TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-5): Rearrange
the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given
below.
A.
The RTE Act operationalises this
right by elucidating supporting rights, identifying the duty-bearers and
establishing administrative structures to enforce these rights.
B.
Regulations for maintaining
academic standards, ensuring proper infrastructure, health and sanitation, etc.
could be imposed on minority schools as well.
C.
The generic scope of right to
education seems to conflict with the specific contexts of the rights of
minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice
under Article 30.
D.
Further, a government-aided
minority school cannot discriminate against students on grounds of religion,
race, caste, language in the matters of their admission (Article 29(2)).
E.
Article 21A recognises the right of
all children aged between 6 and 14 to free and compulsory elementary education.
F.
That right, however, is not absolute.
Freedom to ‘administer’ a school cannot include ‘mal-administering’ it.
Q1. Which of the following should be
the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) E
Q2. Which
of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) F
Q3. Which
of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) E
Q4. Which
of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) F
Q5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence after
rearrangement?
(a)B (b) C (c) D
(d) E (e) F
Directions
(6-10): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c), (d) given
below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the
sentence is correct as required’. Mark (e) as the answer.
Q6. Cultivating good
hobbies are an excellent way of reducing the stress of daily living.
(a) is an excellence way of
(b)
is an excellent way of
(c) be an excellent way of (d)
are excellent way for
(e) No correction required
Q7. The business
group needs to reform not only its
business and marketing strategies, but also its organizational structure.
(a) needed to reforming
(b) needs
to reform
(c) needs for reform (d) needed for reform
(e) No correction required
Q8. I challenged him to produce the authority letter which
I knew had not been issued to him.
(a) was not been issued to
(b)
had not being issued for
(c) had not been issued for (d) have not been issued to
(e) No correction required
Q9. The old woman lied about her husband behind his back.
(a) in his absence (b) in his presence
(c) in anyone’s absence (d) in everyone presence
(e) None of these
Q10. His
behavior with all his employees is so pleasing that everyone come
forward for helping him.
(a) came towards him
for help
(b) comes towards him
for help
(c) comes forward to
help him
(d) comes forward for
help him
(e) No correction
required
Directions (11-15): Read each
sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error,
if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the
answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e) i.e. No Error’. (Ignore the
errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q11. During the flood (a)/ Shilpa’s colleagues (b)/ prayed
for (c)/ her safety. (d)/ No error (e)
Q12. Everyone admires Deepa (a)/ because of her ability
(b)/ to generate (c)/ so good ideas. (d)/ No error (e)
Q13. The company has announced (a)/ a bonus for all (b)/
employee who (c)/ achieve their sales targets. (d)/ No error (e)
Q14. The Cashier cannot (a)/ give no explanation (b)/ for
the money (c)/ that is missing. (d)/ No error (e)
Q15. The manager has (a)/ confidence in the engineer (b)/
ability to (c)/ design the new software. (d)/ No error (e)
SOLUTIONS:
S1.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
the correct sequence is EACFBD.
S2.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
the correct sequence is EACFBD.
S3.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
the correct sequence is EACFBD.
S4.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
the correct sequence is EACFBD.
S5.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
the correct sequence is EACFBD.
S6.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Replace ‘are an excellent way of’ with
‘is an excellent way of’. Cultivating good hobbies is a singular
subject which should be followed by singular verb.
S7.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
No correction required.
S8.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
No correction required.
S9.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
Replace ‘behind his back’ with ‘in his absence’.
S10.
Ans.(c)
Sol.
Replace ‘come
forward for helping him’ with ‘comes forward to help him’ which makes the
sentence structure grammatically correct.
S11.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
No error.
S12.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
Replace ‘so’ with ‘very’ since ‘so’ is followed by ‘that’ when used as an
adverb.
S13.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
Replace ‘employee’ with ‘employees’ since employee should be plural as it is
preceded by all.
S14.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Replace ‘no’ with ‘any’ since a sentence cannot take two negatives.
S15.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Replace engineer with engineer’s.