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Directions (1-3): In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.
Q1. We must go (A) / and congratulate him for (B)/ his brilliant success (C) / No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q2. My brother (A) / along with his friends (B) / are going on a tour (C) / No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Q3. You have prepared well (A) / for the examination (B) / isn't it? (C) / No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Directions (4-6): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
Q4. What good fortune! I found the very thing I was _______________!
(a) looking in
(b) looking to
(c) looking besides
(d) looking for
Q5. The swimmer ____________ his clothes and jumped into the river.
(a) took off
(b) took of
(c) took out
(d) took down
Q6. I will ______________ to Singapore next month.
(a) be travelling
(b) be travel
(c) travels
(d) am travelled
Directions (7): In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Q7. Gall and wormwood
(a) A problem
(b) Hateful
(c) Useless
(d) Hard to digest
Directions (8-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Q8. A rough, violent, troublesome person.
(a) Tartar
(b) Talker
(c) Vagabond
(d) Swindler
Q9. A brave, noble–minded or chivalrous man
(a) Handsome
(b) Robust
(c) Gallant
(d) Reckless
Q10. Obsession with books
(a) Bibliomania
(b) Megalomania
(c) Xenophobia
(d) Egomania
Directions (11-15): A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
Q11. The farmers work at the fields.
(a) on the fields
(b) through the fields
(c) in the fields
(d) No improvement
Q12. The boss impatiently told him to get up with his work.
(a) to get on
(b) to get by
(c) to get under
(d) No improvement
Q13. The judges remarked on the high standard of entries for the competition.
(a) remarked of
(b) remarked at
(c) remarked over
(d) No improvement
Q14. He did not know how to solve the problem and I did not either.
(a) neither do I
(b) neither did I
(c) either did I
(d) No improvement
Q15. It is a place far of here.
(a) far by here
(b) far from here
(c) far away here
(d) No improvement
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use preposition ‘on’ after ‘congratulate’.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. In the case of ‘along with’, we use verb according to the first subject of the sentence. In this case, the subject ‘my brother’ is singular in meaning. Hence, singular verb ‘is’ will be used.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. In the case of question tag sentences, if the first part is positive then the latter part will be negative in structure and the pronoun will be used accordingly. In this sentence, use haven’t you?
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. looking for - the act of searching visually. Hence, “looking for” is correct phrasal verb.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. take something off: to remove something, such as an article of clothing. Hence, “took off” is correct phrasal verb.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. "I will be travelling" is correct verb form.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Gall and wormwood means 'hateful'.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. tartar-a savage, intractable, or ill-tempered person.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. gallant-(of a man) charmingly attentive and chivalrous to women.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Bibliomania-passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘in the fields’. Preposition ‘in’ is appropriate in this context.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. to get on-perform or make progress in a specified way.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically correct; hence no improvement is required.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘neither did I’. is correct structure to maintain the parallelism in the sentence.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol.’ far from here’. Preposition ‘from’ is correct.
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