11. We met him immediately after the session in which he had been given a nice speech.
(a) would be giving
(b) has been given
(c) will have given
(d) had given
12. There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only
(a) initials
(b) signatures
(c) pictures
(d) middle names
13. You need not come unless you want to.
(a) You don’t need to come unless you want to
(b) You come only when you want to
(c) You come unless you don’t want to
(d) You needn’t come until you don’t want to
14. The long or short of it is that I do not want to deal with that new firm.
(a) The long and short of it
(b) The long and short for it
(c) The long or short for it
(d) The shot and long for it
15. “Friends and comrades, the light has gone away from our lives and there is darkness everywhere”
(a) off
(b) out of
(c) out from
(d) out off
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