situated ___ the canal and the main road.
- A. beside
- B. over
- C. between
- D. among
Q30. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: The ball flew ___ the wall and landed in the neighbour's garden.
- A. on
- B. over
- C. at
- D. for