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Direction (1-5): In each of the following questions, a word / phrase has been highlighted. Find the exact replacement from the given options. If no improvement is required, choose “E” as your answer

1) It is easy to see why this mean when we note that in any homogeneous population, the right to treatment as an equal would entail also the right to equal treatment.

A.how this means

B.why this means

C.what this mean

D.what this means

E.No Improvement

2) One of the most contentious issues in India’s constitutional law and government policy have been the one related to caste-based reservations in education and employment.

A.have the one related

B.has been the one relating

C.have been the one relating

D.has been the one related

E.No Improvement

3) Continuing high government borrowing will put pressure on the cost of money and crowd out private investment.

A.Continue high

B.Continued high

C.Continued higher

D.Continuing higher

E.No Improvement

4) The Supreme Court of India has ruled that every person had the right to enjoying pollution-free water and air.

A.has the right to enjoying

B.has the right of enjoying

C.has the right to enjoy

D.has the right for enjoying

E.No Improvement

5) Plasma is generated by electric power and can easily be switched on/off, making it, in principle, suitable for using intermittent renewable electricity

A.can easy be

B.can be easily been

C.can easily been

D.could easy be

E.No Improvement

Direction (6-10): In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (E) as your choice.

6) Most often, reports prepared for the RBI’s internal working groups barely draw much attention beyond the relevant circles in the banking and financial services industries and rarely ever evoke protest.

I)reports prepared by the

II)reports prepared in the

III) reports prepared of the

A.Both I and II

B.Both II and III

C.Only I

D.Only III

E.No correction required

7) The panel, which was tasked within reviews ownership norms and corporate structure for private sector banks, has made worthwhile suggestions including ways to harmonise licensing norms for all banks including older legacy lenders and newer entrants.

I)with reviewing ownership norms

II)with reviews ownership norms

III) at reviewing ownership norms

A.Both I and II

B.Both II and III

C.Both I and III

D.Only I

E.No correction required

8) Most arguing is that the panel, which consulted with experts ranging from former RBI officials to legal and finance professionals, clearly acknowledges that all but one of these outside experts were unequivocal in their opinion that given the prevailing far-from-ideal corporate governance culture, corporates ought to be barred from promoting banks.

I)Most intriguing is that

II)Most intriguing for that

III) Most arguing at that

A.Both I and II

B.Both II and III

C.Only I

D.Only II

E.No correction required

9) For all its regulatory powers and supervision capabilities, the RBI failed to spot the build-up of troubled exposures at Yes Bank in time.

I)powers and supervisory capabilities

II)authorities and supervisory capabilities

III) powers with supervisory capabilities

A.Both I and II

B.Both II and III

C.Both I and III

D.Only II

E.No correction required

10) The reported loss of at least three lives is a relatively low toll for such a large-scale weather system, although property and agriculture had suffered considerable damage from the fierce winds and massive volume of rain it dumped in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

I)agriculture have suffered

II)agriculture have suffers

III) agriculture has suffered

A.I and II

B.II and III

C.I and III

D.I

E.II

Answers :

1) Answer: D

“What this means” is the exact replacement grammatically and contextually.

2) Answer: B

“Has been the one relating”is the exact replacement grammatically and contextually.

3) Answer: C

“Continued higher”, is the exact replacement grammatically and contextually.

4) Answer: C

“Has the right to enjoy”, is the exact replacement grammatically and contextually.

5) Answer: E

6) Answer: C

‘By’ is the correct preposition to use before the noun in identifying the agent performing an action. All other prepositions are incorrect to the context.

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

7) Answer: D

‘within reviews’ change the meaning of the sentence, as the panel was formed to review the norms. The sentence is in past perfect continuous and thus ‘with reviewing’ is the best option to use.

Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

8) Answer: C

‘Arguing’ infers no meaning to the context of this sentence, thus out of context. The word ‘intriguing’ should followed by an article to make it grammatically correct in this context, thus ‘is’ is the only choice

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

9) Answer: A

‘powers’ meaning authority that is given or delegated to a person or body, has similar meaning with authorities, thus, both sentences are correct. ‘With’ is the incorrect preposition to use in this context.

Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

10) Answer: D

‘Have’ is the correct form of word to use in the context of the sentence, as it refers to plural sense, and ‘suffered’ the past participle form is the correct to use with this context.

Therefore, option D is the correct answer.