| Q. No. 7: | A ______ firms are having trouble with industrial relations.
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| A : | considerable amount of
| | B : | great deal of
| | C : | large part of
| | D : | great many
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Answer: D
"A great many" = a large number of
Option A and B mean 'much' and are used with uncountable nouns.
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| Q. No. 8: | The greater _______ increase the population, the harder it is for people to find adequate housing.
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| A : | of
| | B : | the
| | C : | is the
| | D : | is of the
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Answer: C
Double comparative sentences.
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| Q. No. 9: | Ballet dancers, ________ actors, must spend many hours a day practising before a performance.
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| A : | like
| | B : | the like
| | C : | the same
| | D : | same as
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Answer: A
Before a noun in positive comparison 'like' is used.
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| Q. No. 10: | _________ the reactions of people with amnesia, scientists are learning about the process of memory of the brain.
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| A : | By studying
| | B : | To study
| | C : | They study
| | D : | They are studying
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Answer: A
Since no conjunction is there two complete sentences cannot come (option C and D are out).
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| Q. No. 11: | The weather in the far north is not _______ it is sown south.
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| A : | like humid as
| | B : | as humid as
| | C : | humid as
| | D : | so humid that
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Answer: B
In positive comparison with adjective the correct structure is "as + Adj. + as".
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| Q. No. 12: | _______ that increasing numbers of compact disc players will be bought by consumers in the years to come.
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| A : | They are anticipated
| | B : | In anticipation
| | C : | Anticipating
| | D : | It is anticipated
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Answer: D
Before and after the conjunction complete sentence must come.
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