Directions: Find the best possible replacement for the underlined part of the sentence in the question.
He denied that he had not forged my signature.
Explanation: Denied itself is making the sentence negative, hence ‘not’ should not be used again.
Directions: Find the best possible replacement for the underlined part of the sentence in the question.
Run slowly lest you should not fall.
Explanation: “Lest” means “to avoid the risk of. Lest thus includes ‘Not” in itself.
Directions: Find the best possible replacement for the underlined part of the sentence in the question.
If I had been a minister, I would serve the nation.
Explanation: ‘were’ is used for question in subjunctive mood i.e. a hypothetical statement.
Directions: Find the best possible replacement for the underlined part of the sentence in the question.
The protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.
Explanation: comparison is with ‘wheat’ hence, ‘rice’ should be compared not ‘protein’
Directions: Find the best possible replacement for the underlined part of the sentence in the question.
According to English literary usage, both the Mahabharata and the Ramayana are called epics.
Explanation: We generally place the definite article 'The' before the names of holy books/epics and thus we need to place it before both the books given in the sentence.