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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Verbs given in brackets.
1. The proprietor and director ............... appointed her. (has/have)
2. My cousins as well as I...........present. (are/am)
3. Either Meeta or her sisters
............. to be blamed. (is/are)
4. The jury ......... divided in their opinions. (was/were)
5. None of his books............ read today. (is/are)
6. The Midnight's Children ...
written by Salman Rushdie. (was/were)
7. The quality of the sarees ............. not good. (was/were)
8. The size of the curtains irregular. (is/are)
9. Fifty thousand rupees .... ..... a good sum. (is/are)
10. Neither of the two candidates present. (was/were)
11. Mohit, as well as his friends, ............... won the competition. (has/have)
12. Twenty kilometres .............. a long distance to go on foot. (is/are)
13. Many a woman............. injured in the accident. (was/were)
14. Neither the teacher nor his students.
15. One of the boys ........... appointed as the monitor. (was/were)​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. have – there are two people, so it is plural
2. are – it refers to a cousin and the narrator, so plural
3. are – Meeta is singular, but sisters are plural, therefore answer must be used for plural noun
4. was – even though the jury is consisting of the more than one person, they are treated as the singular group
5. by the rules, both are or is can be used, however, are sounds more natural with the plural noun "books"
6. was – it refers to the name of the book which is The Midnight's Children not the nook itself, so it is singular
7. was – it refers to the quality which is singular, not the sarees
8. is – it refers to the size, a singular, not the curtains
9. is – it refers to the sum, which is a singular noun
10. was – each of the candidates is singular
11. have – Mohit and the friends are plural number of people
12. is – it refers to the distance, which is a singular noun
13. was – a women is a singular
14. This one is not the full question, the full one should be "Neither the teacher nor his students (is/are) in the class" The answer is are because it refers to the plural number of people with teacher and the students
15. was – it refers to only one person, as it says "one of the boys", therefore it is singular