PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

PHRASE/WORDS REPLACEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-75 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with a portion in a phrase or a group of words marked bold. Choose the best replacement for the highlighted portion to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.

 

Question No : 1

The dead woods were left in the office when we moved out.

(1) Burnt furniture

(2) Old papers and files

(3) Dead plants

(4) Useless things

(5) Garbage bin

Question No : 2

The wholesale business managed to steal a march on its competitors by signing an exclusive export agreement with the United States of America.

(1) Deceive someone

(2) Lend advantage out of goodwill

(3) Take advantage of someone else

(4) Gain unexpected advantage before someone else

(5) Be a cause of someone’s failure

Question No : 3

The magazine that we subscribe to is published monthly.

(1) which is subscribed

(2) we are subscribed

(3) whom we subscribe

(4) whichever we subscribe

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

Among of his many good qualities that I remember is his honey.

(1) All of his

(2) Some of his

(3) Only of his

(4) One of his

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

He had deliberately kept the matter pending so that people should be bribed him.

(1) Could be bribed

(2) Should bribe

(3) Could be bribing

(4) Should have bribed

(5) No correction required