TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-5): A part of the sentence is
bold below are given alternatives to thee underlined part at (a), (b), (c) and
(d) which may improve the sentence choose the correct alternative and mark your
answer in the answer sheet. In case no improvement is needed, our answer is
(e).
Q1. Visiting the village is like be
transported into some other century.
(a) alike to transport
(b) like being transported
(c) likely to be transporting
(d) likes transport
(e) No correction required
Q2. Environmentalists has pay little heed
to the ‘softer’ aspects of the movement, of which the need to change our
culture is one of the most important.
(a) is paying little heed
(b) are paying little heeding
(c) has paid little heeds
(d) have paid little heed
(e) No correction required
Q3. An
honest introspection should reveal the need for utilise public
infrastructure budgets more effectively.
(a).need for utilising
(b).needs to utilise
(c).need to utilise
(d) needs for utilising
(e) No correction required
Q4. Despite of
public investments have started to gain
traction, this is yet to reflect in the performance of investment-linked
sectors.
(a) Although publicly
(b) inspite
public
(c)though public
(d) although whether
(e) No correction required
Q5. 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
Directions (6-10): 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 limb severed in an accident can now be stitched back by doctors under certain
conditions using modern techniques.
B.
A stroke victim can be saved if he or she is rushed to a good
hospital within the golden hour.
C. But
at the same time, there is a very different aspect of modern medical practice
D. Modern medicine has advanced a lot — which
is indeed a boon to humanity.
E. That
is seen to be manifesting itself increasingly.
F. One
who suffers a heart attack can lead a normal life with the help of a bypass
surgery or angioplasty
Q6. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) F
Q7.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C (d) D
(e) F
Q8.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) F
Q9.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) E
Q10.
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A (b) C (c) B
(d) D (e) E
Directions (11-15):
Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to
make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q11. While the technology and state of
knowledge in medicine allows the gadgets to _____ data and give recommendation,
it will be a while before we are ready to _____ doctors for serious illnesses.
(a) estimate, credit
(b) evaluate, credence
(c) analyse, trust
(d) describe, distrust
(e) figure out, confidence
Q12. Just because momentum is _____ away coal
in china does not mean that the country is no longer part of the global coal
_____.
(a) altering, bang
(b) changing, collapse
(c) stagnating, rise
(d) shifting, boom
(e) staying, failure
Q13. There’s plenty of _____ that transferring
kids to the adult criminal justice system for trial and conviction has _____ to
prevent repeat offences.
(a) data, declined
(b) information, rise
(c) disproof, developed
(d) indication, finished
(e) evidence, failed
Q14. Healthy scepticism, a vital ___________
for any journalist, has given ______________ to credulity, or worse, naivete.
(a) factor, up
(b) role, them
(c) attribute, way
(d) thing, away
(e) task, chance
Q15. Kejriwal’s ________ about all kinds of
people became more and more _________ and even if there was a grain of truth in
any of them, there was just no evidence.
(a) statements, attacking
(b) ideas, scathing
(c) pronouncements, outdated
(d) allegations, outlandish
(e) defamations, severe
SOLUTIONS:
S1.Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘like be transported’ with ‘like being transported’.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Replace ‘has pay little heed’ with ‘have paid little heed’.
S3.Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘need for utilise’ with ‘need to
utilise’.
S4.Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘Despite public’ with ‘though
public’.
S5.Ans.(d)
S6.Ans.(d)
Sol. the correct sequence is DAFBCE
S7.Ans.(a)
Sol. the correct sequence is DAFBCE
S8.Ans.(e)
Sol. the correct sequence is DAFBCE
S9.Ans.(b)
Sol. the correct sequence is DAFBCE
S10.Ans.(b)
Sol. the correct sequence is DAFBCE
S11.Ans.(c)
Sol. Analyze
mean examine (something) methodically and in detail, typically in order to
explain and interpret it.
S12.Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘shifting, boom’ fits the two blanks
appropriately
Boom
means a loud, deep, resonant sound.
S13.Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘evidence, failed’ fits the two blanks
appropriately.
S14.Ans.(c)
Sol. Attribute
means regard something as being caused by.
S15.Ans.(d)
Sol. Outlandish
means looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar.
