1. Brinjals are dead cheap these days.
a) deadly cheap
b) dirt cheap
c) dust cheap
d) No improvement
Explanation: Brinjals are dirt cheap these days.
2. Since 1986, there is no earthquake here.
a) have been
b) are
c) were being
d) No improvement
Explanation: Since 1986, there have been no earthquake here
3. He had said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.
a) in heart
b) it in the heart
c) by the heart
d) No improvement
Explanation: He had said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.
4. I wish my bus did not arrive so late; then I could have reached home before breakfast.
a) has not arrived
b) does not arrive
c) had not arrived
d) No improvement
Explanation: I wish my bus had not arrived so late; then I could have reached home before breakfast.
5. They cooked a conspiracy to overthrow the monarch.
a) created
b) fabricated
c) hatched
d) No improvement
Explanation: They hatched a conspiracy to overthrow the monarch.
6. The child is father of the man.
a) A child, man
b) Child, a man
c) Child, man
d) No improvement
Explanation: The child is father of the man.
7.He doesn't hesitate to do whatever his brother does.
a) will do
b) would do
c) shall do
d) No correction required
Explanation: he doesn't hesitate to do whatever his brother does.
8. It is ten years since I have begun living here.
a) begun
b) had begun
c) began
d) No improvement
Explanation: It is ten years since I began living here.
9. No sooner he had returned home then his mother felt happy..
a) he had returned home than
b) had he returned home when
c) did he return home than
d) No improvement
Explanation: No sooner did he return home than his mother felt happy
10. He was born to rich parents
a) from
b) with
c) by
d) of
Explanation: He was born of rich parents.