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Q.1. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. he used the money that his dad gave him to buy a house a car and

furniture.

b. He used the money that his dad gave him to buy a house, a car and

furniture.

c. He used the money that his dad gave him to buy a house, a car, and

furniture.

d. He used the money, that his dad gave him to buy a house a car and

furniture.

Ans. c.

Full-stop is used to mark the end of a sentence. Comma is used to separate same parts of speech.

Q. 2. The correct option is

a. jl pathan ma

b. JL Pathan MA

c. J.L. Pathan is M.A.

d. JL Pathan is MA.

Ans. c.

The Full Stop (.) is used after abbreviations and initials.

Q. 3. The correct option is

a. beaten rice gram and broken wheat are pulses.

b. Beaten rice gram and Broken wheat are pulses.

c. Beaten rice, gram and broken wheat are pulses.

d. Beaten rice, gram, and broken wheat, are pulses.

Ans. c.

The Comma (,) is the shortest pause and is used within a sentence to separate the same parts of speech. (Coma is not generally used before “and”).

Q. 4. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. father in law.

b. passer-by.

c. Commander- in chief.

d. man of- war.

Ans. b.

The Hyphen, a shorter line than the Dash, is used to connect the parts of a compound word.

Q. 5. my name is sangeeta i am a teacher. The correct punctuation is

a. My name is Sangeeta I am a teacher.

b. My name is Sangeeta- I am a teacher.

c. My name is Sangeeta. I am a teacher.

d. My name is Sangeeta. “I am a teacher”.

Ans. c.

The full stop is the longest pause and is used to mark the end of a sentence.

Q. 6. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Today Jawaharlal is at the height of his greatness- he is the first prime minister of free India.

b. Today Jawaharlal is at the height of his greatness, he is the first Prime Minister of free India.

c. To-day, Jawaharlal is at the height of his greatness; he is the first Prime Minister of free India.

d. Today, Jawaharlal is at the height of his greatness. He is the first Prime Minister of free India.

Ans. d.

Comma is used after an expression used to preface a remark. The Full Stop is used to mark an end of a sentence. All the proper nouns are written in capitals.

Q. 7. The correct option is

a. cold and gray; dark and stormy.

b. Cold and gray; Dark and stormy

c. Cold and gray, dark and stormy.

d. Cold and gray dark and stormy.

Ans. c.

The Comma (,) is the shortest pause and is used between pairs of words connected by “and”.

Q. 8. The correct option is

a. He said, “gandhiji died in 1948”.

b. He said, Gandhiji died in 1948.

c. He said “Gandhiji died in 1948”.

d. He said, “Gandhiji died in 1948”.

Ans. d.

Inverted Commas (“ “) are used to mark off the exact words of the speaker. The first letter of proper noun stats with a capital letter.

Q. 9. the great cities of india are delhi Bombay madras and calcutta. The correct form is

a. The great cities of India are Delhi Bombay Chennai and Kolkata.

b. The great cities of India are- Delhi, Bombay, Chennai and Kolkata.

c. The great cities of India are; Delhi, Bombay, Chennai, and Kolkata.

d. The great cities of India are: Delhi, Bombay, Chennai and Kolkata.

Ans. d.

The colon represents even longer pause than the semicolon.

Q.10. The correct sentence is

a. “How pretty you are, said the cunning fox to the crow. I am sure you have a beautiful voice too”.

b. “How pretty you are”, said the cunning fox to the crow. “I am sure you have a beautiful voice too”.

c. “How pretty you are!, said the cunning fox to the crow”, “I am sure you have a beautiful voice too”

d. “How pretty you are!” said the cunning fox to the crow. “I am sure you have a beautiful voice too”.

Ans. d.

Inverted Commas (“ “) are used to mark off the exact words of the speaker.

Q. 11. The punctuation mark used to note the end of a declarative sentence is

a. Comma.

b. Colon.

c. Period.

d. Hyphen.

Ans. c.

(.) is called a period. It is used to note the end of a declarative sentence. Example: Ram is a boy.

Q. 12. The correct option is

a. Two 10 and three 2 make twenty-six.

b. Two 10s and three 2s make twenty-six.

c. Two 10s’s and three 2s’s make twenty-six.

d. Two 10’s and three 2’s make twenty-six.

Ans. d.

The Apostrophe (‘s) is used to form the plural of figures.

Q. 13. study to get a habit of thinking no habit is more important. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Study to get a habit of thinking no habit is more important.

b. Study to get a habit of thinking. No habit is more important.

c. Study to get a habit of thinking-no habit is more important.

d. Study to get a habit of thinking: no habit is more important.

Ans. d.

The colon represents even longer pause than the semicolon. It is used between sentences, grammatically independent but closely related in sense.

Q. 14. friendly death came and relieved him of all sufferings. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Friendly death came and relieved him of all sufferings.

b. Friendly Death came and relieved him of all sufferings.

c. friendly death came and relieved him of all sufferings.

d. friendly Death came and relieved him of all sufferings.

Ans.b.

Capital letters are used for personified words. (Death has been personified).

Q. 15. commander in chief. The correct option is

a. Commander, in chief.

b. Commander- in chief.

c. Commander: in-chief.

d. Commander-in-chief.

Ans. d.

The hyphen is used to form compound words.

Q. 16. When you

a. meet him next, give him this packet.

b. meet him next- give him this packet.

c. meet him next, “give him this packet”.

d. meet him next. Give him this packet.

Ans. a.

Comma is used after a sub-ordinate clause coming in the beginning of a sentence, before the principal clause.

Q. 17. Gautam,

a. who hails from ahmedabad is a Doctor.

b. who hails from Ahmedabad, is a doctor.

c. who hails from Ahmedabad is a doctor.

d. who hails from Ahmedabad; is a doctor.

Ans. b.

Coma is used to mark off a clause beginning with Relative Pronouns or Relative Adverbs (who, which, were, whom, whose, that).

Q. 18. The correct option is

a. Come here Neha, and finish your home work.

b. Come here, Neha, and finish your home work.

c. Come here Neha. And finish your home work.

d. Come here Neha and finish your home work.

Ans. b.

Coma is used to mark off the “Nominative of Address”.

Q. 19. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. The sixteen year old girl, is a full time student.

b. The sixteen year old girl; is a full time student.

c. The sixteen-year-old girl is a full time student.

d. The sixteen-year-old girl is a full-time student.

Ans. d.

A hyphen is used between parts of a compound word or name. It is also used to split a word by syllables to fit on a line of text.

Q. 20. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Pandit Nehru the first Prime Minister of India, died in 1964.

b. Pandit Nehru-the first Prime Minister of India died in 1964.

c. Pandit Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India died in 1964.

d. Pandit Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, died in 1964.

Ans. d.

Comma is used to mark off words used in apposition.

Q. 21. Shakespeare’s great tragedies

a. are- Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.

b. are: Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.

c. are Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.

d. are; Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.

Ans. b.

Colon is used to enumerate some details or facts.

Q.22. The correct sentence is

a. Milton, the great English poet, was blind.

b. Milton-the great English poet was blind.

c. Milton, the great English poet was blind.

d. Milton the great English poet, was blind.

Ans. a.

Coma is used before and after a word or group of words to describe a noun or pronoun that has gone before.

Q. 23. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Class was cancelled today, Mr. Smith was home sick.

b. Class was cancelled today- Mr. Smith was home sick.

c. Class was canceled today; Mr. Smith was home sick.

d. Class was canceled today: Mr. Smith was home sick.

Ans. c.

A semicolon separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence.

Q. 24. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Nehru the Maker of Modern India.

b. Nehru-the Maker of Modern India.

c. Nehru; the maker of Modern India.

d. Nehru, the Maker of Modern India.

Ans. d.

Every word in a heading or title except prepositions and articles must begin with a capital letter.

Q. 25. There are

a. twenty six blue balloons

b. twenty six- blue balloons.

c. twenty-six blue balloons.

d. twenty six blue-balloons.

Ans. c.

Hyphens are used to connect words or syllables, or to divide words into parts.

Q. 26. The correct option

a. He brought- cheese, ham and juice.

b. He brought, cheese, ham and juice.

c. He bought cheese, ham, and juice.

d. He brought; cheese, ham and juice.

Ans. c.

A comma is used to separate phrases or items in a list.

Q. 27. He told his customers what they wanted to hear that he would stand behind his product. The portion that should be punctuated is

a. He told his customers what they wanted to hear, that he would stand behind his product.

b. He told his customers what they wanted to hear. That he would stand behind his product.

c. He told his customers what they wanted to hear that he would stand behind his product.

d. He told his customers what they wanted to hear: that he would stand behind his product.

Ans. d.

When the sentence comes to a complete halt (after what could be an independent clause) and an explanation or list will follow, use a colon.

Q. 28. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. I asked if he would come.

b. I asked if he would come?

c. I asked if he would come!

d. I asked, “if he would come?”

Ans. a.

We use a question mark only after a direct question. We do not use inverted commas in indirect speech.

Q. 29. The correct sentence is

a. I would be happy, however to volunteer for a social cause.

b. I would be happy. However, to volunteer for a social cause.

c. I would be happy however to volunteer for a social cause.

d. I would be happy, however, to volunteer for a social cause.

Ans. d.

We use commas surrounding words such as ‘therefore’ and ‘however’ when they are used as interrupters.

Q. 30. The correct option is

a. What a splendid shot.

b. What a splendid shot!

c. what a splendid shot!

d. What a splendid shot?

Ans. d.

We always start the sentence with a capital letter. The sentence which expresses a sudden emotion should have exclamation mark.

Q.31 The correct punctuation is

a. He asked me, whether I had written my exercise.

b. He asked me, whether I had written my exercise?

c. He asked me whether I had written my exercise.

d. He asked me, “whether I had written my exercise”.

Ans. c.

Inverted commas and the question mark is not used in an indirect question.

Q. 32. The punctuation mark used to show excitement in a sentence is

a. question mark.

b. full stop.

c. colon.

d. exclamation mark.

Ans. d.

An exclamation point (!) is used to show excitement or emphasis. Example: What a great day it was!

Q. 33. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Yes I do need that report.

b. Yes, I do need that report.

c. Yes, “I do need that report”.

d. Yes: I do need that report.

Ans. b.

We use a comma when sentences begin with introductory words such as ‘well’, ‘now’, or ‘yes’.

Q. 34. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Come said Alice we will go together.

b. Come, said Alice, “we will go together”.

c. Come said, “Alice we will go together”.

d. “Come”, said Alice, “we will go together”.

Ans. d.

Inverted Commas (“ “) are used to mark off the exact words of the speaker.

Q. 35. The correct option is

a. The children shouted, “Hurray! the holidays have come.

b. The children shouted hurray the holidays have come.

c. The children shouted hurray! the holidays have come.

d. The children shouted hurray- the holidays have come.

Ans. a.

We use exclamation after interjections. The reported speech is always written within inverted commas.

Q. 36. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. During my stay in Sri Lanka, I visited Mihintale which is regarded as the cradle of Buddhism.

b. During my stay in Sri Lanka I visited Mihintale, which is regarded as the cradle of Buddhism.

c. During my stay in Sri Lanka, I visited Mihintale, which is regarded as the cradle of Buddhism.

d. During my stay, in Sri Lanka, I visited Mihintale which is regarded as the cradle of Buddhism.

Ans. b.

Comma is used to separate a clause that is not restrictive in meaning, but is co-ordinate with the Principal clause.

Q. 37. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. He asked me what I was doing.

b. He asked me, “What I was doing?”

c. He asked me, what I was doing.

d. He asked me what I was doing?

Ans. a.

Inverted commas are not used for indirect speech.

Q. 38. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. The teacher said, “get out of the class”.

b. The teacher said, get out of the class.

c. The teacher said, get out of the class?

d. The teacher said, “Get out of the class.”

Ans. d.

Capital letters are used for the first letter of a sentence written within inverted commas. There is no question mark in imperative sentence.

Q. 39. The correct option is

a. mother, in law.

b. mother in law.

c. mother-in-law.

d. mother in-law.

Ans. c.

Hyphen is used for compound words.

Q. 40. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. To err is human, to forgive divine.

b. To err is human; to forgive divine.

c. To err is human: to forgive divine.

d. To err is human- to forgive divine.

Ans. c.

The Colon is use between sentences, grammatically independent but closely related in sense.

Q. 41. The correct option is

a. Raman please, come in.

b. Raman please come in

c. raman, please come in

d. Raman, please come in.

Ans. d.

Coma is used to mark off the ‘nominative of address’. The sentence always starts with a capital letter.

Q. 43. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. What a horrible sight.

b. What a horrible sight?

c. What a horrible sight!

d. What a horrible sight…

Ans. c.

An exclamation mark (!) is used to show excitement or emphasis.

Q. 44. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. My name is col. harish prasad.

b. My name is Col Harish Prasad

c. My name is Col. Harish Prasad.

d. My name is col. Harish Prasad.

Ans. c.

Proper Nouns are written in capital letters. After abbreviations also we use full stop.

Q. 45. The correct option is

a. this is a table it is round in shape

b. This is a table, it is round in shape

c. this is a table-it is round in shape.

d. This is a table. It is round in shape.

Ans. d.

The Full Stop (.) is used to mark the end of a sentence.

Q. 46. The correct sentence is

a. This letter was written on november 12 2009.

b. This letter was written on November, 12 2009.

c. This letter was written on November 12, 2009.

d. This letter was written on November, 12, 2009.

Ans. c.

We use comma after dates. The first letter of a Proper noun is always written in capital letters.

Q. 47. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. Take care of your health, otherwise you will be ill.

b. Take care of your health: otherwise you will be ill.

c. Take care of your health; otherwise you will be ill.

d. Take care of your health otherwise, you will be ill.

Ans. c.

The semicolon is used to mark off co-ordinate clauses connected by ‘otherwise’.

Q. 48. The correct option is

a. This is the house that Aryan built.

b. This is the house that, Aryan built.

c. This is the house, that Aryan built.

d. This is the house- that Aryan built.

Ans. c.

When the adjective clause is restrictive in meaning the comma should not be applied.

Q. 49. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. The patient had died before the doctor arrived.

b. The patient had died, before the doctor arrived.

c. The patient had died before, the doctor arrived.

d. The patient had died before the, doctor arrived.

Ans. b.

Comma is used to separate an adverbial clause beginning with ‘before’.

Q. 50. The correctly punctuated sentence is

a. She, did not however gain her object.

b. She did not however, gain her object.

c. She, did not however gain, her object.

d. She, did not however, gain her object.

Ans. d.

Comma is used before and after words, phrases, or clauses.

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