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English Class 10 Unit 9: The Menace of Drugs MCQs

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1. The text type of "The Menace of Drugs" is an

Answer: C. informative blog

2. People may experiment with recreational drugs out of curiosity, to have a good time, because friends do it or to

Answer: D. ease stress, anxiety or depression

3. A strong desire to fit into the group can lead a person to

Answer: A. try drugs with friends

4. Signs of drug abuse include missing or being late for work or school and

Answer: B. neglecting social or family responsibilities

5. Prescription drugs that can be abused include painkillers, sleeping pills and

Answer: D. tranquilizers

6. An early warning sign of prescription drug abuse is

Answer: B. going through the medication at a faster-than-expected rate

7. Effective drug education is delivered by

Answer: C. trained teachers with parental and community support

8. Schools should have a

Answer: A. drug policy

9. "Addiction" means

Answer: D. the condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity

10. "Consequence" means

Answer: A. a result or effect, often unwelcome

11. An "acquaintance" is

Answer: C. a person one knows slightly but not a close friend

12. "Perpetuate" means

Answer: B. to cause something to continue indefinitely

13. "Escalating" means

Answer: C. increasing or intensifying in scale

14. A noun clause is

Answer: A. a dependent clause that works like a noun

15. A noun clause can function as a subject, an object, a subject complement or an

Answer: D. object of a preposition

16. In "I don't know where he is going", the noun clause is

Answer: B. where he is going

17. In "Tell me frankly why you did this", the noun clause is

Answer: B. why you did this

18. In "My belief is that he will not come", the noun clause is

Answer: C. that he will not come

19. The present perfect continuous tense is formed with

Answer: D. has/have been + verb-ing

20. Which sentence is in the present perfect continuous?

Answer: A. He has been playing football for two hours.

21. The negative of "She has been running all day" is

Answer: D. She has not been running all day.

22. "Since" is used with

Answer: B. a point in time

23. Complete: "It has been raining ______ morning."

Answer: C. since

24. Complete: "My brother has been working ______ two hours."

Answer: A. for

25. Complete: "She has been waiting ______ three weeks."

Answer: D. for

26. A compound preposition is

Answer: A. a combination of words acting as one preposition

27. Which is a compound preposition?

Answer: C. because of

28. Complete: "______ the heavy road traffic, we arrived on time."

Answer: B. In spite of

29. Complete: "______ her sickness, she attended the function."

Answer: D. In spite of

30. In "The box was kept under the table", the prepositional phrase is

Answer: A. under the table

31. Correlative conjunctions are

Answer: B. pairs of conjunctions working together

32. Which is a correlative conjunction pair?

Answer: C. neither ... nor

33. Complete: "______ the teacher and the students were excited."

Answer: A. Both

34. Complete: "______ he nor his friends came back."

Answer: D. Neither

35. Complete: "She is not only a teacher ______ a skilled chef."

Answer: C. but also

36. Which is a subordinating conjunction?

Answer: B. because

37. "He could not attend the meeting because he was sick" contains the subordinating conjunction

Answer: C. because

38. Which of the following is a linking expression for adding a point?

Answer: D. Moreover

39. A good summary should

Answer: A. be clear, concise and accurate

40. A job application should mention educational background and

Answer: B. relevant experience

41. A resume is usually

Answer: C. attached with the application letter

About English Class 10 Unit 9 MCQs (Federal Board)

These 41 English MCQs cover Class 10 Unit 9: The Menace of Drugs of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II (Class 10) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. Download the The Menace of Drugs MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.