Directions (1-5): A sentence/a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
Q1. Do you have some sugar?
(a) any sugar
(b) little sugar
(c) small sugar
(d) No improvement
S1.Ans.(a)
Sol. any sugar. Some is used in positive/affirmative sentences. Any is used in negative/interrogative sentences.
Q2. Iago lied to Othello about his wife.
(a) lay
(b) laid
(c) lain
(d) No improvement
S2.Ans.(d)
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically correct, hence no improvement is needed.
Q3. It is not possible to tell the entire story in nutshell.
(a) in a nutshell
(b) in the nut
(c) in a shell
(d) No improvement
S3.Ans.(a)
Sol. in a nutshell-in the fewest possible words. ‘in a nutshell’ is correct idiomatic expression.
Q4. It is all but same to me whether I am transferred to Mumbai or Kolkata.
Options:
(a) all or same
(b) all the same
(c) all one
(d) No improvement
S4.Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘all the same’ is correct word order. Other options distort the conveyed meaning of the sentence.
Q5. Despite his father’s financial assistance, he was always hard on.
(a) hard in
(b) hard up
(c) hard out
(d) No improvement
S5.Ans.(b)
Sol. hard up-short of money. ‘hard up’ is correct phrasal verb.
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
Q6. __________ that in this apparent mess, two things need not be interfered with.
(a) It is important
(b) It is of cardinal importance
(c) It should be urgently understood
(d) It cannot be emphasised
S6.Ans.(a)
Sol. It is important- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.
Q7. The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what __________
(a) he makes out of it.
(b) he gets for others.
(c) he has overcome through it.
(d) he becomes by it.
S7.Ans.(d)
Sol. he becomes by it- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement. “it” is used for “man’s toil”.
Q8. Wines that yield a good commercial profit __________ in the same limited areas of France as now.
(a) seem to have been produced.
(b) appear to have a remarkable semblance
(c) bear a significant similarity in terms of production to those grown
(d) appear to have been similarly produced
S8.Ans.(a)
Sol. seem to have been produced- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.
Q9. In pursuance of their decision to resist what they saw as anti-labour policies, the company employees’ union launched agitation to __________.
(a) show their virility
(b) reaffirm their commitment to the company
(c) bring down the government
(d) demonstrate their strength
S9.Ans.(d)
Sol. demonstrate their strength- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.
Q10. The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition as it has developed up to now, with all its diverse proponents, is that it consists of a __________ Plato.
(a) series of footnotes to
(b) set of prologues to
(c) collection of chapters on
(d) string of commentaries to
S10.Ans.(a)
Sol. series of footnotes to- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.
