TOPIC : Practice set
Directions
(1-5): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options
which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below,
implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. If none of
the given starters can be used to frame a meaningful sentence, choose option
(d) i.e. “none of these”. If all the given starters can be used to frame a
meaningful sentence without altering the context of both the statements, choose
option (e) i.e. “all of these”.
Q1. [I] Former Carlton president and ex-Liberal
heavyweight John Elliott will be able to drive again
[II] John Elliot fronted court to finalise a
drink-driving case and get his license back.
(i) Former Carlton president…
(ii) After fronting court to finalise….
(iii) John Elliot who is a former Cartlon
president…
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
Q2. [I] The financial research industry drifts
away from being 100% human powered to relying upon data collected by a
human/machine hybrids.
[II] Bank of America is seeking to lap the
competition.
(i) As the financial research industry drifts…
(ii) Although the financial research industry…
(iii) Since the financial research…
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
Q3. [I] Walmart can justify its expensive
acquisition.
[II] Walmart has to rely on the incumbent
talent that has successfully propelled Flipkart to dominance in the Indian
online retail.
(i) The incumbent talent…
(ii) By relying on the incumbent…
(iii) Walmart can justify…
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (ii) and (iii)
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
Q4. [I] More than 17 lakh children in India are
likely to die of pneumonia by 2030
[II] A global study was released on Monday,
which was World Pneumonia Day.
(i) According to a Global study…
(ii) Die of Pneumonia by 2030…
(iii) Given that more than 17 lakh….
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
Q5. [I] The vision before the freedom fighters
was ‘Ram Rajya’ as expressed by Gandhiji and elaborated in Hind Swaraj.
[II] The foundation of good education and
governance and Ram Rajya is the rule of dharma.
(i) The foundation of…
(ii) In the view of the foundation of…
(iii) Since the foundation of…
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
Directions
(6-15): In the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold
which may or may not be fitting into the sentence either due to grammatical
error or contextual error. There are four expressions given below each
sentence, out of which one of them can be used to replace the existing
highlighted phrase to make the sentence both grammatically and contextually
correct. Choose the most appropriate alternative among the five options that
determine the correct phrase that should replace the phrase given in bold. If
the phrase given in bold doesn’t require any replacement, choose option (e)
i.e., “No correction required” as your answer.
Q6. The battle of Koregaon was fought on
January 1, 1818, between the upper caste army of the Peshwa empire of the
Marathas on one side, and the East India Company’s army manned by Mahars and its British officers at the other.
(a) their British officers from the other.
(b) its British officers on the other
(c) its British officers in the other.
(d) their British officers on the other.
(e) No correction required
Q7. A girl was sleeping at night in his cabin that suddenly his room filled with light.
(a) and suddenly his room filled with
(b) as suddenly his room filled through
(c) when suddenly his room filled with
(d) that suddenly his room filled by
(e) No correction required
Q8. In 1885, a major strike against Jay Gould’s
Southwestern Railroad System had won by
the Knights of Labor.
(a) has won by the
(b) won by the
(c) had been won by the
(d) has been won by the
(e) No correction required
Q9. Since everyone knew the way to a man’s
heart was through his stomach, she
started with a special meal.
(a) she has started with a special meal.
(b) she has been started with a special meal.
(c) she had started a special meal.
(d) she is being started with a special meal.
(e) No correction required
Q10. The four-day DefExpo India, held from
April 11 to 14 in Chennai is ambitiously
positioned India as an emerging defence manufacturing hub in the world, and
as an exporter of defence systems and components.
(a) has ambitiously positioned India as an
(b) has positioning ambitiously India as an
(c) ambitiously position India as an
(d) had positioned India ambitiously as an
(e) No correction required
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Only the starter (ii) can be used to frame
a meaningful sentence without altering the intended meaning of the given
sentences. Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
(ii)
After Fronting court to finalise a drink-driving case and get his license back,
former Carlton president and ex-Liberal heavyweight John Elliott will be able
to drive again.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Both the starters (i) and (iii) can be used
to frame a meaningful sentence without altering the exact meaning of the given
sentences. However, it is not possible to construct a contextual sentence using
the second starter as it would alter the intended meaning. Hence option (b) is
the correct choice.
(i) As the financial research industry drifts
away from being 100% human powered to relying upon data collected by a
human/machine hybrids, Bank of America is seeking to lap the competition.
(iii) Since the financial research industry
drifts away from being 100% human powered to relying upon data collected by a
human/machine hybrids, Bank of America is seeking to lap the competition.
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both the starters (ii) and (iii) can be
used to frame a meaningful sentence without altering the exact meaning of the
given sentences. However, it is not possible to construct a contextual sentence
using the first starter as it would alter the intended meaning. Hence option
(c) is the correct choice.
(ii) By relying on the incumbent talent that
has successfully propelled Flipkart to dominance in the Indian online retail,
Walmart can justify its expensive acquisition.
(iii) Walmart can justify its expensive
acquisition by relying on the incumbent talent that has successfully propelled
Flipkart to dominance in the Indian online retail.
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. Only the starters (i) will be used to
frame a meaningful sentence without altering the exact meaning of the given
sentences. However, it is not possible to construct a contextual sentence using
the second or third starter as it would alter the intended meaning or would not
form the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence option (a) is
the correct choice.
(i) According to a global study released on
Monday, which was World Pneumonia day, more than 17 Lakh children in India are
likely to die of pneumonia by 2030.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. None of the given starters can be used to
form a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Therefore,
the most suitable answer choice is option (d).
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. “their British officers on the other” is
the correct use making the sentence meaningful and correct. ‘their’ is a
pronoun used for plural subject (East India’s Company’s army).
Hence option (d) is the correct choice.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. “when suddenly his room filled with” is
the correct phrase to be replaced making the sentence meaningful and correct.
‘when’
will be used in the form of conjunction for indicting the ‘time’ in simple
tense.
Preposition ‘with’ is used as “by means
of” comes before an INSTRUMENT (light) whereas ‘By’ as a preposition
indicates the way of doing something (action).
Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. “had been won by the” is the correct use
as the sentence is an incident of past which no longer exists, therefore ‘had
been’ will be used.
Option (a): ‘has’ is used with past participle
to form present perfect tense. Here the sentence is not in present tense.
Option (b): the sentence is in a passive voice,
hence the use of ‘won’ is wrong.
Option (d): ‘Has been’ is used to indicate a
past condition which continues to the present. Hence option (d) is wrong
Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
S9. Ans. (e)
Sol. The given sentence is grammatically
correct and contextually meaningful and hence, it doesn’t require any further
corrections. Therefore, option (e) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. “has ambitiously positioned India as an”
should replace the phrase given in bold.
In the sentence, “is ambitiously positioned
India as an”, the sentence should not be in the passive, it should be active,
subject (DefExpo) is doer itself.
Option (b) is wrong as ‘has’ should have third
form of verb (been) Moreover the adjective ‘ambitiously’ should come before
positioning.
Option (c) is wrong as the subject (DefExpo) is
singular which will take plural verb.
Option (d) is wrong as the sentence could have
been written in past but not in past perfect unless a past evidence is
mentioned in the sentence.
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