multiple-choice
/ˌmʌltɪpl ˈtʃɔɪs/adjective
उच्चारण मल्टिपल चॉइस
बहुविकल्पीय
Core word
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[usually before noun]
(of questions) giving several possible answers from which you have to choose the correct one
बहुविकल्पीय
- The preliminary exam has 100 multiple-choice questions.
- In a multiple-choice test, read every option before you mark an answer.
- Part B is a multiple-choice paper with four options for each question.
+ 2 more examples
- Multiple-choice tests are marked by computer.
- She prefers a multiple-choice format to long essays.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
multiple-choice + question / test / exam
Multiple-choice describes a question that offers several answers, and the student picks the correct one. It is hyphenated before a noun.
Multiple-choice उस प्रश्न का वर्णन करता है जिसमें कई उत्तर दिए जाते हैं और विद्यार्थी सही उत्तर चुनता है। संज्ञा से पहले इसमें hyphen लगता है।
- The entrance test has fifty multiple-choice questions.
- Radhika practised a multiple-choice paper on grammar.
multiple choice (noun use, no hyphen)
Used after be or as a noun phrase, it is often written as two words, without a hyphen: The test is multiple choice.
Be के बाद या noun phrase के रूप में इसे प्रायः बिना hyphen के दो शब्दों में लिखा जाता है: The test is multiple choice।
- The paper is multiple choice, so there is no essay.
- Most competitive exams use multiple choice.
MCQ
The abbreviation MCQ stands for multiple-choice question. The plural is MCQs.
संक्षेप MCQ का पूरा रूप multiple-choice question है। बहुवचन MCQs है।
- Solve twenty MCQs on tenses every day.
options / distractors
The right answer is the key, and the wrong options are distractors. A good question has one clear key and plausible distractors.
सही उत्तर key कहलाता है और ग़लत विकल्प distractors। अच्छे प्रश्न में एक स्पष्ट key और विश्वसनीय distractors होते हैं।
- The distractors in this MCQ look very similar to the key.
+Collocations 4
multiple-choice + noun
multiple-choice questionmultiple-choice testmultiple-choice exammultiple-choice papermultiple-choice format
- The multiple-choice format helps examiners check papers quickly.
verb + multiple-choice
answerattemptsolvesetmark
- He attempted all the multiple-choice questions in an hour.
adjective + multiple-choice
objectivetimedonlinetrickynegative-marked
- The online multiple-choice test had negative marking.
multiple-choice tactics
eliminate optionsguess wiselyread all optionscheck the key
- Eliminate wrong options before you guess.
“More examples 5
- The bank exam begins with a multiple-choice test on reasoning.
बैंक की परीक्षा reasoning के multiple-choice टेस्ट से शुरू होती है।
- Radhika scored well because she read every option before marking an answer.
राधिका ने अच्छे अंक पाए क्योंकि उसने उत्तर चिह्नित करने से पहले हर विकल्प पढ़ा।
- A multiple-choice question can be tricky if two options look correct.
यदि दो विकल्प सही लगें तो multiple-choice प्रश्न कठिन हो सकता है।
- The school replaced the essay part with multiple-choice questions.
विद्यालय ने निबंध वाले भाग की जगह multiple-choice प्रश्न रख दिए।
- The mock paper was entirely multiple choice and was marked by a machine.
मॉक पेपर पूरी तरह multiple choice था और मशीन से जाँचा गया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The test has fifty multiple-choices questions.
✓ The test has fifty multiple-choice questions.
The compound adjective stays singular before a noun.
संज्ञा से पहले मिश्र adjective एकवचन रहता है।