- The principal, along with the teachers, ___ in the hall.
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Answer: (A) is
Real subject = principal.
- The cost of these books ___ risen.
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Answer: (B) has
Subject = cost.
- Rohit and Mohit ___ cousins.
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Answer: (C) are
Two subjects joined by and.
- The poet and singer ___ arrived. (one person)
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Answer: (D) has
One article → one person.
- The poet and the singer ___ arrived. (two persons)
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Answer: (A) have
Two articles → two persons.
- Bread and butter ___ my favourite snack.
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Answer: (B) is
One unit.
- Every boy and girl ___ a book.
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Answer: (C) has
every + and → singular.
- Neither the teacher nor the students ___ present.
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Answer: (D) were
Nearer subject = students.
- Neither the students nor the teacher ___ present.
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Answer: (A) was
Nearer subject = teacher.
- Either you or I ___ to blame.
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Answer: (C) am
Nearer = I → am.
- Not only the manager but also the clerks ___ punished.
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Answer: (C) were
Nearer = clerks.
- He, rather than his brothers, ___ responsible.
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Answer: (D) is
rather than → first subject.
- Each of the players ___ a bat.
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Answer: (A) has
“Each” is singular.
- Neither of the two plans ___ practical.
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Answer: (B) is
“Neither” is singular.
- Everybody ___ present today.
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Answer: (C) is
-body is singular.
- Both the answers ___ wrong.
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Answer: (D) are
“Both” is plural.
- One of my friends ___ a pilot.
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Answer: (A) is
“One of …” is singular.
- Some of the milk ___ spilt.
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Answer: (B) is
Milk is uncountable.
- Some of the apples ___ rotten.
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Answer: (C) are
Apples are plural.
- All of the money ___ gone.
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Answer: (D) is
Money is singular.
- More than one student ___ complained.
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Answer: (A) has
“More than one” → singular.
- Many a flower ___ born to blush unseen.
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Answer: (B) is
“Many a” + singular.
- The news ___ true.
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Answer: (C) is
“News” is singular.
- Physics ___ a branch of science.
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Answer: (D) is
“Physics” is singular.
- The scissors ___ on the table.
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Answer: (A) are
“Scissors” is plural.
- The police ___ searching for the thief.
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Answer: (B) are
“Police” is plural.
- Fifty rupees ___ enough for the book.
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Answer: (C) is
A sum is one unit.
- Two hours ___ a long time to wait.
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Answer: (D) is
A period of time is one unit.
- “Gulliver’s Travels” ___ an interesting book.
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Answer: (A) is
A title is singular.
- The jury ___ given its verdict.
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Answer: (B) has
The jury as a unit → singular.
- The jury ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: (C) are
Members separate → plural.
- The rich ___ not always happy.
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Answer: (D) are
“The rich” = people → plural.
- A number of students ___ absent.
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Answer: (A) are
“A number of” → plural.
- The number of students ___ small.
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Answer: (B) is
“The number of” → singular.
- There ___ two pens on the table.
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Answer: (C) are
The later subject is “pens”.
- Here ___ the buses.
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Answer: (D) come
Subject “buses” → come.
- He is one of those who ___ hard.
- work
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Answer: (A) work
The antecedent of “who” is “those” (plural).
- He is the only one of the boys who ___ selected.
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Answer: (B) is
“The only one” → singular.
- It is I who ___ to blame.
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Answer: (D) am
The antecedent of “who” is I.
- Swimming ___ a good exercise.
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Answer: (D) is
A gerund subject is singular.
- Half of the mangoes ___ rotten.
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Answer: (A) were
Mangoes is plural.
- Half of the cake ___ left.
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Answer: (B) is
Cake is singular.
- Slow and steady ___ the race.
- have won
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Answer: (C) wins
A fixed proverb treated as one unit.
- If I ___ you, I would refuse.
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Answer: (D) were
Hypothetical → were.
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