TOPIC : Connectors
Directions (1-5): In the questions given below few
sentences are given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect
them by the word given above the statements in the best possible way without
changing the intended meaning. Choose your answer accordingly from the options
to form a correct, coherent sentence.
Q1. WHILE
(A) The bench had
earlier slammed the authorities, saying it will be an embarrassment if the
UNESCO withdraws its world heritage tag accorded to the ivory-white marble
mausoleum.
(B) Director General of
Archeological Survey of India (ASI) will be responsible for maintenance of the
Taj Mahal.
(C) joint secretary of
Ministry of Environment and commissioner of Agra Division will jointly be
in-charge of the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ).
(D) On the last date of
hearing the bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta had wanted to know
who is in charge of the Mughal era monument.
(a) Only (C) – (D)
(b) Only (A) – (D)
(c) Only (B) – (C)
(d) Both (A) – (B) and
(C) – (D)
(e) none of these
Q2. WHEREAS
(A) The authorities
suspended the rail services in the Valley.
(B) The Army fired live
ammunitions to quell the mob, injuring, at least, five people.
(C) The Army conducted
searches following the reports about the presence of separatist militants.
(D) The shutdown called
by the separatists closed marketplaces and public transport services.
(a) Only (C) – (D)
(b) Only (A) – (D)
(c) Only (B) – (C)
(d) Both (A) – (B) and
(C) – (D)
(e) none of these
Q3. SINCE
(A) Mining development
in India has been hobbled for a variety of reasons, from unfriendly government
policy
(B) Arvind Panagariya
argues that, any move that seeks to make imports costlier as an
import-substitution regime should be avoided.
(C) India would do
better to have a viable export-led strategy and concentrate on removing
bottlenecks.
(D) A liberal trade
regime results in cheaper imports and more competitive exports.
(a) Only (D) – (B)
(b) Only (A) – (C)
(c) Only (D) – (A)
(d) Both (A) – (B) and
(C) – (D)
(e) none of these
Q4. ONCE
(A) E-commerce in India
has changed the way millions of Indians shop and simultaneously influenced
operations of manufacturers and service providers.
(B) The salient feature
of this policy is the strategic intent which underpins it.
(C) These advances have
simultaneously transformed many areas such as financial payments.
(D) The e-commerce
phenomenon piggybacks on path breaking advances in information and
communications technology.
(a) Only (D) – (B)
(b) Only (A) – (C)
(c) Only (D) – (A)
(d) Both (A) – (B) and
(C) – (D)
(e) none of these
Q5. SO THAT
(A) a content creator
can have the confidence that an end viewer can see exactly the images the
Netflix content creators slaved so hard to create.
(B) The new X1 Ultimate
processor, is reckoned to be around twice as powerful as the previous X1
Extreme system.
(C) Netflix Calibrated
Mode automatically adjusts picture settings when you’re watching the built-in
Netflix app.
(D) The image in
Netflix Calibrated Mode resembles as closely as possible the way Netflix’s
content creators saw things when mastering their shows and movies.
(a) Only (C) – (A)
(b) Only (B) – (C)
(c) Only (B) – (A)
(d) Both (C) – (D) and
(C) – (A)
(e) none of these
Directions (6-10): The following question consists of
a sentence which is divided into three parts which contain grammatical errors
in one or more than one part of the sentence. If there is an error in any part
of the sentence, find the correct alternatives to replace those parts from the
three options given below each question to make the sentence grammatically
correct. If there is an error in any part of the sentence and none of the
alternatives is correct to replace that part, then choose (d) i.e. None of the
(I), (II) and (III) as your answer. If the given sentence is grammatically
correct or does not require any correction, choose (e) i.e. No correction
required as your answer.
Q6. Newly released
emails from the Trump administration officials (I)/ show desires for adding a
question on citizenship to the 2020 census (II)/ at present after President
Donald Trump took office. (III)
(I) New released emails
from the Trump administration officials
(II) show a desire to
add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census
(III) shortly after
President Donald Trump took office
(a)Only (I)
(b)Both (I) and (II)
(c)Both (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I),
(II) and (III)
(e)No correction
required
Q7. Self-contained,
minimal water using sewage (I)/ might be possible on a farm, but hardly than
your (II)/ staying on the 10th floor of an apartment block. (III)
(I) Self-contained,
minimal water for using sewage
(II) might be possible
on a farm, but hardly if you’re
(III) staying on the 10th
floor in an apartment block
(a)Only (II)
(b)Both (I) and (II)
(c)Both (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I),
(II) and (III)
(e)No correction
required
Q8. Truro City chairman Peter Masters says (I)/ the
Stadium for Cornwall project will not happen (II)/ unless
the club does not leave Treyew Road by the end of July. (III)
(I) Truro City chairman
Peter Masters say
(II) the Stadium for
Cornwall project will not happens
(III) unless the club
leave Treyew Road by the end of July
(a)Only (II)
(b)Only (III)
(c)Both (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I),
(II) and (III)
(e)No correction
required
Q9. Many reservoirs are
now just expanses of baked earth (I)/ and the borewells that are dug ever
deeper (II)/ and more desperately are pumping dry. (III)
(I) Much reservoirs are
now just expansion of baked earth
(II) and the borewells
which is dug ever deeper
(III) and more
desperately are pumping dryness
(a)Only (II)
(b)Only (III)
(c)Both (II) and (III)
(d)None of the (I),
(II) and (III)
(e)No correction
required
Q10. Purplish-green
small flowers, borne in summer, (I)/ are followed by pinkish-purple fruits
characterised within (II)/ five slender horning extensions with the appearance
of jester’s cap. (III)
(I) Small
purplish-green flowers, borne in summer
(II) are followed by
pinkish-purple fruits characterised by
(III) five slender
horn-like extensions with the appearance of a jester’s cap.
(a)Only (II)
(b)Only (III)
(c)All (I), (II) and
(III)
(d)None of the (I),
(II) and (III)
(e)No correction
required
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Statements (B) and
(C) can be joined together to form a meaningful sentence using the conjunction
‘while’. “While” is used as a conjunction to refer ‘during the time that; at
the same time as’. Thus, the coherent sentence formed using the statements (B)
and (C) is “Director General of
Archeological Survey of India (ASI) will be responsible for maintenance of the
Taj Mahal while joint secretary of Ministry of Environment and commissioner of
Agra Division will jointly be in-charge of the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ).”
All the other combinations fail to form a coherent sentence. Hence, option (c)
is the most viable answer choice.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Statements (A) and
(D) can be combined successfully using the conjunction ‘whereas’. “whereas” is
used to refer ‘in contrast or comparison with the fact that’. Therefore, using
statements (A) and (D), the coherent sentence thus formed is “The authorities suspended the rail services
in the Valley whereas the shutdown called by the separatists closed
marketplaces and public transport services”. All the other combinations
fail to form a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
Hence, option (b) is the most viable answer choice.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Statements (D) and
(B) can be joined together using the conjunction ‘since’ to form a coherent
sentence. ‘Since’ is used to express ‘for the reason that; because’. Therefore,
using the statements (D) and (B) the meaningful sentence thus formed is “Since a liberal trade regime results in
cheaper imports and more competitive exports Arvind Panagariya argues that, any
move that seeks to make imports costlier as an import-substitution regime
should be avoided”. All the other combinations fail to form a grammatically
correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (a) is the most
viable answer choice.
S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. None of the given
combinations can successfully form a coherent sentence using the conjunction
“Once”. “once” is used to refer ‘as soon as; when’. As none of the statements
can be interlinked with each other, therefore, option (e) is the most feasible
answer choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Combinations (C) –
(D) and (C) – (A) can form grammatically correct and contextually meaningful
sentences using the connector “so that”. ‘So that’ is used as a subordinate
clause to show purpose or to give an explanation. It is used to show an action
producing an intended result of a cause producing an effect. Therefore, the
meaningful sentences thus formed using the combination of statements (C) – (D)
and (C) – (A) are “Netflix Calibrated
Mode automatically adjusts picture settings when you’re watching the built-in
Netflix app so that the image resembles as closely as possible the way
Netflix’s content creators saw things when mastering their shows and movies”
and “Netflix Calibrated Mode
automatically adjusts picture settings when you’re watching the built-in
Netflix app so that a content creator can have the confidence that an end
viewer can see exactly the images the Netflix content creators slaved so hard
to create.” All the other combinations do not form grammatically correct
and meaningful sentences thus, option (d) is the most feasible answer choice.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. The error lies in
parts (II) and (III) of the sentence. In part (II), since a single desire has
been mentioned [to add a question on citizenship], “desires” should be replaced
by “a desire”. Moreover, in part (III), “at present” should be replaced by
“shortly”, as ‘at present’ is used to express a present event in present tense;
while “shortly” is used to refer a Future action in future indefinite [after
President Donald Trump took office]. Since expressions (II) and (III) are
suitable to replace the incorrect parts, option (c) becomes the most viable
answer choice.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Part (II) of the
sentence contains an error in it. It is to be noted that hardly, scarcely and
barely are followed by ‘when’, while ‘no sooner’ is followed by ‘than’.
Moreover, in this sentence while using ‘hardly’, instead of ‘when’, ‘if’ can
also be used as they both provide condition to make the sentence contextually
correct. In addition to, “your” means belonging to or associated with the
person or people that the speaker is addressing while “you’re” is a contraction
of “you are”. Part (I) and part (III) of the sentence are correct.
Hence, option (a) is
the most suitable answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Only part (III) of
the sentence contains error in it. To make the sentence correct, omit “does
not” from clause followed by unless as if the clause after “unless”
is negative, the negative of the clause and the implied negative of “unless”
makes the total positive. It’s the case of two negatives makes positive in a
sentence. Parts (I) and (II) of the sentence are grammatically correct and
contextually meaningful. Hence, option (b) becomes the most viable answer
choice.
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the parts of
the given sentence are grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.
Therefore, they do not need any replacements. Hence, option (e) is most
suitable answer choice.
S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. All the three
parts of the sentence contain error in them. It is to be noted that to make the
first part of the sentence grammatically correct, replace “Purplish-green
small” by “Small purplish-green”, since while describing a noun with adjective
of size and adjective of color, then the chronological order of the adjectives
should be size and then colour. Moreover, in part (II) “within” should be
replaced by “by” as the phrase ‘characterized by’ means ‘identified by’. Since,
part (III) describes the qualities of the flower, replacing expression (II) will
provide more appropriate context to the sentence. In addition to, “horning”
should be replaced by “horn-like” since ‘horn-like’ can be used as an adjective
to describe the extensions. Also, article ‘a’ should be added before “jester’s
cap”. Since all the given expressions are appropriate to replace the incorrect
phrases of the sentence, option (c) becomes the most feasible answer choice.
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