Directions (1-5): In each question
below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part
may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (a), (b),
(c) and (d). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to
correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically
meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction
is required, mark (e) as the answer.
Q1. What does make him feel awkward,
is only a trivial matter.
(a) does make him to feel
(b) makes him to feel
(c) makes him feel
(d) would make him feeling
(e) No correction required
Q2. This is exactly what he wanted me
to solve the problem.
(a) how he wanted me
(b) what he wants from I
(c) how does he want me
(d) how did he want me
(e) No correction required
Q3. They wanted to know that we could
extend the required help.
(a) that can we extended
(b) that we had extended
(c) if could we extended
(d) if we could had extend
(e) No correction required
Q4. The Minister said that he is
proud of the people of his constituency.
(a) he should be proud to
(b) he was pride of
(c) he had pride to
(d) it is he to be proud of
(e) No correction required
Q5. The mob started pelting stones
on the vehicles which were parked on the street.
(a) started to pelting stones
(b) started stones to be pelted
(c) pelted stones starting
(d) had started to pelting stones
(e) No correction required
Directions (6-10): In each of the
following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are
five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5). Find out
which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence
grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.
Q6. To avoid ………. there is a need for
………. planning of the project.
(a) planning, broad
(b) profits, deliberate
(c) pitfalls, systematic
(d) inconvenience, convenient
(e) losses, gain
Q7. A good management will decide not
only the ……… for equipment but also its ……… for deciding priorities.
(a) need, urgency
(b) usefulness, function
(c) cost, valuation
(d) requirement, necessities
(e) technology, venture
Q8. ………… appears to be a small error in
the beginning may turn out to be a ………. in the long run.
(a) It, disaster
(b) What, blunder
(c) That, debacle
(d) It, slip
(e) What, incident
Q9. Being very ………… in nature, he always
uses his …………. Skills.
(a) adamant, soft
(b) polite, basic
(c) humble, experimental
(d) pushy, persuasive
(e) mild, aggressive
Q10. Demand and supply do not ……….. the
same relationship as the one that ………. between height and weight.
(a) possess, has
(b) incurred, is
(c) defend, volunteers
(d) bear, born
(e) have, have
Directions (11-15): Read each sentence
to find out whether there is any 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.)
Q11. Some of the world (a)/ largest
water bodies are (b)/ drying up thus threatening (c)/ the livelihoods of millions.(d)/
No error (e)
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
Q12. Among the many (a)/ challenges facing
the country (b)/ in the next decade (c)/ is poverty and unemployment. (d)/ No
error (e)
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
Q13. According to economists (a)/ not
more than five percent (b)/ of education loans taken (c)/ by students are
overdue.(d)/ No error (e)
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
Q14. The two candidates share (a)/a
reputation for (b)/ competency as well as (c)/ for good communication skills.
(d)/ No error (e)
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
Q15. His main qualification (a)/ on the
job is (b)/ his extensive experience (c)/ in foreign branches. (d)/ No error
(e)
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
SOLUTIONS:
S1.Ans. (c)
Sol. Replace ‘does make him feel’ with ‘makes him feel’.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Replace ‘what he wanted me’ with ‘how he wanted me’.
S3.Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘that we could extend’ with ‘that we had extended’
S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. No correction required
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. No correction required
S6.Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘pitfalls, systematic’ fits the
sentence appropriately where ‘pitfalls’ means a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty and ‘systematic’
means done or acting according to a fixed plan or system.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘need, urgency’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘urgency’ means importance requiring swift action.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘What, blunder’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘blunder’ means a stupid or careless mistake.
S9.Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘pushy, persuasive’ fits the
sentence appropriately where ‘pushy’ means excessively or unpleasantly self-assertive or ambitious and ‘persuasive’ means good at persuading someone to do or believe
something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
S10.Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘have, exists’ is the correct use.
S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. world
is replaced by world’s
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘is’ with ‘are’
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘are’ with ‘is’
S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. Replace ‘competency’ with
‘competence’
S15. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘on’ with ‘for’
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