only multiple choice questions will be there

[NAL123]

Student: what type of question will be asked in the exam/test? (US: on the exam/test)

1) Teacher: only multiple choice questions will be there. ("There" meaning in the exam)

2) Teacher: only multiple choice questions will be there in the exam. ("There" meaning in the exam)

3) Teacher: there will be only multiple choice questions there. (The second "there" meaning in the exam)

4) Teacher: there will be only multiple choice questions.

Which is/are correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

Student: What type of question will be asked in the exam/test? (US: on the exam/test)

1) Teacher: Only multiple choice questions will be there. ("There" meaning in the exam.)
2) Teacher: Only multiple choice questions will be there in the exam. ("There" meaning in the exam.)
3) Teacher: There will be only multiple choice questions there. (The second "there" meaning in the exam.)
4) Teacher: There will be only multiple choice questions.

Which is/are correct?

Let's start with one thing - all the answers containing "there" would be natural responses to the question "What type of questions will there be on the exam/test?"
The question you've given us would elicit "Only multiple choice questions [will be asked] [on the exam/test]".

You need to remember that we rarely repeat huge chunks of a question in the response if we don't need to.
What pets do you have? A dog.
How many sisters do you have? Three.
What type of questions will be asked on the exam? Multiple choice only.

 

[NAL123]

Let's start with one thing - all the answers containing "there" would be natural responses to the question "What type of questions will there be on the exam/test?"

So all four sentences in post #1 are OK (with the meaning of "there" written in parentheses) as responses to the above question. Am I right?

Also, is the "there" in the above question different from the "there" in
(1) Teacher: only multiple choice questions will be there.

You need to remember that we rarely repeat huge chunks of a question in the response if we don't need to.
What pets do you have? A dog.
How many sisters do you have? Three.
What type of questions will be asked on the exam? Multiple choice only.

Do British speakers also say "on the exam"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I do. I see it much the same as "on the exam paper".