Mixed English Questions for Mains Exam — Set 303

Directions(1-5): In the following question, a part of the sentence is bold. Five alternatives to the bold part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., “No correction required”.

1. But come, my children; let us explore the mountain and discover which way we must go in order to escape from this cavern, (which is got to be) almost as hot as a bake-oven.
   which has get to be
   which is getting to be
   which had got to be required
   which ought to be
   No correction required
   Option B
   The given sentence is in present tense and the part after the comma expresses an ongoing action at the time of speaking. Therefore, present continuous tense (is/am/are+ Vi+ing) should be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.

    

2. The players have the right to (roam free).
   
   roaming free
   travel free
   playing free
   talk free
   No change required
   Option B
   

    

3. They are operated (in advanced) western countries.
   
   on advanced
   ever advanced
   upon advanced
   the advanced
   No change required
   Option E
   

    

4. Privatization (was made) these institutions financially sound, competitive and quality oriented.
   
   will make
   can made
   would making
   are made
   No correction required
   Option A
   

    

5. Many unemployed youths (are sell) lottery tickets to earn their living, will face tough times.
   which sells
   was selling
   who sell
   that sell
   No correction required
   Option C
   

    

Directions(6-10): Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

6. Around the large expand of (1)/ the lawn is a perimeter walk (2)/ with regular lookout points (3)/ over the park and the river. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option A
   We need to replace ‘expand’ (verb) with ‘expanse’ (noun). ‘Large’ is an adjective and will modify a noun.

    

7. As any corporate storyteller (1)/ would tell you stories unlike plain (2)/ hard-nosed statistics and speak (3)/ to the heart more eloquently. (4)
   
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option A
   ‘As’ should be removed from the first part to make a grammatically and structurally correct sentence.

    

8. Neither Alice or Mary remembers (1)/ what happened before (2)/ the car crashed (3)/ into the wall. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option A
   We need to replace ‘or’ with ‘nor’. ‘Nor’ is the correct form of correlative that should come with ‘neither.’

    

9. A witness in a jury trial invokes (1)/ the Fifth Amendment in order to avoid (2)/ relating personally (3)/ incriminating evidence. (4)
   1
   2
   3
   4
   No error
   Option E
   

    

10. In the industrial regions of northern France cattle (1)/ is stall-fed with the waste (2)/ products of the beet-sugar factories, (3)/ oil-works and distilleries. (4)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    No error
    Option B
    “Cattle” can only be used in the plural, not in the singular but in part 2, a singular verb is used for it. So, “is” in part 2 should be replaced by “are”.