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Grammar Revision Test 1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. A majority
  2. of your
  3. colleagues is employed
  4. in government jobs
  5. No error
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. One must keep
  2. one's words
  3. otherwise one
  4. will earn disrepute
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. If rational men cooperated
  2. and used their scientific knowledge
  3. to the full, they can now
  4. secure the economic welfare of all
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. He
  2. is coming
  3. to school
  4. regularly
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. I have read very carefully
  2. the three first chapters of this book
  3. and I have just glanced through
  4. the rest of the novel
  5. No error
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. We heard him to say
  2. something disgraceful about his cousin
  3. who had left the house
  4. all of a sudden
  5. No error
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

_____ pompous, yet he was an entertaining companion.

  1. Before
  2. Never
  3. Though
  4. Despite
  5. While
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error.

  1. A deal between the
  2. European Union and the U.S. on agriculture,
  3. so close to the Cancun conference, is
  4. both good as well as bad for the other members of the WTO.
  5. No error
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

The Major Corporation had to lay ______15% of its employees due to decreased sales.

  1. aside
  2. up
  3. of
  4. off
  5. out
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

The leaders put ______ a rebellion in their country by appeasing the different groups.

  1. up
  2. down
  3. on
  4. off
  5. away
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

He is studying hard ______ he may become learned.

  1. although
  2. for
  3. because
  4. so that
  5. lest
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate words or phrases to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

______ did a soldier of the tenth legion leap into the water ______ the ship touched the shore.

  1. Though, yet
  2. No sooner, than
  3. Scarcely, when
  4. When, still
  5. As soon, as
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

The patient was cheered ____ by the news that she was likely to be discharged in a day or two.

  1. on
  2. up
  3. out
  4. down
  5. (blank)
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate words or phrases to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

It is a long time ______ I saw my brother who is studying ______ a boarding school ______ Shimla.

  1. when, at, of
  2. since, for, of
  3. since, at, in
  4. before, in, at
  5. before, with, at
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

As soon as my attention was _____ the dangerous state of the staircase, I got it repaired.

  1. drawn for
  2. drawn upon
  3. drawn near
  4. drawn to
  5. drawn away from
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that replaces the underlined portion of the given sentence most effectively.

All the social service organizations have realized that the abolition of illiteracy is one of the more urgent of social reforms.

  1. one of the more urgent of social reforms
  2. one of the most urgent of sociable reforms
  3. one of the most urgent of social reforms
  4. the only social reform required
  5. an urgent social reform
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that replaces the underlined portions of the given sentence most effectively.

We thought we had made adequate arrangements for seating but a large amount of people turned up than we had expected.

  1. had made, a larger amount of
  2. had made, a larger number of
  3. could make, a larger number of
  4. would make, a large number of
  5. could have made, a larger number of
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. A loud shout was given by the boys, which had been heard across the river.
  2. A loud shout was given by the boys which had been heard above the river.
  3. The boys gave a loud shout, which was heard across the river.
  4. A loud shout was heard over the river, given by the boys.
  5. Heard across the river was a loud shout that was given by the boys.
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

The City Council was forced to ______ and put a stop to the development in the area when it was judged to be unsafe.

  1. step up
  2. step in
  3. step back
  4. step by
  5. step out
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. The troublesome rise of fundamentalist forces in India is bad signal indeed.
  2. It is troublesome to observe the rise of fundamentalist forces in India gradually.
  3. The gradual rise of fundamentalist forces in India is a bad signal.
  4. The troublesome and gradual rise of Indian fundamentalist forces is a very bad signal indeed.
  5. The rise of fundamentalist forces in India is proving to be a troublesome bad signal.
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the appropriate word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

As soon as the visitor's dishonest purpose was discovered, he was ____ the door.

  1. show with
  2. shown to
  3. shown
  4. shown out of
  5. shown off
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. It is rather cumbersome.
  2. It is rather more cumbersome.
  3. It is rather much more cumbersome.
  4. It is rather most cumbersome.
  5. It is a cumbersome job to do.
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. Due in twenty minutes, is the race's start.
  2. The race will begin precisely within twenty minutes.
  3. In twenty minutes, a start for the race is sure.
  4. The race is due to start in twenty minutes.
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. Taller than any of his comrades, rushed forward, a Sikh.
  2. Tallest than any of his comrades, a Sikh, rushed forward.
  3. A Sikh, taller than any of his counterparts, rushed forward.
  4. A Sikh, taller than any of his comrades, rushed forward.
  5. Taller than any comrade, a Sikh rushed forward.
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that replaces the underlined portion of the given sentence most effectively.

In cover of darkness, the enemy crept over the hill.

  1. In cover of darkness, the enemy crept over the hill.
  2. In cover of darkness, the enemy crept along the hill.
  3. Under cover of darkness, the enemy crept over the hill.
  4. Under the cover of darkness, the enemy crept up the hill.
  5. In the cover of darkness, the enemy crept above the hill.
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of given five options, select the option that replaces the underlined portion of the given sentence most effectively.

On the house tops the kite flew until it got lost within the clouds.

  1. On the house tops the kite flew until it got lost within the clouds.
  2. From the house tops the kite flew until it got lost in the clouds.
  3. From the house tops the kite flew until it got lost among the clouds.
  4. Over the house tops the kite flew until it got lost among the clouds.
  5. Over the house tops the kite flew until it got lost in the clouds.
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Taking pity
  2. on the rat,
  3. the sage transformed it
  4. into a dog
  5. No error
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Try to venture
  2. a prophesize
  3. about share market
  4. next year
  5. No error
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that replaces the underlined portions of the given sentence most effectively.

After investigating various types of machines Sathyajit chose the monoplane, considering it more serviceable than the bi-plane because its reduced head resistance provided a greater cruising range.

  1. various types of machines, its
  2. many machines, its
  3. various types of machines, it is
  4. various types of machine, it
  5. various machines, of its
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The urgent need to improve training measure
  2. for pilots
  3. is something which experts have
  4. stressed time and again
  5. No error
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