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. It is
better to stay at home (a)/ than to walk on the street (b)/ when there erupts
(c)/ a communal riot in the town .(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q2. ‘Under no
circumstances (a)/ we can help (b)/ you in this illegal (c)/ work’, said the
Manager. (d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q3. Not only we
lost (a)/ what he had on our disposal, (b)/ but we also (c)/ lost our patience.
(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q4. Under a
tree, (a)/ was sitting the saint (b)/ whom we had seen (c)/ somewhere else.
(d)/ No error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Q5.
When asked, he (a)/ took tea (b)/ and said that it (c)/ tasted sweetly. (d)/ No
error. (e)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (6-10):
Rearrange the following sentences (A),
(B), (C), (D), (E), (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
then answer the questions given below them.
(A) These
countries did not fall prey to fiscal profligacy.
(B) India had a
very similar experience in 1991.
(C) However, what
happened in Asia was quite different.
(D) Their main
stress points were in the private sector—too much corporate debt, a credit
bubble and lax lending standards to crony capitalists.
(E) It was
anticipated that countries with high fiscal deficits that were funded through
money creation by the central bank would eventually see their external accounts
come under pressure.
(F) The popular
view of balance of payments crises was derived from the experience of Latin
America in the previous decade.
the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) A
(d) E
(e) C
Q7. Which of
the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) E
(e) F
the following should be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) D
(d) C
(e) E
following should be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) E
(c) A
(d) B
(e) C
Q10. Which of
the following should be the LAST
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) A
(c) B
(d) F
(e) E
(11-15): In each of the following
questions, there are four sentences which may or may not contain an error. Choose
the sentence among the four options which is grammatically correct. If there is
error in all the sentences, choose (e) as your answer.
Q11.
(a)The district authorities are making a last-ditch attempt to provide
alternative solutions to farmers but the options is clearly inadequate.
(b)The
results of the study showed that if the partners were willing to talk to each
other and arrive at a mutually agreeable decision, the joint decisions were
more better than one person’s judgement.
(c)He
always practices the justice and cares for moral principles.
(d)We
discussed the problem so thoroughly that I found it easy to work it out.
(e)None
of the above.
Q12.
(a)Initially, shop owners tried to offer some resistance to the demolition but
seeing the heavy presence of the police force, their resistance faded off.
(b)None
of the diplomats at the conference failed either to comprehend or solving the
problem.
(c)The
reports promoted the Chairman of the organizing committee to address a hurried
press conference where he reprimanded the media for conducting a ‘prejudiced
campaign’.
(d)Judge
in him prevailed upon the father and he sentenced his son to death.
(e)None
of the above.
Q13.
(a)There is a distinctive possibility that he will leave the job once the
investigation is over.
(b)The
speaker was not only slow but also inaudible as well.
(c)A
year after the global financial crisis saw students from the best B-schools
across the world struggling for a job, a survey on management education this
year thrown up some rather interesting findings.
(d)The
first task is provided sufficient arable land to the dispossessed farmers.
(e)None
of the above.
(a)The sole idea behind conducting such programmes is to create awareness among
young minds for our culture.
(b)The
whole block of flats including two shops was destroyed in fire.
(c)Three
conditions critical for growing plants are soil, temperature and chemical
balance or amount of moisture.
(d)Until
the world lasts, the earth will go round the sun.
(e)None
of the above.
Q15.
(a)The youth did not dare to venture with the sea as it was a high tide.
(b)Time
the concert ended, the crowd clapped and cheered enthusiastically.
(c)A
vast numbers of people greeted the film star on his arrival at the airport.
(d)All
the documents have been destroyed in the fire which occurred last month.
(e)None
of the above.
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Remove
‘to’ after ‘than’ as in the case of comparison between two infinitives,
infinitive ‘to’ is not used after ‘than’ in the later one, V1 is used.
Ex. You had
better to do some work than wander.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. Put ‘can’
before ‘we’ because sentences starting from ‘Under no circumstances’, auxiliary
verb is used before the subject.
Ex. I
can do it under no circumstances,
Or, Under no
circumstances can I do it.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘did’ will
be used after ‘not only’ and ‘lost’ will be converted to ‘lose’ because through
‘not only…but also’, two verbs are connected.
Ex. He not only came but also stayed here.
Or, Not only
did he come but he also stayed here.
Sol. The sentence is grammatically correct.
S5.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
Replace ‘sweetly’ by ‘sweet’ as “taste,
feel, seem, appear, look, smell, remain, etc.” are ‘Copula Verbs’ or Linking
Verbs which take Adjective and
not Adverb.
e.g.
She tastes sweet [Adjective].
A
rose smells sweet [Adjective].
She
looks beautiful [Adjective].
She
looks suspiciously [Adverb] at him.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. The
correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. The
correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The
correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct
sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. The
correct sequence of sentences is FEBCAD
S11.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
(a) “the options is” should be
replaced by “the options are” as the
subject of the verb ‘options’ is Plural.
(b)
The use of “more” is Superfluous as
‘better’ is a Comparative Adjective and the use of ‘more’ before Comparative or the use of ‘most’ before Superlative is incorrect to make its Double
Comparative or Double Superlative. However, “much, very much, far” can be used before Comparative.
e.g.
She is much/very much/ far better
than you.
(c)
Remove “the” before “justice” as ‘justice’ is an Uncountable Noun and
generally, Uncountable Noun does not take any Article before it. However, it
only takes ‘the’ before it and that
also when it has to make it Definite.
e.g.
This is the justice done by him.
(d)
The given sentence is grammatically correct.
S12.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
(a) Replace “off” by “out” as “fade” is never used with “off”
whereas “fade out” means “disappear slowly or become quieter”.
e.g.
The music faded out.
(b)
Use ‘to’ before ‘solve’ as “either…or” in the sentence is used to add two Infinitives i.e. “either to
comprehend or to solve…” is the correct usage.
(c)The
given sentence is grammatically correct.
(d)
Use “The” before “Judge” as when a Common Noun is used in
the form of Abstract Noun, then ‘The’
is used before that Common Noun and the sentence structure goes like, “The + Common Noun + in + somebody”.
e.g.
The patriot in Bhagat Singh.
The judge in him.
S13.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
(a) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(b)
Remove ‘as well’ from the sentence
as the use of “as well” is Superfluous. Also, “not only” is used only with “but
also”.
(c)
Use ‘has’ before “thrown” as first part of the sentence
talks about the past while the second part is of the Present incident i.e. “this year”.
(d)
Replace “provided” by “to provide”
as “The first task” is an Active Subject for which the verb “Be”
is used and the Complement for the verb “Be”
requires Infinitive whose Object is “sufficient
arable land”.
S14.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
(a) Replace ‘for’ by ‘of’ as “aware” or “awareness”
takes Preposition “of” with it.
e.g.
I was aware of his laziness.
Her
awareness of Indian culture is
praiseworthy.
(b)
The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(c)
Use “critical” before “conditions” as ‘critical’ is an Adjective which signifies the Noun ‘conditions’. Hence it will be used
before Noun.
(d)
Replace ‘Until’ by ‘As long as’ as “until” means “up to (the point in time or
the event mentioned)” while “As long as” means “during the whole time that.
e.g.
You can sit here until Mohan comes.
As long as she is with me, I need
not fear.
S15.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
(a) Replace ‘with’ by ‘into’ as ‘venture’ is not used with ‘with’ but “venture into something” is the correct
usage.
(b)
Use “The” before “Time” as in this sentence ‘Time’ is Definite.
e.g.
The moment he came, nobody was in
the room.
(c)
Replace “numbers” by “number” as “A
large, A vast, A great, A huge, A limited, A considerable” are followed by
“number” in Singular form.
(d)Replace
“have been” by “were” as the incident happened in the past i.e. “last month”. So it should take the verb
of Simple Past.
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