Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Watching one's pet cat is therapeutic and can make one quite _________ to the real world outside.
oblivious
obvious
studious
envious
oblivious
'Oblivious' means not noticing or realizing what is happening around you. The given sentence states that watching one's pet can make someone stop realizing what is happening around him.
Hence, 'oblivious' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 2:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Hari
behaved
gentlemanly
No error
'gentlemanly' के स्थान पर 'in a gentlemanly manner' का प्रयोग होगा।
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The pen I _________ five years ago is still writing well.
have bought
has bought
buy
bought
bought
The given sentence is in the simple past tense (five years ago) so it must have the verb in the past form.
Hence, 'bought' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 4:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
The crowd of the migrant worker at the station for the Shramik Special is unforgettable.
of the migrant worker
at the station
is unforgettable
The crowd
of the migrant worker
'Crowd' means a large number of people in one place and these people are migrant workers (not a single worker) in the given sentence. However, it is irrelevant to use the definite article 'the' as the workers are not specific.
Hence, 'of migrant workers' is the most appropriate structure of the migrant worker.
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
Desert flowers bloom whenever it raining, and the sight can be rewarding.
when its raining
when it rained
whenever it rains
No improvement required
We cannot use the gerund(V-ing) form of the verb 'rain' because the given sentence is not in the continuous tense. Hence, 'raining' must be replaced with 'rains' & 'whenever it rains' becomes the most appropriate answer.
Question 6:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
I can neither punish him nor reward him for which he
have done.
what he has done
which he has did
No improvement required
what he done
The relative pronoun 'which' must be replaced with 'what' to grammatically correct the given sentence. Moreover, 'he' is a singular subject which will take 'has' as a singular verb. Hence, 'what he has done' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The strong Indian batting line-up will __________ a big worry for the visiting cricket team.
pick
put
place
pose
pose
Pick - to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things.
Put - to move somebody/something into a particular place or position.
Place - A particular position or area.
Pose - to create or give somebody something that he/she has to deal with.
So, option (d) is the most logical answer.
Question 8:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which
contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
I doubt that
succeed
No error
you will
That के स्थान पर If / whether का प्रयोग होगा। Affirmative sentence में doubt के साथ If/ whether का प्रयोग होता है तथा negative sentence में doubt के साथ that का प्रयोग होता है।
Question 9:
When you are under significant stress, it is hardly to
process details and nuances.
to process details and nuances
No error
significant stress, it is hardly
When you are under
The given sentence needs an adjective to tell a quality about the subject and not an adverb(hardly).
Hence, 'hardly' will be replaced with 'hard' & 'it is hard to process' becomes the most appropriate answer.
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
I can neither punish him nor reward him for which he have done.
what he done
No improvement required
which he has did
what he has done
The relative pronoun 'which' must be replaced with 'what' to grammatically correct the given sentence. Moreover, 'he' is a singular subject which will take 'has' as a singular verb. Hence, 'what he has done' is the most appropriate answer.
