Answer: B In A, the error is parallelism- ‘as it was yesterday’ instead of ‘as it happened yesterday’. In C, it should be ‘who’ instead of ‘whom’. In D, it should be ‘she is’ andnot ‘she’s’.
Q. No. 38:
Identify the grammatically CORRECT option.
A :
If you didn’t study English at school, you won’t understand this paper
B :
If you don’t study English at school, you wouldn’t understand this paper
C :
If you didn’t study English at school, you wouldn’t understand this paper
D :
If you haven’t studied English at school, you wouldn’t understand this paper
Answer: D In (D) there is emphasis on the “studying of English” being complete; the perfect fense has been rightly used there.
Q. No. 39:
Keepers of private notebooks are a different breed altogether. They are lonely and resistant rearrangers of things. They are anxious malcontents. They are children afflicted at birth with some presentiment of loss.
A :
Keepers of private notebooks are a different breed altogether, lonely and resistant rearrangers of things, anxious malcontents, children afflicted at birth with some presentiment of loss.
B :
Keepers of private notebooks, who are lonely, resistant rearrangers and anxious malcontents, are children afflicted at birth with some presentiment of loss
C :
Keepers of private notebooks, a different breed in being lonely, resistant rearrangers of things and anxious malcontents, are children afflicted at birth with some presentiment of loss
Answer: A In option (A) there is a distinct difference in time frame between both the actions that have taken place. Hence, the combination of the past form of “put” and the present form of “cannot” is grammatically correct.
Q. No. 42:
Identify the grammatically CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE option.
A :
The school is opposite to the township building
B :
In chapter 1, she accepts her first job as a kitchen maid, but by chapter 3, she is cooking for an Indian prince
C :
Hold the rifle firmly against your shoulder, and then you should take careful aim
D :
I like an occasional cup of coffee, for they give me an added lift
Answer: B Option(B) is grammatically correct because there is appropriate use of the present tense in the entire sentence and the usage of the prepositions is also correct.