31 MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS

CLASS X
Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete an excerpt from
a company news letter:

Dear Employees, We regret to inform you that the annual office

celebration _____________ due to unforeseen circumstances.

A. has been postponed

B. had postponed
C. will have postponed
D. have postponed
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete a school
circular:
All students participating in the Science Fair must bring their project
materials; _________ must be properly labelled and organized.

a) This
b) That
c) These
d) It
Read Maya's response to her colleague about a delayed project :

"I'm extremely sorry sir. I'll complete the analysis by tomorrow

morning.” Report Maya's response by completing the following
sentence correctly:

Maya apologized profusely and assured ______________.

a) She will complete the analysis by tomorrow morning.
b) She would complete the analysis by the next morning.
c) She will be completing the analysis by the next morning.
d) She would be completing the analysis by the next morning.
Identify and correct the error in the given line from a travel blog:

Almost every tourist were fascinated by the ancient monuments.

Option No. Error Correction

A every all
B tourist tourists
C were was
D the a
Read the given sentence from a hotel review. Identify the error and
supply the correction in the given format.

The group of tourists were impressed by the scenic beauty around

the resort.

ERROR CORRECTION
Rohan asked his supervisor the following question:

"Can I submit the quarterly report next week?“

Report Rohan's question correctly.
Complete the given public announcement by selecting the correct
option to fill in the blank:

We are proud to announce that our city _____________ the

"Cleanest City Award" for the third consecutive year.

A. has received
B. Receiving
C. will receive
D. had received
Select the correct option to complete the given sentence from a
safety manual:

Every employee _____________ follow the new safety protocols

strictly.
A. Must
B. Might
C. Would
D. Should
Detect the error and supply the correction for the given statement by
a museum guide:

This painting must belongs to the Renaissance period.

ERROR CORRECTION
Report the dialogue between a customer and a shopkeeper by
completing the sentence:

Customer: "Do you have fresh vegetables today?"

Shopkeeper: "Yes, we just received our morning supply."

The customer enquired about the availability of fresh vegetables, to

which the shopkeeper _____________.
Complete the given sentence about a news report by selecting the
correct option:

The series of earthquakes _____________ caused significant damage

to the coastal region.
A. Have
B. Has
C. Were
D. Is
Dr. Singh: What do you think is the most effective way to combat global
warming?
Dr. Mehta: I believe reducing industrial emissions is the key to controlling
climate change.

Report Dr. Mehta's response by completing the following:

Dr. Mehta expressed his opinion that _____________.

Fill in the blank with the correct option from an executive board
meeting minutes:

Not only the CEO but also all the board members _____________ to
reconsider their stance on the sustainability initiative, owing to recent
environmental studies.
A. has agreed
B. have agreed
C. had been agreeing
D. were agreeing
Fill in the blanks with suitable options in this excerpt from a legal
document :
The defendant _____________ have been present at the scene, as
multiple witnesses _____________ testified to seeing someone
matching their description.

A) Must, have
B) Might, have
C) Should, had
D) Could, have
Read the sentence from a scientific research paper. Identify the error
and supply the correction:

Neither the experimental results nor the theoretical framework

correlate to the hypothesis proposed in the previous studies.

ERROR CORRECTION

Neither...nor" takes verb according to the nearest subject

Read this multilayered sentence from a technology review.

Identify the error and supply the correction:

The range of smart devices, along with their accompanying software

updates, were supposed to have been released by the time the
conference begins.
ERROR CORRECTION
Read this corporate email excerpt and complete it with appropriate
forms:

By the time the audit is completed next month, we _____________

(implement) all the recommended changes.

A) Will implement
B) Will have implemented
C) Are implementing
D) Have implemented
Spot the error and supply the correction:

The committee members, who initially opposing the proposal, now

seems to believe that implementing it would have benefited the
organization significantly.

ERROR CORRECTION
Everybody ___________ keen to participate in the upcoming nukkad
natak.

a) are
b) has
c) is
d) were
Select the correct option to complete the narration of dialogue
between Sam and Mark.
Sam: What are you looking at, Mark?
Mark: I am looking at the gathering clouds.

To Sam's question, Mark replied that ______________________.

A. he was seeing the gathering clouds.
B. he is looking at the gathering clouds.
C. he was looking at the gathering clouds.
D. he has been looking at the gathering clouds.
If he works hard, he ______________ success.

A. gets
B. will get
C. would get
D. will have got
This sentence is a first conditional, which describes a possible
future event and its result.

The structure of a first conditional sentence is:

If + present simple, will + base verb

Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the
sentence. In case there is no improvement select “No improvement”.

Sidharth want to become a football player but needs to practice more

rigorously.

A) Wanted becoming
B) Wants to become
C) Is wanting to become
D) No error
The skier broke his leg and ___________ compete in the recent
Olympic Games.

A) couldn’t
B) mustn’t
C) had to
D) can’t
You’ve been travelling all day. You ________be very tired.

A) must
B) can’t
C) might
D) ought to
"Must" is used to express a strong assumption or conclusion based on
evidence. Since the person has been traveling all day, it is logical to conclude
that they must be tired.

can’t is used for something that is impossible, which doesn't fit the context
here.

Might suggests possibility but is less certain than "must”.

Ought to is used to indicate duty or advisability, which doesn't apply here.

The mystery of why US, home __________ biggest tech cos, can’t solve
visa backlog.

(a) for world's

(c) of world’s
(b) to world's
(d) on world’s

"home to” means that a place or country where something or

someone is based or located. We are saying that the US is where these
big companies (like Google, Apple, etc.) live or operate.
Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct
option:

A.J. Cronin was a Scottish novelist and physician whose _________

combining realism with social criticism won a large Anglo-American
readership.

(a) was working

(b) works
(c) will be working
(d) has been working
Environment pollution has posed a serious threat not only on man
but also to all living beings.

Option No. Error Correction

(a) Has Had
(b) Threat Threatened
(c) On to
(d) Among Amongst
Umar: Where have you been all these days, Lalit?
Lalit: I was a little occupied with my board's preparation.

Umar asked Lalit where he had been all those days. In response to the
question, he replied

(a) he has been a little occupied with his board's preparation.

(b) that he had been a little occupied with his board's preparation.
(c) if he has been a little occupied with his board's preparation.
(d) that he has been a little occupied with his board's preparation.
Read the slogan by the Ministry of Forest.

supply the correction for the underlined error.

The little effort towards saving the environment is better than no

effort.

(a) A little
(b) The little
(c) Little
(d) None of these
Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from an
International front.

UN World Population Prospects 2022 ____________that on November

15, global population will cross 8 billion, and during 2023, India will
take over China’s.

(a) is predicting
(b) predicts
(c) had predicted
(d) has predicted
Identify the error on a newspaper headline and supply the correction.

The sales team has worked tireless to achieve this year’s targets.

ERROR CORRECTION
Thank You!