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Directions:

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 : 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

The correct answers to the above question in:

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’.

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Question : 1

Can you arrange the car to be ready this evening?

a) arrange that the car

b) arrange for the car

c) arrange with the car

d) No improvement

Answer: (a)

The apparent meaning of ‘arrange the car’ is to arrange so many cars in a particular order. But here the main intention of the writer is to ‘get a car’.

Therefore the bold part should be replaced with option (a), ie ‘arrange for the car’.

Question : 2

To some extent, every child takes after his father.

a) off

b) upon

c) for

d) No improvement

Answer: (d)

No improvement

Question : 3

He must has change clothes during the night.

a) have changed

b) has changed

c) have changes

d) No improvement

Answer: (a)

The modal verb “must”, should be followed by the first form of the verb followed by its past participle form. Therefore “has change” is replaced by “have changed”

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

He doesn’t smoke, nor I did.

a) nor I smoke

b) nor I do

c) nor do I

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

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