Explore topic-wise MCQs in English.

He backed out of the agreement.

When the owner offered tea, the poet denied it

When we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus.

No Sooner did I get into the bus when it started moving.

Directions (55): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark No Error as your answer.
It is very critical that we don t bury our heads in them sand and pretend that there is no job crisis but only some wage crisis, induced by labour market distortions.

Directions (54): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark No Error as your answer.
The harsh and simple reality of India s job situation is that we are not creating as many jobs as we need to.

Directions (53): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark No Error as your answer.
Even if we grant though outlandish assertion that India has a job bounty but wages are not rising, this points to a labour market failure.

Directions (52): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark No Error as your answer.
The concept of an institutional mechanism, or an anti-corruption ombudsman, has be around for over 50 years.

Directions (51): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark No Error as your answer.
The selection of Justice P.C. Ghose as the first Lokpal has come after a unjustified delay of five years.

On one occasion he persuaded me to accompany him on a shooting expedition he was planning.

I really enjoyed the way the fashion show was executed and I also very much liked its theme.

The room is smoky.

They prevented me from danger.

I made a lecture.

When the party ended, the band pack up its equipment and left.

The train is running late time.

My uncle is enough rich to buy a car.

In the absence of your support, he would have lost the election.

He both won a medal and a scholarship.

My friend lives in a nearby street whose name I have forgotten.

We generally select one of the most intelligent student of the school for this award.

Bonded labour has been now almost a thing of the past.

We have received many anomalous letters about this issue.

If I followed instructions I could have averted the mishap.

The teacher saw my conversing with her.

Man has a strong desire to collect wealth.

Kannan asked me to go round with them, but I didn't want.

You should not boasting of your achievements.

We eat that we may live.

Chennai is by the way a cosmopolitan city.

He had his breakfast, when we visited him.

When the Inspector of Police said this, we knew whom he was eluding.

The doctor reassured that the operation was a routine one.

He told me that he was married four years.

For me, money is only the means to an end.

The bullet struck a wall and was diverted from its course.

They only work when they have no money.

He suddenly struck a note of discord in his otherwise harmonious presentation.

If I dyed my hair green, everybody will laugh at me.

The students often play truant, didn t they?

The T.V. news is doctored by nonprofessionals and whetted by political higher-ups.

Will you type these letters now?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
My brother is indifferent (about) whatever I say.

They wanted to have some onion fresh soup.

Keep quite, we listen to the Music.

If you had arrived earlier, you had found me in the bus.

The commissions are set up to ask into the incidents.

He is having many friends here.

Prasad bowls faster than Srinath, isn t it?

Soldiers are trained to behave without question.