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Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, certain parts of the paragraph are highlighted which suggest that the given expression may be grammatically incorrect. Choose the most appropriate expression among the four options given against each number which makes the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the given expression does not require any correction, choose option (5) i.e., “No correction required” as your answer.

 

If …(1)… there had been any real benefit in having a Legislative Council, all States in the country should, and arguably would, have a second chamber. The fact that there are only seven such Councils …(2)… had suggested the lack of any real advantage, apart from the absence of a broad political consensus on the issue. Now Odisha wants to join the group of States that have an Upper House. …(3)… The State Cabinet has been approving a 49-member Legislative Council, accepting the report of a committee set up in 2015 to study the functioning of the second chamber in other States and make recommendations. The process of creating an Upper House is lengthy. …(4)… The State Assembly would have to pass a resolution for the creation of the Council by a majority of its total membership. Thereafter, Parliament has to enact a law to create it. …(5)… Two Bills introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 for establishing Legislative Councils in Assam and Rajasthan are still pending, indicating the lack of support for such a move.

Question No : 1

(1) There would be any real benefit in having a Legislative Council

(2) There was any real benefit in having a Legislative Council

(3) It being were any real benefit in having a Legislative Council

(4) Their was been any real benefit in having a Legislation Council

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

(1) suggests the lack of any real advantage

(2) had been suggesting the lack of any real advantage

(3) would have suggested the lack of any real advantage

(4) were suggesting the lack of any real advantage

(5) no correction required

Question No : 3

(1) The State Cabinet would be approving a 49-member Legislative Council

(2) The State Cabinet was approving a 49-member Legislative Council

(3) The State Cabinet has approved a 49-member Legislative Council

(4) The State Cabinet would have been approving a 49-member Legislative Council

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

(1) The State Assembly would be passing a resolution for the creation of the Council

(2) The State Assembly had to pass a resolution for the creation of the Council

(3) The State Assembly could be passing a resolution for the creation of the Council

(4) The State Assembly has to pass a resolution for the creation of the Council

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

(1) Two Bills could be introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 for establishing Legislative     Councils

(2) Two Bills had been introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 for establishing Legislative Councils

(3) Two Bills have introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 for establishing Legislative Councils

(4) Two Bills would have been introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 for establishing Legislative Councils

(5) No correction required