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141. Choose the most appropriate tense form to complete the sentence :Newton discovered that the force of gravity ____ apples fall.
  • A. will make
  • B. made
  • C. is making
  • D. makes
Answer: The fact that gravity makes apples fall is a universal truth or a scientific fact. Such timeless truths are expressed in the simple present tense, 'makes'.
142. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:Rita didn’t see me wave to her. She ___ in the other direction.
  • A. was looking
  • B. has been looking
  • C. is looking
  • D. looked
Answer: The sentence describes an action ('was looking') that was in progress in the past at the same time another event ('didn't see me wave') happened.
143. Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense :Abdul ____ to be a doctor since his childhood.
  • A. is been wanting
  • B. is wanting
  • C. want
  • D. wants
Answer: The verb 'want' is a stative verb, which is not typically used in continuous tenses. Although the desire has existed since childhood, it is expressed as a current state using the simple present 'wants'.
144. Gaurav ____ for a walk every day.
  • A. is going
  • B. go
  • C. goes
  • D. has gone
Answer: The phrase 'every day' signifies a regular habit. For a third-person singular subject ('Gaurav'), the simple present tense verb is 'goes'.
145. Fill in the blank with the correct option.He is ...........
  • A. Lazier than more stupid
  • B. More lazy than stupid
  • C. Lazy than more stupid
  • D. Lazier than stupider
Answer: When comparing two qualities in the same person, the structure 'more + adjective + than + adjective' is used, even if the first adjective normally forms its comparative with '-er'.
146. As he _____ not there, I spoke to his mother.
  • A. is
  • B. was
  • C. be
  • D. would
Answer: The main verb 'spoke' is in the past tense. Therefore, the verb in the subordinate clause should also be in the past tense, 'was'.
147. Choose the correct tense from the options given below to fill in the blank in the given sentense.It ____ when I got up.
  • A. isn’t
  • B. wasn’t raining
  • C. was not rain
  • D. not raining
Answer: The sentence describes the state of the weather (an ongoing action or lack thereof) at a specific point in the past ('when I got up'). The past continuous tense 'wasn’t raining' is appropriate.
148. Fill in the blank with the correct option.They ____ looking after orphans since 1980.
  • A. had
  • B. have been
  • C. were
  • D. are
Answer: The word 'since' indicates an action that started in the past and continues into the present. The present perfect continuous tense 'have been' is used for this.
149. “Hello, Jim, I didn’t expect to see you today. Sonia said you ____ ill.” Fill in the blank with correct option:
  • A. are
  • B. was
  • C. were
  • D. should be
Answer: In reported speech ('Sonia said...'), the verb tense shifts back. Also, when referring to a hypothetical or reported state with the pronoun 'you', 'were' is the correct subjunctive form.
150. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. At the age of 58 he was already old, and his firm, _______ body had become feeble and trembling.
  • A. insipid
  • B. strong
  • C. sincere
  • D. hesitant
Answer: The sentence contrasts his current 'feeble' state with his previous state. 'Strong' provides the logical contrast to 'feeble and trembling'.
151. Choose the most appropriate tense form to complete the sentence :He rested his horse, as it ________ .
  • A. limps
  • B. limped
  • C. was limping
  • D. will limp
Answer: The reason he rested his horse was because of an ongoing action in the past. The past continuous 'was limping' describes this continuous background action.
152. It if rains, they ...... wet.
  • A. did got
  • B. will get
  • C. have got
  • D. got
Answer: This is a first conditional sentence (If + present simple, ... will + base verb), which describes a likely future result of a condition. 'will get' is the correct form.
153. Fill in the blanks using the correct tense (of the verb)As soon as the teacher ________ (enter) the class, she _______ (start) teaching the new chapter. She did not ________ (realise) that a few students ______ (miss) from the class.
  • A. Entered, started, realise, were missing
  • B. Enters, starts, realised, were missing
  • C. Entered, started, realise, was missing
  • D. Enters, start, realised, were missing
Answer: The narrative is in the past, so 'Entered' and 'started' are correct. After 'did not', the base form 'realise' is used. 'Were missing' describes a continuous state in the past.
154. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Green forests have been _______ (cut) down, verdant valleys have been fallowed and _______ (plough) mercilessly and then _______ (leave) dry and fallow, free-flowing streams _______ (stop), diverted, or _______ (hem) all in the pursuit of greater and greater material advancement.
  • A. cutting, plough, has left, stopped, hem.
  • B. cut, ploughed, left, stopped, hemmed.
  • C. to cut, ploughed, leave, stops, hemming.
  • D. cuts, ploughing, leaving, stopping, hemming.
Answer: The sentence uses a parallel structure of past participles to describe a series of actions. 'Cut', 'ploughed', 'left', 'stopped', and 'hemmed' are the correct past participle forms.
155. Ram came to me and said that he ____ buy a piano.
  • A. will
  • B. would
  • C. will be
  • D. would be
Answer: In reported speech, when the reporting verb ('said') is in the past, 'will' in the direct speech changes to 'would'.
156. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.After months of recession the economy _____ picking up.
  • A. were
  • B. is
  • C. are
  • D. was
Answer: The subject 'economy' is singular. The action is happening now, so the present tense singular verb 'is' is correct.
157. Choose the correct tense form of the verb given in bracket from the option given below to fill in the blank -It is time you .........(stop) playing.
  • A. stop
  • B. have stopped
  • C. stopping
  • D. stopped
Answer: The phrase 'It is time' is followed by a subject and a verb in the simple past tense to suggest that something should be done now or in the near future.
158. Choose the correct sentence - (Tenses)
  • A. Before you know it, your children will have grown up.
  • B. Before you will know it, your children will have grown up.
  • C. Before you knew it, your children will have grown up.
  • D. Before you shall know it, your children will have grown up.
Answer: In a clause starting with 'before' that refers to the future, the simple present tense ('know') is used, not a future tense.
159. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:Aditi has been working here ______ .
  • A. six months ago
  • B. six months before
  • C. for six months
  • D. since six months
Answer: 'For' is used with the present perfect continuous tense to indicate a duration of time. 'Since' is used to indicate a starting point.
160. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Currently, the entire world is _______ (experience) the desolation and the devastation of a deadly virus, the new disease of COVID-19, emerging from the new coronavirus SARS-CoV 2, has _______ (spread) throughout the world, _______ (affect) more than 200 countries and hundreds of people, with _______ (discourage) morbidity and mortality figures, all this _______ (start) at the end of December 2019, specifically on the 31st.
  • A. experience, spreading, affected, discourage, start.
  • B. experienced, spread, affected, discouraging, starts.
  • C. experiencing, spread, affecting, discouraging, started.
  • D. experiencing, spreading, affecting, discourages, starting.
Answer: The tenses match the context: 'is experiencing' (present continuous), 'has spread' (present perfect), 'affecting' (present participle), 'discouraging' (present participle as an adjective), and 'started' (simple past for a specific past date).