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1. A week has passed (a) / since I (b) / am going there. (c) /
No error (d)
2. Madhuri asked (a) / me what (b) / was the information.
(c) / No error (d)
3. Ranjeet had called (a) / me before (b) / he had left for the
show. (c) / No error (d)
4. Isha was worked (a) / in this firm (b) / since 3rd January.
(c) / No error (d)
5. More than a year (a) / have passed (b) / since I called him.
(c) / No error (d)
6. By the end of this year (a) / he will submit (b) / all that is
required. (c) / No error (d)
7. Every child (a) / is liking (b) / his mother. (c) / No error (d)
8. Ramesh is going (a) / for a walk now (b) / otherwise he is
usually sleeping at this time. (c) / No error (d)
9. I want you to pick (a) / up the box of eggs gently and (b) /
kept it in the corner carefully. (c) / No error (d)
10. The student sitting on the desk (a) / studied here for three
years, but (b) / he has never created any problem. (c) /
No error (d)
11. If Manali had (a)/ worked hard (b)/ she will have got the
job she desired. (c)/ No error (d)
12. He told me (a)/ that he wrote a letter (b)/ to his superior
for a certain reason. (c)/ No error (d)
13. I am working at my present job (a)/ since the day (b)/ a
son was born to my brother. (c)/ No error (d)
14. After Ravi read (a)/ the magazines and news papers (b)/
and watched T.V. Programme, he decided to go out and
meet some old friends. (c)/ No error (d)
15. His father would have been pleased to get him a wrist
watch (a)/ if he would have worked (b)/ harder and
secured higher marks in the university examination. (c)/
No error (d)
16. When the doctors found (a)/ that the player has taken
(b)/ prohibited medicines, he reported the matter to the
team manager. (c)/ No error (d)
17. As soon as (a)/ the clock strike five (b)/ they down tools
and off they go. (c)/ No error (d)
18. It had been our custom (a)/ since time immemorial to be
(b)/ hospitable to those who come to our doors. (c)/ No
error (d)
19. I asked (a)/ If she has looked everywhere (b)/ and she
said, ‘yes’. (c)/ No error (d)
20. Had I realised (a)/ that it was such a long way (b)/ I would
take a taxi. (c)/ No error (d)
21. As he dived from the spring board (a)/ he was terrified to
see (b)/ that the water was drained from the pool the
previous night. (c)/ No error (d)
22. As I am suffering from fever since morning (a)/ I shall not
be able to attend the function (b)/ You are going to
organise this evening. (c)/ No error (d)
23. She wishes (a)/ that she has studied literature instead of
history (b)/ when she was in college.(c)/ No error (d)
24. Much water (a)/ has flown (b)/ under the bridge since
then. (c)/ No error (d)
25. I do not wish (a)/ to rise (b)/ false hopes. (c)/ No error (d)
26. The stranger (a)/ asked the little girl (b)/ what is her name.
(c)/ No error (d)
27. Apollo was worshipped (a)/ as long as (b)/ the Roman
empire had lasted. (c)/ No error (d)
28. I pretended as if (a)/ I interested in the conversation (b)/
but really it was very boring. (c)/ No error (d)
29. The teacher remarked that (a)/ they all had (b)/ done it
very badly. (c)/ No error (d)
30. The train is supposed (a)/ to arrive at 10 am yesterday
(b)/ but it was an hour late. (c)/ No error (d)
31. Several survey reports (a) / indicate that the number (b)/
of drug addicts is grown gradually. (c) / No error (d)

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32. Mohit is often telling (a)/ his childhood stories (b) / when
he sits pensively. (c) / No error (d)
33. He will have not (a) / attended the party (b) / by next
month. (c) / No error (d)
34. Last night we have seen (a) / him in the market with a
stranger (b) / but we did not ask him (c) / No error (d)
35. I asked the shopkeeper (a) / what the price of that car
was (b) / whether it is really made in Japan. (c) / No error
(d)
36. Reena is speaking (a) / in such a soft voice that she (b) / is
always praised by everyone. (c) / No error (d)
37. By the time (a) / he had called for us (b) / we had left our
college. (c) / No error (d)
38. It is seeming (a) / to me that (b) / he is notorious. (c) / No
error (d)
39. We have been trying to find out (a)/ the root cause of this
recurring problem (b) / since the last four days. (c) / No
error (d)
40. Cowards are dying (a) / many times (b) / before their
death. (c) / No error (d)
41. Rajan told me that he had left (a)/ the college a year before
(b)/ and looking for a job. (c)/ No error (d)
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42. He asked me (a)/ if I am ill and (b)/ I answered that I was
not. (c)/ No error (d)
43. India’s independence (a)/ had been the result (b)/ of
sacrifices of many patriots. (c)/ No error (d)
44. Yesterday Ramesh got (a)/ the information that his father
(b)/ died in an accident while travelling in a car. (c)/ No
error (d)
45. He will certainly help you (a)/ if you will ask him (b)/ in a
pleasant manner. (c)/ No error (d)
46. I found this ring as I dig in the garden. (a)/ it looks very
old (b)/ I wonder whom it belongs. (c)/ No error (d)
47. The girls were playing (a)/ outside the house whereas (b)/
the boys were sitting inside and played cards. (c)/ No error
(d)
48. Mohini washes all her (a)/ clothes and cooks food (b)/ for
the family before she is going to the office. (c)/ No error
(d)
49. I know nothing about chess because (a)/ my game’s
teacher also (b)/ was not knowing anything. (c)/ No error
(d)
50. The discreet enquiry revealed (a)/ that his involvement
in the fraud cases have been more than (b)/ what was
first guessed. (c)/ No error (d)
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