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  1. 1221AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    They are sell their company's products to people.

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    Correct option: B — are selling their company's

    are selling their company's We use ‘V-ing’ with the helping verb ‘is/am/are’ in the Present Continuous Tense. Hence, “are selling(V-ing) their company’s” is the most appropriate answer.

  2. 1222AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Virtual reality is the creation of a virtual environment presented to our senses in such a way that we experience it as if we were really there.

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    Correct option: D — No substitution required

    No substitution required. The given sentence is grammatically correct.

  3. 1223AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Larger emissions of greenhouse gases lead to higher concentrations in the atmosphere.

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    Correct option: D — No substitution required

    No substitution required. The given sentence is grammatically correct.

  4. 1224AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    No sooner had the sun risen over the horizon when the birds began to chirp and the squirrels started to scamper around the park.

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    Correct option: D — than the birds began

    than the birds began ‘No sooner….than’ is a fixed conjunction pair. Hence, ‘than the birds began’ is the most appropriate answer.

  5. 1225AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    I considered Geography as an easier subject.

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    Correct option: D — an easy

    an easy ‘An easier’ must be replaced with ‘an easy.’ We need to use a positive degree of adjective as there is no comparison of ‘geography’ with another subject in the given sentence. Hence, ‘an easy’ is the most appropriate answer.

  6. 1226AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Rashmi works at the hospital, don't she?

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    Correct option: C — doesn't she?

    doesn't she? According to the “Subject-Verb Agreement Rule”, a singular subject always takes a singular verb and a plural subject always takes a plural verb. In the given sentence, ‘she’ is a singular pronoun that will take ‘does’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘doesn’t she’ is the most appropriate answer.

  7. 1227AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Select the word segment which substitutes the bracketed word correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. I (am here) since 1981.

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    Correct option: A — have been here

    have been here We generally use Perfect Tense or Perfect Continuous Tense when the time period(for) or the starting point(since) of an action is given in a sentence. 'Be' is a stative verb and stative verbs can not be used in continuous tense. Therefore, Present Perfect Tense(has/have + V3) will be used. Hence, 'have been(V3) here' is the most appropriate answer.

  8. 1228AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Teenage is that phase of life when you are proposed to the world outside.

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    Correct option: A — you are exposed to

    you are exposed to ‘Proposed’ means to suggest or put forward an idea while ‘exposed’ means to be introduced to something new or unfamiliar. The given sentence states during teenage years, individuals are introduced to the world. Hence, ‘exposed’ is the most appropriate answer.

  9. 1229AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Very early in the morning, at the beginning of January, Opu was lying in bed waiting for the sun having rose.

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    Correct option: D — waiting for the sun to rise

    waiting for the sun to rise We generally use the infinitive form of the verb “to + V1” to combine two actions. Similarly, in the given sentence, the two actions are ‘waiting’ and ‘rising’. Hence, ‘waiting for the sun to rise’ is the most appropriate answer.

  10. 1230AIIMSEnglish LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’.

    Newton, after seeing the apple falling from a tree, began to wonder whether if it moved towards the earth and not upwards towards the sky.

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    Correct option: D — began to wonder why

    began to wonder why The phrase 'began to wonder why' means started thinking about the reason behind the happening of some event. The given sentence states that Newton started thinking about the reason for the fall of the apple towards the Earth, not towards the sky. Hence, 'began to wonder why' is the most appropriate answer.

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