Please keep at least one language enabled. || కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which word functions as an adjective in the sentence The diligent researcher checked every reference?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Diligent modifies the noun researcher and therefore functions as an adjective.
• Researcher is a noun, while checked is the main verb.
• Every is a determiner modifying reference.
• Adjectives typically describe qualities or attributes of nouns.
• Researcher is a noun, while checked is the main verb.
• Every is a determiner modifying reference.
• Adjectives typically describe qualities or attributes of nouns.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which sentence uses the present perfect tense correctly?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Has completed is the present perfect form, consisting of has plus the past participle completed.
• The tense commonly relates a past event to the present situation.
• The other options contain an incorrect participle, an incomplete construction or an inappropriate passive form.
• Definite past-time expressions such as yesterday normally favour the simple past.
• The tense commonly relates a past event to the present situation.
• The other options contain an incorrect participle, an incomplete construction or an inappropriate passive form.
• Definite past-time expressions such as yesterday normally favour the simple past.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which sentence expresses an action that was in progress before another past event occurred?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Had been waiting is the past perfect progressive form.
• It presents an activity continuing before the later past event expressed by arrived.
• The form combines had, been and the present participle waiting.
• The other options do not establish the required past-before-past progressive relationship.
• It presents an activity continuing before the later past event expressed by arrived.
• The form combines had, been and the present participle waiting.
• The other options do not establish the required past-before-past progressive relationship.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The proposal was approved by the committee contains the passive structure was plus the past participle approved.
• The affected participant becomes the grammatical subject.
• The active counterpart is The committee approved the proposal.
• Passive voice is often used when the action or affected entity is more important than the agent.
• The affected participant becomes the grammatical subject.
• The active counterpart is The committee approved the proposal.
• Passive voice is often used when the action or affected entity is more important than the agent.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
In the sentence You must submit the form today, the modal must primarily expresses:
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Must commonly expresses strong obligation or necessity in this context.
• The sentence imposes a requirement on the addressee.
• Possibility is more commonly expressed by may or might.
• Permission may be expressed by may or can depending on context.
• The sentence imposes a requirement on the addressee.
• Possibility is more commonly expressed by may or might.
• Permission may be expressed by may or can depending on context.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The head of the subject noun phrase is list, which is singular, so the singular verb is is correct.
• Each and neither normally take singular agreement in formal standard English.
• News is grammatically singular despite ending in -s.
• Agreement is determined by the grammatical head rather than by a nearby plural noun.
• Each and neither normally take singular agreement in formal standard English.
• News is grammatically singular despite ending in -s.
• Agreement is determined by the grammatical head rather than by a nearby plural noun.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which sentence uses the indefinite article correctly?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• An is used before unusual because the word begins with a vowel sound.
• Honest also requires an because the initial h is silent.
• University and European begin with consonant sounds, so they take a rather than an.
• Article choice depends on pronunciation, not simply on spelling.
• Honest also requires an because the initial h is silent.
• University and European begin with consonant sounds, so they take a rather than an.
• Article choice depends on pronunciation, not simply on spelling.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which preposition correctly completes the sentence She is proficient _____ academic writing?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The standard collocation is proficient in a subject, skill or area.
• Proficient in academic writing therefore follows formal usage.
• At, on and for do not normally occur with proficient in this construction.
• Preposition choice is often governed by established lexical patterns.
• Proficient in academic writing therefore follows formal usage.
• At, on and for do not normally occur with proficient in this construction.
• Preposition choice is often governed by established lexical patterns.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which option contains a finite subordinate clause?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Because she completed the work is finite because completed carries past tense and the clause has an overt subject.
• To complete the work is infinitival and non-finite.
• Having completed the work is participial and non-finite.
• Completed before noon is also non-finite unless combined with a finite auxiliary.
• To complete the work is infinitival and non-finite.
• Having completed the work is participial and non-finite.
• Completed before noon is also non-finite unless combined with a finite auxiliary.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Covered in dust appears to modify Ravi, though the intended meaning is probably that the bookshelf was covered in dust.
• This creates a misplaced or dangling relationship between the modifier and the noun it logically describes.
• The sentence can be corrected as Ravi cleaned the old bookshelf, which was covered in dust.
• The modifiers in the other options clearly relate to their grammatical subjects.
• This creates a misplaced or dangling relationship between the modifier and the noun it logically describes.
• The sentence can be corrected as Ravi cleaned the old bookshelf, which was covered in dust.
• The modifiers in the other options clearly relate to their grammatical subjects.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What does the phrasal verb look into mean in the sentence The committee will look into the complaint?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Look into means investigate or examine carefully.
• In the sentence, the committee will investigate the complaint.
• Phrasal verbs often have meanings that cannot be predicted fully from their individual words.
• The other options do not fit the established meaning of the expression.
• In the sentence, the committee will investigate the complaint.
• Phrasal verbs often have meanings that cannot be predicted fully from their individual words.
• The other options do not fit the established meaning of the expression.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which sentence uses the idiom hit the nail on the head correctly?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Hit the nail on the head means identify or state something exactly correctly.
• The second sentence uses the idiom in its conventional figurative sense.
• The first sentence refers literally to striking a nail and is not idiomatic in the intended way.
• Idioms have conventional meanings that differ from literal word-by-word interpretation.
• The second sentence uses the idiom in its conventional figurative sense.
• The first sentence refers literally to striking a nail and is not idiomatic in the intended way.
• Idioms have conventional meanings that differ from literal word-by-word interpretation.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which pair forms the most natural collocation in formal English?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Heavy rain is the conventional English collocation.
• Collocations are combinations that occur together with greater than accidental frequency.
• Powerful and strong are not standard modifiers of rain in this meaning.
• Hard rain may occur in limited contexts, but heavy rain is the neutral and established expression.
• Collocations are combinations that occur together with greater than accidental frequency.
• Powerful and strong are not standard modifiers of rain in this meaning.
• Hard rain may occur in limited contexts, but heavy rain is the neutral and established expression.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which sentence is structurally ambiguous?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• With the telescope can modify saw, meaning that the teacher used the telescope.
• It can also modify the student, meaning that the student had the telescope.
• The ambiguity results from two possible structures for prepositional-phrase attachment.
• This is syntactic ambiguity rather than simple uncertainty about a word's meaning.
• It can also modify the student, meaning that the student had the telescope.
• The ambiguity results from two possible structures for prepositional-phrase attachment.
• This is syntactic ambiguity rather than simple uncertainty about a word's meaning.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which sentence is grammatically correct in formal standard English?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Discuss is normally transitive and takes a direct object without about in this construction.
• Request can take a direct object, as in requested additional time, without for after the verb.
• Enter usually takes a direct object when it means go into a place.
• We discussed the issue in detail follows formal standard usage.
• Request can take a direct object, as in requested additional time, without for after the verb.
• Enter usually takes a direct object when it means go into a place.
• We discussed the issue in detail follows formal standard usage.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which sentence has the most appropriate correction of the error He did not went to the meeting?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• After the auxiliary did, the lexical verb must appear in its base form.
• Therefore, went must be replaced with go.
• Did already carries the past-tense marking.
• Forms such as did not gone and had not went contain incorrect participial choices.
• Therefore, went must be replaced with go.
• Did already carries the past-tense marking.
• Forms such as did not gone and had not went contain incorrect participial choices.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which punctuation mark is most appropriate between two closely related independent clauses when no coordinating conjunction is used?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A semicolon can join two closely related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
• A comma alone would create a comma splice in formal writing.
• An apostrophe marks possession or omission, while a hyphen joins certain compound elements.
• A full stop could also separate the clauses, but it is not among the options.
• A comma alone would create a comma splice in formal writing.
• An apostrophe marks possession or omission, while a hyphen joins certain compound elements.
• A full stop could also separate the clauses, but it is not among the options.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Students' is the possessive form of the regular plural noun students.
• The apostrophe follows the plural ending -s.
• Student's would refer to one student.
• Students's is not the standard possessive form of a regular plural ending in -s.
• The apostrophe follows the plural ending -s.
• Student's would refer to one student.
• Students's is not the standard possessive form of a regular plural ending in -s.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Consider the following statements. Statement I: The present perfect is normally avoided with a finished past-time expression such as yesterday. Statement II: The simple past can refer to a completed event at a definite past time. Which option is correct?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the present perfect typically does not combine with finished past-time expressions such as yesterday in standard usage.
• Statement II is correct because the simple past locates a completed event at a definite past time.
• Thus, She finished the work yesterday is preferred to She has finished the work yesterday.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because the simple past locates a completed event at a definite past time.
• Thus, She finished the work yesterday is preferred to She has finished the work yesterday.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Modals are followed by the base form of the verb. 2. The passive normally contains a form of be and a past participle. 3. An adjective can modify a noun. 4. A preposition can introduce a prepositional phrase.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because modal auxiliaries such as can and must take the base form.
• Statement 2 is correct because the central passive pattern contains be plus a past participle.
• Statement 3 is correct because adjectives commonly modify nouns.
• Statement 4 is correct because prepositions head prepositional phrases.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because the central passive pattern contains be plus a past participle.
• Statement 3 is correct because adjectives commonly modify nouns.
• Statement 4 is correct because prepositions head prepositional phrases.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Assertion: The sentence The number of applicants is increasing takes a singular verb. Reason: The grammatical head of the subject noun phrase is number, not applicants.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the subject The number of applicants is grammatically singular.
• The Reason is correct because number is the head noun and applicants occurs inside an of-phrase.
• Subject-verb agreement follows the grammatical head in this construction.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because number is the head noun and applicants occurs inside an of-phrase.
• Subject-verb agreement follows the grammatical head in this construction.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Phrasal verb 2. Idiom 3. Collocation 4. Modal. List II: a. Heavy rain b. Must c. Look after d. Break the ice.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Phrasal verb matches c because look after consists of a verb and particle with the meaning take care of.
• Idiom matches d because break the ice conventionally means ease initial social tension.
• Collocation matches a because heavy rain is an established word combination.
• Modal matches b because must is a modal auxiliary.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
• Idiom matches d because break the ice conventionally means ease initial social tension.
• Collocation matches a because heavy rain is an established word combination.
• Modal matches b because must is a modal auxiliary.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which option gives the correct sequence for revising the sentence Neither the teacher nor the students was ready?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• With neither...nor, agreement commonly follows the subject closest to the verb in formal standard usage.
• The nearest subject is students, which is plural, so were is appropriate.
• The correlative conjunction requires nor rather than or.
• Ready is an adjective and does not combine with has in the final option.
• The nearest subject is students, which is plural, so were is appropriate.
• The correlative conjunction requires nor rather than or.
• Ready is an adjective and does not combine with has in the final option.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which sentence achieves cohesion through an appropriate conjunctive expression?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• However appropriately marks a contrast between the blocked road and the successful discovery of another route.
• Conjunctive expressions signal logical relations across clauses and sentences.
• The other options contain incomplete or semantically mismatched connectors.
• Cohesion depends not only on using a connector but also on selecting the correct relationship.
• Conjunctive expressions signal logical relations across clauses and sentences.
• The other options contain incomplete or semantically mismatched connectors.
• Cohesion depends not only on using a connector but also on selecting the correct relationship.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which option provides the most accurate formal revision of the sentence Due to the manager was absent, the meeting was postponed?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Because correctly introduces the finite clause the manager was absent.
• Due to and because of are followed by noun phrases rather than full finite clauses in careful formal usage.
• The sentence retains the passive construction was postponed.
• The revision is grammatical, cohesive and appropriately formal.
• Due to and because of are followed by noun phrases rather than full finite clauses in careful formal usage.
• The sentence retains the passive construction was postponed.
• The revision is grammatical, cohesive and appropriately formal.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: C. Diligent సమాధానం: C.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. She has completed the report సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: B. They had been waiting when the bus arrived సమాధానం: B.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The proposal was approved by the committee సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Strong obligation సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. The list of items is on the desk సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: D. She adopted an unusual method సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: A. In సమాధానం: A.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Because she completed the work సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Covered in dust, Ravi cleaned the old bookshelf సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Investigate సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. Her answer hit the nail on the head by identifying the exact problem సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Heavy rain సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. The teacher saw the student with the telescope సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: D. We discussed the issue in detail సమాధానం: D.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: C. He did not go to the meeting సమాధానం: C.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Semicolon సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. The students' books were collected సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: A. Neither the teacher nor the students were ready సమాధానం: A.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. The road was blocked. However, we found another route సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. Because the manager was absent, the meeting was postponed సమాధానం: C.