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141. Each of the participants ______ a certificate. SSC
  • B. gets
  • C. getting
  • A. get
  • D. have got
Answer: 'Each' is singular.
142. Gulliver’s Travels ______ written by Swift. SSC
  • D. have
  • B. are
  • A. were
  • C. was
Answer: Book name.
143. Your trousers ______ torn. SSC
  • A. is
  • D. was
  • B. has
  • C. are
Answer: 'Trousers' is plural.
144. Knowledge of languages ______ essential. SSC
  • C. is
  • D. have
  • A. are
  • B. were
Answer: Subject 'Knowledge' is singular.
145. He is one of those who ______ never late. SSC
  • A. is
  • B. was
  • C. are
  • D. has
Answer: 'Who' refers to 'those' (plural).
146. Many a student ______ failed. SSC
  • B. are
  • A. have
  • D. were
  • C. has
Answer: 'Many a' + singular noun takes a singular verb.
147. Oil and water ______ not mix. SSC
  • C. is
  • D. has
  • A. does
  • B. do
Answer: Two substances joined by 'and'.
148. The poet and philosopher ______ coming. SSC
  • D. were
  • C. is
  • B. have
  • A. are
Answer: One person holding both roles.
149. I, as well as they, ______ tired. SSC
  • C. am
  • A. is
  • B. are
  • D. were
Answer: Verb agrees with 'I'.
150. Neither you nor he ______ to blame. SSC
  • B. were
  • A. are
  • D. have
  • C. is
Answer: Verb agrees with 'he'.
151. One of my friends ______ a doctor. SSC
  • A. are
  • C. is
  • D. have
  • B. were
Answer: 'One' is singular.
152. The news ______ true. SSC
  • C. is
  • B. were
  • D. have
  • A. are
Answer: 'News' is singular.
153. Children ______ playing. SSC
  • A. is
  • C. are
  • B. was
  • D. has
Answer: 'Children' is plural.
154. The machinery ______ old. SSC
  • B. were
  • D. have
  • A. are
  • C. is
Answer: 'Machinery' is uncountable.
155. One of the questions ______ difficult. SSC
  • D. have
  • C. was
  • B. are
  • A. were
Answer: 'One of' takes a singular verb.
156. More than one person ______ killed. SSC
  • D. have
  • A. were
  • C. was
  • B. are
Answer: 'More than one' takes a singular noun and verb.
157. The sun ______ brightly yesterday.
  • D. is shining
  • B. shone
  • C. has shined
  • A. shines
Answer: The word 'yesterday' indicates that the action happened in the past. Therefore, the simple past tense 'shone' (V2 form of shine) is the correct choice.
158. She ______ just ______ her homework.
  • D. was, completed
  • C. is, completing
  • A. have, completed
  • B. has, completed
Answer: The word 'just' indicates a recently completed action, which requires the present perfect tense. Since the subject 'She' is singular, 'has completed' is the correct form.
159. Either my shoes or your coat ______ always on the floor.
  • A. are
  • B. is
  • C. were
  • D. have been
Answer: When two subjects are joined by 'either...or', the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it. In this case, 'coat' is singular, so the verb must be singular ('is').
160. The quality of the apples ______ not good.
  • B. was
  • D. have been
  • A. were
  • C. are
Answer: The subject of the sentence is 'quality', which is a singular noun. The verb must agree with the subject, not with the object of the preposition ('apples'). Hence, the singular verb 'was' is correct.