Q1. By this time there is little scope for conversation or ……………….
and the police realise their cautionary ……………. have been thrown to the dogs.
(a) departure/approval
(b) assurance/support
(c) negotiation/caveats
(d) suffocation/restriction
(e) No combination fits
Q2. His handling of the riots has …………………. what little reputation
he built as a good administrator. One is not even clear whether his
indifference will save him, as a wave of ………………………… spreads around him.
(a) affirmed/calmness
(b) validated/contentedness
(c) established/composure
(d) vitiated/dissatisfaction
(e) No combination fits
Q3. Riots have become …………………. acts of violence serving as a ………………
and a catalyst for India’s electoral machine.
(a) premediated/prelude
(b) awful/conclusion
(c) intended/epilogue
(d) odious/postlude
(e) No combination fits
Q4. The reality is that India has to maintain a ……………….. balance in
its relations with the three major powers, remaining conscious of the fact that
elements of these relations will be continuously ………………… by the dynamic flux of
today’s global geopolitics.
(a) irrational/liberated
(b) subdued/hindered
(c) pragmatic/impacted
(d) wasteful/lost
(e) No combination fits
Q5. A decade ago, the ………………….of cricket writing sat in the press
box at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, with very little idea of what to
expect. They had come from England and Australia and all over India to witness
what Lalit Modi, the founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), promised would
be the biggest show on ………………………
(a) luminaries/turf
(b) dignitary/sand
(c) candidates/world
(d) challengers/hub
(e) No combination fits
Directions (6-10): In the question given below two statements are
given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by choosing
the word given below the statements in the best possible way without changing
the intended meaning. Choose the best possible word as your answer accordingly
from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.
Q6. (l) The rupee is not alone among BRICS currencies to have
depreciated against the dollar this year, with both the Brazilian real and the
Russian Ruble losing value.
(ll) It remains particularly vulnerable to mounting oil costs given
the economy’s extremely high dependence on crude imports to meet energy needs.
(a) while
(b) rather
(c) as well as
(d) as
(e) nevertheless
Q7. (l) It is desirable that regional imbalances and
under-representation are not glaring.
(ll) This cannot be cited as
a factor to shoot down the candidature of a person otherwise qualified and
validly recommended.
(a) as well as
(b) seldom
(c) While
(d) even
(e) yet
Q8. (l) The commendable performances in Gold Coast.
(ll) India are still a long way behind benchmarks and standards in
most disciplines—not just at the Olympics, but also Asian levels.
(a) in order that
(b) as
(c) meanwhile
(d) Despite
(e) None of the above
Q9. (l) Seniority is a consideration when a puisne judge is made a
Chief Justice.
(ll) It is not sacrosanct in elevation to the Supreme Court.
(a) and
(b) but
(c) as
(d) though
(e) as if
Q10. (l) Physicists are now looking beyond the ordinary to find new
and exotic phases of matter.
(ll) Change in a stepwise fashion.
(a) to
(b) that
(c) unless
(d) into
(e) before
Directions (11-15): Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and
(III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold
letters to make the sentence grammatically correct without changing the meaning
of the sentence? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that
reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct
sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction
required” as the answer.
Q11. Despite the huge amount Walmart could and likely did
spend, it was not able to make a dent into e-commerce.
(l) Inspite the huge amount Walmart could
(ll) Despite with the huge amount Walmart could
(lll) Even if the huge amount Walmart could
(a) only (l)
(b) only (ll)
(c) only (lll)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q12. India has to built more toilets over the past two years
than it did in the previous five years, if the latest official sanitation
survey is to be believed.
(l) India is building more toilets over the past two years
(ll) India has been built more toilets over the past two years
(lll) India has built more toilets over the past two years
(a) only (l)
(b) only (ll)
(c) only (lll)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q13. In household surveys, responses often tend to be depend
not on what a person is doing but what he thinks should be done.
(l) In household surveys, responses often tending to depend
(ll) In household surveys, responses often tends to depend
(lll) In household surveys, responses often tend to depend
(a) only (l)
(b) only (ll)
(c) only (lll)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q14. I stopped using emotional motivation techniques and decide
to see if I could motivate myself intellectually.
(l) decides to see if I could motivate myself intellectually.
(ll) deciding to see if I could motivate myself intellectually.
(lll) decided to see if I could motivate myself intellectually.
(a) only (l)
(b) only (lll)
(c) only (ll)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Q15. When I use this process myself, I uncover new goals
that seem unreasonably big.
(l) When I used this process myself
(ll) When I using this process myself
(lll) When I had used this process myself
(a) only (l)
(b) only (lll)
(c) only (ll)
(d) All are correct
(e) No correction required
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Negotiation: discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
Caveats: a notice, especially in a probate, that certain actions
may not be taken without informing the person who gave the notice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Premediate: think out or plan (an action, especially a crime)
beforehand.
Prelude: an action or event serving as an introduction to something
more important.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. Pragmatic: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a
way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. Luminaries: a person who inspires or influences others,
especially one prominent in a particular sphere.
Turf: the surface layer of land on which grass is growing,
consisting of the grass and the soil in which its roots grow, or a piece of
this that is cut from the ground and is usually rectangular.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. While the rupee is not alone among BRICS currencies to have
depreciated against the dollar this year, with both the Brazilian real and the
Russian rouble losing value, it remains particularly vulnerable to mounting oil
costs given the economy’s extremely high dependence on crude imports to meet
energy needs.
‘while’ will be used here to show whereas or indicating contrast.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘while’ will connect these two sentences. While it is
desirable that regional imbalances and under-representation are not glaring,
this cannot be cited as a factor to shoot down the candidature of a person
otherwise qualified and validly recommended.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. “despite” will connect the sentences. Despite the commendable
performances in Gold Coast, India are still a long way behind benchmarks and
standards in most disciplines—not just at the Olympics, but also Asian levels.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘But’-Seniority is a consideration when a puisne judge is
made a Chief Justice, but it is not sacrosanct in elevation to the Supreme
Court.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Use ‘that’- Physicists are now looking beyond the ordinary to
find new and exotic phases of matter that change in a stepwise fashion.
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. No correction required.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. India has built more toilets over the past two years than it
did in the previous five years, if the latest official sanitation survey is to
be believed. ‘has built’ is used as the sentence is in past tense.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. In household surveys, responses often tend to be depend not on
what a person is doing but what he thinks should be done.
‘To’ will take first form of verb.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. I stopped using emotional motivation techniques and decided to
see if I could motivate myself intellectually. We use ‘decided’ as the sentence
is in past form.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. No correction required.
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