three parts which contain grammatical errors in one or more than one part of
the sentence. If there is an error in any part of the sentence, find the
correct alternatives to replace those parts from the three options given below
each question to make the sentence grammatically correct. If there is an error
in any part of the sentence and none of the alternatives is correct to replace
that part, then choose (d), i.e., None of the (I), (II) and (III) as your
answer. If the given sentence is grammatically correct or does not require any
correction, choose (e), i.e., No correction required as your answer.
Q1. India’s GDP growth expecting to be
around 7.1 per cent this fiscal (I)/ following a likely pick up in industrial
production as firms (II)/ resort to ‘restocking’ post-GST especially ahead of
festive season, says a Nomura report. (III)
(I)India’s GDP growth is expected to be
around 7.1 per cent this fiscal
(II)follows a likely picking up in
industrial production as firms
(III)resorting to ‘restocking’ post-GST
especially ahead festive season, says a Nomura report
(a)Only (I)
(b)Only (II)
(c)Both (I) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
identified the second batch (I)/ of large accounts which have defaulted in
repayment of (II)/ loans and has advised banks to resolve them. (III)
(I)The Reserve Bank of India identified
the second batch
(II)of large accounts which have
defaulted in repaying of
(III)loans and have advised banks to
resolve them
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (II) and (III)
(c)Both (I) and (II)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q3. It is a measure of the economic
slide that plagues rural India (I)/that there could be remarkable surge in
demand of jobs (II)/in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme. (III)
(I)It is a measure of the economic slide
that had plagued rural India
(II)that there has been a remarkable
surge in demand for jobs
(III)under the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (II) and (III)
(c)Both (I) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q4. Flood control of India is
complicated and in a large extent neglected (I)/ to simple reason that “flood
control” as a subject is absent (II)/ from the Union, State and Concurrent
Lists of the Constitution of India. (III)
(I)Flood control in India is complicated
and to a large extent neglected
(II)for the simple reason that “flood
control” as a subject is absent
(III)for the Union, State and Concurrent
Lists of the Constitution of India
(a)Only (II)
(b)Both (I) and (II)
(c)All (I), (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q5. The joint decision to enhance
military-to-military (I)/cooperation would have gone long way in reducing
(II)/border tensions and standoffs if correctly implemented. (III)
(I)The joint decision has enhanced
military-to-military
(II)cooperation would go a long way in
reducing
(III)border tensions and standoffs are
correctly implemented
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (I) and (III)
(c)Only (II)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Direction (6-10): The following question consists of a sentence which is divided into
three parts which contain grammatical errors in one or more than one part of
the sentence. If there is an error in any part of the sentence, find the
correct alternatives to replace those parts from the three options given below
each question to make the sentence grammatically correct. If there is an error
in any part of the sentence and none of the alternatives is correct to replace
that part, then choose (d), i.e., None of the (I), (II) and (III) as your
answer. If the given sentence is grammatically correct or does not require any
correction, choose (e), i.e., No correction required as your answer.
Q6. The willing of the Tamil National
Alliance to accept (I)/ a founding document arrive on the basis (II)/ of a
bipartisan consensus is a good sign. (III)
(I)The willingness of the Tamil National
Alliance to accept
(II)a founding document arrived at on
the basis
(III)of a bipartisan consensus were a
good sign
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (I) and (II)
(c)Both (I) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q7. Encouraging the farmers to adopt
dairy and animal husbandry (I)/ as alternate sources of income, Modi said that
such initiatives would lead to “a new path of progress” (II)/ that would not
only raise farmers’ income but also the overall income. (III)
(I)To encourage the farmers adopting
dairy and animal husbandry
(II)as alternate source of income, Modi
said such initiatives would have led to “a new path of progress”
(III)that would raise farmers’ income
but the overall income
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (II) and (III)
(c)Both (I) and (II)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q8. Iran has strongly rejected the US
allegations that it has violated the UN resolution, (I)/and insists that it’s missile
tests and rocket launches is solely for (II)/defense purposes and not designed
to carry nuclear warheads. (III)
(I)Iran had strongly rejected the US
allegations regarding the violation of the UN resolution,
(II)and insists that its missile tests
and rocket launches are solely for
(III)defense purposes not design to
carry nuclear warheads
(a)Only (I)
(b)Only (II)
(c)Both (I) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q9. In the last few days, steep hike in
the price of (I)/petrol and diesel is creating doubts about the legitimacy of
(II)/ recent introduced pricing mechanism for these products. (III)
(I)In the last few days, steep hike in
the prices of
(II)petrol and diesel are creating
doubts regarding legitimization of
(III)recently introduced pricing
mechanism for these products
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (I) and (III)
(c)All (I), (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Q10. India-US defence cooperation is set
to get a boost when US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis (I)/ visits India next
week during which he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi (II)/ and hold talks
with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (III)
(I) India-US defence cooperation set to
get a boost when US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis
(II) visit India next week during which
he meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(III) and held talks with Defence
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (I) and (III)
(c)Only (II)
(d)None of the (I), (II) and (III)
(e)No correction required
Direction (11-15): In each of the given questions an inference is given in bold which is
then followed by three paragraphs. You have to find the paragraph(s) from where
it is inferred. Choose the option with the best possible outcome as your
choice.
Q11. The downward trend is ascribed to the failure of neoliberal policy.
(1) The FRBM Act effectively tied the
hands of the government and has since its passage resulted in a decline in the
fiscal deficit to GDP ratio to 3.5 per cent in 2016-17. Since this occurred in
a period when the government sought to move to an investor- friendly tax
regime, which capped and even reduced the tax-to-GDP ratio, a consequence has
been curbs on spending that had an overall deflationary impact on the economy.
(2) The Indian economy faces “serious downside risks” as the government’s
demonetisation drive, implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) and
corporate deleveraging could accelerate a slowdown and make recovery difficult,
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD, said in its
Trade and Development Report 2017.
(3) This year’s overall growth rate promises to be the worst in the
last four years. At least one reason for this is the demonetization exercise
last November which probably lopped off about one per cent from the overall
growth rate. It is tempting to jump to the conclusion that demonetization –
surely amongst the worst policy decisions in recent times – has been solely
responsible for the rather dismal performance and also played an important role
in slowing down the economy.
(a)Only (1)
(b)Only (2)
(c)Only (3)
(d)Both (1) and (3)
(e)All (1), (2) and (3)
Q12. Education system in India should be autonomous.
(1)Insights from the report showed that
while education is one of the most funded causes in India, few models have
achieved scale, and quality remains a pressing issue. Holistic development is
not given due attention and as such, access to education has not been
equitable, and teacher shortages have impeded quality education delivery. To
remedy these gaps, the Report observes the critical need for relevant
curriculum design, leadership development, and ecosystem interventions that
will go a long way in driving the quality and sustainability of the education
sector.
(2)India’s vision of being a world
leader in the 21st century is unlikely to be realized without an education
system that keeps abreast with the needs of our future citizens. There is a
strong case for public-private partnerships in education which will unleash the
true potential of Indian citizens in a competitive climate. Clear guidelines
and an audit and accountability mechanism is necessary for such an endeavour to
succeed.
(3)Education is now a business activity
devoted to immediate profits instead of long term benefits to society and
rather than leave it to institutions as a mere suggestion (which would probably
not be taken) the state could stipulate at least 100 hours of compulsory film
viewing per annum for each school/college up to a certain level while also
providing a large selection of films to pick from. The nation needs to have an
educational programme of its own to create useful citizens, and cannot leave
this to private initiatives.
(a)Only (1)
(b)Only (2)
(c)Both (1) and (2)
(d)Both (1) and (3)
(e)All (1), (2) and (3)
Q13. Conservation should not be considered a drag on development.
(1)The tiger population in countries
where the big cat occurs had a chequered existence. Although assiduously
conserved, tiger populations in some of the range countries are awfully
precarious; their numbers lie around the presumed ecological thresholds as far
as their viability is concerned. The world has already lost three of the nine
subspecies of this charismatic species, further restricting its world
population genetically to only six subspecies or geographical variations.
(2)Tiger conservation basically demands
stringent protection laws, vast landscapes and a good prey base. While these
demands may sound innocuous, they conflict with the country’s land-use planning
for development, and as a result, conservation is sidelined in favor of more
human-centered priorities.
(3)India lost 69 tigers in 2015 and 52
in 2016. While poaching did not claim all these tigers, it does remain a
serious threat to the tiger population. Among the tiger conservation practices,
protection and intelligence gathering should be accorded priority and made more
professional.
(a)Only (2)
(b)Only (3)
(c)Both (1) and (2)
(d)Both (2) and (3)
(e)All (1), (2) and (3)
Q14. ISRO’s recent accomplishments pronounce the autarky of Indian space
prowess.
(1)Success upon success has visited ISRO
in the past several years. It successfully put into orbit its spacecraft around
Mars in its first attempt on September 24, 2014. The spacecraft completed 1,000
earth days in its orbit on June 19, 2017, well beyond its designated mission
life of six months. Its mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1, was the first to
discover the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface soil and rocks.
Majority of the mission was financed by Isro’s commercial arm antrix which
generates a profit of more than 28 million dollar a year by
launching various foreign satellites.
(2)The GSLV Mk III, part of the GSLV
launchers, carried India’s heaviest satellite, GSAT-19 weighing 3136 kg for
16.20 minutes, will continue to be an operating launch. This was the first such
launch from India. Earlier, India used to ask foreign space organizations to
launch heavy satellites/orbiters. With this development, India will now be able
to save crores. The GSLV Mk-III will continue to be a launch vehicle in the
future.
(3)A key focus area of ISRO is building
reusable launch vehicles (RLVs). In fact, the RLV program crossed a milestone
on May 23, 2016, with the launch and return of a winged RLV-TD in a scaled
configuration that flew at hypersonic speed. On August 28, 2016, ISRO took the
next steps towards reducing the cost of access to space when a modified
two-stage vehicle developed by the VSSC (Kerala, India) used air-breathing
propulsion in its scramjet engine.
(a)Only (2)
(b)Both (1) and (2)
(c)Both (2) and (3)
(d)Both (1) and (3)
(e)All (1), (2) and (3)
Q15. Most NGOs in India lack leaders to succeed Current Management.
(1)NGOs lack a foundational, leadership
development culture and often do not have a shared understanding of what this
should look like. Pushed in part by donors to focus almost exclusively on
delivering programs, NGOs do not emphasize talent development and often
shortchange themselves by under-investing in people.
(2)For the not-for-profit sector to play
a far larger role in narrowing the social development deficit in India,
prioritizing and investing in developing leaders needs to be a concerted effort
from all sector stakeholders—NGO leaders, funders, and intermediaries.
(3)If India’s NGOs are to make real
strides toward ambitious goals such as providing equitable healthcare, ensuring
high-quality education for children, or providing access to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation, they will have to confront the unassailable fact that
exceptional organizations rely on exceptional leaders—and they need to grow
more of them.
(a)Only (1)
(b)Only (3)
(c)Both (1) and (2)
(d)Both (2) and (3)
(e)All (1), (2) and (3)
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
“expecting” should be replaced by “is expected” as the
sentence is in the passive voice. Moreover, the correct form depends on
context. When we combine a verb with a form of to be, we typically need an -ed
or -ing form. When we combine a verb with a modal like can or should, we
typically need the base form. The other two parts of the sentence do not
require any correction as both are grammatically correct. Hence (a) is the
correct option.
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically
correct. Hence it doesn’t require any
correction.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The first part of the sentence is
grammatically correct as the sentence is in Present tense. In part (II) of the
sentence, “there has been a remarkable surge in demand for jobs” is the correct
phrase as the noun phrase ‘remarkable surge’ seems to be missing a determiner
before it. The addition of article ‘a’ before ‘remarkable surge’ acts as a
determiner to it. Moreover, an article (a, an, or the) is a type of determiner.
Possessive adjectives (my, his, our), possessive nouns (Joe’s, mother’s), and
quantifiers (each, every) are also determiners. Single countable nouns usually
require a determiner. In the third part of the sentence, the preposition “in”
should be replaced by “under” and the article “the” should be used before
“Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme” to make the
sentence grammatically correct. Hence (b) is the correct option.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
replace the phrases “Flood control of India” and “in a large extent” by “Flood
control in India” and “to a large extent” respectively as “in” and “to” are the
correct prepositions in the context of their usage in the sentence. Moreover,
Prepositions are function words that indicate how a noun or noun phrase relates
to the rest of the sentence. Some prepositions, such as in, on, after, or
since, express temporal or spatial relationships. In other cases, the
relationship is more abstract, and the best preposition to use may depend on
the words around it. These are known as “dependent prepositions,” and they do
not follow any clear pattern. So, we need to choose prepositions carefully
because sometimes changing a preposition can completely change the meaning of
the phrase. Similarly, in the second part of the sentence, the phrase “to
simple reason” should be replaced by “for the simple reason” as the correct
preposition is “for” and there should be a use of determiner before the noun phrase
“simple reason.” The third part of the sentence doesn’t require any correction
as it is grammatically correct. Hence (b) is the correct option.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. The first part of the sentence is
grammatically correct and connects well with the other two parts to generate a
coherent sentence. In the second part of the sentence, “would have gone long
way” should be replaced by “would go a long way” as the phrase “gone long way”
is not paired with the correct article. Moreover, there are many set expressions
that require the definite article (the point is), the indefinite
article (keep an eye on), or no article (head over heels). These
expressions are idiomatic, so they don’t follow a particular pattern. The third
part of the sentence is grammatically correct as there will be a use of the
dependent clause “if” to make the sentence meaningful. Hence (c) is the correct
option.
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the first part of the sentence,
the verb “willing” should be replaced by the noun “willingness” as the correct
phrase should be “the willingness of the Tamil National Alliance.” In the
second part of the sentence, there will be the use of phrasal verb “arrived at”
which means to reach a result, decision, or solution to a problem. The phrasal
verb adds meaning to the sentence. The third part of the sentence is absolutely
fine as it doesn’t require any correction. Hence (b) is the correct option.
S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically
correct. Hence it doesn’t require any
correction.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The first part of the sentence is
grammatically correct as the sentence is in Present Tense. In the second part,
“it’s” should be replaced by “its” as “It’s” is always the abbreviation of
“it is” as in “It’s (= it is) a nice day, isn’t it?” while
“Its” is the possessive of “it” as in, “That is Morton’s puppy
but I don’t know its name.” In the second case “its” means “belonging
to it”. Thus in the context of the sentence, the possessive of “it”, “its”
is the correct usage. The third part of the sentence is grammatically correct
and thus doesn’t require any correction. Hence (b) is the correct option.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The first part of the sentence
requires a minor change; the singular form of “price” should be replaced by the
plural form of it i.e. “prices” as “prices” in this case refers to the prices
of both “petrol and diesel”. The second part of the sentence doesn’t require
any correction as it correctly follows the sentence structure. However, in the
third part of the sentence there will be the use of an adverb “recently” in
place of the adjective “recent” to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Hence (b) is the correct choice.
S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct and follows the correct grammar structure to bring out the most
desirable and appropriate meaning. None of the parts requires any correction;
thus (e) is the correct option.
S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. The FRBM Act mentioned in paragraph
1 is about the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act enacted
in 2003. The paragraph is more about the failure associated with neo-liberalism
which resulted in an overall deflationary impact on the economy. The term
“neo-liberalism” refers to a freeing of the economy by eliminating regulations
and barriers that restrict what actors can do and transfers control of economic
factors to the private sector from the public sector. Neoliberal policies aim
for a laissez-faire approach to economic development. Thus the given inference
can be generated from this paragraph. However, the other two paragraphs have
got similar perspectives citing demonetization drive and other recent economic
decisions to be the reasons behind the downward trend of the Indian economy. It
is to be noted that these decisions do not affirm to the neo-liberal policy
failure and thus cannot be connected to the given inference. Hence (a) is the
correct option.
S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. Passage 1 brings out the loopholes
in our education system along with the need of remedies to sustain the
deliverance in the education sector which is the need of the hour. Paragraph 2
states that our education system needs to move alongside the needs of our
future citizens to fulfill the vision of being a world leader in the 21st
century. Similarly, paragraph 3 talks about the need for proper reforms in the
education system to create useful citizens. Thus all the three paragraphs
direct to the given inference, “Education
system in India should be autonomous.” It is to be noted that the word
“autonomous” in this case refers to “self-sufficient or self-governing.” Hence
(e) is the correct option.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both the paragraphs 1 and 3, talk
about the need for conservation of tiger population and certain strict measures
for the purpose. Both these articles fail to give any hint regarding the
development process. Thus the given inference is untrue to both of them. In the
case of paragraph 2, it is mentioned that protection mechanisms to conserve the
tiger population is the need of the hour, but it should not be considered a
drag on development. It is particularly mentioned in the last sentence of the
paragraph that conservation is sidelined in favor of more human-centered
priorities which should not have been the case. Thus the given inference, “Conservation should not be considered a
drag on development” can
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the three paragraphs mark the
achievements of ISRO’s space programs over the last few years. These successes
proclaim the self-sufficiency of Indian space agency as it is now independent
enough to take bigger challenges in times to come. Thus all three passages
agree to the given inference, “ISRO’s
recent accomplishments pronounce the autarky of Indian space prowess.” Hence
(e) is the correct option.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the three paragraphs are based
on the common theme. All the three articles express the need of building
leadership development culture in the not-for-profit sector. This infers that to achieve the bigger goals
that NGOs in India perceive, they need to work hard to develop exceptional
leaders that they lack in current management.
Hence all three generate the same inference, “Most NGOs in India lack leaders to succeed Current Management.”
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