MCQS of text & grammar all units of English Book IX. Students taking 9th class exam must practice these

1. Unit-11 Noise in the Environment
1. Any form of noise that disrupts the normal functioning of ___________ is called noise
pollution.
a) Health
b) Life
c) Work
d) All of the above
2. Noise pollution is one of the biggest sources of discomfort, stress and ______________.
a) Havoc
b) Nuisance
c) Nonsense
d) Dumbness
3. Noise pollution has reached dangerous level in ______________.
a) Urban areas
b) Big cities
c) Rural areas
d) Both A & B
4. The Punjab EPA claims that the noise in Lahore has reached _____________.
a) 75 decibels
b) 80 decibels
c) 91 decibels
d) 90 decibels
5. What is the maximum acceptable level of noise?
a) 70 decibels
b) 75 decibels
c) 80 decibels
d) 85 decibels
6. What has also multiplied with the population growth & development in urban areas?
a) Live stock
b) Vegetable fields
c) Vehicular traffic
d) All of the above
7. The phrase “the mushroom growth” means
a) Growing like plants
b) Growing rapidly
c) Growing very slowly
d) None of these
8. The root word in “unavoidable” is
a) Un
b) Able
c) Unavoid
d) Avoid

2. 9. Which one of the following is not the cause of noise pollution?
a) Vehicular traffic
b) Transport & equipment used at construction sites
c) Harvesting crops
d) Use of technology
10. “People need to develop some civic responsibility.” Which tense is this sentence?
a) Present perfect
b) Present Indefinite
c) Past perfect
d) Past indefinite
11. “People need to develop some civic responsibility.” The underlined word is a/an
a) Present tense of verb
b) Finite verb
c) Present participle
d) Both A & B
12. “People need to develop some civic responsibility.” The underlined word/phrase is a
a) Noun
b) Finite verb
c) Past tense of verb
d) Non-finite verb
13. “People need to develop some civic responsibility.” The underlined word is a/an
a) Adverb
b) Adjective
c) Pronoun
d) Preposition
14. “People need to develop some civic responsibility.” The underlined word is a/an
a) Adverb
b) Adjective
c) Noun
d) None of the above
15. “Noise pollution has a negative impact on human health.” The given sentence is a/an
a) Affirmative or positive
b) Negative
c) Imperative
d) Exclamatory
16. Which one of the following is not caused by noise pollution?
a) Hearing loss
b) Throat infection
c) Depression
d) Insomnia
17. “In Pakistan there is a dire need to bring down the noise level.” The synonym of the
underlined word is
a) Urgent
b) Sufficient
c) Strictly
d) True

3. 18. What is the recommended noise level in residential areas?
a) 55 decibels
b) 65 decibels
c) 75 decibels
d) 85 decibels
19. “Insomnia” means
a) Sleeplessness
b) Anxiety
c) Constipation
d) Fatigue
20. “Irritant” means
a) Pollution
b) Angry
c) Annoying
d) Growing
21. “We need to acquire civic sense.” The underlined word is a/an
a) Noun
b) Adjective
c) Adverb
d) Preposition
22. Which one of the following is the correct spelling?
a) Precation
b) Precaution
c) Precaution
d) Precausion
23. “Asif plays hockey ___________ he enjoys it.” Fill the gap with suitable conjunction.
a) Though
b) Since
c) As
d) When
24. “You must work hard if you want to succeed in life.” The underlined part of the sentence
is
a) A dependent clause or subordinate clause
b) A fragment
c) A phrase
d) An independent clause
25. “When the rain stops, we shall clean the driveway.” Which is the main or independent
clause?
a) When the rain stops
b) Clean the driveway
c) Rain stops
d) We shall clean the driveway
Created by Musarrat Khan