Sentence Improvement MCQs : This section focuses on the "Sentence Improvement". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Sentence Improvement skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
It was indeed a shock for her, but she has later recovered from it.
A. afterwards
B. since
C. then
D. No improvement
Question 2
He has very good command on English.
A. of
B. over
C. in
D. No improvement
Question 3
I shall not go until I am invited.
A. if not I am invited
B. till I am invited
C. unless I am invited
D. No improvement
Question 4
A true soldier is always prepared to lie down his life for the sake of the nation.
A. prepared to lay
B. preparing to lie
C. preparing to be laid
D. prepared to be laying
Question 5
We must fight shy from wicked company.
A. fight shy with
B. fight shy off
C. fight shy of
D. shy from
Question 6
The function of education is to create such human beings which are integrated and therefore intelligent.
A. who
B. that
C. as
D. No improvement
Question 7
Had we been on time, we would not have missed the train.
A. will not have
B. might have
C. would have been
D. None of the above
Question 8
The doctor said that there was no cause of anxiety.
A. cause to
B. cause for
C. cause with
D. No improvement
Question 9
Many a young man have served his country nobly.
A. young men have served their
B. young men have served his
C. young man has served his
D. No correction required
Question 10
He may have aged when I last saw him.
A. from when I last saw him
B. since I last saw him
C. before I last saw him
D. No correction required
Question 11
It was quite clear that the runner could be able to improve upon his own record.
A. will be able
B. should be able
C. would be able
D. No improvement
Question 12
The orphans have been clamouring for nutritious food from the past two weeks.
A. for past
B. since the past
C. for the past
D. No improvement
Question 13
The boy which came to see me this morning had come from Agra.
A. that
B. whom
C. who
D. No improvement
Question 14
No king in that period was so intensely involved in the welfare of his people as king Ashoka.
A. Neither king
B. No other king
C. None of the kings
D. No improvement
Question 15
I must study my books today as I have to give an examination tomorrow.
A. for I have to give
B. since I have to give
C. as I have to take
D. No improvement
Question 16
I am looking forward to see you soon.
A. looking forward towards seeing
B. looking forward for seeing
C. looking forward to seeing
D. No improvement
Question 17
Our departure from this place now depends on their coming here.
A. they come
B. them coming
C. they coming
D. their's coming
Question 18
They were all charmed by the sweet and soothing music.
A. sweet and soothingly
B. sweetly and soothing
C. sweetened and soothing
D. None of the above
Question 19
The partners swore from fighting again.
A. not fighting again
B. by not to fight again
C. that they wouldn't fight again
D. No improvement
Question 20
When we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus.
A. was running
B. has run
C. had run
D. No improvement
Question 21
If you call to him and explain your problem he will help you.
A. call at him
B. call upon him
C. call in him
D. No improvement
Question 22
She would not go to his house unless I go with her.
A. would go
B. went
C. shall go
D. No improvement
Question 23
Don't forget to telephone me after you reach Delhi.
A. shall reach
B. you have reached
C. would reach
D. None of the above
Question 24
With a thundering roar the huge rocket soared up from the launching pad.
A. took off
B. went upwards
C. flew up
D. No improvement
Question 25
Not till he got home he did realise that he had lost his keys in the theatre.
A. did he realise
B. he did not realise
C. he realised
D. No improvement
Question 26
He enjoys nothing more than drawing swords with others.
A. crossing
B. playing
C. clashing
D. No improvement
Question 27
Anybody would like assist you for improvement in the work.
A. you like to assist
B. like assist to you
C. like to assist you
D. No correction required
Question 28
His colleagues could not tell me why did he not come to office yesterday.
A. why not had he come
B. why he did not come
C. why had he not come
D. No improvement
Question 29
He should not had done it.
A. should had not
B. should not have
C. should have
D. had not
Question 30
My elder sister and her daughter helps me in my domestic work.
A. helps me for
B. help me in
C. help me about
D. helped me about
Question 31
He has a house for letting.
A. for letting out
B. to let
C. to rent out
D. No improvement
Question 32
No hill station is as beautiful as Darjeeling with its scenic beauty.
A. Neither
B. No other
C. Not other
D. No improvement
Question 33
Two hours have elapsed since he had fallen asleep.
A. fell
B. has fallen
C. was fallen
D. No improvement
Question 34
Bad movies affect people living in today's society more than they did in previous years.
A. they had been done
B. they had been doing
C. they had done
D. they were doing
Question 35
Ramakrishna availed himself of all the leave to his credit.
A. availed of
B. availed to
C. availed
D. No improvement
Question 36
The good fortune of being your student in my younger days has helped me greatly in my life.
A. of my being your student
B. of myself being your student
C. of my having been your student
D. No correction required
Question 37
Please remind me of posting these letters of my relatives.
A. for posting
B. to post
C. by posting
D. No improvement
Question 38
If you get confused while performing the act, just don't stop to try.
A. keep your try on
B. continue your tries
C. not give up trying
D. keep on trying
Question 39
Due to some reasons we are all in favour of universal compulsory education.
A. By these reasons
B. For these reasons
C. Out of these reasons
D. No improvement
Question 40
I waited for half an hour for my friend, but he didn't turn in.
A. turn about
B. turn around
C. turn up
D. No improvement
Question 41
The assistant was asked that why he was generally late.
A. why was he
B. why that he was
C. why he was
D. that why he had been
Question 42
I complimented him for his success in the examination.
A. about
B. on
C. at
D. No improvement
Question 43
A boy has been sunk in this river.
A. drowned
B. immersed
C. submerged
D. No improvement
Question 44
He insisted on he was innocent.
A. insisted that
B. insisted on that
C. insists that
D. No improvement
Question 45
When it was dark they decided to put at an inn.
A. put up at
B. put in at
C. put off with
D. put out in
Question 46
I will now deal with him in a manner different from the one I have adopted so far.
A. I adopted
B. I was adopting
C. I have been adopting
D. No improvement
Question 47
After the heavy rains last week, the water in the lake raised another two feet.
A. would raise another two feet
B. rised another two feet
C. rose another two feet
D. No improvement
Question 48
Books for the used-book sales should be in good condition and should have no writing in them or be underlined.
A. without having any writing or no underlining in them
B. and contain no writing or underlining
C. without containing writing or be underlined
D. and should not have writings written or not be underlined
Question 49
Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?
A. borrow me a few rupees
B. lend me any rupees
C. lend me a few rupees
D. No improvement
Question 50
The standard of living of the working class is higher than was the case thirty years ago.
A. than it was before thirty years
B. than that of thirty years ago
C. than what it was thirty years ago
D. No improvement
Question 51
She does not know to sing and dance.
A. how to sing and how to dance
B. how to sing and dance
C. to sing and also dance
D. No improvement
Question 52
Had we been alone, we would have contended ourselves with any plain food that give us strength.
A. should give
B. would give
C. gives
D. would have given
Question 53
The shopkeeper said graciously, "I'll quote no price; the article is yours for asking."
A. for the asking
B. if you ask
C. for only asking
D. No improvement
Question 54
He asked me if I can help him to lift the box.
A. may
B. would
C. will
D. No improvement
Question 55
Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges.
A. need
B. have to
C. ought to
D. No improvement
Question 56
I made him good-bye.
A. wished
B. complimented
C. bade
D. No improvement
Question 57
The child has been in the sick bed for the last one week.
A. for the past
B. for past
C. since the past
D. No improvement
Question 58
She did not ask any question to him.
A. any question from him
B. him any question
C. to him any question
D. No improvement
Question 59
There is a dearth of woman doctor in our state. We shall have to recruit some from the other states.
A. women doctor
B. woman doctors
C. women doctors
D. No improvement
Question 60
Rohit assured Sunita that he would look at her work while she was on leave.
A. would overlook
B. would look after
C. would look down upon
D. will look
Question 61
She tried to eat another leaf of lettuce but she could no longer fight the stench.
A. face
B. keep
C. stand
D. No improvement
Question 62
You can't go that way, I'm afraid, as the road is in repairs.
A. under repairs
B. under repair
C. on repairs
D. No improvement
Question 63
We must make for our foreign policy on the basis of guarding national interest alone.
A. must make to
B. have made for
C. must make
D. must be making to
Question 64
One of my colleagues is an expert in homoeopathy.
A. is expert
B. has expertised
C. has been expertised
D. No improvement
Question 65
I would like that you finish the project on time.
A. you to finish the project on time
B. you finishing the project on time
C. that you should finish the project on time
D. No improvement
Question 66
He was likely to win the elections by the sweeping majority.
A. by a sweeping majority
B. with sweeping a majority
C. with the sweeping majority
D. No improvement
Question 67
He told us the story in a nutshell.
A. in nutshell
B. in the nutshell
C. putting it in a nut
D. No improvement
Question 68
Have you not reached in time, we would have lost our lives.
A. Had you not reach
B. If you have not reached
C. Had you not reached
D. If you would not have reached
Question 69
She wondered if the children were as lonely as she was.
A. that if
B. whether
C. that
D. No improvement
Question 70
They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.
A. living among a community
B. who are living in communities
C. who lives with a community
D. No improvement
Question 71
The intruder stood quietly for few moments.
A. for few time
B. for a few moments
C. for the few moments
D. No correction required
Question 72
I have not written any letter to him since my father had died.
A. died
B. was dead
C. has died
D. No improvement
Question 73
The teacher was angry with Hemant as he had not dome the homework.
A. on
B. from
C. at
D. No correction required
Question 74
They have stopped from constructing new buildings.
A. to construct
B. at constructing
C. constructing
D. No improvement
Question 75
He is too kind man to refuse to help in such a case.
A. a too kind
B. a too kindly
C. too kind a
D. too kindly a
Question 76
Mother always finds faults with the maid servant.
A. find faults
B. is finding faults
C. finds fault
D. No improvement
Question 77
Day before yesterday I saw her in the market.
A. Day before the yesterday
B. The day before yesterday
C. The day before the yesterday
D. No improvement
Question 78
He gave the I.A.S. examination in all seriousness.
A. appeared
B. took
C. undertook
D. No improvement
Question 79
Education is a strong instrument for moulding the character of the young.
A. striking
B. powerful
C. potent
D. No improvement
Question 80
You could be able to work out these problems easily.
A. can be able to
B. should be able to
C. must be able to
D. No improvement
Question 81
A bird in hand is worth two in bush.
A. two in the bush
B. two at a bush
C. two on bush
D. No improvement
Question 82
To make him succeed, the correct thing to do is to punish him until he does not try.
A. until he tries
B. until he does try
C. until he will not try
D. until he did not try
Question 83
When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by his enthusiasm.
A. was carried away
B. was carried down
C. was carried aloft
D. No improvement
Question 84
A lot depends on your early brought up in the family.
A. bringing up
B. bringing on
C. upbringing
D. No improvement
Question 85
My opinion for the film is that it will bag the national award.
A. on
B. to
C. about
D. No improvement
Question 86
All over Russia, Indian films are more popular than those in any other country.
A. in
B. that in
C. that of
D. those of
Question 87
Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
A. when
B. while
C. as
D. No improvement
Question 88
The custom of many centuries ago origin is slowly disappearing.
A. which was originated ago many centuries
B. originating for many centuries
C. which originated many centuries ago
D. with many centuries of origin
Question 89
The beautiful is not always the same like the good.
A. as good
B. like good
C. as the good
D. as like the good
Question 90
The dentist pulled up one of my teeth yesterday.
A. pulled
B. pulled out
C. pulled off
D. No improvement
Question 91
One of the men gave first aid to Hitesh who is injured in a road accident.
A. who had injured
B. who was injured
C. which was injured
D. as he was to injure
Question 92
Wise men catch time by the forelock.
A. hold
B. seize
C. take
D. No improvement
Question 93
Let he and I do the work today itself.
A. he with I
B. he and me
C. him and me
D. him and myself
Question 94
Hundreds of people were killed by the earthquake.
A. from
B. in
C. of
D. No improvement
Question 95
The members of his family are coming in this train.
A. with
B. by
C. on
D. No improvement
Question 96
The "Three Musketeers" have been written by Dumas.
A. are written
B. are being written
C. has been written
D. No improvement
Question 97
In the party she spoke to me very friendly.
A. in very friendly manner
B. with very friendly manner
C. in a very friendly manner
D. with a very friendly manner
Question 98
Seeing the injustice done to them by the Britishers, the sepoys broke into open revolt.
A. broke to
B. broke upto
C. resorted to
D. No improvement
Question 99
Kindly let us know the time of your arrival by return of post.
A. by the return of post
B. on return of post
C. in return post
D. No improvement
Question 100
He is not used to walk long distance.
A. to walking
B. to have walked
C. to be walking
D. to have been walking
Question 101
We are supposed to take out our shoes when we enter a place of worship.
A. to put off
B. to put away
C. to take off
D. No improvement
Question 102
Mrs. Johnson had staying here since 1954 and has made India her home.
A. will stay
B. was to stay
C. is staying
D. has been staying
Question 103
The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.
A. away
B. over
C. up
D. No improvement
Question 104
Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
A. was sitting
B. have been sitting
C. sat
D. No improvement
Question 105
If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you.
A. would have
B. might have been
C. would have been
D. No correction required
Question 106
If he had time he will call you.
A. would have
B. would have had
C. has
D. No improvement
Question 107
Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.
A. could receive
B. had received
C. have received
D. No improvement
Question 108
He is very active and will finish the work within no time.
A. at no time
B. without taking time
C. in no time
D. No improvement
Question 109
It is unreasonable to distort the statement of a man simply because he does not agree with your opinions.
A. discourage
B. denounce
C. bend
D. No improvement
Question 110
A great deal of human invention since the last 300 years has been directed to taming the power hidden in nature, and to channeling it into steady sources of energy that can drive machines.
A. since the past 300 years
B. in the last 300 years
C. during the past 300 years
D. No improvement
Question 111
It shall depend on they finishing on time.
A. they finish
B. them finishing
C. their finishing
D. their's finishing
Question 112
Never has the inadequacy of police been in clearer focus than in the communal violence that flared up recently.
A. higher
B. stronger
C. better
D. sharper
Question 113
Many a man have died of cancer.
A. have died from cancer
B. has died of cancer
C. have been dying of cancer
D. No improvement
Question 114
Sensing that the contest would be very tough, she decided to stand down.
A. lie
B. play
C. sit
D. No improvement
Question 115
Kalidas is the greatest of all other dramatist.
A. most other
B. the other
C. any other
D. all the
Question 116
Rajni unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Kashish and left the party hurriedly.
A. picking up
B. picked on
C. picked
D. has picked up
Question 117
The unemployment rate has dropped sharply this month, though it may only be temporary.
A. but it may be only temporary
B. but the drop may only be temporary
C. even though the drop may only be temporary
D. None of the above
Question 118
Shilpa was going to the temple then Parul came on meet her.
A. after Parul was coming to
B. when Parul was coming to
C. when Parul came to
D. before Parul was coming to
Question 119
The main business of the Parliament is to deal with matters pertained to the Legislature.
A. pertaining with
B. pertained with
C. pertaining to
D. No improvement
Question 120
If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
A. to bear with
B. to bear away
C. to bear upon
D. No improvement
Question 121
Would you find me absent, please don't forget to leave a message behind.
A. As
B. Should
C. Unless
D. No improvement
Question 122
The secret information was held away from me.
A. off
B. back
C. out
D. No improvement
Question 123
He spent much time and energy over it, and lost a sum in the bargain.
A. off the bargain
B. for the bargain
C. into the bargain
D. with the bargain
Question 124
The contractor did not keep his promise that the work will be finished before the end of the week.
A. could
B. shall
C. would
D. No improvement
Question 125
There is nothing quite miserable than handicap at such a tender age.
A. as miserable
B. more miserable
C. so miserable
D. very miserable
Question 126
Being worked for the whole day, you should have taken some rest and started the work tomorrow.
A. After having work
B. Having worked for
C. Working for
D. After being worked for
Question 127
No sooner did the Chief Guest climb up to the dias then the bomb exploded.
A. than
B. before
C. when
D. No improvement
Question 128
She gave most of her time to music.
A. devoted
B. spent
C. lent
D. No improvement
Question 129
He complained that he had too much work to cope up with.
A. to cope with
B. for coping up with
C. to cope
D. No improvement
Question 130
In accordance to your instructions, we have remitted the amount in the bank.
A. by
B. with
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 131
Young men and women should get habituated to reading and writing about current affairs.
A. prepared
B. trained
C. used
D. No improvement
Question 132
I wish I have all those luxuries my friend has.
A. I will have
B. I am having
C. I had
D. I had been having
Question 133
The Manager was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time.
A. is unhappy at
B. is to be unhappy at
C. was unhappy with
D. No correction required
Question 134
James sat there in stunned silence, to try to absorb what Reeta was saying.
A. so as to try
B. trying
C. as if trying
D. No improvement
Question 135
We have heard her lecture yesterday.
A. were hearing
B. would have heard
C. heard
D. had been hearing
Question 136
It is high time that we did something about it.
A. had done
B. would do
C. have done
D. No improvement
Question 137
The bill will be paid at sight or on demand.
A. at a sight or on a demand
B. on sight or at demand
C. at sight or demand
D. No correction required
Question 138
Ravi has got many friends because he has got much money.
A. enough money
B. a lot of money
C. bags of money
D. No improvement
Question 139
Brinjals are dead cheap these days.
A. deadly cheap
B. dirt cheap
C. dust cheap
D. No improvement
Question 140
Since 1986, there is no earthquake here.
A. have been
B. are
C. were being
D. No improvement
Question 141
He had said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.
A. in heart
B. it in the heart
C. by the heart
D. No improvement
Question 142
They cooked a conspiracy to overthrow the monarch.
A. created
B. fabricated
C. hatched
D. No improvement
Question 143
Is there any place for me to sit?
A. space
B. room
C. area
D. No improvement
Question 144
The child jumped with delight on seeing the joker at the circus.
A. ruffian
B. clown
C. dud
D. No improvement
Question 145
They probably would have caught up the truck by now.
A. will catch
B. shall have caught
C. must have caught
D. No improvement
Question 146
He plays cricket and tennis also.
A. both
B. besides
C. too
D. No improvement
Question 147
The customer said, "Please give me the another one."
A. me other one
B. me the other one
C. the another one to me
D. No improvement
Question 148
The child is father of the man.
A. A child, man
B. Child, a man
C. Child, man
D. No improvement
Question 149
He doesn't hesitate to do whatever his brother does.
A. will do
B. would do
C. shall do
D. None of the above
Question 150
It is ten years since I have begun living here.
A. begun
B. had begun
C. began
D. No improvement
Question 151
No sooner he had returned home then his mother felt happy.
A. he had returned home than
B. had he returned home when
C. did he return home than
D. No improvement
Question 152
He was born to rich parents.
A. from
B. with
C. by
D. of
Question 153
Shivani was really happy while I accepted her invitation for her birthday party.
A. when
B. after
C. as
D. No improvement
Question 154
No sooner I saw the tiger than I ran away.
A. No sooner I had seen
B. No sooner did I see
C. As soon as I saw
D. No improvement
Question 155
My mother asked me when would I have a glass of milk.
A. I will
B. I would
C. I shall
D. No improvement
Question 156
We spent an hour discussing about his character.
A. his character
B. on his character
C. of his character
D. No improvement
Question 157
The various practices and norms for bank's transactions are laid down by the Reserve Bank of India.
A. are laid up
B. are led down
C. are lead up
D. None of the above
Question 158
Each boy and each girl was busy in her work.
A. were busy in their work
B. was busy in his work
C. was busy in one's work
D. No improvement
Question 159
On seeing the lion she felt too much afraid.
A. very much
B. excessively
C. much
D. No improvement
Question 160
The constable was a so big man that he could not run fast enough to catch the thief.
A. a such big man
B. so big man
C. so big a man
D. such a big man
Question 161
The teacher has instructed all of us to finish the work by tomorrow, isn't it?
A. has she
B. didn't she
C. hasn't she
D. No correction required
Question 162
The indecisive man was readily persuaded to change his mind again.
A. was persuaded ready
B. was ready to persuade
C. was ready persuaded
D. None of the above
Question 163
The teacher asked the intruder who was he and why was he occupying his chair.
A. who he was and why he was
B. who he was and why was he
C. who he had been and why he had been
D. No improvement
Question 164
She is having a lot of money.
A. is having lot of
B. has lot of
C. has a lot of
D. No correction required
Question 165
The actress said that it sometimes took her two hours toput her make-up.
A. put over
B. put up
C. put on
D. No improvement
Question 166
I am used to used work.
A. hard working
B. work hard
C. work hardly
D. No improvement
Question 167
If you come across my umbrella anywhere, bring it to me, can you?
A. don't you
B. will you
C. isn't it
D. No improvement
Question 168
The burglars broke in Mr. Roy's house last night.
A. broke through
B. broke into
C. broke open
D. No improvement
Question 169
Hard Days' was his last novel.
A. latter
B. recent
C. latest
D. No improvement
Question 170
They all loved each other.
A. among each other
B. one another
C. for each other
D. No improvement
Question 171
The matter must be considered in every point of view.
A. with
B. from
C. at
D. No improvement
Question 172
He has eaten his food.
A. has had
B. has taken
C. has swallowed
D. No improvement
Question 173
Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so far not to cause bad feelings.
A. as far not
B. so as not
C. if as far not
D. since then not
Question 174
The doctor examined my pulse.
A. observed
B. saw
C. felt
D. No improvement
Question 175
Bad habits must be nipped at the bud.
A. nipped off the bud
B. nipped in the bud
C. nipped on the bud
D. No improvement
Question 176
No one needs to worry about me.
A. will worry
B. need worry
C. shall worry
D. No improvement
Question 177
Place a ladder on the wall.
A. along
B. with
C. against
D. No improvement
Question 178
Please blow up the candle.
A. turn off
B. blow out
C. put off
D. No improvement
Question 179
You will have to return my book whenever I ask for it.
A. will have
B. would have to
C. will be
D. should have to
Question 180
Shakespeare lived for the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
A. in
B. since
C. during
D. No improvement
Question 181
It is no good to cry over spilt milk.
A. It is no good crying
B. It is of no good to cry
C. It is of no good crying
D. No improvement
Question 182
It is most unique piece of art.
A. a unique
B. the most unique
C. an unique
D. No improvement
Question 183
He enjoys to tell stories to children.
A. how to tell stories
B. telling stories
C. to narrate stories
D. No improvement
Question 184
Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.
A. most part
B. any part
C. each part
D. No improvement
Question 185
The reason why he could not do the work was because he had to attend to his mother who was ill.
A. why he could not do the work was since
B. for which he could not do the work was because
C. why he could not do the work was that
D. No improvement
Question 186
On attempting to stage a drama, a new meaning to the story was discovered.
A. When attempted
B. On our attempting
C. Attempting
D. No correction required
Question 187
Old habits die hardly.
A. die much hardly
B. die hard
C. die too hard
D. No improvement
Question 188
When the soldiers realised that they had been fooled, they rush back.
A. had rush
B. have rush
C. had rushed
D. rushed
Question 189
Galileo said that the earth revolved around the sun.
A. has revolved
B. has been revolving
C. revolves
D. is revolving
Question 190
Let he and I work together.
A. him and I
B. him and me
C. he and me
D. No improvement
Question 191
The need of the hour was some fast action o the part of the leaders.
A. needed
B. needing
C. needs
D. No correction required
Question 192
The police are trying to solve the mystery.
A. was
B. has been
C. is
D. No improvement
Question 193
The teacher asked, "Why you are late?"
A. Why you were late
B. Why late you are
C. Why are you late
D. No correction required
Question 194
The officer looked on my complaint.
A. looked of
B. looked into
C. looked to
D. No improvement
Question 195
Manisha purchased the very good of all the saris kept in the shop.
A. the better
B. the very better
C. the most good
D. the best
Question 196
Last evening I went to the optician and bought spectacles.
A. a spectacle
B. two spectacles
C. a pair of spectacles
D. No improvement
Question 197
The problems of translation are still remain.
A. are remain
B. will remained
C. will still remain
D. No improvement
Question 198
He has his meal at two, when he has it, he goes off to sleep.
A. when he has had it
B. when he will have it
C. when he will have had it
D. No improvement
Question 199
On arriving at the station my uncle was there to greet us.
A. As we arrived at the station
B. As soon as we arrived at the station
C. When we arrived at the station
D. No improvement
Question 200
He has no knowledge and interest in music.
A. knowledge and interest of music
B. knowledge for and interest of music
C. knowledge of and interest in music
D. No correction required
Question 201
The houses in our street are more beautiful than on the main road.
A. than that on the main road
B. than those on the main road
C. than there on the main road
D. No correction required
Question 202
My mother is ill since two months.
A. has been ill since
B. has been ailing since
C. has been ailing for
D. No correction required
Question 203
The train left before we reached the station.
A. had left
B. would have left
C. has had left
D. No improvement
Question 204
Columbus invented America.
A. searched
B. traced
C. discovered
D. No improvement
Question 205
Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successful.
A. to rise against
B. in rising from
C. to rise to
D. to raise with
Question 206
The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will ultimately do either.
A. none
B. neither
C. nothing
D. No improvement
Question 207
He stayed back so that it can look as if he was unaware of the entire incident.
A. may look
B. would look
C. will look
D. No improvement
Question 208
You have no idea what would happen if word of this leaked out.
A. a word of this leaks out
B. word of this leaks out
C. a word of this will leak out
D. No improvement
Question 209
When Vinod came home from the party, he found his wife had slept.
A. sleeping
B. was sleeping
C. has been sleeping
D. No correction required
Question 210
There is an endless running of traffic on the Delhi-Ghaziabad road.
A. heaviness
B. river
C. stream
D. No improvement
Question 211
It was a week since he came home to his mother.
A. is a week
B. shall be a week
C. have been a week
D. had been a week
Question 212
She had no difficulty to settle down to her new life in the city.
A. in settling down
B. for settling down
C. to settling down
D. No improvement
Question 213
He will try to succeed in business by fair means or foul.
A. by fair means or by foul
B. by fair or foul means
C. by any means
D. No improvement
Question 214
After the successful performance of the great actor was over, there was thunder-struck applause for a few minutes.
A. fearful
B. cheerful
C. decisive
D. thunderous
Question 215
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.
A. probe after
B. probe for
C. probe in
D. No improvement
Question 216
No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.
A. perpetuate
B. perpetrate
C. precipitate
D. No improvement
Question 217
I gave him the little money that I could spare then.
A. very little
B. some little
C. a little
D. No improvement
Question 218
No sooner had the umpire given the batsman out than the crowd rushed into the field.
A. but the people
B. when the crowds
C. and the crowd
D. No improvement
Question 219
Within a few years most of the fertile land had underwent forcible indigo cultivation.
A. has underwent
B. had undergone
C. was undergone
D. No improvement
Question 220
If you have paid only twenty rupees for this purse, it has really cheap.
A. has really cheapest
B. is really cheap
C. has been really cheapest
D. is real cheap
Question 221
If the pain is returning, you would better take another pill.
A. has returned
B. should return
C. returned
D. No improvement
Question 222
Do you remember to meet her at my house last year.
A. remember of meeting her
B. remember about meeting her
C. remember having met her
D. No improvement
Question 223
The monograph which was published 3 years ago, would suggest that by 2001 there will be 73 million T.V. sets in India.
A. has been suggesting
B. had suggested
C. would have suggested
D. will suggest
Question 224
The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.
A. command
B. knowledge
C. need
D. No improvement
Question 225
Newton wanted to know why did the apple fall to the ground.
A. know that why did the apple fall
B. know why the apple fell
C. know that why the apple fell
D. No improvement
Question 226
A good has been alloted to him.
A. aloted
B. alotted
C. allotted
D. No improvement
Question 227
Ashutosh had occupying this house for over 25 years and has no intention of vacating it now.
A. is occupying
B. will occupy
C. was to occupy
D. has been occupying
Question 228
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.
A. seldom
B. hardly
C. ever
D. No improvement
Question 229
From next term we will go all out for sports.
A. all go out
B. all be out
C. be all out
D. No improvement
Question 230
If you had attended the meeting, you would have benefited a great deal.
A. would benefit
B. could benefit
C. benefited
D. No improvement
Question 231
Not only did he critcise the party's policies but also the leader's personal matters.
A. He criticised not only
B. He not only criticised
C. Neither did he criticise
D. He did not criticise
Question 232
Though courageous, he could not hold up against the heavy odds.
A. hold fast
B. hold out
C. hold in
D. No improvement
Question 233
Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book I won as a prize.
A. I have won as prize
B. I had won as a prize
C. I had to win as a prize
D. No improvement
Question 234
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.
A. much might happened
B. much had happened
C. much has been happening
D. No improvement
Question 235
He has been receiving no other message than an urgent telegram asking him to rush his village immediately.
A. asking him rushing at his village
B. asked him to rush his village
C. asking him to have rush his village
D. asking him to rush to his village
Question 236
How one earned money is more important than how much he has earned?
A. he earns
B. he has earned
C. one earns
D. one earned
Question 237
He has fallen out with the girl he wanted to marry.
A. fallen off
B. fallen in love
C. fallen for
D. No improvement
Question 238
I have been working on this job for the last ten days.
A. am working
B. would be working
C. have been worked
D. No improvement
Question 239
The Managing Director said that the firm had ordered the goods and will have to pay for them.
A. may
B. would
C. shall
D. No improvement
Question 240
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.
A. which comes from contact with
B. which comes from contact with
C. which flows how from contact with
D. No improvement
Question 241
I earnestly believe that you will visit our relatives during your forthcoming trip to Bombay.
A. certainly believing that
B. could not believe
C. had hardly believe
D. None of the above
Question 242
It is sheer folly to believe that you can improve the situation by doing away people.
A. doing it to
B. doing away with
C. doing with
D. No improvement
Question 243
In fact, if it hadn't been for his invaluable advice on so many occasions I wouldn't have achieved anything in life.
A. remarkable advice
B. valuable advices
C. priceless suggestions
D. No improvement
Question 244
By temperament the English are reserved, so they prefer to live in solitary houses.
A. English
B. English people
C. some English
D. No improvement
Question 245
My father agreed with my going alone for the examination.
A. I go alone
B. to my going alone
C. that I go alone
D. No improvement
Question 246
The question is, how was the motive of the robber in this particular case?
A. what was
B. where was
C. when was
D. who was
Question 247
Mala was hurried to reach the meeting when she slipped and fell down.
A. is hurried
B. was being hurried
C. was hurrying
D. No correction required
Question 248
He should move on to the next point, and not harp one string only.
A. harp only one string
B. harp on string only
C. harp upon one string only
D. No improvement
Question 249
The parents became extremely troubled when their son did not return by midnight.
A. anxious
B. depressed
C. sad
D. No improvement
Question 250
What were you doing ever since I last saw you?
A. did you do
B. are you doing
C. have you been doing
D. No improvement
Question 251
Are you more cleverer than us?
A. cleverer to us
B. more cleverer to us
C. cleverer than us
D. No improvement
Question 252
When she takes her exam she will have a holiday.
A. has taken her exam
B. took her exam
C. had taken her exam
D. No improvement
Question 253
Your statement that you were thorough ignorant of the consequences cannot be trusted.
A. thoroughly in ignorance
B. thoroughly ignorance
C. thorough of ignorance
D. thoroughly ignorant
Question 254
Asking me why was I absent, I was punished by the Headmaster.
A. why was I absent, was I punished by the Headmaster
B. why I was absent, was I punished by the Headmaster
C. why I was absent, the Headmaster punished me
D. No improvement
Question 255
Madan will not be at home until eight o'clock.
A. in home
B. to home
C. home
D. No improvement
Question 256
People are generally found absorbing in the activity which they like most.
A. absorb
B. absorbed
C. observe
D. observing
Question 257
I am quite hopeful of securing very high marks in the examination.
A. to secure
B. to having secured
C. of having secured
D. No improvement
Question 258
Nothing but books and magazines pleases her.
A. were pleasing
B. please
C. are pleasing
D. No improvement
Question 259
Why did you not spoken to me earlier?
A. did you not spoke
B. you did not speak
C. did you not speak
D. were you not spoken
Question 260
He found it difficult to cope along with his work.
A. to cope also with his work
B. to cope with his work
C. to cope up with his work
D. to cope around his work
Question 261
Each village adopted by the club was provided by electric supply.
A. provided
B. provided with
C. provided for
D. No improvement
Question 262
Even more than my father was she intolerant of demonstrativeness and the wearing of one's heart on his sleeve.
A. on the sleeve
B. on one's sleeve
C. on her sleeve
D. No improvement
Question 263
I suggest that he study medicine.
A. will study
B. studies
C. studied
D. No improvement
Question 264
The baby was left in charge of a neighbour.
A. to care of
B. to care for
C. in the charge of
D. No improvement
Question 265
He found the gold coin as he cleans the floor.
A. while he cleans
B. as he had cleaning
C. as he was cleaning
D. while cleaning
Question 266
An accident took place early today morning.
A. this morning
B. morning today
C. at the morning
D. No improvement
Question 267
After a few minutes the unconscious boxer began to come out.
A. up
B. round
C. on
D. No improvement
Question 268
The farmer's way of life can be contrasted to that of the factory worker.
A. contrasted for
B. contrasted against
C. contrasted with
D. No improvement
Question 269
The winter was such severe that even water in the taps was frozen.
A. severe such
B. so severe
C. severe so much
D. No improvement
Question 270
More than one person was killed in the accident.
A. have been killed
B. were killed
C. are killed
D. No improvement
Question 271
To succeed in a difficult task, persistent is needed.
A. persistence was needed
B. persistence is what one needs
C. one needs to be persistent
D. persistence should have needed
Question 272
He didn't believe in God but he went to church regularly.
A. however
B. nevertheless
C. yet
D. No improvement
Question 273
Is your brother yet at the university?
A. brother still at
B. brother continue at
C. brother till at
D. No improvement
Question 274
I, your brother and you will be partners in the business.
A. I, you and your brother
B. You, your brother and I
C. You, I and your brother
D. No improvement
Question 275
While we would like that all Indian children to go to school, we need to ponder why they do not.
A. all Indian children
B. that all the Indian children
C. if all the children of India
D. No improvement
Question 276
It is essential to thoroughly clean the machine after each use.
A. to through clean
B. to clean thorough
C. to thorough clean
D. None of the above
Question 277
I have got some tea, but I do not have a sugar.
A. some
B. any
C. more
D. got
Question 278
I was delighted to see him fully recover.
A. he full recovered
B. him fully recovered
C. his full recovery
D. No correction required
Question 279
By definition, make a map is to select certain features as relevant and ignore others.
A. To make a map by definition
B. Map-making is defined as
C. In making a map, the definition
D. The map making process involves, by defining
Question 280
Each of our students pay their tuition fee at the beginning of the month.
A. student pay their
B. student pays their
C. students pays his
D. No improvement
Question 281
Do not take another step, else your life will face great peril.
A. might be thrown into
B. will be in
C. would be placed in great
D. No improvement
Question 282
Mary met with an accident. She didn't just twist her leg, she has broken it.
A. had broken it
B. breaks it
C. broke it too
D. No improvement
Question 283
If I was you, I would not have joined the party.
A. As you
B. If I am you
C. Were I you
D. If I be you
Question 284
If you are absent for a week, you have to catch with the work when you return.
A. catch up with
B. catch on with
C. catch in with
D. No improvement
Question 285
He was urgently in need to get his eye operation.
A. of an eye operation
B. for operation on eye
C. for eye to be operated
D. No improvement
Question 286
Having finished the book, it was put away by him.
A. he put it away
B. it was being put away by him
C. it was putting away by him
D. No improvement
Question 287
When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the Protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.
A. into crushing
B. in crushing
C. without crushing
D. No improvement
Question 288
I told him clearly that he hadn't ought to do that to me.
A. ought not have done
B. ought not done
C. ought not has done
D. hasn't ought to do
Question 289
It is easy for children than for adults to learn a new language.
A. as easy as children
B. easy for children as
C. very easy to children as
D. easier for children than
Question 290
The company goes to great length to ensure that employees can be comfortable in their work environment.
A. will be comfortable
B. should be comfortable
C. are comfortable
D. No improvement
Question 291
The quality of food served in this hotel is so poor that no respectable person would want to eat over here.
A. will want to eat
B. will want to have eaten
C. will have wanted to eat
D. will be wanting to eat
Question 292
We should take up the first item, let us begin this song.
A. this song begin us
B. us begin with this song
C. us beginning this song
D. No improvement
Question 293
All, but her, had made an attempt.
A. All, but she
B. All, but herself
C. All, but she herself
D. No improvement
Question 294
The notorious dacoit, with all his gangsters, have been robbing banks for the last few months.
A. is robbing
B. has been robbing
C. are robbing
D. No improvement
Question 295
Our team is likely to lose unless all members learn to cooperate with one other.
A. with one and all
B. with one another
C. one other with
D. No improvement
Question 296
Any able bodied man is eligible for the job.
A. Any able-bodied men are
B. Each able-bodied man is
C. Any able-bodied men have been
D. No improvement
Question 297
If a person studied this period of history, he would have wondered how such things had happened in India.
A. a person had studied
B. a person would study
C. a person could have studied
D. No improvement
Question 298
They succeeded without hardly making any effort.
A. hardly without making
B. with hardly making
C. without making hardly
D. No improvement
Question 299
Governments in developing countries are under increasing pressure for the recruiting and training teachers to meet the demands of their rapidly expanding systems of education.
A. so as to recruit and train
B. to recruit and train
C. in the recruiting and training of
D. No improvement
Question 300
The workers are hellbent at getting what is due to them.
A. hell bent for getting
B. hell bent on getting
C. hell bent upon getting
D. No improvement
Question 301
Miss Pillai teaches very well, isn't it?
A. didn't she?
B. doesn't she?
C. wasn't it?
D. No improvement
Question 302
Leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician offered clarifications about his role in the party elections.
A. Leaving less room for
B. Leaving little room for
C. Having left less room for
D. Leaving for little room to
Question 303
It is high time he starts to look into his own flaws before speaking ill of others.
A. started to look
B. starts looking
C. started looking
D. No improvement
Question 304
The fast train came a halt to before crossing the bridge.
A. came before to a halt
B. came to a halt before
C. came to halts before a
D. came before a halt to
Question 305
Mr. Hyon and other dissident leaders have taken shelter at the church last month after the authorities ordered their arrest.
A. had taken shelter
B. took shelter
C. are taking shelter
D. No improvement
Question 306
When a man has to give evidence he must have a clean breast of the whole matter.
A. make a clean breast
B. obtain a clean breast
C. possess a clean breast
D. No improvement
Question 307
When the train finally came into the station the lonely traveller seemed relieved.
A. pulled into
B. will pull into
C. pulled to
D. have pulled into
Question 308
Just in a hour's time, he could complete the work to my satisfaction.
A. in a hour
B. in an hour's time
C. in the time of an hour
D. in the duration of an hour
Question 309
He was so rude that they were compelled for asking him to leave.
A. ask him to leave
B. to ask him to leave
C. him to ask to leave
D. No improvement
Question 310
The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than four hours now.
A. has been waiting
B. had waited
C. have been waiting
D. No improvement
Question 311
May I know who did accompany you to the bus station?
A. whom did accompany you
B. whom you accompanying
C. whom did you accompany
D. who accompanied you
Question 312
As John dived off the spring board, he was horrified to see that the water was drained from the pool the night before.
A. was drained away
B. was drained
C. had been drained off
D. No improvement
Question 313
The train will leave at 8.30 p.m., we have been ready by 7.30 p.m. so that we can reach the station in time.
A. should have
B. must be
C. were
D. are
Question 314
Because of the patient's ill health, losing weight was advised him by the doctor.
A. lose weight was what the doctor advised
B. to lose weight was advised to him by the doctor
C. he was advised by the doctor to lose weight
D. No correction required
Question 315
They are waiting for her since morning.
A. were waiting
B. have been waiting
C. wait
D. No improvement
Question 316
He sent a word to me that he would be coming late.
A. sent words
B. has sent a word
C. sent word
D. No improvement
Question 317
Had you helped me, I shall not be miserable.
A. would not be
B. should not be
C. would not have been
D. No improvement
Question 318
When Shankar came home after a hard day in the office he found his wife had slept.
A. was sleeping
B. sleeping
C. has been sleeping
D. No improvement
Question 319
Certainly man must look up the future and find ways of providing for his needs.
A. look for
B. look to
C. look in
D. No improvement
Question 320
It is a common belief that familiarity dispenses with the necessity of politeness.
A. dispenses of
B. dispenses without
C. dispenses from
D. No improvement
Question 321
As he was much hated by his contemporaries, posterity praises his statesmanship.
A. He was as much
B. So much he was
C. Much as he was
D. No improvement
Question 322
My mother asked me when would I have a glass of milk.
A. I shall
B. I would
C. I will
D. No improvement
Question 323
The people in villages are deprived of essential commodities for the past two weeks.
A. has been deprived
B. have been deprived
C. are being deprived
D. No improvement
Question 324
Even if I had stood on a chair, I would not have been able to reach the light bulb.
A. did not reach
B. could not reach
C. would not be reaching
D. No improvement
Question 325
Do you know who she is going to marry?
A. who she is married?
B. who is she going to marry?
C. whom she is going to marry?
D. No improvement
Question 326
After the communal frenzy, slogans now occupy the air, exhorting the people to promote peace, harmony and amity.
A. thicken
B. fill
C. infest
D. mark
Question 327
On basis this information the Deputy Collector took strong action.
A. On basis of
B. On the basis
C. On the basis of
D. No improvement
Question 328
Mahatma Gandhi is called as the Father of the Nation.
A. Father of the Nation
B. called Father of the Nation
C. called the Father of the Nation
D. No improvement
Question 329
I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
A. that he bought yesterday
B. that he had bought yesterday
C. that which he had bought yesterday
D. No improvement
Question 330
Sunita told me that she would mind to stand and eating the lunch.
A. to stand and eat
B. standing and eating
C. standing and eat
D. No correction required
Question 331
Tell your leader that I grant him permission of stay in my kingdom.
A. about stay
B. to stay
C. with staying
D. for stay
Question 332
The old man felled some trees with hardly no effort at all.
A. hard effort
B. a hardly any effort
C. hardly any effort
D. No improvement
Question 333
He could not cope up with the heavy rush.
A. cope up to
B. cope by
C. cope with
D. No improvement
Question 334
We might not be able to change the situation quickly but we should continue our efforts in that direction.
A. could not be
B. did not
C. had not been
D. would not be
Question 335
We did not see this movie yet.
A. had seen
B. have not seen
C. have seen
D. No improvement
Question 336
He has formed a low opinion about him, so he thinks little of him.
A. thinks a little of him
B. thinks the little of him
C. little thinks about him
D. No improvement
Question 337
The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge, then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger that measured eleven feet six and three-fourth inches.
A. bettered
B. improved
C. broken
D. No improvement
Question 338
It was so hot during the school parade that several of the weaker pupils passed by.
A. out
B. through
C. over
D. No improvement
Question 339
His powerful desire brought about his downfall.
A. His fatal desire
B. His intense desire
C. His desire for power
D. No improvement
Question 340
He opened the letter without caring to read the address on the envelope.
A. thinking
B. bothering
C. worrying
D. No improvement
Question 341
We were still standing in the queue when the film was beginning.
A. film begins
B. film had begun
C. film began
D. beginning of the film was over
Question 342
Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.
A. lied
B. lain
C. lay
D. No improvement
Question 343
He spent much time and energy over it, and lost a large sum in the bargain.
A. into the bargain
B. with the bargain
C. off the bargain
D. None of the above
Question 344
As soon as our plan is approved, I shall favour its' adoption.
A. our
B. it's
C. its
D. No improvement
Question 345
On some evenings I leave office as late as seven o'clock.
A. In some evenings
B. some evenings
C. On some of the evenings
D. No improvement
Question 346
There is plenty of time to catch the train.
A. reach
B. get
C. hold
D. No improvement
Question 347
It was hard to believe that he was dead for two years.
A. is dead
B. has been dead
C. had been dead
D. No improvement
Question 348
I wish that I read this book before the seminar.
A. had read
B. can read
C. was reading
D. No improvement
Question 349
The man who will score the maximum points, will carry the trophy.
A. who scores the maximum points
B. who the maximum points scores
C. who would score the maximum points
D. No improvement
Question 350
The robber entered into the old man's room very quietly.
A. entered inside
B. entered
C. entered in
D. No improvement
Question 351
The policeman stopped him for jumping the red light but let him out.
A. let him off
B. let him through
C. let him by
D. No improvement
Question 352
He prefers to walk than to ride.
A. walking than riding
B. to walk over riding
C. walking to riding
D. No improvement
Question 353
The rules of chess require that one made only one move at a time.
A. makes
B. will make
C. make
D. No improvement
Question 354
The farmers are working in the field from sunrise and will continue to do so until sunset.
A. have worked
B. have been working
C. were working
D. No improvement
Question 355
He has been growing weaker and his life now hangs like a thread.
A. hangs with threads
B. hangs by a thread
C. hung on a thread
D. No improvement
Question 356
Hold hands of your child while crossing the road.
A. your child's hands
B. your child's hand
C. hand of your child
D. No improvement
Question 357
You will be late if you do not leave now.
A. will not leave
B. did not leave
C. left
D. None of the above
Question 358
The accused now flatly denies have admitted his guilt in this first statement.
A. has admitted
B. having admitted
C. had admitted
D. have been admitting
Question 359
Let us partake a meal before we start.
A. partake of
B. partake off
C. partake in
D. No improvement
Question 360
His father wrote to him,"it is high time you start preparing for the forthcoming examination".
A. would start
B. started
C. had started
D. No improvement
Question 361
I advise you to call at the doctor for consultation.
A. call in
B. call to
C. call upon
D. No improvement
Question 362
It is all and one to me whether he lives in Bombay or Calcutta.
A. all one
B. all but one
C. all or one
D. No correction required
Question 363
They invited I and my friend to tea.
A. my friend and I
B. my friend and me
C. to me and my friend
D. No improvement
Question 364
The whole town was being decorated for the tourist week.
A. is to be decorated
B. will be decorated
C. was to be decorated
D. No correction required
Question 365
Do take an umbrella with you lest you do not get wet.
A. lest you might not get wet
B. lest you should not get wet
C. lest you should get wet
D. No improvement
Question 366
Many of the boys in our class were of kind who would be a nuisance everywhere.
A. were of the kind who would be a nuisance
B. were of the kind who would be nuisance
C. were of a kind who would be nuisance
D. were to be nuisance
Question 367
To get one's name in the Rowland Ward's book of hunting records was the hot ambition of every serious hunter.
A. burning
B. extreme
C. high
D. No improvement
Question 368
I am tired as I am working since 8 o'clock in the morning.
A. I was working
B. I have been working
C. I had been working
D. No improvement
Question 369
Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.
A. move in a lift
B. take a lift
C. ascend in a lift
D. No improvement
Question 370
The little child was knocked out by a car.
A. up
B. away
C. down
D. No improvement
Question 371
They will be coming to attend the farewell party, isn't it?
A. aren't they
B. wouldn't they
C. won't they
D. No improvement
Question 372
I would have waited for you at the station if I knew that you would come.
A. had known
B. have known
C. was knowing
D. No improvement
Question 373
The Chinese are said to have invented ice-cream almost three thousand years ago.
A. are said that they
B. are saying to have
C. have been said to have
D. None of the above
Question 374
This project would encourage development and enable every villager to govern their own destiny.
A. to govern his
B. to governing his
C. may govern their
D. have governed their
Question 375
Do inform me of your well being after you reach Bombay.
A. will reach
B. will have reached
C. shall reach
D. No improvement
Question 376
Despite his old age, his movements were as spirited as a young man.
A. a young man's
B. if a young man
C. those of a young man
D. of a young man
Question 377
What struck me most was their kindness.
A. What struck one more
B. What stroke one more
C. What stroke one most
D. No improvement
Question 378
I shall try to finish reading this novel by the end of this present month.
A. this current month
B. this month
C. this very month
D. No improvement
Question 379
I will not go till he arrives.
A. till he has arrived
B. until he arrives
C. unless he has arrived
D. No improvement
Question 380
This work is worse by all that you did.
A. all of you did
B. to what you did before
C. than what you did before
D. No improvement
Question 381
The workers protested the Management's decision of not giving bonus that year.
A. protested to
B. protested against
C. protested at
D. protested for
Question 382
If I were a millionaire, I would have helped the poor.
A. can help
B. could have helped
C. would help
D. No improvement
Question 383
For me, journey by air is preferable than that by train.
A. much more preferable than
B. preferable to
C. more preferable to
D. No correction required
Question 384
My brother as well as my sister are staying with me.
A. have stayed
B. were staying
C. is staying
D. No improvement
Question 385
He found it difficult to adapt to the changed circumstances.
A. adapt himself to
B. adapt with
C. adapt according to
D. No improvement
Question 386
You ought not behave like that.
A. ought to not behave
B. ought not to behave
C. ought not to have behaved
D. No improvement
Question 387
He may have aged when I last saw him.
A. since I saw him
B. since I last saw him
C. before I last saw him
D. No correction required
Question 388
All along the journey she remained silent.
A. All along in the journey
B. All during the journey
C. All through the journey
D. Throughout all the journey
Question 389
Right there she decided that she too would become part of that world.
A. also will become
B. too will become
C. too might become
D. None of the above
Question 390
The floor of the hall was covered by a carpet.
A. covered with
B. covered upon
C. covered in
D. No improvement
Question 391
She insisted for accompanying her husband on the tour.
A. on accompanying
B. in accompanying
C. to accompany
D. No improvement
Question 392
He is not in the good books of his master.
A. in the good book
B. into the good books
C. in the better books
D. None of the above
Question 393
I would like to avail a fifteen days holiday this summer.
A. to avail myself
B. to avail of
C. to avail myself of
D. No improvement
Question 394
He is ill from typhoid.
A. with
B. of
C. off
D. No improvement
Question 395
They continued to work in the field despite of the heavy rains.
A. inspite the heavy rains
B. although heavily rains
C. even though it rained heavily
D. even though there is heavy rain
Question 396
Michael, seated in the visitors' gallery, glanced at his watch for the third time in the past five minutes.
A. within
B. during
C. since
D. No improvement
Question 397
He is so handsome man that people turn round to look at him.
A. very handsome
B. such a handsome
C. too handsome
D. No improvement
Question 398
I have done good at the examination.
A. attempted well at
B. gone well over
C. fared well in
D. No correction required
Question 399
Work hard lest you will fail in the examinations.
A. lest you would fail
B. lest you should fail
C. lest you shall fail
D. No improvement
Question 400
The officer whom I went reported that my case was pending.
A. whom I went to
B. who I went
C. that I went to
D. No improvement
Question 401
The walls of this house need to be painted again as soon as possible.
A. need to have been painted
B. should be painted
C. should be painted
D. ought to have been painted
Question 402
Taxes are high in this country, aren't they?
A. aren't taxes
B. don't they
C. do they
D. None of the above
Question 403
This time she is coming in holidays for an extending stay here.
A. extensive
B. extension
C. extended
D. No improvement
Question 404
I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident my behaviour is speaking itself.
A. speaks about itself
B. speaks for itself
C. has been speaking
D. will speak to itself
Question 405
The weather of Shimla does not suit me.
A. climate
B. atmosphere
C. environment
D. No improvement
Question 406
He killed the enemy by his sword.
A. by sword
B. by a sword
C. through his sword
D. with his sword
Question 407
They watched the sea lions being fed with fish.
A. had been fed
B. are being fed
C. have been fed
D. No improvement
Question 408
Every human advance carries with it not only automatic benefits but also a new responsibility, and we must remain constantly aware for the dangers that lie in the possible misuse of our enormous skills.
A. aware about
B. aware of
C. aware to
D. No improvement
Question 409
Any order which curbs a police officer from doing his duty is itself unlawful and should not be obeyed.
A. restricts
B. prevents
C. stops
D. obstructs
Question 410
As soon did the Manager came, the clerks started typing.
A. was
B. had
C. as
D. No improvement
Question 411
I think in my opinion that all those who claim to be honest are not really so.
A. In my opinion, I believe
B. It seems to me
C. It is my believing
D. My believing is
Question 412
He enthusiastically stated that his suggestions should be accepted without delay.
A. eagerly
B. emphatically
C. promptly
D. No improvement
Question 413
Nelson Mandela struggled hard to get equality from the whites in South Africa.
A. for
B. with
C. at
D. No improvement
Question 414
If you have been careful, you could have avoided the accident.
A. Have you had been
B. If you are
C. Had you have been
D. Had you been
Question 415
You are a most unusual person.
A. most
B. a mostly
C. mostly
D. None of the above
Question 416
Unless the population growth stabilised environmentalists predict a worldwide starvation by 2000 A.D.
A. will stabilise
B. stabilises
C. must stabilise
D. No improvement
Question 417
The meeting was postponed owing to lack of quorum.
A. due to
B. because of
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 418
He copied the details word by word.
A. word to word
B. word for word
C. word on word
D. No improvement
Question 419
About a thousand sportsmen from all the colleges have arrived, the highest contingent being from Delhi.
A. biggest
B. largest
C. greatest
D. No improvement
Question 420
We had stop for petrol because we had hardly much left.
A. more
B. some
C. any
D. No improvement
Question 421
He hesitated to accept the post as he did not think that the salary was enough for him to sustain his family.
A. accepting
B. to accepting
C. in accepting
D. while accepting
Question 422
As they met again at 9 p.m. he said, "Good night, very pleased to see you again."
A. Good day
B. Good evening
C. Good bye
D. No improvement
Question 423
The artist continues to work in the medium he understands best, breathing his inborn individuality and vitality into newer forms.
A. within
B. for
C. into
D. with
Question 424
Seeing them all at one place, we realise that something drastic have to be done.
A. was to be done
B. had to be done
C. will have to be done
D. No improvement
Question 425
Inspite of all those hurdles, the scheduled day came of in a few months.
A. came up
B. came on
C. came off
D. came over
Question 426
Not only did he invite his relatives but also all his friends and colleagues.
A. He did not invite only
B. He invited not only
C. Not only he invited
D. He not only invited
Question 427
Had you been told me about your problem, I would have helped you.
A. Had you told
B. Had you have told
C. If you have told
D. If you would have told
Question 428
You had better got your reservation well in advance or you won't be able to go.
A. had better get
B. had better to get
C. had to better get
D. No improvement
Question 429
The discovery of the radio and the television have not been without some effects.
A. had not been
B. has not been
C. could not be
D. No improvement
Question 430
He is in the habit of purchasing the very good of all things available.
A. the most good
B. the better
C. the very better
D. best
Question 431
Holmes took up a second letter which lay unnoticed upon the table whilst he had been absorbed with the first.
A. was lying unnoticed
B. has been lying unnoticed
C. had laid unnoticed
D. No improvement
Question 432
His salary is not adequate for him to make the both ends meet.
A. make both ends meet
B. make both the ends meet
C. make both his ends meet
D. No correction required
Question 433
But just how far he will manage to run with those shoes remains to be seen.
A. But just how farther
B. But just how much far
C. But just how further
D. No improvement
Question 434
My employer threatened me to dismiss if I was late again.
A. threatened of dismissing me
B. threatened to dismiss me
C. threatened dismiss me
D. No improvement
Question 435
I congratulated him on his creditable performance in the I.F.S. examination.
A. credible
B. creditworthy
C. credulous
D. No improvement
Question 436
The government is investing more and more in development activities.
A. more and most
B. much and more
C. much more
D. No improvement
Question 437
Mr. Dewan has driven almost thrice so far as Mr. Gupta has.
A. as far
B. as far as
C. as much as
D. No improvement
Question 438
A highly improved variety of seeds is available to the farmer these days.
A. has been
B. are
C. will be
D. No improvement
Question 439
Tell your leader that I grant him permission of stay in my kingdom.
A. for stay
B. about staying
C. to stay
D. No improvement
Question 440
The experience was as important to the artists as it was to the thousands who comprise the audience.
A. who did comprise
B. who comprised
C. who would comprise
D. who comprised of
Question 441
The political situation is no better and not even as good as it was last year.
A. not better
B. not better than
C. no better to
D. no better than
Question 442
The Government has taken a number of steps with a view to improving the conditions of the backward classes.
A. for improving
B. at improving
C. to improve
D. No improvement
Question 443
A well behaved boy is always obedient towards his parents.
A. for his parents
B. of his parents
C. to his parents
D. No improvement
Question 444
Who do you think I was talking over the phone when you came to see me.
A. Whom do you think I was talking
B. Whom do you think I was talking with
C. Who do you think I was talking to
D. No correction required
Question 445
He shouted that he might attract attention.
A. for attracting attention
B. to attract attention
C. that he may attract attention
D. No improvement
Question 446
You will fail in the examination if you will not work hard.
A. if you do not
B. if you did not
C. if you shall not
D. No improvement
Question 447
You should not discuss about a matter with friends who are likely to find it offensive.
A. discuss
B. discuss on
C. discuss upon
D. No improvement
Question 448
Students must give ears to what the teacher says.
A. ear
B. the ears
C. an ear
D. No improvement
Question 449
When the clock strikes twelve, I shall be waiting here for four hours.
A. I shall have been waiting
B. I would have been waiting
C. I shall have waited
D. I would have waited
Question 450
If you ask nicely, your sister will probably allow you have a piece of cake.
A. allow that you have
B. let you have
C. let you to have
D. No improvement
Question 451
His idea of reducing the quality of the article to cope up with the increasing market prices was not listened to.
A. welcomed
B. taken for granted
C. agreed to
D. No improvement
Question 452
They left the town with bag and baggage.
A. with bags and baggages
B. bags and baggages
C. bag and baggage
D. No improvement
Question 453
My mother has been walking in the park everyday since we moved into this area.
A. walks
B. had been walking
C. walked
D. No improvement
Question 454
It is so tough a competition that you just cannot get through it unless you do not work hard.
A. you will work hard
B. you work hard
C. you do work hard
D. No improvement
Question 455
Many accidents can be avoided if we be careful.
A. might be careful
B. are careful
C. were careful
D. No improvement
Question 456
If I would have seen the book earlier, I would have recommended it to my students.
A. could see
B. had seen
C. saw
D. No correction required
Question 457
The money is to be used for the benefit of the poor.
A. for benefit of poor people
B. for the benefit of the poors
C. for the benefit of the poor people
D. No improvement
Question 458
She told me that there was more room to accommodate all the guests.
A. open space
B. sufficient room
C. enough rooms
D. No improvement
Question 459
Don't be disturbed, get with your work.
A. get up with
B. get over with
C. get on with
D. No improvement
Question 460
He came to the cave uphill and looked up the valley.
A. into the valley
B. down the valley
C. across the valley
D. No improvement
Question 461
We must take it granted that Shaloo will not come for today's function.
A. have it granted
B. took it as granted
C. take it for granted
D. No correction required
Question 462
Rakesh's wife sung a very sweet song in the party.
A. singed the
B. singed
C. sang a
D. No improvement
Question 463
They went across the forest into the deep valleys.
A. into
B. between
C. over
D. through
Question 464
The teacher explained him politely that he hadn't ought to do that.
A. hasn't ought to do
B. ought not have done
C. ought not done
D. No correction required
Question 465
As there was no time, the remaining items were deferred into the next meeting.
A. were deferred to
B. were deferred till
C. are deferred upto
D. No improvement
Question 466
My friend and me study together during holidays.
A. I
B. myself
C. I myself
D. No improvement
Question 467
He shook hand with me after receiving the prize.
A. shook my hand
B. shook my hands
C. shook hands with me
D. No improvement
Question 468
He was sure that given enough time, contentious issues would be sort themselves out.
A. would sort themselves by
B. would be sorted out
C. would sort themselves out
D. will sort themselves out
Question 469
This is the very first criminal case in which the suspect's name has figured and no one is quietly ready to hazard a guess.
A. is quite ready to hazard
B. is quite readily to hazard
C. was quite ready to hazard
D. No correction required
Question 470
Whatever be our other problems, we have no shortcoming of cheap labour in India.
A. deficit
B. scarcity
C. default
D. No improvement
Question 471
The country is in as much disorder that it will take years to set it right.
A. much disorder
B. so disorder
C. so much disorder
D. No improvement
Question 472
A thing of beauty is joy for ever.
A. is joyous
B. is the joy
C. is a joy
D. No improvement
Question 473
We should be bound by a code of conduct, isn't it?
A. shouldn't we?
B. shouldn't we be?
C. aren't we?
D. No improvement
Question 474
As far as good schooling is concerned, none except few privileged people can afford it for their children.
A. none but few
B. none more than a few
C. none except a few
D. No correction required
Question 475
I don't understand that how you think of going to Kashmir in winter.
A. that how do you think
B. how you think
C. that how you thought
D. how do you think
Question 476
The less chances you take, the greater your piece of mind will be but, then again, the high profits that you hope for may never eventuate.
A. little
B. lesser
C. fewer
D. No improvement
Question 477
As soon as I stepped inside the hall, I could hear the sound of boys and girls singing aloud.
A. No sooner had
B. Hardly
C. Sooner than
D. No improvement
Question 478
He did not respond to her inquiring, I did not neither.
A. I did neither
B. nor did I
C. I did either
D. No improvement
Question 479
You ought to stating the problem first before proceeding to suggest the solution.
A. state the problem at first
B. state the problem first
C. first stating the problem
D. No improvement
Question 480
He didn't believe in God but he went to church regularly.
A. yet
B. nevertheless
C. however
D. No improvement
Question 481
She is not used to work for so long.
A. to working
B. to have worked
C. to be working
D. No improvement
Question 482
He was selected for the job because he has very good command on English.
A. over
B. of
C. in
D. No improvement
Question 483
By the end of this century, scientists surely have discovered a cure for cancer.
A. are discovering
B. will have discovered
C. must discover
D. will have been discovered
Question 484
The popularity of the novels of Prem Chand, though they are full of sad and painful incidents, lies in the fact that they end with happiness.
A. end happily
B. are all ending with happiness
C. have a happy ending
D. No improvement
Question 485
The gangsters have taken shelter at the old house last month after the police ordered their arrest.
A. took shelter
B. are taking shelter
C. had taken shelter
D. No improvement
Question 486
Evidently very much people are involved in the new scheme implementation.
A. very many people
B. very more people
C. very such people
D. No improvement
Question 487
If he studied more, Kamal would have been able to secure a good first division.
A. If he would have studied more
B. If he were studying more
C. If he had studied more
D. No improvement
Question 488
As the poet ages, he naturally writes with sorrow of the process of decay in the life and time.
A. in a life and a time
B. in life and time
C. in life and the time
D. No improvement
Question 489
Your father will buy for you a new bag.
A. buy new bag for you
B. buy you new bag
C. buy you a new bag
D. No correction required
Question 490
I had a strange intrusion that he will steal the watch.
A. he may steal the watch
B. he would steal the watch
C. he will be stealing the watch
D. No correction required
Question 491
You can't imagine that she is rude and arrogant.
A. that she is rudely and arrogant
B. how rude and arrogant he is
C. what rudeness and arrogance she has
D. No correction required
Question 492
The principal lamented that though a detailed report was submitted to the management a month ago no action is being taken so far.
A. no action had taken
B. no action has been taken
C. no action was being taken
D. any action had been taken
Question 493
The practical importance of the role of the industrialist in the establishment of the new order is greater than the economist and the politician.
A. of the economist and the politicians
B. that of the economist's and the politician's
C. that of the economist and the politician
D. No improvement
Question 494
I can always count on him in times of difficulty.
A. count at him
B. count on he
C. count him on
D. None of the above
Question 495
Galileo escaped burning for heresy because he apologized and withdrew his previous statements.
A. being burnt
B. from being burnt
C. from having been burnt
D. No improvement
Question 496
The car's doors are loose.
A. car-doors are loose
B. doors of car are loose
C. doors of the car are loose
D. No improvement
Question 497
When he arrived to attend the wedding of his brother, he had been dressed in a dark suit.
A. dressed
B. was dressed
C. had dressed
D. No improvement
Question 498
He gave witness at the sensational trial.
A. evidence
B. proof
C. advice
D. No improvement
Question 499
The situation remained the same, rather got worse, all his efforts notwithstanding.
A. for all his efforts notwithstanding
B. with all his efforts notwithstanding
C. inspite of all his efforts not withstanding
D. No improvement
Question 500
The article should not exceed more than hundred words.
A. exceed beyond
B. exceed
C. exceed than
D. No improvement
Question 501
He has been living in Delhi since the last two years.
A. from
B. ever since
C. for
D. since about
Question 502
He hasn't yet applied for the job we told him.
A. we told him of
B. we told him about
C. of which we told him
D. No improvement
Question 503
The greater the demand, higher the price.
A. the higher
B. high
C. the high
D. No improvement
Question 504
The accused was ordered to be hung to death.
A. hung till death
B. hanged to death
C. hanged till death
D. No correction required
Question 505
Would you mind help me with these questions?
A. to help
B. of helping
C. helping
D. No improvement
Question 506
A bird in hand is worth two in bush.
A. two on bush
B. two in the bush
C. two at a bush
D. No improvement
Question 507
The dog eats its food in a plate.
A. off
B. from
C. with
D. No improvement
Question 508
I can't understand why he avoids to speak to me.
A. to tell me
B. speaking to me
C. saying to me
D. No improvement
Question 509
The forest is infested of snakes.
A. with
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement
Question 510
There is rumour that a great leader has been assassinated.
A. is the rumour
B. is rumours
C. is a rumour
D. No improvement
Question 511
That is something of which I'd rather not talk about.
A. I'd rather not talk about it
B. I'd rather not talk about
C. that I'd rather not talk about it
D. No correction required
Question 512
Kailash insisted him to do this work.
A. insisted on him to do this work
B. insisted him on doing this work
C. insisted on his doing this work
D. No correction required
Question 513
Sports is good to health.
A. is good for health
B. are good to health
C. are good for health
D. No improvement
Question 514
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
A. made
B. would make
C. makes
D. maketh
Question 515
I was attacked by malaria.
A. attacked with
B. afflicted by
C. afflicted with
D. No improvement.
Question 516
He has frightened many a people by his gun.
A. by gun
B. by a gun
C. with his gun
D. No improvement
Question 517
The farewell took place last Sunday.
A. was took place
B. was taken place
C. did take place
D. No correction required
Question 518
I prefer football for cricket.
A. to
B. than
C. from
D. No improvement
Question 519
Scarcely had he left when his friend came.
A. He had scarcely left
B. He had left scarcely
C. He scarcely had left
D. No improvement
Question 520
I told him what to do and how he does it.
A. should he do it
B. to do it
C. should it be done
D. he did it
Question 521
The man prides on his wealth.
A. is proud on
B. prides of
C. prides himself on
D. No improvement
Question 522
You, they and we must go together.
A. They, you and we
B. You, we and they
C. We, you and they
D. No improvement
Question 523
He is the best and popular actor of Bollywood.
A. the more popular
B. the most popular
C. popular most
D. No improvement
Question 524
I do not give any cognizance on what he says.
A. to
B. about
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 525
He did not obey to his orders.
A. obey his orders
B. obey him
C. obey to him
D. No improvement
Question 526
He died of a wound and not from malaria.
A. from a wound and not from malaria
B. of a wound and not of malaria
C. from a wound and not of malaria
D. No improvement
Question 527
Neither of the three boys came.
A. No one
B. None
C. Nil
D. No improvement
Question 528
A boy has been sunk in the river.
A. capsized
B. immersed
C. drowned
D. No improvement
Question 529
This is the same beggar that came yesterday.
A. who
B. which
C. whom
D. No improvement
Question 530
Can you tell me what time is it?
A. what is time
B. what is the time
C. what time it is
D. No improvement
Question 531
Can I exchange my book for yours?
A. my book
B. our book
C. my book with yours
D. No correction required
Question 532
Tigers are both found in Asia and in Africa.
A. found both in Asia and Africa
B. found both in Asia and in Africa
C. found in both Asia and Africa
D. No improvement
Question 533
None but the brave deserves the fair.
A. Only the brave
B. None else but the brave
C. Simply those who are brave
D. No improvement
Question 534
Would you like other piece of cake?
A. another
B. more
C. extra
D. No improvement
Question 535
If he had money, he will buy a house.
A. he is buying a house
B. he were buying a house
C. he did buy a house
D. No improvement
Question 536
Prices of pulses can go as high to Rs. 25 a kg.
A. so high to
B. so high as
C. as high as
D. No improvement
Question 537
You can mix it with some sugar and eat it.
A. any sugar
B. in some sugar
C. into some sugar
D. No correction required
Question 538
He drives as if the road belongs to him.
A. has belonged
B. belonged
C. is belonging
D. No improvement
Question 539
He was bitten by a snake, walking in the garden.
A. as he walked in the garden
B. while he walked in the garden
C. while he was walking in the garden
D. No improvement
Question 540
Eve-teasing is not only a moral offence but a crime punishable under law.
A. as well as
B. as also
C. but also
D. No correction required
Question 541
There is no more room for you in this compartment.
A. There is no more accommodation
B. There is no more space
C. There is no more seat
D. No improvement
Question 542
Twenty kilometres are not a great distance in these days of fast moving vehicles.
A. is no distance
B. is not a great distance
C. aren't a great distance
D. No improvement
Question 543
It is time to immediately put the work in hand.
A. to put the work immediately in hand
B. to put the work in hand immediately
C. immediately to put the work in hand
D. No improvement
Question 544
Although India is still by far a poor country, it can become rich if its natural and human resources are fully utilised.
A. by and by
B. by and large
C. few and far between
D. No improvement
Question 545
He said firmly that he would rather starve to stealing to get what he needed.
A. starve to rather stealing
B. starve to rather steal
C. rather starve than steal
D. rather starving to stealing
Question 546
He is extraordinary clever at mimicking his friends.
A. clever to mimick
B. clever for mimicking
C. clever in mimicking
D. No improvement
Question 547
When the clock struck six I was waiting here for an hour.
A. had waited
B. had been waiting
C. shall have waited
D. No improvement
Question 548
If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
A. If the room was brighter
B. If rooms are brighter
C. Had the room been brighter
D. No improvement
Question 549
Most of the employees from Rajan's factory were not inclination to using the new technology.
A. inclined to be
B. incline to
C. inclined to
D. inclining to
Question 550
He was extremely unhappy because of the inordinately delay.
A. the inordinate delaying
B. the inordinate delay
C. the inordinately delaying
D. inordinate delaying
Question 551
When the soldier returned home after the war was over, his wife received him with open hands.
A. with open arms
B. with unfolded hands
C. with an open heart
D. No improvement
Question 552
Sri Pashupatinath is a worth seeing temple in Kathmandu.
A. a temple worth seeing
B. a temple to see its worth
C. one of the worth seeing temples
D. No improvement
Question 553
Even the people in authority agree that corruption has become today's order.
A. the order of the day
B. the order of today
C. the day's order
D. No improvement
Question 554
Being a handicapped youth, he was put hard to complete his military course.
A. was hard put to
B. was put to it hard
C. was hardly put to
D. No improvement
Question 555
According to the Planning Commission estimates, by the year 2000, India will have become self-sufficient in petroleum products.
A. would have become
B. shall have become
C. should have become
D. No improvement
Question 556
She says she's already paid me back, but I can't remember, so I'll have to take her word.
A. to take her word true
B. to take her at her word
C. to take her word for it
D. No improvement
Question 557
The mother has not seen the child for several months and now eagerly looks forward to seeing him.
A. looks for
B. looks onto
C. looks ahead to
D. No improvement
Question 558
Although partially destroyed, the experts able to infer from what remained that the treasure was buried in the cave.
A. Although partially destroyed, the experts had inferred
B. Partially destroyed though it had, the experts able to infer
C. Destroyed partially, the experts were able to infer
D. Although it had been partially destroyed, the experts were able to infer
Question 559
Reema didn't pay the subscription, and Nisha didn't either.
A. did not
B. didn't neither
C. did either
D. No improvement
Question 560
From where did he obtain the money is a mystery.
A. Where from did he obtain the money
B. Where did he obtain the money from
C. Where he obtained the money from
D. No improvement
Question 561
I differ by you in this matter.
A. differ with you in this matter
B. differ from you about this matter
C. differ of you over this matter
D. No correction
Question 562
He has done nothing from yesterday.
A. after
B. since
C. through
D. No improvement
Question 563
When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
A. sat for
B. sat in
C. sat at
D. No improvement
Question 564
I noticed that the opposite man was staring at me.
A. the opposed man
B. the man opposite
C. the men opposite
D. No improvement
Question 565
The huge Negro would have been a comic figure if he had not been terrific, for he was dressed in a very loud grey check suit with a flowing salmon coloured tie.
A. must have been
B. may have been
C. should have been
D. No improvement
Question 566
It is difficult for a simple person to see through her artificial schemes.
A. artistic
B. artful
C. aesthetic
D. No improvement
Question 567
You must try making him to understand.
A. make him understand
B. to making him understand
C. to make him understand
D. No improvement
Question 568
In the modern world it is difficult to live through one's ideals.
A. to live up to
B. to live by
C. to live
D. No improvement
Question 569
When I lived in Allahabad, I was going to cinema once a week.
A. went
B. had been going
C. had gone
D. used to be going
Question 570
She did not like the movie, nor I did.
A. nor did I
B. nor I like it
C. nor I liked it
D. No improvement
Question 571
Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.
A. they had spoken
B. did they speak
C. they will speak
D. No improvement
Question 572
Photographs from the satellites launched by NASA at the early 1970s have proved invaluable to the mapping of remote areas.
A. towards
B. from
C. since
D. No improvement
Question 573
He has cooked that meal so often he can do it with his eyes closed.
A. mind blank
B. eyes covered
C. hands full
D. No improvement
Question 574
It is long since I last saw you.
A. long time
B. long before
C. long ago
D. No improvement
Question 575
He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.
A. on or off
B. on and off
C. regularly
D. No correction required
Question 576
It will take two hours to walk across the forest.
A. over
B. between
C. away
D. through
Question 577
There is sufficient fund to meet the requirement of the entire schools in our zone.
A. schools
B. all the schools
C. all of the schools
D. No correction required
Question 578
You ought not to have gone there, but you did.
A. be going
B. have been
C. go
D. No improvement
Question 579
The enthusiastic voters were queuing up outside the polling station since morning.
A. queued up
B. had queued up
C. had been queuing up
D. No improvement
Question 580
Because of his mastery in this field, his suggestions are wide accepted.
A. are widely accepted
B. are wide acceptance
C. have widely accepted
D. have been wide accepted
Question 581
I shall ring him tomorrow in the afternoon.
A. ring to him
B. ring up to him
C. ring him up
D. No improvement
Question 582
None of the guests were introduced to the bride.
A. introduced
B. was introduced
C. have been introduced
D. No improvement
Question 583
She cut a sad figure in her first performance on the stage.
A. made a sorry figure
B. cut a sorry figure
C. cut a sorry figure
D. No improvement
Question 584
I shall finish up the work by the end of this present month.
A. this month
B. this very month
C. this same month
D. this current month
Question 585
It is easier walking that run.
A. easier walking to running
B. easier to walk than to run
C. easier walking than running
D. No improvement
Question 586
We heard of them having discovered another stream.
A. them discovering
B. their discovering
C. their having discovered
D. No improvement
Question 587
I hope, you vividly remember the premiere of the film when I, my wife and you were present in the hall.
A. you, I and my wife
B. my wife, I and you
C. my wife, you and I
D. No improvement
Question 588
Older people often stay at home and watch TV because it is cold and dark in winter.
A. seldom
B. frequently
C. sometimes
D. No improvement
Question 589
Your brother has a great passion to study.
A. for study
B. for studying
C. to studying
D. No improvement
Question 590
Mr. Kulkarni is planning to settle in Kanpur as soon as he will retire in June next year.
A. retires
B. is retired
C. would retire
D. No improvement
Question 591
He has been absent for the past few months.
A. since the last
B. for last
C. since the past
D. No correction required
Question 592
Whenever my students come across new words, I ask them to look for them in the dictionary.
A. to look at them
B. to look it up
C. to look them up
D. No improvement
Question 593
You must accustom yourself with new ideas.
A. accustomed with
B. accustom to
C. accustom yourself to
D. No improvement
Question 594
The fact finding committee has so far not made any advancement.
A. progress
B. improvement
C. stride
D. No improvement
Question 595
You must find someone to accompany you to Bombay.
A. no one
B. everyone
C. anyone
D. No improvement
Question 596
One should exercise their right to vote.
A. his
B. our
C. one's
D. No improvement
Question 597
When the professor fell off the stool, the students could not avoid to laugh.
A. avoid laughing
B. refrain to laugh
C. avoid laughter
D. stop laughter
Question 598
His trousers are three sizes large.
A. three sizes too
B. three size
C. three sizes over
D. No improvement
Question 599
They appointed him as a manager as he is efficient.
A. as manager
B. manager
C. a manager
D. No improvement
Question 600
Having had in the Foreign Service for a long time, Mr. Verma has met many prominent personalities.
A. Having
B. He has been
C. Having been
D. Had he been
Question 601
No sooner he reached home than all the villagers gathered at his home to listen to his story.
A. would he reach
B. did he reach
C. had he reached
D. No improvement
Question 602
Putting in hard work to help others is what he likes from his heart.
A. in
B. by
C. at
D. No improvement
Question 603
What does agonise me most is not this criticism, but the trivial reason behind it.
A. I most agonised
B. most agonising me
C. agonises me most
D. agonising me most
Question 604
He offered me tea but I denied it.
A. refuted
B. neglected
C. declined
D. No improvement
Question 605
He dislikes the word dislike, isn't he?
A. does he
B. doesn't he
C. didn't he
D. hasn't he
Question 606
Who does not know that this was broadcasted ten days ago?
A. had broadcast
B. was broadcast
C. was broadcasting
D. No improvement
Question 607
I wish I was with him.
A. have been
B. were
C. am
D. No improvement
Question 608
He stopped to work an hour ago.
A. to working
B. to have worked
C. working
D. No improvement
Question 609
Ravi's father did not want to have spent all his money at the fair.
A. to be spending
B. to spend
C. to have been spending
D. No improvement
Question 610
There is a shortage of well qualified teachers of most subjects, specially of English and Economics.
A. especially of
B. especially in
C. in special of
D. No improvement
Question 611
The prisoners walked slowly for they knew that as soon as they cross the gate the jailer would ask them to jog.
A. crossed
B. would cross
C. had crossed
D. shall cross
Question 612
Since 1986, there is no earthquakes here.
A. were being
B. have been
C. are
D. No improvement
Question 613
Upto the time the last vote was recorded it was difficult to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party or the opposition.
A. To
B. Until
C. Till
D. No improvement
Question 614
Little that I knew of the English language, was not sufficient to make me a teacher of English.
A. Very little
B. The little
C. A little
D. No improvement.
Question 615
All his answers were correct.
A. His every answers
B. His all answers
C. All of his answers
D. No improvement
Question 616
Desertification, condition of the desert spreading into previously arable land, is threatening the planet.
A. spread of desert conditions into previously arable land
B. condition where the desert spreads into previously arable land
C. spread of conditions of desert where land was previously arable
D. the situation when desert conditions spread into previously arable land
Question 617
I asked him that why he is so lazy.
A. why is he
B. why he was
C. that why is he
D. No improvement
Question 618
You are warned against committing the same mistake again.
A. for committing
B. against to commit
C. to commit
D. No improvement
Question 619
He is the kindest and generous of all my friends.
A. more generous among all my friends
B. more generous of all my friends
C. the most generous of all my friends
D. No improvement
Question 620
Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but how long you have read.
A. but also how long
B. but also on how long
C. but also on how much long
D. No improvement
Question 621
The young hikers went as far as they finally got lost in the valley.
A. so far that
B. too far that
C. so far as that
D. very far therefore
Question 622
The more they earn, more they spend.
A. More they earn, more they spend
B. More they earn, the more they spend
C. The more they earn, the more they spend
D. No improvement
Question 623
The brochure, which is being enclosed with the application form, will give you information that you need.
A. informations
B. the information
C. an information
D. No improvement.
Question 624
The teacher gave the students some advice.
A. advise
B. advises
C. advices
D. No improvement
Question 625
I do not think I should tell you over and over again that my family are early risers.
A. my family members are early risers
B. my family is an early riser
C. my family are an early riser
D. No correction required
Question 626
As a gesture of goodwill India agreed to write off a huge amount of loan taken by some of her neighbours.
A. do away with
B. put off
C. give up
D. No improvement
Question 627
He gave me an old scissor.
A. old scissor
B. an old scissors
C. a pair of old scissors
D. No improvement
Question 628
Those who study at sixes and sevens seldom succeed.
A. by fits and starts
B. by leaps and bounds
C. from pillar to post
D. No improvement
Question 629
The film show began when we arrived in the hall.
A. had began
B. had begun
C. would begin
D. No improvement
Question 630
His manners indicate that he has no other intention than to steal his money.
A. rather
B. except
C. but
D. No improvement
Question 631
The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.
A. hell bent on getting
B. hell bent for getting
C. hell bent upon getting
D. No improvement
Question 632
When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princess at crushing them.
A. into crushing
B. in crushing
C. without crushing
D. No improvement
Question 633
If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
A. If the room was brighter
B. If the room are brighter
C. Had the room been brighter
D. No improvement
Question 634
The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge. then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger than measured 11 feet and 6 inches.
A. improved
B. broken
C. bettered
D. No improvement
Question 635
His powerful desire brought about his downfall.
A. His intense desire
B. His desire for power
C. His fatal desire
D. No improvement
Question 636
Will you kindly open the knot?
A. untie
B. break
C. loose
D. No improvement
Question 637
He sent a word to me that he would be coming late.
A. sent word
B. had sent a word
C. sent words
D. No improvement
Question 638
John had told me that he hasn't done it yet.
A. told
B. tells
C. was telling
D. No improvement
Question 639
Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?
A. lend me any rupees
B. borrow me a few rupees
C. lend me a few rupees
D. No improvement
Question 640
During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.
A. touch upon
B. touch on
C. touch of
D. No improvement
Question 641
He found a wooden broken chair in the room.
A. wooden and broken chair
B. broken wooden chair
C. broken and wooden chair
D. No improvement
Question 642
He could not look anything in the dark room.
A. away
B. up
C. down
D. No improvement
Question 643
The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.
A. away
B. up
C. down
D. None of the above
Question 644
While crossing the highway a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.
A. away
B. up
C. down
D. No improvement
Question 645
hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book. I won as a prize.
A. I had won as a prize
B. I have won as prize
C. I had to win as a prize
D. No improvement
Question 646
More than one person was killed in accident.
A. were killed
B. are killed
C. have been killed
D. No improvement
Question 647
Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
A. was sitting
B. sat
C. have been sitting
D. No improvement
Question 648
I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
A. that he bought yesterday
B. that which he had bought yesterday
C. that he had bought yesterday
D. No improvement
Question 649
Please make it a point to send you letter at my address.
A. on my address
B. to my address
C. in my address
D. No improvement
Question 650
If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
A. to bear upon
B. to bear with
C. to bear away
D. No improvement
Question 651
I hope you won't object to me watching while you work.
A. against me watching
B. me to watch
C. to my watching
D. No improvement
Question 652
You cannot forbid him leaving.
A. he leaving
B. his leaving
C. him to leave
D. No improvement
Question 653
You have come here with a view to insult me.
A. to insulting me
B. of insulting me
C. for insulting me
D. No improvement
Question 654
20 kms are not a great distance in these days of fast moving vehicles.
A. is not a great distance
B. is no distance
C. aren't a great distance
D. No improvement
Question 655
It became clear that the strangers were heading into a serious disaster.
A. along
B. towards
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 656
The dissidents hold a great problem in every political party.
A. cause
B. give
C. pose
D. No improvement
Question 657
I would have waited for you at the station if I knew that you would come.
A. had known
B. was knowing
C. have known
D. No improvement
Question 658
They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.
A. who are living in communities
B. living among a community
C. who lives with a community
D. No improvement
Question 659
Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.
A. each part
B. any part
C. most part
D. No improvement
Question 660
My opinion for the film is that it will bag the national ward.
A. opinion to
B. opinion about
C. opinion on
D. No improvement
Question 661
The end of the examinations is (an) oppurtunity for celebrating.
A. chance
B. moment
C. occasion
D. No improvement
Question 662
We were not the wiser for all this effort to explain the case to us.
A. none
B. neither
C. nevertheless
D. No improvement
Question 663
Whenever my students come across new words, I ask them to look for them in the dictionary.
A. to look it up
B. to look them up
C. to look at them
D. No improvement
Question 664
We look forward to hear from you.
A. hearing
B. have heard
C. listen
D. No improvement
Question 665
It was indeed a shock for her, but she has later recovered from it.
A. since
B. then
C. afterwards
D. No improvement
Question 666
Realising is the significance of technical education for developing country, the government laid aside a large sum on it during the last plan-period.
A. laid up
B. set aside
C. laid out
D. No improvement
Question 667
If you are not clear about the meaning of a word, it is wise to look to a dictionary.
A. look for
B. look at
C. look up
D. No improvement
Question 668
In the past, services of backward communities and weaker sections of society were used without payment of some kind.
A. payment or kind
B. payment of a kind
C. payment of any kind
D. No improvement
Question 669
You are warned against committing the same mistake again.
A. to commit
B. for committing
C. against to commit
D. No improvement
Question 670
No sooner he had returned home then his mother felt happy.
A. had he returned home when
B. he had returned home than
C. did he return home than
D. No improvement
Question 671
The contractor did not keep his promise that the work will be finished before the end of the week.
A. shall
B. would
C. could
D. No improvement
Question 672
He should move on to the next point, and not harp one sting only.
A. harp on string only
B. harp only one string
C. harp upon one string only
D. No improvement
Question 673
Either he or I am going.
A. he or I are going
B. he is going or I am
C. I or he is going
D. No improvement
Question 674
There is no absolute worry even if your son refuses to marry her.
A. no absolutely worry
B. absolutely no worry
C. absolutely not worrying
D. No improvement
Question 675
I hope you vividly remember the premier of the film when I, my wife and you were present in the hall.
A. my wife, I and you
B. you, I and my wife
C. my wife, you and I
D. No improvement
Question 676
To get one's name in the Rowland Ward's book of hunting records was the hot ambition of every serious hunter.
A. extreme
B. burning
C. high
D. No improvement
Question 677
Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges.
A. have to
B. need
C. ought to
D. No improvement
Question 678
She asked me if I knew a person who could teach her French, I said I wasn't.
A. do not know
B. didn't
C. hadn't
D. No improvement
Question 679
As she was suffering from high fever, she could not face the examination.
A. bear
B. suffer
C. take
D. No improvement
Question 680
The demonstration passed off peacefully.
A. passed out
B. passed away
C. passed on
D. No improvement
Question 681
The engagement ceremony took place in this very hotel last Sunday.
A. was took place
B. did take place
C. was taken place
D. No improvement
Question 682
Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.
A. move in a lift
B. ascend in a lift
C. take a lift
D. No improvement
Question 683
In fact, if it hadn't been for his invaluable advice on so many occasions I wouldn't have achieved anything in life.
A. remarkable advice
B. valuable advices
C. priceless suggestion
D. No improvement
Question 684
Had he turned down my offer, he could not be where he is today.
A. may not be
B. should not be
C. would not be
D. No improvement
Question 685
Mr. Smith arrived at India in June last year.
A. to
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement
Question 686
But in all these cases conversion from scale have well-formulated.
A. can be well-formulated
B. are well-formulated
C. well-formulated
D. No improvement
Question 687
I am unable to go on the excursion with my friends because I broke my leg.
A. have broken
B. break
C. had broken
D. No improvement
Question 688
With a thundering roar the huge rocket soared up from the launching pad.
A. flew up
B. went upwards
C. took off
D. No improvement
Question 689
There is dearth of woman doctor in our state. We shall have to recruit some from the other states.
A. women doctor
B. woman doctors
C. women doctors
D. No improvement
Question 690
If you cross the line you will be disqualified.
A. cross upon the line
B. cross on the line
C. cross out the line
D. No improvement
Question 691
The novelist stresses his opinion that were it not for the machinations of politicians, India would never have needed to be partitioned.
A. was it not for
B. it were not for
C. would it not for
D. No improvement
Question 692
Why the dinosaurs died out is not known.
A. it is not known
B. the reason is not known
C. that is not known
D. No improvement
Question 693
His father won't be able to leave for Varnasi until they have arrived.
A. until they arrive
B. until they will have arrived
C. until they will arrive
D. No improvement
Question 694
He is working hard with a view to attain good marks in the examination.
A. with a view of attaining
B. with a view to attaining
C. with a view for attaining
D. No improvement
Question 695
I will not go to school, if it shall rain tomorrow.
A. it would rain tomorrow
B. it will rain tomorrow
C. it rains tomorrow
D. No improvement
Question 696
If I stood alone in defence of truth, and the whole world is banded against me and against truth. I would fight them all.
A. will be banded
B. were banded
C. banded
D. No improvement
Question 697
He has not and can never be in the good books of his employer because he lacks honesty.
A. has not and cannot be
B. has not and can never been
C. has not been and can never be
D. No improvement
Question 698
When the examinations were over Anil and me went to our native town.
A. me and Anil
B. Anil and I
C. I and Anil
D. No improvement
Question 699
Our office clock is not so correct as it should be it is usually five minutes fast.
A. right
B. regular
C. accurate
D. No improvement
Question 700
The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.
A. over
B. up
C. away
D. No improvement
Question 701
While we would like that all Indian Children to go to school, we need to ponder why they do not.
A. that all the Indian children
B. if all the children of India
C. all Indian children
D. No improvement
Question 702
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.
A. much has been happening
B. much had happened
C. much might happen
D. No improvement
Question 703
I shall be grateful to you if you are of help to me now.
A. help
B. would help
C. helped
D. No improvement
Question 704
The logic of Berlin wall already had been undermined but when the news came through that the wall itself had been opened I jumped into a car.
A. had been undetermined already
B. had already been undetermined
C. had been already undetermined
D. No improvement
Question 705
Other countries have eradicated this disease ten years ago.
A. eradicated
B. had eradicated
C. did eradicated
D. No improvement
Question 706
Young men and women should get habituated to reading and writing about current affairs.
A. used
B. prepared
C. trained
D. No improvement
Question 707
After the discovery of the small pox vaccine, there is no cases of the disease in India.
A. are
B. were being
C. have been
D. No improvement
Question 708
The expert was very interesting in this candidate.
A. was having interest
B. was very interested
C. is having interested
D. No improvement
Question 709
To learn a language well,one must have patience and readiness to work hard.
A. readiness to working
B. be ready to working
C. ready to working
D. No improvement
Question 710
He kept us all in suspension regarding his future plans.
A. surprise
B. suspense
C. suspicion
D. No improvement
Question 711
Mahatma Gandhi was by far a great man of India.
A. a very great man
B. too great a man
C. the greatest man
D. No improvement
Question 712
Vishal, who studies medicine at present, hopes to go abroad after graduation.
A. has been studying
B. is studying
C. will study
D. No improvement
Question 713
Robert listened to the phone ring again and again.
A. ringing
B. that rang
C. as it rang
D. No improvement
Question 714
Can this apparatus be adopted in this job.
A. to
B. for
C. by
D. No improvement
Question 715
My neighbours are extremely noisy but even more are they quarrelsome.
A. they are even more quarrelsome
B. even more they are quarrelsome
C. they are quarrelsome even more
D. No improvement
Question 716
The principal was angry on seeing a wooden broken chair lying in the corridor.
A. broken wooden chair
B. wooden and broken chair
C. broken and wooden chair
D. No improvement
Question 717
He never recollected his grand father to say that his job was odd.
A. say
B. to have said
C. saying
D. while saying
Question 718
A basic step for career planning, and also for preparation for interviews is to give serious thought to assess yourself by taking stock of your needs, interests as well as your strengths and weaknesses.
A. to have your assessment
B. to assessing yourself
C. to having assessed yourself
D. No improvement
Question 719
I had never realised that if an innocent act like this could land a man into trouble.
A. that an innocent act
B. what an innocent act
C. that even an innocent act
D. No improvement
Question 720
Whenever the two sisters go out for shopping, they take their pet dog with them.
A. go out shopping
B. go out to shopping
C. go out on shopping
D. No improvement
Question 721
He felt like a character in a story book which had gazed out for a moment in his brief, imagined life at the real world.
A. that gazed out
B. who did gaze out
C. who had gazed out
D. No improvement
Question 722
The valley lied quite and peaceful in the sun.
A. lied quietly and peacefully
B. lay quite and peaceful
C. lay quietly and peacefully
D. No correction required
Question 723
He fled from the country lest he should be arrested for his misdeeds.
A. fled off
B. fled
C. fled out of
D. No improvement
Question 724
Most donors would seriously protest any effort to extrapolate from such limited data.
A. protest at
B. protest to
C. protest against
D. No improvement
Question 725
When the thief heard the police siren, he showed a pair of clean heels.
A. a clean pair of heels
B. clean a pair of heels
C. a pair of heels clean
D. No improvement
Question 726
Honestly and efficiently organised socialism is expected to make our economic structure work accordingly with the laws of business morality.
A. according with
B. accordingly to
C. in accordance with
D. No improvement
Question 727
I was waiting until everybody will have left the meeting place.
A. until everybody had left
B. until everybody left
C. until everybody would leave
D. No improvement
Question 728
The strangers were heading into a serious disaster.
A. for
B. towards
C. along
D. No improvement
Question 729
In quick time he got attached to a renowned leader and politician.
A. In enough time
B. In brief time
C. In no time
D. On time only
Question 730
As he started to descend, someone lunged at him from above and knocked his balance off.
A. knocked off his balance
B. knocked him off balance
C. knocked him off from his balance
D. No correction required
Question 731
An educated man's way of life can be contrasted to that of an illiterate person.
A. contrasted with
B. contrasted at
C. contrasted against
D. No improvement
Question 732
Citizens should be prohibited to smoke in public places.
A. for smoking
B. against smoking
C. from smoking
D. No improvement
Question 733
Indians invented the decimal system and the digit, algebra and geometry but the names of their inventors are buried in oblivion.
A. to
B. into
C. within
D. No improvement
Question 734
Our dwindling supplies were replaced when the new shipment arrived.
A. restocked
B. replenished
C. refilled
D. No improvement
Question 735
Either the Chief Minister or his colleagues have submitted his resignation.
A. has submitted his resignation
B. has submitted their resignation
C. have submitted their resignation
D. No improvement
Question 736
He has always been very kind enough to help me.
A. kind enough
B. too kind enough
C. enough kind
D. No improvement
Question 737
There is no more room for you in this compartment.
A. there is no more seat
B. there is no more space
C. there is no more accommodation
D. No improvement
Question 738
Frank was bound hand and foot and tightly blind-folded, but unharmed.
A. bound by
B. bound in
C. bound to
D. No improvement
Question 739
When he met her for the first time, he felt as if he had been knowing her all his life.
A. knew
B. was knowing
C. had known
D. No improvement
Question 740
Most donors would seriously protest any effort to extrapolate from such limited data.
A. protest against
B. protest at
C. protest to
D. No improvement
Question 741
He did not even listen to me, leaving aside staying here.
A. leave aside
B. leave beside
C. leave besides
D. after leaving aside
Question 742
She says she's already paid me back, but I can't remember, so I 'll have to take her word.
A. to take her word true
B. to take her at her word
C. to take her word for it
D. No improvement
Question 743
If we finish our work in time, we'll go for a movie.
A. If we finished
B. If we will finish
C. If we could finish
D. No improvement
Question 744
If you had attended the meeting, you would have benefited a great deal.
A. could benefit
B. would benefit
C. benefited
D. No improvement
Question 745
She became conscientious when she realised that the opposite man was staring at her.
A. the man opposite
B. the opposed man
C. man opposite
D. No improvement
Question 746
This matter admits of no excuse.
A. admits to
B. admits from
C. admits
D. No improvement
Question 747
The good fortune of being your student in my younger days has helped me greatly in my life.
A. of my having been your student
B. of myself being your student
C. of my being your student
D. No correction required
Question 748
If he would have tried he would have succeeded.
A. is tried
B. was tried
C. had tried
D. No improvement
Question 749
The boys of our class have reported considerable progress for the implementation of their policies.
A. in the implementation of
B. by implementing
C. by introducing implements
D. towards implementing
Question 750
It will be no good trying to find an excuse next time.
A. to try to find
B. to try finding
C. trying finding
D. No improvement
Question 751
The blue jacket is least expensive of the two apparels.
A. the less expensive
B. less expensive
C. the lesser expensive
D. No improvement
Question 752
Please remind me of posting these letters to my relatives.
A. by posting
B. to post
C. for posting
D. No improvement
Question 753
The best of us are not without faults or failings.
A. fault and failings
B. faults and failures
C. faults and failings
D. No improvement
Question 754
Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.
A. did they speak
B. they will speak
C. they had spoken
D. No improvement
Question 755
There is that special quality which makes him who he is.
A. where he is
B. what he is
C. why he is
D. whom he is
Question 756
Not long back, in Japan, a mysterious nerve gas affected a large number of people.
A. effected
B. infected
C. infested
D. No improvement
Question 757
We had nothing to eat since 8'o clock, this morning.
A. have had nothing
B. has had nothing
C. did have nothing
D. No improvement
Question 758
Only a potter can shape clay in a pot.
A. clay into a pot
B. clay as a pot
C. the clay as a pot
D. No improvement
Question 759
We did not see this movie yet.
A. have seen
B. have not seen
C. have seen
D. No improvement
Question 760
When I get home, my children would be playing.
A. would have been
B. will be
C. have been
D. No correction required
Question 761
My friend was in hospital for a week after an accident.
A. through
B. following
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 762
In India today many of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the French revolution and the Rights of Man, not appreciating that playing much has happened since then.
A. much might happen
B. much had happened
C. much has been happening
D. No improvement
Question 763
All, but her, had made an attempt.
A. All, but she,
B. All, but herself,
C. All, but her,
D. No improvement
Question 764
He plans to hurriedly complete this work.
A. to complete hurriedly this work
B. to complete this work hurriedly
C. to complete this work in a hurry
D. No correction required
Question 765
Whatever to our other problems. we have no shortcoming to cheap labour in India.
A. default
B. deficit
C. scarcity
D. No improvement
Question 766
Millions of people in our country are deprived of two square meals since independence.
A. are being deprived
B. have been deprived
C. has been deprived
D. No improvement
Question 767
I have lived in Delhi since I was four.
A. am living
B. lived
C. had lived
D. No improvement
Question 768
The intellectual interest which is the mainspring of George Eliot's inspiration alters the angle from which she approaches each aspect of her subject matter.
A. either aspect
B. every aspect
C. any aspect
D. No improvement
Question 769
This telephone number is not existing.
A. has not existed
B. does not exist
C. has not been existing
D. No improvement
Question 770
We might have been visited the sick man if we knew that he was in the hospital.
A. would have been
B. will have
C. would have
D. may have been
Question 771
I shall not go untill I am invited.
A. till I am invited
B. Unless I am invited
C. if not I am invited
D. No improvement
Question 772
The right to work implies the obligation on the part of the government to give a job to all the unemployed.
A. any of the unemployed
B. every unemployed
C. each of the unemployed
D. No improvement
Question 773
He died in the year 1960 at 11pm on 14 July.
A. on 14 July in the year 1960 at 11pm
B. in the year 1960 on 14 July at 11pm
C. at 11pm on 14 July in the year 1960
D. No improvement
Question 774
Oliver was assigned the task of serving a summons on Mr. Higgins to appear in a court of law.
A. a summon
B. the summons
C. the summon
D. No improvement
Question 775
Due to these reason we are all in favour of universal compulsory education.
A. Out of these reasons
B. For these reasons
C. By these reasons
D. No improvement
Question 776
Having spent her childhood in Bombay, she has developed her ability to converse in Marathi rather good.
A. rather well
B. rather better
C. fairly well
D. good rather
Question 777
I was living in Dehradun for ten years when I was a child.
A. had lived
B. had been living
C. lived
D. No improvement
Question 778
All the allegations levelled against him were found to be baseless.
A. levelled for
B. level with
C. level against
D. None of the above
Question 779
They asked me that how I got time to write all these books.
A. how did I get
B. that how did I get
C. how I got
D. that how I was getting
Question 780
I love the literature, the music, the art.
A. literature, music and art
B. the literature, music and art
C. literature, music and the art
D. the literature, the music and the art
Question 781
Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
A. was looked
B. would be looked
C. had looking
D. would have looked
Question 782
Nanda was hurried to the station when she dashed against the car.
A. was being hurried
B. is hurried
C. was hurrying
D. was to hurry
Question 783
He returned with two burning mugs of coffee and set them down on her desk.
A. heating
B. steaming
C. blazing
D. No improvement
Question 784
He makes friends with all kinds of people.
A. makes friendship
B. makes friend
C. made friendship
D. No improvement
Question 785
The plan broke open for want of funds.
A. broke up
B. broke down
C. broke out
D. No improvement
Question 786
The detectives followed on several clues but failed to find the murderer.
A. up
B. through
C. by
D. No improvement
Question 787
I am sorry, but I don't believe what you say.
A. I will not believe
B. I am not believing
C. I will not be believing
D. No improvement
Question 788
By aligning with him, he was heading into a serious disaster.
A. along
B. towards
C. for
D. No improvement
Question 789
One of their freighters, the Neptune, will leave in two weeks.
A. would leave
B. will be leaving
C. would have left
D. No improvement
Question 790
As per my instructions he sent a word to me informing me of the sick man's condition.
A. sent word
B. had sent a word
C. sent words
D. No improvement
Question 791
Rohit is as fast as or perhaps faster than Manish.
A. equally fast
B. almost as fast
C. as fast
D. No correction required
Question 792
I have already read this book twice.
A. I already twice have read this book
B. I twice have already read this book
C. I have twice already read this book
D. No improvement
Question 793
Before I met Rajeev, I had had a poor opinion of him.
A. had
B. have had
C. did have
D. No improvement
Question 794
The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than 4 hours now.
A. have been waiting
B. had waited
C. has been waiting
D. No improvement
Question 795
If you will pray sincerely, God will listen to your prayers.
A. you pray
B. you are paying
C. you will be praying
D. No improvement
Question 796
The old man felled some trees in the garden with hardly no effort at all.
A. hard effort
B. hardly any effort
C. a hardly any effort
D. No improvement
Question 797
People are tiring very soon in an activity which they don't like.
A. tried
B. trying
C. tired
D. tyring
Question 798
The company goes to great length to ensure that employees can be comfortable in their work environment.
A. are comfortable
B. will be comfortable
C. should be comfortable
D. No improvement
Question 799
The plane touched down at Heathrow at six p.m., on schedule.
A. at
B. with
C. by
D. No improvement
Question 800
I want you to clearly understand that excuses won't do
A. you clearly to understand
B. you to understand clearly
C. to clearly understand you
D. No improvement
Question 801
The members attending the meeting were men on powerful positions, high in the councils of their respective governments.
A. of
B. with
C. in
D. No correction required
Question 802
He was fined for careless driving.
A. got fined
B. fined
C. was to be fined
D. No improvement
Question 803
It is time the six year old is learning how to read and write.
A. has learned
B. learnt
C. was learning
D. No improvement
Question 804
Although India is still by far a poor country, it can become rich if its natural and human resources are fully utilised.
A. few and far between
B. by and large
C. by and by
D. No improvement
Question 805
I shall be grateful to you if you are of help to me now.
A. would help
B. help
C. shall help
D. No improvement
Question 806
The reason why he wrote the letter was because he could not contact him over the phone.
A. why he wrote the letter was since
B. for which he wrote the letter because
C. why he wrote the letter was that
D. No improvement
Question 807
As he is past his teens now, he can look for himself.
A. after
B. to
C. around
D. No improvement
Question 808
I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked him.
A. would have gladly accompanied
B. was to have gladly accompanied
C. will gladly accompanied
D. No improvement
Question 809
Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
A. then
B. while
C. when
D. as
Question 810
All his family members are in Kanpur.
A. All of his family members
B. All the family members of his
C. All the members of his family
D. No correction required
Question 811
The summer has set out, and the days are getting warm.
A. set up
B. set in
C. set off
D. No improvement
Question 812
I often see him dancing the top.
A. rotating
B. encircling
C. dodging
D. spinning
Question 813
He cannot succeed in business because he works by fits and starts.
A. with fits and starts
B. fits and starts
C. into fits and starts
D. No improvement
Question 814
She was too clever to see through his tricks.
A. see into his tricks
B. see his tricks
C. see at his tricks
D. No improvement
Question 815
The main point of his speech was well understood.
A. that he spoke
B. in the speech of his
C. made when he spoke
D. None of the above
Question 816
On hearing the loud noise, he stopped and got down from his bicycle.
A. got from
B. got down
C. got off
D. No improvement
Question 817
I cannot put forth with this nasty fellow.
A. put up
B. put in
C. put out
D. No improvement
Question 818
Let's buy a new sari with the annual bonus, can we?
A. can't we
B. don't we
C. shall we
D. No improvement
Question 819
He did many mischiefs.
A. made many a mischiefs
B. made much mischief
C. committed many mischiefs
D. No improvement
Question 820
The boy told his teacher to explain the passage.
A. called his teacher
B. said to his teacher
C. asked his teacher
D. No improvement
Question 821
I met the two girls, whom I believe, are twin-sisters.
A. who I believe, are
B. who I believe to be
C. who, to my belief, are
D. No improvement
Question 822
They felt humiliated because they realised that they had cheated.
A. had been cheating
B. had been cheated
C. have been cheated
D. were to be cheated
Question 823
He grabbed the man from the overcoat and pulled him away from Ritu.
A. off
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement
Question 824
His voice was rough and gravelly, as though his throat has had suffered an injury.
A. had
B. had had
C. would have
D. No improvement
Question 825
You may point whoever you think can do the job most efficiently.
A. anybody you think
B. someone you think
C. whomever you think
D. None of the above
Question 826
What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. No improvement
Question 827
In her views, they are going to present a report soon.
A. As
B. On
C. With
D. For
Question 828
They are working for the upliftment of their village.
A. uplift of
B. uplifting of
C. uplifting
D. No improvement
Question 829
She could not help but laugh.
A. laughing
B. but laughing
C. laugh
D. No improvement
Question 830
What is the time in your watch?
A. on
B. by
C. from
D. No improvement
Question 831
This carpenter is the most skilled of all the other carpenters in our workshop.
A. carpenter
B. of all other carpenters
C. of all carpenters
D. No improvement
Question 832
The police broke away the meeting as it turned violent.
A. broke up
B. broke off
C. broke through
D. No improvement
Question 833
His father won't be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived.
A. until they arrive
B. until they will arrive
C. until they will have arrived
D. No improvement
Question 834
He never tells the truth.
A. says
B. utters
C. speaks
D. No improvement