Direction (Qs.1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No Error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuations, if any.)
Question No : 1
(1) It’s also possible/ (2) that in substituting Basaveshwara’s pen name/ (3) Mahadevi had violated/ (4) the original author’s intentions./ (5) No Error
(1) It’s also possible
(2) that in substituting Basaveshwara’s pen name
(3) Mahadevi had violated
(4) the original author’s intentions
(5) No Error
Question No : 2
(1) Important Congress dissident source/ (2) said at one/ (3) stage that Raman Rao and Chandra Shekhar had even asked the/ (4) dissident group to suggest suitable names./ (5) No Error
(1) Important Congress dissident source
(2) said at one
(3) stage that Raman Rao and Chandra Shekhar had even asked the
(4) dissident group to suggest suitable names
(5) No Error
Question No : 3
(1) A letter of recommendation/ (2) from the Principal and/ (3) the Head of English department have helped him to/ (4) get this lucrative job./ (5) No Error
(1) A letter of recommendation
(2) from the Principal and
(3) the Head of English department have helped him to
(4) get this lucrative job
(5) No Error
Question No : 4
(1) Being that he/ (2) is interested in getting himself examined/ (3) by a heart specialist/ (4) we must try our best to take him to a reputed doctor. / (5) No Error
(1) Being that he
(2) is interested in getting himself examined
(3) by a heart specialist
(4) we must try our best to take him to a reputed doctor
(5) No Error
Question No : 5
(1) The father as well as/ (2) the sons were/ (3) mysteriously missing/ (4) from the house./ (5) No Error
(1) The father as well as
(2) the sons were
(3) mysteriously missing
(4) from the house
(5) No Error
Question No : 6
(1) Asking people to work in the gray space often creates uncertainty/ (2) They need reassurance that moving into uncertainty can create/ (3) Positive results. Success stories provide tangible, memorable/ (4) Examples of what moving behind the status quo looks like/ (5) No error
(1) Asking people to work in the gray space often creates uncertainty
(2) They need reassurance that moving into uncertainty can create
(3) Positive results. Success stories provide tangible, memorable
(4) Examples of what moving behind the status quo looks like
(5) No Error
Question No : 7
(1) UBI is one way to address income inequality. While some economists argue that/ (2) a degree of income inequality is normal and healthy for a prospering nation, even4/ (3) they agree that inequality has gone too far in countries like the U.S. While there hasn’t/ (4) been much talk about UBI lately besides Yang, experiments are still ongoing round the world/ (5) No error
(1) UBI is one way to address income inequality. While some economists argue that
(2) a degree of income inequality is normal and healthy for a prospering nation, even4
(3) they agree that inequality has gone too far in countries like the U.S. While there hasn’t
(4) been much talk about UBI lately besides Yang, experiments are still ongoing round the world
(5) No Error
Question No : 8
(1) In many organizations, our leadership readiness is calculated in part by our willingness/ (2) to speak up in meetings. How we speak off the cuff can have a bigger impact on/ (3) our career trajectory than our presentations or speeches, because every single/ (4) day we have an opportunity to make an impact/ (5) No error
(1) In many organizations, our leadership readiness is calculated in part by our willingness
(2) to speak up in meetings. How we speak off the cuff can have a bigger impact on
(3) our career trajectory than our presentations or speeches, because every single
(4) day we have an opportunity to make an impact
(5) No Error
Question No : 9
(1) Other leaders can follow this example. Feeling guilty about a potential result/ (2) that you have no control over helps no one. In fact, 68% of executives who are/ (3) fired find a new job within six months. Firing executives is especially difficult/ (4) when you hired them in the first place/ (5) No error
(1) Other leaders can follow this example. Feeling guilty about a potential result
(2) that you have no control over helps no one. In fact, 68% of executives who are
(3) fired find a new job within six months. Firing executives is especially difficult
(4) when you hired them in the first place
(5) No Error
Question No : 10
(1) Today’s business landscape has several unique features, which will add new/ (2) complexities on top of the historical playbook. This makes it important for business/ (3) leaders to prepare for the specific circumstances of the next downturn,/ (4) as well as exploiting the right lessons from the past/ (5) No error
(1) Today’s business landscape has several unique features, which will add new
(2) complexities on top of the historical playbook. This makes it important for business
(3) leaders to prepare for the specific circumstances of the next downturn
(4) as well as exploiting the right lessons from the past
(5) No Error