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Sentence Improvement MCQ Questions & Answers

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

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Question 2

He has very good command on English.

A. of
B. over
C. in
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 5

We must fight shy from wicked company.

A. fight shy with
B. fight shy off
C. fight shy of
D. shy from

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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

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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

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Question 8

The doctor said that there was no cause of anxiety.

A. cause to
B. cause for
C. cause with
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 13

The boy which came to see me this morning had come from Agra.

A. that
B. whom
C. who
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 26

He enjoys nothing more than drawing swords with others.

A. crossing
B. playing
C. clashing
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 29

He should not had done it.

A. should had not
B. should not have
C. should have
D. had not

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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

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Question 31

He has a house for letting.

A. for letting out
B. to let
C. to rent out
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 33

Two hours have elapsed since he had fallen asleep.

A. fell
B. has fallen
C. was fallen
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 35

Ramakrishna availed himself of all the leave to his credit.

A. availed of
B. availed to
C. availed
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 37

Please remind me of posting these letters of my relatives.

A. for posting
B. to post
C. by posting
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 42

I complimented him for his success in the examination.

A. about
B. on
C. at
D. No improvement

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Question 43

A boy has been sunk in this river.

A. drowned
B. immersed
C. submerged
D. No improvement

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Question 44

He insisted on he was innocent.

A. insisted that
B. insisted on that
C. insists that
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 54

He asked me if I can help him to lift the box.

A. may
B. would
C. will
D. No improvement

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Question 55

Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges.

A. need
B. have to
C. ought to
D. No improvement

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Question 56

I made him good-bye.

A. wished
B. complimented
C. bade
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 64

One of my colleagues is an expert in homoeopathy.

A. is expert
B. has expertised
C. has been expertised
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 69

She wondered if the children were as lonely as she was.

A. that if
B. whether
C. that
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 74

They have stopped from constructing new buildings.

A. to construct
B. at constructing
C. constructing
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 76

Mother always finds faults with the maid servant.

A. find faults
B. is finding faults
C. finds fault
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 78

He gave the I.A.S. examination in all seriousness.

A. appeared
B. took
C. undertook
D. No improvement

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Question 79

Education is a strong instrument for moulding the character of the young.

A. striking
B. powerful
C. potent
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 84

A lot depends on your early brought up in the family.

A. bringing up
B. bringing on
C. upbringing
D. No improvement

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Question 85

My opinion for the film is that it will bag the national award.

A. on
B. to
C. about
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 87

Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.

A. when
B. while
C. as
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 90

The dentist pulled up one of my teeth yesterday.

A. pulled
B. pulled out
C. pulled off
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 92

Wise men catch time by the forelock.

A. hold
B. seize
C. take
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 94

Hundreds of people were killed by the earthquake.

A. from
B. in
C. of
D. No improvement

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Question 95

The members of his family are coming in this train.

A. with
B. by
C. on
D. No improvement

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Question 96

The "Three Musketeers" have been written by Dumas.

A. are written
B. are being written
C. has been written
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 103

The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.

A. away
B. over
C. up
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 106

If he had time he will call you.

A. would have
B. would have had
C. has
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 111

It shall depend on they finishing on time.

A. they finish
B. them finishing
C. their finishing
D. their's finishing

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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

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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

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Question 114

Sensing that the contest would be very tough, she decided to stand down.

A. lie
B. play
C. sit
D. No improvement

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Question 115

Kalidas is the greatest of all other dramatist.

A. most other
B. the other
C. any other
D. all the

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 122

The secret information was held away from me.

A. off
B. back
C. out
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 128

She gave most of her time to music.

A. devoted
B. spent
C. lent
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 130

In accordance to your instructions, we have remitted the amount in the bank.

A. by
B. with
C. for
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 135

We have heard her lecture yesterday.

A. were hearing
B. would have heard
C. heard
D. had been hearing

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Question 136

It is high time that we did something about it.

A. had done
B. would do
C. have done
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 139

Brinjals are dead cheap these days.

A. deadly cheap
B. dirt cheap
C. dust cheap
D. No improvement

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Question 140

Since 1986, there is no earthquake here.

A. have been
B. are
C. were being
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 142

They cooked a conspiracy to overthrow the monarch.

A. created
B. fabricated
C. hatched
D. No improvement

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Question 143

Is there any place for me to sit?

A. space
B. room
C. area
D. No improvement

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Question 144

The child jumped with delight on seeing the joker at the circus.

A. ruffian
B. clown
C. dud
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 146

He plays cricket and tennis also.

A. both
B. besides
C. too
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 148

The child is father of the man.

A. A child, man
B. Child, a man
C. Child, man
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 150

It is ten years since I have begun living here.

A. begun
B. had begun
C. began
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 152

He was born to rich parents.

A. from
B. with
C. by
D. of

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Question 153

Shivani was really happy while I accepted her invitation for her birthday party.

A. when
B. after
C. as
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 156

We spent an hour discussing about his character.

A. his character
B. on his character
C. of his character
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 159

On seeing the lion she felt too much afraid.

A. very much
B. excessively
C. much
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 166

I am used to used work.

A. hard working
B. work hard
C. work hardly
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 168

The burglars broke in Mr. Roy's house last night.

A. broke through
B. broke into
C. broke open
D. No improvement

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Question 169

Hard Days' was his last novel.

A. latter
B. recent
C. latest
D. No improvement

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Question 170

They all loved each other.

A. among each other
B. one another
C. for each other
D. No improvement

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Question 171

The matter must be considered in every point of view.

A. with
B. from
C. at
D. No improvement

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Question 172

He has eaten his food.

A. has had
B. has taken
C. has swallowed
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 174

The doctor examined my pulse.

A. observed
B. saw
C. felt
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 176

No one needs to worry about me.

A. will worry
B. need worry
C. shall worry
D. No improvement

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Question 177

Place a ladder on the wall.

A. along
B. with
C. against
D. No improvement

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Question 178

Please blow up the candle.

A. turn off
B. blow out
C. put off
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 180

Shakespeare lived for the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.

A. in
B. since
C. during
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 182

It is most unique piece of art.

A. a unique
B. the most unique
C. an unique
D. No improvement

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Question 183

He enjoys to tell stories to children.

A. how to tell stories
B. telling stories
C. to narrate stories
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 187

Old habits die hardly.

A. die much hardly
B. die hard
C. die too hard
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 189

Galileo said that the earth revolved around the sun.

A. has revolved
B. has been revolving
C. revolves
D. is revolving

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Question 190

Let he and I work together.

A. him and I
B. him and me
C. he and me
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 192

The police are trying to solve the mystery.

A. was
B. has been
C. is
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 194

The officer looked on my complaint.

A. looked of
B. looked into
C. looked to
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 197

The problems of translation are still remain.

A. are remain
B. will remained
C. will still remain
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 203

The train left before we reached the station.

A. had left
B. would have left
C. has had left
D. No improvement

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Question 204

Columbus invented America.

A. searched
B. traced
C. discovered
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 210

There is an endless running of traffic on the Delhi-Ghaziabad road.

A. heaviness
B. river
C. stream
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 221

If the pain is returning, you would better take another pill.

A. has returned
B. should return
C. returned
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 224

The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.

A. command
B. knowledge
C. need
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 226

A good has been alloted to him.

A. aloted
B. alotted
C. allotted
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 249

The parents became extremely troubled when their son did not return by midnight.

A. anxious
B. depressed
C. sad
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 251

Are you more cleverer than us?

A. cleverer to us
B. more cleverer to us
C. cleverer than us
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 255

Madan will not be at home until eight o'clock.

A. in home
B. to home
C. home
D. No improvement

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Question 256

People are generally found absorbing in the activity which they like most.

A. absorb
B. absorbed
C. observe
D. observing

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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

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Question 258

Nothing but books and magazines pleases her.

A. were pleasing
B. please
C. are pleasing
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 261

Each village adopted by the club was provided by electric supply.

A. provided
B. provided with
C. provided for
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 263

I suggest that he study medicine.

A. will study
B. studies
C. studied
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 266

An accident took place early today morning.

A. this morning
B. morning today
C. at the morning
D. No improvement

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Question 267

After a few minutes the unconscious boxer began to come out.

A. up
B. round
C. on
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 270

More than one person was killed in the accident.

A. have been killed
B. were killed
C. are killed
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 272

He didn't believe in God but he went to church regularly.

A. however
B. nevertheless
C. yet
D. No improvement

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Question 273

Is your brother yet at the university?

A. brother still at
B. brother continue at
C. brother till at
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 277

I have got some tea, but I do not have a sugar.

A. some
B. any
C. more
D. got

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 298

They succeeded without hardly making any effort.

A. hardly without making
B. with hardly making
C. without making hardly
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 315

They are waiting for her since morning.

A. were waiting
B. have been waiting
C. wait
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 333

He could not cope up with the heavy rush.

A. cope up to
B. cope by
C. cope with
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 335

We did not see this movie yet.

A. had seen
B. have not seen
C. have seen
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 340

He opened the letter without caring to read the address on the envelope.

A. thinking
B. bothering
C. worrying
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 344

As soon as our plan is approved, I shall favour its' adoption.

A. our
B. it's
C. its
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 346

There is plenty of time to catch the train.

A. reach
B. get
C. hold
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 348

I wish that I read this book before the seminar.

A. had read
B. can read
C. was reading
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 350

The robber entered into the old man's room very quietly.

A. entered inside
B. entered
C. entered in
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 359

Let us partake a meal before we start.

A. partake of
B. partake off
C. partake in
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 361

I advise you to call at the doctor for consultation.

A. call in
B. call to
C. call upon
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 370

The little child was knocked out by a car.

A. up
B. away
C. down
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 390

The floor of the hall was covered by a carpet.

A. covered with
B. covered upon
C. covered in
D. No improvement

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Question 391

She insisted for accompanying her husband on the tour.

A. on accompanying
B. in accompanying
C. to accompany
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 394

He is ill from typhoid.

A. with
B. of
C. off
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 403

This time she is coming in holidays for an extending stay here.

A. extensive
B. extension
C. extended
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 405

The weather of Shimla does not suit me.

A. climate
B. atmosphere
C. environment
D. No improvement

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Question 406

He killed the enemy by his sword.

A. by sword
B. by a sword
C. through his sword
D. with his sword

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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

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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

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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

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Question 410

As soon did the Manager came, the clerks started typing.

A. was
B. had
C. as
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 412

He enthusiastically stated that his suggestions should be accepted without delay.

A. eagerly
B. emphatically
C. promptly
D. No improvement

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Question 413

Nelson Mandela struggled hard to get equality from the whites in South Africa.

A. for
B. with
C. at
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 415

You are a most unusual person.

A. most
B. a mostly
C. mostly
D. None of the above

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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

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Question 417

The meeting was postponed owing to lack of quorum.

A. due to
B. because of
C. for
D. No improvement

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Question 418

He copied the details word by word.

A. word to word
B. word for word
C. word on word
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 420

We had stop for petrol because we had hardly much left.

A. more
B. some
C. any
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 435

I congratulated him on his creditable performance in the I.F.S. examination.

A. credible
B. creditworthy
C. credulous
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 448

Students must give ears to what the teacher says.

A. ear
B. the ears
C. an ear
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 455

Many accidents can be avoided if we be careful.

A. might be careful
B. are careful
C. were careful
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 462

Rakesh's wife sung a very sweet song in the party.

A. singed the
B. singed
C. sang a
D. No improvement

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Question 463

They went across the forest into the deep valleys.

A. into
B. between
C. over
D. through

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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

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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

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Question 466

My friend and me study together during holidays.

A. I
B. myself
C. I myself
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 472

A thing of beauty is joy for ever.

A. is joyous
B. is the joy
C. is a joy
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 480

He didn't believe in God but he went to church regularly.

A. yet
B. nevertheless
C. however
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 498

He gave witness at the sensational trial.

A. evidence
B. proof
C. advice
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 500

The article should not exceed more than hundred words.

A. exceed beyond
B. exceed
C. exceed than
D. No improvement

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Question 501

He has been living in Delhi since the last two years.

A. from
B. ever since
C. for
D. since about

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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

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Question 503

The greater the demand, higher the price.

A. the higher
B. high
C. the high
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 505

Would you mind help me with these questions?

A. to help
B. of helping
C. helping
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 507

The dog eats its food in a plate.

A. off
B. from
C. with
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 509

The forest is infested of snakes.

A. with
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 514

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

A. made
B. would make
C. makes
D. maketh

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Question 515

I was attacked by malaria.

A. attacked with
B. afflicted by
C. afflicted with
D. No improvement.

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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

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Question 517

The farewell took place last Sunday.

A. was took place
B. was taken place
C. did take place
D. No correction required

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Question 518

I prefer football for cricket.

A. to
B. than
C. from
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 521

The man prides on his wealth.

A. is proud on
B. prides of
C. prides himself on
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 524

I do not give any cognizance on what he says.

A. to
B. about
C. for
D. No improvement

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Question 525

He did not obey to his orders.

A. obey his orders
B. obey him
C. obey to him
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 527

Neither of the three boys came.

A. No one
B. None
C. Nil
D. No improvement

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Question 528

A boy has been sunk in the river.

A. capsized
B. immersed
C. drowned
D. No improvement

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Question 529

This is the same beggar that came yesterday.

A. who
B. which
C. whom
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 531

Can I exchange my book for yours?

A. my book
B. our book
C. my book with yours
D. No correction required

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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

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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

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Question 534

Would you like other piece of cake?

A. another
B. more
C. extra
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 538

He drives as if the road belongs to him.

A. has belonged
B. belonged
C. is belonging
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 562

He has done nothing from yesterday.

A. after
B. since
C. through
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 566

It is difficult for a simple person to see through her artificial schemes.

A. artistic
B. artful
C. aesthetic
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 574

It is long since I last saw you.

A. long time
B. long before
C. long ago
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 576

It will take two hours to walk across the forest.

A. over
B. between
C. away
D. through

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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

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Question 578

You ought not to have gone there, but you did.

A. be going
B. have been
C. go
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 582

None of the guests were introduced to the bride.

A. introduced
B. was introduced
C. have been introduced
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 586

We heard of them having discovered another stream.

A. them discovering
B. their discovering
C. their having discovered
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 589

Your brother has a great passion to study.

A. for study
B. for studying
C. to studying
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 593

You must accustom yourself with new ideas.

A. accustomed with
B. accustom to
C. accustom yourself to
D. No improvement

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Question 594

The fact finding committee has so far not made any advancement.

A. progress
B. improvement
C. stride
D. No improvement

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Question 595

You must find someone to accompany you to Bombay.

A. no one
B. everyone
C. anyone
D. No improvement

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Question 596

One should exercise their right to vote.

A. his
B. our
C. one's
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 598

His trousers are three sizes large.

A. three sizes too
B. three size
C. three sizes over
D. No improvement

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Question 599

They appointed him as a manager as he is efficient.

A. as manager
B. manager
C. a manager
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 604

He offered me tea but I denied it.

A. refuted
B. neglected
C. declined
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 607

I wish I was with him.

A. have been
B. were
C. am
D. No improvement

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Question 608

He stopped to work an hour ago.

A. to working
B. to have worked
C. working
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 612

Since 1986, there is no earthquakes here.

A. were being
B. have been
C. are
D. No improvement

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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

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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.

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Question 615

All his answers were correct.

A. His every answers
B. His all answers
C. All of his answers
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 618

You are warned against committing the same mistake again.

A. for committing
B. against to commit
C. to commit
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Question 624

The teacher gave the students some advice.

A. advise
B. advises
C. advices
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 627

He gave me an old scissor.

A. old scissor
B. an old scissors
C. a pair of old scissors
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 629

The film show began when we arrived in the hall.

A. had began
B. had begun
C. would begin
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 636

Will you kindly open the knot?

A. untie
B. break
C. loose
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 638

John had told me that he hasn't done it yet.

A. told
B. tells
C. was telling
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 640

During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.

A. touch upon
B. touch on
C. touch of
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 642

He could not look anything in the dark room.

A. away
B. up
C. down
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 646

More than one person was killed in accident.

A. were killed
B. are killed
C. have been killed
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 652

You cannot forbid him leaving.

A. he leaving
B. his leaving
C. him to leave
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 655

It became clear that the strangers were heading into a serious disaster.

A. along
B. towards
C. for
D. No improvement

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Question 656

The dissidents hold a great problem in every political party.

A. cause
B. give
C. pose
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 661

The end of the examinations is (an) oppurtunity for celebrating.

A. chance
B. moment
C. occasion
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 664

We look forward to hear from you.

A. hearing
B. have heard
C. listen
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 669

You are warned against committing the same mistake again.

A. to commit
B. for committing
C. against to commit
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 677

Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges.

A. have to
B. need
C. ought to
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 679

As she was suffering from high fever, she could not face the examination.

A. bear
B. suffer
C. take
D. No improvement

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Question 680

The demonstration passed off peacefully.

A. passed out
B. passed away
C. passed on
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 685

Mr. Smith arrived at India in June last year.

A. to
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 700

The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.

A. over
B. up
C. away
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 705

Other countries have eradicated this disease ten years ago.

A. eradicated
B. had eradicated
C. did eradicated
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 710

He kept us all in suspension regarding his future plans.

A. surprise
B. suspense
C. suspicion
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 713

Robert listened to the phone ring again and again.

A. ringing
B. that rang
C. as it rang
D. No improvement

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Question 714

Can this apparatus be adopted in this job.

A. to
B. for
C. by
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 728

The strangers were heading into a serious disaster.

A. for
B. towards
C. along
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 732

Citizens should be prohibited to smoke in public places.

A. for smoking
B. against smoking
C. from smoking
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 734

Our dwindling supplies were replaced when the new shipment arrived.

A. restocked
B. replenished
C. refilled
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 746

This matter admits of no excuse.

A. admits to
B. admits from
C. admits
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 748

If he would have tried he would have succeeded.

A. is tried
B. was tried
C. had tried
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 752

Please remind me of posting these letters to my relatives.

A. by posting
B. to post
C. for posting
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 759

We did not see this movie yet.

A. have seen
B. have not seen
C. have seen
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 761

My friend was in hospital for a week after an accident.

A. through
B. following
C. for
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 763

All, but her, had made an attempt.

A. All, but she,
B. All, but herself,
C. All, but her,
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 767

I have lived in Delhi since I was four.

A. am living
B. lived
C. had lived
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 769

This telephone number is not existing.

A. has not existed
B. does not exist
C. has not been existing
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 784

He makes friends with all kinds of people.

A. makes friendship
B. makes friend
C. made friendship
D. No improvement

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Question 785

The plan broke open for want of funds.

A. broke up
B. broke down
C. broke out
D. No improvement

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Question 786

The detectives followed on several clues but failed to find the murderer.

A. up
B. through
C. by
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 788

By aligning with him, he was heading into a serious disaster.

A. along
B. towards
C. for
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 797

People are tiring very soon in an activity which they don't like.

A. tried
B. trying
C. tired
D. tyring

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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

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Question 799

The plane touched down at Heathrow at six p.m., on schedule.

A. at
B. with
C. by
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 802

He was fined for careless driving.

A. got fined
B. fined
C. was to be fined
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 807

As he is past his teens now, he can look for himself.

A. after
B. to
C. around
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 809

Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.

A. then
B. while
C. when
D. as

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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

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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

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Question 812

I often see him dancing the top.

A. rotating
B. encircling
C. dodging
D. spinning

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 817

I cannot put forth with this nasty fellow.

A. put up
B. put in
C. put out
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 819

He did many mischiefs.

A. made many a mischiefs
B. made much mischief
C. committed many mischiefs
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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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

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Question 823

He grabbed the man from the overcoat and pulled him away from Ritu.

A. off
B. by
C. in
D. No improvement

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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

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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

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Question 826

What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.

A. were
B. was
C. is
D. No improvement

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Question 827

In her views, they are going to present a report soon.

A. As
B. On
C. With
D. For

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Question 828

They are working for the upliftment of their village.

A. uplift of
B. uplifting of
C. uplifting
D. No improvement

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Question 829

She could not help but laugh.

A. laughing
B. but laughing
C. laugh
D. No improvement

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Question 830

What is the time in your watch?

A. on
B. by
C. from
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 832

The police broke away the meeting as it turned violent.

A. broke up
B. broke off
C. broke through
D. No improvement

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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

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Question 834

He never tells the truth.

A. says
B. utters
C. speaks
D. No improvement

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