TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-5):
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.)
Q1. It is better to stay at home (a)/ than to walk on the
street (b)/ when there erupts (c)/ a communal riot in the town .(d)/ No error.
(e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. ‘Under no circumstances (a)/ we can help (b)/ you in
this illegal (c)/ work’, said the Manager. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Not only we lost (a)/ what he had on our disposal, (b)/
but we also (c)/ lost our patience. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. Under a tree, (a)/ was sitting the saint (b)/ whom we
had seen (c)/ somewhere else. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5. When asked, he (a)/ took tea (b)/ and said that it (c)/
tasted sweetly. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (6-10): Rearrange
the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) in the proper sequence to
form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) These countries did not fall prey to fiscal profligacy.
(B) India had a very similar experience in 1991.
(C) However, what happened in Asia was quite different.
(D) Their main stress points were in the private sector—too
much corporate debt, a credit bubble and lax lending standards to crony
capitalists.
(E) It was anticipated that countries with high fiscal
deficits that were funded through money creation by the central bank would
eventually see their external accounts come under pressure.
(F) The popular view of balance of payments crises was
derived from the experience of Latin America in the previous decade.
Q6. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) A
(d) E
(e) C
Q7. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) F
Q8. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) D
(d) C
(e) E
Q9. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) A
(d) B
(e) C
Q10. Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) A
(c) B
(d) F
(e) E
Direction (11-15): In
each of the following questions, there are four sentences which may or may not
contain an error. Choose the sentence among the four options which is
grammatically correct. If there is error in all the sentences, choose (e) as
your answer.
Q11. (a)The district authorities are making a last-ditch
attempt to provide alternative solutions to farmers but the options is clearly
inadequate.
(b)The results of the study showed that if the partners
were willing to talk to each other and arrive at a mutually agreeable decision,
the joint decisions were more better than one person’s judgement.
(c)He always practices the justice and cares for moral
principles.
(d)We discussed the problem so thoroughly that I found it
easy to work it out.
(e)None of the above.
Q12. (a)Initially, shop owners tried to offer some
resistance to the demolition but seeing the heavy presence of the police force,
their resistance faded off.
(b)None of the diplomats at the conference failed either to
comprehend or solving the problem.
(c)The reports promoted the Chairman of the organizing
committee to address a hurried press conference where he reprimanded the media
for conducting a ‘prejudiced campaign’.
(d)Judge in him prevailed upon the father and he sentenced
his son to death.
(e)None of the above.
Q13. (a)There is a distinctive possibility that he will
leave the job once the investigation is over.
(b)The speaker was not only slow but also inaudible as
well.
(c)A year after the global financial crisis saw students
from the best B-schools across the world struggling for a job, a survey on
management education this year thrown up some rather interesting findings.
(d)The first task is provided sufficient arable land to the
dispossessed farmers.
(e)None of the above.
Q14. (a)The sole idea behind conducting such programmes is
to create awareness among young minds for our culture.
(b)The whole block of flats including two shops was
destroyed in fire.
(c)Three conditions critical for growing plants are soil,
temperature and chemical balance or amount of moisture.
(d)Until the world lasts, the earth will go round the sun.
(e)None of the above.
Q15. (a)The youth did not dare to venture with the sea as
it was a high tide.
(b)Time the concert ended, the crowd clapped and cheered
enthusiastically.
(c)A vast numbers of people greeted the film star on his
arrival at the airport.
(d)All the documents have been destroyed in the fire which
occurred last month.
(e)None of the above.
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Remove ‘to’ after ‘than’ as in the case of comparison
between two infinitives, infinitive ‘to’ is not used after ‘than’ in the later
one, V1 is used.
Ex. You had better to do some work than wander.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Put ‘can’ before ‘we’ because sentences starting from
‘Under no circumstances’, auxiliary verb is used before the subject.
Ex. I can do it under no circumstances,
Or, Under no circumstances can I do it.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘did’ will be used after ‘not only’ and ‘lost’ will be
converted to ‘lose’ because through ‘not only…but also’, two verbs are
connected.
Ex. He not only came
but also stayed here.
Or, Not only did he come but he also stayed here.
Sol. The sentence is
grammatically correct.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘sweetly’ by ‘sweet’ as “taste, feel, seem, appear, look, smell, remain, etc.” are ‘Copula Verbs’ or Linking Verbs which take Adjective
and not Adverb.
e.g. She tastes
sweet [Adjective].
A rose smells sweet
[Adjective].
She looks beautiful
[Adjective].
She looks suspiciously
[Adverb] at him.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. (a) “the options is”
should be replaced by “the options are”
as the subject of the verb ‘options’ is Plural.
(b) The use of “more”
is Superfluous as ‘better’ is a Comparative Adjective and the use of ‘more’ before Comparative or the use of
‘most’ before Superlative is
incorrect to make its Double Comparative or Double Superlative. However, “much, very much, far” can be used
before Comparative.
e.g. She is much/very
much/ far better than you.
(c) Remove “the” before “justice” as ‘justice’ is an
Uncountable Noun and generally, Uncountable Noun does not take any Article
before it. However, it only takes ‘the’
before it and that also when it has to make it Definite.
e.g. This is the
justice done by him.
(d) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. (a) Replace “off”
by “out” as “fade” is never used
with “off” whereas “fade out” means
“disappear slowly or become quieter”.
e.g. The music faded
out.
(b) Use ‘to’
before ‘solve’ as “either…or” in the sentence is used to
add two Infinitives i.e. “either to comprehend or to solve…” is
the correct usage.
(c)The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(d) Use “The”
before “Judge” as when a Common Noun
is used in the form of Abstract Noun, then ‘The’ is used before that Common Noun and the sentence structure
goes like, “The + Common Noun + in +
somebody”.
e.g. The patriot
in Bhagat Singh.
The judge in him.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. (a) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(b) Remove ‘as well’
from the sentence as the use of “as well” is Superfluous. Also, “not only” is used only with “but also”.
(c) Use ‘has’
before “thrown” as first part of the
sentence talks about the past while the second part is of the Present incident
i.e. “this year”.
(d) Replace “provided” by “to provide” as “The first
task” is an Active Subject for
which the verb “Be” is used and the Complement for the verb “Be” requires Infinitive whose Object is
“sufficient arable land”.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. (a) Replace ‘for’
by ‘of’ as “aware” or “awareness”
takes Preposition “of” with it.
e.g. I was aware of
his laziness.
Her awareness of
Indian culture is praiseworthy.
(b) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(c) Use “critical”
before “conditions” as ‘critical’ is
an Adjective which signifies the
Noun ‘conditions’. Hence it will be
used before Noun.
(d) Replace ‘Until’ by ‘As long as’ as “until” means “up to
(the point in time or the event mentioned)” while “As long as” means “during
the whole time that.
e.g. You can sit here until
Mohan comes.
As long as she is with
me, I need not fear.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. (a) Replace ‘with’ by ‘into’ as ‘venture’ is not used
with ‘with’ but “venture into something”
is the correct usage.
(b) Use “The” before “Time” as in this sentence ‘Time’ is Definite.
e.g. The moment
he came, nobody was in the room.
(c) Replace “numbers” by “number” as “A large, A vast, A great, A huge, A limited, A considerable” are
followed by “number” in Singular form.
(d)Replace “have been” by “were” as the incident happened
in the past i.e. “last month”. So it
should take the verb of Simple Past.
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