51. She owns a __________ leather jacket.
- B. black old stylish
- C. old stylish black
- D. stylish black old
- A. stylish old black
व्याख्या: The correct adjective order is Opinion ('stylish'), Age ('old'), Color ('black'), and then Material ('leather').
52. I have no __________ reason to doubt him.
- A. far
- B. farther
- D. furthest
- C. further
व्याख्या: 'Further' means 'additional' or 'more'. 'Farther' refers to physical distance. Here, 'further' correctly means 'additional reason'.
53. What is the __________ news from the capital?
- C. later
- D. latest
- A. last
- B. late
व्याख्या: 'Latest' refers to the most recent in time. 'Last' refers to the final one in a sequence.
54. The __________ man in the village is over a hundred years old.
- B. older
- A. elder
- C. eldest
- D. oldest
व्याख्या: 'Oldest' is used to refer to the greatest age among people or things in general. 'Eldest' is typically reserved for comparing ages within a family.
55. The patient's condition is getting __________ day by day.
- D. worst and worst
- C. badder and badder
- A. bad and bad
- B. worse and worse
व्याख्या: To show a continuous change, a repeated comparative adjective (comparative + and + comparative) is used. 'Worse' is the comparative of 'bad'.
56. He is __________ to make such a silly mistake.
- D. clever enough
- A. clever too
- B. too clever
- C. very clever
व्याख्या: The phrase 'too clever to...' means he is so clever that he would not make such a mistake. This structure implies a negative outcome.
57. Which of these is not a descriptive adjective?
- B. tall
- C. my
- A. beautiful
- D. red
व्याख्या: 'Beautiful', 'tall', and 'red' describe qualities of a noun. 'My' is a possessive adjective, indicating ownership rather than a quality.
58. We had a __________ time at the picnic.
- B. wonderful
- A. wonder
- C. wonderfully
- D. wondered
व्याख्या: The adjective 'wonderful' is needed to describe the noun 'time'.
59. The clown's performance was very __________.
- A. amused
- D. amusement
- C. amuse
- B. amusing
व्याख्या: The performance caused amusement, so the '-ing' form, 'amusing', is used to describe it. People who watched it were 'amused'.
60. The instructions were not very __________.
- A. clear
- C. clarity
- D. cleared
- B. clearly
व्याख्या: After the linking verb 'were', an adjective is needed to describe the 'instructions'. 'Clear' is the adjective.
