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Subject Verb Agreement Mock Test - 4

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1)(A) Ten miles are/ (B) a long distance / (C) to cover on foot./ (D) No error 

Ans- (a) ‘Ten miles’ is plural in form but used a singular unit. Hence singular verb 'is' should be used.

2)(A) If Mahatma Gandhi/ (B) was alive, he would feel sorry for the poor and downtrodden who/(C) still struggle everyday to make both ends meet. / (D) No Error

Ans- (b) The sentence is of imaginary position. Change ‘was'  into 'were'.

3)(A) Having acquired some experience/ (B) she is no longer one of those who believes/ (C) every explanation they are given./ (D) No error 

Ans-  (b) ‘Those' is the antecedent of who (relative pronoun). Hence verb will match with ’those'. Use plural verb 'believe'.

4) (A) With regard to implementation of the/ (B) details of the proposal, the committee was divided/ (C) in their opinion./ (D) No error 

Ans- (b) Change ‘was' into ‘were' because collective noun the ‘committee' is divided here.

5)(A) Most of the funds/ (B) we get from/ (C) America is used to build roads and bridges./ (D) No error 

Ans-  (c) Change 'is' into 'are'. 'Funds' is the main subject which is plural. Hence verb used must agree with 'funds'.

6)(A) The tiger was not/ (B) the only dangerous animal/ (C) in the forest there was hyenas too./ (D) No error 

Ans- (c) Change ‘was' into ‘were'. ‘Hyenas' is the main subject which is ‘plural'. Hence verb used must agree with 'hyenas'. .

7)(A) She immediately quit/ (B) the job in which/ (C) neither skill nor knowledge were required./ (D) No error 

Ans- (c) Change ‘were' into was'. When two subjects are joined by 'neither..... nor', the verb agrees with the nearest subject

8)(A) The type of qualities you acquire/ (B) depend upon your company/ (C) and so you associate yourselves with simple and good natured people./ (D) No error 

Ans- (b) The type (singular) will take singular verb ‘depends'.

9)(A) Our success or our failure/ (B) largely depend/ (C) upon our actions./ (D) No error

Ans-  (b) Change ‘depend' into 'depends?. If two subjects are joined by ‘or', the verb agrees with the nearest subject.

10)(A) He is/ (B) one of the tallest boy/ (C) in the class./ (D) No error 

Ans-  (b) 'One of...' takes plural noun. Change ‘boy' into 'boys'.