Directions (1-7): In the following questions, a sentence consists of four highlighted words. Choose the option reflecting the word which is either misspelt or grammatically incorrect. If all the highlighted words are correct, choose option (e) i.e. “all are correct” as your answer choice.
Q1. A cascade of scholarships is coming the way of 17-year-old G. Dhevayani, the student from a nomadic tribe near Madurai, who hopped her school in the Class 12 board exams.
(a)Cascade
(b) Coming
(c) Nomadic
(d) Hopped
(e) All are correct
Q2. According to new recommendations made by the sub-committee, admissions under this quota will now be based entiraly on certificates submitted by applicants.
(a) Recommendations
(b) Admissions
(c)Entiraly
(d) Applicants
(e) All are correct
Q3. The e-commerce portels will have to set up a robust consumer redressal mechanism as part of the rules under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
(a)Portels
(b) Robust
(c) Mechanism
(d) Under
(e) All are correct
Q4. E-commerce giant Amazon is asked to leveraged its global operation to provide Indian MSMEs with insights that might help them to better design and market their products.
(a) Giant
(b) Leveraged
(c) Insights
(d) Market
(e) All are correct
Q5. The Navy has recently undertaken several PASSEXs, which officials described as an opportunity to improve interoperability on the high sees.
(a) Undertaken
(b) Described
(c) Interoperability
(d) Sees
(e) All are correct
Q6. Mr. Rao was hallucinating and feeling giddy at Taloja Central jail and was taken to J.J. Hospital, where he tasted COVID-19 positive.
(a) Hallucinating
(b) Giddy
(c) Taken
(d) Tasted
(e) All are correct
Q7. Tertiary care hospitals in Kerala were the latest point of COVID-19 transmission with scores of health workers forced to go into quarantine, after patients tested positive.
(a) Tertiary
(b) Latest
(c) Transmission
(d) Quarantine
(e) All are correct
Directions (8-15): In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
Q8. While the district people (1) had no plans to extend the lockdown(2), authorities were mulling over steps to discourage(3) large gatherings of administration(4).
(a) 2-3
(b) 1-4
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q9. State and national summaries (1) are important but are not as accuracy(2) as ensuring the critical(3) and timeliness of district-level tracking (4).
(a) 1-2
(b) 3-4
(c) 2-3
(d) 1-4
(e) None of these
Q10. Increased stemming(1) is not only necessary indeed (2) it will be the single (3) biggest contributor to testing(4) the tide of morbidity and mortality.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-4
(c) 2-3
(d) 1-4
(e) None of these
Q11. The course of the COVID-19 pandemic (1) remains far from avoiding(2), posing for the Central government the dilemma of salvaging (3) part of the school academic year, while predictable(4) a fresh wave of infections.
(a) 2-3
(b) 1-4
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q12. While the addition (1) of more trains with high technology (2) coaches to meet passenger privatising(3) is a welcome feature, it is the way of expectations(4) these trains that is the problem.
(a) 1-2
(b) 3-4
(c) 2-3
(d) 1-4
(e) None of these
Q13. To raise thestrengthening(1) speed to 160 kmph, as proposed (2), there has to be track strengthening, elimination (3) of curves and level crossing gates and running(4) of bridges.
(a) 1-2
(b) 3-4
(c) 2-3
(d) 1-4
(e) None of these
Q14. Full liberty (1) is being given to the trains(2) to unilaterally fix fares for these proposed concessionaire(3) that are on a par (4) with air and air-conditioned bus fares.
(a) 2-3
(b) 1-4
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q15. Scientists at Oxford University say their hundreds (1)Coronavirus vaccine has been shown (2) in an early trial to prompt (3) a protective immune response in experimental(4) of people who got the shot.
(a) 2-3
(b) 1-4
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Solutions
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. “topped” will be used instead of “Hopped”. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Entirely” will be used instead of “Entirely”. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Portals” will be used instead of “Portels”. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Leverage” will be used instead of “Leveraged”. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Seas” will be used instead of “Sees”. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Tested” will be used instead of “Tasted”. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the highlighted words are correct. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. 1-4: “People, Administration”will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. 2-3: “Accuracy, Critical” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. 1-4: ‘Stemming,Testing” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. 2-4: “Avoiding, Predictable” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. 3-4: “Privatising, Expectations” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. 1-4: “Strengthening, Running” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. 2-3: “Trains, Concessionaire” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (b)
Sol. 1-4: “Hundreds, Experimental” will replace each other to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
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