1. Last year I visited the same spot ____(a)____ I was not ____(b)____ a cycle. I saw that many buildings ____(c)____ been built on ____(d)____ banks of the Ganga.
   a. (i) as (ii) for (iii) even if (iv) but
   b. (i) ride (ii) rides (iii) rode (iv) riding
   c. (i) has (ii) have (iii) had (iv) having
   d. (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) some
2. Even though we have (i) __________ the 21st century, more than a billion people (ii) ___________in extreme poverty.
   40 million people are (iii) with AIDS. 104 million children do not have access to school and 860 million adults cannot read or write.
   i. (a) entering (b) entered (c) enter (d) enters
   ii. (a) live (b) lived (c) living (d) lives
   iii. (a) infecting (b) infect (c) infected (d) infects
3. Mrs. Chawla (a) ______ teaching in this school since 1996. Before she (b) ______ to Delhi, she (c)_____ in nearby township. She had (d) ______ experience at that time.
   a. (i) is (ii) has been (iii) will be (iv) was
   b. (i) come (ii) coming (iii) came (iv) comes
   c. (i) was living (ii) is living (iii) lives (iv) has been lived
   d. (i) little (ii) no (iii) any (iv) some

1. a. (iii) even if
b. (iv) riding
c. (iii) had
d. (iii) the

2. i. entered
ii. live
iii. infected

3. a. has been
b. came
c. was living
d. no