MS Word MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for MS Word - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Clear All Formatting.

Key Points

• MS Word allows you to clear bold texts, underlines, subscripts and superscripts etc from the text and revert to the default formatting style.
• Clear All Formatting is a tool that clears the formatting and comments and applies the default format. Hence option 1 is correct.
• To do this, go to the home menu and click erase symbol in the font section.

Additional Information

• To clear only formatting, use Clear format.
• To clear only content in the selected cells, use Clear content. It will leave formatting.

The correct answer is 11.

Key Points

• When opening a new document in Microsoft Word 2016, the default font size is 11 points.
• 11 points size means it is approximately 0.152778 inches.
• 72 points size means the text size equals 1 inch.
• The default font style in MS Word 2016 is Calibri.

The correct answer is option 4: Subscript

Key Points

In Microsoft Word, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + = is used to apply the Subscript formatting to selected text. This lowers the text slightly below the normal text line — commonly used in chemical formulas (e.g., H₂O).

Explanation of options:

• Option 1 – Font Size: ❌ Not controlled by Ctrl + =. Font size uses Ctrl + Shift + >/ Option 2 – Superscript: ❌ This is done with Ctrl + Shift + + (plus key). Option 3 – All Caps: ❌ No direct shortcut; typically managed via font settings or Shift + F3. Option 4 – Subscript: ✅ Correct. Ctrl + = enables subscript formatting.

Hence, the correct answer is: option 4: Subscript

The correct answer is Portrait.

Key Points

• The default page orientation in Microsoft Word is Portrait.
• Portrait orientation means the page is taller than it is wide, which is ideal for most documents.
• This orientation is commonly used for letters, reports, and essays.
• Users can change the orientation to Landscape if needed, but the default remains Portrait.

Important Points

• Microsoft Word allows users to switch between Portrait and Landscape orientations as per the document's requirements.
• Orientation can be changed by navigating to the "Page Layout" or "Layout" tab and selecting "Orientation".
• Portrait orientation is preferred for documents with more textual content, whereas Landscape is more suitable for content requiring wider space, such as tables and images.

The correct answer is Insert.

Key Points

• The "Insert" menu in MS Word provides options to add various elements to a document, including tables, images, charts, and hyperlinks.
• Using the "Insert" menu, users can create tables with specific rows and columns by selecting the "Table" option.
• The "Insert" menu is user-friendly and allows for customization of tables, such as resizing, formatting, and adding styles.
• It is one of the most commonly used menus for enhancing document formatting and adding structural elements.

Additional Information

• Home: The "Home" menu primarily contains options for formatting text, such as font styles, sizes, paragraph alignment, bullets, and numbering. It does not provide options for inserting tables.
• Layout: The "Layout" menu is focused on page setup and document formatting. It includes options like margins, orientation, size, columns, and spacing but does not allow inserting tables.
• View: The "View" menu is designed to control how a document is displayed. It includes options like switching views, zooming, and showing rulers, gridlines, or navigation panes. It is not used for inserting tables.

The correct answer is .doc.

Key Points

• The valid format of MS Word is .doc.
• .docx has been the default file type for Microsoft Word since the 2007 version, i.e. in Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, and Word 2016.

Additional Information

• Extension of some other important files:
  • Excel file - Xls
  • Text file - txt
  • Powerpoint file - ppt 
  • Open document - Odt

The correct answer is Design.

Key Points

• In the Ribbon menu at the top of the program window, click the Design tab.
• In the Page Background section, click the Watermark option. In the drop-down window that appears.
• Find the watermark you want to add and click that watermark option. 

Additional Information

• Microsoft Word or MS Word (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with.
• It is made by the computer company Microsoft.
• Its purpose is to allow users to type and save documents.
• Similar to other word processors, it has helpful tools to make documents.

The correct answer is F12.

Key Points

• Save the current document: Press Ctrl + S to save the current document immediately.
• Open the Save As window: Press F12 to open the Save As dialog box to save the document with a specific filename or in a new folder. 
• F8 - Toggles whether to extend a selection with the arrow keys.
• F9 - Updates all the field codes in the current selection.
• F10 - Toggles the display of the ribbon shortcut keys otherwise known as Access Keys.

Additional Information

Important Shortcut keys used in MS Word:

• Cut the selected content to the Clipboard - Ctrl+X.
• Copy the selected content to the Clipboard - Ctrl+C.
• Paste the contents of the Clipboard -Ctrl+V.
• Increase the font size by 1 point.- Ctrl+].
• Center the text - Ctrl+E.
• Align the text to the left - Ctrl+L .

The correct answer is Superscript.

Key Points

• Superscript 
  • ​It is a character that is set slightly above the normal line.
  • It is usually smaller than the rest of the text.
  • It is used in a single typeface character.
  • Eg: 5² - here 2 above 5 is called the superscript.
• MS Word
  • It is developed by Microsoft.
  • It was released on 25 October 1983 for the first time.
  • It is a graphical word processing program that users can type with.
  • It has helpful tools to make documents, resumes, contracts, etc.
  • This is one of the most commonly used programs under the office suite.

Additional Information

• Outlined
  • Outline in Word means seeing just the headings of a long document.
  • It helps to move a heading, and a paragraph, to another place.
• Raised
  • It helps in raising a text to a suitable height.​
• Subscript
  • ​Subscript refers to words or characters that are half the height of a standard character and printed lower than other text.
  • Underscore "-" is the symbol for subscript.

The correct answer is Font color.

Key Points

• You can change the colour of the text in your Word document.
• Select the text that you want to change.
• On the Home tab, in the Font group, choose the arrow next to Font Color, and then select a colour.
• You can also use the formatting options on the Mini toolbar to quickly format text. 

Additional Information

• Shading is the colour or artistic design you use as a background for a paragraph.
• Borders and shading are formatting tools for enhancing text, paragraphs, table cells, or frames.
• A style is a set of formats that you can apply to selected items in your presentation to quickly change their appearance. 

The correct answer is 11.

Key Points

• When opening a new document in Microsoft Word 2016, the default font size is 11 points.
• 11 points size means it is approximately 0.152778 inches.
• 72 points size means the text size equals 1 inch.
• The default font style in MS Word 2016 is Calibri.

The correct answer is View.  

Key Points

• Select the View tab in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
• Then check the Ruler option in the Show group.
• Now the horizontal and vertical rulers should appear.

Additional Information

• Word displays a horizontal ruler at the top of your document in most views.
• However, a ruler is only available in the Print Layout view.

The correct answer is 100%.

• Word displays the document zoom level at 100%.
• The minimum zoom percentage available in MS Word documents is 10%.
• The maximum zoom percentage in MS Word document is 500%.
• Zoom in is done to get a close-up view of the file or zoom out to see more of the page at a reduced size.

The correct answer is Change Case.

Key Points

• In MS-Word 2016, the 'Aa' feature within the Font group of the Home tab represents the Change Case option. 
• The case menu offers four options;
  • Sentence case: It capitalizes the first letter of each sentence.
  • Lowercase: It changes the text from uppercase to lowercase.
  • Uppercase: It capitalizes all the letters of your text.
  • Capitalize Each Word: It capitalizes the first letter of each word.
• Toggle Case: This feature enables you to switch between two different case views, such as Capitalize Each Word and Capitalize Each Word.