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

Question. The train doesn’t stop at ____ station along the way, but it stops at ____ of the main ones.
a) all / either
b) every / most
c) each / much
d) both / some
e) few / all

Answer : B

Question. He felt as if ____ world was watching and waiting for him to make a mistake in the play, but in fact, it was only the village boy scout club.
a) all
b) every
c) most
d) a lot of
e) the whole

Answer : E

Question. Look! One of ____ in the race ____.
a) stallion / have fallen
b) the athletes / had fallen
c) the horses / has fallen
d) children / are falling
e) the competition / was falling

Answer : C

Question. I would like her more if she showed ____consideration for others.
a) fewer
b) several
c) a little
d) too much
e) many

Answer : C

Question. In the USA, the number of representatives in government varies according to the population of a state, but there are two senators for ____ state.
a) both
b) some
c) neither
d) each
e) all

Answer : D

Question. ____ employees voted against the strike even though they were dissatisfied with the pay rise.
a) Several of
b) Plenty
c) Much of
d) Half
e) A good many

Answer : E

Question. After ____ wins at the amateur level, he’ll be ready to race professionally.
a) almost none
b) any longer
c) a few more
d) much
e) plenty

Answer : C

Question. Tea and coffee contain caffeine, which is harmful, so the doctor told me to avoid drinking ____.
a) both of them
b) much of it
c) all of them
d) some of it
e) neither of them

Answer : A

Question. Decades ago the notion of landing a spacecraft on____ moon would have seemed ____ impossible feat.
a) a / ---
b) some / a
c) the / an
d) --- / ---
e) --- / the

Answer : C

Question. If there is ____ food in the world for everyone, why do so ____ people die of starvation?
a) little / much
b) enough / many
c) much / few
d) any / a lot of
e) less / more 

Answer : B

Question. Of the two shops in the village, ____ sold sun cream,so he had to keep a long-sleeved shirt on all day.
a) no
b) both
c) none
d) neither
e) either

Answer : D

Question. The best goal of the match was ____, but ____ were pretty spectacular as well.
a) my / theirs
b) my brother / I
c) him / mine
d) the forward’s / your
e) Simon’s / you

Answer : E

Question. The noise of the gunshot rang through the trees and the birds flew off in ____ directions.
a) all
b) each
c) either
d) every
e) whole

Answer : A

Question. The company is so stable that you can buy shares in it with almost ____ risk of losing any money.
a) any
b) none
c) no
d) few
e) much

Answer : C

Question. Two smartly dressed doormen stood at ____ side of the hotel’s entrance.
a) either
b) whole
c) all
d) every
e) both

Answer : A

Question. We rang ____hotels before we found ____with vacant rooms.
a) several / one
b) much / a little
c) each / some
d) every / any
e) the whole / much

Answer : A

Question. I’m glad we bought the new lawnmower. Now I can mow the lawn using ____ the effort.
a) fewer
b) none
c) much
d) all
e) half

Answer : E

Question. The teacher said that we could write on ____sides of the paper, but to start a new page for ____question.
a) either / every
b) both / each
c) some / all
d) all / some
e) the whole / any

Answer : B

Question. Although the Australian author Peter Carey’s first three novels were well received, his fourth book received ____ criticism than acclaim.
a) too many
b) any longer
c) far more
d) plenty of
e) so much

Answer : C

Question. If Richard had ____ patience, he would have ____ arguments with the manager.
a) little / much
b) enough / little
c) less / plenty
d) more / fewer
e) a few / less

Answer : D

Question. Despite the scarcity of arable land, ____ the population in the Middle East is engaged in farming.
a) a lot more
b) almost none
c) so much
d) a good deal of
e) a great many of

Answer : D

Question. She had ____reasons to dislike her job, but I don’t know exactly why she left.
a) a little
b) much
c) a whole
d) some of
e) plenty of

Answer : E

Question. Unfortunately, our local library had ____ books on the subject, so I’m going to the city library tomorrow hoping to find ____ more.
a) much / a little
b) a little / a lot
c) little / many
d) a few / much
e) few / some

Answer : E

Question. ____ players have won this competition before, so ____ of them could win today.
a) A few / all
b) Each / every
c) Every / no
d) Both / either
e) None / neither

Answer : D

Question. The children have had quite ____ excitement for one day, I think it’s time they went to bed.
a) few
b) all
c) more
d) little
e) enough

Answer : E

Question. He thought he would get the contract, but a business competitor of ____ got ____.
a) he / itself
b) his / it
c) us / his
d) yours / its
e) him / them

Answer : B

Question. They gave the idea ____ consideration before accepting it.
a) several
b) only a few
c) a great deal of
d) much of
e) a good many

Answer : C

Question. My daughter got a better mark for her last French written composition because there were ____ mistakes in it.
a) little
b) much
c) many
d) fewer
e) the least

Answer : D

Question. It takes ____ of dedication to become a top-class athlete.
a) enough
b) nearly every
c) a great deal
d) many more
e) each one

Answer : C

Question. In ____ mid-1970s, people became aware of the phenomenon called ____acid rain.
a) the / ---
b) --- / an
c) a / an
d) a / the
e) the / an

Answer : A 

Question. There has been ____ fruit on the pear tree in our garden this year, so we won’t be giving ____ away.
a) a little / many
b) all / each
c) little / much
d) every / some
e) much / either

Answer : C