Fill in the blanks using an appropriate tense form. The class 10 English exam will have questions that test your ability to use tenses correctly.

1. The Union government ……………………. a six-month ban on toys imported from China.

a) imposes

b) imposed

c) has imposed

d) had imposed

2. Cheap soft toys often …………………………. high levels of toxic metals like lead and cadmium.

a) contain

b) are contained

c) contained

d) has contained

3. Lead ………………………… to hamper the growing brain of a child while cadmium adversely affects the kidneys.

 a) knows

b) has known

c) is known

d) is being known

4. Long, long ago, Mesopotamians ……………………….. New Year around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March, while Egyptians and Persians ……………………. their new year with the fall equinox.

a) has celebrated, began

b) had celebrated, began

c) celebrated, began

d) celebrated, had begun

5. According to the early Roman calendar New Year ……………………….. on March 1. 

a) begins

b) began

c) had begun

d) has begun

6. The early Roman calendar …………………………. just ten months, beginning with March.

a) has

b) had

c) is

d) has had

7. The National Security Guards (NSG) …………………………….. in 1984 with the objective of tackling terrorist attacks, which the state or central police forces may have difficulty in controlling.

a) has formed

b) formed

c) was formed

d) had formed

8. The world’s first personal supercomputer, which is 250 times faster than the average PC, ………………………

a) has unveiled

b) is unveiled

c) has been unveiled

d) unveiled

9. Supercomputers have always been massive systems ………………………… up of thousands of machines.

a) made

b) make

c) being made

d) making

10. Thailand’s constitutional court ………………………. the main ruling party and banned the prime minister along with 36 party executives from politics for 5 years.

a) has dissolved

b) has been dissolved

c) is dissolved

d) dissolves

11. Russia on December 5 ………………………. the third country after the US and France to sign a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with India.

a) becomes

b) has become

c) became

d) is become

12. The Subscriber Trunk Dialing or STD ………………………… 65 on December 5, 2023.

a) turned

b) has turned

c) had turned

d) turns

13. On December 5, 1958, Queen Elizabeth II ………………………….. the first long distance phone call without the help of an operator.

a) makes

b) made

c) has made

d) had made

14. Irish historian Peter RL Brown and Indian historian Romila Thapar………………………… as co-recipients of the $1 million John W Kluge Prize.

a) have chosen

b) have been chosen

c) are being chosen

d) had chosen

15. His grandfather ………………………….. following a multiple organ failure on January 27.

a) dies

b) died

c) has died

d) had died

16. R Venkataraman ………………………….. as the eighth President of India from July 25, 1987 to July 25, 1992.

a) served

b) has served

c) had served

d) was serving

17. A large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Mayan civilization, Chichen Itza ……………………….. in the northern center of present-day Mexico.

a) located

b) is located

c) has located

d) locates

18. A study has found that lack of exposure to sunlight …………………………….. children’s eyesight.

a) damage

b) damages

c) has damaged

d) damaged

19. A team of scientists …………………………. to find out if tossing tones of iron powder into the ocean can help the world fight global warming.

a) try

b) tried

c) are trying

d) have been trying

20. We …………………… wandering around the neighbourhood in the evenings.

a) enjoy

b) enjoys

c) are enjoying

d) were enjoying

Answers

1. has imposed

2. contain

3. is known

4. celebrated, began

5. began

6. had

7. was formed

8. has been unveiled

9. made

10. has dissolved

11. became

12. turned

13. made

14. have been chosen

15. died

16. served

17. is located

18. damages

19. are trying

20. enjoy