TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-5): In each of the sentences
given in these questions, there are two blanks indicating that something has
been omitted. There are five alternatives given. Choose the one that best fits
the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Q1. The ……….. of an organization depends on
several factors but the ……….. of leadership is the most important.
(a) effectiveness, quality
(b) delivery, amount
(c) power, paucity
(d) ambience, judgement
(e) strength, gender
Q2. History is …………. with example of strong
nations ……….. the weak ones.
(a) complete, require
(b) organised, advocating
(c) written, asserting
(d) replete, dominating
(e) taught, propagating
Q3. We can coax physical nature into ………… many
of our wishes but we cannot ………… authority over it or make it change its ways
one jot.
(a) granting, empower
(b) satiating, display
(c) satisfying, exercise
(d) stimulating, exercise
(e) giving, put
Q4. War has been, throughout history, the chief
………… of social cohesion; and since science began, it has been the strongest
…………. to technical progress.
(a) reason, encouragement
(b) origin, boost
(c) cause, provocation
(d) source, incentive
(e) nature, competitor
Q5. Genetic engineering in humans should be
used to ………… diseases, not to ………. genetic uniformity.
(a) treat, foster
(b) eradicate, cater
(c) cure, generate
(d) avoid, promote
(e) end, encourage
Directions (6-10) : In
the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are also printed below the passage and against each five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate
word in each case.
A good percentage of the population of India is
tribal. The tribals live in the hills and forests of the country and have been
little …….(6)…….. by the ………(7)…….. currents of the plains. Practically all the
states of India have their tribal population. The tribes are numerous, computed
to be about 200, some living in ………(9)……… regions in dense forests, and others
on the borders of villages. Some tribes are ……….(9)……….. to a few souls, while
others like the Santhals run into millions and are steadily ……….(10)………… in
numbers.
Q6. (a)
affected
(b) domiciled
(b)
motivated
(d) deprived
(e) favoured
Q7. (a)
financial
(b) proud
(b)
cultural
(d) unruly
(e) swift
Q8. (a)
comfortable
(b) marshy
(b)
wild
(d) unpopulated
(e) inhospitable
Q9. (a)
devoted
(b) confined
(b)
susceptible
(d) related
(e) attached
Q10. (a)
constant
(b) deteriorated
(b)
developing
(d) increasing
(e) decreasing
Directions (11-15):
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if
any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with
error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (e). (Ignore errors of
punctuation, if any.)
Q11. Some people feels (a)/ that with local
language (b)/ no progress (c)/ is possible. (d)/ No error (e).
Q12. Oandekar could not (a)/ decide as to which
(b)/ article should he (c)/ buy from the shop. (d)/ No error (e).
Q13. Having failed to (a)/ got good results
(b)/ in her first attempt (c)/ she did not try again. (d)/ No error (e).
Q14. She does not understand (a)/ that how one
can be employed (b)/ as stenographer (c)/ without the necessary qualification.
(d)/ No error (e).
Q15. A few word of (a)/ gratitude are enough (b)/
to express your (c)/ feeling sincerely. (d)/ No error (e).
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(a);
Sol. ‘Effectiveness’
and ‘quality’ are66 the only words that will suit the blanks perfectly. We can talk
of ‘power’ of an organization or its ‘strength’ but how do we relate it to
‘paucity’ of leadership and ‘gender’ of leadership as indicated by the meaning
of the given statement.
S2. Ans.(d);
Sol. ‘Replete’
means ‘abundantly supplied’; only this word, from the given words, will suit
the first blank. ‘Asserting’ will suit the second blank but only if it is
followed by ‘over’.
S3. Ans.(c);
Sol. Though
‘satiating’ (‘satisfying’) would suit the first blank, ‘display’ will not suit
the second blank. Therefore, option (b) is out. Again, ‘granting’ would suit
the first blank but ‘empower’ [option (a)] would not suit the second blank.
S4. Ans.(d);
Sol. Though
both ‘reason’ and ‘source’ will suit the first blank, ‘incentive’, ‘something
that incites to greater effort’, will suit the second blank better than
‘encouragement’ in the context of ‘technical progress’.
S5. Ans.(a);
Sol. Though
both ‘treat’ and ‘cure’ will suit the first blank, ‘foster’, meaning ‘promote’,
will suit the second blank more than ‘generate’
S6. Ans.(a);
S7. Ans.(c);
S8. Ans.(e);
S9. Ans.(b);
S10. Ans.(d);
S11. Ans.(a);
Sol. Use
‘feel’ in place of ‘feels’ because the subject is plural.
S12. Ans.(c);
Sol. Place
‘should’ after ‘he’ because it is no interrogative construction.
S13. Ans.(b);
Sol. Use
‘get’ in place of ‘got’ because ‘To’ is always followed by
excluding
some exceptions.
S14. Ans.(b);
Sol. Remove
‘that’ because two conjunction cannot be used together and a question
word like how, who, where, when, etc. is never preceded by ‘that’
S15.
Ans.(a);
Sol. Use
‘words’ in place of ‘word’ because ‘a few’ is always followed by plural noun.
[A few+Plural Noun]
