1. I disliked him not so much for his meanness but for his dishonesty.
(a) as for
(b) but because
(c) but due to
(d) no improvement
(a) as for
(b) but because
(c) but due to
(d) no improvement
2. He preferred death rather than imprisonment.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) than
(d) no improvement
3. They kept the idea secretly.
(a) secretive
(b) secret
(c) secretively
(d) no improvement
4. He ought not to tell me your secret, but he did
(a) telling
(b) have told
(c) having told
(d) no improvement
5. If i don’t know the meaning of a word, I look it after in the dictionary.
(a) look it out
(b) look it for
(c) look it up
(d) no improvement
6. Mr. and Mrs. Rao stay in their home every evening
(a) at home
(b) inside home
(c) within their home
(d) no improvement
7. When we saw him last, he ran to catch a bus.
(a) has run
(b) had run
(c) was running
(d) no improvement
8. She cut a sad figure in her first performance on the stage.
(a) made a sorry figure
(b) cut a sorry face
(c) cut a sorry figure
(d) no improvement
9. Last evening I went to the optician and bought spectacles.
(a) a spectacle
(b) two spectacles
(c) a pair of spectacles
(d) no improvement
10. I would like to avail a fifteen days’ holiday this summer
(a) to avail of
(b) to avail myself of
(c) to avail myself
(d) no improvement
11. My old teacher gave many poor student money in spite of he was poor
(a) even though
(b) as if
(c) however
(d) no improvement
12. You should to read the newspapers regularly, if you want to be well-informed .
(a) ought
(b) have to
(c) should be
(d) no improvement
13. If he has listening to me he would not have got lost
(a) listened me
(b) listened to me
(c) listen me
(d) No improvement
14. He asked for a bank loan also he didn’t have sufficient resources.
(a) because
(b) even if
(c) requiring
(d) No improvement
15. I went to the shop to buy some stationeries.
(a) stationery
(b) stationary
(c) stationaries
(d) No improvement
16. I have been waiting here for the last two hours.
(a) from
(b) since
(c) by
(d) No improvement
17. The table needs to be painted.
(a) paint
(b) painting
(c) having paint
(d) No improvement
18. It began to rain heavily just when I prepare to go out.
(a) prepared
(b) was preparing
(c) have prepared
(d) No improvement
19. The couple seemed to love one another very much.
(a) every other
(b) each
(c) each other
(d) No improvement
20. It is high time that we did something..
(a) had done
(b) would do
(c) have done
(d) No improvement
21. If I were a millionaire, I would have helped the poor.
(a) am capable of helping
(b) could have helped
(c) would help
(d) No improvement
22. The training programme was extended for a month.
(a) from
(b) until
(c) since
(d) No improvement
23. The painting which they were looking at was done by my sister.
(a) what
(b) that
(c) whom
(d) No improvement
24. When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by his enthusiasm.
(a) carried aloft
(b) carried down
(c) carried away
(d) No improvement
25. After the heavy rains last week, the water in the lake raised another two feet.
(a) rose another tow feet.
(b) arisen another two feet.
(c) would raise another two feet.
(d) No improvement
26. One can live and work in a town without being aware of the daily march of the sun across the sky without never seeing the Moon and stars.
(a) seldom
(b) hardly
(c) ever
(d) No improvement
27. Applications of those who are graduates will be considered
(a) whom are graduates
(b) whose are graduates
(c) whom are only graduates
(d) No improvement
28. It is raining heavily all through this week.
(a) has rained
(b) rains
(c) rained
(d) No improvement
29. The sparrow took no notice about the bread.
notice of
notice from
notice to
No improvement
30. As he spoke about his achievements, his high claims amused us.
big
tall
long
No improvement
31. We ought to stand for what is right.
stand at
stand on
stand up
No improvement
32. He enjoys to tell stories to children.
how to tell stories
telling stories
to narrate stories
No improvement
33. In a few minute time, when clock strikes six, I would be waiting here for an hour
shall be waiting on
shall have been waiting
shall wait
No improvement
34. Had she been hungry, she would have devoured the whole lot of it.
unless she had been hungry
however she had been hungry
as if she had been hungry
no improvement
35. Until you don’t finish the work, you won’t be given leave.
until you must finish.
until finishing
until you finish
no improvement
36. The name of the defaulters have been cut off the register.
cut out
struck out
struck off
no improvement
37. This is a matter I’d rather not talk about
of which I’d rather not talk about
I rather not talk about
than I’d rather not talk about
no improvement
38. Only when you left I did sleep.
I slept
did I sleep
had I slept
no improvement
39. I will be happy if you will buy me apples.
buy
bought
will be buying
no improvement
40. After I saved some money, I shall go abroad.
shall save
should have saved
have saved
no improvement
41. Can you arrange the car to be ready this evening?
arrange with the car
arrange for the car
arrange that the car
no improvement
42. Hardly had he reached home when the telephone rang.
he had reached
did he reach
he reached
no improvement
43. He is likely to win the elections by the sweeping majority .
with the sweeping majority
in sweeping majority
by a sweeping majority
no improvement
44. Although, India is still by far a poor country, it can become rich if its natural and human resources are fully utilised.
few and far between
by and large
by and by
no improvement
45. The more they earn, more they spend.
more they earn, more they spend
more they earn, the more they spend
the more they earn, the more they spend
no improvement
46. But in all these cases, conversion from one scale to another is easy because scales have well-formulated.
can be well-formulated
are well-formulated
well- formulated
no improvement
47. Five years ago on this date, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin
was sitting
sat
have been sitting
no improvement
48. The old man felled some trees in the garden with hardly no effort at all.
hard effort
hardly any effort
a hardly any effort
no improvement
49. She says she’s already paid me back, but I can’t remember, so I,II have to take her word.
to take her word true
to take her at her word
to take her word for it
no improvement
50. The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.
hell bent on getting
hell bent for getting
hell bent to getting
no improvement
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