Q141.Choose the correct determiners for the blanks in the following sentence –
Don’t let .......... one in. I’m too busy to see .......... body.
Correct answer: any, any
Q142.Read the following sentences in terms of determiners and choose the correct option –
(i) This book is mine.
(ii) Those books are yours.
(iii) That book is hers.
(iv) That idea of your is excellent.
Correct answer: (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
Q143.Fill in the blank with the correct determiner –
.......... of John’s sisters are tall.
Correct answer: Both
Q144.Transform the following sentence from direct to indirect speech. Choose the correct option.
The teacher said to Govind, “Would you like to go on a trip to Kashmir?”
Correct answer: The teacher asked Govind if he would like to go on a trip to Kashmir.
Q145.Transform the following sentence from direct speech into indirect speech.
She said, “If I had any money, I would buy you a drink.”
Correct answer: She said if she had had any money, she would have bought me a drink.
Q146.Choose the correct option of direct speech for the given sentence in indirect speech.
Ajay requested him to wait there till he returned.
Correct answer: Ajay said to him, “Please wait here till I return.”
Q147.Read the following sentences and choose the option which indicates the correct meaning of the sentences –
(A) She has a black and a white cat.
(B) She has a black and white cat.
Correct answer: (A) means she has two cats, one black and the other white. (B) means she has one cat partly black and partly white.
Q148.Which of the following sentence(s) is/are the correct usage for the phrase ‘put up’?
(i) Who put you up on this mischief?
(ii) We shall be happy to put you up when you come to town.
(iii) The auctioneer has just put up a pair of porcelain vases.
(iv) I could not put up for his insolence.
Correct answer: (ii) and (iii) are correct
Q149.Choose the correct option –
If someone is “on tenterhooks”, they are
Correct answer: in a state of painful suspense or anxiety
Q150.Fill in the blank with the correct co-ordinating conjunction –
He gave them no money .......... did he help them in any way.
Correct answer: nor