SEE 2075 (2019)
Compulsory English
Reading and Writing
(Written Test)
RE – 101 ‘DP’
10.Choose and copy the best answers to complete the text. (Rewriting is not compulsory.) [10×0.5=5]
Once there lived three artists in a famous city. They were famous for their art. They claimed that they (a)….. (are/were/have been) perfectly skilled. Each praised oneself claiming he was the best (b)….. (in/between/ among) them. One day they decided to have (c)….. (a/an/the) fair competition to find out who the best was. There (d)….. (is/was/were) a good prize for the winner. A judge was also (e)….. (appoint/appointing/ appointed) to decide the case. The competition started on time. One artist painted flowers. The second painted a fruit and the third painted a curtain. All their paintings (f)….. (is/are/were) observed and evaluated by the judge. First he observed the flower on which a bee was sitting. Then he observed the fruit (g)….. (who/where/which) an ox tried to eat. Both of the pictures looked natural (h)….. (haven’t they/wasn’t it/didn’t they) ? He praised them. Then he observed the curtain. It was so natural that he tried to pull it (i)….. (to enter/entered/entering) the room. The judge realized that the picture of the curtain was the most natural among them. The judge declared the third artist the winner. This was how his art (j)….. (get/getting/got) awarded.
- were (singular/plural — verb-subject agreement)
- among (preposition)
- a (articles)
- is (singular/plural — verb-subject agreement)
- appointed (tense)
- were (singular/plural — verb-subject agreement)
- which (clause)
- didn’t they (tags)
- entering (tense)
- got (tense)
