General English Test-1

The original sentence is erroneous.

Reason: The verb ‘find’ is not in agreement with the subject ‘A comedian’ which is singular in number. Besides, the ‘for two points’ usage of ‘among’ is erroneous. Instead of ‘among’ ‘between’ must be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Clearly, among the given choices option (B) replaces the bold part most appropriately.

The sentence after replacement becomes:

A comedian analyzes the mundane from a variety of angles and finds the thread between two points.

There is an error in the bold part of the given statement since according to the context we are talking about the committee that has been constituted in order to understand the reasons behind the defeat of the Congress candidates in Delhi.

The sentence after replacement becomes:

The Delhi Congress has constituted a five-member committee to probe in-depth, the reasons behind the defeat of the Congress candidates in the capital.

Correct Sentence: When I reached at the party, the guest had already left.

• The most appropriate verb for the given blank is 'reached'.
• This sentence is an example of alternate activities.
• In these kinds of cases, the activity that happens first should have 'perfect tense' (here, had already left), and the activity that happens later has V2 (here, reached).
• Thus, the second form of the verb i.e. reached will be used in the given blank.

Correct sentence - There are so many Christmas carols, from traditional ones to more modern classics.

• We can ignore 'modernity' as it is a noun.
• We need to select the comparative degree of the adjective as the comparison is happening between two objects. 
• Now 'modern' is an adjective that has three syllables. 
• Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective, and the superlative by putting most in front.
• So, 'more modern' is the comparative degree of the adjective and is appropriate for the given blank.

Correct Sentence: The manager was upset that his sub-ordinate was chosen over him to present the report.

• ​We use "over" to talk about movement or position at a higher level than something else.
• Example: A beautiful white bird flew over the lake.
• Chosen over is a phrase that means someone/something was preferred ahead of someone/something.
• ​​Here, we are talking about the disappointment of a manager for not choosing him over his subordinate.

The correct answer is straightforward.

bombastic: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

straightforward: uncomplicated and easy to do or understand

​​Let's look at the meanings of the other given options: 

• outdated- out of date; obsolete
• verbose- using or expressed in more words than are needed
• untrue- not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect

Thus, from the given meanings, we find that bombastic and straightforward are antonyms.

The correct answer is- 'safeguarding our rights​.'

A to-infinitive is the 'to + the base form of the verb', for example, to sing, to dance, etc. There are certain verbs that are used in a particular pattern given below:

Subject + verb + noun/pronoun + to-infinitive.

Example:

​I urge you helping me solve this problem. (incorrect)

​I urge you to help me solve this problem. (correct)

So, the correct sentence is- 'Laws and rules are made to safeguard our rights and protect us.'

The correct answer is- all the mouse.

Some nouns are not made plural by adding 's/es'. It is done in a different manner.

Criterion- criteria, mouse- mice, phenomenon- phenomena, radius- radii, syllabus- syllabi, etc.

Example: You don't fulfil the criteria set by the commission.

Correct Sentence: The man played the flute and led all the mice out of the town.

Sentences, as given in the question, show obligation. The structure for such sentences are:

Active: subject + has/have/had + to + verb₁ + object.

Passive: Object + has/have/had + to + verb₃ + by + subject.

So, with the help of these structures, we can convert the given sentence in passive voice as:

This task has to be completed by me by tomorrow.

The sentence has been given in active voice, it has to be converted into passive voice by applying the following points:

• While converting the voice, the subject and the object exchange their places.
• 'Ramesh' becomes the subject and 'The legends of the ghosts' becomes the object.
• The preposition 'by' is used before the object.
• 'V2' in active voice is changed into 'was/were + V3' in passive voice.
• Lining up the remaining part of the sentence: that he had heard earlier

Thus, the sentence becomes: Ramesh was scared away by the legends of the ghosts that he had heard earlier.