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Q:

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Sita(a) with all her sisters(b) were here(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) c

Explanation:

‘Were’ needs to be replaced with ‘was’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. This is because, ‘If the subjects are joined by as well as, with, along with, together with, and not, in addition to, but, besides, except, rather than, accompanied by, like, unlike, no less than, nothing but, led by, headed by, guided by, controlled by, governed by,etc.. Then the verb will agree with the first subject’ Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘Sita with all her sisters was here’.

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

Cities have

 

P : intellectual stimulus

Q : always provided

R : and educational leadership

 

A) PQR   B) RQP  
C) QPR D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QPR

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.


The young man (was carried by) the passionate appeal made by the social worker.

A) was carried towards B) was carried off by
C) got carried away by D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) got carried away by

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Q:

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

I am living in Bombay for the last ten years.

A) had lived B) have been living
C) lived D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) have been living

Explanation:

If some action has started in the past and is still continuing, then present perfect continuous tense should be used instead of present continuous tense. So, the phrase ‘am living’ needs to be replaced with ‘have been living’ to make the sentence contextually correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘I have been living in Bombay for the last ten years’.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence

 

Mr. Shah (is having) two houses.

 

A) has B) got
C) has been having D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) has

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Though George is(a) a honourable man(b) his activities arouse suspicion(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) b

Explanation:

Article ‘an’ is used before honourable as ‘h’ is silent. Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘Though George is an honourable man his activities arouse suspicion’.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

A) A name of an under water animal B) Name of the writer
C) Name of the instructor D) Name of a type of sea cucumber
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A name of an under water animal

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill.

 

A) he had completed B) could he completed
C) he completed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

'No sooner' is always followed by ‘Than’ and the verb comes before the subject. Thus, the sentence is grammatically and contextually correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill’.

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