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- Question
More than one person was killed in accident.
Options- A. were killed
- B. are killed
- C. have been killed
- D. No improvement
- Correct Answer
- No improvement
ExplanationThe expression more than one + noun, though plural in sense, is followed by a singular verb.Example: More than one person has died in the accident.
Explanation provided by: Samy Kumar. Updated on 4th Aug 2018.
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- 1. hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to read the book. I won as a prize.
Options- A. I had won as a prize
- B. I have won as prize
- C. I had to win as a prize
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: I had won as a prize
- 2. While crossing the highway a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.
Options- A. away
- B. up
- C. down
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: down
- 3. The greatest thing in style is to have a use of metaphor.
Options- A. knowledge
- B. command
- C. need
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: knowledge
- 4. He could not look anything in the dark room.
Options- A. look at
- B. see
- C. see through
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: see
- 5. He found a wooden broken chair in the room.
Options- A. wooden and broken chair
- B. broken wooden chair
- C. broken and wooden chair
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: broken wooden chair
- 6. No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.
Options- A. perpetuate
- B. perpetrate
- C. precipitate
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: perpetrate
- 7. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
Options- A. was sitting
- B. sat
- C. have been sitting
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: was sitting
- 8. I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.
Options- A. that he bought yesterday
- B. that which he had bought yesterday
- C. that he had bought yesterday
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: that he had bought yesterday
- 9. Please make it a point to send you letter at my address.
Options- A. on my address
- B. to my address
- C. in my address
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: to my address
- 10. If you are living near a market place you should be ready to bear the disturbances caused by traffic.
Options- A. to bear upon
- B. to bear with
- C. to bear away
- D. No improvement Discuss
Correct Answer: to bear with
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