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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)
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). Work hard lest you will fail (a)/ said the mother to her daughter (b)/ who was taking her MA examination that year (c)/ no error (d).
3). The committee appointed to investigate (a)/ into the IPL match fixing will convene next week to (b)/ further discuss their strategy (c)/ No error (d).
4).The tourists had hired a luxury bus (a)/ to roam around the city but their plan (b)/ failed as the bus met an accident (c)/ No error (d).
5). Healthy people are happy people (a)/ and ancient wisdom also tells us (b)/ that health is wealth (c)/ No error (d).
6). The India Gate Hexagon is a central point (a)/ in new Delhi at which (b)/ very heavy traffic flows all the time (c) / No error (d).
7). The same stories of media’s role in Parliamentary (a)/ election were repeated word to word(b)/ in other important journals (c)/ No error (d).
8). In the two-page statement, he claimed(a)/ he was not absconding and (b)/ was ready to follow the supreme Court’s direction (c)/ No error (d).
9). Armed bikers assaulted and robbed a 51-year-old woman about (a)/ two lakhs on a busy south Delhi (b)/ street last evening (c)/ No error (d).
10). According to the teachers, most of the schools won’t be able to carry out revision process(a)/ for the students this year even though around 40 per cent (b)/ of their syllabus is remaining to be completed (c)/ No error (d).
Answers:
1)a 2)a 3)b 4)c 5)d 6)b 7)b 8)d 9)a 10)c
Explanation:
1). Replace ‘will’ with ‘should’
2). Replace ‘not only he will go’ with ‘he will not only go’
3). Delete ‘into’
4). Replace ‘met an’ with ‘met with an’
5). d)
6). Replace ‘at’ with ‘through’
7). Replace ‘word to word’ with ‘word for word’
8). d)
9). Replace ‘about’ with ‘of’
10). Replace ‘remaining’ with ‘yet’
Directions (Q. 1-10): The question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of two words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1). Owners of private hostels located in residential areas are not only ______ taxes but are also functioning whimsically in the _____ of any regulatory body.
a) avoiding, front
b) paying, presence
c) checking, dearth
d) evading, absence
e) destroying, life
2). Contractors across the state have ______ to stop work on the scheme after the minister failed to give them concrete ______ of timely payment.
a) Thought, prove
b) Decided, assurance
c) Wished, demand
d) Started, guarantee
e) Determined, promise
3). Every third person visiting a doctor happens to ___ from a clinical or psychological disorder _____ with temblors.
a) ail, regarding
b) sick, related
c) suffer, associated
d) agonise, respect
e) experience, connected
4). ________ makes the actress’ trip to the country different this year in that she is _______ to raise funds for the biopic of a literary icon.
a) It, aiming
b) Which, trying
c) This, attempting
d) What, looking
e) How, waiting
5). _____ it out in vehicles while remaining stuck in a traffic snarl for hours, has become a ______ matter for commuters.
a) Sweating, routine
b) Waiting, everyday
c) Thinking, regular
d) Harrowing, habitual
e) Fretting, practice
6). When two-thirds of the civilized world has _____ away with death penalty, there is no reason why India should not ______ suit.
a) kept, neglect
b) done, follow
c) run, replace
d) given, reject
e) taken, shun
7). God is the silent __ board member on ____ board of directors in India.
a) obvious, select
b) covert, some
c) imperceptible, all
d) invisible, every
e) unseen, many
8). The GST Bill, already passed by the Lok Sabha, ____ an extra 1% levy when goods move from one state to another adding to the ____ of taxes that products bear.
a) suggests, bunch
b) introduces, haven
c) requests, deluge
d) condemns, bundle
e) proposes, cascade
9). Black-Berry has ____ thousands of jobs since it began restructuring its operations _____ chief executive Johan Chen.
a) discarded, by
b) concealed, without
c) shed, under
d) yielded, along
e) refrained, with
10). Turkey has blocked ___ to Twitter to prevent the broadcast of images of _____ in southeast Turkey that killed 32 people.
a) access, bombing
b) connection, shelling
c) approach, blast
d) entry, attacks
e) route, explosion
Answers:
1). d) 2). b) 3). c) 4). d) 5). a) 6). b) 7). d) 8). e) 9). c) 10). a)
Explanation:
1). d) Evading means escaping in a trickery way, u may escape from that in the absence of authorities only.
2). b) Decided means already taken decision, it might be revised when it reaches assured dealings.
3). c) Temblors is earthquake. We suffer from earthquake and associated problem.
4). d) Trying to raise is only most suitable related to funds. Which made the actress to come again.
5). a) In traffic sweating is so obvious and it is a routine matter for
6). b) Done and kept option only is in positive. Remaining options are like in opposite manner. That one suits our national condition as well
7). d) God only can be said to be invisible or unseen board member not in many boards but in every board as he is believed to be prevailing everywhere
8). e) Bill will be either introduced or proposed, its been already given that it had passed. So proposes will be its option. Cascade means passing information successfully also enhances the 2nd blank
9). c) Shed means "she has", "she would" in the sense. Other options doesn’t suit there because it does not concord with the word " began" that means the restructuring z in progress under its chief.
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) The orally transmitted Arabic tales were popular / b) as early the 10th country, and / c) through centuries of accretion and framing, gained / d) their current form around 1450 / e) No error
2). a) The greatest joy in publishing a new magazine / b) over four decades has been to / c) observe the ebb or flow of history / d) accompanied by political tsunamis / e) No error
3). a) After 25 years, we have a single / b) party in power with / c) a clear majority and a / d) mandate of development / e) No error
4). a) Answer to our population problems / b) lies in education and not in coercive and criminal sterilization / c) drives with unrealistic targets and / d) hard – to – resist monetary incentives / e) No error
5). a) “The Arabian Nights “ – with stories such as Ali Baba, Aladdin and Sindbad the sailor / b) are an important cultural artifact / c) and played a role in forming / d) western assumption of the exotic east. / e) No error
6). a) Extending an invitation to the President of the US / b) for the Republic Day barley a month after Modi’s visit / c) to the Big Apple puts strengthening of ties / d) among the world’s two biggest democracies firmly on track / e) No error
7). a) Hopefully, this last order of the apex court / b) will help in bringing a speedy closure to the case / c) and sound out politicians and bureaucrats / d) against interfering in CBI investigations. / e) No error
8). a) Among the many things that Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami talks / b) about when he talks about running is a brief treatise / c) that capture both the audacity of youth / d) as well as the optimism that comes with dexterity / e) No error
9). a) Young Indians pursuing different goals in varied arenas / b) are thinking differently, creating new business models / c) and influence our life and times more comprehensively /d) than at any time in our history / e) No error
10). a) It is tough to single from a couple of names / b) from among a large number of dedicated and hard – working leaders / c) who have shown the potential to hold / d) the party in good stead in the future / e) No error
Answers:
1). b) 2). c) 3). d) 4). a) 5). b) 6). d) 7). a) 8). d) 9). c) 10). a)
Solution:
1). Replace ‘ as early ‘ with ‘as early as’
Answer: b)
2). Replace ‘or’ with ‘and’
Answer: c)
3). Replace ‘of’ with ‘for’
Answer: d)
4). Add ‘The’ before ‘answer’
Answer: a)
5). Replace ‘are’ with ‘is’
Answer: b)
6). Replace ‘among’ with ‘between’
Answer: d)
7). Replace ‘ last ‘ with ‘latest’
Answer: a)
8). Replace ‘as well as’ with ‘and’
Answer: d)
both...and
9). Replace ‘influence’ with ‘influencing’
Answer: d)
10). Replace ‘ from’ with ‘out’
Answer: a)
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