Directions : A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'No Improvement' mark your answer in the answer sheet
1. Whenever my students come across new words, I ask them to look for them in the dictionary.
A) to look it up
B) to look them up
C) to look at them
D) No improvement
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2. Realising the significance of technical education for developing the country, the government laid aside a large sum on it during the last plan-period.
A) set aside
B) laid up
C) laid out
D) No improvement
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A) for committing
B) to commit
C) against to commit
D) No improvement
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A) harp only one string
B) No improvement
C) harp on string only
D) harp upon one string only
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5. Mordant
A) Criticize
B) Extol
C) Command
D) Modern
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A) Reality
B) Disobedience
C) Defiance
D) Loyalty
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7. Assuage
A) Assault
B) Relieve
C) Soothe
D) Upset
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A) Crude
B) Boring
C) Charming
D) Raw
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9. A) Liaison B) Laision C) Liasion D) Lieason
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10. This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.
A) hotly debated
B) ignored
C) going on slowly
D) stuck up
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A) threatened
B) toppled over
C) given information in advance
D) bribed
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A) highlight
B) offer
C) promise
D) show
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13. A Rajput soldier ____ die than surrender.
A) would rather
B) rather
C) will
D) shall
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A) before
B) after
C) when
D) as soon as
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A) unless
B) if
C) ill
D) still
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16. A religious discourse:
A) Preach
B) Sermon
C) Stanza
D) Sanctorum
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A) Sceptic
B) Ascetic
C) Devotee
D) Antiquarian
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A) Parasol
B) Granary
C) Epitaph
D) Aviary
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19. Please carry to the next page.
A) Please
B) Carry to
C) The next page
D) No error
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A) Though
B) She is weak
C) But she is active
D) No error
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After lunch, I felt at a loose end and roamed about the little flat. It suited us well enough when mother was with me, but now I was by myself it was too large and I'd moved the dining room table into my bedroom. That was now the only room I used; it had all the furniture I needed; a brass bedstead, a dressing table, some cane chairs whose seats had more or less caved in, a wardrobe with a tarnished mirror. The rest of the flat was never used, so I didn't trouble to look after it
21. The flat did not really suit him any more because
A) the rooms were too small
B) he was living on his own now
C) his mother needed too much rooms
D) the flat itself was too little
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A) he did not use it
B) the bedroom was much too large
C) he needed only the brass bedstead
D) he had too much furniture
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A) the dining room table
B) the dining room
C) the bedroom
D) the flat
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A) scared of living alone in the flat
B) dissatisfied with the flat
C) satisfied with the space in his bedroom
D) an eccentric person
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A) he had nothing specific to do
B) had a rope with a loose end
C) had much work to do
D) had a feeling of anxiety
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