Direction (Qs.1-5): Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase given in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is mark (5) i.e., ‘’No correction required’’ as the answer.
Question No : 1
Had I realized your house was such a long way off I would take a taxi.
(I) would have taken a taxi
(II) may had taken a taxi
(III) could have taken a taxi
(1) Only (I) is correct
(2) Only (III) is correct
(3) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(4) Both (I) and (III) are correct
(5) No correction required
Question No : 2
Scarcely we had reached the office when it started raining cats and dogs.
(I) Scarcely had we
(II) Hardly had we
(III) No sooner had we
(1) Only (I) is correct
(2) Only (III) is correct
(3) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(4) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(5) No correction required
Question No : 3
The perquisites attached to this job makes it even more attractive than the salary indicated.
(I) with this job makes it
(II) to this job made it
(III) to this job make it
(1) Only (I) is correct
(2) Only (III) is correct
(3) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(4) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(5) No correction required
Question No : 4
Choose only such friends that you can trust.
(I) whom you can trust
(II) who you may trust
(III) as you can trust
(1) Only (I) is correct
(2) Only (III) is correct
(3) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(4) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(5) No correction required
Question No : 5
The book is well illustrated and attractively bound making altogether an attractive volume
(I) that make it altogether
(II) which makes altogether an
(III) making it altogether an
(1) Only (I) is correct
(2) Only (III) is correct
(3) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(4) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(5) No correction required