21.
(a) What other steps can be taken
(b) to expedite the recovery of loans
(c) are being discussed by the Bank Chairman
(d) at their meeting in Bombay
Answer: (c) is being discussed….
22.
(a) If I knew all the facts,
(b) I would not have stood bail for him
(c) and defended him to my friends who
(d) had warned me to keep away from him.
Answer: (a) If I had known….
23.
(a) Though the elephant, because of its size
(b) appears to be a rather slow animal
(c) it can in fact run faster than
(d) any other man.
Answer: (d) any man/any other animal.
To say any other man presupposes that the elephant too is a man.
24.
(a) The University has announced that
(b) everyone who takes the examination now
(c) will receive their results within
(d) eight weeks at the latest.
Answer: (c) will receive his/her results……
25.
(a) Most labour disputes can be solved amicably
(b) if it is only realized
(c) that the long term interest of both management and labour
(d) are really the same.
Answer: (d) ‘is really the same.’
26.
(a) He declined the invitation
(b) to participate in the meeting this evening
(c) saying that he shall have an urgent business
(d) he has to personally attend to.
Answer: (c) that he has an urgent
27.
(a) Though he claimed he knew French,
(b) I was sure that he only could follow it
(c) but could not either write
(d) or speak it with fluency.
Answer: (b) ……that he could only follow it
As a general rule only should be placed immediately before the word it is intended to modify.
28.
(a) He always took
(b) pride of
(c) the high standard
(d) of his work.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘pride in
29.
(a) The Socialist party is
(b) as good if not better
(c) than any other
(d) political party.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘as good as’ any other political party.
Either it should be in the positive or comparative degree.
30.
(a) The reason for the train being late
(b) was because
(c) the train was involved
(d) in an accident.
Answer: (b) In this clause, use the correct word ‘that’ in place of ‘because’.
31.
(a) They found themselves
(b) in competition with
(c) men who were as good
(d) if not better than themselves.
Answer: (c) ‘as good as’
The two degrees, Positive and Comparative are confusing, Say ‘as good as’ if not better than.
32.
(a) He never has
(b) and never
(c) will play
(d) at cards.
Answer: (d) ‘at’ is redundant.
33.
(a) I think
(b) every one of
(c) these men are
(d) incompetent.
Answer: (c) use the singular verb ‘is’ in place of ‘are
34.
(a) If I fail
(b) in this examination,
(c) I shall give
(d) the next examination.
Answer: (c) I shall take, because teachers give test and students take them.
35.
(a) He hanged his
(b) head in shame
(c) when he came to know of his
(d) son’s mischief.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘hung his head’ because hanged his head means put to death.
36.
(a) I will
(b) never forget the kindness
(c) you have shown
(d) to me.
Answer: (d) Use ‘towards’
37.
(a) He is such a fool
(b) who will talk any
(c) nonsense.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘as can’ instead of ‘who will.’
38.
(a) He started early
(b) because
(c) he may
(d) not get late.
Answer: (c) It should be ‘he might’ because the Principal Clause is in the Past Indefinite Tense.
39.
(a) It is easy
(b) distinguishing
(c) this pen
(d) from that.
Answer: (b) Use the Infinitive, ‘to distinguish’ instead of the participle ‘distinguishing
40.
(a) Every flower and
(b) every leaf
(c) proclaim the
(d) glory of God.
Answer: (c) In case of Present indefinite tense with singular numbers we use ‘s’ or ‘es’ so it should be proclaims.