Exercise- 6
1. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Once, in a forest, there (a) _____ (live) a lion and his lioness. One day the lioness (b)_____(give) birth to twins. It was the duty of the lion to bring food. So he (c) ______ (kill) a deer that (d)______ (come) in his way and gave it to the lioness.
(a) (i) living
(ii) is living
(iii) was living
(iv) lived
(b) (i) gave
(ii) given
(iii) had given
(iv) was given
(c) (i) killed
(ii) had killed
(iii) has killed
(iv) was killing
(d) (i) come
(ii) came
(iii) had come
(iv) is coming
Answers:
(a) (iv) lived
(b) (i) gave
(c)(i) killed
(d)(ii) had come
2. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
(a)_______ (work) the entire day, I was fatigued. While (b) _______(return) home , I met an old woman. Her (c) _______ (tatter) clothes and (d) _______ (worry) looks showed that she was badly in need of help.
(a) (i) Working
(ii) To work
(iii) Worked
(iv) Having worked
(b) (i) returning
(ii) having returned
(iii) to return
(iv) will return
(c) (i) tattered
(ii) tattering
(iii)to tatter
(iv) was tattered
(d) (i) worried
(ii) worrisome
(iii) worrying
(iv) to worry
Answers:
(a) (iv) Having worked
(b)(i) returning
(c) (i) tattered
(d)(i) worried
3. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
The minarets of Siddi Bashir’s mosque in Ahmadabad (a) _______ . They’re 20 meters high and each minaret (b) _______ three storeys with carved stone balconies. The amazing thing about these minarets which are joined to each other by a flat terrace is that when the top portion of one minaret (c) _______ , the vibrations travel to the second minaret and that one too (d) _______ back and forth.
(a) (i) were unique
(ii) is unique
(iii) are unique
(iv) was unique
(b) (i) had
(ii) has
(iii) have
(iv) had been
(c) (i) is shaken
(ii) shakes
(iii) shook
(iv) shaked
(d) (i) starts swaying
(ii) starting swaying
(iii) started swaying
(iv) start swaying
Answers:
(a)(iii) are unique
(b)(ii) has
(c)(i) is shaken
(d)(i)starts swaying
4. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
Disturbances in the eco-system have led (a) ______ a significant decline in the number (b) _____migratory birds which used to fly across (c)_________ Himalayas in (d) _________winter months to warm marshy areas around Kolkata.
(a) (i) to
(ii) from
(iii) with
(iv) in
(b) (i) for
(ii) of
(iii) from
(iv) on
(c) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) on
(d) (i) the
(ii) some
(iii) few
(iv) many
Answers:
(a) (i) to
(b)(ii) of
(c)(iii) the
(d)(i)the
5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
I was staying in the country, recently when (a) _____ well-meaning hand, engaged in dusting my bedroom swept my glasses off the mantelpiece (b) _____I had placed them for safety. The culprit, an elderly man named POTTER, his face full (c) _____ kind-hearted misery, brought the fragments to the lunch table, holding them (d) _____ first behind his back and saying, `I have a confession to make’.
(a) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) this
(b) (i) what
(ii) when
(iii) why
(iv) where
(c) (i) for
(ii) of
(iii) on
(iv) in
(d) (i) between
(ii) for
(iii) on
(iv) at
Answers:
(a) (i) a
(b)(iv) where
(c)(iv)of
(d)(iv)at
6.Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
I was going to Haridwar. On (a) ………….. way I met (b) ………….. European. He was the disciple of (c) ………….. Indian religious Guru who had been living in (d) ………….. hermitage near the Ganga for the last five years.
(a) (i) the
(ii) a
(iii) an
(iv)some
(b) (i) an
(ii) a
(iii) few
(iv)some
(c) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv)every
(d) (i) the
(ii) a
(iii) some
(iv)every
Answers:
(a) (i) the
(b)(ii)a
(c)(ii)an
(d)(i)the
7. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
Like many Indian children, I grew up (a) _____the vast, varied and fascinating tales of Mahabharata. Set (b) _____ the end of the Hindu scriptures term Dvapur Yuga or the third age of the man, a time (c) _____ the lives of the gods and the people still intersected, the epic weaves myth, history science and statecraft (d) _____stories.
(a) (i) saying
(ii) listening to
(iii) questioning
(iv) celebrating
(b) (i) by
(ii) at
(iii) from
(iv) into
(c) (i) where
(ii) from
(iii) when
(iv) before
(d) (i) as
(ii) in
(iii) through
(iv) into
Answers:
(a) (ii) listening to
(b)(ii)at
(c)(iii) when
(d)(iv)into
8. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
Is your glass half-full or half-empty? On (a) _____days when nothing in your life seems to be going right, it (b) _____be really tough to see the silver lining among all those clouds, However, it’s during these times when the (c) _____ to see the good in even the worst situations is so important. An optimistic attitude (d) _____ not only your mental health but your physical well being as well.
(a) (i) some
(ii) those
(iii) few
(iv) these
(b) (i) can
(ii) might
(iii) will
(iv) must
(c) (i) wish
(ii) desire
(iii) chance
(iv) ability
(d) (i) benefitted
(ii) will benefit
(iii) benefits
(iv) benefitting
Answers:
(a) (ii) those
(b)(i)can
(c)(iv) ability
(d)(iii) benefits
9. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
The larvae of a species of fly (a) _____ the Waitomo Caves of New Zealand famous. The larvae cling to the roof and let down sticky strands (b) _____glow in the dark. Tiny insects attracted by the light, come (c) _____and get stuck on the threads. The larvae haul up the strands and eat the insects. Each larva may let (d) _____as many as seventy strands. This makes the caves glow with an eerie light. Visitors to the caves are warned not to make noise as even the slightest sound causes the larvae to ‘switch off’ and the caves are plunged into darkness.
(a) (i) has made
(ii) made
(iii) have made
(iv) has been made
(b) (i) who
(ii) they
(iii) which
(iv) what
(c) (i) investigated
(ii) to investigate
(iii) investigates
(iv) investigating
(d) (i) up
(ii) them
(iii) down
(iv) away
Answers:
(a)(iii) have made
(b)(iii) which
(c) (ii) to investigate
(d)(iii) down
10. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
When the first grey light (a) _____ the day came, I got up. Very slowly, I (b) _____ downstairs. Sometimes, a stair (c) _____ under me. “Stop thief!” It seemed to say. At other times, it seemed to say, “Wake up, Mrs. Joe!” I reached the (d) _____. This held more food than it usually did. This was because it was Christmas Day and Uncle Pumblechook was coming for dinner.
(a) (i) off
(ii) of
(iii) with
(iv) by
(b) (i) crept
(ii) creep
(iii) was creeping
(iv) go
(c) (i) shrieked
(ii) shouted
(iii) squealed
(iv) creaked
(d) (i) dormitory
(ii) latch
(iii) pantry
(iv) attic
Answers:
(a) (ii) of
(b) (i) crept
(c)(iv) creaked
(d)(iii) pantry
11. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
While in hiding, Anne kept a diary in (a) _____ she recorded her fears, hopes, and experiences. Found in the secret apartment after the family (b) _____, the diary was kept for Anne by Miep Gies, one of the people who had helped (c) _____ the Franks. It was published after the war in many languages and is used in thousands of middle school and high school curricula in Europe and the Americas. Anne Frank (d) _____ a symbol for the lost promise of the children who died in the Holocaust.
(a) (i) that
(ii) which
(iii) whom
(iv) where
(b) (i) was arrested
(ii) get arrested
(iii) had arrested
(iv) were arrested
(c) (i) in hiding
(ii) to hiding
(iii) for hiding
(iv) hide
(d) (i) will become
(ii) can become
(iii) has become
(iv) became
Answers:
(a) (ii) which
(b) (i) was arrested
(c)(iv)hide
(d)(iii) has become
12.Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
1.As old age (a)…………..events at home may also contribute more to their problems. The empty nest feeling arising as a result of (b)………….. up children leaving the home may make the aged more lonely. The loneliness also (c)………… because of premature loss of the spouse.
(a)(i) advanced
(ii) is advancing
(iii) advances
(iv) was advancing
(b) (i) growing
(ii) grows
(iii) grown
(iv) grew
(c)(i) arose
(ii) arise
(iii) arises
(iv) arising
2. But one (a)………… look or think before taking an action. It often (b) …………dangerous to take an action without due thought. Impulsiveness (c) …………. to ruin and destruction.
(a) (i) can
(ii) could
(iii) would
(iv) must
(b) (i) proves
(ii) will prove
(iii) proving
(iv) proved
(c) (i) led
(ii) leading
(iii) leads
(iv) lead
Answers:-
1.(a)(iii) advances
(b) (iii) grown
(c) (iii) arises
2.(a)(iv) must
(b) (i) proves
(c) (iii) leads
13. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
The train (a)……….. forward. One of the dotted brown ladies (b) …………. on having windows raised. Now that the rain beat against them. The porter (c) …………. along with his mysterious wand and began to light the car.
(a)(i) moving
(ii) moves
(iii) moved
(iv) move
(b)(i) insist
(ii) insisting
(iii) insisted
(iv) insists
(c)(i) comes
(ii) coming
(iii) came
(iv) come
Answers:-
(a)(iii) moved
(b) (iii) insisted
(c) (iii) came
14. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
Seasons teach us (a)………… transitions, for winter slides (b) ………………… … spring as gently as adolescence into youth. And just (c) ………… we assume that winter is gone, an unseasonal blizzard (d)……….. come down to remind us we (e) …………. wrong. Seasons are important, of course, because they take place (f) …………… all of us, and all our days and loves. They are (g) …………. close to us as the spring in our step or the dying in a lover’s regret. Moods, like seasons, rescue us (h)…………. our private winters and release us from the time (i)………… space to usher us into (j)…………… larger rhythm as unanswerable as the dawn.
(a)(i) about
(ii) with
(iii) by
(iv) from
(b)(i) into
(ii) by
(iii) on
(iv) from
(c)(i) for
(ii) when
(iii) where
(iv) how
(d)(i) can
(ii) is
(iii) with
(iv) will
(e)(i) were
(ii) are
(iii) should
(iv) being
(f)(i) for
(ii) in
(iii) on
(iv) by
(g)(i) as
(ii) is
(iii) an
(iv) with
(h)(i) from
(ii) for
(iii) and
(iv) by
(i) (i) for
(ii) and
(iii) with
(iv) from
(j) (i) a
(ii) the
(iii) some
(iv) by
15. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
It is possible (a) …………….. happiness is a mirage (b) …………… we are searching. But most (c)…………. us can identify moments of “happiness” in our lives. As long (d)…………. there are not identifiable moments of sadness, it (e) ……………… still manageable. However, depression is (f)…………… common problem, yet to be adequately articulated (g) ……………more importantly, treated. It requires treatment (h) ……………. different levels and this talk throws light (i) ……………one important mental equation we have to arrive at (j)………….. understanding the world and life.
(a) (i) about
(ii) with
(iii) that
(iv) from
(b) (i) which
(ii) who
(iii) where
(iv) from
(c) (i) for
(ii) of
(iii) by
(iv) in
(d) (i) as
(ii) is
(iii) for
(iv) with
(e) (i) is
(ii) as
(iii) being
(iv) was
(f) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) some
(g) (i) and
(ii) for
(iii) as
(iv) with
(h) (i) at
(ii) in
(iii) with
(iv) by
(i) (i) for
(ii) on
(iii) with
(iv) from
(j) (i) the
(ii) on
(iii) for
(iv) from
16. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
So I can’t say I am against tradition; on the (a) …………… hand I am considered (b) …………open-minded man ……….. I (c)…………… never forced lifestyle choices on either (d)…………….. my children; my music reflects (e)……….nature and I (f) ………… a lot of new with the old. I am very conscious (g) ………. ‘If the concept of “proportion” in a concert. (h)………………. is no point overdoing any one aspect just (i)…………….. it’s evoking applause. My father taught (j) ………………the importance of a sense of proportion.
(a) (i) other
(ii) our
(iii) one
(iv) with
(b) (i) on
(ii) an
(iii) with
(iv) by
(c) (i) have
(ii) has
(iii) whose
(iv) where
(d) (i) in
(ii) of
(iii) for
(iv) with
(e) (i) mine
(ii) their
(iii) my
(iv) your
(f) (i) have
(ii) has
(iii) had
(iv) had been
(g) (i) that
(ii) with
(iii) for
(iv) of
(h) (i) There
(ii) Here
(iii) For
(iv) Hence
(i) (i) since
(ii) for
(iii) because
(iv) by
(j) (i) mine
(ii) them
(iii) you
(iv) me
17. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
Many foreign universities offer partial (a)……………. full scholarship award (b)…………. encouraging applicants assessed (c)…………… “international” (d) ………….. fees purposes (e) ………….. undertake undergraduate (f) …………..master-level study. Each award (g) ………….worth 3,000 for a year. Applicants (h)…………. only apply and (i)…………. considered for some scholarship after they have been offered (j) …………place to study on their chosen degree course (k) …………have been assessed as “international” for fee purposes. They must also be registered at many other universities for the forthcoming year.
(a)(i) or
(ii) for
(iii) are
(iv)for
(b)(i) to
(ii) for
(iii) with
(iv)with
(c)(i) as
(ii) is
(iii) so
(iv)by
(d)(i) for
(ii) by
(iii) with
(iv) there
(e)(i) with
(ii) to
(iii) by
(iv) for
(f)(i) and
(ii) also
(iii) with
(iv) for
(g)(i) are
(ii) has
(iii) being
(iv) is
(h) (i) will
(ii) can
(iii) has to
(iv) should
(i) (i) be
(ii) is
(iii) are
(iv) has
(j) (i) a
(ii) some
(iii) an
(iv) with
(k) (i) with
(ii) for
(iii) and
(iv) for
18. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
1. It was like (a) …………… a fuse. Duke (b) ………….. himself shaped in anticipation. Even Hooper (c) ……… explain his next move.
(a)(i) lit
(ii) lighting
(iii) lighted
(iv) light
(b)(i) shimmied
(ii) shimmies
(iii) shimmying
(iv) shimmy
(c)(i) won’t
(ii) shan’t
(iii) can’t
(iv) didn’t
2. He saw the Prussian soldiers (a) ……………… in the open field. It was a (b)…………. night. However he (c) ………….off to school.
(a) (i) drill
(ii) drilled
(iii) drilling
(iv) be drilled
(b) (i) tempted
(ii) tempting
(iii) tempted
(iv) temptful
(c) (i) hurry
(ii) hurries
(iii) hurrying
(iv) hurried
3. Two childhood mishaps(a)………….. an aversion (b) ……………….water in Douglas’ mind. The first incident (c) ………………place when he was only His father (d)……………. him to the beach. He (e) ………. in the surf when a sea wave rolled (f)……………him.
(a) (i) creates
(ii) creating
(iii) created
(iv) create
(b) (i) for
(ii) with
(iii) at
(iv) against
(c) (i) taking
(ii) took
(iii) takes
(iv) have taken
(d) (i) taking
(ii) has taken
(iii) takes
(iv) took
(e) (i) stands
(ii) stood
(iii) standing
(iv) had stood
(f) (i) into
(ii) upto
(iii) at
(iv) over
19. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
1. Douglas (a)…………. by complete surprise when he (b)………… into the water and went down at once (c)………….. the bottom. Then he (d) ………. that as soon as his feet (e) ……….. the surface he (f)……… out and grab the side rope.
(a) (i) took
(ii) takes
(iii) is taken
(iv) was taken
(b) (i) threw
(ii) was thrown
(iii) throws
(iv) is thrown
(c) (i) to
(ii) at
(iii) for
(iv) on
(d) (i) plans
(ii) planned
(iii) had planned
(iv) was planning
(e) (i) are touching
(ii) will touch
(iii) touched
(iv) can touch
(f) (i) springs
(ii) can spring
(iii) would reach out
(iv)would spring
2. Litka put (a)…………. a brave fight but all (b) …………. vain. After her hair (c) …………… Litka (d)………. her spirit. She felt she (e) ………… tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. She cried (f) ………..her anguish and she moaned.
(a)(i) on
(ii) up
(iii) at
(iv) forth
(b)(i) on
(ii) at
(iii) for
(iv) in
(c)(i) was cut
(ii) cuts
(iii) had cut
(iv) cutting
(d)(i) has lost
(ii) was losing
(iii) lost
(iv) losing
(e)(i) has lost
(ii) had been
(iii) was
(iv) is being
(f)(i) on
(ii) at
(iii) with
(iv) in
20. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
By this time, quite a small crowd (a)……………and people (b)…………… each other what was the matter. One party (c) ……………that it was a wedding and pointed out Harris as the bridegroom while the elder and (d) …………… among the populace inclined (e)…………… that it was a funeral and that I was probably the (f) ………..brother.
(a) (i) is collected
(ii) was collected
(iii) collected
(iv) had collected
(b) (i) were asking
(ii) had asked
(iii) asked
(iv) keep asking
(c) (i) holding
(ii) had held
(iii) held
(iv) was holding
(d) (i) thoughtful
(ii) more thoughtful
(iii) least thoughtful
(iv) much thoughtful
(e) (i) with the idea
(ii) on the idea
(iii) in the idea
(iv) to the idea
(f) (i) the corpse’s
(ii) the corpse
(iii) a corpse
(iv) corpse
21. Fill up the given blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
1. Married men have wives and (a)………….. to want them; and young single fellows (b)……………. that they can’t get them. Poor people who (c) …………. keep themselves have eight hearty children. Rich old couples (d)………….. one to leave their money to, die childless. Then there are girls (e) …………. lovers. They say they (f)…………… be without them, that they bother them.
(a) (i) haven’t seem
(ii) don’t seem
(iii) aren’t seem
(iv) can’t seem
(b) (i) cry on
(ii) cry down
(iii) cry out
(iv) cry in
(c) (i) will hardly
(ii) have hardly
(iii) hardly
(iv) can hardly
(d) (i) with
(ii) in
(iii) on
(iv) at
(e) (i) without
(ii) lacking
(iii) with
(iv) across
(f) (i) would rather
(ii) can rather
(iii) will and people
(iv) had rather
22. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage.
There (i) …………. a survey (ii) …………. music and how the taste (iii) …………. age. About one hundred persons (v) the popular forms of music differs (iv) ………… in three age groups (vi)…………… interviewed on their musical preferences.
(i)(a) has been
(b) have been
(c) had been
(d) was
(ii) (a) for
(b) about
(c) on
(d) in
(iii) (a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) about
(iv) (a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) with
(v) (a) each
(b) every
(c) all
(d) some
(vi) (a) was
(b) is
(c) were
(d) are
Answers:-
(i) (c) had been
(ii) (b) about
(iii) (a) in
(iv) (d) with
(v) (a) each
(vi) (c) were
23. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage.
The rag pickers of India (i)……….. a pitiable sight. It is poverty that goods them (ii) ………. resort to rag-picking. Day in and day out they may be seen on the roads, the lanes and the bylanes of (iii) ………. city (iv) ………..town looking for cost (v) ………….. clothes or something else showy or shoddy that (vi) ……….. sell.
(i)(a) present
(b) presents
(c) presented
(d) presenting
(ii) (a) so
(b) to
(c) towards
(d) on
(iii) (a) an
(b) the
(c) a
(d) any
(iv) (a) and
(b) for
(c) or
(d) but
(v) (a) down
(b) up
(c) of
(d) off
(vi) (a) shall
(b) will
(c) can
(d) may
Answers:-
(i) (a) present
(ii) (b) to
(iii) (c) a
(iv) (c) or
(v) (d) off
(vi) (b) will
23. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage.
At lunch they (a) ……………bad time. People wanted them to sit (b) …………. and the grass was dusty and the tree trunk (c) …………..they were invited to lean (d) ………….. to have been brushed (e)………. so they spread their handkerchiefs (f) …………and sat on those bolts upright.
(a)(i) were a very
(ii) had a very
(iii) has a very
(iv)will have a very
(b)(i) in the grass
(ii) at the grass
(iii) on the grass
(iv)upon the grass
(c)(i) against which
(ii) on which
(iii) with which
(iv)at which
(d)(i) does not appear
(ii) did not appear
(iii) is not appear
(iv) had not appeared
(e)(i) in weeks
(ii) for weeks
(iii) with weeks
(iv) from weeks
(f)(i) in the ground
(ii) on the ground
(iii) upon the ground
(iv) at the ground
25. Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the one given below. Write the answers in your answer-sheet against the correct blank numbers.
There are four trees in the garden. (a)………. branches sway in the breeze. The children play (b)……… the trees. Some of the girls (c)……… sleeping in the shade of the trees.
(a)(i) There
(ii) Their
(iii) Every
(iv) An
(b) (i) under
(ii) over
(iii) above
(iv) in
(c)(i) is
(ii) was
(iii) are
(iv) have
Answers:-
(a)(ii) Their
(b)(i) under
(c)(iii) are
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