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Sentence Correction
Directions (Q.1-10):In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I,II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given, you have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
- To read Naipaul, to listen to him, to follow his life story, / was to be perpetual nudged to reassess not just him, but also / his subject matter and one’s own view of the world.
I. To read Naipaul, to listen to him, to follow its life story,
II. was to be perpetually nudged to reassess not just him, but also
III. his subject matters and one’s own view of the world.
1. I , III
2. III
3. I , II
4. II
5. none of theseAnswer : 4)
Explanation :
To read Naipaul, to listen to him, to follow his life story, was to be perpetually nudged to reassess not just him, but also his subject matter and one’s own view of the world. - Whether the changes adopted to the court while finalising a new / constitution for the BCCI differ in significant ways from what was / proposed by the Lodha committee will be a matters of debate.
I.Whether the changes adopted by the court while finalising a new
II. constitution for the BCCI differ in significant way from what was
III. proposed by the Lodha committee will be a matter of debate.
1. II
2. I , III
3. II , III
4. I , II
5. none of theseAnswer : 2)
Explanation :
Whether the changes adopted by the court while finalising a new constitution for the BCCI differ in significant ways from what was proposed by the Lodha committee will be a matter of debate. - Aristotle believed that the best way to understand / why things are the way they were is to understand / what purpose they were designed to serve.
I. Aristotle believed that the best ways to understand
II. why things are the way they are is to understand
III. what purpose they were design to serve.
1. II , III
2. I , II
3. II
4. III
5. none of theseAnswer : 3)
Explanation :
Aristotle believed that the best way to understand why things are the way they are is to understand what purpose they were designed to serve. - Peacocks aren’t just pretty; they’re pretty good at surviving, / Bhopal-based scientists have found after they sequenced / the entire peacock genome for the first time and compared it to other birds.
I. Peacocks aren’t just pretty; they’re pretty good by surviving,
II. Bhopal-based scientists had found after they sequenced
III. the entire peacock genomes for the first time and compared it to other birds.
1. I , II
2. II , III
3. I
4. I , III
5. none of theseAnswer : 5)
Explanation :
Peacocks aren’t just pretty; they’re pretty good at surviving, Bhopal-based scientists have found after they sequenced the entire peacock genome for the first time and compared it to other birds. - The studies of the Dravidian languages is crucial for understanding / prehistory in Eurasia, as they played a significant role / influencing other language groups.
I. The study of the Dravidian languages is crucial for understanding
II. prehistory in Eurasia, as they had played a significant role
III. in influencing other languages groups.
1. I
2. I , III
3. II
4. II , III
5. none of theseAnswer : 1)
Explanation :
The study of the Dravidian languages is crucial for understanding prehistory in Eurasia, as they played a significant role in influencing other language groups. - The latest revisions in the base year for the Index of Industrial Production / and the Wholesale Price Index reveals an overall macroeconomic picturesque that is / at once heartening, given the underlying resilience reflected in the data.
I. The latest revisions to the base year for the Index of Industrial Production
II. and the Wholesale Price Index reveal an overall macroeconomic picture that is
III. at once heartening, given the underlying resilience reflected in these data.
1. II , III
2. I , II
3. III
4. I
5. none of theseAnswer : 2)
Explanation :
The latest revisions to the base year for the Index of Industrial Production and the Wholesale Price Index reveal an overall macroeconomic picture that is at once heartening, given the underlying resilience reflected in the data. - State-run thermal power plants in India’s coastal States have again begun buying / overseas coal due to domestic coal shortages, government and utility officials said, / in a setback for the country’s long-term plans to eliminate imports.
I. State-run thermal power plant in India’s coastal State have again begun buying
II. overseas coal due for domestic coal shortages, government and utility officials said,
III. in a setback for the country’s long-term plan to eliminate import.
1. II
2. I , III
3. II
4. I
5. none of theseAnswer : 5)
Explanation :
State-run thermal power plants in India’s coastal States have again begun buying overseas coal due to domestic coal shortages, government and utility officials said, in a setback for the country’s long-term plans to eliminate imports. - The brouhaha over a private sector group adopting Red Fort / with the promise of spending Rs 25 crore over five years / to give the dilapidated area a facelift being misplaced.
I. The brouhaha over a private sector group adopted Red Fort
II. with the promise of spending Rs 25 crore in five years
III. to give the dilapidated area a facelift is misplaced.
1. III
2. I , II
3. II
4. I , III
5. none of theseAnswer : 1)
Explanation :
The brouhaha over a private sector group adopting Red Fort with the promise of spending Rs 25 crore over five years to give the dilapidated area a facelift is misplaced. - While companies complain that the CSR obligations mandated in Companies Act are / an invisible tax and outsources government’s social sector responsibilities for them, project around / monuments are also a brand building opportunity because of high visibility and large footfalls.
I. While companies complaint that the CSR obligations mandated in Companies Act are
II. an invisible tax and outsources government’s social sector responsibilities to them, projects around
III. monuments are also a brand building opportunity because of high visibility and lengthy footfall.
1. III
2. I
3. I , III
4. II
5. none of theseAnswer : 4)
Explanation :
While companies complain that the CSR obligations mandated in Companies Act are an invisible tax and outsources government’s social sector responsibilities to them, projects around monuments are also a brand building opportunity because of high visibility and large footfalls. - Historians agree unanimously that the French Revolution was a / watershed event that changed Europe irrevocably, following in the / footsteps by the American Revolution, which have occurred just a decade earlier.
I. Historians agree unanimously that the French Revolution were a
II. watershed event that was changed Europe irrevocably, following in the
III. footsteps of the American Revolution, which had occurred just a decade earlier.
1. II
2. I , III
3. III
4. I
5. none of theseAnswer : 3)
Explanation :
Historians agree unanimously that the French Revolution was a watershed event that changed Europe irrevocably, following in the footsteps of the American Revolution, which had occurred just a decade earlier.
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