1.

Discovered in 2005, the planet belongs to a class of giant gas planets called "hot
Jupiters" that orbit close to their stars.
A. the planet belongs to a class of giant gas planets called "hot Jupiters" that orbit
B. the planet belonged to a class of giant gas planets called "hot Jupiters" that orbit
C. the planet belonging to a class of giant gas planets called "hot Jupiters" that orbit
D. the planet belongs to a class of giant gas planets calls "hot Jupiters" that orbit
E. the planet belongs to a class of giant gas planets called "hot Jupiters" whom orbit

Ans: A
.Option B and D have tense errors. C uses belonging which makes the sentence
incomplete .E has a pronoun error whom.
2. Astronomers chose the planet for observation because of its proximity to Earth and
size in relation to the star it orbits.
A. Astronomers chose the planet for observation because of its proximity to Earth
B. Astronomers chooses the planet for observation because of its proximity to
Earth
C. Astronomers chose the planet of observation because of its proximity to Earth
D. Astronomers chose the planet for observation because of its proximity to Earth
E. Astronomers chose the planets for observation because of its proximity to Earth
Ans: A.
Option B uses a singular verb chooses,C has an incorrect preposition,D has its
which is a contracted form, and E has planets.
3. Pont said the technology the astronomers uses pushed the Hubble telescope to its
limit given the distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
A. technology the astronomers uses pushed the Hubble telescope to its limit given
the distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
B. technology the astronomers use pushed the Hubble telescope to its limit given
the distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
C. technology the astronomers used push the Hubble telescope to its limit given the
distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
D. technology the astronomers used pushed Hubble telescope to its limit given the
distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
E. technology the astronomers used pushed the Hubble telescope to its limit given
the distance and light from other stars obscuring their view
Ans: E.
Option A has a subject verb error in uses,B has a tense error, C has a tense error
in push,D has the article the missing.
.
4. As any visitor to a national park know especially those with children no trip is complete
without a visit to the souvenir store
A. As any visitor to a national park know especially those with children no trip is
B. As any visitor to a national park knows especially those with children no trip is
C. As any visitor to a national park knows especially them along with children no trip
is
D. As visitors to a national park knows especially those with children no trip is
E. As any visitor to a national park knows especially those with children no trip are
Ans: B

A has a plural verb know, C has a wrong pronoun them, D has wrong subject verb
agreement,and E has are after no trip.

5.

The bill would also allow the US to accept private and international donations to help pay
for this huge project, and it would require the Department of the Interior to apply to the
UNESCO for designation of the park as a World Heritage Site.
A. The bill would also allow the US to accept private and international donations to help
pay for this huge project, and it would require
B. The bill would also allow the US to accept private and international donations help
pay for this huge project, and it would require
C. The bill would also allow the US to accept private and international donations to
help pay for this huge project, and it will require
D. The bill would also allow the US to accept private and international donations to
help pay for this huge project, and it will be requiring require
E. The bill would allow the US to accept private and international donations also to
help pay for this huge project, and it would require
Ans:A
C and D have tense errors viz will requireand will be requiringrespectively.E has a
modifier error,also has been misplaced.B has removed the to before help.

6.

A Chinese institute claiming to have successfully developed a 100-megapixel camera

which could produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping, disaster
monitoring and intelligent transportation systems
A. A Chinese institute claiming to have successfully developed a 100-megapixel
camera which could produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping,
disaster monitoring and intelligent transportation systems
B.
A Chinese institute claimed to have successfully developed a 100-megapixel
camera which could produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping,
disaster monitoring and intelligent transportation systems
C.
A Chinese institute claims to have successfully develops a 100-megapixel camera
which could produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping, disaster
monitoring and intelligent transportation systems
D.
A Chinese institute claimed to have successfully developed a 100-megapixel
camera which could produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping,
disaster monitoring and intelligently transportation system
E.
A Chinese institute claimed to have successfully developed a 100-megapixel
camera which produce high-resolution imaging in the fields of aerial mapping,
disaster monitoring and intelligent transportation systems
Ans: B
A has an ing form in claiming which makes the sentence incomplete.C has
develops,D has a wrong adverb intelligently and E has a wrong subject verb
produce

7.

Intelligent transportation system is aimed to provide innovative services relating to

different modes of transport and traffic management, , enabling various user to be better
informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks
A. , enabling various user to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and
'smarter' use of transport networks

B. . , enabling various users to be better informed and making safer, more coordinated,
and 'smarter' use of transport networks
C. , enabling various users to better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and
'smarter' use of transport networks
D. , enabling various users to be better informed and make safer, coordinated, and
'smart' use of transport networks
E. , enabling various users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and
'smarter' use of transport networks
Ans: E
A says various user instead of users,B uses making,C does not have the verb be,and
D has wrong parallelism.
8. The researchers speculate that because it seems Neanderthals lived in small, isolated groups,
they would have had language features typical of small traditional societies we see today.
A. Neanderthals lived in small,
B. Neanderthals lives in small,
C. Neanderthals lived in a small,
D. Neanderthals lived in the small,
E. Neanderthals living in small,
Ans:A
B has wrong tense,C and D have redundant articles,and E has the wrong usage of ing.
9. The authors suggest comparing structures of African and non-African language, since

non-African humans have been founded to be more genetically similar to

Neanderthals and thus more interaction probably occurred between Neanderthals and
humans in regions outside of Africa.
A. since non-African humans have been founded
B. since non-African humans have been found
C. since non-African humans has been found
D. since non-African humans have found
E. since non-African humans are found
Ans:B
A has the word founded which changes the meaning,C has wrong number of
verb,D and E have wrong tense.
10. The authors argue that this capabilities indicate that Homo heidelbergensis, the
evolutionary link between us, would have been articulate.
A. The authors argue that this capabilities indicate
B. The authors argue that these capabilities indicates
C. The authors argue that these capabilities indicate
D. The authors argues that these capabilities indicate
E. The authors argue that these capability indicate
Ans:C
A has wrong pronoun this,B and D have wrong number of verb indicate and
argues and E has capability.
11. Far from the traditional view of Neanderthals as heavy-grunting pre-humans, a new
theory suggests that our extinct relatives may have been chattier than we assumed.
A. a new theory suggests
B. a new theory suggesting
C. and suggesting a new theory
D. new theory suggests

E. a theory which is relatively new suggests

Ans: A
B wrongly uses ing C has no subject and has a broken fragment,D takes
away the articlea,E is convoluted.
12. Dan Dediu and Stephen Levinson, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics, in a recent review study that rather than language being the result
of a single genetic mutation, it evolved more gradually, starting sometime between the
emergence of Homo erectusand Homo heidelbergensis about a million years ago.
A. , in a recent review study that rather than language being the result of a single
genetic mutation,
B. , argue in a recent review study that language being the result of a single
genetic mutation,
C. , argue in a recent review study that rather than language being the result of a
single genetic mutation,
D. , argue in a recent study that rather than language being the result of a single
genetic mutation,
E. , argue in a recent review study that rather than language being the result
genetic mutation,
Ans
A does not have the verb argue,B does not have the preferential wordsrather
than,D does not have review study and E takes away of a single.
13. The new optical clock,using lasers and the oscillations of strontium atoms to parcel
out time, has turned out to be very stable indeed.
A. , has turned out to
B. , have turned out to
C. , had turned out
D. , has turn out to
E. , turned up to
Ans: A.
14. Just like an old-fashioned grandfather clock, which uses a pendulum to measure time, atomic
clocks uses the very regular and measurable oscillations of caesium atoms
A. which uses a pendulum to measure time, atomic clocks uses
B. which uses a pendulum to measure time, atomic clocks use
C. those uses a pendulum to measure time, atomic clocks use
D. which uses a pendulum for measuring time, atomic clock use
E. which uses a pendulum to measure timing, atomic clocks use
Ans: B
A has a subject verb disagreement,C uses wrong pronoun ,D changes the plural
clocks into singular and E changes time to timing.
15. A team of physicists at the Paris Observatory has been testing an advanced form of
atomic clock that is so accurate it can measure time to within a single second in 300
million years.
A. has been testing an advanced form
B. have been testing an advanced form
C. have tested advanced form
D. has been advancely testing form
E. has been testing an advanced from
Ans: A
B and C have a wrong verb D changes the meaning by sayingadvancelyE
says from instead of form.

16. Black carbon generated from forest fires could be leading to faster melting of Himalayan
glaciers and effect flow of snow-fed rivers, warns a new study.
A. glaciers and effect flow of snow-fed rivers
B. glaciers and affecting flowing of snow-fed rivers
C. glaciers and affect flow of snow-fed rivers
D. glacier and effect flow of snow-fed rivers
E. glaciers and affect flow off snow-fed rivers.
Ans:C.
A uses effect instead of affect so does D.B unnecessarily uses ing in both flowing
and affecting.E has off insteadof of.
17. The number of forest fires in the summer of 2009 were substantially higher than in any other
year between 2001 and 2010
A. in the summer of 2009 were substantially higher than
B. in the summer of 2009 have been substantially higher to
C. in the summer of 2009 was substantially higher then
D. in the summer of 2009 was substantially higher than
E. occurring in the summer of 2009 had been growing substantially higher to
Ans:D
A uses a wrong verbwere,B uses a wrong tensehave been C says then instead
of than E unnecessarily lengthens the sentence and usseto instead of than
18. Wildfires as the Yarnell Hill blaze in Arizona may be warming Earth atmosphere far more than
previously thought, according to a study by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
A. warming Earth atmosphere far more than previously thought
B. warming Earths atmosphere far more previously thought
C. warming Earths atmosphere far more than previously
D. warming Earths atmosphere far than previously thought
E. warming Earths atmosphere far more than previously thought
Ans: E
A does not have the with Earth,B takes away the comparative than;D takes away
more and C does not have the verb thought.
19. Wildfires have increased in number, intensity and acreage throughout the southwestern U.S.
over the last three decades, driven by climate change and forest management decisions to
suppress fires instead of letting them take their natural course.
A. fires instead of letting them take their natural course..
B. fires instead of letting take their natural course.
C. fires instead of letting them take its natural course..
D. fires instead letting them take their natural course..
E. fires instead of letting them take their natural coarse.
Ans: A
B has no pronounthem,C uses the singular pronounits,D has no preposition of and E
changes the spelling of course to coarse
.

20. Research in the last decade have increasingly suggested that black carbon may be the second
strongest contributor to atmospheric warming, behind carbon dioxide, the most well-known
greenhouse gas.
A. decade have increasingly suggested
B. decade has increasingly suggested
C. decade suggested

D. decade has increasingly suggests

E. decade increasingly suggests
Ans: B
A has a plural verb, C does not use increasingly,D and E have tense errors.
21. Several car-makers are looking to introduce more entry-level luxury models to attract new
customers with rising aspirations.
A. models to attract new customers with rising aspirations
B. with rising aspirations models to attract new customers
C. models for attracting new customers with rising aspirations
D. models to attract new customers as well as rising aspirations
E. models attract new customers with rising aspirations
Ans: A
B has an error of modifier,C has for attracting ,D has as well as,E does not have
the preposition to.
22. With luxury cars becoming more accessible, the market with premium cars offered by volume
manufacturers is under pressure.
A. , the market with premium cars offered by volume manufacturers is under pressure
B. , the market for premium cars offered by volume manufacturers are under pressure
C. , the market for premium cars offered by volume manufacturers is under pressure
D. the market for premium cars offered in volume manufacturers is under pressure
E. , the market for premium cars offering by volume manufacturers is under pressure
Ans: C
A and D have wrong prepositions.B has a plural verb,and E wrongly uses offering.
23. The dispute was seen as a test case pitting the right to free expression on the Internet against
laws banning hate speech.
A. pitting the right to free expression
B. pitting the right to freeing expression
C. pitting the right against free expression
D. pitting right to free the expression
E. pitting the right for freeing expression
Ans: A
B,C and E have prepositional errors , B also uses freeing,D by misplacing the article
changes the meaning,(so does E).
24. Hearing loud and blasting music through headphones are causing hearing loss among the
elderly generation of the Lakeside area.
A. music through headphones are causing hearing loss among the elderly
B. music through headphones is causing hearing loss among the older
C. music through headphones is causing hearing loss among
D. music within headphones is causing hearing loss among the
E. music through headphones causes hearing loss among the
Ans:.
A has a plural verb, C has B taken away the aricle and the adjective,D uses a wrong
preposition within and E has a wrong tense
25. The company is fighting an uphill battle to gain a foothold against competing devices from
Apple, Samsung and other manufacturers
A. The company is fighting an uphill battle to gain a foothold against
B. To gain a foothold against the company is fighting an uphill battle
C. The company is fighting an uphill battle to gain a foothold for
D. The company have fighting an uphill battle to gain a foothold against
E. The company is into fighting an uphill battle to gain a foothold against
Ans: A

B has a modifier error, C and E have wrong prepositions, D has a wrong verb and
tense,
26. Practised on the peninsula for 1600 years,the faith goes into decline after World War II.
A. ,the faith goes into decline after
B. ,the faith went in decline after
C. ,the faith went into decline as
D. ,the faith was to decline after
E. ,the faith went into decline after
Ans: E
B uses in ,C uses as, D changes the meaning and A has the wrong tense.
27. They say demonstrators are promised money to come to the protests and left peacefully when
they received none.
A. Are promised money to come to the protests
B. have been promised money to come to the protests
C. as promised money to come to the protests
D. were promised money as they come to the protests
E. were promised money to come to the protests
Ans:E
A and B have the wrong tense,C uses as and makes the sentence a fragment, D
also has a wrong tense and changes the meaning too.
28. In a reaction to the Westernisation that accompanied rapid economic development, South
Koreans are now rediscovering their identity.
A. In a reaction to the Westernisation that accompanied
B. However a reaction to the Westernisation that accompanied
C. With respect to a reaction to the Westernisation that accompanied
D. In a reaction to the Westernisation that accompanying
E. In a reaction to Westernisation that accompanied
Ans: A
B has however,making the sentence a fragment, C changes the meaning,D wrongly
uses accompanying,and E has no article before Westernisation.
29. Lawyers get into trouble throughout the system, often in unexpected ways.
A. lawyers get into trouble throughout the system, often in unexpected ways.
B. Lawyers get into trouble often throughout the system, in unexpected ways.
C. Lawyers often get into trouble throughout the system, often in unexpected ways.
D. Lawyers get into trouble the system, often in unexpected ways.
E. Often Lawyers get into trouble throughout the system, often in unexpected ways.
Ans: A.
B,C and E make errors of the modifier often(misplacing it),D does not use a
preposition.
30. By nature difficult to conceal from satellite cameras,North Koreas missile sites are well
documented ,though there is dispute over the threat they pose.
A. are well documented ,though
B. well documented ,though
C. Is well documented ,though
D. are being well documented , as though
E. are well documented , as though
Ans: A
B does not have the verb, C has a singular verb, D and E both use as though.
31. There is always some desperately important conference that they simply have to attend in the
summer.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

There is always some desperately important

There are always some desperately important
There is always some desperate important
There is always some desperately importance
There is always desperately important
Ans: A.
B has the plural verb, C changes desperately to desperate, D changes important to
importance, and E does not have some
32. Around the world,scientists are in hot pursuit of the secret of chemicals called neurotransmitter
A. Around the world,scientists are in hot pursuit of the secret of chemicals called
neurotransmitter.
B. Around the world,scientists are being in hot pursuit of the secret of chemicals called
neurotransmitter
C. Scientists are in hot pursuit of the secret of chemicals called neurotransmitter around
the world,
D. Around the world,scientists are in hot pursuit the secret of chemicals called
neurotransmitter
E. Around the world,scientists are in hot pursuit of the secret chemicals called
neurotransmitter
Ans: A
B wrongly uses being, C has a modifier error, D and E have prepositional errors.

33. These substances, found in the nervous system of all living things ,transmit messages from
one nerve cell to another.
A. transmit messages from
B. transmitted messages from
C. transmit messages for
D. transmits messages from
E. transmits messages with
Ans: A
B has a wrong tense,C has a wrong preposition, D has a singular verb and E a wrong
preposition.
34. The fall of Dhaka in 1971, were one of the few occasions when Indian victory was conclusive.
A. were one of the few occasions
B. was one of the few occasions
C. was one of few occasions
D. was one of the few occasion
E. is one of the few occasion
Ans: B
A has a plural verb, C does not have the article the,D and E uses the singular
occasion and E also has a wrong tense.
35. While I was resigned to fighting plagiarists in my classroom,I had not expected to have to fight
one for credit for my own dissertation.
A. While I was resigned to fighting plagiarists in my classroom
B. While I had resigned to fighting plagiarists in my classroom
C. While I were resigned to fighting plagiarists in my classroom
D. While I would be resigned to fighting plagiarists in my classroom
E. While I was resigning to fighting plagiarists in my classroom
Ans: A.

All others have errors in tense.

36. If your business goes broke in Italy,you are prohibited from starting a new one for ten years.
A. goes broke in
B. goes broken in
C. does broke in
D. goes broke
E. goes broke as
Ans: A
B changes the meaning, C has a wrong verb , D has no preposition, E has a wrong
preposition.
37. The progress of civilization lie in rising above narrow outrage and giving an honourable place
to dissent.
A. lie in rising above
B. lies in rising over
C. lies rising above
D. lies in rising above
E. lied in rising above
Ans: D
A has a plural verb and E changes the tense,B has a wrong preposition .C does not
have in,furthermoreit changes the tense.
38. Even the number of undergraduate students who reduce their dependence on institutional
support is estimated to have grown by 20-25%.
A. is estimated to have grown by 20-25%.
B. are estimated to have grown by 20-25%.
C. is estimated to having grown by 20-25%.
D. is estimated to had grown by 20-25%.
E. is estimated has grown by 20-25%.
Ans:A
B uses a plural verb, C ,D and E have tense errors.
39. Since the advent of the internet, at the beginning of this decade, the ITES industry took a giant
stride forward in the country.
A. of this decade, the ITES industry took
B. of this decade, the ITES industry has taken
C. of this decade, the ITES industry had taken
D. of this decade, the ITES industry taking
E. of this decade, the ITES industry takes
Ans: B.
All others have tense errors.
40. The weight given to price stability increased in most countries over the post-war period, except
in Germany, where it has already been high because of the memory of the Weimar hyper
inflation.
A. Germany, where it has already been high
B. Germany, where it had already been high
C. Germany, where it is already high
D. Germany, where it would have been high already
E. Germany, where it has already at a high
Ans: B
All others have tense or modifier errors.
41. Classroom education and its norms had undergone a lot of change and things are at a sort of
peak today where many more alluring alternatives have created a kind of existential crisis for
classroom teaching.
A. norms have been undergoing a lot of change and things are at a sort of peak
B. norms had undergone a lot of change and things are at a sort of peak
C. norms have undergone a lot of change and things will be at a sort of peak
D. norms had undergone a lot of change and things had been at a sort of peak

E. norms has undergone a lot of change and things are at a sort of peak
Ans: A
All the other options have tense errors or subject verb disagreement.
42. The discovery that relativism is true can help each of us individually by revealing that their
values are mutable and parochial.
A. each of us individually by revealing that their values are
B. each of us individually by revealing that its values are
C. each of us individually by revealing that its values are
D. each of us individually by revealing that its values is
E. each of us individually by revealing that their values
Ans: C
There are pronoun errors in A,B and E.D has a verb error
43. Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives as the Internet does
today.
A. Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives as the Internet
does today.
B. Never had a communications system played so many roles in our lives as the Internet
does today.
C. Never have a communications system played so many roles in our lives as the
Internet does today.
D. Never has a communications system playing so many roles in our lives as the
Internet does today.
E. Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives as the Internet
do today.
Ans. A.
B and D have tense errors,E and C have verb errors;
44. Past work had established that psychopaths have normal levels of intelligence.
A. Past work had established that psychopaths have normal levels of intelligence
B. Past work have established that psychopaths have normal levels of intelligence
C. Past work were established that psychopaths have normal levels of intelligence
D. Past work having established that psychopaths have normal levels of intelligence
E. Past work had established that psychopaths has normal levels of intelligence
Ans: B
A ,D and C have tense errors. E has subject verb disagreement.
45. Throughout human history,catastrophes like that which had befell Japan have forced people to
make sense of the enormity of events.
A. like that which had befell Japan have forced people to make
B. like that which befell Japan has forced people to make
C. like that which have befallen Japan have forced people to make
D. like that which befell Japan has forced people to make
E. like that which befells Japan have forced people to make
Ans: C
A ,B D and E have either tense mismatch or subject verb errors.
46. It is just that he does not seem bound to act with that knowledge.
A. act with
B. act by
C. act on
D. act in
E. act out
Ans: C
Al others have wrong prepositions.
47. The Ambassadors remain one of the few novels whose record of origin appear nearly perfect.
A. remain one of the few novels

B.
C.
D.
E.

remains one of the few novels

remain one of a few novels
remaining one of the few novels
remain one of the few novel
Ans: B
A has a plural verb,C has a wrong article,D uses remaining,E uses novel instead of
novels and also has the plural verb.

48. About 20 organizations working in the field of protecting fishermens rights and lawyers
backing it have taken strong exception against the notification.
A. have taken strong exception against
B. has taken strong exception against
C. have taken strong exception with
D. have been taking strong exception against
E. have taken strong exception to
Ans: E
All others have prepositional errors. Addistionally B and D have tense errors,
49. Something we hear about but doubt,seems proven when we are shown a photograph of it.
A. about but doubt,seems proven when we are
B. about but doubt,seem proven when we are
C. about but doubt,seems prove when we are
D. about but doubt,seemed proven when we are
E. at but doubt,seems proven when we are
Ans: A
C and D have tense errors,B has a subject verb disagreement. E a preposition error.
50. While a painting or a prose description can never be other than a narrowly selective
interpretation, a photograph is be treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
A. a photograph is be treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
B. a photograph let be treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
C. a photograph can get treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
D. a photograph could be treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
E. a photograph can be treated as a narrowly selective transparency.
Ans: E
All others have parallelism errors.
51. The social welfare department has announced that if people report their movements and
attended to their social security claims,they will benefit from better services.
A. attended to their social security claims,they will benefit from better services.
B. attended to their social security claims,they would benefit from better services.
C. attend to their social security claims,they will benefit from better services.
D. Attend to their social security claims,it may be benefited from better services.
E. attends to their social security claims,they will benefit from better services.
Ans: C
The sentence has to maintain parallel construction.So only C and D are left (attend) but D has
a wrong pronoun in it.
52. So far,in the history of politics,most politicians with an ulterior agenda has failed to live up to
the expectations of the visitors.
A. has failed to live up to the expectations of the visitors
B. failed to live up to the expectations of the visitors
C. have failed to live up to the expectations of the visitors
D. has been failing to live up to the expectations of the visitors
E. has failed to live up the expectations of the visitors
Ans: C
A and D have incoorect singular verb and tense,D also has a tense error. E does not
have the preposition to.

53. Youngsters who often concentrate on their career path from an early age make good of their
lives.
A. often concentrate on their career path from an early age make good of their lives
B. concentrate often on their career path from an early age make good of their lives
C. concentrate on their career path from an early age to make good of their lives often
D. concentrate on their career path from an early age often make good of their lives
E. concentrate on their career path from an early age make good of their lives often
Ans: The error is with the placement opf the modifier often.Only D has the correct
placement
54. Unlike the European countries, the doctrine of manifest destiny was used by the United
states to extend its influence and civilization in the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean, as
well as across the Pacific.
A. doctrine of manifest destiny was used by the United states to extend its influence
and civilization
B. the United States had used the doctrine of manifest destiny to extend its influence
and civilization
C. doctrine of manifest destiny was using by the United states to extend its influence
and civilization
D. doctrine of manifest destiny had been used by the United states to extend its
influence and civilization
E. the United States used the doctrine of manifest destiny to extend its influence and
civilization
Ans: E
Modifier errors are there in A ,C and D.Between B and E,B has the wrong tense.
55. The rise in the sales of the consumer products in the last few months do not necessarily
suggest that people have completely recovered from the effects of the recession.
A. products in the last few months do not necessarily suggest
B. products in the last few months does not necessarily suggest
C. products of the last few months do not necessarily suggest
D. products in the last few months do not suggest
E. products in the last few months have not necessarily suggest
Ans: B
A , C and D have the subject verb disagreement.C also has a prepositional error and
E has an error of tense.
56. Procrastination and tardiness can undermine career prospects and students should avoid
these pitfalls.
A. Procrastination and tardiness can undermine career prospects and students should
avoid these pitfalls.
B. Procrastination and tardiness can undermine career prospects and students should
avoid this pitfall.
C. Procrastination and tardiness undermined career prospects and students should
avoid these pitfalls.
D. Procrastination and tardiness has undermined career prospects and students should
avoid these pitfalls.
E. Procrastination and tardiness could have been undermining career prospects and
students should avoid these pitfalls.
Ans: A
B has a wrong pronoun,C ,D and E have wrong tense.
57. The pyramids of Egypt has remained one of the wonders of the world as no other monument
has been able to match its extraordinary form and concept.
A. has remained one of the wonders of the world as no other monument has been able
to match its extraordinary form

B.

have remained one of the wonders of the world as no other monument has been
able to match their extraordinary form
C. has remained one of the wonder of the world as no other monument has been able
to match its extraordinary form
D. has remained one of the wonders of the world as no other monument has been able
to match its extraordinary form
E. have remained one of the wonders of the world as no other monument have been
able to match its extraordinary form
Ans:B.
The proper plural verb to go with pyramids is have ,so only B and E remain.but E has
an error as no monument should take has. Also the plural pronoun there is
required.
58. Clothing stores have seen their costs rise over the last one year due to a rise in cotton prices.
A. have seen their costs rise over the last one year
B. has seen their costs rise over the last one year
C. have been seen their costs rise over the last one year
D. have seen its costs rise over the last one year
E. have seen their costs rise across the last one year
Ans: A
B has a singular verb,C and D have tense errors and E has a prepositional error.
59. An increase in sales need not necessarily mean an increase in profits.
A. An increase in sales need not necessarily mean an increase in profits
B. Increased sales need not necessarily mean an increase in profits
C. An increasing sales need not necessarily mean an increase in profits
D. An increase in sales need not necessarily means an increase in profits
E. An increase in sales need not necessarily mean increase in profits
Ans:A
All others have parallelism errors.
60. Household products are generally sold at lower discounts than are clothing products since
unlike the latter the former need not be changed at the end of the season.
A. Household products are generally sold at lower discounts than are clothing products
since unlike the latter the former need not be changed at the end of the season
B. Household products generally sold at lower discounts than are clothing products
because the latter and the former need not be changed at the end of the season
C. Household products are generally sold at lower discounts than clothing products
since unlike the latter the former need not be changed at the end of the season
D. Household products are generally sold at lower discounts than are clothing products
since unlike the later the former need not be changed at the end of the season
E. Household products are generally sold at lower discounts than are clothing products
since unlike the latter the former need be changed at the end of the season
Ans: A
B changes the meaning,C has a parallelism error, D uses later instead of latter and
E takes away the not thereby changing the meaning of the sentence.