TOPIC: Word Replacement, Sentence Completion, Sentence Rearrangement
Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions four words are given in bold. Which of the following words must replace each other so that the sentence becomes contextually correct and meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose option (e) as your answer.
Q1. New (1)/ diversity of snakes are being (2)/discovered worldwide too and Central and South America are (3)/considered the regions with the highest snake (4)/species.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) 1-4
(e) No change required
Q2. Teaching input can be partly (1)/ assessment by the number of courses (2)/taught, but research (3)/ measured should avoid the quantitative (4)/metric.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 1-3
(d) 2-4
(e) No change required
Q3. Parliament’s recent (1)/approval of the redrawn electoral constituencies has (2)/reinforced allegations of gerrymandering and (3)/unequal sizing of electoral districts to (4)/benefit the National Front.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) 2-4
(e) No change required
Q4. Meanwhile, in an effort to (1)/ herded its flock together, the party (2)/ keep its elected party men and two Independent legislators to a (3)/resort on the (4)/outskirts of the city.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) 2-4
(e) No change required
Q5. It was a long (1)/grief for the tribals from the morning for their near and dear. They even (2)/refused to take breakfast and water as all of them were (3)/stricken with (4)wait.
(a) 1-2
(b) 1-4
(c) 3-4
(d) 2-4
(e) No change required
Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences/words given .i.e. one of the sentences/words can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.
Q6. Rich mineral resources and the …………………………………….. to build infrastructure will attract plenty of foreign investment.
(a) government willingly present
(b) government presence is willing
(c) government is present but willing
(d) present government’s willingness
(e) government present willing
Q7. …………………………………………………….. a good education system, attractive quality of life and a good transport system which can cope with its rising population.
(a) One of the city’s advantages include
(b) Some of the city’s advantages include
(c) The city has advantages included
(d) Many of the city’s advantages are included
(e) One of the city’s advantages including
Q8. Regulators in America have plans to …………………………………… of capital that its eight largest banks can hold and banks will have until 2018 to comply.
(a) increased the amount
(b) increase in the amounts
(c) which increases the amount
(d) by increasing amounts
(e) increase the amount
Q9. If we revise the school curriculum, colleges will not only get ………………………………………. but companies will also get skilled employees.
(a) most quality students
(b) good quality of the student
(c) students of best qualities
(d) better quality students
(e) more quality of students
Q10. By running small dairy farms and selling milk to factories, …………………………………………………. the needs of their families.
(a) woman of the village caring for
(b) woman of a village will care
(c) women of the village take care of
(d) village women taking care of
(e) the women of the village takes care
Directions (11-15): In each of the following Questions a sentence is divided into four parts A, B, C and D. Rearrange the following parts (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful sentence and then answer the questions given below.
Q11.
(A) pulling out the boat is
(B) equipment is with us and if
(C) the boat has not overturned
(D) not difficult if the latest
(a) CDBA
(b) ADBC
(c) BDCA
(d) DCAB
(e) BCAD
Q12.
(A) the attack on the tourist, the second
(B) such incident in a fortnight
(C) civil society members condemned
(D) regional parties and several
(a) CDBA
(b) ADBC
(c) BDCA
(d) DCAB
(e) BCAD
Q13.
(A) worse than merely the production of studious
(B) actually, what India is experiencing
(C) in higher education today is far
(D) but creativity-challenged youth
(a) CDBA
(b) ADBC
(c) BDCA
(d) DCAB
(e) BCAD
Q14.
(A) creativity of the people as a whole
(B) Singapore’s orderly society may not
(C) suggests one way we could identify the
(D) be everybody’s cup of tea but its history
(a) CDBA
(b) ADBC
(c) BDCA
(d) DCAB
(e) BCAD
Q15.
(A) over independent thought
(B) system that rewarded studiousness
(C) he traced the lack of
(D) creativity to an education
(a) CDBA
(b) ADBC
(c) BDCA
(d) DCAB
(e) BCAD
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Replace “diversity-species” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace “assessment-measured” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. No change required
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace “herded-keep” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace “grief-wait” with each other to make a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘present government’s willingness’ is grammatically and contextually correct.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Some of the city’s advantages include’ is grammatically and contextually correct.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘increase the amount’ is grammatically and contextually correct.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘better quality students’ is grammatically and contextually correct.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘women of the village take care of’ is grammatically and contextually correct.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is ADBC.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is DCAB.
S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BCAD.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDCA.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CDBA.
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