Directions
(1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered and one word has been suggested alongside the blank. These numbers are
printed below the passage and against each, five options are given. In four
options, one word is suggested in each option. Find out the appropriate word
which fits the blank appropriately. If the word written alongside the blank
fits the passage, choose option ‘e’ (No correction required) as the correct
choice.
companies—PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure Ltd—are taken(1)
to benefit from the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST). That’s
mainly on account of the input tax credit on fixed costs that these firms bear
such as rent, common area report(2)
and so on. Ratings agency Icra Ltd assess(3)
that input tax credit will be available on 33% of the total operating expenses.
The
GST rate has been fixed at 28% for tickets costing(4)
over Rs100 and 18% for those under Rs100. Tickets below Rs100 account for a
small portion of overall ticket sales of PVR and Inox. This is unreliable(5) considering that the
entertainment tax is in a similar range (of 28%) for these firms. As analysts
from Dolat Capital Market Pvt. Ltd point out, entertainment tax for PVR and
Inox based on their net box-office earlier(6)
is 29% and 27%, respectively, as on fiscal year 2017 (FY17) and thus a 28% GST
rate would not have any impact for the multiplex chains. Note that the industry(7) was expecting 18% rate
across the board.
But
the major challenges(8) would be for
the food and beverages (F&B) segment, which will attract a rate of 12-40%
under GST depending on the methods(9)
of the F&B items. Icra points out that a majority of F&B items are
expected to be falling within the 18% category. “This is likely to variously(10) impact the multiplex
industry as currently, the tax is around 11% of the net F&B segment
revenues,” it says.
Q1.
(a)nearing
(b)progressing
(c)expected
(d)certainly
(e)No
correction required
Q2.
(a)maintenance
(b)resources
(c)livelihood
(d)provision
(e)No
correction required
Q3.
(a)rate
(b)survey
(c)consider
(d)estimates
(e)No
correction required
Q4.
(a)yielded
(b)evaluating
(c)allocating
(d)
price
(e)No
correction required
Q5.
(a)insufficient
(b)useless
(c)disappointing
(d)offensive
(e)No
correction required
Q6.
(a) allocation
(b)collection
(c)inflation
(d)piling
(e)No
correction required
Q7.
(a)deal
(b)movement
(c)engrossment
(d)affair
(e)No
correction required
Q8.
(a)hit
(b)effort
(c)demand
(d)reveal
(e)No
correction required
Q9.
(a)collect
(b)sequence
(c)system
(d)composition
(e)No
correction required
Q10.
(a)individually
(b)negatively
(c)distinctively
(d)diversely
(e)No
correction required
Directions
(11-15): There are three sentences given
in each question. Find the sentence(s) which is/are grammatically correct and
mark your answer choosing the best possible alternative among the five options
given below each question.
Q11.
(I) I am very thirsty, so give me little water to
drink.
(II)
I prevailed upon him to accompany me to Surat.
(III)Unless
you return his book, he will not talk to you.
(a)Only
(I) is correct
(b)Only
(II) is correct
(c)Both
(I) and (III) are correct
(d)Both
(II) and (III) are correct
(e)All
are correct
Q12.
(I)The link road has now become roughest road than any other road in the city.
(II)Nathan’s
habit of delaying his work put his colleagues to lot of trouble.
(III)Bhuvendra
along with his wife and children were invited to the party held in Hotel
Moghul.
(a)Only
(I) is correct
(b)Only
(III) is correct
(c)Both
(I) and (II) are correct
(d)Both
(II) and (III) are correct
(e)None
is correct
Q13.
(I)Being the best tennis player he was invited by the local sports club to play
a friendly match on a Sunday.
(II)
Contrary to earlier reports, I found him brighter than I during our meeting.
(III)The
captain and his wife were invited into the cultural function at my house.
(a)Only
(I) is correct
(b)Only
(III) is correct
(c)Both
(I) and (II) are correct
(d)Both
(II) and (III) are correct
(e)All
are correct
Q14.
(I)Are there any further reasons you can give us for your failure?
(II)No
sooner did he reached the station than the train departed.
(III)
She not only wrote
the text but also researched the photographs
(a)Only
(I) is correct
(b)Both
(I) and (II) are correct
(c)Both
(II) and (III) are correct
(d)Both
(I) and (III) are correct
(e)All
are correct
(I)One of my friends is seriously ill.
(II)With
the introduction of the new syllabus, the number of colleges reporting high
results is decreasing year after year.
(III)The
book was so interesting that Priya decided to read the whole book in one
sitting.
(a)Only
(II) is correct
(b)Both
(I) and (II) are correct
(c)Both
(II) and (III) are correct
(d)Both
(I) and (III) are correct
(e)All
are correct
S1.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
“expected to benefit” is the correct phrase to make the sentence meaningful.
S2.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
The word “maintenance” fits into the sentence more appropriately.
S3.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
“estimates” is the correct word that makes the sentence both meaningful and
grammatically correct. Also, the verb used in this case should be singular as
the subject is singular.
S4.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
“costing” is the correct usage as it means estimating the price of.
S5.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
“disappointing” is the word which suits the most to the sentence structure as
it means failing to fulfill someone’s hopes or expectations.
S6.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
“collection” is the correct usage as it means the action or process of
collecting someone or something.
S7.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
“industry” is the correct usage as the sentence talks about the multiplex
companies considering as one.
S8.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
“hit” is the correct usage as it means an instance of striking or being struck.
S9.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
“composition” is the correct usage as it means a thing composed of various
elements.
S10.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
“negatively” is the correct usage as it means in a way that is not desirable or
optimistic.
S11.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
(I)Use ‘a’ before ‘little’ as ‘little’
means ‘almost none’ while ‘a little’ means ‘some’. Hence “little water” means “almost no water” while “a little water” means “some water”.
(II)The
given sentence is grammatically correct. “Prevail”
is followed by “on” or “upon”.
(III)Replace
“Unless” by “Until” as “Unless” means
“if not” and it denotes the condition while “Until” means “up to the time when” and it denotes the time.
e.g.
Unless you work hard, you will not
succeed.
Until he comes, you should stay
here.
S12.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
(I) Replace “roughest” by “rougher” as the phrase “than any other road in the
city” denotes that the sentence is in Comparative
Degree.
e.g.
He is better than any other player of
this team.
(II)Replace
‘lot’ either by “a lot” or “lots” as the plural of ‘lot’ is ‘lots of’ or ‘a lot of’.
e.g.
He has done a lot of work.
He
has done lots of work.
(III)Replace
“were” by “was” as when two Nouns or Pronouns are connected with “as well as, in addition to, besides, like,
unlike, with, together with, along with”, then the verb they are followed
by depends on the first Noun or Pronoun.
e.g.
I,[Pronoun (Subject)] along with my
friends, am [Verb (Singular)]
coming.
S13.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
(I) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(II)
The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(III)
Replace ‘into’ by ‘to’ as the correct syntax is “Subject + invite (somebody) to dinner/a function etc.” e.g. I invited him to dinner. Or, “Subject + To Be + invited + to + dinner/a
function” e.g. He was invited to
dinner.
S14.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
(I) The given sentence is grammatically correct.
(II)
Replace ‘reached’ by ‘reach’ as any form of Do [like – do, does, did] is
followed by V1.
e.g.
Hardly does he come (V1) to me.
Seldom
did he go (V1) there.
(III)
The given sentence is grammatically correct.
S15.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
All the given sentences are grammatically correct.
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