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21. By the time we reached home the rain _______.
A. Has stopped
B. Had stopped
C. Had been stopped
D. Was stopping
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION : By the time we reached home the rain had stopped.
22. He is very _______.
A. Decent
B. Dissent
C. Descent
D. Descend
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:He is very decent.
23. __________ either of you seen my purse?
A. Did
B. Has
C. Have
D. More than one of the above
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
Have either of you seen my purse?
24. One of the trees has been _________ down.
A. Fell
B. Cutting
C. Cut
D. More than one of these
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: One of the trees has been cut down.
25. My father _______not afford to buy books so he borrowed from the public library.
A. Would
B. Must
C. Could
D. None of these
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: My father could not afford to buy books so he borrowed from the public library.
26. The increasing concerns about climate change point to the need for enhanced efforts towards __________ sustained growth.
A. To achieve
B. Achieve
C. Achieved
D. Achieving
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION : The increasing concerns about climate change point to the need for enhanced efforts towards achieving sustained growth.
27. Are you looking forward ______Nikhil again?
A. Seeing
B. To see
C. To be seeing
D. To seeing
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION:
Are you looking forward to seeing Nikhil again?
28. If he discovers the truth, there’s no knowing what ________happened.
A. Might
B. Would
C. Should
D. Shall
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
If he discovers the truth, there’s no knowing what might happened.
29. Oh, what a pretty dress! But you _____ such an expensive gift.
A. Needn’t buy
B. Didn’t need buying
C. Hadn’t needed to buy
D. Needn’t have bought
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION: Oh, what a pretty dress! But you Needn’t have bought such an expensive gift.
30. Can you arrange for the consignment _______ delivered on the Monday?
A. Is
B. To be
C. For being
D. Being
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:
Can you arrange for the consignment to be delivered on the Monday?