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11.

In the following question, a part is in bold. Choose the correct  alternative, which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed answer would be (4).

Mr. and Mrs. Rao stay in their home every evening.

  • at home

  • inside home

  • within their home

  • No improvement


12.

In the following question, a part is in bold. Choose the correct  alternative, which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed answer would be (4).

When we saw him last he ran to catch a bus.

  • has run

  • had run

  • was running

  • No improvement


13.

In the following question, a part is in bold. Choose the correct  alternative, which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed answer would be (4).

She cut a sad figure in her first performance on the stage.

  • made a sorry figure

  • cut a sorry face

  • cut a sorry figure

  • No improvement


14.

In the following question, a part is in bold. Choose the correct  alternative, which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed answer would be (4).

Last evening I'went to the optician and bought spectacles.

  • a spectacle

  • two spectacles

  • a pair of spectacles

  • No improvement


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15.

In the following question, a part is in bold. Choose the correct  alternative, which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed answer would be (4).

I would like to avail a fifteen days holiday this summer.

  • to avail of

  • to avail myself of

  • to avail myself

  • No improvement


16.

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D). 

When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by his enthusiasm.

  • carried aloft

  • carried down

  • carried away

  • No improvement


17.

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D). 

After the heavy rains last week, the water in the lake raised another two feet.

  • rose another two feet

  • arisen another two feet

  • would raise another two feet

  • No improvement


18.

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).

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.

  • seldom

  • hardly

  • ever

  • No improvement


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19.

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).

Applications of those who are graduates will be considered.

  • whom are graduates

  • whose are graduates

  • whom are only graduates

  • No improvement


20.

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the bold part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).

It is raining heavily all through this week.

  • has rained

  • rains

  • rained

  • No improvement


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