MCQs On Letter To The Editor

You are Amit, staying at Sunrise Apartments, Gymkhana Road, Pune. The main
m leading to this colony has three open manholes causing frequent accidents
at night. The street light is also not available. Write a letter to the editor of The
Times of Ind expressing your concern about the apathy of the authorities
towards this situation Also suggest ways to mobilise city dwellers, with the
help of school children, for the cause for safe roads.

1. To whom should Amit address this letter?

(a) Editor of the newspaper (b) Supplier of the

newspaper

(c) Manager of the newspaper. (d) Readers of the

newspaper

2. Select the appropriate subject for this letter.

(a) Ways to mobilise city dwellers (b) Darkness around

Sunrise Apartments

(c) Apathy of the authorities (d) Accidents at night

3. Select the option to help Amit write the introductory part of the letter.

Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw the

attention of the relevant authorities towards the

(a) death traps for the residents (b) pathetic condition of

residents

(c) demands of the residents (d) mobilisation of city

dwellers

4. Which of the following point(s) should Amit include in the letter regarding
the three open manholes?
(a) With the open manholes and lack of street lights, accidents are on a rise

(b) The open manholes not only emit bad smell and cause pollution but are
also a breeding ground of mosquitoes.

(c) The open manholes are turning into death traps for the residents.

(d) All of these

5. Amit should begin this letter with:

(a) salutation (b) slogan

(c) date (d) his address

6.Which of the following suggestion(s) need to be included to mobilise city

dwellers? Choose the most appropriate option.

(a) Organise a students' rally from the Sunrise Apartments main gate to the
current MP's house

(b) Send the aged people to speak on behalf of the residents of Sunrise
Apartments.

(c) Hire lawyers and take the help of activists to fight against the concerned
authorities.

(d) None of these

II. Recently you went to your native village to visit your grandparents. You saw
that some of the children in the age group of 5-14 remained at home, were
working in the fields or simply loitering in the streets. Write a letter to the
editor of a national daily analysing the problem and offering solutions to it. You
are Navita, M-114, Mount Kailash, Kanpur.

7. Choose the appropriate salutation for this letter.

(a) Dear sir (b) Respected sir

( c) Mr. Editor (d) None

8. Select the appropriate subject for this letter.

(a) Preventing illiteracy among villagers

(b) Preventing illiteracy among children

(c) Preventing illiteracy against children

(d) Preventing illiteracy for villagers

9. Select the appropriate solution to be provided by Navita in this letter.

(1) Parents need to take the initiative to educate their children.

(2) Free meals, books and uniforms should be provided.

(3) Schools should also motivate and enrol students.

(c) (1) and (3) (b) (1) and (2)

(c) Only (1) (d) All of these

10. Select the appropriate concluding line for this letter.

(a) I hope this letter will result in positive reviews by the readers.

(b) I hope this letter will serve as a wake-up call for the concerned authorities.

(c) I hope this letter will lead to action against all authorities responsible.

(d) I hope this letter will improve circulation of the national daily.

11. What will be the correct subscription for this letter.

(a) Yours truly (b) Yours sincerely

(c) yours truly (d) Sincerely Yours

12. What is written on the top of the Editor’s Letter on the left side?

(a) Salutation (b) Yours faithfully

( c) Subject (d) Sender’s Address

13.What is the motive of writing a letter to the Editor?

(a) To ask him to take action

(b) To express views on an issue of public interest

( c) To request him to give some space to your views in his column

(d) Both B & C

14.What are parameters of measuring a good letter written to editor?

a) Grammatical Accuracy

b) Suggestions to sort out the problem

c) Request to editor to publish the views

d) All of these

15. What is the word limit of a letter to the Editor?

a) 500 words b) 1000 words

c) 300 words d) 125-150 words

16. Which of the following are the features of a letter to the editor?

a) Brief and Clear b) Expresses an idea and opinion

c) Stick to the point d) All of these

17. What should be the tone of a writer while writing a letter to editor?

a) Arrogant b) Polite

c) Ungrateful d) Superstitious

18. How many paragraphs should be made in a letter to editor?

a) 1-2 b) 3-3

c) 3-4 d) As many as you want

19. How is the subject written in letter to the Editor?

a) in roman letters b) In capital letters

(c) in a separate line, following all punctuation marks and rules

d) First letter of every word is written as capital except preposition

20. Which of the following is the perfect line to commence the letter to the
Editor?

a) Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper

b) Being a regular reader of you esteemed newspaper

c) I would like to draw the kind attention of the authorities concerned towards

d) All of these can be used

21. Which of the following is not a part of a letter to Editor?

a) Photo b) Salutation

c) Date d) Signature

22. A letter to the editor should be written in

a) In the second person

b) In a box

c) In the third person

d) without a box

23. The second paragraph of the letter must contain:

a) a brief introduction to the problem/topic

b) suggestive measures

c) ways to create awareness

d) detailed description of the problem/topic

24. The receiver's address should be:

(a) Mr. Editor

(b) The Editor/ The Hindu/ New Delhi

(c) Queens Public School (d) New Delhi

25. You are Salma, a resident of 12-A, Raj Nagar, Patria You have to write a
letter to the editor highlighting the need to save the endangered animal
species in the Corbett National Park

Select the most appropriate subject for the letter:

(a) Need to save the tigers of Corbett park

(b) Please save the endangered species

(c) Letter for saving the endangered animals species

(d) Need to save the endangered animal species of Corbett National Park

26. The quality of river Ganga is getting worse day by day from filthy cattle to
industrial wastes all is being dumped into the river. You have to write a letter
to the editor highlighting the same

What will you write in the subject of this letter?

(a) Water contamination (b) Deterioration of water

(c) High level of contamination in the river Ganga (d) Pollution

27. While writing the address:

(a) Use a comma at the end of each line

(b) Use a full stop at the end of each line

(c) Don't use any punctuation marks

(d) Use a semicolon at the end of each line

28. Components of a letter to the editor are:

(a) State the objective statement

(b) Give details of the topic

(c) Offer suggestions and request the concerned authorities to solve the
problem

(d) All of these