Directions
(1-5) : Rearrange the following sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) into a
meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below it.
(A) Moreover salaries
in public sector enterprises are not as competitive as those offered by private
or foreign corporates.
(B) This trend should
be a wake-up call for stakeholders to examine why employees are seeking better
opportunities with private companies in India and abroad.
(C) Public Sector
Enterprises (PSEs) have been experiencing severe challenges in attracting,
motivating and retaining their key staff.
(D) Having identified
these as the reasons employees leave PSEs, it is important to empower
stakeholders to find ways to remedy the situation.
(E)
One reason is that young employees lured away by private firms are more willing
to undertake professional risks.
(F)
Employees in specialist roles especially have become increasingly difficult to
retain.
Q1. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the
paragraph?
(a) A (b)
B
(c) C (d)
D
(e) E
Q2. Which sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph?
(a) A (b)
B
(c) C (d)
D
(e) E
Q3. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph?
(a) A (b)
F
(c) E (d)
D
(e) C
Q4. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?
(a) B (b)
F
(c) E (d)
D
(e) C
Q5. Which sentence should be the THIRD in the paragraph?
(a) A (b)
B
(c) C (d)
D
(e) E
Directions (6-10): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank
indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each
blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Q6. Handicrafts
constitute an important ________ of the decentralized sector of India’s economy
and __________ employment to over six million artisans.
(a) factors, aims (b) extension, plans
(c) segment, provides
(d) supplier, gives
(e)
period, projects
Q7. Germany had been a nation………………in one country of numerous states
which had a common language and…………………
(a) assembled, dialect (b)assimilated,
script
(c) embedded, civilization (d)united, traditions
(e) formed, code
Q8. The quality of
__________ between individuals and the organization for which they work can be
_________ to the benefit of both the parties.
(a) services,
evaluated
(b) interaction,
improved
(c) sophistication,
developed
(d) work, appreciated
(e)
life, conceptualized
Q9. Part of the
confusion in our societies ____________ from our pursuit of efficiency and
economic growth, in the __________ that these are the necessary ingredients of
progress.
(a) stems, conviction
(b) derives,
evaluation
(c) emerges,
consideration
(d) obtains,
exploration
(e)
extends, planning
Q10. The problem of
housing shortage ___________ with the population explosion has also been
___________ by this policy.
(a) coped,
highlighted
(b) dispensed,
acknowledged
(c) compounded,
addressed
(d) threatened,
manifested
(e)
projected, discussed
Directions
(11-15): 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.)
Q11. Hindi
Films are certainly (a)/ popular in the last decade (b)/ but in these days our
regional films (c)/ have attained more popularity. (d)/ No error (e)
Q12. I am not familiar (a)/ with all the important
places in this (b)/ town although I have been living (c)/ here since two years.
(d)/No error (e).
Q13. The tribal people have (a)/ high regard for him because
(b)/ he donated large number of (c)/ money for their upliftment. (d)/ No error
(e)
Q14. In India
working woman (a)/ lead a life of dual responsibilities (b)/ if they are
married (c)/ and have a family. (d)/ No error (e).
Q15. Implementing these measures (a)/ will help the
government (b)/ to save more of (c)/ 400 crores each year. (d)/ No error (e)
Directions (1-5): the correct
sequence is CFBEAD.
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.(e)
S2. Ans.(d)
S3. Ans.(e)
S4. Ans.(b)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Segment means each of the parts into which something is or may
be divided.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol.
The correct use is ‘formed, code’.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Stems mean
originate in or be caused by.
Conviction means a firmly
held belief or opinion.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Compounded means to make up (a composite
whole); constitute.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Substitute ‘were’ for ‘are’.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Substitute ‘a large amount’ for ‘large number of’.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol.
use ‘women’ in place of ‘woman’.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Substitute ‘than’ for ‘of’
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