Spelling and Common Errors MCQs 2026

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  1. Q1 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    The rule "i before e except after c" gives the correct spelling

    1. A beleive
    2. B recieve
    3. C believe
    4. D percieve
    💡 Explanation:

    "Believe" follows i before e (no preceding c).

  2. Q2 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning achieving a goal.

    1. A succesful
    2. B successfull
    3. C sucessful
    4. D successful
    💡 Explanation:

    "Successful" has double c, double s and single l.

  3. Q3 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning the state of being.

    1. A existance
    2. B existense
    3. C existence
    4. D exsistence
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "existence".

  4. Q4 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning a group of members.

    1. A committee
    2. B commitee
    3. C comittee
    4. D commettee
    💡 Explanation:

    "Committee" has double m, double t and double e.

  5. Q5 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning ownership.

    1. A posession
    2. B possession
    3. C possesion
    4. D possession
    💡 Explanation:

    "Possession" has double s twice.

  6. Q6 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning the next day.

    1. A tommorow
    2. B tomorrow
    3. C tommorrow
    4. D tomorow
    💡 Explanation:

    "Tomorrow" has one m and double r.

  7. Q7 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning a special right.

    1. A priviledge
    2. B privelege
    3. C privilege
    4. D privlege
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "privilege" (no d).

  8. Q8 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning upkeep.

    1. A maintenance
    2. B maintainance
    3. C maintenence
    4. D maintainence
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "maintenance".

  9. Q9 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for the start.

    1. A begining
    2. B beginning
    3. C begginning
    4. D begining
    💡 Explanation:

    "Beginning" doubles the final n before -ing.

  10. Q10 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning surroundings.

    1. A enviroment
    2. B enviornment
    3. C environmnet
    4. D environment
    💡 Explanation:

    "Environment" keeps the n: environ + ment.

  11. Q11 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a ruling authority.

    1. A goverment
    2. B govermnent
    3. C govenment
    4. D government
    💡 Explanation:

    "Government" keeps the n: govern + ment.

  12. Q12 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning to cause shame.

    1. A embarass
    2. B embarrass
    3. C embarras
    4. D embbarrass
    💡 Explanation:

    "Embarrass" has double r and double s.

  13. Q13 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning required.

    1. A necessary
    2. B neccessary
    3. C necesary
    4. D necessery
    💡 Explanation:

    "Necessary" has one c and two s.

  14. Q14 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning a special event.

    1. A occassion
    2. B ocassion
    3. C occasion
    4. D occassion
    💡 Explanation:

    "Occasion" has double c and single s.

  15. Q15 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning without doubt.

    1. A definately
    2. B definetly
    3. C definitely
    4. D definitly
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "definitely".

  16. Q16 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning to set apart.

    1. A seperate
    2. B separate
    3. C seperete
    4. D saparate
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "separate".

  17. Q17 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning to provide lodging.

    1. A accommodate
    2. B acommodate
    3. C accomodate
    4. D acomodate
    💡 Explanation:

    "Accommodate" has double c and double m.

  18. Q18 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS easy

    Choose the correctly spelled word for something received.

    1. A recieve
    2. B receeve
    3. C receve
    4. D receive
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "receive" (e before i after c).

  19. Q19 easy

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    1. A wich
    2. B which
    3. C whitch
    4. D wiche
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "which".

  20. Q20 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning to spell wrongly.

    1. A mispell
    2. B misspel
    3. C mispel
    4. D misspell
    💡 Explanation:

    "Misspell" = mis + spell, with double s.

  21. Q21 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS easy

    Choose the correctly spelled word for the study of language rules.

    1. A grammar
    2. B gramar
    3. C grammer
    4. D gramer
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "grammar".

  22. Q22 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning information known.

    1. A knowlege
    2. B knowledege
    3. C knowledge
    4. D knowlegde
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "knowledge".

  23. Q23 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled month.

    1. A februray
    2. B february
    3. C febuary
    4. D febraury
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "february".

  24. Q24 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a place to eat.

    1. A restaurant
    2. B restaraunt
    3. C resturant
    4. D restaurent
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "restaurant".

  25. Q25 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS hard

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning an event happening.

    1. A occurence
    2. B occurrance
    3. C occurance
    4. D occurrence
    💡 Explanation:

    "Occurrence" has double c, double r and -ence.

  26. Q26 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning a reason given.

    1. A arguement
    2. B arguemant
    3. C argument
    4. D argumment
    💡 Explanation:

    "Argument" drops the e from argue.

  27. Q27 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS hard

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning aware.

    1. A conscious
    2. B concious
    3. C consious
    4. D conscius
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "conscious".

  28. Q28 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a brother's daughter.

    1. A neice
    2. B niese
    3. C neece
    4. D niece
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "niece".

  29. Q29 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a chart of dates.

    1. A calender
    2. B calendar
    3. C calandar
    4. D calindar
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "calendar".

  30. Q30 hard

    Choose the correctly spelled word for musical beat pattern.

    1. A rhythm
    2. B rythm
    3. C rhythem
    4. D rythem
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "rhythm".

  31. Q31 easy

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning up to a time.

    1. A untill
    2. B until
    3. C untl
    4. D unitl
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "until" (one l).

  32. Q32 medium

    The correct simple past tense of "begin" is

    1. A beginned
    2. B begined
    3. C began
    4. D begun
    💡 Explanation:

    The past tense of "begin" is "began".

  33. Q33 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a location or house number.

    1. A adress
    2. B address
    3. C adres
    4. D addres
    💡 Explanation:

    "Address" has double d and double s.

  34. Q34 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning from another country.

    1. A foreign
    2. B foriegn
    3. C forign
    4. D foregn
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "foreign".

  35. Q35 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word for producing text.

    1. A writting
    2. B writeing
    3. C wriiting
    4. D writing
    💡 Explanation:

    "Writing" keeps a single t.

  36. Q36 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS easy

    The correct plural of "child" is

    1. A childs
    2. B children
    3. C childes
    4. D childrens
    💡 Explanation:

    "Child" has the irregular plural "children".

  37. Q37 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    The correct plural of "knife" is

    1. A knifes
    2. B knifs
    3. C knives
    4. D knive
    💡 Explanation:

    "Knife" changes f to v: knives.

  38. Q38 medium

    The correct plural of "tomato" is

    1. A tomatos
    2. B tomatoe
    3. C tomato's
    4. D tomatoes
    💡 Explanation:

    "Tomato" adds -es: tomatoes.

  39. Q39 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS hard

    The correct plural of "analysis" is

    1. A analyses
    2. B analysises
    3. C analysos
    4. D analysis's
    💡 Explanation:

    "Analysis" becomes "analyses" in the plural.

  40. Q40 easy

    Choose the correctly spelled number word.

    1. A forteen
    2. B fourten
    3. C fourteen
    4. D forten
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "fourteen".

  41. Q41 medium

    The correctly spelled word meaning to accept as true is

    1. A beleive
    2. B believe
    3. C belive
    4. D beleeve
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "believe".

  42. Q42 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning to accomplish.

    1. A achive
    2. B acheive
    3. C acheeve
    4. D achieve
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "achieve".

  43. Q43 medium

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning holding attention.

    1. A intresting
    2. B intersting
    3. C interesting
    4. D inteesting
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "interesting".

  44. Q44 Past Paper · PPSC/FPSC/NTS easy

    Choose the correctly spelled word for a place with books.

    1. A libary
    2. B libery
    3. C librery
    4. D library
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "library".

  45. Q45 easy

    Choose the correctly spelled word meaning very pretty.

    1. A beautiful
    2. B beatiful
    3. C beautifull
    4. D beautful
    💡 Explanation:

    The correct spelling is "beautiful".