TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Directions (1-5): 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.)
Q1. Unless
you take (a)/ an interest into the studies (b)/ you will not succeed (c)/ in
the examination. (d) /No error (e)
Q2. Visiting
tribals and (a)/ talk to them are (b)/ the activities which (c)/ all of us
enjoy. (d)/ No error (e)
Q3. The
proper assessment of (a)/ the training needs allow (b)/ for meaningful
follow-up (c)/ of the training activity (d)/No error (e).
Q4. I
am working (a)/ in this organisation (b)/ without any break (c)/ for the last
thirty years. (d)/ No error (e)
Q5. Air
pollution in Delhi is (a)/ not of recent origin and (b)/ successive
governments(c)/ have failed in finding solutions.(d)/ No error (e).
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences (A),
(B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the
questions which follow.
A. According
to it, organized retail stores are not wolves at the doors of friendly
neighbourhood grocery stores as there is room for expansion of both.
B. Many
have been crying foul over the entry of organized retail stores expressing
concern over their impact on small store owners.
C. The final winner in the
competition, however, is the common man who gets to choose between the most
suitable options and in turn fights with the runaway inflation in prices of
essential commodities.
D. In spite of this
potential for expansion, it is doubtless that the small store owners face a
decline in profit in initial years if organized retailers set up stores in the
vicinity.
E. But a study conducted
over a period of two years goes a long way towards allaying these fears.
F. This impact, however,
wears off once they learn to take on the competition which, in turn, enhances
efficiency all around.
Q6.Which of the following sentence should be the FIRST after
rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q7. Which of the following sentence should be the THIRD after
rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) D
(d) F
(e) C
Q8. Which of the following sentence should be the SIXTH after
rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E
(e) F
Q9. Which of the following sentence should be the SECOND after
rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E
(e) F
Q10. Which of the following sentence
should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E
(e) F
Directions (11-15): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c), and
(d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to
make sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark
(e), i.e., No correction required, as the answer.
Q11. I overheard him saying something to
me when I was quit.
(a) was
almost quit
(b)was about to quit
(c) had
about to quit
(d)had been quitting
(e) No
correction required
Q12. We had not only helped them with
money but also with new machinery and raw material.
(a) not
only helped them by
(b)helped them not only with
(c) helped
not only to them with
(d)not only been helped them by
(e) No
correction required
Q13. I was shocked to learn that no one was
knowing where the files were kept.
(a) had
been knowing
(b)had been known
(c) knew
(d)was known
(e) No
correction required
Q14. All
you really need is a
mask, a tube, flippers and a spear gun.
(a) You
really need are
(b)Your really need are
(c) You
real need is
(d)You really needed is
(e) No
correction required
Q15. By contrast, the construction of
great temples which had seemingly
have presented great engineering difficulties, was relatively easy.
(a) had
seemingly been presented
(b)had been seemed present
(c) was
seemingly presented
(d)would seemingly have presented
(e) No
correction required
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S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘in’ will be used in place of
‘into’.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘talking’ in place of ‘talk’ as ‘visiting’ used in part (a) of the
sentence is gerund and if one word is gerund, then other word connected with
‘and’ must also be gerund.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘allowing’ will be used in place of
‘allow’ as after ‘allow’, V4 is used in
the form of passive infinitive.
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘I have been working’ will be used
in place of ‘I am working’ because as the sentence is in present perfect
continuous tense.
Ex. I have been working here for the
last two years.
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. The sentence is grammatically
correct.
Sol. Minuscule means extremely small. So, enormous is the word which is
opposite in
meaning to it.
Directions (6-10): The correct sequence to form meaningful
sequence is BEADFC.
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans. (a)
S8. Ans. (c)
S9. Ans. (d)
S10. Ans. (e)
S11.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘was quit’ with ‘was about
to quit’
S12.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace
‘not only helped them with’ with ‘helped them not only with’
S13.
Ans.(c)
Sol.
Replace ‘was knowing’ with ‘knew’
S14.
Ans.(e)
Sol. No
correction required
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Replace ‘seemingly have presented’ with ‘would seemingly have presented’
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