Directions (1-7): Two columns are given in each question and each column has three parts of a sentence. Choose the most suitable pair, which makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement.
Q1.
Column (1):
(A) The process of legal scrubbing
(B) The government has invoked the
(C) India’s demographic is certainly
Column (2):
(D) China faced a massive trade deficit
(E) It is likely to take almost a year
(F) It greatly attracts customers
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q2.
Column (1):
(A) The changes to Article 370 are under
(B) The Court order did little
(C) Regional outfits and their leaders
Column (2):
(D) Remain India’s best bet in J&K
(E) It couldn’t restrain the government
(F) The top court is considering the decision
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q3.
Column (1):
(A) The PM defended the indefinite and
(B) It is important to realize that judicial
(C) The Court allowed defense
Column (2):
(D) Arbitrarily detained of people as essential
(E) Counsels can access to the convicts
(F) Processes demand dispassionate fairness
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q4.
Column (1):
(A) Courts are duty-bound to
(B) Regional outfits and their leaders
(C) The Democrats, despite their morally
Column (2):
(D) Maintaining a high degree of fidelity
(E) Remaining India’s best bet in J&K
(F) Righteous positions, are divided
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q5.
Column (1):
(A) Gujarat government’s scheme KSPY
(B) It has been an exhausting wait for
(C) The PMMVY could have been a lifeline
Column (2):
(D) It is lost in a maze of bureaucracy
(E) Is dogged by cash crunch
(F) Mothers are getting their entitlements
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q6.
Column (1):
(A) Successful development in Asia was about managing
(B) The government has decided to finalize rapid decentralization
(C) The CBI and the ED are duty-bound to show chargesheet
Column (2):
(D) There have been modalities of intra-Kashmir trade and truck service
(E) The evolving relationship between states and markets
(F) They are using arrest as an aid to investigation
(a)A-E
(b)B-D
(c)C-F
(d)All of the above
(e)None of these
Q7.
Column (1):
(A) The Manmohan Singh-Wen Jiabao summit
(B) Spending on buildings and schools would
(C) Aflatoxin M1 in milk is from feed and
Column (2)
(D) The year 2005 had more significant outcomes
(E) It has multiple benefits for the economy
(F) Fodder, which is not regulated
(a)A-E
(b)B-D
(c)C-F
(d)All of the above
(e)None of these
Q8. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) But many businesses remained closed because of quarantine and travel restrictions.
(b) The lunar new-year holiday, extended in many Chinese provinces because of the spread of a new coronavirus, officially ended.
(c) Among the fatalities was a doctor, Li Wenliang, who had been reprimanded in January by police in Wuhan, the centre of the epidemic, for revealing the threat.
(d) Many people mourned for him online, calling for freedom of speech.
(e) Nearby Cambodia has been overrun by Chinese involvement in its economy and politics.
Q9. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) The motor industry slammed the plan as unworkable.
(b) An initial estimate found that the euro zone’s gdp grew by 1.2% in 2019, the weakest rate since 2013.
(c) The government was unable to provide much detail on the cost implications for the industry or taxpayers, simply saying it would result in “a net saving”.
(d) The British government brought forward a target for a ban on new diesel, hybrid and petrol vehicles from 2040 to 2035.
(e) SSMT, an industry body, accused the government of moving the goalposts, noting that while new plug-in models are coming to the market, the overall demand for the “expensive technology” still makes up “a fraction of sales”.
Q10. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) Germany’s preliminary consumer price data does not include a figure for core inflation, which excludes the more volatile energy and food prices.
(b) Coalmining regions are to get some €40bn ($44bn) in compensation.
(c) The German cabinet agreed to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to 55% of their level in 1990 by 2030.
(d) However, it undermines its own objectives by also shutting all nuclear plants by 2022.
(e) The plan aims to end reliance on coal by 2038.
Q11. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) If Facebook ignores the board’s judgment it will have to explain why.
(b) A new independent board will hear appeals from users who have had content taken down, for hate speech say.
(c) Facebook provided details of Mark Zuckerberg’s “vision” to overhaul the oversight of content on the social-media platform.
(d) The cost of spending more on privacy and security were in part to blame for a sharp rise in expenses in Facebook’s quarterly report.
(e) By contrast, Apple reported record quarterly sales and profit figures.
Q12. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) Despite all those efforts the epidemic could still be severe.
(b) Mr Adachi is an ardent reflationist, who wants to ease monetary policy even further in order to achieve the central bank’s 2% inflation target.
(c) But as in other countries, the financial industry is becoming louder in pointing out the
drawbacks to its business of long-term negative rates.
(d) The Japanese government follows this entire process by nominating Adachi Seiji to the policy board of the Bank of Japan.
(e) The Japanese government sent a strong signal that it remains committed to its programme of quantitative-easing and negative interest rates.
Q13. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) Since state governments are increasingly raising resources from the bond market, higher issuance can complicate fiscal management.
(b) The share of market borrowing in the financing of fiscal deficit is expected to top 90% in the current year, compared with about 61% in 2015-16.
(c) This will enable higher investment and help attain higher sustainable growth.
(d) The maturity profile of state government bonds shows that redemption pressure has started increasing since the last fiscal.
(e) none of these
Q14. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) As the Lok Sabha debates the vote of no confidence, representatives of farmers from across the country will be marching outside Parliament under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), an umbrella body of 201 farmer organisations.
(b) Farmers have already passed a vote of no confidence against this government.
(c)Far from helping the farmers, this government has actually harmed them in their hour of crisis. This is a strong indictment, backed by solid evidence.
(d) Further, the government has effectively bypassed this law in the land acquisitions done by central agencies like the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and has also allowed State governments to nullify the provisions benefitting the land-owning farmers.
(e) None of these
Q15. In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (E) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
(a) Already they are present in the form of thermocol, dust and in some cases, they are now used in making fatty oils.
(b) Government authorities have to understand the importance of the order of Plastic Ban in a nutshell – UP is the largest and the most populated state, plastic is in use in every corner of the state, even in the remotest area. It’s been in use for more than 30 years in different forms.
(c) In winters, poor burn plastic to get some warmth. Gases which emit from this burning are poisonous and directly affect our lungs. In a nutshell, it is the most dangerous man-made material in this world.
(d) This is the most dangerous aspect of it, because this adulterated fatty oil goes directly to the consumer leading to health disaster in many ways.
(e) None of these
Solutions
S1. Ans. (e)
Sol. None of the given pairs makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. C-D makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement.
The sentence thus formed is, ‘Regional outfits and their leaders remain India’s best bet in J&K.’ Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. B-F makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement.
The sentence thus formed is, ‘It is important to realize that judicial processes demand dispassionate fairness.’ Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. C-F makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement.
The sentence thus formed is, The Democrats, despite their morally righteous positions, are divided. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. A-E makes a grammatically correct and contextually coherent statement.
The sentence thus formed is, Gujarat government’s scheme KSPY is dogged by cash crunch. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. A-E can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. The sentence thus formed is, Successful development in Asis was about managing the evolving relationship between states and markets.’
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. C-F can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. The sentence thus formed is, ‘ Aflatoxin M1 in milk is from feed and fodder, which is not regulated’.
S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is bacd whereas; (e) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. The passage talks about the how the Holidays are extended in China due to Corona Virus.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is daec whereas (b) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently as the passage talks about the refusal of the plans by the Motor Industry and the Industry body about the Government’s proposal on banning the new diesel, hybrid and petrol Vehicles .This makes our correct option (b).
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is cedb whereas (a) fails to become a part of the as a majority of the sentences are discussing on the idea of energy consumption and saving while option (a) talks something different about the inflation in Germany. This makes our correct option (a).
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is cbad whereas (e) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently as the passage talks about the activity going in Facebook while option (e) talks about a different company Apple. This makes our correct option (e).
S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is bcde whereas (a) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. The passage talks about the Japanese Government making its efforts to quantitatively easing and negative interest rates on the other hand option (a) talks about the epidemic .This makes our correct option (a).
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. The sentences can be sequenced as abd to form a coherent paragraph, which is describing about the stare government’s borrowings through bond market which may cause difficulties in fiscal management. However, sentence (c) mentions about how to increase the investment and make higher growth rates sustainable. Hence, option (c) is the most feasible answer choice.
S14. Ans. (d)
Sol. The sequence of the paragraph after rearranging the coherent sentences is abc. The paragraph is describing about the protest by farmers against the government policies that fail to protect the farmers in the hour of crisis. However, sentence (d) is not giving any coherence to the paragraph. Therefore, option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the sentences together form a coherent paragraph in the sequence of badc. The paragraph is describing about the law of plastic ban implemented in the state of UP due to its harmful effects. Therefore, option (e) becomes the most viable answer choice.
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