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If I were you, I would do it at once
If I were you, I would do it at once.
- was
- am
- would be
- No Improvement
Fewer rainfall means less traffic accidents, according to the experts
'Fewer rainfall means less traffic accidents, according to the experts‘, report on highway safety.
- Less rainfall means fewer traffic accidents
- Less rainfall means less traffic accidents
- fewer rainfall mean fewer traffic accidents
- No improvement
The police investigated into the matter
The police investigated into the matter.
- with the matter
- at the matter
- the matter
- No improvement
She told the children not to stop the work
She told the children not to stop the work.
- not stopping of
- not stopping
- don't stop
- No improvement
What the nation needs is people of character
What the nation needs is people of character.
- are the people of character
- are people of character
- is a people of character
- No improvement
Ajeet is a bigger scholar than his brother
Ajeet is a bigger scholar than his brother.
- better
- smaller
- superior
- No improvement
If I was you, I should have told him the truth
If I was you, I should have told him the truth.
- am you
- were you
- had been you
- No improvement
Since the beginning of the term
Since the beginning of the term, we are spending a lot of time on poetry.
- spent
- will spend
- have spent
- No improvement
I did not wait for him because
I did not wait for him because he went out before I arrived.
- has gone out
- had gone out
- had been out
- No improvement
Whenever I saw him
Whenever I saw him, he has been reading the same novel.
- had been reading
- read
- was reading
- No improvement
They set a strong guard
They set a strong guard, lest anyone could escape.
- would
- might
- should
- No improvement
Go north-east across the mountains
Go north-east across the mountains till you will reach an island.
- reached
- reach
- have reached
- No improvement
It is hard these days to cope
It is hard these days to cope with the rising prices.
- cope by
- cope up with
- to be coped with
- No improvement
He took a loan of hundred rupees from me
He took a loan of hundred rupees from me.
- debt
- demand
- advance
- No improvement
From the last five days it has been raining torrentially
From the last five days it has been raining torrentially.
- Since the last
- For the last
- Since last
- No improvement
The teacher, along with her three children
The teacher, along with her three children, were taken to hospital.
- was taken
- had taken
- had being taken
- No improvement
The man disappeared after he
The man disappeared after he was rescuing a boy from drowning.
- was rescued
- has been rescued
- had rescued
- No improvement
By 8.00 in the morning he wrote four letters
By 8.00 in the morning he wrote four letters to his friends.
- had written
- had been writing
- was writing
- No improvement
He is now looking about a job
He is now looking about a job.
- for
- after
- into
- No improvement
He did not abide with my decision
He did not abide with my decision.
- to
- by
- for
- No improvement
There is an uncontrolled growth of periodicals and magazines
S1: There is an uncontrolled growth of periodicals and magazines.
- P: Many readers are not capable of selecting the best books out of the many.
- Q: In fact, bad stuff is more attractive to read.
- R: Therefore, in confusion, people may read bad stuff.
- S: This quantitative growth is perhaps not the one require for the society.
S6: Selection of good books is the most important task.
- SPRQ
- PQSR
- PSQR
- SRPQ
Calcutta unlike other cities kept its trams
S1: Calcutta unlike other cities kept its trams.
- P: As a result there horrendous congestion.
- Q: It was going to be the first in South Asia.
- R: They run down the centre of the road
- S: To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.
S6: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
- SQRP
- PSQR
- PRSQ
- RPSQ
The Hound of Baskervilles was feared by the people
S1: The Hound of Baskervilles was feared by the people of the area.
- P: Some people spoke of seeing a huge, shadowy form a Hound at midnight on the moor.
- Q: But they spoke of it in tones of horror.
- R: Nobody had actually seen the hound.
- S: This shadowy form did not reveal any details about the animal.
S6: The Hound of Baskervilles remains an unsolved mystery.
- PSRQ
- PQRS
- SPRQ
- SPQR
Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders
S1: Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.
- P: They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
- Q: Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game for ants.
- R: Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.
- S: They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths and spring tails.
S6: Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance.
- SQPR
- SRQP
- SPRQ
- SQRP
I usually sleep quite well in the train
S1: I usually sleep quite well in the train, but this time I slept only a little.
- P: Most people wanted it shut and I wanted it open.
- Q: As usual, I got angry about the window.
- R: The quarrel left me completely upset.
- S: There were too many people too much huge luggage all around.
S6: It was shut all night, as usual.
- RSQP
- SQPR
- SQRP
- RSPQ
Religion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity
S1: Religion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity.
- P: It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us.
- Q: It is not a question of ceremonial piety.
- R: Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.
- S: It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature.
S6: A man of that character is free from fear, free from hatred.
- PSRQ
- SPRQ
- QPSR
- SPQR
The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth
S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
- P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away.
- Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.
- R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.
- S: When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.
- PSQR
- SRPQ
- QPRS
- SQRP
Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation
S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
- P: One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
- Q: A man of another country will not to do so.
- R: It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
- S: Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
S6: In any case, we should not mock at others habits.
- RPSQ
- RPQS
- QPRS
- PRQS
According to the legend it was during a famine in China
S1: According to the legend it was during a famine in China many thousands of years ago that rice first came into the lives of the Asians.
S6: And the little girl gathered a harvest of rice.
P: The golden sunbeams dropped through the meshes and transformed themselves into golden grains.
Q: A little girl went fishing.
R: But instead of catching fish, she netted the King of Frogs.
S: The King told her to hold out the net to the sunbeams while he sang a magic song.
The proper sequence should be
- P S Q R
- R P S Q
- Q R S P
- P Q S R
A common disease of the eye is conjunctivitis
S1: A common disease of the eye is conjunctivitis or ‘pink eye’, which often occurs in school-children.
S6: Students with this condition should be sent to the doctor.
P: This disease spreads rapidly among school-children.
Q: A white discharge also appears in the corners of the eyes.
R: One or both eyeballs turn quite red and have a feeling of irritation.
S: This discharge forms a crust which can often be seen in the morning after the eyes have been shut all night.
The proper sequence should be
- P S Q R
- R S Q P
- R Q S P
- Q S R P
The sun-dried stalks of rice had caught fire
SI: The sun-dried stalks of rice had caught fire and burst into flames.
S6: Even those who were too feeble to keep up with the first rush were on their feet, eager to join the fire-fighters.
P: Then came most of the older people, and mothers with babies at their backs.
Q: And all the active women and girls followed them to assist them in fighting the fire.
R: All the young men and boys were soon on the spot.
S: Staring-wildly at the blazing rice, the people of the village ran to extinguish the fire.
The proper sequence should be
- P S Q R
- Q P R S
- S R P Q
- S R Q P
Harsten’s theory was that plants definitely react to music
S1: Harsten’s theory was that plants definitely react to music.
S6: He found that this plant grew faster and 70 percent taller than the other plant.
P: In his experiment, he used two banana plants.
Q: The music was in fact a high-pitched humming sound.
R: He gave both plants the same light, heat and water.
S: But for about an hour a day, one of the plants ‘listened’ to some music.
The proper sequence should be
- Q S R P
- P Q R S
- P R S Q
- Q R P S
Exhilarated
He was EXHILARATED at the outcome of the election results.
- Overjoyed
- Disappointed
- Surprised
- Satisfied
Corporal
Although the boys in his class were naughty, he never resorted to CORPORAL punishment.
- unjust
- physical
- general
- harsh
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