TGT and PGT (English previous year questions) (Part-V)

Total Questions: 100

1. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

The child was in the habit of going on many expeditions to observe strange things in the vicinity.

Correct Answer: (c) No improvement
Solution:In the given sentence, no substitution is required because there is no grammatical error in the sentence. Hence, option (c) 'no improvement' is correct answer.

2. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.

The great schism between art and craft (1)/ is one of the symptoms of a hierarchical view (2)/of art and a particularly casualty of modernism. (3)/No error (4)

Correct Answer: (d) 3
Solution:There is an error in the third segment of the sentence, word 'particularly' is grammatically incorrect, it should be 'particular'. The correct sentence will be-
The great ______ particular ______ modernism.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

3. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

Hardly I had finished my meal when the waiter started to ask for a tip.

Correct Answer: (a) Hardly had I finished
Solution:In the given sentence, the underlined segment has an error. 'Hardly' always followed by 'had', therefore, in the given sentence 'had' will be placed before I.
  • The correct sentence will be: Hardly had I finished my meal when the waiter started to ask for a tips.
  • There is inversion in the given sentence.

Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

4. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

Ravi, you and I are going to conduct a virtual meeting for the mechanical students.

Correct Answer: (c) You, Ravi and I are
Solution:When we use more than two pronouns in a sentence for a positive meaning we have to use these pronoun in order of second person, followed by third person then first person (231).

Therefore, the above sentence is incorrect. The correct sentence will be- You, Ravi and I are going to conduct a virtual meeting for the mechanical students. Hence, option (c) is correct answer.

5. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

A video of a parked car being sudden swallowed upon by a sinkhole has taken social media by storm.

Correct Answer: (a) suddenly being swallowed up by
Solution:The underlined segment of the given sentence is incorrect. The correct sentence will be: A video of a parked car suddenly being swallowed up by a sinkhole has taken social media by storm. Hence, option (a) is correct answer.

6. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.

Since both of my parents had medical practices, (1) they knew that whoever did not (2)/accompany me, will be covering two practices. (3)/No error (4)

Correct Answer: (b) 3
Solution:There is an error in the third part of the sentence.
  • In Third part, there should be "would be covering" instead of "will be covering" because the whole sentence is in past tense and "would" is past form of "will".
  • The grammatically correct sentence will be: Since both of my parents had medical practices, they knew that whoever did not accompany me, would be covering two practices.

7. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

Digital payments are the most effective way of receiving payments for business and by their nature is significantly less costlier than cash.

Correct Answer: (d) are significantly less costly than cash
Solution:The underlined segment of the given sentence is incorrect. There will be plural verb in place of 'is' and 'costlier' will be replaced by 'costly'. So, the correct sentence will be :

Digital payments are the most effective way of receiving payments for business and by their nature are significantly less costly than cash. Hence, option (d) is correct answer.

8. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

We had to get out beyond the window and uphill in order to save ourselves.

Correct Answer: (b) had to get out through
Solution:There is an error in the underlined segment of the given sentence. The correct sentence will be: "We had to get out through the window and uphill in order to save ourselves". Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

9. There is an error in the underlined segment of the given sentence. The correct sentence will be: "We had to get out through the window and uphill in order to save ourselves". Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

The government must work to involve locals, (1)/not just international energy giants, (2)/ in development for sustainable energy for the country. (3)/No error (4)

Correct Answer: (a) 3
Solution:There is error in the third part of the sentence.
  • There should be 'of after 'development' in place of 'for' and definite article "the" will be placed before 'development'.
  • The correct sentence will be: The government must work to involve locals, not just international energy giants, in the development of sustainable energy for the country.

Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

10. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No improvement' as your answer.

Drinking coffee is something that many professionals recommend because it made it possible to study in a most energetic and concentrated way.

Correct Answer: (a) it makes it possible to study in a more
Solution:The underlined segment of the given sentence has a grammatical error because initial fact is given in present tense so, the reason will also be in present tense.

So, the correct sentence will be: Drinking coffee is something that many professionals recommend because it makes it possible to study in a more energetic and concentrated way. Hence, option (a) is correct answer.