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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 points
Category: English
Availability of trained doctors and nurses would help meet / the new infant mortality and maternal mortal goals, / and build on the gains from higher institutional / deliveries, which exceeded 80% in recent years.
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Explanation – Option 2) has parallelism error so replace “maternal mortal” with “maternal mortality”.
In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.
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Explanation – Option 2) has parallelism error so replace “maternal mortal” with “maternal mortality”.
In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 points
Category: English
With a fifth of the world’s disease burden, a growing incidence of / non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, and / poor financial arrangements to pay for care, India brings on / the rear among the BRICS countries in health sector performance.
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Explanation – option 3) has phrasal verb error. Replace “brings on” with “brings up” (bring up ) which is used here To introduce into discussion; mention.
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Explanation – option 3) has phrasal verb error. Replace “brings on” with “brings up” (bring up ) which is used here To introduce into discussion; mention.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 points
Category: English
There are many points for as well as against a rate cut, / But one constituency which has been ignored / are the depositors, especially those whom / depend on bank interest for their livelihood.
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Explanation: It should be “who” instead of “whom”
Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence and Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.
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Explanation: It should be “who” instead of “whom”
Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence and Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 points
Category: English
No more time should be lost in forming regulatory and accreditation / agencies for healthcare providers at the national and State / levels as suggested by the expert group on universal health / coverage of the Planning Commission more than five years ago.
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Explanation – Given sentence is grammatically correct hence option fifth will be correct answer.
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Explanation – Given sentence is grammatically correct hence option fifth will be correct answer.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 points
Category: English
The data are critical as key federal decisions such as / resource allocation for province / and delimitation of electoral constituencies / are taken based on demographic numbers.
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Explanation : it should be “provinces” instead of “province” to balance the sentence. Option second has parallelism error. parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phras
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Explanation : it should be “provinces” instead of “province” to balance the sentence. Option second has parallelism error. parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phras
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 points
Category: English
The Turkish government has also hinted that it could / scrap an agreement reached with Europe / last year to curb the passage of migrants through / Turkey in return for financial help from the EU.
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Explanation: It should be “would” instead of “could” . Would can be used to talk about actions that repeated in the past. It is used in the same context as used to: ‘When I was young I would do my homework every evening.’ ‘In the summer we would always go camping.
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Explanation: It should be “would” instead of “could” . Would can be used to talk about actions that repeated in the past. It is used in the same context as used to: ‘When I was young I would do my homework every evening.’ ‘In the summer we would always go camping.
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 points
Category: English
Europe leaders, alive to the sensitivities of undermining the / sovereignty of member nations, have repeatedly cautioned / against expectations of an automatic guarantee / of admission in the event that Edinburgh exits Britain.
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Explanation – It should be “Europe’s leaders” instead of “Europe leaders”. Apostrophes are used to show possession with noun.
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Explanation – It should be “Europe’s leaders” instead of “Europe leaders”. Apostrophes are used to show possession with noun.
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 points
Category: English
Despite such pulls and pressures, in a best-case scenario / the rate-setting process should take at / least a fortnight and the Council could / meet some time in April to approve the rates
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Explanation – Given sentence is grammatically correct hence option fifth will be correct answer.
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Explanation – Given sentence is grammatically correct hence option fifth will be correct answer.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 points
Category: English
The Centre must keep its mind open on pushing forward the/ rollout by a month or so, while industry should rise above / heckling under rates and invest more lobbying energy on / bigger worries, such as the GST’s penal anti-profiteering clauses.
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Explanation – option 3) has propositional error. “Under” should be “replaced with “over”
over used for – extending directly upwards from.
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Explanation – option 3) has propositional error. “Under” should be “replaced with “over”
over used for – extending directly upwards from.
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 points
Category: English
It should also be mandatory for all health institutions / to be accredited, and to publish the / approved cost of treatments, of order to / remove the prevailing asymmetry of information.
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Explanation – it should be ‘in order to’ instead of ‘of order to’ which means according to a particular sequence.
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Explanation – it should be ‘in order to’ instead of ‘of order to’ which means according to a particular sequence.
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