CBSE Class 8 English Determiners Quantifiers Articles MCQs

Question. We had ____ other choice apart from deciding to cease trading, or we would have gone bankrupt.
a) some
b) no
c) many
d) each
e) any

Answer : B

Question. ____ child will be given a role, however small, in the play.
a) Several
b) The whole
c) Both
d) Each
e) Many

Answer : D

Question. ____ that we accomplished was to find a suitable date for the next meeting.
a) Each
b) Every
c) The whole
d) Others
e) All

Answer : E

Question. There is an amount of wisdom in ____ old sayings, such as “Don't cry over spilt milk”.
a) a number of
b) a little
c) a great deal of
d) every
e) the whole

Answer : A

Question. I wish he would give ____ more consideration to those around him.
a) enough
b) a lot of
c) a little
d) several
e) a few

Answer : C

Question. When ____ manager disagrees with ____, our board meetings can go on for hours.
a) a / other
b) - / the other
c) the / each other
d) one / another
e) none / the other

Answer : D

Question. Since ____ seems eager to give me a hand with these, I have no other choice but to do ____ by myself.
a) something / everywhere
b) someone / anything
c) no one / everything
d) anybody / nowhere
e) nothing / something

Answer : C

Question. There are ____ Indian restaurants available in England, whereas, in Istanbul, your options are ____.
a) some / several
b) so much / only one
c) the other / little
d) many / another
e) a lot of / a few

Answer : E

Question. A good percentage of our time ____ at work, so we should choose an occupation that we enjoy.
a) is spending
b) are spent
c) is spent
d) are spending
e) would spend

Answer : C

Question. The different peoples in Africa ____ have ____ own myths about the creation of the world.
a) all / its
b) most / themselves
c) every / itself
d) some / theirs
e) each / their

Answer : E

Question. Do you know that everything they ____ ____ guaranteed for two years?
a) are selling / are
b) sell / is
c) sold / have been
d) had sold / were
e) are sold / has been

Answer : B

Question. Slimming bars claim to provide ____ the vitamins and minerals the body needs, but eating them cannot be as healthy as a meal containing plenty of fruit and vegetables, which can also supply ____nutrients required by the body. 
a) whole / all
b) all / other
c) plenty of / another
d) every / any
e) both / each

Answer : B

Question. I didn't believe him when he said that it was hailing in June, so I went out on the balcony to see it for ____.
a) myself
b) himself
c) mine
d) him
e) itself

Answer : A

Question. Although ____ in the group knew that ____ had ever tried to climb the mountain by this path before, they all seemed very confident.
a) someone / nowhere
b) no one / anywhere
c) everyone / no one
d) anyone / somebody
e) everything / anyone

Answer : C

Question. When the winners arrived at the award ceremony, the mayor ____ was there to greet ____.
a) ourselves / him
b) themselves / ours
c) myself / their
d) itself / ourselves
e) himself / them

Answer : B

Question. This ship has ____ experienced crew, all of whom have been at ____ sea on and off for more than six years.
a) the / the
b) an / a
c) an / -
d) - / -
e) some / the

Answer : C

Question. Each of ____ will develop a revision method that will suit ____ individual strengths and weaknesses.
a) they / theirs
b) us / our
c) we / ours
d) you / yours
e) her / hers

Answer : B

Question. ____ has got a packed lunch, a torch and a waterproof coat, haven't ____?
a) Everybody / they
b) Everywhere / it
c) No one / you
d) Someone / we
e) Anybody / them

Answer : A

Question. Normally, airlines serve their passengers ____ cooked dinner during ____ flight.
a) the / a
b) - / a
c) a / the
d) a / some
e) another / -

Answer : C

Question. I love the company of ____ friends, but sometimes I just want to be by ____.
a) my / me
b) mine / me
c) me / mine
d) my / myself
e) mine / my own

Answer : D

Question. The doctor gave him ____ tablets and told him to drink ____ water.
a) each / a little
b) a few / many
c) several of / little
d) any / much
e) some / plenty of 

Answer : E

Question. As the number of students attending the universities ____, most employers ____ for higher and higher qualifications from new employees.
a) is increasing / are asking
b) are increasing / will ask
c) increase / is asking
d) have increased / have asked
e) increased / has asked

Answer : A

Question. ____ who enjoys jazz music will enjoy this festival, tickets for which can be bought at ____ good music shop.
a) Nobody / some
b) Anyone / several
c) Everybody / all
d) Somebody / both
e) Anybody / every

Answer : E

Question. I knew that his wife wasn't a good cook, so I doubted that she had cooked all the dishes she served ____ on ____.
a) us / her own
b) mine / hers
c) theirs / himself
d) you / his own
e) him / hersel

Answer : A

Question. It's getting late. I'll feel better when we have found ____ to stay for the night, and, at this hour, I'm not looking for a luxury place. _____ clean and tidy will do.
a) somewhere / Anywhere
b) everywhere / Somebody
c) something / Nowhere
d) nowhere / Somewhere
e) anything / Something

Answer : A

Question. I don't think that's the only dry cleaner's around here. I think there is ____ next to the bus station.
a) another
b) others
c) other
d) the other
e) the others

Answer : A

Question. There are ____ ways to get from my house to work, but ____ of them is very comfortable.
a) plenty / one
b) more / several
c) several / none
d) a few / neither
e) much / all

Answer : C

Question. There have been ____ isolated incidents of violence, but ____ of World Cup supporters have been wellbehaved.
a) a few / the majority
b) any / a good deal
c) some / several
d) each / a great deal
e) every / a large number

Answer : A

Question. Pasta, which literally means dough in ____ Italian, is ____ Italian food now popular, in such forms as spaghetti, macaroni and ravioli all over the world.
a) the / the
b) an / some
c) - / an
d) - / any
e) some / -

Answer : C

Question. We have 120 post-graduate students at our university and almost two-thirds of ____ ____ from abroad.
a) themselves / comes
b) their / are coming
c) theirs / were coming
d) them / come
e) they / has come

Answer : D

Question. Politicians from the Opposition are constantly criticizing the government, but they don't say what they would do ____ to improve things if they were in ____ position.
a) us / our
b) themselves / our
c) them / themselves
d) theirs / us
e) ours / theirs

Answer : B

Question. ____ of the soldiers was given two complete uniforms, ____ of which they were expected to keep spotlessly clean.
a) All / some
b) Every / either
c) Each / both
d) Some / all
e) The whole / many

Answer : C

Question. Because there have been ____ accidents at that road junction, the council are going to install traffic lights there.
a) too much
b) plenty
c) so many
d) much more
e) a great deal of

Answer : C

Question. Americans plays produced during the 19th century were mostly sensational melodrama and therefore of ____ literary importance.
a) many
b) little
c) none
d) every
e) a few

Answer : B

Question. Men, women and children in ____ part of the world wear some sort of jewellery, either as ornaments or because of superstitions.
a) all
b) every
c) whole
d) some
e) neither

Answer : B

Question. As ____ of the proposals seems to provide a complete solution on ____ I suggest we continue working on this.
a) both / themselves
b) either / our own
c) each / ourselves
d) none / his own
e) neither / its own

Answer : E

Question. ____ bus we were travelling on stopped suddenly because ____ tree had fallen across the road.
a) A / the
b) The / -
c) The / the
d) The / a
e) A / a

Answer : D

Question. When I woke up this morning, there was ____ heavy dew covering ____ long green summer grass in our garden.
a) the / a
b) - / the
c) some / a
d) the / -
e) a / a

Answer : B

Question. I think that buying ____ own photocopier would save ____ money.
a) us / ours
b) him / his
c) ourselves / our
d) themselves / theirs
e) their / them

Answer : E

Question. The lawyer for the people who ____ in the fire at the shopping centre ____ the judge for compensation.
a) were injured / is going to ask
b) is injured / has been asking
c) are injured / would ask
d) was injured / are going to ask
e) have been injured / have asked

Answer : A