Punctuation | MCQs

Explanation

The first letter "W" should be capitalized.

"Faraz" and "Saad" are proper nouns, so they must start with capital letters.

A question mark (?) is required at the end of the interrogative sentence.

Explanation

The first letter of a proper noun (Swat) should be capitalized.

The title of the book ‘A Guide to Travel in Swat’ follows title case, where major words are capitalized.

Explanation

The field was safe enough, wasn’t it?

• A comma is used to separate the main clause from the question tag.
• The sentence follows correct punctuation and grammatical structure.

Explanation

A semicolon (;) is used to separate two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.

In this sentence, "I can't live in the house" and "it is damp" are independent clauses, making the semicolon appropriate.

Explanation

The correct answer is "Mr. Nouman Alvi is the doctor in this town."

This sentence is correctly punctuated with a period after "Mr." to indicate the abbreviation.

Explanation

The colon (:) is the appropriate punctuation mark to introduce the list of countries in the sentence, making it clear and correctly structured:

"He visited three countries: France, US, and Australia."

Explanation

The correctly punctuated sentence is "I met a beautiful European woman."

There is no need for a comma before "European" because it is not a separate clause or non-essential information; it is essential to describe the type of woman.

Using commas in this context would disrupt the flow of the sentence and create confusion.

Explanation

A hashtag (#) is not a punctuation mark;

it is a symbol used primarily on social media to tag keywords or topics.

The other options are all punctuation marks used to structure and clarify written text

• comma (,),
• period (.), 
• exclamation mark (!)

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Explanation

The correct punctuation is "History, it has been said, is the essence of innumerable biographies."

Commas are needed to set off the clause "it has been said."

Explanation

The correct sentence with the proper use of the colon is:

(C) She had one question: when is the deadline?

A colon is used correctly here to introduce a clause that explains or expands on what came before it.

The other options do not follow standard rules for using a colon.