Answer: A ‘Into the water’ is the correct usage. ‘Had sunk’ should not be used because the actions are not talking place one after the other, but they are occurring simultaneously.
Q. No. 74:
They had been commanding to wait till the signal was given.
Answer: C “The number” is considered as singular. Hence, “has exceeded” is the correct usage. Option (D) is incorrect because we need the adjective form of the word “estimate” here to modify the noun “figure”. Hence, “estimation” cannot be used.
Q. No. 76:
Neetu rattled off several numerical calculations which were beyond the reach of anybody
Answer: B There is an error of parallelism in the given sentence. As per the rule of parallelism, the later part of the sentence needs to be modified as per the initial structure. Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
Q. No. 78:
Suraj and his friends were knocking off several ideas before they arrived on the final topic for the essay.