Direction.
In the following questions, in the given sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative.
All the allegations levelled against him were found to be baseless.
levelled for
level with
level against
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Correct Answer :
D. No correction required
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Since she directing the play for quite some time, she knows the actors really well.
Since she has directed
Since she has been directing
Since she was directing
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She did not like the movie, nor I did .
nor did I
nor I like it
nor I liked it
No improvement
He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.
on or off
on and off
regularly
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Education is a strong instrument for moulding the character of the young.
striking
powerful
potent
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She could not help but laugh .
laughing
but laughing
laugh
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When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by his enthusiasm.
was carried away
was carried down
was carried aloft
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Living with compassion and contributing to others lives would helping us add happiness to our lives as well.
will helping us
will help us
would helped them
will helped us
He had to bear the brunt of his father's mistakes.
bear the burnt
bear the burns
bear a brunt
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When the soldiers realised that they had been fooled, they rush back.
had rush
have rush
had rushed
rushed
My car broke off on my way to the office.
out
in
down
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She is scrutinising hard for the final examination.
recollecting
recapitulating
revising
No improvement
She was kept from her assignment because of her loquacious room-mate.
noisy
irritating
talkative
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Bad habits must be nipped at the bud .
nipped off the bud
nipped in the bud
nipped on the bud
No improvement
James epitomizes everything that a leader should be.
worships
loves
adores
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Rohan's mother was feed up of his laziness.
fed up in
fed off
feeds up of
fed up of
Wise men catch time by the forelock.
hold
seize
take
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His wife was contentious .
contagious
quarrelsome
content
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She was just looking outside the window when a beautiful bird caught the eye.
catch the eye
eye catching
caught her eye
catch her eyes
I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked him.
would have gladly accompanied
was to have gladly accompanied
will gladly accompany
No improvement
I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
died
was dead
has died
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The unemployment rate has dropped sharply this month, though it may only be temporary .
but it may be only temporary
but the drop may only be temporary
even though the drop may only be temporary
but such a drop may only be a temporary one
The manager was given a holiday and so he decided to go to the hitch-hiking .
for the hitch-hiking
for hitch-hiking
hitch-hiking
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His father won't be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived .
until they arrive
until they will arrive
until they will have arrived
No improvement
The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.
appeal
beset
confront
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We kept all the old paintings in a place where they would remain safe from harm or danger.
will remain safe
are safe
may remain safe
No improvement
Last evening I sent to the optician and bought spectacles .
a spectacle
two spectacles
a pair of spectacles
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A bird in hand is worth two in bush .
two in the bush
two at a bush
two on bush
No improvement
Goaded to frenzy, the bull charged its tormentors.
the tormentors were charged by the bull
the tormentors were being charged by the bull
the bull charged on its tormentors
No improvement
The businessman is respectively connected.
respectfully
respectably
receptively
No improvement
Sohan is pleased at the news yesterday.
has been pleased
had been pleased
was pleased
No improvement