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The correct answer is Option 4.

Key Points

• Idiomatic comparisons are commonly used expressions that compare one thing to another in a figurative way.
• The phrase "As soft as rock" is not correct because rocks are generally hard and not soft, contradicting the intended meaning of the idiom.
• Other idiomatic comparisons, such as "As good as gold," "As heavy as lead," and "As hungry as a bear," are widely accepted and used in English language.
• These idioms convey their intended meanings effectively, reflecting qualities like goodness, heaviness, and hunger.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.

Additional Information

• Idiomatic expressions enrich language and add color to communication, but they are not always literal.
• Understanding idioms requires familiarity with their cultural and linguistic context.
• Some idioms may vary across different regions or languages, but their figurative meanings remain consistent.

The correct answer is As sour as sugar.

Key Points

• Idiomatic comparisons are fixed expressions used to describe a quality or behavior by likening it to something well-known.
• Some common examples include "as light as a feather," "as loyal as a dog," and "as proud as a peacock."
• The phrase "as sour as sugar" is incorrect because sugar is inherently sweet, not sour, making the comparison illogical.
• Correct idiomatic expressions rely on universally understood traits of the compared objects or concepts.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.

Additional Information

• Examples of other idiomatic comparisons include "as busy as a bee," "as brave as a lion," and "as cold as ice."
• Learning idiomatic expressions is essential for mastering nuanced language usage and enhancing communication skills.

The correct answer is As strong as a mouse.

Key Points

• Idiomatic comparisons are phrases that are used to describe a characteristic or quality of someone or something in a colorful and imaginative way.
• "As cool as a cucumber" means very calm and composed, especially in a difficult situation.
• "As blind as a bat" means having very poor vision or being completely blind.
• "As sweet as sugar" means very sweet, kind, or pleasant.
• "As strong as a mouse" is not a correct idiomatic comparison because mice are not typically associated with strength.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 3.

Additional Information

• Other correct idiomatic comparisons include "as brave as a lion" and "as busy as a bee."
• These comparisons are often used to convey vivid imagery and make language more engaging.

The correct answer is As gentle as a hawk.

Key Points

• The idiom "As gentle as a hawk" is incorrect because hawks are known for their sharp hunting skills and aggressive nature, not for gentleness.
• Other idioms listed are correct: "As wise as an owl" suggests wisdom, "As white as snow" indicates purity, and "As slow as a tortoise" denotes slowness.
• Idiomatic expressions are often based on cultural perceptions and characteristics attributed to certain animals or objects.
• Using idioms correctly enhances communication by conveying vivid imagery and established meanings.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 3.

Additional Information

• Idioms are phrases or expressions that convey meanings different from their literal interpretations.
• Understanding and using idioms correctly can enhance language proficiency and cultural literacy.
• Common idioms are often rooted in historical, cultural, or natural observations and have been passed down through generations.

The correct answer is: Option 1 i.e. "Start something with enthusiasm and energy".

Key Points

• The idiom "hit the ground running" means to start something with enthusiasm, energy, and readiness. (उत्साह और ऊर्जा के साथ शुरू करना)
  • Example: As soon as the new marketing manager joined the company, she hit the ground running and implemented several new strategies.
• Explanation of the idiom: This phrase originates from the idea of starting a task with great momentum, as if literally running at full speed right after hitting the ground. (जोश और तत्परता के साथ कार्य की शुरुआत करना)
  • Example: He was well-prepared for his new role and hit the ground running on his first day at work.
• Hence, the idiom signifies beginning a task with full preparation and vigor.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Option 1.

Additional Information

Here are the other options explained along with their Hindi meanings and example sentences:

• Option 2: Take a slow and cautious approach (धीमी और सतर्क दृष्टिकोण अपनाना): This refers to starting something carefully and slowly to avoid mistakes.
  • Example: When learning a new skill, it is often best to take a slow and cautious approach.
• Option 3: Abandon a project midway (किसी परियोजना को बीच में छोड़ देना): This means to stop working on something before completing it.
  • Example: He abandoned the project midway when he realized it wasn’t profitable.
• Option 4: Avoid hard work altogether (कड़ी मेहनत से पूरी तरह बचना): Refers to deliberately avoiding effort or labor.
  • Example: Some people avoid hard work altogether, but success requires effort.

The correct answer is 1, i.e., 'She is walking'

Key Points

• It is clear through the word 'since' that the walking began in the morning and is still ongoing.
• In such cases, present perfect continuous tense is used since it is an action that is continuing in the present.

Thus the correct sentence is: She has been walking in the park since morning.
 

Additional Information

• Please refer to the following table for the types of tenses and their uses

  Tense	Functions	Example
  Present simple	used for facts, generalizations, and truths that are not affected by the passage of time	“She writes a lot of papers for her classes.”
  Past simple	used for events completed in the past	“She wrote the papers for all of her classes last month.”
  Future simple	used for events to be completed in the future	“She will write papers for her classes next semester.”
  Present perfect	used to describe events that began in the past and are expected to continue, or to emphasize the relevance of past events to the present moment	“She has written papers for most of her classes, but she still has some papers left to write.”
  Past perfect	used to describe events that happened prior to other events in the past	“She had written several papers for her classes before she switched universities.”
  Future perfect	used to describe events that will be completed between now and a specific point in the future	“She will have written many papers for her classes by the end of the semester.”
  Present continuous	used to describe currently ongoing (usually temporary) actions	“She is writing a paper for her class.”
  Past continuous	used to describe ongoing past events, often in relation to the occurrence of another event	“She was writing a paper for her class when her pencil broke.”
  Future continuous	used to describe future events that are expected to continue over a period of time	“She will be writing a lot of papers for her classes next year.”
  Present perfect continuous	used to describe events that started in the past and continue into the present or were recently completed, emphasizing their relevance to the present moment	“She has been writing a paper all night, and now she needs to get some sleep.”
  Past perfect continuous	used to describe events that began, continued, and ended in the past, emphasizing their relevance to a past moment	“She had been writing a paper all night, and she needed to get some sleep.”
  Future perfect continuous	used to describe events that will continue up until a point in the future, emphasizing their expected duration	“She will have been writing this paper for three months when she hands it in.”

The correct answer is 'who live in Pune' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the plural form of the verb ''live'' is incorrect.
• The subject 'brother' in the given sentence is a singular subject.
• The singular form of the verb 'lives' should be used with the singular subject 'brother'.
• Therefore, the singular form of the verb ''lives'' should be used in place of the plural form 'live'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Correct sentence: My brother who lives in Pune is arriving tomorrow.

Additional Information

• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number (singular or plural). (विषय और क्रिया एक दूसरे के साथ संख्या (एकवचन या बहुवचन) में सहमत होना चाहिए)
• Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if the subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. (इस प्रकार, यदि कोई विषय एकवचन है , तो उसकी क्रिया भी एकवचन होनी चाहिए ; यदि विषय बहुवचन है , तो उसकी क्रिया भी बहुवचन होनी चाहिए)
   

Hinglish

• दिए गए वाक्य में क्रिया 'live' का बहुवचन रूप गलत है ।
• दिए गए वाक्य में subject 'brother' एक एकवचन subject है।
• क्रिया का एकवचन रूप 'lives', एकवचन subject 'brother' के साथ प्रयोग किया जाना चाहिए।
• इसलिए बहुवचन क्रिया 'live' के स्थान पर एकवचन क्रिया 'lives' का प्रयोग किया जाना चाहिए।
   

अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 3 है।

सही वाक्य: My brother who lives in Pune is arriving tomorrow.

The correct answer is "go straight to"

Key Points

• The meaning of the given idiom is "to go quickly and directly at or to (something or someone)"
• We use the given idiom in a situation where we are running towards something due to some urgency.
  • Example: Prateek makes a bee line for the washroom as soon as he realised his pant is torn.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Hinglish

• The meaning of the given idiom is "जल्दी और सीधे जाना या (कुछ या किसी को)"

The correct answer is 'He win' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the simple present tense 'He win' is incorrect.
• The given sentence is in the present perfect tense.
• The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continued to the present time.
• This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
• The pronoun 'He' is singular, therefore, it will take the singular verb 'has' and the past participle form of the verb 'win' is 'won'.
• Therefore, the present perfect tense ''He has won'' should be used in place of the simple present tense 'He win'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Correct sentence: He has won several accolades for his music compositions.

Hinglish

• दिए गए वाक्य में, simple present tense 'He win' गलत है।
• दिया गया वाक्य present perfect tense ​​में है।
• Present perfect tense ​​एक क्रिया या अवस्था को संदर्भित करता है जो या तो अतीत में अनिश्चित समय पर हुई या अतीत में शुरू हुई और वर्तमान समय तक जारी रही।
• यह have/has + the past participle से बनता है।
• Pronoun 'He' एकवचन है, इसलिए, यह एकवचन क्रिया 'has' लेगा और verb 'win' का past participle form 'won' है।
• इसलिए, simple present tense 'He win' के स्थान पर present perfect tense ''He has won'' का प्रयोग किया जाना चाहिए।
   

अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 4 है।

सही वाक्य: He has won several accolades for his music compositions.

The correct answer is 'against'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'against' should be used instead of 'on'.
• The word 'Insure' is followed by the preposition 'against'.
• The phrase 'Insure against' means 'to make (something bad) less likely to happen usually by planning and preparing'.
  • Example: Doctors recommend exercising to insure against health problems.
• The sentence is trying to say that it is wise to protect one's home from fire by planning and preparing.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 4.
  ​

Correct Sentence: It is wise to insure one's home against fire.

Hinglish

• दिया गया वाक्य व्याकरण की दृष्टि से गलत है।
• यहाँ 'on' के स्थान पर 'against' का प्रयोग करना चाहिए।
• 'Insure' शब्द के बाद 'against' preposition आता है।
• 'Insure against' वाक्यांश का अर्थ है 'योजना बनाकर और तैयारी करके (कुछ बुरा) होने की संभावना कम करना'।
  • Example: Doctors recommend exercising to insure against health problems.
• वाक्य यह कहने की कोशिश कर रहा है कि योजना और तैयारी करके अपने घर को आग से बचाना बुद्धिमानी है।
• इसलिए, ऊपर वर्णित बिंदुओं के अनुसार, हम पाते हैं कि सही उत्तर विकल्प 4 है।

The correct answer is 'had grown quite tall'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'had grown quite tall' should be used instead of 'has grown quite taller'.
• The given sentence is in the past perfect tense. Hence, the use of present tense is grammatically incorrect.
• We need to follow the rule of parallelism as the subject 'Lavanya' is common in the whole sentence, so the same tense shall be used to make it grammatically correct.
• We tend to go for Option 4 but it would be incorrect because 'a superlative adjective is an adjective used in comparisons to describe something as being of the highest degree or extreme'. 
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 1.
   

Correct Sentence: Lavanya was happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year had grown quite tall.

Hinglish

• दिया गया वाक्य व्याकरण की दृष्टि से गलत है।
• यहां 'has grow quite taller' के बजाय 'had grown quite tall' का इस्तेमाल किया जाना चाहिए।
• दिया गया वाक्य Past perfect  Tense में है। इसलिए, Present Tense का उपयोग व्याकरणिक रूप से गलत है।
• हमें समानता के नियम का पालन करने की आवश्यकता है क्योंकि 'लावण्य' विषय पूरे वाक्य में सामान्य है, इसलिए इसे व्याकरणिक रूप से सही बनाने के लिए उसी काल का उपयोग किया जाएगा।
• हम विकल्प 4 के लिए जाते हैं लेकिन यह गलत होगा क्योंकि 'एक Superlative Adjective एक Adjective है जिसका उपयोग किसी चीज को उच्चतम डिग्री या चरम के रूप में वर्णित करने के लिए किया जाता है'।
• इसलिए, ऊपर वर्णित बिंदुओं के अनुसार, हम पाते हैं कि सही उत्तर विकल्प 1 है।

The correct answer is - The scientist was seemed​.

Key Points

• The simple past tense is used when we talk about things that happened or existed before now.
• The structure is given below:
  • Subject + V2 + object. (Active Voice)
  • Object + was/were + V₃ + by + subject. (Passive Voice)
• Example:
  • ​He won the car race. (active voice)
  • The car race was won by him. (passive voice)
• Since the given sentence is in active voice form, the verb 'seemed' will be used instead of 'was seemed'.

Correct Sentence: The scientist seemed to be excited over the result of his experiment.

 ​​​​Additional Information  

• Some phrases are followed by past indefinite/simple tense as given below:
  • ​It's high time, It's time, It's about time, etc.
• For example:
  • It's high time I start preparing for my final exams.
  • It's high time I started preparing for my final exams.

The correct answer is 'My mother generally read' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the plural form of the verb 'read' is incorrect.
• The subject 'mother' in the sentence is singular and will always take a singular verb.
• Therefore, the singular form of the verb 'reads' should be used in place of the plural form 'read'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Correct sentence: My mother generally reads the local newspaper to keep abreast of the local news.

Additional Information

• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number (singular or plural). (विषय और क्रिया एक दूसरे के साथ संख्या (एकवचन या बहुवचन) में सहमत होना चाहिए)
• Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if the subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. (इस प्रकार, यदि कोई विषय एकवचन है , तो उसकी क्रिया भी एकवचन होनी चाहिए ; यदि विषय बहुवचन है , तो उसकी क्रिया भी बहुवचन होनी चाहिए)
   

Hinglish

• दिए गए वाक्य में 'read' क्रिया का बहुवचन रूप गलत है ।
• वाक्य में subject 'mother' एकवचन है और हमेशा एकवचन verb लेगा।
• इसलिए बहुवचन क्रिया 'read' के स्थान पर एकवचन क्रिया 'reads' का प्रयोग किया जाना चाहिए।
   

अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 2 है।

सही वाक्य: My mother generally reads the local newspaper to keep abreast of the local news.

The erroneous part is 'C'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect. 
• Here, 'after they played' in the given sentence should be changed into 'after they had played'.
• If two actions took place one after the other, the 1st action is in Past Perfect Tense and the 2nd action is in Simple Past Tense. 
• Example: 
  • He boarded the bus after he had texted him.
  • He boarded the bus after he texted him.
• In the given sentence the first action is 'playing with a newborn puppy' and the second action is 'washing of children's hands'.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 3.
  ​

Correct Sentence: Children washed their hands after they had played with a newborn puppy.

Additional Information

• The other usage of Present Perfect Tense:
• Time Expression: If time expression is mentioned at the last of a sentence or a word like since, for, how long, whole, all, throughout, all along is mentioned then the sentence should be in present perfect. 
  • Example: I have worked here since I graduated from school.
     

Hinglish

• दिया गया वाक्य व्याकरण की दृष्टि से गलत है ।
• यहां, दिए गए वाक्य में 'after they played' को 'after they had played' में बदला जाना चाहिए।
• यदि एक के बाद एक दो क्रियाएं होती हैं , तो पहली क्रिया पास्ट परफेक्ट टेंस में होती है और दूसरी क्रिया सिंपल पास्ट टेंस में होती है।
• उदाहरण:
  • He boarded the bus after he had texted him.
  • He boarded the bus after he texted him.
• दिए गए वाक्य में पहली क्रिया 'playing with a new born puppy' और दूसरी क्रिया 'washing of children's hands' है।
• इसलिए, ऊपर वर्णित बिंदुओं के अनुसार, हम पाते हैं कि सही उत्तर विकल्प 3 है।
  ​

सही वाक्य: Children washed their hands after they had played with a newborn puppy.

The correct answer is "Someone or something that is very annoying "

Key Points

• The meaning of the given idiom is "someone or something that is very annoying".
• We use the idiom to refer to a person who is very annoying.
  • Example: My colleague Mr. Ishan was a pain in the neck for me as he had a habit of asking apparent things.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Hinglish

•  The meaning of the given idiom is "कोई या ऐसा कुछ जो बहुत कष्टप्रद हो"।