Prepositions
1. Prepositions of Direction
To, towards, for, along, against, across, up, down, into
1. He is going to the station. (Destination)
2. He is going towards the station. (In the direction of )
3. He is leaving for Delhi tonight. (Destination)
4. He walks along the road (on the road) and she walks along the bank of the river.
5. There is a ladder against the wall. (Opposite)
6. One must not go against the law of the country. (In the contravention of)
7. My best friend lives across the river. (On the opposite side of)
8. A bride is laid across the river. (From one side to another)
9. He threw his luggage across his shoulders. (Both sides)
10. Rita and Ravi were going across the field.
11. When I was going to the market, I came across Mohan.
12. I suddenly came across him.
13. I came across with him.
14. He claimed up the tree.
15. Mani claimed down the tree.
16. A dog fell into the well. (Motion towards inside)
17. She went into the room.
2. Prepositions of place/position:
At, in, on, above, below, over, under, between, among, amongst, amid, amidst, before, behind
1. He lives at Samstipur.
2. They are at home.
3. I live in Kolkatta.
4. The books are lying on the table.
5. There is a cap on his head.
6. The aeroplane is flying above the clouds. (level)
7. He is above thirty.
8. This work is below my dignity.
9. There is a fan over your head. (Vertical position)
10. A cat is sitting under the table.
11. Sunita is sitting between Morizan and Meera.
12. Distribute the sweets between the two children.
13. He is sitting between you and me. (between objective case)
14. He should be there between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. (between conjunction)
15. between the boys( each boy and the next) or the girls (noun plural) / between these boys
16. between them (pronoun plural)
17. between each boy / between every girl
18. There is an alliance between these three countries. (Reciprocal action or relationship- can be
used for more than two things or persons)
19. There is a treaty between these four countries.
20- There does not seem much difference between the three of them.
21. The chief Minister distributed the blankets among the poor.
22. Among the boys or amongst the boys
23. Among for consonant sound and amongst for vowel sound
       Among them, among you, among his friends, among your brothers
       Amongst us, amongst our friends.
24. Amid  among / amidst - amongst
       Raghu is sitting amid his friends but kishore is sitting amidst us.
25. Kalpana is sitting before you.
26. She was running behind her brother.
27. She hid herself behind the curtain.
3. Preposition of Time:
at, on, for, since, before, after, within, in, till, by, during, from
1. He came here at 8 o clock. (Time)  at dawn, at day, at break, at sunrise, at noon, at sunset, at
night, at midnight
2. on  day or date
1. You should come here on Monday.
2. He will open the shop on 22nd October.
3. on is used before morning, afternoon, evening, night  on Monday evening, on the
following evening
         On the evening of May the first but in is used in the morning, in the evening
4. He has liver here for a month. (Period of Time  imperfect(continuous) Tense
5. They have been working in this office for two years.
6. He is reading for an hour.
7. She is sleeping for five hours.
8. He has been absent since May.
9. He has been living in America since 1998.
10. you left London after your result. (past tense  point of time)
11. Jaya returned this book after a month. (period of time)
12. I will complete this work before october. (point of time)
13. He will do it after a week. (period of time)
14. She will inform me in a month. (future after in)
15. We will manage everything within a year. (future before  within)
16. You are to stay in bed until / tlll next Monday. (Point of time)
17. By Sunday, I had been exhausted.
18. John will have reached America by next Tuesday. (point of time)
19. During the war, many people suffered hardship.
20. What will you do during the summer vacation?
21. My friends lived with me from September to November. (Past  point of time)
22. He will start coming here from next month. (Future  point of time)
4. Some other prepositions
1. about  He was talking about you.
2. I am about to go.
3. He is off duty. ( Separation)
4. A button has come off.
5. Miss. Priyanka comes of a rich family. (origin)
6. He died of cholera. (cause)
7. The plays of Shakespeare (relation)
8. all his brothers are addicted to drinking.
9. you prevented me from doing it.
10. I take delight in working hard.
11. They were fined for being late.
12. He will go there tomorrow.
13. Yesterday evening, yesterday afternoon, this morning, tomorrow morning  in
         Last night  at
14. leave out the preposition before phrases  last, next, this, that, also before today, yesterday,
tomorrow // I will mention it next time, I see him.
( The phrases at this/that time, on this/that occasion are normal)
15. Bring somebody or something home  go, get, arrive, reach
16. For possessive case  use preposition  I went to his home.
17. No preposition for Transitive verb  discuss, describe, reach, order, tell, demand, attack,
resemble, redicule
18. Say, suggest, purpose  to (obective case)  I said to him.
19. Speak, reply, explain, complalin, talk,listen, write  to  objective case
         He did not reply to me. You never write to me.
5. Noun based prepositions:
    1. affinity with something        2. affinity between two            3. alliance with a person
                                          things                             or state
   4. allusion to something           5. alternative to a                6. analogy of one thing
                                          method/ something                  with another
   7. analogy between two             8. animosity against               9. antidote against
       things                             somebody                           infection
   10. antidote to some               11. apprehension of                12. approach to(step
       poison                             danger                             towards) anything
   13. arrival in a country           14. arrival at a place             15. assault on a person/
                                                               thing
16. attack somebody           17. attack on a country      18. attraction to or towards
                                                               a thing
19. authority over a person   20. authority on a subject   21. aversion to a person or
                                                               thing
22. candidate for a post      23. care for somebodys      24. care for his health
                                  safety
25. charge of murder          26. charge with theft        27. claim on or against
                                                               somebody
28. claim to property         29. compact with a person    30. comment on
                                                               something
31. comparison of             32. By/in comparison with    33. compassion for
    somebody with                                              somebody
    somebody
34. competition with          35. competition for          36. complicity in a crime
    somebody                      something
37. compliance with a         38. condemnation to death    39. confidence in
    request                                                    somebody
40. conformity with           41. conformity to rule       42. compensation for a
    anyones views                                             loss
43. connection with a         44. connivance of guilt      45. consideration for
    person or thing                                            somebody
46. contact with              47. contempt for a person    48. a contrast between two
    somebody/something            or thing                     things
49. controversy on or         50. contribution to a fund   51. contribution towards
    about something                                            some project
52. conersation with          53. decision on some case    54. decision of some
    somebody                                                   dispute
55. decline of an empire      56. decline in moral/price   57. degradation from rank
58. delight in music/in       59. descent from ancestors   60. desire for wealth
    something
61. desirous of something     62. disgust at meanness      63. dislike to a person or
                                                               thing
64. distaste for              65. doubt of or about a      66. duty to a person
    mathematics/somethin          thing
    g
67. encroachment on/upon      68. engagement with          69. entrance into a place
    ones rihts                   somebody
70. enmity with someody       71. esteem for somebody      72. exception to a rule
73. (Make) an exception of    74. excuse for a mistake     75. failure fo electricity
    somebody or
    something
76. failure of somebody in    77. faith in somebody or     78. familiarity with a
    something                     something                     person or thing
79. freedom from care         80. freedom of action         81. glance at a person or
    something                                                   thing
82. glance over a wide        83. gratitude for a thng      84. gratitude to a person
    surface
85. grief at an event         86. grief for a person        87. guess at the
                                                                truth/something
88. harmony with anything     89. hatred of or for          90. hatred of a thing
                                  somebody
91. heir to some property     92. heir of somebody          93. hindrance to
                                                                something
94. hint at some reward       95. hope of or for better     96. hostility to a person or
                                  luck                          cause
97. identity with             98. immersion into water      99. implication in this
    somebody/something                                          crime
1. implication on             2. imputation against         3. incentive to a worker
    someone                      somebody
4. inclination for            5. indifference to help       6. influence over or with
    sport/something              others                         somebody
7. influence on anyones      8. inquiry into               9. insight into
    action/decision              circumstances/a case           something/sombodys
                                                                character
10. intercession with a       11. intercession for a        12. jurisdiction in a
    superior                      friend                        lawsuit
13. justification of or for   14. key to understanding      15. liability to an illness
    crime                         of the problem
16. libel against his         17. liking for non-           18. longing for luxury/
    character                     vegetarian/ something         something
19. lust for life/something   20. malice an enemy           21. neglect of duty
22. neglect in doing a        23. nomination of a           24. nomination to a
    thing                         member                        position
25. opportunity for going     26. partnership in a thing    27. power over a person
    abroad/ doing
    something
28. precaution against        29. preface to a book         30. preference fro
    infection                                                   something
31. preparatin for            32. proof against             33. proof of guilt
    examinations/somethin         somebody
    g
34. qualifaication for a      35. quarrel with              36. readiness in
    post                          somebody/ something           responding
37. readiness for a           38. refernce to a person or   39. with regard to that
       journey\                     thing                         matter
   40. regard for a person      41. relation between two      42. realtion with
                                    things                        somebody
   43. remonstrance against     44. remonstrance with         45. reply to a query / a
       somebodys conduct           somebody                      person
   46. request for a thing      47. resemblance to a          48. in respect ot some
                                    person or thing               quality
   49. rivalry with a person    50. rival in something        51. search for or after
                                                                  wealth
   52. in search of wealth/ a   53. share in the property/    54. share with somebody
       job etc                      something
   55. sin against god/         56. sympathy with or for      57. temptation to evil
       mankind/ humanity            somebody
   58. temptation in diet       59. trespass against the      60. warrant for
                                    law                           somebodys arrest
   61. with a view to           62. witness of or to a case   63. wonder at somebodys
                                                                  behavious/ something
SOME VERBS OR APPROPRIATE PREPOSITIONS
  1. abound in or with       2. accrue to somebody            3. accrue from something
      something
  4. accuse somebody of      5. acquit a perosn of all        6. acquit a person in a
      theft                      charges                         crime
  7. adapt to new            8. adhere to a plan/ a           9. agree to a proposal
      surroundings               rule/ a principle
  10. agree with a perosn    11. agree on some matter         12. aim at a target
  13. aim at doing           14. alight from a bus/ a         15. allude to a fact
      something                  train etc
  16. answer to a person     17. answer for                   18. apologize to somebody
                                 misconduct/ something
  19. apologize for          20. appeal to the judge/         21. appeal against a
      something                  somebody                         sentence
  22. appeal for mercy/      23. apply to a person            24. apply for some post/
      something                                                   something
  25. appoint a person to a  26. argue with a person for      27. arrive at a conclusion
      psot                       or against a point
  28. arrive at a station/ a 29. arrive in a country          30. ask for assistance
      place
  31. ask of somebody        32. associate with a group       33. blame a person for
                                                                  something
   34. blame something on       35. blush at ones own        36. lush for somebody
       somebody                     mistake                       whos is at fault
   37. border on a place        38. borrow of or from a       39. break the news of
                                    friend/ somebody              somebodys death
40. break through restraint   41. break ill news to a      42. break (dissolve
                                  friend/ to somebody          partnership) with
                                                               somebody
43. bring a thing to light    44. bring a thing under      45. burst upon (suddenly
                                  notice                       invade) a country
46. burst into laughter       47. burst into tears         48. call at a place
49. call on a person          50. call for(demand,         51. call something
                                  requier) something           in( order or request the
                                                               return of)
52. canvass for votes         53. care for (attach value   54. care about (feel
                                  to) a person or thing        interest, anxiety or
                                                               sorrow) something
55. challenge a man to        56. charge a man with a      57. charge payment to a
    combat/ fight                 crime                        person
58. coincide with ones       59. come about(happen)       60. come across ( to meet
    opinion                                                    suddenly)
61. come after                62. come into fashion        63. come by
    somebody(follow)                                           something(obtain by
                                                               effort)
64. come of a rich family     65. commence with a thing    66. communicate a thing
                                                               to somebody
67. communicate with          68. compare somebody         69. compare something
    somebody                      with somebody                with something
70. compare to(dissimilar     71. compensate for loss      72. comete with somebody
    things)                                                    for a prize/ something
73. complain to somebody      74. complain against         75. complain of about
                                  somebody                     something
76. conceal facts from        77. concede to some          78. concur with a person
    somebody                      demand
79. concur in an opinion      80. condemn a person to      81. conform to a norm
                                  death
82. conform with ones        83. congratulate somebody    84. cosult wth ones
    opinion                       on his success               friends
85. consult a person/ a       86. contribute to a fund     87. converse with a person
    lawyer / a map/ a                                          about a thing
    dictionary
88. cope with a situation     89. correspond with a        90. correspond to
                                  person                       something
91. cure a man of a disease   92. cure for a disease       93. cut a thing in or into
                                                               pieces
94. cut a thing in half       95. dash against a wall/     96. dash into a shop
                                  shore/ something
   97. dash over anything         98. deal in somethimg           99. deal with a person
100. deal with a person        101. deber from doing           102. decide the issue in
                                  anything                        somebodys favour
103.   defer to a later date   104. degenarate into a          105. defraud a preson of his
                                  obsession/a lower position      money
106. demand a thing of a       107. depend on a person or      108. deprive a person of a
   person                         a thing                         thing
109. desist from an attempt    110. despair of sucesss         111. deviate from a certain
                                                                  course
112. differ with a person on   113.   differ from anything     114. disress from the path
   a subject
115. diagree with a person     116. disapprove of              117. dispute with a person
   on some matter                 something                       about something
118. dissent from a opinion    119. dissaude from an           120. distinguish between
                                  action                          two things
121. distinguish one thing     122. dwell in some place        123. embark on the right
   from another                                                   path
124. embark in business        125.   enlist in the army       126. enter a house
127. enter into a new era      128.   enter upon a career      129. entrust somebody with
                                                                  something
130. entrust something to      131.   escape from a cage       132. excell in something
   somebody
133. exchange one thing for    134. exchange something         135. exempt a person from
   another                        with a person                   a fine
136. exonerate a person        137. fail in an experiment      138. fail in something
   from blame
139. fall into a well          140. fall among rotten          141.   fall in with something
                                  apples
142.   fall on the enemy       143. fall in love with a        144.   feed on milk
                                  person
145.   feed up                 146. fight with or against      147.   fill with anything
                                  poverty
148.   get at the facts        149. get to journeys end       150.   getover an ailment
151.   get on with a person    152. get out of trouble         153.   glance at a picture
154.   glance at an event      155. guess at something         156.   hanker after money
157.   hear of an event        158. hide a thing from a        159.   hope for good
                                  person
160. import goods into a       161. import goods from a        162. impress an idea on
   country                        country                         sombody
163. impress a person with     164. impute blame to a          165. indorse with signature
   an idea                        person
166. indulge in undesirable    167. indulge oneself with       168. infer one fact from
   activities                     signature                       another
169.   inflict pain on a person   170.   infringe on ones rights 171. inquire of a person
                                                                     about an event
172. inspire a man with           173. interfere with a person 174. intersect with each
   courage                           in his affairs                  other
175. intrigue with each           176. introduce a man to         177. introduce into a story
   other                             others
178. intrude on somebody          179. invest money in            180. invest a man with
                                     education                       authority
181. jump at (eagerly             182. jump to a conclusion       183. live by honest
   accept) an idea                                                   means/labour
184. live on somebodys           185. live within ones          186. look after(watch) ones
   charity/diet/fruit/juice         budget/means                    children
187. look into (closely           188. look for something lost 189. look over (examine) an
   examine) a case                                                   account
190. look through (examine        191. look upto                  192. lust for wordly
   carefully) a report                                               possession
193. make to (approach) a         194. make some meaning of 195. marvel at some sight
   person                            a staement                      or report
196. match one thing with         197. meditate on an issue       198. merge into one
   another
199. mourn for the dead           200. murmur at or against       201.   occur to ones mind
                                     anything
202. pass from one thing          203. pass for a clawn           204.   pass over a passage
   into another
205. pass through by his          206.   pass for ones mistake   207. penetrate into
   gate                                                              something
208. perish by the sword          209. perish with proverty       210. point at a person
211. point to some result         212. pray somebody for          213. pray to God for
                                     something                       success
214.   prepare for the test       215. prepare against            216. proceed against
                                     disaster                        (prosecute) a culprit
217. prohibit from doing          218. protect from disaster      219. protest against
   something                                                         injustice
220. provide for ones            221. provide against the        222. provide oneself with
   family                            rainy day                       something
223. rail against some body       224. reconcile to situation     225. reconcile with an
                                                                     opponent
226.   recover from ailment       227. rejoice at the success     228. rejoice in ones own
                                     of a person                     success
229.   relapse into idleness      230. relieve of or from duty    231. remind somebody of
                                                                     something
232.   repose on a bed            233. repose confidence in       234.
                                     friends
235. reprimand a person for      236.   result from a situation    237.   result in a consequence
   a fault
238. retaliate on                239.   revolt against authority   240. rob a person of
   upon/against somebody                                              something
241. rule over a country         242. stand against (resist)       243. stand by (support) a
                                    any person                        person
244.   stand on formalities      245. take after somebody          246. take upon oneself to do
                                                                      a thing
247. think of or about a  248. think over a problem                249. trespass against rules
   person
250. trespass on          251. trspass in a persons 252. wait at bus stop
   somebodys privacy        company
253. wait for a person or 254. warn a person of      255. warn a person against
   thing                     disaster                   a fault
ADJECTIVES AND PARTICIPLES FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS
   1. Absorbed in study             2. Acceptable to a person         3. Accessible to strangers
   4. Accessory to a crime          5. Accomplished in an art         6. Accountable      to   a
                                                                         person
   7. Accountable for a             8. Accruing to a person           9. Accused of theft
       thing                            from something
   10. Accurate     in     his      11. Acquainted with a             12. Acquitted of a charge
       statistics                       person
   13. Addicted             to      14. Adequate to a persons        15. Adverse to a persons
       gambling/smoking                 wants                             interests
       /drinking
   16. Affectionate    to    a      17. Affection         for         18. Afflicted with pain
       person                           somebody
   19. Aggravated at a thing        20. Aggravated with a             21. Akin to a person or
                                        person                            thing
   22. Alarmed at a rumour          23. Alien to a persons           24. Alienated from the
                                        character                         party
   25. Alive to the problems        26. Amazed at a persons          27. Ambition         for
                                        behavior                          something
   28. Ambitious           of       29. Amused at something           30. Angry at a thing
       something
   31. Angry with a person          32. Annoyed at a remark           33. Annoyed with a person
                                                                          for saying or doing
                                                                          something
   34. Answerable      to    a      35. Anxious for his safety        36. Anxious about the
       person for something                                               result
   37. Appalled at the sight        38. Apparent to everyone          39. Applicable    to    a
                                                                  situation
40. Apprehensive of result    41. Apprised of a matter        42. Appropriate to an
                                                                  occasion
43. Apt in a subject          44. Apt for a purpose           45. Ashamed of ones
                                                                  conduct
46. Assiduous in ones        47. Associated with a           48. Associated in some
    studies                       person                          business
49. Assured of the truth      50. Astonishing      to     a   51. Astonished at ones
                                  person                          rudeness, misconduct
52. Averse to hard word       53. Bereft of qualities         54. Born of rich parents
55. Born in city              56. Charged     to      ones   57. Charged with anger
                                  account
58. Charged with forgery      59. Close to a person or        60. Clothed in mist
                                  something
61. Clothed with shame        62. Committed to a course       63. Common to several
                                  of action                       persons or things
64. Comparable         to     65. Compatible with ones       66. Competent for certain
    something                     temper                          work
67. Composed of materials     68. Commune with ones          69. Concerned          with
                                  friends                         something/somebody
70. Concerned of ones        71. Concerned in some           72. Conducive       to    a
    welfare                       business                        situation
73. Conscious of a fault      74. Contrary to rule            75. Covetous of other
                                                                  mens goods
76. Creditable to ones       77. Cured of a disease          78. Customary      for    a
    judgment                                                      person
79. Deprived of rights        80. Derogatory to ones         81. Designed for a purpose
                                  character
82. Desirous for success      83. Destitute for money         84. Dexterous in or at
                                                                  doing something
85. Disappointed in a thing   86. Disappointed with a         87. Disgusted with a thing
    obtained                      person
88. Disgusted at or with a    89. Disqualified for a post     90. Disqualified      from
    person                                                        competing
91. Doubtful or dubious of    92. Eager for result            93. Eager in the pursuit of
    intension                                                     knowledge
94. Effective for a purpose   95. Eligible for apost          96. Eminent for ones
                                                                  writing
97. Endowed with natural      98. Engaged in some work        99. Engaged to a person
    ability
100.        Envious    of     101.      Essential        to   102.       Estranged from
    anothers achievement        happiness                       afriend
    of success
103.       Exempted from      104.      Exhausted with      105.       Exonerated
   a friend                      running                       from blame
106.       Exposed       to   107.      Faithful to a       108.       Familiar with a
   light                         person                        problem
109.       Familiar to a      110.      Favorable     to    111.       Fearful        of
   person                        ones prospectus              consequences
112.       Fertile       in   113.      Fit for a job       114.       Free        from
   resources                                                   errors
115.       Fruitful      in   116.       Fruitless     of   117.       Gifted       with
   resources                     results                       qualities
118.       Glad of ones      119.       Grateful     for   120.       Greedy of or
   success                       kindness                      after or for wealth
121.       Guilty        of   122.       Honest in ones    123.       Horrified at a
   murder                        dealings                      sight
124.       Hostile       to   125.       Ignorant      of   126.       Ill with fever
   conducive situation           something
127.       Impertinent to     128.       Incumbent on a     129.      Indebted to a
   something                     person                        person
130.       Indebted     for   131.       Indebted      in   132.      Indebted in a
   some goodness                 huge sum                      person or thing
133.       Introduce into a   134.       Introduced to a    135.      Invested with
   place                         person                        full power
136.       Invested      in   137.       Involved      in   138.      Irrelevant to a
   business                      crime                         topic
139.       Jealous        a   140.       Liable       for   141.      Liable to error
   somebody                      payment
142.       Moved to tears     143.       Moved at the       144.       Moved      with
                                 sorry sight.                  pity
145.       Moved         by   146.       Neglectful of      147.       Negligent    of
   requests                      ones interest                 duty
148.       Negligent     in   149.       Obliged      for   150.       Obliged to a
   ones work                     some help                     person
151.       Oblivious     of   152.       Obnoxious to a     153.       Occupied with
   the past                      person                        ones clients
154.       Occupied      in   155.       Offended with      156.       Offensive to a
   writing a story               a person at sometimes.        person
157.       Overwhelmed        158.       Overcome with      159.       Painful      to
   with grief                    sorrow.                       ones feeling
160.       Peculiar      to   161.       Pertinent to a     162.       Polite       in
   person or thing.              question/a topic              manners
163.       Polite to all      164.       Profitable to a    165.       Prodigal     of
                                 company                       expenditure
166.       Profuse      in    167.       Profuse with       168.       Ready at action
      ones offers                       ones money
   169.       Ready      with         170.       Ready in ones         171.       Related to a
      excuses                            response                          person
   172.       Relevant to a           173.       Replete with           174.       Requisite    to
      statement                          examples                          success
   175.       Requisite for a         176.       Resolved into          177.       Resolved into
      purpose                            its elements                      its elements
   178.       Resolved     on         179.       Responsible for        180.       Responsible to
      completing the work                an incident/something             a person
   181.       Sanguine     of         182.       Satiated with          183.       Satisfactory to
      success                            pleasure                          a person
   184.       Satisfied    of         185.       Secure     from        186.       Secure against
      (concerning) a fact                harm                              an attack
   187.       Sensitive    to         188.       Shocked at the         189.       Shocking to all
      criticism                          sad news
   190.       Silent about a          191.       Solicitous of a        192.       Solicitous    for
      matter                             reply                             somebodys safety
   193.       Startled      at        194.       Strange to a           195.       Subject        to
      somebodys behavior                person                            change
   196.       Suited to the           197.       Suitable     for       198.       Suitable to   the
      occasion                           ones income                      occasion
   199.       Suited to the           200.       Suited for a           201.       Thankful      for
      occasion                           post                              past favours
   202.       Vexed at a              203.       Vexed with a           204.       Worthy         of
      thing                              person     for    doing           praise
                                         something
PROBLEMS BASED ON PREPOSITIONS
Directions: Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if any. If there is no error, your
answer is E.
   1. Nobody can deny(A)/ that Gandhis idea(B)/ are different than (C)/Lenis (D)/No Error.
       (E).
   2. He was very much engaged (A)/ in his work when the thieves (B) / entered into his house
       (C) / and took away a lot of things (D) /No Error (E).
   3. While she was returning (A)/ from college (B)/ a ruffian attacked (C)/ on her with a
       dagger (D) /No error(E)
   4. The decline of his moral (A)/ was caused by a lot (B)/ of factors that were (C)/ once
       fascinating to him (D)/ No error (E)
   5. Two of my intimate friends (A)/ called on me (B)/ on yesterday when I was (C)/ away
       from home (D)/ No Error(E)
   6. Simmi took me to a hotel(A)/ and ordered for (B)/ two cups of coffee(C)/ which the
       waiter brought in no time (D)/ No error (E)
7. The students complained (A)/ to the principal against (B)/ the warden and the (C)/ poor
    management of the hostel (D)/No error (E)
8. Without considering (A)/ for a moment he (B)/ entrusted me in (C)/all the important
    work.(D)/ No Error (E)
9. Somebody reported to me (A)/ that Suman had fallen in (B)/ the well and nobody had
    (C)/ tried to save him.(D)/No Error (E)
10. There are certain animals (A)/ that can live without (B)/ any effort both (C)/ in water and
    land(D) / No error (E)
11. The plan was to go for (A)/ the cinema but (B)/ owing to certain hindrances (C)/ it failed
    (D)/ No error (E).
12. The angry boatman(A)/ threw the cracked oar (B)/ into the river (C) / and returned home
    (D)/ No Error (E)
13. My friends proposed me (A)/ that we should go to (B)/ the movies and then have (C)/
    dinner at a hotel.(D)/ No Error (E)
14. She became able (A)/ to free herself (B)/ with her debts by(C)/ working day and night
    (D)/No error (E)
15. My brother said that (A)/ he preferred the white (B)/ shirt than the black one (C)/ which I
    usually wore.(D)/No Error (E)
16. He always insists (A)/ that he prefers (B)/ to go home (C)/to stay anywhere at night(D)/
    No Error (E)
17. Glimpses to (A)/the religious side of his (B)/ nature appear in(C)/ the majority of his
    plays (D)/No Error(E)
18. Hardly had we settled down(A)/ for the nights rest when (B)/ we were started (C)/ by the
    loud noise being made outside the house(D)/ No error(E)
19. There appears (A)/ to be very little (B)/ liaison among (C)/ the two wings of the party
    (D)/ No error(E)
20. Sedimentary rocks (A)/ largely comprised of (B)/ minute fragments derived from (C)/ the
    disintegration of existing rocks (D)/ No error(E)
21. Found guilty(A)/ on murder, the accused (B)/ men were sentenced (C)/to life
    imprisonment(D)/ No Error(E).
22. Today be revealed (A)/ the fact that he was (B)/ angry on me because I(C)/ had not
    helped him (D)/ No error (E).
23. He looked upon me(A)/ level eyed for a (B)/ few moments before he (C)/ started
    speaking (D)/No error(E)
24. The girl said (A)/ that she preferred (B)/ the blue gown than (C)/ the black one (D)/ No
    error (E)
25. The smuglar yielded (A) / for the temptation (B)/ and fill into the police trap from (C)/
    which escape was impossible (D) / No error (E)
26. Numerous people in India (A)/ are dying from hunger (B)/ but the Government seems
    (C)/ to be ignorant of this fact (D)/ No error.(E)
27. The man who(A)/ was blind with the right (B)/ eye was a(C)/ notorious criminal of this
    area (D)/No error(E)
28. Some persons (A)/ get jobs even if (B)/ they are not worthy (C)/ for them(D)/No error(E)
29. The post describes about (A)/ the beauty of a landscape (B)/ in a very (C)/ attractive way
    (D)/ No error(E)
30. During his tour(A)/ to the north he visited (B)/ not only to Delhi (C)/ but also Agra
    (D)/No error