CBSE Class 10 English Gap Filling MCQs Set 04

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Question 1: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Medicinally, the bark of (a) ______ Kadam tree is used as an antiseptic and for fevers. The juice of this tree is used to kill germs in the sores.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) some
(d) the
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Answer: (d) the

Explanation:
1. The paragraph speaks of the Kadam tree in general, as a kind of tree.
2. A singular noun for a whole class takes 'the'.
3. So 'the Kadam tree' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare: The neem tree has medicinal value.
2. Revise 'the' with a singular noun for a whole class.

Question 2: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
Medicinally, the bark of the Kadam tree is used as an antiseptic and (b) ______ fevers. The juice of this tree is used to kill germs in the sores.
(a) on
(b) over
(c) for
(d) to
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Answer: (c) for

Explanation:
1. 'Used ... for' shows purpose.
2. We say a medicine for fever, a cure for cold.
3. So 'for fevers' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teach 'cure/medicine/remedy for'.
2. Ask students to make sentences with this pattern.

Question 3: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
Medicinally, the bark of the Kadam tree is used as an antiseptic and for fevers. The juice of this tree (c) ______ used to kill germs in the sores.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) been
(d) being
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Answer: (a) is

Explanation:
1. The paragraph states a present fact.
2. 'Juice' is singular; the passive is 'is used'.
3. So 'is' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise present simple passive: is/are + V3.
2. Keep the tense consistent with 'is used' earlier.

Question 4: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Finally, the leader (a) ______ his hand, as if the discussion was over. He had reached a decision. Only then did he turn and look straight at me.
(a) raised
(b) raise
(c) rose
(d) raises
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Answer: (a) raised

Explanation:
1. 'His hand' is the object, so the transitive 'raise' is needed.
2. The narrative is in the past.
3. So 'raised' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast raise (needs an object) with rise (no object): the sun rose.
2. Practise raise-raised-raised and rise-rose-risen.

Question 5: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
Finally, the leader raised his hand, as if the discussion was over. He (b) ______ reached a decision. Only then did he turn and look straight at me.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) had
(d) will have
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Answer: (c) had

Explanation:
1. Reaching the decision happened before he turned to look.
2. An earlier past action takes the past perfect.
3. So 'had reached' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Draw a timeline to show the earlier past action.
2. Past perfect = had + V3.

Question 6: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
Finally, the leader raised his hand, as if the discussion was over. He had reached a decision. Only then did he turn and look straight (c) ______ me.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) to
(d) around
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Answer: (b) at

Explanation:
1. The verb 'look' takes 'at' when directing the eyes to someone.
2. 'Straight' is an adverb meaning directly.
3. So 'look straight at me' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast look at, look for, look after.
2. Learn these as verb-preposition chunks.

Question 7: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Infancy is not what it is meant to be. The child seems happy all the time to the adult, because the adult knows that the child is untouched by the real problem of life; if the adult (a) ______ similarly untouched, he is sure that he would be happy. But children, not knowing that they are having an easy time, have a good many hard times. Growing and learning and obeying the rules of their elders, or fighting against them, are not easy things to do.
(a) is
(b) were
(c) had
(d) will be
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Answer: (b) were

Explanation:
1. The main clause has 'would be happy', so the condition is imaginary.
2. Imaginary conditions use the past subjunctive 'were' for all subjects.
3. So 'if the adult were' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise: If + past (were), ... would + V1.
2. Example: If I were rich, I would travel.

Question 8: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
Infancy is not what it is meant to be. The child seems happy all the time to the adult, because the adult knows that the child is untouched by the real problem of life; if the adult were similarly untouched, he is sure that he would be happy. But children, not knowing that they are having an easy time, have a good many hard times. Growing and learning and obeying the rules of their elders, or fighting against them, (c) ______ not easy things to do.
(a) were
(b) will
(c) have
(d) are
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Answer: (d) are

Explanation:
1. The subject is a list of activities, so it is plural.
2. The paragraph states a general truth in the present.
3. So 'are' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Show that subjects joined by 'and' take plural verbs.
2. Keep the present tense for general truths.

Question 9: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Alaska’s size and climate make transportation (a) ______ challenge. Long ago, sledges pulled by dog teams were the best way to travel for native people.
(a) an
(b) the
(c) a
(d) for
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Answer: (c) a

Explanation:
1. 'Challenge' is singular and countable.
2. It begins with a consonant sound and is not a particular challenge.
3. So 'a challenge' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise 'a' vs 'an' by sound.
2. Pattern: make something a challenge / a success.

Question 10: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
Alaska’s size and climate make transportation a challenge. Long ago, sledges pulled (b) ______ dog teams were the best way to travel for native people.
(a) by
(b) with
(c) of
(d) beside
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Answer: (a) by

Explanation:
1. 'Pulled' is a past participle used in a passive sense.
2. The doer is introduced by 'by'.
3. So 'pulled by dog teams' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Show the reduced form: sledges (which were) pulled by dogs.
2. Practise with 'made by', 'written by'.

Question 11: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
Alaska’s size and climate make transportation a challenge. Long ago, sledges pulled by dog teams were the best way to travel (c) ______ native people.
(a) by
(b) to
(c) for
(d) with
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Answer: (c) for

Explanation:
1. The sledges were the best way of travel for the native people.
2. 'For' shows the person for whom something is suitable.
3. So 'for native people' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare: good for children, easy for beginners.
2. Read the full phrase to check meaning.

Question 12: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
What we call life is a very complex affair. It is not simply eating, reproducing and finally dying. Every creature (a) ______ these. Man has to lead a highly complicated life. It is like going through a maze and coming out. He is an economic being and a social animal. He has to earn, make a home, look after his people and attend to his obligations to the society and the Government.
(a) is doing
(b) will do
(c) does
(d) do
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Answer: (c) does

Explanation:
1. The sentence states a general truth, so simple present is needed.
2. 'Every creature' is singular and takes a singular verb.
3. So 'does' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise: every + singular noun + singular verb.
2. Simple present for facts and general truths.

Question 13: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
What we call life is a very complex affair. It is not simply eating, reproducing and finally dying. Every creature does these. Man has to lead a highly complicated life. It is like (b) ______ through a maze and coming out. He is an economic being and a social animal. He has to earn, make a home, look after his people and attend to his obligations to the society and the Government.
(a) gone
(b) going
(c) went
(d) making
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Answer: (b) going

Explanation:
1. 'Like' is a preposition here, so it is followed by an -ing form.
2. 'Going' is parallel with 'coming out'.
3. So 'going' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teach: preposition + gerund.
2. Point out parallel structure: going ... and coming.

Question 14: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
What we call life is a very complex affair. It is not simply eating, reproducing and finally dying. Every creature does these. Man has to lead a highly complicated life. It is like going through a maze and coming out. He is an economic being and a social animal. He has to earn, make a home, look after his people and attend (c) ______ his obligations to the society and the Government.
(a) for
(b) into
(c) all
(d) to
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Answer: (d) to

Explanation:
1. 'Attend to' means to look after or deal with.
2. Obligations are dealt with, so 'attend to' fits.
3. So 'to' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast 'attend a meeting' (be present) with 'attend to a matter' (deal with).
2. Make sentences with both.

Question 15: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
There are four trees in the garden. (a) ______ branches sway in the breeze. The children play under the trees. Some of the girls are sleeping in the shade of the trees.
(a) There
(b) Their
(c) Every
(d) An
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Answer: (b) Their

Explanation:
1. The branches belong to the four trees.
2. The possessive determiner for a plural owner is 'their'.
3. 'There' is an adverb, not a possessive.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise the homophones there/their/they're.
2. Ask students to replace the word with 'the trees'' to test.

Question 16: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
There are four trees in the garden. Their branches sway in the breeze. The children play (b) ______ the trees. Some of the girls are sleeping in the shade of the trees.
(a) under
(b) over
(c) above
(d) in
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Answer: (a) under

Explanation:
1. Children play on the ground below the trees.
2. 'Under' shows a position below something.
3. So 'under the trees' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast under/below with over/above.
2. Use pictures to fix prepositions of place.

Question 17: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
There are four trees in the garden. Their branches sway in the breeze. The children play under the trees. Some of the girls (c) ______ sleeping in the shade of the trees.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) are
(d) have
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Answer: (c) are

Explanation:
1. 'Some of the girls' is plural.
2. The passage is in the present tense ('sway', 'play').
3. 'Are sleeping' is the present continuous.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise subject-verb agreement with 'some of + plural noun'.
2. Keep the tense consistent with the paragraph.

Question 18: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
There is a general belief (a) ______ students that those who write long sentences get more marks.
(a) in
(b) of
(c) among
(d) between
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Answer: (c) among

Explanation:
1. The belief is shared by many students.
2. 'Among' is used for more than two; 'between' for two.
3. So 'among students' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise among vs between.
2. Example: between two friends, among the members.

Question 19: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
There is a general belief among students that (b) ______ who write long sentences get more marks.
(a) they
(b) those
(c) all
(d) them
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Answer: (b) those

Explanation:
1. The pattern 'those who' refers to people in general.
2. 'They who' and 'them who' are incorrect.
3. So 'those' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teach 'those who + verb' as a fixed structure.
2. Example: Those who work hard succeed.

Question 20: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
There is a general belief among students that those who write long sentences get (c) ______ marks.
(a) more
(b) many
(c) most
(d) much
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Answer: (a) more

Explanation:
1. The sense is comparison with students who write short sentences.
2. 'More' is used before plural 'marks' for comparison.
3. 'Many' and 'much' do not show comparison.

Teacher's Note:
1. Discuss the implied comparison in the sentence.
2. 'More' works with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Question 21: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Charlie Brown was dragging in (a) ______ of food and announcing aloud to Snoopy to open the door. And Snoopy did not like it.
(a) a fifty-pound bag
(b) a fifty-pounds bag
(c) a fifty pounds of bags
(d) a fifty-pounded bag
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Answer: (a) a fifty-pound bag

Explanation:
1. 'Fifty-pound' describes the bag.
2. In a compound adjective the noun stays singular.
3. So 'a fifty-pound bag' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Link to examples like 'a ten-year-old boy'.
2. Point out the hyphen in compound adjectives.

Question 22: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
Charlie Brown was dragging in a fifty-pound bag of food and announcing aloud to Snoopy (b) ______. And Snoopy did not like it.
(a) to open the doors
(b) opens the door
(c) open door
(d) to open the door
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Answer: (d) to open the door

Explanation:
1. Charlie's words were a command: 'Open the door!'
2. Commands in reported speech become to-infinitives.
3. There is one door, so 'to open the door' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise reporting commands: told/asked + to + V1.
2. Check number: the door, not the doors.

Question 23: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
The man in the ground screams that the kids are not allowed to play on the grass. The man on the street yells at the children to play somewhere else and warns them not to dent his car. The ladies in the park chase them away as it is for them to walk and not (b) ______.
(a) with the kids to play
(b) for the kids not to play
(c) for the kids
(d) for the kids to play
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Answer: (d) for the kids to play

Explanation:
1. The first part is 'for them to walk'.
2. The parallel second part is 'for the kids to play'.
3. Option (b) adds a double negative with 'not'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teach parallel structure in contrasting phrases.
2. Watch for double negatives.

Question 24: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (a):
Calvin says that everything in the future (a) ______. And that computers will take care of every task. We will just have to point to what we want done and click. We will never need to leave the climate-controlled comfort of our homes. He also adds that there will be no nuisance, no wasted time, and no annoying human interaction.
(a) will be effortless
(b) shall be effortless
(c) will need effort
(d) will need efforts
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Answer: (a) will be effortless

Explanation:
1. The reporting verb 'says' is in the present, so the tense does not change.
2. Calvin's point is that everything will be easy.
3. 'Will' is the normal future with a third-person subject.

Teacher's Note:
1. Revise: present reporting verb, no backshift.
2. Discuss how 'will need effort' contradicts Calvin's idea.

Question 25: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (b):
Calvin says that everything in the future will be effortless. And that computers will take care of every task. We will just have to point to what we want done and click. We will never need to leave (b) ______ of our homes. He also adds that there will be no nuisance, no wasted time, and no annoying human interaction.
(a) the climate controlled comfort
(b) the climate-controlled comfort
(c) the climate controlled comforts
(d) the climate control comfort
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Answer: (b) the climate-controlled comfort

Explanation:
1. 'Climate-controlled' describes the comfort.
2. Compound adjectives before a noun are hyphenated.
3. 'Comfort' here is uncountable, so it stays singular.

Teacher's Note:
1. Show more examples: a well-known writer, air-conditioned rooms.
2. Point out how hyphens join words acting as one adjective.

Question 26: Read the paragraph and choose the correct option to fill in blank (c):
Calvin says that everything in the future will be effortless. And that computers will take care of every task. We will just have to point to what we want done and click. We will never need to leave the climate-controlled comfort of our homes. He also adds that there will be no nuisance, no wasted time, and (c) ______.
(a) no annoyed human interaction
(b) no annoying human interaction
(c) no annoy human interaction
(d) no annoyance human interaction
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Answer: (b) no annoying human interaction

Explanation:
1. Human interaction causes annoyance, so the -ing adjective is used.
2. 'Annoyed' describes how a person feels.
3. So 'no annoying human interaction' is correct.

Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast -ing adjectives (cause) and -ed adjectives (feeling).
2. Examples: a boring film, a bored student.

Question 27: Complete the given narrative by filling in the blank with the correct option.
The experience of volunteering at a local shelter during the holidays left me ______ for the less fortunate in our community.
(a) feeling
(b) having felt
(c) felt
(d) feels
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Answer: (a) feeling

Explanation:
1. The pattern is 'leave + object + -ing form': 'left me feeling'.
2. The -ing form describes the continuing state the experience produced.

Teacher's Note:
1. After 'leave someone', use the present participle to show an ongoing state.
2. A finite verb such as 'feels' cannot follow the object here.

Question 28: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
After (a) ______ a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy living in the countryside and began to think of an excuse for selling the cottage. (CBSE 2020)
(a) spending
(b) have spent
(c) spent
(d) spends
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Answer: (a) spending

Explanation:
1. The blank follows the preposition 'After', so the -ing form 'spending' is needed.
2. A preposition is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing), not a finite verb.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'After spent' or 'After spends' is wrong because a preposition cannot take a finite verb.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 29: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
After spending a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy (b) ______ in the countryside and began to think of an excuse for selling the cottage. (CBSE 2020)
(a) to living
(b) lived
(c) living
(d) lives
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Answer: (c) living

Explanation:
1. The verb 'enjoy' is always followed by the -ing form: 'enjoy living'.
2. Verbs like enjoy, avoid, finish and mind take a gerund, not 'to' + verb.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Enjoy to living' mixes two patterns; 'enjoy' never takes 'to'.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 30: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
After spending a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy living in the countryside and began (c) ______ of an excuse for selling the cottage. (CBSE 2020)
(a) to thinking
(b) to thought
(c) thought
(d) to think
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Answer: (d) to think

Explanation:
1. 'Began' is followed here by the infinitive: 'began to think of an excuse'.
2. 'Begin' can take 'to' + base form; 'to thinking' and 'to thought' are not valid infinitives.

Teacher's Note:
1. Students often pick 'to thinking'; 'to' + -ing is used only where 'to' is a preposition (look forward to).
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 31: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
After spending a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy living in the countryside and began to think of an excuse for (d) ______ the cottage. (CBSE 2020)
(a) sold
(b) selling
(c) sells
(d) sale
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Answer: (b) selling

Explanation:
1. The preposition 'for' needs the gerund 'selling': 'an excuse for selling the cottage'.
2. After a preposition use verb + -ing.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Sale' is a noun and would need 'the sale of the cottage', so it does not fit here.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 32: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
Everyone is not in a position to (a) ______ the family and start living in a small room on the banks of the Ganga. (CBSE Delhi 2017)
(a) leave
(b) leaves
(c) left
(d) leaving
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Answer: (a) leave

Explanation:
1. 'In a position to' is followed by the base form: 'to leave'.
2. 'To' as part of an infinitive is always followed by the base form of the verb.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Leaving' would need 'to' to be a preposition, which it is not here.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 33: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
Very few people enjoy loneliness. It seems to me that most people are scared of (c) ______ left on their own. (CBSE AI 2017)
(a) be
(b) being
(c) been
(d) having
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Answer: (b) being

Explanation:
1. The preposition 'of' needs a gerund: 'scared of being left'.
2. After a preposition use the -ing form; 'being left' is the passive gerund.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Of be left' and 'of been left' are ungrammatical after a preposition.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 34: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
Sir Leon said that, in future, computers would be (a) ______ which would be small enough to be carried in pockets. (CBSE Delhi 2017)
(a) make
(b) makes
(c) made
(d) making
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Answer: (c) made

Explanation:
1. 'Would be' + past participle gives the passive meaning: computers would be made.
2. Modal + be + past participle shows that the subject receives the action.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Would be making' would mean computers do the making, which is illogical.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 35: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
Last year, a group of tourists came to India and they decided to (b) ______ Goa. At Calangute they were swept off their feet by the beauty of the beach. (CBSE Foreign 2014)
(a) visit
(b) visited
(c) visiting
(d) visits
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Answer: (a) visit

Explanation:
1. 'Decided to' is followed by the base form: 'to visit'.
2. 'To' + base form makes the infinitive.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'To visited' is wrong; the infinitive never changes for tense.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 36: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
The tiny sand fly causes the deadly Kala Azar, a parasitic disease. This disease affects hundreds every year and can also cause death. It is now to be made part of school textbooks in Bihar (e) ______ awareness about the fly. The Bihar Government has decided to introduce a new chapter on it from next year. (CBSE AI 2012)
(a) can create
(b) to create
(c) has created
(d) created
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Answer: (b) to create

Explanation:
1. The blank shows purpose: made part of textbooks 'to create' awareness.
2. The infinitive (to + verb) expresses purpose.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Can create' would need a subject and a conjunction.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 37: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank marked in bold.
A large number of scientists gathered at Lakpat in Gujarat (a) ______ the view of the last eclipse of the twentieth century. This place was considered to be the best as the totality there would be the longest. They had gone there to study the phenomenon. But they were disappointed because the clouds blocked the clear view of the eclipse. (CBSE AI 2011)
(a) see
(b) has seen
(c) to see
(d) seeing
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Answer: (c) to see

Explanation:
1. The blank gives the purpose of gathering, so the infinitive 'to see'.
2. The infinitive (to + verb) expresses purpose.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Seeing' would need 'for' before it.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 38: Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct option for the blank marked in bold.
Tourist : I would like to know about the tours your company offers.
Travel agent : Sir, could you tell me which places you would like to visit?
Tourist : Bangalore and Mysore.
Travel agent : Please go through this brochure and see what you like.
Tourist : Thank you. (He goes through the brochure). (b) ______
Travel agent : Rupees eight thousand, sir.
Tourist : Does it include the travel expenses also?
Travel agent : Yes, sir. It includes all expenses. (CBSE Delhi 2014)
(a) Tell me the cost of the trip
(b) Cost please
(c) What would be the cost of the trip?
(d) What the cost of the trip is?
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Answer: (c) What would be the cost of the trip?

Explanation:
1. A polite, complete question is needed: 'What would be the cost of the trip?'
2. A direct question keeps the order wh-word + auxiliary + subject.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'What the cost of the trip is?' uses statement word order and is not a correct direct question.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

Question 39: Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct option for the blank marked in bold.
Seema : What is your lucky charm?
Nandish : My lucky charm is my 'Karha' (an iron ring).
Seema : Since when have you been wearing it?
Nandish : I have been wearing it since childhood. It's my grandfather's 'Karha'. I believe when I am wearing it, his blessings are with me.
Seema : (c) ______?
Nandish : No, I am not superstitious. I don't believe in fasting and going to a particular place of worship. I just believe in Karma. (CBSE Delhi 2013)
(a) You are not superstitious
(b) You are superstitious
(c) You have been superstitious
(d) Are you not superstitious
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Answer: (d) Are you not superstitious

Explanation:
1. Nandish answers 'No, I am not', so the question is 'Are you not superstitious'.
2. Yes/no questions begin with the auxiliary: Are you...?

Teacher's Note:
1. Options (i)-(iii) are statements and do not form a question.
2. After prepositions use the -ing form; after verbs like decide, begin, want use 'to' + base form.

Question 40: Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct option for the blank marked in bold.
Doctor Dhawan rushed off straight from his clinic to see his friend Gopal who has been in bed for some days. Gopal's wife greeted him.
Doctor : How long has he been in bed?
Gopal's wife : A month and a half, Doctor.
Doctor : Who is attending him?
Gopal's wife : A doctor in the next street comes down once in three days.
Doctor : What is his name? I have never heard of him. (b) ______ me a word earlier?
Gopal's wife : We thought you would be busy and didn't wish to trouble you. (CBSE Delhi 2013)
(a) Why she couldn't have sent me
(b) Why you couldn't have sent me
(c) Why didn't you send
(d) Why couldn't she has sent me
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Answer: (c) Why didn't you send

Explanation:
1. A direct question to Gopal's wife needs question order: 'Why didn't you send me a word earlier?'
2. In wh-questions place the auxiliary before the subject.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Why you couldn't have sent' uses statement order.
2. Read the whole sentence before choosing; the word just before the blank often decides the verb form.

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