Q1. The roads are flooded (a)/ because
it has raining (b)/ contentiously for the (c)/ last two days. (d)/ No error
(e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. Sunita closed the (a)/ window grill
provided that (b)/ her child might (c)/ not fall down. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. He has never (a)/ allowed and will
(b)/ never allow such practices (c)/ in this office. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. It was very kind (a)/ about him to
(b)/ help us financially (c)/ in spite of his poor economy. (d)/ No error (e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. A large number of (a)/ her
classmates called for (b)/ the hospital when (c)/ she was there. (d)/ No error
(e).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (6-10): In each of the
following sentences, a part of the sentence has been bold. Below are given
alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. Wherever no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction
required’ or ‘No improvement’ as the answer.
Q6. It is a pity that no one in the
family disapproves by his getting up late.
(a) disapproved by his getting up
(b) disapproves of his getting up
(c) disapproved that he is getting up
(d) disapproved why he got up
(e) No correction required
Q7. He is less likely to win unless
he practised rigorously and regularly.
(a) until he practised
(b) unless he practise
(c) unless he practises
(d) unless he does not practise
(e) No correction required
Q8. Because it was a stormy night, he dare
not to go out in the dark.
(a) dared not go
(b) dare not went
(c) dared not to have gone
(d) dared not to have gone
(e) No correction required
Q9.Just when they reach the
station, the train had departed.
(a) Just before they reach
(b) After they just reach
(c) Just when they had reached
(d) Just before they reached
(e) No correction required
Q10. It is now well-known that the world
response to the Asian tsunami disaster with an outpouring of generosity.
(a) world responded to
(b) world’s response to
(c) world had a response
(d) world responding for
(e) No correction required
Directions (11-15): In each of the
sentences given in these questions, there are two blanks indicating that some
words have been omitted. There are four alternatives given. Choose the one that
best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Q11. Because he was _____________ , he
left the party earlier and ___________ home.
(a) tired, brought
(b) precarious, approached
(c) preoccupied, sent
(d) ill, contacted
(e) unwell, returned
Q12. The present education system is
_________ and needs ____________.
(a) adequate, betterment (b) wrong, improve
(c) defective, reforming (d) good, nothing
(e) excellent, improvement
Q13. The tunnel was so ___________ and
congested that we became ____________.
(a) long, enthusiastic (b) deep, cautious
(c) darken, cheerful (d) crowded,
isolated
(e) sharp, worried
Q14. Many __________ have taken their
families along on their _________ journeys.
(a) enjoy, immensely (b) earn, well
(c) feed, much (d)
migrants, difficult
(e) make, well
Q15. No matter what he felt, he couldn’t
__________ to ______________ his plan.
(a) genuine, told (b) fond, contested
(c) hesitate, execute (d)
sole, addressed
(e) best, executed
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Put ‘been’ after ‘has’ because this
part of the sentence is in the perfect progressive tense and its structure is
[S+Has/have+been+V-ing+……]
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here use ‘So’ in place of ‘Provided
that’ because ‘provided that’ is used to express the condition and here it is
the case of result.
S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘of’ in place of ‘about’
because of is always used after an adjective in construction like ‘It+is/am/are+Adj.+of+N/Pron+to+V’.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Call on’ should be used in
place of ‘call for’ because call for means to demand
something, while call on means to visit.
S6.(b) One ‘disapproves of’ a habit or
custom. This is the correct usage.
S7.(c) The sentence is in simple present
tense; so it should be ‘unless he practises.’
S8.(a) The sentence is in the past
tense; so ‘dared not go’ would be the correct answer. ‘Dare not’ or ‘dared not’
is not followed by ‘to’.
S9. (d) The verb ‘reach’ has to be in
past tense, but with ‘when they reached’, it would not be correct to say ‘had
departed.’ One correct construction would be ‘Just as they reached the station,
the train departed.’ We can also say, ‘Just when they reached the station, the
train departed’. But as the second clause here says ‘the train had departed’,
the answer can only be (d). But check this out–‘Just as they reached the
station, they saw that the train had departed.’
S10.(a) ‘Response’ is here used as a
noun, to mean ‘reaction’ or ‘feedback’. But what we need is a verb,
‘responded’.
S11. Ans.(e)
S12. Ans.(c)
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Enthusiastic
means having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
S14. Ans.(d)
S15. Ans.(c)
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