Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following 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) GVA in agriculture is estimated to
have grown by 6 per cent in the third quarter of 2016-17.
(B) For one, there is an element of a statistical illusion arising from the
fact that GVA in agriculture contracted by 2.2 per cent in the comparable
quarter of the previous year.
(C) As was evident in reports from across the country, there was widespread
distress in rural India following demonetisation.
(D) One of the most significant drivers of GDP growth in the current year
appears to be agriculture, going by the latest CSO estimate.
(E) But an even more significant surprise is that it does not appear to reflect
the across-the-board collapse in agricultural commodity prices after
demonetisation took effect.
(F) There are two problems with the estimates.
Q1. Which of the following should be the
first sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) D
(c) A
(d) E
(e) C
Q2. Which of the following should be the
third sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) D
(c) F
(d) E
(e) C
Q3. Which of the following should be the
fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) E
(c) A
(d) C
(e) D
Q4. Which of the following should be the
last sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) A
(d) B
(e) C
Q185. Which of the following should be
the second sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) A
(c) B
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (6-15): In the following questions,
a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence
grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part with the correct
alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give e) as your
answer (i.e. No correction required).
Q6. It was
his view that “the attainment of human rights in the fullest sense cannot
be achieved so long as hundreds of millions of poor -strickened people lack the basic necessities for life.”
(a) poorly stricken
(b) poverty stricken
(c) poor stricken
(d) poverty strickened
(e) No replacement required
Q7. This training will provide you hand-on experience on any Digital
Marketing disciplines.
(a) hand-on experience in various
(b) handing-on experience in much
(c) handed-on experience in many
(d) hands-on experience in various
(e) No replacement required
Q8. The Islamic State (IS), notoriety for it’s brutality, has reportedly executed 250 girls in northern
Iraq for refusing to become sex slaves, according to a media report.
(a) notorious for its brutality
(b) well known
for its brutal
(c) notorious for it’s brutality
(d) notorious for its brutal
(e) No replacement required
Q9. The rapid growth and popularity of taxi
managed by aggregators in India is a testimony to the fact that public
transport and transit facilities remain hopelessly inadequate
(a) taxi managing by aggregators within India
(b) taxis managed in aggregators of India
(c) taxis managed at aggregators by India
(d) taxis managed by aggregators across India
(e) No replacement required
Q10. New claims at the Kohinoor diamond makes it’s
periodic appearance in the United Kingdom.
(a) over the Kohinoor diamond makes its
(b) over the Kohinoor diamond make it’s
(c) over the Kohinoor diamond make their
(d) about the Kohinoor diamond make their
(e) No replacement required
Q11. The controversy of regulating of
e-rickshaws in the capital may soon come to an end.
(a) regarding regulation on
(b) about regulating the
(c) to regulate
(d) over regulation of
(e) No correction required
Q12. Healthy nursery raise most crucial
step in vegetable production, which determines the productivity and
profitability in vegetable cultivation.
(a) raises the most
(b) raises most
(c) raising is the most
(d) has risen the most
(e) No correction required
Q13. A
little has been known about the greatest poet in classical
Sanskrit literature and one of the greatest in world literature.
(a) The little is known
(b) Little is known
(c) A little is being known
(d) Little knows
(e) No correction required
Q14. She is one of the best singers who
has ever lived.
(a) that would ever live
(b) that would have ever lived
(c) that have ever lived.
(d) that has never lived
(e) No correction required
Q15. The government is considering a ban on
the sale of electronic cigarettes, a vapour device that delivers a nicotine
hit minus the smoke.
(a) to sell the
(b) on selling the
(c) on sales of
(d) over the selling of
(e) NO correction required
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. The sequence after rearrangement of
the sentences is DAFBEC.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. The sequence after rearrangement of
the sentences is DAFBEC.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The sequence after rearrangement of
the sentences is DAFBEC.
S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sequence after rearrangement of
the sentences is DAFBEC.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The sequence after rearrangement of
the sentences is DAFBEC.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol.
Replace ‘poor –strickened’ with ‘poverty stricken’.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Replace ‘hand-on experience on any’ with ‘hands-on
experience in various’
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Replace ‘notoriety for it’s
brutality’ with ‘notorious for its brutality’
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Replace ‘taxi managed by aggregators in India’ with ‘taxis managed by
aggregators across India’
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Replace ‘at the Kohinoor diamond makes it’s’ with ‘over the Kohinoor
diamond make their’
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Replace ‘of regulating of’ with ‘over regulation
of’.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘raise most’ with ‘raising is the most’.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘A little has been known’ with ‘Little
is known’.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘who has ever lived’ with ‘that have ever
lived’.
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction
required.
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