PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

PHRASE/WORDS REPLACEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-93 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Which of the phrase given against each sentence should replace the world/phrase, given in bold in a sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is given as it is given and no correction is required, choose “No correction” required as the answer.

 

Question No : 1

As news of the agitation spreaded like a wildfire, people in other parts of the state participated.

(1) spreaded like wildfire

(2) spread like wildfire

(3) spread with wildfire

(4) spreads like a wildfire

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

A bear tried to escape the Zoo, sparking on panic in the locality.

(1) sparking for panic

(2) sparking a panic

(3) sparking a panic

(4) sparked with panic

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

Two days before the final exam of her eighth and final engineering semester the twenty two year old walked out on her home and disappeared.

(1) walked away

(2) walked out of

(3) walked into

(4) walked through

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

The officer had been allegedly consumed snacks downed a few pegs of liquor.

(1) has been alleged

(2) had been alleged

(3) had allegedly

(4) will be allegedly

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

The slowing hiring trend is also reflected when one analyses the data for the past five years.

(1) A slow hiring trend

(2) A slowed hiring trend

(3) A hiring slow trend

(4) A hiring slowly trend

(5) No correction required