Directions (1-5): In
the following passage, certain words which may be either contextually or
grammatically incorrect have been highlighted and numbered. For each
highlighted word four alternatives are provided that could replace the
highlighted word to make the given sentence both grammatically and contextually
correct. Option corresponding to that word will be your answer. If the given
word is correct as it is then choose option (e), i.e. ‘No Correction required’
as your answer.
Q1. Power (1) trail hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless
elections are around the corner. In May-end this year, the hike had been
announced barely a week after the Lok Sabha polls. With the next Assembly
elections over two years away, the state government has conveniently decided to
make domestic as well as industrial (2) turnover
pay even more in 2020. According to the state power regulator, additional
revenue requirement of Rs 1,320 crore on account of coal washing charges to be
paid to Rajpura Thermal Power Plant and Talwandi Sabo Power Project would be
recovered from consumers over the next 12 months. Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been bearing the (3) remit of successive governments’ populist commitment of providing
free power to farmers, a key vote bank no political party wants to displease.
Biting off more than it can chew, the government now owes power subsidy dues to
the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore to the PSPCL. Earlier this year, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had questioned the Punjab and Haryana governments on free or
subsidised power to rich farmers. The Chief Justice had observed that (4) deadline should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers. Most of the (5) ensure farmers, which include some
influential politicians, have only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on
their own.
(a) plunge
(b) restriction
(c) tariff
(d) cross
(e) No correction required
Q2. Power (1) trail hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless
elections are around the corner. In May-end this year, the hike had been
announced barely a week after the Lok Sabha polls. With the next Assembly
elections over two years away, the state government has conveniently decided to
make domestic as well as industrial (2) turnover
pay even more in 2020. According to the state power regulator, additional
revenue requirement of Rs 1,320 crore on account of coal washing charges to be
paid to Rajpura Thermal Power Plant and Talwandi Sabo Power Project would be
recovered from consumers over the next 12 months. Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been bearing the (3) remit of successive governments’ populist commitment of providing
free power to farmers, a key vote bank no political party wants to displease.
Biting off more than it can chew, the government now owes power subsidy dues to
the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore to the PSPCL. Earlier this year, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had questioned the Punjab and Haryana governments on free or
subsidised power to rich farmers. The Chief Justice had observed that (4) deadline should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers. Most of the (5) ensure farmers, which include some
influential politicians, have only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on
their own.
(a) consumers
(b) waste
(c) rivalry
(d) transforms
(e) No correction required
Q3. Power (1) trail hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless
elections are around the corner. In May-end this year, the hike had been
announced barely a week after the Lok Sabha polls. With the next Assembly
elections over two years away, the state government has conveniently decided to
make domestic as well as industrial (2) turnover
pay even more in 2020. According to the state power regulator, additional
revenue requirement of Rs 1,320 crore on account of coal washing charges to be
paid to Rajpura Thermal Power Plant and Talwandi Sabo Power Project would be
recovered from consumers over the next 12 months. Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been bearing the (3) remit of successive governments’ populist commitment of providing
free power to farmers, a key vote bank no political party wants to displease.
Biting off more than it can chew, the government now owes power subsidy dues to
the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore to the PSPCL. Earlier this year, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had questioned the Punjab and Haryana governments on free or
subsidised power to rich farmers. The Chief Justice had observed that (4) deadline should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers. Most of the (5) ensure farmers, which include some
influential politicians, have only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on
their own.
(a) defence
(b) pitched
(c) dimension
(d) brunt
(e) No correction required
Q4. Power (1) trail hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless
elections are around the corner. In May-end this year, the hike had been
announced barely a week after the Lok Sabha polls. With the next Assembly
elections over two years away, the state government has conveniently decided to
make domestic as well as industrial (2) turnover
pay even more in 2020. According to the state power regulator, additional
revenue requirement of Rs 1,320 crore on account of coal washing charges to be
paid to Rajpura Thermal Power Plant and Talwandi Sabo Power Project would be
recovered from consumers over the next 12 months. Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been bearing the (3) remit of successive governments’ populist commitment of providing
free power to farmers, a key vote bank no political party wants to displease.
Biting off more than it can chew, the government now owes power subsidy dues to
the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore to the PSPCL. Earlier this year, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had questioned the Punjab and Haryana governments on free or
subsidised power to rich farmers. The Chief Justice had observed that (4) deadline should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers. Most of the (5) ensure farmers, which include some
influential politicians, have only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on
their own.
(a) discover
(b) subsidy
(c) cause
(d) advantageous
(e) No correction required
Q5. Power (1) trail hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless
elections are around the corner. In May-end this year, the hike had been
announced barely a week after the Lok Sabha polls. With the next Assembly
elections over two years away, the state government has conveniently decided to
make domestic as well as industrial (2) turnover
pay even more in 2020. According to the state power regulator, additional
revenue requirement of Rs 1,320 crore on account of coal washing charges to be
paid to Rajpura Thermal Power Plant and Talwandi Sabo Power Project would be
recovered from consumers over the next 12 months. Punjab State Power
Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been bearing the (3) remit of successive governments’ populist commitment of providing
free power to farmers, a key vote bank no political party wants to displease.
Biting off more than it can chew, the government now owes power subsidy dues to
the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore to the PSPCL. Earlier this year, the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had questioned the Punjab and Haryana governments on free or
subsidised power to rich farmers. The Chief Justice had observed that (4) deadline should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers. Most of the (5) ensure farmers, which include some
influential politicians, have only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on
their own.
(a) charge
(b) consumed
(c) affluent
(d) hidden
(e) No correction required
Directions
(6-10): Read each of
the following sentences to find out if there is any grammatical error in it.
The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part
is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (e) as
your answer choice.
Q6. Ram and Rahul used (A)
/to practice for almost eight (B) /hours in the auditorium (C) /they are practicing
earlier (D)/ No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these.
Q7. The students were (A)
/playing with a ball (B) /and run around when (C)/the accident occurred (D)/ No
Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these.
Q8. The United States (A)/
intervened so to (B)/ avoid a hot incident (C) /between the Iraq and Iran
(D)/No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these.
Q9. The policemen started
(A)/ firing the crowd with water (B)/ cannon when the striking (C)/ workers
became violent (D)/No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these.
Q10. She was very (A)/
embarrassed when (B)/ her child behaved (C)/ bad in public (D).No Error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) None of these.
Directions (11-15): Answer the following questions after rearranging the following
sentences into a coherent paragraph.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with
India nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
Q11. What should be the FOURTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) A
(c) B
(d) C
(e) D
Q12. What should be the THIRD sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) A
(c) C
(d) B
(e) F
Q13. What should be the LAST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) C
(c) B
(d) E
(e) D
Q14. What should be the SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q15. What should be the FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) E
(c) D
(d) A
(e) C
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct word to replace the
highlighted word in (1) is “tariff”.
The sentence thus formed is, “Power (1) tariff
hike has become par for the course in Punjab, unless elections are around
the corner”.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct word to replace the
highlighted word in (2) is “consumers”.
The sentence thus formed is, “With the next Assembly elections over two years
away, the state government has conveniently decided to make domestic as well as
industrial (2) consumers pay even
more in 2020”.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct word to replace the
highlighted word in (3) is “brunt”.
The sentence thus formed is, “Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
has been bearing the (3) brunt of
successive governments’ populist commitment of providing free power to farmers,
a key vote bank no political party wants to displease”.
Bearing the brunt means: to suffer the main part or force of it.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct word to replace the
highlighted word in (4) is “subsidy”.
The sentence thus formed is, “The Chief Justice had observed that (4) subsidy should be only for the needy,
but its burden inevitably fell on the taxpayers”.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct word to replace the
highlighted word in (5) is “affluent”.
The sentence thus formed is, “Most of the (5) affluent farmers, which include some influential politicians, have
only paid lip service to giving up subsidy on their own”.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the last part of
the sentence ‘are’ will be replaced by ‘were’. The usage of ‘used to’ clarifies
that the sentence is in past tense. This makes our correct answer choice option
(d) our answer.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the third part of
the sentence, the word ‘run’ will be
replaced by ‘running’ as the two verb have same verb form when joined with the
conjunction.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the second part of
the sentence, we will use ‘as’ before ‘to’. This will make the sentence
grammatically correct. The structure of the sentence is ‘so as’.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. In the second part of
the sentence we will use ‘on/at’ after firing. This makes the sentence
grammatically and contextually correct.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the last part of
the sentence, the word ‘bad’ is incorrect as it is an adjective but here we
need an adverb. So we will replace ‘badly’. This makes our correct answer
choice option (d).
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBFAEC
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with
India nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBFAEC
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with
India nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBFAEC
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with India
nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBFAEC
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with
India nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBFAEC
(D)India shares international borders with
eight countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and China.
(B) The first six are geographically located in
what is broadly known as South Asia
(F) They are, along with India, original
members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formed
in December 1985 in Dhaka.
(A) Afghanistan neither shares borders with
India nor is unanimously seen by geographers as part of South Asia.
(E) India and Afghanistan, however, have a
shared history and always had very special political relations.
(C) On India’s initiative based on strategic
reasons, the country was made a member of the SAARC over 21 years after its
formation.
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