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In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives which may improve the bold part. Choose the correct alternative.

NOTE: In case no improvement is needed, your answer is No Improvement.

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Questions : He doesn’t smoke, nor I did.

(a) nor I smoke

(b) nor I do

(c) nor do I

(d) No improvement

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

There are two pens here and either write well.

a) either have written

b) either wrote well

c) either writes

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

Here pen is the subject of the sentence which is addressed with ‘either’.

When ‘either’ is used as the subject of the sentence, then the verb is used in the singular form

Question : 2

Ramesh took charge of the project, within a few days of having appointed ?

a) appointing

b) after being appointed

c) being appointed

d) having an appointment

e) No correction required

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

I had given him a lot of money, but he ran up it in a couple of weeks.

a) ran through

b) ran into

c) ran down

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

It is better to know the meanings of different phrases mentioned in options for the phrase given in bold before deciding the correct option.

Run up = to allow a bill, debt etc to reach a large total.

Run into = to crash into somebody/ something or to experience difficulties.

Run down = to make something lose power or stop working; to make something gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number.

Run through = to use up or spend money carelessly.

Thus it is clear that the bold part should be replaced with ‘ran through’.

Question : 4

Airline companies pay nearly 25 billion dollars for their right of flyover the countries other than their parent country.

a) there right to flight

b) their right to flying

c) their right in flying

d) their right to fly

e) No correction required

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Conformity to facts

a) Veracity

b) Deceit

c) Hypothesis

d) Theory

Answer: (a)

Veracity refers to accuracy or conformity to facts.

Question : 6

He evaded to pay income tax.

a) paying

b) from paying

c) against paying

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

The correct phrasal verb is ‘evade from’. And, after the use of a preposition the verb takes V4 (v+ing form). Therefore, ‘to pay’ should be replaced with ‘from paying’.

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