41.
(a) I do not think that
(b) neither of the two proposals of yours
(c) will be acceptable to him, and so
(d) the stalemate is likely to continue
Answer: (b) either of the two….
Either means any one.
42.
(a) Since banks usually give gifts
(b) to customers who deposited large amounts,
(c) it is worthwhile that you bargain with them
(d) before you choose a particular bank
Answer: (b) ……customers who deposit….
43.
(a) Everyone who saw the movie ‘Star Wars’
(b) is unanimous in their view
(c) that it is the best science fiction movie
(d) ever produced
Answer: (b) is unanimous in his view
44.
(a) We consider him the best candidate for the post
(b) because he understands the subject,
(c) gets along well with his colleagues
(d) and hard working
Answer: (d) and is hard-working/works hard
The clause here needs the verb ‘is’ to complete it.
45.
(a) The Minister said that he could not
(b) inaugurate the conference but promised
(c) that he would come a bit lately
(d) and address the delegates
Answer: (c) ….would come a bit late
Late means after the due / usual / proper time. Lately is an adverb meaning not long ago\recently.
46.
(a) Though his choice was neither economics or politics
(b) he had to study one of them,
(c) because the science class had already been filled
(d) and there was no other hope for him
Answer: (a) neither economics nor politics
Some conjunctions are always used in pairs. They are called Correlative Conjunctions, as; Either……or; Neither……nor; Both……and; Though……yet; Whether……..or; not only……but also.
47.
(a) He hanged his head in shame
(b) when he came
(c) to know of his
(d) son’s failure.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘hung’; ‘hanged’ means ‘put to death’.
48.
(a) I shall always be
(b) thinking of you
(c) wherever
(d) I will go.
Answer: (d) It should be ‘wherever I go’.
49.
(a) Excessive eating
(b) is injurious
(c) for health.
Answer: (c) It should be ‘injurious to’.
50.
(a) John as well as
(b) his brother
(c) were
(d) present.
Answer: (c) ‘As well as’ is followed by a singular verb so it should be ‘was present’.
51.
(a) Both the brothers
(b) are extremely
(c) fond of
(d) one another.
Answer: (d) In case of ‘both ‘we use ‘each other’ in place of ‘one another’.
52.
(a) Of the two schemes
(b) put forward by the Government
(c) I think this is the one
(d) most likely to succeed.
Answer: (a) It should be ‘out of the two schemes’. This is the one more likely.
53.
(a) The teacher asked
(b) the students
(c) that why many of them
(d) had come without book.
Answer: (c) Remove ‘that’ before ‘why’.
54.
(a) My choice
(b) is quite
(c) different from
(d) yours.
Answer: (d) Your’s or that of your.
55.
(a) Boys study in order
(b) that they could
(c) earn their
(d) livelihood.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘in order to’.
56.
(a) The man
(b) who was
(c) killed he was
(d) my cousin.
Answer: (c) ‘he’ is superfluous, omit it.
57.
(a) I was promoted
(b) to the post of principal though
(c) I was junior than
(d) all the other members of the staff.
Answer: (c) It should be ‘junior to’.
58.
(a) The manager of the bank
(b) together with his
(c) staff have
(d) resigned.
Answer: (c) Use ‘has’ in place of ‘have’.
59.
(a) He was reading
(b) very hard for
(c) the last six months
(d) still he failed.
Answer: (a) Misuse of tense. It should be ‘had been’ in place of was.
60.
(a) Every one of those
(b) who came here are
(c) foolish and
(d) cannot he relied.
Answer: (b) It should be ‘who come’ here ‘is’.