Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
What a relief to sit down after walking in the park from a hour!
for an hour
No improvement
in a hour
by a hour
The correct answer is Option 3.
• The word 'hour' when pronounced gives the vowel sound. Therefore, we use the indefinite article 'an' before vowel sounding words.
• Therefore, the correct option to substitute the underlined segment is 'for an hour'.
Question 2:
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
He sing always when he is having a shower.
He always sings
He always sing
No improvement
Always he is singing
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 'He always sings'
The original sentence uses the phrase - He sing always - but this is incorrect because 'always' is an adverb and the adverb always comes before the verb - thus it should come before 'sing' and not after and 'sing' will be replaced with 'sings'.
Thus, the correct answer is option 3.
Question 3:
Direction: Spot the error in the following sentence and mark the appropriate segment.
The form will fill (A) by you (B) before the admission process. (C) No error (D)
D
C
B
A
The correct answer is 'Option 1' (A).
• The error is in the segment 'A' ("The form will fill").
• The correct passive voice should be "will be filled", making the corrected phrase: "The form will be filled".
• This type of error is due to incorrect verb form usage in the passive voice.
Therefore, the correct answer is 'Option 1' (A).
• Option 2 (B) 'by you', is grammatically correct.
Option 3 (C) 'before the admission process', is also grammatically correct.
Option 4 (D) 'No error', is incorrect because an error exists in segment A.
Question 4:
Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
Correct answer: Option 4:
The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain.
• The sentence, "The yak is the useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain." has an error.
There is an article usage problem.
The useful animal shall be replaced by a useful animal. Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.
Therefore, the correct sentence is-
"The yak is a useful animal in Tibet because it has a hilly terrain."
Question 5:
Each of the following sentences has been divided into four parts - (a), (b), (c), (d) - one of which has an error.
Choose the part which contains the error
This journal (a) / is vastly superior than (b) / that journal, (c) / isn't it? (d)
a
d
b
c
The correct answer is '(b)'.
• There are certain words which are always followed by the preposition "to".
• These are: • Prefer • Superior • Inferior
•Injurious • Junior • Ancillary • Addicted
• Senior • Exterior •Known • Ulterior
• Posterior
Any word suffixed with "-ior" will always be followed by the preposition "to".
Example:- For babies, breastfeeding is superior to bottle- feeding.
• Hence, 'superior than 'will be replaced by 'superior to'.
• The correct sentence will be - This journal is vastly superior to that journal, isn't it?
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.
Question 6:
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
What a relief to sit down after walking in the park from a hour!
for an hour
in a hour
No improvement
by a hour
The correct answer is Option 3.
• The word 'hour' when pronounced gives the vowel sound. Therefore, we use the indefinite article 'an' before vowel sounding words.
• Therefore, the correct option to substitute the underlined segment is 'for an hour'.
Question 7:
Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select 'no improvement'.
We waited till 10 pm for our guests but they never turned up.
was waiting
are waiting
no improvement
have been waited
The correct answer is option 4.
The word 'turned' makes it clear that the sentence is in simple past tense.
So. we must use the past tense form of the word i.e. waited.
Option 1 is in past perfect tense.
Option 2 is in present continuous tense.
Option 3 is in past continuous tense.
Question 8:
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The time spent/in capturing photos/can act like an alternative therapy/to help to uplift one's mood.
can act like an alternative therapy
The time spent
to help to uplift one's mood
in capturing photos
The correct answer is "to help to uplift one's mood".
• Here, the use of two consecutive 'to' is unnecessary and grammatically incorrect. While both 'to help' and 'to uplift' make sense when used separately, combining them creates redundancy.
• Hence, the correct phrase should either be 'to help uplift one's mood' or 'to uplift one's mood'.
• This removal of the unnecessary usage of 'to' resolves the redundancy and enhances the sentence's conciseness without changing its meaning.
• Therefore, the corrected sentence would be: "The time spent in capturing photos can act like an alternative therapy to help uplift one's mood."
Thus, the correct answer is "option 3".
Question 9:
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
Frost occurs in the northern part of the state as frequentlythan in the central part.
more frequently as
more frequently than
No improvement
as frequent than
• The correct answer is Option 1 'more frequently than'.
• The word 'frost' means 'the cold weather that causes ice crystals to form'.
• In the given sentence, a comparison has been made between the frost that occurs in the northern part of the state to that of the central part.
• To represent a comparison, we use 'more/er + than'.
• Therefore, the correct sentence is 'Frost occurs in the northern part of the state more frequently than in the central part'.
Question 10:
Choose the appropriate prepositional phrase to complete the given sentence.
He succeeded __________ his perseverance and hard work.
with virtue of
on virtue off
in virtues of
by virtue of
The correct answer is option 4.
• The phrase 'by virtue of' means 'because or as a result of.
• All other phrases are incorrect.
Correct sentence- He succeeded by virtue of his perseverance and hard work.
