Question :
Select the phrase/connector from the given options to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences
It was a bad idea. It was not risk-free.
Option 1: It was a bad idea but it was not risk-free
Option 2:
It was a bad idea and it was not risk-free
Option 3:
It was a bad idea with it was not risk-free
Option 4:
It was a bad idea despite being risk-free
Option 5:
It was a bad idea yet it was not risk-free
Correct Answer:
Solution :
We need ‘and’. Hence, “It was a bad idea and it was not risk-free” is the best choice
A sentence has been broken into four parts with an error in one of the parts. Identify the part that has an error based on sentence construction:
Option 1:
I was happy when
Option 2: No error
Option 3: yet I could not enjoy much
because of bad health
the result was declared,
An old customer, whose account was written off as bad debts has promised to pay Rs. 15,000 in full settlement of his account of Rs.25,000. The value of sundry debtors will be.
Option 1: Increased by Rs 15,000
Option 2: Decreased by Rs 15,000
Option 3: Increased by Rs 25,000
Option 4: Decreased by Rs 25,000
Question : In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Jack said, "Oh! It's a bad weather. I can't swim."
Option 1: Jack exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he can't swim.
Option 2: Jack exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he was not to swim.
Option 3: Jack exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he couldn't swim.
Option 4: Jack exclaims with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he couldn't swim.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. The captain announced, "The flight will be delayed due to bad weather."
Option 1: The captain announced that the flight will be delayed due to bad weather.
Option 2: The captain announced that the fight was delayed due to bad weather.
Option 3: The captain announced that the flight would be delayed due to bad weather.
Option 4: The captain announced that the flight would be delay due to bad weather.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. No sooner did this idea enter his head than it carried conviction with it.
Option 1: No sooner does this idea enter
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: No sooner do his idea enter
Option 4: No sooner has his idea enter
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