English Quiz 23/12/2015

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a)/The popular demand today b)/is that he should be c)/in India more often, to deal with the d)/crying need of the country. e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

Answer

D. 4 – Replace ‘need’ with ‘needs’

a)/The transformation of India’s foreign b)/policy from a ‘internationalist’ c)/one to a ‘nationalist’ one may well have begun after d)/Jawaharlal Nehru and V.K. Krishna Menon.e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

Answer

B. 2 – Replace ‘a’ with ‘an’
an ‘internationalist’

a)/In the post-Cold War era, India’s b)/internationalism begun to be confined c)/to regional and other groupings, d)/most of them economic.e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

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B. 2 – Replace ‘begun’ with ‘began’

a)/We began looking at protecting our b)/own interests, taking positions c)/like ‘no mandatory reduction of green d)/house gases for the developing countries’.e)/No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

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e)/No error

a)/Mr. Modi’s surprises b)/initiatives in foreign policy c)/from day one seemed to project d)/him as an internationalist.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

Answer

A. 1 – Replace ‘surprises’ with ‘surprise’

a)/Focusing in national b)/interests in formulating c)/foreign policy is fundamental d)/for all countries.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

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A. 1 – Replace ‘in’ with ‘on’

a)/He persisted for a b)/while as India had so much c)/to gain from a transformation d)/in India-Pakistan relations.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

Answer

B. 2 – ‘so’ is superfluous
it should be “While as India had much”

a)/Indira Gandhi did the same once, b)/but she had explained repeatedly to the c)/international community the rationale for her d)/actions and had restored normalcy after a while.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

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e)/ No error

a)/He feels the world have a stake b)/in India’s development and c)/security and that it is imperative d)/for other countries to work with India.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

Answer

A. 1 – Replace ‘have’ with ‘has’

a)/He does not offer any specific b)/concessions but expects the c)/others for respond to his initiatives d)/for their own benefit.e)/ No error
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5 No error

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D. 4 – Replace ‘for’ with ‘to’
it should be ‘others to respond to his initiatives’

Directions (Q. 16- 20): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) It is a general term used to describe over 200 individual diseases.
(B) The abnormal cells grow without any control, invade through normal tissue barriers and reproduce indefinitely.
(C) The word "cancer" comes from Latin, meaning a crab.
(D) These characteristics include development within any tissue of a malignant growth.
(E) A tumour was called cancer because of swollen veins around the area resembling a crab's limbs.
(F) These diseases progress differently over a period of time and share certain characteristics.


16. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E

17. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? 
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E

18. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) None of these

19. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? 
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) None of these

20. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement? 
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) None of these

Answers..

16. (5); CEAFDB
17. (1)
18. (5)
19. (4)
20. (2)



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