Directions (1-10): In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts consisting of a highlighted word in each part. Choose the option reflecting the word which is either misspelt or grammatically incorrect. If all the highlighted words are correct, choose option (e) i.e. “all are correct” as your answer choice.
Q1. The Monetry Policy Committee / of India is a committee of the Reserve Bank of India/ that is responsible for fixing the / benchmark interest rate in India.
(a) Monetry
(b) Reserve
(c) Responsible
(d) Interest
(e) All are correct
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Q2. Trade wars can easily / lead to confrontation, which may / result in impulsive / behviour and misjudgment.
(a) Trade
(b) Confrontation
(c) Impulsive
(d) Behviour
(e) All are correct
Q3. Saudi Arabia signalled its discomfort / with the faling prices / and hinted at a fresh cut / of one million barrels a day.
(a) Signalled
(b) Faling
(c) Hinted
(d) Barrels
(e) All are correct
Q4. The barbarous reprisals into / which Sultan Mahmud allowed himself / to be carried away only acentuated / the difficulty of the situation.
(a) Reprisals
(b) Allowed
(c) Acentuated
(d) Difficulty
(e) All are correct
Q5. Because the teacher / was not giving any afirmmation, / the students were unsure if they / understood the directions for the test.
(a) Because
(b) Afirmmation
(c) Unsure
(d) Directions
(e) All are correct
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Q6. Libby was disappointed / because her husband / did not fulfill his promise / of watering the plants.
(a) Disappointed
(b) Because
(c) Fulfill
(d) Watering
(e) All are correct
Q7. The innovations spured by digital breakthroughs / are starting to revolutionize the availability / of financial services, which is sorely needed, / with 1.7 billion worldwide unbanked.
(a) Spured
(b) Revolutionize
(c) Sorely
(d) Unbanked
(e) All are correct
Q8. According to the label, / this solution should accelrate /my hair growth and provide me / with long tresses in a short time.
(a) According
(b) Accelrate
(c) Provide
(d) Tresses
(e) All are correct
Q9. In a troubled economy / like this one, a recession is unevitable / and expected within the / next three months.
(a) Troubled
(b) Unevitable
(c) Expected
(d) Months
(e) All are correct
Q10. Although I tried not to hold a grudge, / I felt perverse joy / when I learned my mean/ supervisor had been fired.
(a) Grudge
(b) Perverse
(c) Learned
(d) Supervisor
(e) All are correct
Directions (11-15): 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.)
Q11.She did not let the (A)/grief of her losseffect the (B)/kingdomadministration (C)/and the lives of her people. (D)/ No error (E)
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
Q12.The industry (A)/has the potential of(B)/attaining $34bn export(C)/earningstill the year 2010 (D)/ No error (E)
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
Q13.A lot of companies(A)/in Tripura have(B)/now been focused(C)/on branding(D)/No error(E)
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
Q14.Epson is one (A)/of the most (B)/respected manufacturer (C)/in the print market (D)/No error(E)
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
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Q15.Unless you (A)/ work hard (B)/youwill not (C)/ pass the examination (D)/No error(E)
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
Solutions
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The highlighted word in the first part is incorrectly spelled as “Monetry”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “Monetary” and it means relating to money or currency. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The highlighted word in the fourth part is incorrectly spelled as “behviour”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “behaviour” or “behavior” and it means the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The highlighted word in the first part is incorrectly spelled as “faling”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “falling” and it means move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. The highlighted word in the third part is incorrectly spelled as “acentuated”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “accentuated” and it means make more noticeable or prominent. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable answer choice.
Reprisal means an act of retaliation.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The highlighted word in the second part is incorrectly spelled as “afirmmation”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “affirmation” and it means the action or process of affirming something. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the highlighted words of the sentence are correctly spelled and adhere to appropriate grammatical syntax. Since, none of the words require any corrections; option (e) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. The highlighted word in the first part is incorrectly spelled as “spured”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “spurred” and it means to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The highlighted word in the second part is incorrectly spelled as “accelrate”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “accelerate” and it means increase in rate, amount, or extent. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The highlighted word in the second part is incorrectly spelled as “unevitable”. However, the precise spelling of the word in “inevitable” and it means certain to happen; unavoidable. All the other words have been spelt correctly and are in appropriate grammatical syntax. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the highlighted words of the sentence are correctly spelled and adhere to appropriate grammatical syntax. Since, none of the words require any corrections; option (e) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. The error is in part (B) of the sentence. ‘Affect’ should be replaced by ‘effect’.
Effect-A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
Affect-have an effect on; make a difference to.
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. The error is in part (d) of the sentence. ‘till’ should be replaced by ‘by’
“By” is used to describe an action or event that happens on or before a particular moment.
“Until” is used to describe a state or situation in the period of time up to a particular moment.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. The error is in part (c) of the sentence.
‘Focused’ should be replaced by ‘focusing’
“Have Been + Past Participle” also known as the Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous. It is used for an activity that started in the past and still continues to the present.
S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. The error is in part (c) of the sentence.
‘Manufacturer’ should be replaced by ‘manufacturers’
The phrase “one of the” is always a plural noun, whereas use of verbs as singular or plural will entirely depend upon the subject of the statement, i.e. singular verb for singular subject and plural verb for plural subject.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is no error in the given sentence. Therefore option (e) is the correct answer choice.
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