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Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is e). (Ignore errors' of punctuation, if any.)
1). a) It is amazing how concern. for / b) the common man and the inconvenience caused to them/ c) has suddenly become/ d) a huge issue for the Opposition. / e) No error
2). a) Casting aspersions on the suitability / b) of Donald Trump as president of the United States/ c) amounts to disrespecting / d) the American people's verdict. / e) No error
3). a) While Modi continues his harangue, / b) some BJP members are behaving like Nero / c)playing the fiddle / d) while Rome burnt. / e) No error
4). a) For India to remain a constitutional democracy / b) we need a Supreme Court that operates/ c) as an effective check on majority / d) legislative and executive power. / e) No error.
5). a) The Indian embassy in Beijing has now asked / b) the government to consider extending / c) the March 31 deadline for NRI / d) as many cannot travel to India before then. / e) No error.
6). a) Fate or destiny is conventionally described / b) thus: whatever has to happen will happen / c) and none can do nothing to change / d) the course of predestined events. / e) No error
7). a) Trump's election would be helpful / b) for India only if he got tough / c) with Pakistan for sponsored / d) cross-border terrorism. / e) No error
8). a) She underestimated the anger of/ b) middle America and the distrust / c) of the government, specially / c) among the white working class. / e) No error.
9). a) In the short term, there will be / b) a huge bulge of several lakhs of crores / c) in the cash balances of banks, / b) which they cannot effectively employ. / e) No error
10). a) Rural India is likely to be worse impacted / b) as People, given the poor access to / c)banks, prefer to transact / d) and receive their incomes in cash. / e) No error .
Explanation:
1). B) Replace ‘them’ with ‘him’
2). E)
3). D) Replace ‘burnt’ with ‘burns’
4). C) Replace ‘majority’ with ‘majoritarian’.
5). C) Replace ‘NRI’ with ‘NRIs’
6). C) Replace ‘None’ with ‘one’
7). C) Replace ‘sponsored’ with ‘sponsoring’
8). C) Replace ‘specially’ with ‘especially’
9). E)
10). A) Replace ‘worse’ with ‘worst’
1). If modernity entitled to a)/ question tradition, b)/ there is every reason c)/ for tradition to question modernity. d)/ No Error e)
2). The main character in the novel a)/ suffers psycho-logically because he has a clubfoot b)/ but he eventually triumphed c)/ over his handicap. d)/No error e)
3). The increased time devoted to a)/ watching television is b) not the only cause c)/ of the decline in reading ability. d)/ No error e)
4). The British knew a)/ little of the American countryside b)/ and with no experience c)/ with the colonists' guerrilla tactics. d)/No error e)
5). The highest form of courage a)/ is when one volunteers b)/ to sacrifice one's own c)/ life for another. D)/ No error/ e)
6). a) The most distressing trend in our times /b) is the growing gulf between the /c) interests of the people on the one hand, /d) and those of the rulers on the second. /e) No error
7). a) The top line in creating a /b) culture of peace is re-establishing /c) the ascendancy of people's welfare over /d) the vested interests of the ruling elite. /e) No error
8). a) In ancient times we have been /b) witnessing a well-orchestrated /c) enterprise to impart a martial and /d) militant twist to our own national culture. /e) No error
9). a) The universities should /b) train minds /c) to bring apart material resources /d) and human energies. /e) No error
10). a) The university is a sanctuary /b) of the intellectual life of the /c) country, and pursuit of knowledge /d) is the soul of the university. /e) No error
Answers with Explanation:
1. A); The first part should be 'If modernity is entitled to'.
2. C); The third part should be ‘but he eventually triumphs' because the present tense of the previous clause should continue.
3. A); The whole sentence seems to be incomplete. However, the first part should be ‘The spare time or leisurely time'.
4. C); Third part should be 'and had no experience'.
5. C); The third part should be 'to sacrifice one's life'. The word 'own' is superfluous here.
6. D); The idiom is — "on the one hand ... on the other". So, replace 'second' with 'other'.
7. A); The use of 'top line' is meaningless here, so change it with 'bottom line'.
8. A); Replace ‘in’ with ‘since’.
9. C); `To bring apart' is not in harmony with the sentence and bears negative impact, so change it with `to bring together'.
10. E); No error
Directions: (1-10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers a), b), c), d) and e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
1). Our latest battle plan ______ some projects _____ at saving the Earth’s biological diversity.
a) destroys, stirring
b) covers, aimed
c) finances, looking
d) encompasses, looked
e) excludes, arriving
2). Unless the authorities adopt the principle ______ the strategies cannot become _______.
a) whole – heatedly, successful
b) fully, defunct
c) mechanically, obsolete
d) legitimately, noteworthy
e) forcefully, trivial
3). Trying to ____ a team without a good and simple _____ system is like trying to drive a car without a steering wheel.
a) form, working
b) lead, exploratory
c) organize, empowering
d) run, guidance
e) achieve, developmental
4). ______ members of a group often _______ influence the outcome of a consensus forecast.
a) permanent, exert
b) majority, rightly
c) vocal, legitimately
d) minority, inadvertently
e) dominant, unduly
5). Transforming ______ bureaucracies into dynamic, customer- driven organizations is ______ under any circumstances.
a) ideal, essential
b) lazy, undesirable
c) inefficient, challenging
d) civilized, ineffective
e) lethargic, insurmountable
6). In that country, bureaucracy is _____ as a group of men and women that had arrogated to itself power _______ responsibility.
a) perceived, without
b) belived, within
c) held, into
d) known, into
e) allowed, for
7). The employees of the factory owing _____ to the workers union, have _____ of an agitation fron next week in support of their demands.
a) allegiance, warned
b) respect, called
c) shelter, started
d) pressure, proposal
e) assurance, sought
8). yesterday, around 400 huts were ______ in a major which _____ the slum area.
a) burn, hit
b) gutted, engulfed
c) fired, took
d) demolished, entered
e) smouldered, enmeshed
9). The television boom might not _____ newspaper reader but magazines which are not leaders in their segment might______.
a) link, close
b) effect, prosper
c) reduce, encourage
d) attract, continue
e) affect, suffer
9.e
last question
10). The rules of the institute ______ that employees may undertake any outside ______ work without seeking written permission of the institute.
a) conclude, devoted
b) strengthen, assignment
c) allow, important
d) stipulate, remunerative
e) direct, extra
Answers:
1).b) 2).a) 3).a) 4).e) 5).c) 6).a) 7).a) 8).b) 9).e) 10).d)
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