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Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c), (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

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Questions : When Rip Van Winkle awoke from his long sleep, he asked where I am.

(a) he was

(b) I was

(c) am I

(d) No improvement

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

The given sentence is an example of Indirect Speech. We know that in Indirect Speech, ‘I’ should be changed to ‘he’ and the Present Indefinite Tense should be changed to Past Indefinite Tense.

Hence ‘am’ should be changed to ‘was’. Therefore, the bold part should be replaced with option (c), ie ‘he was’.

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Question : 1

You should not boasting of your achievements.

a) boast for

b) boast at

c) boast of

d) No improvement

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

The Minister said that he Is proud of the people of his constituency.

a) it is he to be proud of

b) he had pride for

c) he was proud of

d) he should be proud of

e) No correction required

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

The government has announced several initiatives benefiting to factory workers.

a) which will benefit

b) beneficial

c) for benefiting to

d) benefited to

e) No correction required

Answer: (b)

Option (a) is correct. All other options are incorrect because of superfluous use of ‘to’.

Question : 4

The people of Japan are wiser than America.

a) wiser than that of America.

b) wiser than those of America.

c) wiser to that of America.

d) No improvement

Answer: (b)

There is a comparison between people of Japan and people of America.

Since the comparison is between plurals, “those of” instead of “than of” which is used with singular

Question : 5

Some people feel that nurtured high aim is a sign of Immaturity.

a) nurturing with higher aims

b) nurturing for higher aims

c) nurture for high aim

d) nurturing high aims

e) No correction required

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

Modern ideas of governance started back to the time when people began to question kings.

a) date back to

b) start back to

c) set back to

d) started when

e) No correction required,

Answer: (a)

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