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| 1051. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.Will you kindly "open" the knot? |
| A. | untie |
| B. | break |
| C. | loose |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» B. break | |
| 1052. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. precipitate | |
| 1053. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.More than one person "was killed" in accident. |
| A. | were killed |
| B. | are killed |
| C. | have been killed |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1054. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. was knowing | |
| 1055. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. to bear away | |
| 1056. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1057. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. if not I am invited | |
| 1058. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer."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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1059. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1060. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. I and Anil | |
| 1061. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. banded | |
| 1062. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. to try finding | |
| 1063. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer."All, but her," had made an attempt. |
| A. | All, but she, |
| B. | All, but herself, |
| C. | All, but her, |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» B. All, but herself, | |
| 1064. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer."His powerful desire" brought about his downfall. |
| A. | His intense desire |
| B. | His desire for power |
| C. | His fatal desire |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. His fatal desire | |
| 1065. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1066. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer."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 |
| Answer» C. By these reasons | |
| 1067. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. why he wrote the letter was that | |
| 1068. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1069. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.You are warned "against committing" the same mistake again. |
| A. | to commit |
| B. | for committing |
| C. | against to commit |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1070. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. until they will have arrived | |
| 1071. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.The end of the examinations is (an) "oppurtunity" for celebrating. |
| A. | chance |
| B. | moment |
| C. | occasion |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. occasion | |
| 1072. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. opinion on | |
| 1073. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.It was indeed a shock for her, but she has "later" recovered from it. |
| A. | since |
| B. | then |
| C. | afterwards |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» B. then | |
| 1074. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. had sent a word | |
| 1075. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.Mr. Smith arrived "at" India in June last year. |
| A. | to |
| B. | by |
| C. | in |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1076. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.He "was fined" for careless driving. |
| A. | got fined |
| B. | fined |
| C. | was to be fined |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1077. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1078. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1079. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1080. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1081. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.Not long back, in Japan, a mysterious nerve gas "affected" a large number of people. |
| A. | effected |
| B. | infected |
| C. | infested |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. infested | |
| 1082. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1083. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1084. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. without crushing | |
| 1085. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.We "did not see" this movie yet. |
| A. | have seen |
| B. | have not seen |
| C. | have seen |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. have seen | |
| 1086. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. sat | |
| 1087. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1088. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. well-formulated | |
| 1089. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1090. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.Other countries "have eradicated" this disease ten years ago. |
| A. | eradicated |
| B. | had eradicated |
| C. | did eradicated |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» B. had eradicated | |
| 1091. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1092. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» B. of insulting me | |
| 1093. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1094. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. bettered | |
| 1095. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1096. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1097. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.Whatever to our other problems. we have no "shortcoming" to cheap labour in India. |
| A. | default |
| B. | deficit |
| C. | scarcity |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» D. No improvement | |
| 1098. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.I "have lived" in Delhi since I was four. |
| A. | am living |
| B. | lived |
| C. | had lived |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1099. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.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 |
| Answer» C. in my address | |
| 1100. |
In statement given below, a part of the sentence is enclosed in quotation marks. Below are given alternatives to the quotes part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.This telephone number "is not existing". |
| A. | has not existed |
| B. | does not exist |
| C. | has not been existing |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. has not been existing | |