Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb from the given options: 

I _____to Agra before, so I don't wish to go there again.

In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the  alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
The course of events made it necessary for Joseph to start working.

The teacher, as well as the students (A)/ have gone on an excursion (B)/ to Ooty during their summer vacation. (C)/ No Error (D). 

All the applicants ____ and the results will be announced next week. 

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. 
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.. 

The author believes that –

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

One of the boys (A)/who always give the correct answer (B) is Samuel. (C)/ No error. (D)

A person who_____ on his own effort has the best chance to win. 

Direction : In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space, followed by some choices of words given in options. You have to determine which of these words fits well in all making them meaningful and grammatically correct. Word can be modified according to the tense of the sentence keeping the meaning of root word intact.

I would like to_____ your attention to the second paragraph of my latter______ to the terms of sale of the machinery.