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41. Meera had hardly (1)/ reached the airport (2)/ when the flight took off (3)/ no error
A. Meera had hardly
B. Reached the airport
C. When the flight took off
D. No error
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION :No error
42. So quickly shivangi (1)/ ran that she (2)/ caught the bus (3)/ no error
A. So quickly shivangi
B. Ran that she
C. Caught the bus
D. No error
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION: ‘so quickly did shivangi run’ is the right usage. If a sentence is introduced by an adverb, inversion takes place. So ‘did run’ will be used instead of ‘ran’.
43. One should face (1)/ the challenges posed by (2)/ life manly (3)/ no error
A. One should face
B. The challenges posed by
C. Life manly
D. No error
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
‘Manfully’ in place of ‘manly. Manly is an adjective while manfully is an adverb.
44. Shivangi and Shweta (1)/ are (2)/ coward girls (3)/ no error
A. Shivangi and Shweta
B. Are
C. Coward girls
D. No error
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: ‘cowardly ‘ instead of coward. Coward is a noun while cowardly is an adjective. So either use ‘shivangi and Shweta are cowards’ or ‘Shivangi and Shweta are cowardly girls’.
45. I hardly find (1)/ something in her character (2)/ that I can admire (3)/ no error
A. I hardly find
B. Something in her character
C. That I can admire
D. No error
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION: anything instead of something.
‘Hardly’ is an adverb used in negative meaning so something/everything can’t be used with it.
46. Sneha acted (1)/ nobler than all (2)/ of her friends (3)/ no error
A. Sneha acted
B. Nobler than all
C. Of her friends
D. No error
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION :’more nobly’ instead of ‘nobler’.
‘Nobler’ is comparative degree of adjective ‘noble’ while ‘more nobly’ is comparative form of adverb ‘nobly’.Here we need an adverb to qualify the verb ‘act’.
47. It was much hot (1)/ day before yesterday and (2)/ we didn’t go out (3)/ no error
A. It was much hot
B. Day before yesterday and
C. We didn’t go out
D. No error
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
either use very instead of much or ‘much hotter’.
Much is used with comparative degree while very is used with positive degree.
48. I told her as blunt as (1)/ I could but (2)/ she was not convinced (3)/ no error
A. I told her as blunt as
B. I could but
C. She was not convinced
D. No error
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
‘As bluntly as’ is the positive form of adverb ‘bluntly’ while ‘as blunt as’ is the positive form of adjective ‘blunt’. And here in this sentence we need an adverb to qualify the verb ‘told’.
49. The description (1)/ of the incident (2)/ is fairly boring (3)/ no error
A. The description
B. Of the incident
C. Is fairly boring
D. No error
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: Fairly is used in a moderate sense before the ‘adjectives used in good sense’ .
50. your beautiful long black (1) dress is (2)/ quite lovely (3)/ no error
A. Your beautiful long black
B. Dress is
C. Quite lovely
D. No error
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
very lovely is the correct usage.
Quite means completely / perfectly. It can’t be used in place of ‘very’.