Practice Test-4

Number of questions: 30 Time Allowed: 30 mins.

Directions for questions 1 to 5: Identify the part of Directions for questions 11 to 15: Each of the
the sentence that contains a grammatical or spelling following questions contains a sentence that is broken
error. Mark that part as your answer. up into parts. Rearrange the parts so as to make a
meaningful sentence.
1. Nothing but fraud and double-dealing
11. A. the world’s best-selling
(a) (b)
B. doll seems to have been
are discernible in his actions.
C. overtaken by a
(c) (d)
D. mid-life
2. You look much handsome now.
E. crisis
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) ABCDE (b) BACDE
3. They discovered a large number of hoarded (c) ABDCE (d) EABCD
(a) (b) (c) 12. A. is plummeting fast
sugar in his shop. B. demand
(d) C. and even resale values
4. The social reformer worked for the benefit D. are at an
(a) (b) (c) E. all-time low
of disabled. (a) ABCDE (b) BACDE
(d) (c) ABDCE (d) EABCD
5. I think it is quite allright if you stay. 13. A. their products are
(a) (b) (c) (d) B. a clever amalgamation
Directions for questions 6 to 10: The following C. sociology
passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with D. of psychology
an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose E. and technology
the best word from the given alternatives. (a) ABCDE (b) BACDE
It is difficult to ...6... the future course of events. We (c) ABDCE (d) EABCD
cannot be ...7... . I see some danger ...8... . We cannot 14. A. toys is not
afford to ...9... . We have to be prepared for every
B. restricted to children
sacrifice. We ...10... do without some necessities of
life. C. alone but
D. also to adults
6. (a) depict (b) predict
E. the appeal of
(c) judge (d) edict
(a) ABCDE (b) BACDE
7. (a) satisfied (b) deficient
(c) ABDCE (d) EABCD
(c) complacent (d) implemented
15. A. the human
8. (a) in front (b) before
B. crisis is
(c) lead (d) ahead
C. all about
9. (a) lax (b) relax D. questions
(c) hoax (d) try E. existential
10. (a) was to (b) may have to (a) ABCDE (b) BACDE
(c) might had to (d) will have to (c) ABDCE (d) ABCED
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Directions for questions 16 to 20: Complete the 24. None of the two guests participated
following sentences with the appropriate choice from (a) (b)
among the given alternatives.
in the games or danced.
16. Stalkers hit the headlines _____ stalking
celebrities. (c) (d)

(a) and (b) by 25. The government plan to put an electronic

(c) so (d) on (a) (b) (c)
17. He rammed his car _____ her stationary vehicle. system in place.
(a) on (b) by (d)
(c) through (d) into Directions for questions 26 to 30: Complete the
18. He should not waste his _____ furies off the sets. following sentences with the appropriate choice from
among the given alternatives.
(a) create (b) creation
26. He has no apologies _____ offer.
(c) criole (d) creative
(a) to (b) but
19. There maybe a _____ of black buck in California.
(c) so (d) and
(a) most (b) a lot
27. I don’t _____ create controversies.
(c) tonnnage (d) shortage
20. It does not mean that their films have been _____ (a) purpose (b) purposely
of social and political content. (c) purposeful (d) purposly
(a) looted (b) devoid 28. You _____ like him too much, did you?
(c) devoured (d) tool (a) did (b) did do
Directions for questions 21 to 25: Identify the part of (c) didn’t (d) do
the sentence that contains a grammatical or spelling 29. She shouldn’t have gone to the _____ in the first
error. Mark that part as your answer. place.
21. I cannot hardly read the letter. (a) pressed (b) pressure
(a) (b) (c) (d) (c) pressing (d) press
22. Less men are present today.
30. She was a very beautiful woman _____.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) as (b) well
23. The streets were flooded when the pipe
(c) and well (d) as well
(a) (b) (c)
bursted.
(d)

Answer Key
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (b)

21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (d)
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Explanations
1. c The subject of the sentence is ‘nothing’ singular 13. c ‘AB’ is a mandatory pair as B describes the
and not ‘fraud and double-dealing’. Hence, ‘is’, not subject i.e. ‘their products’. D follows B as the
‘are’. preposition of is required here. Hence, ‘ABDCE’
2. c The adverb ‘much’ cannot be used here. It should is the correct sequence.
be ‘you look very handsome now’. 14. d ‘EA’ is the obvious opener as it gives us the sub-
3. c Amount refers to bulk or mass, number to ject of the sentence i.e. ‘the appeal of toys’.
individuals or units. (e.g. a large number of cars) Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.
and large amount of sugar. Hence, ‘numbers’ 15. d ‘AB’ is the opening mandatory pair as it introduces
should be replaced by ‘amount’. the subject i.e. ‘the human crisis’. ‘ED’ is also a
4. d ‘Of the disabled’ is the right usage as we refer to a mandatory pair, as the adjective existential will
class, hence the article ‘the’ is required. precede the noun questions. Hence, ‘ABCED’ is
the correct sequence.
5. c ‘alright’ is the correct spelling.
16. b ‘by’ is the correct preposition to be used.
6. b Since we are talking about the ‘future course of
events’, the right word is ‘predict’. 17. d You ram something ‘into’ something else.
7. c If you read the following lines that follow, you will 18. d ‘creative’ is the right adjective form to be used to
know that the right word is ‘complacent’ to fit into modify ‘furies’.
the context. 19. d ‘shortage’ indicates scarcity.
8. d ‘ahead’ is grammatically correct. 20. b ‘devoid’ indicates ‘lack of something’.
9. b ‘relax’ is the right verb here. The rest don’t fit 21. b Since ‘hardly’ conveys a negative meaning, ‘can’
sensibly into the sentence. should be used.
10. b Choices (c) and (d) are incorrect because (c) is 22. a Use ‘fewer’ to indicate individuals, ‘less’ is used
grammatically incorrect while (d) implies that the to refer to bulk or mass.
future course of events is predetermined. Choice 23. d Use ‘burst’, there is no such word as ‘bursted’.
(a) implies a command which does not fit here.
24. a Use ‘neither’ as we are referring to two persons
Choice (b) is the correct option as it includes an
only.
element of uncertainty.
25. b Use the singular verb ‘plans’ to refer to the
11. a The mandatory pair ‘AB’ opens the sentence by
government (singular noun).
introducing the subject of the sentence ‘world’s
best-selling doll’. ‘DE’ is a mandatory pair as it 26. a ‘to offer something’ is the right usage.
gives us the complete word ‘mid-life crisis’. Hence, 27. b ‘purposely’ is the right usage in the context.
option (a) is the correct answer. 28. c ‘didn’t’ goes as a negative with the positive ‘did’.
12. b A follows B as it describes the ‘demand’ i.e. it is 29. d ‘press’ refers to the journalists here.
plummeting fast. Hence, ‘BA’ is a mandatory pair. 30. d ‘as well’ adds on to the positive qualities that must
However, this can be found only in option (b). have come prior to this sentence.
Hence, it is the correct option.