Following are some of the multiple-choice questions (MCQ) that might be asked in the writing section of the Class 10 English examination:
- Which of these is not the correct mode for sending letters?
- By post
- By email
- By hand
- By bus
- If you are writing a letter of complaint, how do you sign off your letter?
- Cheers
- Yours obediently
- Yours sincerely
- Any of these
- When you are writing a formal letter, what information might you need?
- Date
- Name
- Address
- All of these
- If you are writing a letter to the Repairs Department for a Television purchased, how would you begin your letter?
- Dear Manager
- Hi
- Dear Sir/Madam
- Dear all
- If you are writing a complaint letter to your local council, what is the best way to end the letter?
- Hope all is well.
- I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
- Send someone round here now or else.
- I am tired of your department.
- If you are writing a letter of complaint to the Complaints Department of a showroom because your repair has not been dealt with, how would you start your letter?
- I am sick of this organisation.
- If you don’t get someone out here quickly, I will call police.
- I am writing to report a complaint which has not been attended about my laptop.
- I have already filed a complaint with the Consumer Court.
- What is the missing word in this sentence? I am writing with ………..to my application.
- regard
- relate
- account
- due
- The salutation of a formal letter must be:
- simple
- complex
- impressive
- illegible
- Before you start a letter, the most important thing to think about is:
- who is going to write it
- who is going to read it
- who is going to deliver it
- who is going to post it
- You are writing to a company to register a complaint for repairs. What should you include in your letter?
- The exact name of the product
- The goodwill of the company
- The goodwill of the product
- All of these
- When writing a letter to editor, you think about the newspaper to which the letter is to be sent. What else is important?
- Why you are writing
- What you need to tell the reader
- What you want the reader to do
- All of these
- Why does it help to plan a letter?
- You can make a list of all the points you want to include
- You can decide how to order all the points in your letter
- Both of these
- None of these
- When you are writing a formal letter to an editor, what information do you include?
- Praise of the editor’s good works
- Both your address and the newspaper’s address
- Your date of birth
- All of these
- When writing letter to an editor, which way of closing a letter would be best?
- Yours faithfully
- Yours sincerely
- Yours truly
- All the best
- If you don’t know the recipient’s name, how would you address the person?
- Dear Mr./Mrs.
- Dear Sir or Dear Madam
- My dear
- Hello
- The main point is written in which part of the letter?
- Post Script
- Closing
- Opening
- Body
- How would you address the recipient of a formal letter?
- Dear Mr.
- Respected Sir
- Mr.
- Hi
- ‘With best regards’ is used in which part of a formal letter?
- Heading
- Opening
- Closing
- Body
- In order to have desired effect on the recipient, what should a formal letter be?
- In the proper format
- To the point and relevant
- Grammatically correct
- All of these
- Formal letters produce immediate effect because they are:
- interesting
- formal
- informal
- brief
- Simplicity in writing means:
- the use of simple tense
- the use of simple sentences
- the use of simple words
- plainness
- Which part of the letter contains the writer’s address and date?
- Opening
- Body
- Salutation
- None of these
- Where should one write the date on your letter?
- Below sender’s address
- Above sender’s address
- Below recipient’s address
- Above subject line
- The paragraphs where comparative study of two or more things is done are called ____ paragraphs.
- Grammatical
- Pictorial
- Analytical
- None of these
- Which of these can be used in analytical paragraphs?
- Maps
- Charts
- Tables
- All of these
- Which of these expressions indicate that the given paragraph is an analytical paragraph?
- One-half
- Away
- There
- All of these
- Which of these is a time phrase used for analysis of line graph?
- A growth
- Remain stable
- Peak at
- In following days
- Which of these forms a part of the vocabulary in interpretation of a line graph?
- Mountain
- Valley
- Plateau
- River
- Which of these is not correct in relation to analysis and interpretation of graphs?
- Read question carefully
- Make relevant comparisons
- Avoid repetitions
- Add your own information
Answers
- By bus
- Yours sincerely
- All of these
- Dear Sir/Madam
- I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible
- I am writing to report a complaint which has not been attended about my laptop
- Regard
- Simple
- Who is going to read it
- The exact name of the product
- All of these
- Both of these
- Both your address and the newspaper’s address
- Yours sincerely
- Dear Sir or Dear Madam
- Body
- Dear Mr.
- Closing
- All of these
- Brief
- The use of simple sentence
- Opening
- Below sender’s address
- Analytical
- All of these
- One-half
- In following days
- Plateau
- Add your own information