English Practice Set 45

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1. Q1 · English · Reading Comprehension
   Vikram works as a bus driver in the city and has driven the same route for over ten years. He knows most of his regular passengers by name and greets them warmly every morning. Vikram takes great pride in ensuring passenger safety and always follows traffic rules strictly, no matter how busy the road is. Q: How long has Vikram driven the same route?
   AOver ten yearsBOne yearCSix monthsDTwenty years
2. Q2 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
   This newly arisen evidence could have proved to finally put the culprit behind bars.
   Acould have been provenBcan be provenCis proofDcan proof
3. Q3 · English · Sentence Improvement
   Improve the underlined part: 'The number of students are increasing every year.'
   Ais increasingBare increaseCincreasing areDhave increasing
4. Q4 · English · Spotting Errors
   Pick out the part of the sentence that has an error. A) By the time we arrived, B) the movie C) already started D) at the theatre.
   APart ABPart BCPart CDPart D
5. Q5 · English · Spotting Errors
   Pick out the part of the sentence that has an error. A) He told me B) that he C) is coming D) the next day.
   APart ABPart BCPart CDPart D
6. Q6 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Phrasal Verbs): Column A: A. Fall apart B. Take over C. Get away with D. Live up to Column B: 1. to break into pieces, or to fail 2. to assume control of something 3. to escape punishment for an action 4. to meet expectations
   AA-1, B-2, C-3, D-4BA-4, B-3, C-1, D-2CA-1, B-3, C-4, D-2DA-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
7. Q7 · English · Vocabulary
   Choose the synonym of the word "BENEVOLENT":
   ACruelBKindCSelfishDHarsh
8. Q8 · English · Completing Statements
   Choose the option that best completes the statement: Scarcely had the plane taken off _____
   Ait had developed a technical snag before.Bwhen it will develop a technical snag.Cwhen it developed a technical snag.Dthan it developed a technical snag.
9. Q9 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
   Change into indirect speech: The child asked, "Can I go outside to play?"
   AThe child asked if she would go outside to play.BThe child asked if he could go outside to play.CCan I go outside to play?DThe child asked if he might go outside to play.
10. Q10 · English · Completing Statements
    Choose the option that best completes the statement: As soon as the results were declared, _____
    Acelebrations had broken out results before.Bcelebrations will break out before the results.Cthe campus declared the results itself.Dcelebrations broke out across the campus.