Directions (Q. 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 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. 1) In fact, the human civilisation is / 2) the history of man’s growth / 3) control over / 4) the sources of energy. / 5) No error
2. 1) We all know that steam engine / 2) marks an epochal change in the production capacity / 3) and thus the beginning / 4) of modern capitalist world. / 5) No error
3. 1) United States of America has not blacklisted India as a priority foreign country / 2) in its report on the intellectual property regime / 3) of trading partner despite strong demands / 4) from its pharmaceutical companies. / 5) No error
4. 1) In Beijing recently, smog had become / 2) so thick that virtual sunrise / 3) was arranged on huge TV screens / 4) across the city. / 5) No error
5. 1) It is said that Prometheus gave the power / 2) over fire to man after creating him / 3) from water and earth because he had become fond of men / 4) than the king of gods, Zeus, had anticipated. / 5) No error
Directions (Q. 6-10): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
6. Indian policy makers have a difficult task of ________ Indian economy ________ a higher growth.
1) recoiling, on
2) reviving, across
3) recuperating, about
4) backfiring, for
5) rebounding, along
7. The industrial, agricultural, commercial and public services ________ a significant proportion of electricity for ________ their demand for final energy.
1) exhaust, accomplishing
2) consume, meeting
3) utilise, conforming
4) expend, completing
5) absorb, meeting
8. The ________ of three pill ars of sustainable development in public policies in a balanced measure is a difficult ________.
1) collection, duty
2) association, function
3) integration, exercise
4) combination, undertaking
5) group, act
9. Apart from reviewing the party’s _______ showing, ________ would be fixed on those who worked against the party’s interest.
1) dismal, accountability
2) formal, responsibility
3) outstanding, culpability
4) national, reasons
5) brilliant, answerability
10. The regulatory agencies must be knowledge-based, _______, independent and ________ for their actions to Parliament.
1) clear, culpable
2) functional, obliged
3) active, innocent
4) transparent, accountable
5) questionable, unreliable
Answer:-
1. (2); Replace ‘growth’ with ‘growing’
1. (2); Replace ‘growth’ with ‘growing’
2. (2); Replace ‘marks’ with ‘marked’
3. (1); Add ‘The’ before ‘United’
4. (5)
5. (3); Replace ‘fond’ with ‘fonder’
Q. 6 (5) | Q. 7 (2) | Q. 8 (3) | Q. 9 (1) | Q. 10 (4) |
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