CAT – Verbal - 1
Direction - Each
of the following questions has
a word or group of words missing. Four or five alternative words are given. You
have to find out which one of them would make the sentence grammatically
correct and meaningful.
1. Some of the luggage .......... not
yet arrived.
(A) has (Ans) (B) have (C) is (D) are
2. One of the .........
injured.
(A) player was (B) players were (C) players was (Ans) (D) players are
3. We should always be
careful in the choice of .........
(A) our friend (B) our friends (Ans) (C) ours friend
(D) ours friends
4. He talks as if he
....... a fool.
(A) is (B) was (C) were (Ans) (D) has been
5. He ........ since
morning.
(A) is playing (B) has been playing (Ans) (C)
has played (D) will be
playing
6. When the meeting began,
everybody took .......
(A) his seat (Ans) (B)
their seat (C) their seats (D) one's seat
7. I wonder whether I
........ ever see him again.
(A) shall (B) will (C) should (D) would (Ans)
8. I ...... sing well when
I was younger.
(A) could (Ans) (B)
might (C)
would (D) did
9. No sooner ...... then
the police handcuffed him.
(A) he came (B) did he came (C) did he
come (Ans) (D)
had he come
10. We ...... some friends
in for dinner tomorrow night.
(A) have (B) are
having (Ans) (C)
do have (D) will
have
In the following sentences identify the segment that
has an error in it. (Sourced)
11. Many a man /
have / been working / under me. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Change 'have' to 'has' to make the verb singular.
'Many a' is always followed by a singular noun and a singular verb.
12. Cattles /
were grazing / in the meadows / near our farm. /
No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : A - Change 'cattles' to 'cattle'. 'Cattle' is one
of those collective nouns which though singular in form are
always used as plurals.
13. I told him
/ the story / in details / to make him understand
it fully. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : C - Change 'details' to 'detail'.
14. I have /
two sister-in-laws / whose husbands / are all well
settled in Delhi. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Change 'sister-in-laws' to 'sisters-in-law'. Plural of such compound words is formed by
adding 's' in the first constituent of the compound word.
15. Many a
person / have lost / their life / and
property in the riots. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Change 'have' to 'has'. Refer to answer to Q.No.
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16. As he stood /
below the shower / the sharp jets of / ice cold water
revived his spirit. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : D - Change 'spirit' to 'spirits', as it is always used
in plural form.
17. The man /
who I have / often mentioned is one whose friendship / I
could wish to acquire, because he is a respectable man. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Change 'who' to 'whom'. Subjective form should
not be used for the word functioning as object.
18. In my youth
/ I used to / visit / Sharma's and Chawla's
company. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : D - Delete 's from Sharma's. When two nouns
are closely connected the apostrophe's is added only to the second.
19. The doctor said
/ patient / should not have wasted / a whole week before
coming for help. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Insert 'the' before 'patient' since there is
emphasis on the word 'patient'.
20. This girl
/ wrote an essay / so well that / her
teacher was exceedingly pleased with her. / No error
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Ans : B - Substitute 'an' by 'the' before 'essay'. The
sentence lays emphasis on 'essay'.
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