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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!


The writer is describing her experience of which activity?

A) fishing B) snorkelling
C) boat ride D) long distance swimming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) snorkelling

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

I wish I can help you.

A) may help B) could have helped
C) could help D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) could help

Explanation:

Modal ‘can’ needs to be replaced with ‘could’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.‘Could’ is used to express power and possibility in past tense. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘I wish I could help you’.

 

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

One of the assistant(a) was(b) Alfred(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a

Explanation:

‘One of the assistant’ needs to be replaced with ‘one of the assistants’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. This is because, ‘One of’ is always followed by a plural noun.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

I gave her the book that I (won) as a prize.

 

A) will win B) had won
C) am winning D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had won

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Do you know (to whom Raj is going to marry)?

 

A) who is raj going to get married B) who Raj will be going to marry
C) whom Raj is going to marry D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) whom Raj is going to marry

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Pay attention(a) to what(b) I am saying(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) d

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

He will be(a) cured from(b) his fever(c). No error(d).

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) b

Explanation:

‘Cured’ is followed by the preposition ‘of’. Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘He will be cured of his fever’.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

If a person (studied) the history of the Maratha empire, he would have wondered how a small warrior tribe could have challenged the mighty Mughals.

A) has studied B) had studied
C) could study D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had studied

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