Direction : Which of the words/phrases (A), (B), and (C) given below should replace the words/phrases given in (a), (b), & (c) in the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.
anticipated, connotation, emanate
directed, incrimination, happen
intended, ramification, commence
steered, implication, stem
No correction is required
2. The US tendency(a)favours chicken breast, while the feet of the bird are exported to China where they find a ready market. Chicken legs are likely to have been frozen for months before they buzz(b) here. Besides, the lower part of the bird is believed to contain high concentrations of antibiotics slag(c).
tendency, abandon, necessity
inclination, depart, base
palate, arrive, residue
preference, report, lack
No correction is required
3. The trouble is that policy has not kept gait(a) with this reality. It was only in January this year that India consented(b) 100 per cent foreign investment in single-brand retail, while relaxing the 30 per cent local sourcing rule for their Indian operations. Now, these entities can requite(c) their 30 per cent requirement, if they do the same for their global operations.
pace, permitted, offset
amble, permitted, approve
precede, permitted, disproportion
predate, permitted, outweigh
No correction is required
4. Apart from supply separations(a), a further surge in crude prices will worsen India’s current account even(b) and fuel inflation, at a time when the economy is just beginning to show signs of returning to a high growth route(c).
mishap, imbalance, divergence
disruptions, imbalance, trajectory
prostration, imbalance, trail
wreck, imbalance, conduit
No correction is required
5. The one comforting factor for the Centre in this sketch(a) is that GST finally seems to be coming into its own. The beneficient(b) collection of ₹1-lakh crore plus in April seems to indicate that the tax is stabilising, and going forward, could keep the Centre’s cash registers beating(c).
summary, target, throbbing
pages, objective, beating
scheme, munificent, resounding
scenario, bounteous, ringing
No correction is required
Answers
Option D Option C Option A Option B Option D
In each question below there are four statements. Each statement has pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) A or B to form correct sentences. Then choose the best option.
AAB
ABA
BAB
BBA
None of these
2. The Rajdhani Express usually[A]run/runs[B] on time; and is one of the fast est trains in India.
b. The committee [A]is/are[B] seriously considering the matter.
c. The Indians had fought a long struggle before they [A]attained/had attained[B] independence.
BAA
BBA
BAB
ABB
None of these
3. A good teacher not only [A]teach/teaches[B],but he is also a good guide.
b. During recession, not even the Mumbai public [A]has/have[B] enough money to meet its needs.
c. The farmer sold the crop after he [A]harvested/had harvested[B] it.
BAB
AAB
ABA
BBB
None of these
4. In a mature democracy like India, the voters [A]knows/know[B]whom to vote.
b. The public [A]is/are[B] dispersing away from the monotonous show.
c. He [A]went/had gone[B] out after he had eaten his lunch.
AAB
BBA
ABA
BAB
None of these
5. Whenever he [A]meets/meet[B]me he talks about his illness.
b. The majority [A]wins/win[B] what the minority loses.
c. The rival countries [A]fretted and fumed/had fretted and fumed[B] before the war finally broke out.
ABA
AAA
BBB
AAB
None of these
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