Let’s go out for dinner tonight, “shall we”? A. should we B. No substitution required C. won’t we D. shan’t we
The correct answer is option B
• There is no error in the sentence.
• According to the rules of question tag if a sentence begins with ‘Let’s or Let us’ then we have to use the question tag ‘shall we.’
• Here ‘shall’ used to make decisions and offers about something.
Example:Let’s go to the beach, shall we?
• Therefore, the use of ‘shall we?’ in the sentence is grammatically correct.
The surface of the road “has got severe damage” during the heavy rains last week. a) has severe damage b) getting severely damaged c) is been damaged severely d) was severely damaged e) No correction required
The correct answer is option D
The ‘Last week’ suggests the event of past tense. Therefore, ‘getting is’ and ‘getting has ’ used in options (a), (b) and (c) respectively make them grammatically incorrect, hence they are ruled out. Thus, only option (d) is correct.
The Delhi power regulator has “turned out” a request by the distribution companies to hike power tariffs in the Capital. A. turned up B. turned down C. turned over D. turned off E. No improvement required
The correct answer is option B
turn something down (phrasal verb): to reject something, to deny someone’s request, to refuse to accept or agree to something, or to someone’s idea
Ex. She had turned down Shivam’s offer of help, too.
Ex. The bank turned down their request for a loan.
Never before have the words ‘social service’ been “as prostituted as it is today”. A. so prostituted as it is today. B. as prostituted, it is today. C. so prostituted they are today. D. as prostituted as they are today. E. No correction required
The correct answer is option D
Corrects the error of pronoun. Because, pronoun ‘it’ is used for plural noun ‘the words’. So instead of ‘it’, ‘they’ should be used and verb should be ‘are’.
Kashmir is a complicated problem “that what world community believes”. A. which world community believes. B. what world community believes. C. that what world community believe. D. what world community believe. E. No correction required
The correct answer is option B
Delete ‘that’. Because ‘what’ is not preceded by ‘that’ as ‘what’ itself means ‘that which’.
A student was arrested for displaying an “indecently” art work in public. A. indecent B. unindecently C. the indecently D. any of indecently E. No correction required
The correct answer is option A
‘Art work’ is a noun phrase, before which an appropriate adjective should be used.
The underlined part ‘indecently’, which is an adverb, hence must be replaced with the adjective ‘indecent’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
He did not like “me to smoking” in the presence of our teacher yesterday. A. that I smoke B. my smoking C. me smoking D. smoking by me E. No correction required
The correct answer is option B
The underlined part ‘me to smoking’ must be replaced with ‘my smoking’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
As per the basic usage rules, ‘like’ is one of the verbs which are followed by a gerund e.g. swmming, dancing or travelling etc.
Since the gerund is a noun, it is logical to find it preceded by a possessive pronoun (his, her, your, my, our, etc) or a noun in the possessive form (Mohan’s, Mr. Varma’s, etc)
The government has “granted permission to prosecute” the public servant. A. granted permission to prosecution B. sanction to prosecuting C. sanctioned permission to prosecute D. grant permission to prosecute E. No correction required
The correct answer is option E. The sentence is absolutely correct.
The scenery around the hill station of Himachal Pradesh is “quite picturesque and enjoyed”. A. quite picturesque and enjoyable B. quite picturesque and enjoyed C. quietly picturesque and enjoyed D. quietly picturesque and enjoyable E. No correction is required
The correct answer is option A
The word ‘enjoyed’ must be replaced with the adjective ‘enjoyable’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Within three years, he demonstrated “a dramatic improved” business performance. A. the dramatic improved B. the dramatically improved C. a dramatically improved D. a dramatic improvement E. No correction required
The correct answer is option C
In the sentence the word before the phrase ‘improved business performance’ must be an adverb as it has to add information to the adjective ‘improved’.
The underlined part ‘a dramatic improved’ hence must be replaced with ‘a dramatically improved’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
