Directions (Q.1 - 5): Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the most appropriate word from among those given in brackets after each sentence.
1. The committee's appeal to the people for money ___________ little response.
a) provoked
b) evoked
c) gained
d) provided
2. Colgate has also got an ambitious aim of ____________ an eight percent value share of the tooth paste market by the end of the first year.
a) keeping
b) distributing
c) cornering
d) soliciting
3. He is very _____________ on meeting foreigners and befriending them.
a) anxious
b) find
c) insistent
d) keen
4. If a speech is full of prompous words, it is _____________.
a) verbose
b) bombastic
c) grandiose
d) grandiloquent
5. We don't know that _____________ him to commit this crime.
a) excited
b) roused
c) prompted
d) attracted
Directions (Q.6 - 10): Find the errors and justify your answers.
6. Kolkatta is further (a)/ from Alwar (b)/ than Jaipur (c)/ the capital of Rajasthan (d)./ No error (e)
7. Ramesh is smarter (a)/ enough to get (b)/ selected for this (c)/ post. without any recommendations (d)/ No error (e).
8. He said, 'Priyanka (a)/ is the most unique (b)/ singer of (c)/ our college (d)/ No error. (e)
9. This shirt is (a)/ comparatively better (b)/ than that (c)/ we saw in corner shop yesterday (d)/ No error. (e)
10. Everyone was surprised to note (a)/ that Rahim married a girl (b)/ who was more beautiful and more tall (c)/ then he (d)./ No error (e).
Answers:
1. (A)
2. (D)
3. (C)
4. (A)
5. (D)
6. (A) change further to farther.
7. (A) Replace smarter by smart.
8. (B) Delete most.
9. (B) Write either 'comparatively good' or 'better'.
10. (C) Replace 'more tall' by taller.
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