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Q.1
Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book
I won as a prize
.
I have won as prize
I had won as a prize
I had to win as a prize
No improvement
Q.2
In India today many of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the French revolution and the Rights of Man, not appreciating that
much has happened
since then.
much might happened
much had happened
much has been happening
No improvement
Q.3
To succeed in a difficult task,
persistent is needed
.
persistence was needed
persistence is what one needs
one needs to be persistent
persistence should have needed
No correction required
Q.4
He has
fallen out
with the girl he wanted to marry.
fallen off
fallen in love
fallen for
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Q.5
People are generally found
absorbing
in the activity which they like most.
absorb
absorbed
observe
observing
Q.6
Are you
more cleverer than us
?
cleverer to us
more cleverer to us
cleverer than us
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Q.7
My father agreed
with my going alone
for the examination.
I go alone
to my going alone
that I go alone
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Q.8
The question is,
how was
the motive of the robber in this particular case?
what was
where was
when was
who was
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Q.9
He has been living in Delhi
since
the last two years.
from
ever since
for
since about
No correction required
Q.10
He has been receiving no other message than an urgent telegram
asking him to rush his village
immediately.
asking him rushing at his village
asked him to rush his village
asking him to have rush his village
asking him to rush to his village
No correction required
Q.11
How one earned money is more important than how much
he has earned
?
he earns
he has earned
one earns
one earned
No correction required
Q.12
One can live and work in a town without being aware of the daily march of the sun across the sky without
never
seeing the moon and stars.
seldom
hardly
ever
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Q.13
No sooner had the umpire given the batsman out
than the crowd
rushed into the field.
but the people
when the crowds
and the crowd
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Q.14
Within a few years most of the fertile land
had underwent
forcible indigo cultivation.
has underwent
had undergone
was undergone
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Q.15
I
have been working
on this job for the last ten days.
am working
would be working
have been worked
No improvement
Q.16
The Managing Director said that the firm had ordered the goods and
will
have to pay for them.
may
would
shall
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Q.17
The man
to who I sold
my house was a cheat.
to whom I sell
to who I sell
who was sold to
to whom I sold
No correction required
Q.18
From next term we will
go all out
for sports.
all go out
all be out
be all out
No improvement
Q.19
If you had attended the meeting, you
would have benefited
a great deal.
would benefit
could benefit
benefited
No improvement
Q.20
If you have paid only twenty rupees for this purse, it
has really cheap
.
has really cheapest
is really cheap
has been really cheapest
is real cheap
No correction required
Q.21
If the pain
is returning
, you would better take another pill.
has returned
should return
returned
No improvement
Q.22
Do you
remember to meet her
at my house last year.
remember of meeting her
remember about meeting her
remember having met her
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Q.23
He will try to succeed in business
by fair means or foul
.
by fair means or by foul
by fair or foul means
by any means
No improvement
Q.24
After the successful performance of the great actor was over, there was
thunder-struck
applause for a few minutes.
fearful
cheerful
decisive
thunderous
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Q.25
The monograph which was published 3 years ago,
would suggest
that by 2001 there will be 73 million T.V. sets in India.
has been suggesting
had suggested
would have suggested
will suggest
Q.26
The greatest thing in style is to have a
use
of metaphor.
command
knowledge
need
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Q.27
You have no idea what would happen if
word of this leaked out
.
a word of this leaks out
word of this leaks out
a word of this will leak out
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Q.28
When Vinod came home from the party, he found his wife
had slept
.
sleeping
was sleeping
has been sleeping
No correction required
Q.29
Modern industrialized communities have lost touch with the soil and do not experience that joy which nature gives and the rich glow of health
that which comes from contact with mother earth
.
which comes from contact with
which comes from contact with
which flows how from contact with
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Q.30
I
earnestly believe that
you will visit our relatives during your forthcoming trip to Bombay.
certainly believing that
could not believe
had hardly believe
sincerely would believe
No correction required
Q.31
Not only did he critcise
the party's policies but also the leader's personal matters.
He criticised not only
He not only criticised
Neither did he criticise
He did not criticise
No correction required
Q.32
Though courageous, he could not
hold up
against the heavy odds.
hold fast
hold out
hold in
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Q.33
With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers expect to learn the age and size of the universe and to
probe
its origin, evolution, and ultimate fate.
probe after
probe for
probe in
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Q.34
He hasn't yet applied for the job
we told him
.
we told him of
we told him about
of which we told him
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Q.35
No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could
penetrate
such a mindless act on his friends.
perpetuate
perpetrate
precipitate
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Q.36
Newton wanted to
know why did the apple fall
to the ground.
know that why did the apple fall
know why the apple fell
know that why the apple fell
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Q.37
A good has been
alloted
to him.
aloted
alotted
allotted
No improvement
Q.38
There is an endless
running
of traffic on the Delhi-Ghaziabad road.
heaviness
river
stream
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Q.39
It
was a week
since he came home to his mother.
is a week
shall be a week
have been a week
had been a week
No improvement
Q.40
Prices of pulses can go
as high to
Rs. 25 a kg.
so high to
so high as
as high as
No improvement
Q.41
You can mix it
with some sugar
and eat it.
any sugar
in some sugar
into some sugar
No correction required
Q.42
He died
of a wound and not from malaria
.
from a wound and not from malaria
of a wound and not of malaria
from a wound and not of malaria
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Q.43
Neither
of the three boys came.
No one
None
Nil
No improvement
Q.44
Can I exchange
my book for yours
?
my book
our book
my book with yours
No correction required
Q.45
Tigers are
both found in Asia and in Africa
.
found both in Asia and Africa
found both in Asia and in Africa
found in both Asia and Africa
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Q.46
I gave him
the little
money that I could spare then.
very little
some little
a little
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Q.47
Ashutosh
had occupying
this house for over 25 years and has no intention of vacating it now.
is occupying
will occupy
was to occupy
has been occupying
No correction required
Q.48
She had no difficulty
to settle down
to her new life in the city.
in settling down
for settling down
to settling down
No improvement
Q.49
He drives as if the road
belongs
to him.
has belonged
belonged
is belonging
No improvement
Q.50
He was bitten by a snake,
walking in the garden
.
as he walked in the garden
while he walked in the garden
while he was walking in the garden
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