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1. Sagar has been __________ since his childhood.
I) An intelligent and hardworking chap
II) The intelligent and hardworking chap
III) An intelligent and a hardworking chap

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IV) The intelligent and the hardworking chap
2. He is not Prashant Solanki / I went to / school with./No error

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3. The examination is to be / held next month and there / are not proper arrangements for it./ No error

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4. The examination scheduled for / next month is all set to / be free from annoying power cuts. / No error
5. He started working hard much too late in day, so he couldn’t possibly catch up.
I) Late in a day
II) Late by day

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III) Late in the day

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IV) No improvement

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6. “What an awful / weather!” said / Mr Rao. / No error
7. Summons against her / has been issued by the landlord / for non-payment of rent. /No error

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8. In spite of four letters / we have sent, we have received / no answer from the authority. / No error
You cannot ascertain __________, you can only dream of __________ where you are successful.
I) A future, the future
II) Future, future

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III) The future, a future
IV) The future, the future

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V) Future, the future
VI) Both II & IV

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10. It so happens that this happy campy / ritual is their way of life and one into which / they don’t particularly
welcome voyeuristic intrusion. / No error
11. This is the only / one of the many / strains of the disease. / No error
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13.

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Many of the people who / live in Netherlands, cycle to / work and back every day./ No error

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Living on junk food _____ is not good for you.
I) Day in and day out
II) A day in and a day out

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III) The day in and the day out
IV) Day in day out
Literature remains the interest of a minority / and the majority has chosen to ignore those aspects of
language / which, at school they were told to value highly. / No error
It’s a news to me that / Santosh is survived by / his wife of 10 years. / No error
There was dearth of reliable / information on the subject and so I could / not complete my research
paper./ No error
17. I generally _____ to work.
I) Go by bus
II) Go on a bus
III) Take the bus
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18. Remember that you are part of the team and / your success depends on the support / you are able to
give and get from your other team members. / No error
19. Albania is bordered / to north by Serbia / and Montenegro./ No error
20. If the new laws to protect / environment are not enforced, pollution / will touch dangerous levels./
No error
21. They arrived _________ after my birthday.
I) On Saturday
II) On a Saturday
III) On the Saturday
IV) Both I & III
22. According to the Bible, / it is meek that / will inherit the earth. / No error

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23. We expect a hike in the cash reserve ratio / which is the portion of deposits / that banks keep with RBI.
/ No error

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24. The sales are estimated to have moved / up from 50 million to 200 million sticks / per month during
2010 and last year. / No error
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__________ , he will still have to make his own decision.
I) At the end of a day

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II) In the end of a day

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III) In the end of the day

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IV) At the end of the day

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26. He is not the kind of / a person who will take such a drastic / measure in the circumstances. / No error
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28.
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The teacher drew an / attention of the boys to the / importance of regular practice. /No error

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A first step in a rational solution / to any problem is / the recognition that a problem exists. / No error
__________ apple a day keeps ___________ doctor away.
I) An, a
II) The, the

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III) An, the
IV) An, No article
30. The project was abandoned / in its early stages because / of total lack of support. / No error
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These display / the / remarkable variety. / No error

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The difference between a successful / person and others is not / lack of knowledge but a lack of will. /
No error
I was really angry because I missed _____________.

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I) A bus
II) Bus

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IV) An bus

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She can be real / pain when she is / in a bad mood. / No error
Conservationists believe that / better management of national parks is the / only way to save India’s
tiger population from extinction. / No error
It upset him / to see his son in / such a pain. / No error
37. By the time I got home I was _____________.
I) In good conditions
II) In good condition
III) In a good condition
IV) In the good condition
38. The Italian artist and inventor, / Leonardo da Vinci was / the left-handed. /No error
39. Great technical advances in aerial and / satellite photography have been made since end / of the Second
World War. / No error

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40. I, your employee, am not / wealthy, so I cannot afford to / buy a expensive car. / No error
41. The motorcyclist was not in a fit state, but the motorcycle was ___________.
I) In good conditions
II) In good condition
III) In a good condition
IV) In the good condition
42. The baby was left in / the charge of an elderly lady / until its mother returned./ No error
43. I don’t know the reason / but Shubham seems to be in / relatively confident mood. / No error
44. The loss of jobs is regarded by / some as an necessary evil / in the fight against inflation. / No error
45. Meditation is ____________ ways to calm your nerves.
I) The best
II) A best
III) One best
IV) One of the best

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A person I met / in the theatre was / the playwright himself. /No error

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If a man seeks to come into / the contact with the best that has been thought / and said in this world he
will become simple and unselfish. / No error
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I live on a top floor of / an old building. When the wind blows / all the windows rsttle. / No error
__________ is the best policy, and so I praise ___________ of this boy.
I) Honesty, honesty

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II) The honesty, honesty

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III) Honesty, the honesty
IV) The honesty, the honesty
In the report issued by Indian Statistical Institute / the Iron and Steel Industry are investing more /
than any other Indian Industry in fighting pollution / No error
The candidate’s performance / was not up to mark / in the interview. / No error

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52. As fas as I am concerned, / the famous Dr. Dhakar is / only dentist in our village. / No error
53. I like to go to ____________ because _____________ is the most powerful medium of social education.

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I) Cinema, cinema
II) The cinema, cinema

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III) Cinema, the cinema
IV) The cinema, the cinema

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54. Have you seen new / fashion magazines which tend to / border on avant-garde hairstyle. / No error
55. Honest character is / the first thing expected from / a good employee. / No error

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56. The hawk hovered / in air and then / plunged to the ground. / No error
57. ____________ is generally more sensitive than _____________.

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I) The Woman, the man
II) Women, men
III) Woman, man
IV) A woman, man
58. After returning from the jail, he has / abandoned all the criminal activities / and is determined to lead a
peaceful life./ No error
59. She used to be a / FBI agent but she was terminated / due to her fraudulent deeds. / No error
60. The police found the criminal / at hospital, he had been / admitted there for last two weeks. / No error
61. Your rent will be two thousand rupees __________, and you can pay by ____________.
I) A week, a month
II) A week, the month
III) The week, a month
IV) The week, the month

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62. In the conclusion, it / may be safely said that the / poet preaches some moral implicity. / No error
63. Years ago, when I was driving across / Western Europe, I stopped to fuel my car / up and it was most
expensive petrol./No error
64. I can’t understand why / Radhika always remained / a center of attraction. / No error
65. He hit ____________ , while I just grabbed ______________.
I) The head, the collar
II) My head, his collar
III) Me on head, him by collar
IV) Me on the head, him by the collar
V) Both II & IV

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66. Can you look me / in my eye and / tell me you are not lying? /No error
67. He was in middle / of his speech when he started / to cough uncontrollably. /No error

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68. I know you left your / socks on bed, you seem to / be tired and dishevelled. / No error

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69. Nowadays, photocopiers are found in both _______________.
I) The office and the home

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II) Office and home
III) Offices and homes
IV) Both I & III

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He addressed people and / tried his best to convince them / that the decision was correct. / No error
That surely cannot / be Sagar we knew / in Mukherjee Nagar. / No error

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72. He was there for ______________.
I) A week or two
II) One week or two
III) One or two weeks
IV) Both I & III
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The doctor asked me to close _____________.
I) One eye and then other

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II) One eye and then another
III) One eye and then the other

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IV) An eye and then the other
Bees carry pollen _____________ to another.
I) From a plant

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II) From an plant
III) From one plant

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IV) From plants
75. I bought the shoes from _______________ in Connaught Place.
I) A shop or other
II) One shop or other
III) Some or other shop
IV) Some shop or other
76. Poor housing and unemployment are / main problems faced / by the Government of India. / No error
77. Sunny works as a sales manager in _______________ based company.
I) UK
II) A UK
III) An UK
IV) The UK

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78. My brother came on ______________, and it was ______________ to remember.
I) Diwali, Diwali
II) Diwali, a Diwali
III) The Diwali, a Diwali
IV) The Diwali, the Diwali
79. I remember when Dharam / was last here. It was Diwali / I got my new bike. / No error
80. If one cannot afford the advocate / one would better defend / one’s case on one’s own. / No error
81. Many species of Siberian birds / migrate to east / during the winter season. / No error
82. ______________ is considered essential in most homes.
I) A refrigerator
II) The refrigerator

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III) An refrigerator
IV) Both I & II

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The refrigerator is an / electrical appliance that uses refrigeration / to help preserve food. / No error
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We are having dinner / to welcome the new manager / of the department. /No error

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_____________ is the largest extant species of rhinoceros.

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I) White rhinoceros

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II) White rhinoceroses

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III) The white rhinoceros

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IV) All of the above

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33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (c)
41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (a)

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49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (b)
57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (c)
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Solution

1. (a) 43. (c) write "a relatively confident mood"

2. (a) write "the Prashant Solanki" 44. (b) write "a" in place of "an"
3. (d) No error 45. (d)
4. (b) write "the next month" 46. (a) write "The person"
5. (c) idiom 47. (b) drop "the" before "contact"
6. (a) drop "an" 48. (a) write "on the top floor"
7. (a) write "a summons" 49. (c)
8. (a) write "the four letters" 50. (b) write "is" in place of "are"
9. (c) 51. (b) write "up to the mark"
10. (b) write "the one in which" 52. (c) write "the only dentist"

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11. (d) No error 53. (b)
12. (b) write "the Netherlands" 54. (a) write "the new ....."

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13. (d) idiom 55. (a) write "An honest character"

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14. (a) write "the minority" 56. (b) write "in the air"
15. (a) drop "a" 57. (c)

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16. (a) write "a dearth of ....." 58. (a) drop "the"

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17. (d) 59. (a) write "an" in place of "a"

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18. (a) write "a part" 60. (c) write "the last two weeks"

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19. (b) write "the north" 61. (b)
20. (b) write "the environment" 62. (a) write "in conclusion"
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26.
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write "the meek"
write "the RBI"
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write "the last year"
idiomatic use
drop "a" before "person"
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
(d)
(c)
(e)
(b)
(a)
(b)
No error
write "the center"

write "in the eye"

write "in the middle"
write "on the bed"

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27. (a) write "the" in place of "an" 69. (d)
28. (a) write "the first step" 70. (a) write "the people"
29. (c) 71. (b) write "the sagar"

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30. (c) write "a total lack" 72. (d) idiomatic use is a + noun or two or two +
31. (b) write "a" in place of "the" noun

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32. (c) write "the lack of knowledge but the lack of 73. (c)
will" 74. (c)
33. (c) 75. (d) idiomatic use is "some + noun or other"
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37.
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(b)
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write "a real-pain"
write "a better management"
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(b)
(b)
write "the main"

write "the Diwali"

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38. (c) drop "the" 80. (a) write "an advocate"
39. (c) write "the end of ...." 81. (b) write "the east"
40. (c) write "an" in place of "a" 82. (d)
41. (b) 83. (a) write "a refrigerator"
42. (b) drop "the" 84. (b) write "a dinner"
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