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Total Questions: 30

EXERCISE – 1
Directions for Questions 1 – 20: Choose the grammatically correct word among the two italicized words
in each of the following sentences.

1. Between you and I/me, I think he’s failed his exam.

2. She and me/I are going for a play.

3. Pass me them/those socks : they need a wash, pronto.

4. They think her/she is the only one what/who can do the job.

5. Mom and me/I are going to buy vegetables.

6. Who/whom do you believe is a better athlete.

7. The sportsman of the year was I/me.

8. Who/whom did she finally choose as her boyfriend.

9. Of course she can choose whoever/whomever she wants.

10. It is always a pleasure for we/us people to be able to finish the projects on time.

11. The mobile bill gave us/we a shock.

12. “Please, sit by I/me “, the beautiful girl asked me.

13. She wasn’t ready to admit that the mistake was her’s/hers.

14. My sister doesn’t like me/my dancing.

15. Two thieves, lucky and he/him, have never been caught.

16. Our teacher wanted Shweta and I/me to go for fundraising.

17. Rita and myself/I had a fight yesterday.

18. As she came out of the shop, Rita tripped over a stone and hurt her/herself

19. The book, which/that I finished reading yesterday, is actually quite good.

20. The symbol that/which has some religious significance should be used.

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EXERCISE – 2
Directions for Questions 21 – 30: Choose the best alternative for the underlined portion.

21. The other delegates and him immediately accepted the resolution drafted by the neutral states.

A. The other delegates and him B. The other delegates and he

C. He and the other delegates D. The other delegates and his

22. Anthropological research often requires fieldwork where they can study and record the spoken
dialects of a region.

A. where they B. through which they

C. and the anthropologist D. during which the anthropologist

23. Tanya has learned more about Arundhati Roy’s writings than the rest of us because of being her
favourite author.

A. us; this is the result of Roy’s being her favourite author

B. us because Roy is her favourite author
C. us as a result of Roy’s being her favourite author
D. us since Roy is her favourite as an author

24. The new vocabulary courses filled quickly because it had never been offered before.

A. it had never been offered B. it has never been offered

C. they had never been offered D. they never been offered

25. Every Indian student except Sameer and she was defeated in the international college quiz.

A. except Sameer and she B. except Sameer and her

C. excepting Sameer and she D. but not she and Sameer

26. One of the ways for farmers to preserve frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice
concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.

A. to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
B. if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot
them
C. if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather
returns
D. to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots
the fruit

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27. The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling
Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant
planet

A. which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

B. doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit
C. doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
D. which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit

28. If I were he, I would lay that iphone on the top shelf and keep it away from the children.

A. If I were he, I would lay B. If I were him, I would lay

C. If I were he, I would lie D. If I was he, I would lay

29. The contest judges were told to give the prize to whomever drew the best picture.

A. to give the prize to whomever drew the best picture.

B. to give the prize to whoever drew the best picture.
C. to give whomever drew the best picture the prize.
D. to give to whomever drew the best picture the prize.

30. The coal strike reduced India’s energy reserves, which caused unemployment among the
workers.

A. which caused unemployment among the workers

B. a circumstance that resulted in unemployment
C. a fact that created unemployed workers
D. which led many workers to be unemployed

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