It is ____(1)____ that Union power minister Piyush Goyal has offered the
Centre’s good offices to sort out the ___(2)_____
of stressed stranded projects in the vexed power sector. As many as 54 projects
adding up to over 25,000 MW are currently __(3)____
and not generating power. But the problem, in the main, is the sorry lack of ___(4)____ in distribution and
attendant, routine and large-scale theft of power. It is ___(5)____ revenue
loss in distribution and moribund finances of state power ____(6)___ that stultifies offtake and ____(7)_____.
Q1. (a) please
(b) admitting
(c) secure
(d) welcome
(e) exceptional
Q2. (a) annoyance
(b) distress
(c) struggle
(d) pressure
(e) problem
Q3. (a) wrecke
(b) stranded
(c) strapped
(d) hidden
(e) detached
Q4. (a) enhancement
(b) adjustment
(c) forecast
(d) reforms
(e) restore
Q5. (a) rampant
(b) agitated
(c) vehement
(d) perilous
(e) abundance
Q6. (a) convenience
(b) contribution
(c) efficiency
(d) utilities
(e) policy
Q7. (a) submission
(b) approach
(c) demand
(d) necessity
(e) proposal
Direction (8-15): 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.)
Q8. These sort of men (a)/ attain
worldly success by hook or by crook, (b)/ so they deserve to (c)/ be looked
down upon. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q9. She was startled (a)/ to see in (b)/
her drawing room (c)/ a most popular film producer. (d)/ No error (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q10. I saw (a)/ an anxious pale girl
(b)/ who when asked let me know (c)/ that she was suffering from consumption.
(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q11. Delhi is far (a)/ better than any
(b)/ other metropolis (c)/ of Pakistan. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q12. Gold is the most precious (a)/ of
all the metals (b)/ that are used in ornaments, (c)/ as far as we all know.
(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q13. He works hard (a)/ that he should
please (b)/ his Manager to promote him (c)/ to the post of Sales Executive.
(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q14. I hardly ever (a)/ see him because
(b)/ in my opinion he is not (c)/ a man to be admired. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q15. ‘Where else (a)/ did you go besides
(b)/ the office?’ she (c)/ asked her husband. (d)/ No error (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. “welcome” is the word fits into the
sentence perfectly and thus adding meaning to it as the word to the sentence
means very pleasing because it is much needed or desired. Hence (d) is the
correct option.
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. The phrase “stressed stranded
projects in the vexed power sector” in the sentence implies that it is the
problem that the government has tried to sort-out. Hence the word “problem”
fills the blank appropriately.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. “stranded” stands out to be the most
suitable word that adds meaning to the sentence as the word means left without
the means to move from somewhere. Hence (b) is the correct option.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. “reforms” is the correct word in
context of its usage in the sentence as it means the action or process of
reforming an institution or practice. Hence (d) is the correct option.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. “rampant” is the correct word as it
means (especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked.
Other words alter the meaning of the sentence. Hence (a) is the correct
option.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. “state power utilities” is the
correct phrase in context of adding meaning to the sentence as the word
“utility” means the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. “demand” is the correct word in
context of its usage in the sentence as the word means pressing requirements.
Hence (c) is the correct option.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘sorts’ will be used in place of
‘sort’ because adjective ‘these’ has been used before ‘sort’, hence noun will
be used in plural form.
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘A pale anxious girl’ will be used
in place of ‘An anxious pale girl’ because Adjective of human emotion/
personality is used after Adjective of colour ‘pale’, ‘dark’ etc.
S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘other’ will not be used because
when a person, place or thing of a group is being compared to person, place or
thing of another group in comparative degree, then ‘Any+ Singular Noun’ is
used. Ex. Rajan of this orchestra is better than any artist of that orchestra.
S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. In place of ‘should’, ‘may’ will be
used. If the clause used in a sentence telling purpose is in future tense or
present tense then ‘may’ is used in dependent clause starting from ‘that’, ‘so
that’ or ‘in order that’.
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct. Remember ‘hardly ever’ is used which means ‘very seldom’.
S15. Ans. (a)
Sol. The use of ‘else’ is superfluous in
this sentence. ‘everywhere else’, ‘anywhere else’, ‘somewhere else’ etc. are
used.
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