English Language Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2024-12th March

Directions (1-5): The following question consists of a passage in which certain phrase/Sentences are printed in bold.  Find out if there is an error in any of the bold part of the sentence, find the correct alternatives to replace those parts from the three options given below each question to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the given sentence is grammatically correct or does not require any correction, choose “No correction required” as your answer.
Free and compulsory education of children in the 6 to 14 age group in India (1) become a fundamental right when, in 2002, Article 21-A was inserted in the 86th Amendment to the Constitution. This right was to be governed by law, as the state may determine, and the enforcing legislation for this came eight years later, as the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2010, or the RTE Act.
(2) With examples from all around hundred countries which having various and similar pieces of legislation or regulations already in place, there were practices drawn from similar experiences. (3) Since its enactment, the RTE Act has been lauded and disparaged. But there has been a concern not only over its provisions but also about the lacunae in the school education system. However, there are clauses in the Act (4) which has enormous catalytic potential but they have gone largely untouched and unnoticed. A focus on three of these provisions can result in an immediate and discernible impact.
The RTE Act is a game-changer in that it establishes that the onus to ensure free and compulsory education lies on the state. (5) However, the ‘compulsory’ and ‘state liability’ part needs to be adopted by the educational bureaucracy, which is now lacking.

Q1.
I. Will become a fundamental right
II. became a fundamental right
III. have became a fundamental right
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Only I and II
(e) No correction required

Q2.
I. having examples from over a hundred countries having various
II. With examples over a hundred of the countries having a various
III. With examples from over a hundred countries having various
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Only I and II
(e) No correction required

Q3.
I. Since its enactment, the RTE Act been lauded and
II. Since their enactment, the RTE Act have been lauded and
III. Since its enactment, the RTE Act will been lauded and
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Only I and II
(e) No correction required

Q4.
I. which had enormous catalytic potential though it
II. which must be having enormous catalytic potential but should
III. which have enormous catalytic potential but that
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Only I and II
(e) No correction required

Q5.
I. However, the ‘compulsory’ and ‘state liability’ part needs for be adapt by the educational bureaucracy, which is
II. However, the ‘compulsory’ and ‘state liability’ part needed to be embrace by the educational bureaucracy, which is then
III. Though, the ‘compulsory’ and ‘state liability’ are the part needs to be imbibe by the educational bureaucracy, which are in turn
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) Only I and II
(e) No correction required

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option “became a fundamental right” is the appropriate choice. Past Indefinite tense is required here, for this reason other options can be eliminated easily.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option “With examples from over a hundred countries having various” is the most appropriate choice here. Other options can be ruled out as they are grammatically incorrect.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option “which have enormous catalytic potential but that” is the most appropriate choice here. Plural verb “have” is the correct usage.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required

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