Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Anshul told me that his mother was not at home and that she would be back the following day.
(A) Anshul said to me, “My mother is not at home. She will be back tomorrow.”
(B) Anshul said to me, “My mother is not at home. She would be back the following day.”
(C) Anshul said to me, “His mother was not at home. She would be back tomorrow.”
(D) Anshul said to me, “My mother was not at home. She will be back the following day.”
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Take exception
(A) appreciate
(B) object to
(C) care for
(D) deny
The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom is 'Object to'. The definition of it is as follows: Take exception: Disagree with, object to, or to be offended or made angry by something or someone.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Our team scored 350 runs in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
(A) Our team was scored by 350 runs in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
(B) 350 runs have been scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
(C) 350 runs were scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
(D) 350 runs were scoring our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
The given sentence is in an active voice form, hence we need to convert it into a passive voice form.
Find the subject (Our team) and object (350 runs) of the sentence and exchange their places.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
The passive verb form for simple past is: was/were + past participle form of the verb.
So, 'scored' changes to 'were scored'. At last line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get- 350 runs were scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To call the shots(A) to be the person in charge
(B) to be blissfully happy
(C) to be in debt
(D) to lack control
The correct answer is "to be the person in charge". Key Points. Given Idiom: To call the shots means to be the person in charge, to have control over the progress of a situation. For example, With no boss to call the shots, he drew ideas from all over.
Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
Place where two or more rivers meet
(A) confluence
(B) strait
(C) delta
(D) estuary
(A) confluence - The place where two or more rivers meet is called a "confluence."
Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Taru said that she could not leave the children alone.
(A) Taru said, “I cannot leave the children alone.”
(B) Taru said, “I could not be leaving the children alone.”
(C) Taru said, “I will not leave the children alone.”
(D) Taru said, “She would not leave the children alone.”
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Since then cows, pigs, dogs and other mammals have been cloned.
B. They were created with the identical technique used to clone Dolly, the sheep, back in 1996.
C. Two monkeys have been cloned in a Chinese laboratory.
D. Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born a few weeks ago at a Chinese lab.
(A) DCBA
(B) CDBA
(C) DBAC
(D) CBAD
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Ariel was convinced that something fishy is going up behind his back.
(A) No substitution required
(B) was going on
(C) goes on
(D) was going up
The correct sentence should be:
Ariel was convinced that something fishy was going on behind his back.
Explanation: The verb tense in the reported speech should be consistent, so "is going" should be changed to "was going." Additionally, the preposition "on" should be replaced with "behind" for the sentence to convey the intended meaning.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Jamnalal Bajaj was one of the few businessmen who incurred the wrath of the British for supporting the freedom movement.
(A) in support of
(B) supporting
(C) No substitution required
(D) to supporting
The original sentence is grammatically correct and conveys its intended meaning effectively. There is no need for substitution or improvement in the underlined segment.
Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A confluence is a place when two or more rivers meet.
(A) rivers meet
(B) A confluence
(C) when two or more
(D) is a place
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