Directions (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 (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
Q1. Despite of light rainfall in the (A)/national capital, the air (B)/quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category with (C)/an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 318. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) C
(b) B
(c) A
(d) D
(e) No Error
Q2. The program helps people (A)/recent released from prison (B)/figure out how they can play(C)/ a constructive role in society. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) No Error
Q3. I will be leaving on vacation in (A)/two days and will not be (B)/able to do much else accept put down (C)/ideas in my traveling notebook. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
(e) No Error
Q4. The issue of making the Internet (A)/safety for kids has become(B)/ a bigger one as the Web (C)/ becomes ever more ubiquitous. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) A
(b) D
(c) C
(d) B
(e) No Error
Q5. Chile happen to be one of the most (A)/highly vaccinated countries in the (B)/world, with more than 90% of its (C)/population fully vaccinated as of January. (D)/ No Error (E)
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
(e) No Error
Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given with three words in bold. Choose the option which gives the correct sequence of these words to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q6. The changes relating (A) in the Central GST Act sections proposed (B) to input tax credits aim to restrict such credits unless suppliers have remitted (C) their share of taxes.
(a) ACB
(b) BAC
(c) CAB
(d) BCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q7. With coal stocks running (A) ‘critically low’, the aluminium industry has precarious (B) urgent government intervention to address the sought (C) situation.
(a) ACB
(b) BAC
(c) CAB
(d) BCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q8. Ms. Sitharaman said to proliferation (A) affordable broadband and mobile service remote (B) in rural and enable (C) areas.
(a) ACB
(b) BAC
(c) CAB
(d) CBA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q9. The government seems to have prioritised (A) meeting its fiscal deficit targets rather than using this inclusive (B) to signal a path of employment-centred and opportunity (C) growth.
(a) ACB
(b) BAC
(c) CAB
(d) BCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q10. With the country yet again unemployment (A) with another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are concerns about grappling (B) growth and increasing faltering (C).
(a) ACB
(b) BAC
(c) CAB
(d) BCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Directions (11-15): Given below is a paragraph that has blank spaces. Corresponding to each blank, five options are given, out of which only one is appropriate. Choose the option that fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
The Budget proposals seek to ___________ (11) the economy by stepping up public investments, which will create demand for industrial inputs like cement, steel and capital goods, and generate jobs, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sithaharaman in her Budget 2022-23 ___________ (12) public investment by as much as 35.4 per cent to Rs 7.5 lakh crore or 2.9 per cent of the GDP. Observing that direct support measures have only limited multiplier effect, Seth said steps which can have long to medium term impact are needed to ___________ (13) the economy in a sustained manner. “When we are looking at economic management, it is not a one-year affair. One has to look at short, medium or long term. In the short term, what was needed has been ___________ (14). “When we come to the medium and long term, we find that a direct income support that simulates consumption demand has a very limited ___________ (15) effect, whereas capital investment has a much larger, very strong multiplier effect, which lasts more than one year.
Q11.
(a) Obliterate
(b) Quash
(c) Annihilate
(d) Apprehend
(e) Stimulate
Q12.
(a) Accepted
(b) Hiked
(c) Egressed
(d) Confronted
(e) Exacerbated
Q13.
(a) Dawdle
(b) Pillage
(c) Boost
(d) Supervene
(e) Flout
Q14.
(a) Provided
(b) Deploy
(c) Waned
(d) Fainted
(e) Transcribed
Q15.
(a) Myriad
(b) Plausible
(c) Multiplier
(d) Multiplicity
(e) Exclusion
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct choice is option (c). In part (A), ‘despite of’ is incorrect as ‘despite’ is never followed by ‘of’. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. The error lies in part (B) of the sentence. Here ‘recently’ should be ‘recent’ as we need adjective here while ‘recently’ is adverb. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The error lies in part (C). Here ‘accept’ should be ‘except’. Accept is contextually incorrect in the given sentence.
accept means to agree to take something that somebody offers you
except means not including somebody/something; apart from the fact that
hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. The error lies in part (B). Here ‘safety’ should be ‘safe’ as we need an adjective here for the noun ‘place’. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. The error lies in part (A). Here ‘happen’ should be replaced by ‘happens’ as to comply with the rule of subject verb agreement, we need singular verb for the singular subject (Chile).
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of words is BAC. Therefore, the correct sentence will be
“The changes proposed (B) in the Central GST Act sections relating (A) to input tax credits aim to restrict such credits unless suppliers have remitted (C) their share of taxes.”
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is ACB. Therefore, the correct sentence will be,
“With coal stocks running (A) ‘critically low’, the aluminium industry has sought (C) urgent government intervention to address the precarious (B) situation.”
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is CAB. Therefore, the sentence will be,
Ms. Sitharaman said to enable (C) affordable broadband and mobile service proliferation (A) in rural and remote (B) areas.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is ACB. Therefore, the sentence will be,
“The government seems to have prioritised (A) meeting its fiscal deficit targets rather than using this opportunity (C) to signal a path of employment-centred and inclusive (B) growth.”
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is BCA. Therefore, the correct sentence will be,
“With the country yet again grappling (B) with another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are concerns about faltering (C) growth and increasing unemployment (A).”
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘stimulate’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
Obliterate: destroy utterly; wipe out.
Quash: reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.
Annihilate: Destroy utterly, obliterate
Apprehend: arrest someone for a crime
Stimulate: raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Hiked’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
Accepted: generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
Hiked: increased (something, especially a price) sharply.
Egressed: gone out of or leave (a place).
Confronted: came face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
Exacerbated: made (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Boost’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
Dawdle: waste time; be slow.
Pillage: rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime.
Boost: help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.
Supervene: occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.
Flout: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Provided’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
Provided: made available for use; supply.
Deployed: brought into effective action.
Waned: (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
Fainted: lost consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Multiplier’ fits most suitably in the given blank making sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
Myriad: Innumerable
Plausible: Credible
Multiplier: a person or thing that multiplies.
Multiplicity: Abundance, scores, mass
Exclusive: Complete
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