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.
The summer has set out and the days are getting warm.
set up
set in
set off
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Correct Answer :
B. set in
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What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.
were
was
is
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They sent out the invitations last evening.
send out
sending out
sent at
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His wife was contentious .
contagious
quarrelsome
content
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No one needs to worry about me.
will worry
need worry
shall worry
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Rajni unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Kashish and left the party hurriedly.
picking up
picked on
picked
has picked up
Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so for not to cause bad feeling
as far not
so as not
if as far not
since then not
The mother with her children were expected.
was
will
have
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Start the motor, and then you should remove the blocks .
Start the motor, then removing the blocks
Starting the motor, the blocks should then be removed
Start the motor and then remove the blocks
Starting the motor remove the blocks
The doctor examined my pulse.
observed
saw
felt
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All over Russia, Indian films are more popular than those in any other country.
in
that in
that of
those of
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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When the soldiers realised that they had been fooled, they rush back.
had rush
have rush
had rushed
rushed
You can borrow my laptop as long as you promise not to misuse it.
only long as
too long as
so long as
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This is the late edition of the Shakespearean play which was originally published in 1603.
later
latest
latter
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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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The regular use of alcohal, only in small quantities , tends to cause mischief in many ways to various organs of the body.
though in small quantities
even in a little quantity
even in small quantities
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A high school student is not even understanding the basics of Chemistry and Physics.
does not understand even
was not even understanding
has even not understood
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The matter must be considered in every point of view.
with
from
at
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The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.
appeal
beset
confront
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The businessman is respectively connected.
respectfully
respectably
receptively
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When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
sat for
sat in
sat at
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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
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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
I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
died
was dead
has died
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Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.
could receive
had received
have received
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Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
when
while
as
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Im sorry, but I don't believe what you say.
I will not believe
I am not believing
I will not be believing
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The war was a time of tribulations for all of us.
intimacy
placidity
stupidity
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Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
then
while
when
as
If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you
would have
might have been
would have been
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