Prefix and Suffix – Exam Based MCQs
1. A prefix is added to the ______ of a word. (TRB English 2024)
A) middle
B) end
C) beginning
D) root only
Ans: C) beginning
2. A suffix is added to the ______ of a word. (TNTET 2022)
A) end
B) beginning
C) root only
D) middle
Ans: A) end
3. Which of the following contains a prefix? (PGTRB)
A) kindness
B) rewrite
C) teacher
D) happiness
Ans: B) rewrite
4. Which of the following contains a suffix? (SET)
A) unhappy
B) dislike
C) teacher
D) irregular
Ans: C) teacher
5. The prefix un- generally means: (UGC NET English)
A) again
B) not
C) before
D) too much
Ans: B) not
6. The prefix re- means: (TRB English 2024)
A) under
B) after
C) again
D) against
Ans: C) again
7. Which word has the prefix meaning “not”? (TNTET 2022)
A) preview
B) inactive
C) subway
D) forecast
Ans: B) inactive
8. The suffix -ful usually means: (PGTRB)
A) without
B) full of
C) one who
D) state of being
Ans: B) full of
9. The suffix -less usually means: (SET)
A) one who
B) full of
C) without
D) action of
Ans: C) without
10. Which word means “without hope”? (UGC NET English)
A) hopeful
B) hopeless
C) hopefulness
D) hopefully
Ans: B) hopeless
11. The suffix -er in “teacher” indicates: (TRB English 2024)
A) place
B) state
C) one who does
D) without
Ans: C) one who does
12. Which word is formed with the suffix -ness? (TNTET 2022)
A) kindness
B) untidy
C) preview
D) return
Ans: A) kindness
13. The suffix -ness generally forms a: (PGTRB)
A) noun
B) verb
C) adjective
D) preposition
Ans: A) noun
14. The prefix dis- often means: (SET)
A) again
B) not / opposite of
C) before
D) too much
Ans: B) not / opposite of
15. Which word contains the prefix dis-? (UGC NET English)
A) dislike
B) kindness
C) helpful
D) player
Ans: A) dislike
16. The prefix pre- means: (TRB English 2024)
A) after
B) before
C) under
D) around
Ans: B) before
17. The word “preview” means: (TNTET 2022)
A) see after
B) see before
C) see wrongly
D) see again
Ans: B) see before
18. The suffix -ment usually forms a: (PGTRB)
A) noun
B) adjective
C) pronoun
D) conjunction
Ans: A) noun
19. Which word contains the suffix -ment? (SET)
A) encouragement
B) unhappy
C) replay
D) unable
Ans: A) encouragement
20. The prefix mis- generally means: (UGC NET English)
A) badly / wrongly
B) before
C) again
D) under
Ans: A) badly / wrongly
21. Which word shows the meaning “spell wrongly”? (TRB English 2024)
A) respell
B) misspell
C) spelling
D) speller
Ans: B) misspell
22. The suffix -able generally means: (TNTET 2022)
A) without
B) can be
C) one who
D) state of being
Ans: B) can be
23. Which word means “can be read”? (PGTRB)
A) reader
B) readable
C) reading
D) reread
Ans: B) readable
24. The prefix sub- generally means: (SET)
A) over
B) before
C) under
D) not
Ans: C) under
25. Which word contains the prefix meaning “under”? (UGC NET English)
A) subway
B) dislike
C) kindness
D) hopeful
Ans: A) subway
26. The suffix -ly usually forms a: (TRB English 2024)
A) noun
B) adjective
C) adverb
D) pronoun
Ans: C) adverb
27. Which word is formed by adding -ly? (TNTET 2022)
A) slowly
B) teacher
C) preview
D) dislike
Ans: A) slowly
28. The prefix in- in “incorrect” means: (PGTRB)
A) not
B) before
C) under
D) again
Ans: A) not
29. Which word contains both a prefix and a suffix? (SET)
A) happiness
B) reread
C) unhelpful
D) teacher
Ans: C) unhelpful
30. In “unhelpful,” the prefix is: (UGC NET English)
A) help
B) ful
C) un
D) helpful
Ans: C) un
31. In “unhelpful,” the suffix is: (TRB English 2024)
A) help
B) un
C) ful
D) unhelp
Ans: C) ful
32. The suffix -tion generally forms a: (TNTET 2022)
A) noun
B) adverb
C) pronoun
D) article
Ans: A) noun
33. Which word contains the suffix -tion? (PGTRB)
A) action
B) replay
C) dislike
D) teacher
Ans: A) action
34. The prefix anti- generally means: (SET)
A) before
B) against
C) under
D) around
Ans: B) against
35. Which word contains the prefix meaning “against”? (UGC NET English)
A) antinational
B) preview
C) teacher
D) happiness
Ans: A) antinational
36. The suffix -ist usually refers to: (TRB English 2024)
A) a place
B) a person
C) a feeling
D) a time
Ans: B) a person
37. Which word contains the suffix -ist? (TNTET 2022)
A) artist
B) preview
C) unhappy
D) careless
Ans: A) artist
38. The prefix inter- generally means: (PGTRB)
A) between
B) under
C) before
D) after
Ans: A) between
39. The word “international” contains the prefix meaning: (SET)
A) against
B) between
C) not
D) before
Ans: B) between
40. The suffix -ous usually forms: (UGC NET English)
A) nouns
B) adjectives
C) adverbs
D) pronouns
Ans: B) adjectives
41. Which word contains the suffix -ous? (TRB English 2024)
A) dangerous
B) kindness
C) replay
D) teacher
Ans: A) dangerous
42. The prefix over- generally means: (TNTET 2022)
A) too much / above
B) before
C) not
D) under
Ans: A) too much / above
43. Which word contains the prefix over-? (PGTRB)
A) overconfident
B) hopeful
C) artist
D) careless
Ans: A) overconfident
44. The suffix -ship generally forms a: (SET)
A) noun
B) verb
C) article
D) preposition
Ans: A) noun
45. Which word contains the suffix -ship? (UGC NET English)
A) friendship
B) replay
C) unhappy
D) preview
Ans: A) friendship
46. Which of the following is correctly matched? (TRB English 2024)
A) pre- = after
B) un- = not
C) -less = full of
D) re- = before
Ans: B) un- = not
47. Which of the following is correctly matched? (TNTET 2022)
A) -er = one who does
B) -ly = noun
C) anti- = before
D) sub- = over
Ans: A) -er = one who does
48. Word formation using prefixes and suffixes is part of: (PGTRB)
A) phonetics
B) morphology
C) punctuation
D) syntax only
Ans: B) morphology
49. Prefixes usually change the ______ of a word, while suffixes may change its ______ or grammatical class. (SET)
A) pronunciation, stress
B) meaning, meaning/form
C) spelling, sound
D) punctuation, tense
Ans: B) meaning, meaning/form
50. The best description of prefix and suffix is that they are: (UGC NET English)
A) independent clauses
B) affixes added to a root or base word
C) kinds of punctuation
D) parts of a sentence only
Ans: B) affixes added to a root or base word
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