Directions (1-15): In each question, a part of sentence is printed in bold. Below each sentence, some phrases are given which can substitute the bold part of the sentence. Find out the phrase which can correctly substitute that part of the sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No correction required’ or ‘No improvement’.
Q1. On basis this information the Deputy Collector took strong action.
(a) on basis of
(b) on the basis
(c) on the basis of
(d) No improvement
Q2. Mahatma Gandhi is called as the Father of the Nation.
(a) father of the Nation
(b) called Father of the Nation
(c) called the Father of the Nation
(d) No improvement
Q3. I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
(a) that he bought yesterday
(b) that he had bought yesterday
(c) which he had bought yesterday
(d) No improvement
Q4. Sunita told me that she would mind to stand and eating the lunch.
(a) to stand and eat
(b) standing and eating
(c) standing and eat
(d) No improvement
Q5. Tell your leader that I grant him permission of stay in my kingdom.
(a) about stay
(b) to stay
(c) with staying
(d) for stay
(e) No improvement
Q6. The old man felled some trees with hardly no effort at all.
(a) hard effort
(b) a hardly and effort
(c) hardly any effort
(d) No improvement
Q7. He could not cope up with the heavy rush.
(a) cope up to
(b) cope by
(c) cope with
(d) No improvement
Q8. We did not see this movie yet.
(a) had seen
(b) have not seen
(c) have seen
(d) No improvement
Q9. He has formed a low opinion about him, so he thinks little of him.
(a) thinks a little of him
(b) thinks the little of him
(c) little thinks about him
(d) No improvement
Q10. I knew he could not be trusted; he let off the cat from the bag.
(a) let the cat from the bag
(b) let the cat out of the bag
(c) let the cat jump out of the bag
(d) No improvement
Q11. The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge, then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger that measured eleven feet six and three-fourth inches.
(a) bettered
(b) improved
(c) broken
(d) No improvement
Q12. It was so hot during the school parade that several of the weaker pupils passed by.
(a) out
(b) through
(c) over
(d) No improvement
Q13. His powerful desire brought about his downfall.
(a) His fatal desire
(b) His intense desire
(c) His desire for power
(d) No improvement
Q14. He opened the letter without caring to read the address on the envelope.
(a) thinking
(b) bothering
(c) worrying
(d) No improvement
Q15. Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.
(a) lied
(b) lain
(c) lay
(d) No improvement
Solutions
1.C
2.C
3.C
4.B
5.B
6.C
7.C
8.B
9.A
10.B
11.C
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.C
