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Answer: Option B. -> B and D
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B
Option: (b)
Statements A and C are absolutely correct. The correct form of statement B would have been "Raj pleaded guilty to".Similarly, the correct form of statement D would have been "He was sentenced to three."
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B
Option: (b)
Statements A and C are absolutely correct. The correct form of statement B would have been "Raj pleaded guilty to".Similarly, the correct form of statement D would have been "He was sentenced to three."
Question 2. In the following, there are sentences or parts of sentences labeled A, B, C, D etc. . . Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an error. Ignore punctuation errors if any.
A. Sixty years is too small a period to acquire new civilisational traits
B. and to mould our DNA. When that happens, we will automatically
C. realise the importance of the rule of law, the true meaning of freedom and democracy
D. and then we will behave like citizens who will not allow anyone
E. to sell their votes, and MPs will not be on sold.
A. Sixty years is too small a period to acquire new civilisational traits
B. and to mould our DNA. When that happens, we will automatically
C. realise the importance of the rule of law, the true meaning of freedom and democracy
D. and then we will behave like citizens who will not allow anyone
E. to sell their votes, and MPs will not be on sold.
Answer: Option E. -> E.
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E
We will not allow anyone to sell their votes has a problem in pronoun agreement, anyone is singular hence he or she should be used rather than the plural their. Sixty years as period issingular, hence the singular verb is correct. There is no error of parallelism. There is no shiftin tense.option E
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E
We will not allow anyone to sell their votes has a problem in pronoun agreement, anyone is singular hence he or she should be used rather than the plural their. Sixty years as period issingular, hence the singular verb is correct. There is no error of parallelism. There is no shiftin tense.option E
Question 3. (A) With that, he turns [A] / turned [B] on his heal [A] / heel [B] and fled.
(B) The singer assented [A] / ascented [B] to the request for an encore.
(C) It is, sometimes useful, to plumb [A] / plum [B] someone’s thoughts.
(D) The school had a great interest in music and was forming a choral [A] / coral [B] society.
(B) The singer assented [A] / ascented [B] to the request for an encore.
(C) It is, sometimes useful, to plumb [A] / plum [B] someone’s thoughts.
(D) The school had a great interest in music and was forming a choral [A] / coral [B] society.
Answer: Option B. -> BBAAA
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B
Option: (b)
BBAAA: The 1stsentence is in the past tense as indicated by ‘fled’ so option ‘B’ is correct, heel means the part of the foot and heal is to cure. Assented means to agree and ascent an upward movement. Therefore, the singer agreed to the request for an encore. Plum is a fruit and plumb means to examine closely or deeply. Therefore, it is useful to examine one’s thoughts. Choral means of a choir and coral is the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps as in, something made of coral.
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B
Option: (b)
BBAAA: The 1stsentence is in the past tense as indicated by ‘fled’ so option ‘B’ is correct, heel means the part of the foot and heal is to cure. Assented means to agree and ascent an upward movement. Therefore, the singer agreed to the request for an encore. Plum is a fruit and plumb means to examine closely or deeply. Therefore, it is useful to examine one’s thoughts. Choral means of a choir and coral is the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps as in, something made of coral.
Answer: Option C. -> In the urban jungle few of us are in intimate terms with our neighbours.
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C
option C .We are on intimate terms with someone not in intimate terms.
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C
option C .We are on intimate terms with someone not in intimate terms.
Question 5. In the following question, there are sentences or parts of sentences labeled A, B, C, D and E. Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an error. Ignore punctuation errors if any.
A. And its equally important to spread the news about companies that treat working parents
B. with fairness and respect, so that we all can try to work at these companies,
C. and send a message to others treating working parents
D. justly as a valuable employee recruitment and retention advantage.
E. No error
A. And its equally important to spread the news about companies that treat working parents
B. with fairness and respect, so that we all can try to work at these companies,
C. and send a message to others treating working parents
D. justly as a valuable employee recruitment and retention advantage.
E. No error
Answer: Option A. -> A
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A
option A it’s should be used instead of its in the first part of the sentence.
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A
option A it’s should be used instead of its in the first part of the sentence.
Question 6. Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
A. After decades of research and plethora of seeming infinite numbers of dead-end leads, scientists have finally discovered the cause of the biggest public health scourge of our time –Obesity.
B. It is not lack of exercise, it is not what we are eating, and neither is it certainly what is passed on through our genes.
C. The obesity epidemic is caused by fat people passing on their fatness to other people and making them fat.
D. Though this confusion between cause and correlation are enough to invalidate any of the conclusions drawn from this study, it is certainly not the only problem.
A. After decades of research and plethora of seeming infinite numbers of dead-end leads, scientists have finally discovered the cause of the biggest public health scourge of our time –Obesity.
B. It is not lack of exercise, it is not what we are eating, and neither is it certainly what is passed on through our genes.
C. The obesity epidemic is caused by fat people passing on their fatness to other people and making them fat.
D. Though this confusion between cause and correlation are enough to invalidate any of the conclusions drawn from this study, it is certainly not the only problem.
Answer: Option E. -> Only C
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E
Sentence A has two errors.
‘Plethora’ refers to a large amount of something and has to be preceded by the article ‘a’. ‘Infinite’ is an adjective here that qualifies the noun ‘number’ and should therefore be qualified by the adverb form of the word ‘seeming’ (seemingly). In sentence B there is an error with respect to the parallel construction of the sentence. The parallel structure would be maintained if the clauses were of similar form – ‘it is not lack. . ., it is not what we. . ., and it is certainly not what. . .’ . Sentence D suffers from subject-verb mismatch. The subject of the plural verb ‘are’ is the singular word ‘confusion’; hence we need the singular form ‘is’. Only sentence C is correct. Hence, [e].
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E
Sentence A has two errors.
‘Plethora’ refers to a large amount of something and has to be preceded by the article ‘a’. ‘Infinite’ is an adjective here that qualifies the noun ‘number’ and should therefore be qualified by the adverb form of the word ‘seeming’ (seemingly). In sentence B there is an error with respect to the parallel construction of the sentence. The parallel structure would be maintained if the clauses were of similar form – ‘it is not lack. . ., it is not what we. . ., and it is certainly not what. . .’ . Sentence D suffers from subject-verb mismatch. The subject of the plural verb ‘are’ is the singular word ‘confusion’; hence we need the singular form ‘is’. Only sentence C is correct. Hence, [e].
Answer: Option A. -> This syrup will help your cold.
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A
Option: (a)
The usage in sentence (a) is incorrect because "reduce" is a better fit in the context, instead of "help". All other sentences are correct.
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A
Option: (a)
The usage in sentence (a) is incorrect because "reduce" is a better fit in the context, instead of "help". All other sentences are correct.
Answer: Option B. -> As he could not move, he made a bolt for the gate.
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B
Option: (b)
The word 'bolt' has been used correctly in choices (a), (c) and (d). A 'bolt of silk' refers to silk wound around a long metal tube. 'Bolt' as used in option (d) means 'to escape'. However the usage is inappropriate in choice (b). 'Bolt' means to 'make a dash for'; a person cannot make a bolt for the gate when he is unable to move.
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B
Option: (b)
The word 'bolt' has been used correctly in choices (a), (c) and (d). A 'bolt of silk' refers to silk wound around a long metal tube. 'Bolt' as used in option (d) means 'to escape'. However the usage is inappropriate in choice (b). 'Bolt' means to 'make a dash for'; a person cannot make a bolt for the gate when he is unable to move.
Answer: Option C. -> The father gave his son pocket money on his own account.
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C
The father gave pocket money on his own accord not account.option C
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C
The father gave pocket money on his own accord not account.option C
Answer: Option B. -> His position in the embassy was cover for his activities as a spy.
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B
The phrase ‘a cover for something’ is used (usually in singular) for activities or behavior that seem honest but hide something illegal. Hence it should be ‘a cover’.option B
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B
The phrase ‘a cover for something’ is used (usually in singular) for activities or behavior that seem honest but hide something illegal. Hence it should be ‘a cover’.option B
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