passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a
number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and
fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
There is a school of thought that some
kinds of complex governance/policymaking functions should be insulated from the
tumult of partisan politics by (1) them to technocrats. Giving in
to the seductive appeal of this argument to the (2) of breaking
the line of accountability of policymakers to the people altogether would
undermine democracy and run the risk of these technocratic bodies being
captured by (3) interests, instead of practising fidelity to
professionalism. The proposal of the RBI’s Urjit Patel committee to entrust
monetary policy (4) to a committee of wise men in which even the
RBI governor would have just one vote and can be (5) belongs to
this school. This is a bad idea that (6) firmly be rejected.
At present, the RBI has reasonable
autonomy but holds consultations with the government and has begun to testify
before parliamentary committees. Both are needed to make monetary policy and
regulation of the banking system (7) to the people. A committee
does advise the RBI governor on policy rates, but he makes the final call. One
person taking the final call seems less democratic than a committee voting to
make that call only (8) that one person is taken out of his
institutional context. The RBI governor is not some lone ranger but the RBI’s
link with the elected government of the country. Simultaneous accountability of
the RBI governor to a committee of Parliament would (9) that the
government does not make (10) demands on the central bank as
well.
Q1.(a) allocate
(b) entrusting
(c) imposed
(d) confer
(e) holding
Q2.(a) ambit
(b) stretches
(c) term
(d) extent
(e) length
Q3.(a) vested
(b) endowed
(c) simple
(d) compound
(e) any
Q4.(a) arranging
(b) initiating
(c) setting
(d) treating
(e) beginning
Q5.(a) concerned
(b) agrees
(c) associates
(d) correlates
(e) overruled
Q6.(a) needs
(b) must
(c) had
(d) ought
(e) requires
Q7.(a) adapted
(b) fitted
(c) responsible
(d) accountable
(e) attributed
Q8. (a) while
(b) whereas
(c) whether
(d) where
(e) when
Q9. (a) ensure
(b) think
(c) protect
(d) pursue
(e) follow
Q10. (a) fervent
(b) obsolete
(c) arbitrary
(d) despotic
(e) passionate
Directions (11-15): In each of the questions given below a sentence
is given which is divided into 5 parts. The first part which is numbered (1)
and is grammatically correct. You have to find the error in the other numbered
part of the sentence and if you find the error in any other part of the
sentence then that part of the sentence is the correct choice for the given
question. If all the parts are grammatically correct choose option (e) as your
choice.
Q11.
(1) When I get back /(A) I shall pay back /(B) the money that /(C) I
borrowed from /(D) you last month ./ (E) No error
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e) E
Q12.
(1) No sooner /(A) he had arrived/(B) than he was /(C) asked to /(D)
leave again./(E) No error
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e) E
Q13.
(1)If your jogging /(A) clothes is not /(B) made of permeable fabric
/(C) you will drown /(D)in your sweat. /(E) No error
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e) E
Q14.
(1)Having lived /(A) in Kerala for ten years, /(B) my friend is used to
/(C) speak Malyalam /(D) with his friends.
/(E) No error
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E
Q15. (1)India already /(A)provides
reservations to /(B) backward groups and /(C) it is time the /(D)reservation
policy is re-examined. /(E) No error
(a) A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e) No error
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Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
S2. Ans.(d)
S3. Ans.(a)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(e)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(e)
S9. Ans.(a)
S10. Ans.(c)
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘had he’ will be used in place of ‘he had’ as verb is used before the subject with ‘no sooner’.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘are’ will be used in place of ‘is’ as the subject of the sentence ‘clothes’ is plural for which plural verb is used.
S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘speaking’ will be used in place of ‘speak’.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
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