Direction (1-4): Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Q1. Second bewildering change that I observe in him now-a-days is that he avoids to meet people.
(a) Second bewildering change
(b) I observe in him now-a-days is that
(c) he avoids to meet people.
(d) No error
Q2. Statistics shows that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year and 30% by second year.
(a) Statistics shows that 50% of new
(b) businesses fail in their first year
(c) and 30% by second year.
(d) No error
Q3. Four members of a Muslim family are injured when a mob of around a dozen unidentified people attacked them at the Aligarh railway station last Sunday afternoon.
(a) Four members of a Muslim family are
(b) mob of around a dozen unidentified people attacked
(c) Aligarh railway station on last Sunday afternoon.
(d) No error
Q4. It’s time you start thinking about running your own cattle farm.
(a) It’s time you
(b) start thinking about
(c) running your own cattle farm.
(d) No error
Direction (5-7): In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Q5. Wrong details received twice by the authorities have _________ the release of a woman lodged in one of Assam’s six detention camps for foreigners since 2010.
(a) Delayed
(b) Advanced
(c) Expedited
(d) Facilitated
Q6. Sources indicated that a preliminary dialogue to resolve the issue _________ held and more talks were not ruled out.
(a) Were
(b) Is
(c) Would be
(d) Was
Q7. The authorities have decided to _________ government offices with Internet that has remained blocked for 108 days.
(a) Provide
(b) Give
(c) Gift
(d) Avoid
Direction (8-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q8. A person famous and respected within a particular sphere
(a) eminent
(b) obscure
(c) despotic
(d) imperative
Q9. That which cannot be corrected
(a) Impregnable
(b) Immolation
(c) Incorrigible
(d) Ineligible
Q10. A person who is blamed for the wrong doings of others
(a) Bursar
(b) Captor
(c) Phlegmatic
(d) Scapegoat
Solutions
S1. Ans(c)
Sol. Replace “to meet” with “meeting”. The following phrases and certain verbs are followed by direct gerund. Eg : Avoid , mind , detest , can’t help etc
S2. Ans(a)
Sol. Replace “shows” with “show”. Statistics when taken as a collection of data is used with plural verb.
S3. Ans(a)
Sol. Replace “are” with “were”. The attack happened last Sunday so past tense should be used here.
S4. Ans(b)
Sol. Replace “start” with “started”, when “it’s (high) time” is used in sentence we use past form of a verb. It’s (high) time + subject + Verb (past simple).
S5. Ans(a)
S6. Ans(d)
S7. Ans(a)
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. Eminent: (of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere.
Obscure: not discovered or known about; uncertain.
Despotic: of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.
Imperative: of vital importance; crucial.
S9. Ans(c)
Sol. Incorrigible means (of a person or their behavior) not able to be changed or reformed.
Impregnable: (of a fortified position) unable to be captured or broken into.
S10. Ans(d)
Sol. Scapegoat means a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
