Directions (1-5): In the following questions, a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part with the correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give e) as your answer (i.e. No correction required).
Q1. It was his view that “the attainment of human rights in the fullest sense cannot be achieved so long as hundreds of millions of poor -strickened people lack the basic necessities for life.”
(a) poorly stricken
(b) poverty stricken
(c) poor stricken
(d) poverty strickened
(e) No replacement require
Q2. This training will provide you hand-on experience on any Digital Marketing disciplines.
(a) hand-on experience in various
(b) handing-on experience in much
(c) handed-on experience in many
(d) hands-on experience in various
(e) No replacement required
Q3. The Islamic State (IS), notoriety for it’s brutality, has reportedly executed 250 girls in northern Iraq for refusing to become sex slaves, according to a media report.
(a) notorious for its brutality
(b) well known for its brutal
(c) notorious for it’s brutality
(d) notorious for its brutal
(e) No replacement required
Q4. The rapid growth and popularity of taxi managed by aggregators in India is a testimony to the fact that public transport and transit facilities remain hopelessly inadequate
(a) taxi managing by aggregators within India
(b) taxis managed in aggregators of India
(c) taxis managed at aggregators by India
(d) taxis managed by aggregators across India
(e) No replacement required
Q5. New claims at the Kohinoor diamond makes it’s periodic appearance in the United Kingdom.
(a) under the Kohinoor diamond makes its
(b) below the Kohinoor diamond make it’s
(c) over the Kohinoor diamond make there
(d) about the Kohinoor diamond make its
(e) No replacement required
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences there are certain blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
Q6. Bankers commanding astronomic salaries presided over a collective madness which took the global financial __________to the precipice – and has affected living standards and economic ________ around the world.
(a) order, anticipation
(b) approach, survey
(c) system, prospects
(d) method, anticipation
(e) process, danger
Q7. Politicians appeared to be unable or unwilling either to ________high finance effectively or to punish those who had been culpably _________.
(a) control, thoughtless
(b) regulate, reckless
(c) govern, mindless
(d) guide, reckless
(e) adjust, thoughtless
Q8. Though the Indian media industry has not yet reached a crisis point _____________ to its Western counterparts, the time has come to recalibrate our own structures to ____________ a sustainable public interest information ecology.
(a) variable, assure
(b)proportional, ensure
(c)similar, insure
(d)comparable, ensure
(e)parallel, assure
Q9. Readers sometimes call to ask a specific question, but the discussion _________ moves on to different areas of news production and the ________ therein.
(a) universally, objection
(b)repeatedly, provocation
(c)historically, challenges
(d) constantly, summons
(e) invariably, challenges
Q10. The solution to excessive campaign expenditure and a much too __________ eye on the electoral cycle is better found in _________ political leaderships to develop self-discipline and to explain to the people the need for unpopular, but necessary, decisions.
(a) centered, inducing
(b) blurred, convincing
(c) motivated, prompting
(d) focussed, persuading
(e) fuzzy, influencing
Solutions
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Replace ‘poor –strickened’ with ‘poverty stricken’.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘hand-on experience on any’ with ‘hands-on experience in various’
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Replace ‘notoriety for it’s brutality’ with ‘notorious for its brutality’
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘taxi managed by aggregators in India’ with ‘taxis managed by aggregators across India’
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Replace ‘at the Kohinoor diamond makes it’s’ with ‘about the Kohinoor diamond make its
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘system, prospects’ is the correct use.
Prospects means the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘regulate, reckless’ is the correct use.
Reckless means heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘comparable, ensure’ is the correct use.
Comparable means able to be likened to another.
Ensure means make certain that (something) will occur or be the case.
S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘invariably, challenges’ is the correct use.
Invariably means in every case or on every occasion.
Challenges means a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘focussed, persuading’ is the correct use.
Focussed means pay particular attention to.
Persuading means induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
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