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a) I won't go into all the depressing details / b) let it is suffice it to say that the / c) whole affair was an utter disaster. / d) No error.
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a) I advised him / b) against taking a decision / c) until he had not given the matter a serious thought. / d) No error.
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| : C |
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a) We have benefited from / b) the discoveries bequeathed at us / c) by scientists of the last century. / d) No error.
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| : B (remove 'at' with 'to') |
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4. |
a) She asked her son / b) if he was / c) going to / d) college today / e) No error
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| : D (college that day) |
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a) She has got / b) a down at me, / c) I did not know why. / d) No error.
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a) I have / b) seen her only once / c) but I'm liking her a lot. d) No error.
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| : C |
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a) He was beside / b) himself with rage / c) when he saw the mess. / d) No error.
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| : D |
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a) I would not sullen / b) my hands / c) by accepting a bribe. / d) No error.
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a) I fail to understand / b) how can you leave / c) your boy friend in the lurch. / d) No error.
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| : B |
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a) He looked / b) as though / c) she / d) was fainting. e) No error.
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a) Different words with the / b) same spelling are distinguished / c) in this dictionary by a superscript number. / d) No error.
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| : D |
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a) The International Commodity Fair was organized / b) to provide an international platform / c) to discussing the status and prospects of the / d) commodities that are of great relevance to India.
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a) If it possible to get near / b) where one of the volcanic eruptions take place, / c) we should see a grand sight. / d) No error.
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a) They refused / b) staying in that hotel / c) as it was too crowded. / d) No error.
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a) He was not / b) just unconsiderate, he was downright rude / d) No error.
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a) Why does he / b) not attend / c) with what / d) I am saying? e) No error
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a) There were gasps of horror from / b) the spectators as he / c) fell from the tight rope. / d) No error.
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a) He unleashed, / b) a torrential of abuse / c) against the unfortunate shop assistant. / d) No error.
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a) There is Mr. Hussain / b) whom they say / c) is the best painter in the town. / d) No error.
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a) Finally he even received / b) a offer from the Institute of Advanced study at Princeton, / c) one of the most prestigious / d) institutions in the world.
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a) The train entered / b) in the station / c) and stopped slowly / d) No error.
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a) They have been / b) saved of a / c) great deal / d) of trouble. / e) No error.
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a) Many people are of the opinion / b) that the sudden outburst of the speaker / c) was surprising and unseemly, / c) to say the least. / d) No error.
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a) No sooner teacher entered the room / b) he suspected that some of the students / c) were using unfair means in answering the questions / d) No error.
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a) The soldier jumped to attention / b) when the colonel / c) passed him. / d) No error.
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a) The mark list of those candidates / b) whose results are withheld / c) for certain defect / d) will issue only after rectification of the defects.
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a) The hotel room / b) was bare / c) and uninviting. / d) No error.
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a) Each person / b) should look after / c) their own belongings. / d) No error.
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a) Her clothes / b) were bespattered / c) by mud. / d) No error.
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a) There is / b) unlikely / c) to be rain / d) No error.
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a) Our mission are / b) to provide value based technical education / c) and mould the character of the younger generation / d) through a synthesis of science and spirituality.
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a) She is a bit / b) of a doubting Thomas, / c) She won't believe you are back till she sees you. / d) No error.
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a) I have been / b) working on my / c) autobiography for the / d) last seven years. / e) No error.
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a) Two hours have passed / b) since / c) he had fallen asleep / d) No error.
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a) Some people / b) feel that / c) without / d) discipline no progress is possible. / e) No error.
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a) Passengers may contact / b) Indian Airlines offices or / c) any of its approved travel agents / d) to reservations and ticketing.
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a) The dog let out / b) a blood chilling / c) howling when it was / d) given the injection / e) No error
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a) Many were / b) sent to the / c) gallow and many / d) executed in public. / e) No error.
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a) It is a strange thing / b) know little people in general / c) know about sky. / d) No error.
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a) He gave her / b) a suggestible glance / c) and she blushed / d) No error.
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a) 'Meatless Days' / b) have been made / c) into a film / d) No error.
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42. |
a) Their college football eleven were / b) the runner-up in the tournament / c) the championship being lifted / d) by the Gandhi Memorial College eleven. / e) No error.
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43. |
a) I shall go to Australia / b) for higher studies / c) if you like it or not. / d) No error.
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44. |
a) This bottle must / b) not be made / c) to stand / d) close to the fire / e) No error.
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a) Although she did not mention me by name,/ b) I know her remarks / c) were intended for my benefit. / d) No error.
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a) The mason will not / b) do the work / c) except give the order. / d) No error.
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47. |
a) Why did / b) you not told me / c) that the meeting / d) was postponed? / e) No error
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48. |
Some diary farmers use milking machines / b) to milk their cows / c) but milking by hand is still widespread in Kerala / d) No error
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49. |
a) The magazine I subscribe to, / b) has a much large circulation / c) than that of the other magazine / d) No error.
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a) This drug should / b) only be taken / c) with the supervision of a doctor. / d) No error.
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