Questions

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!

When would there be a risk of the tube falling off?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

We are late because my wife took two hours to (put up) her make-up.

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

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

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It was hard to believe that she (were) dead for three months.

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

"I am the only man in the world who (can) paint a picture so true to life," he said.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The atmosphere

P-is against them, but there appears
Q-in their administrations
R-to be fight left

Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate option.

An office always has a /an ___.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

Further negotiations

P-are necessary
Q-to reach a common understanding
R-to enable implementation