ENGLISH CLASS

Direction (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. Choose the sentence /Option which is CORRECT without any errors in it. If all the sentences are incorrect mark (e) as the answer. 

Q1. 
(a) When selecting a fund, we looked to understand the teams managing the fund, and there strategy and performance.
(b) When selecting a fund, we look to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance.
(c) When selecting a fund, we looking  to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance.
(d) When selecting a fund, we look at understanding  the teams manage the fund, and there strategy and performance.
(e) All are Incorrect

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. When selecting a fund, we look to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance

Q2.  
(a) The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change there inner self.
(b) The first role of education is to infused values at individuals and change their inner selves.
(c) The first role of education is at infusing values on individuals and changed their inner selves.
(d) The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change their inner selves.
(e) All are Incorrect

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change their inner selves.

Q3. 
(a) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings,  society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalance relationship with nature.
(b) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates many from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
(c) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
(d) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and nature also emanated many from our imbalance relationship to nature.
(e) All are Incorrect

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
Statement B and D are incorrect because "Much" is used for uncountable nouns, "Many" is used for countable nouns. Hence use of many is incorrect here.

Q4. 
(a) Ecological reconstruction should be on the heart of our education system.
(b) Ecology reconstruction should be in the heart of our education system.
(c) Ecological reconstruction was on the heart of our education system.
(d) Ecological reconstruction should be at the heart of our education system.
(e) All are Incorrect

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ecological reconstruction should be at the heart of our education system.

Q5. 
(a) Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(b) Education must seek for nurture, refine and full develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(c) Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully developed this dimensions of holistic human development.
(d) Education must seek at nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(e) All are Incorrect

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.

Directions (6-10):  In the questions given below, find out which of the phrases (I), (II), (III) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. 

Q6. The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
I.    Cut back 
II.  Cut down
III. Cut over

(a)Only  I
(b)Only I and II
(c)only II
(d)Only III
(e)No change required

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. cut in-start operating (of an engine or electrical device)
cut in-pull in too closely in front of another vehicle
cut something down-make something fall to the ground
cut something out-remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)
cut back on something-consume less

Q7.  We called off  but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
I. Call up
II. called around 
III. Called in

(a) Only I and II
(b) Only III
(c) only II
(d) Only I
(e) No change required

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. call around-phone many different places/people
call something off-cancel
call somebody back-return a phone call
call somebody up-phone
call on somebody-visit somebody

Q8. We have to work over the total cost before we buy the house.
I. work up
II. work through 
III. work out 

(a) Only I and Only II
(b) Only IIand Only I
(c) Only III
(d) Only II and Only III
(e) No change required

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. work something out-make a calculation
work out-be successful
work out-exercise
work (someone) over- to hurt (someone) by hitting, kicking, etc.
work through-to deal with (something that is difficult or unpleasant) successfully
work (someone) up : to make (someone) feel very angry, excited, upset, etc.

Q9. I ran in an old school-friend at the mall.
I. run away
II. ran into 
III. run out

(a) only II
(b) only III
(c) only I
(d) only I and only III
(e) No change required

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. run into somebody/ something-meet unexpectedly
run over somebody/ something-drive a vehicle over a person or thing
run over/ through something-rehearse, review
run away-leave unexpectedly, escape
run out-have none left

Q10. We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get round the bus.
I.    get over
II.   get together
III. get on 

(a)  only III
(b)  only II
(c)  only II  and only I
(d)  only I
(e)  No change required

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. get on something- step onto a vehicle
get over something-recover from an illness, loss, difficulty
get round to something-finally find time to do
get together-meet (usually for social reasons)

ENGLISH CLASS

Directions (1-10):  In the questions given below, find out which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. 

Q1. Please bear in me while I fill out the paperwork.
(a)bear under
(b)bear over
(c) bear with
(d)bear down on
(e) No improvement

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.bear with- be patient
bear up - withstand
bear down on - bite

Q2. While we were discussing the situation, Terri broke up to give her opinion.
(a)break down
(b)break out
(c)break off
(d) broke in
(e) No improvement

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.break in- interrupt
break  off - end something
break out- appear violently
break down -stop working properly
break down - become mentally ill

Q3. She turned down the new job in New York, because she didn't want to move.
(a)turn into
(b)turn in
(c)turn off
(d)turn  out
(e) No improvement

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. turn down - refuse an offer; reject an application
turn out- audience members to a function
turn  off - stop the function of (a stove, a water faucet, a car, etc.)
turn into- become something different,
transform

Q4. I hadn't seen my cousin for years, and all of a sudden, he showed off at my workplace yesterday!
(a)showed down
(b)showed up
(c)show out
(d)showed about
(e) No improvement

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. show up- arrive without previous notice
show off -boast, draw attention to oneself

Q5. I think you should stand out your older brother and tell him to stop pushing you around.
(a) stand for
(b)stand down
(c) stand up to
(d) stand by
(e) No improvement

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.  stand up to -defend oneself against someone
or something Sol.
stand for-  tolerate
stand out- be very noticeable
stand  up- not arrive to a date or an
appointment (inf.)
stand by -wait

Q6. I didn't think she was going to make it, but she pulled through in the end.
(a)put out
(b)put  down
(c)put away
(d)put in
(e) No improvement

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. pull through -barely survive
put out -extinguish (a fire)
put in - officially submit a request (in the armed forces or public
services)
put  down- insult, say bad things about

Q7. The company was losing money, so they had lay out 100 workers.
(a)lay away
(b)lay down
(c)lay into
(d)lay off
(e) No improvement

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. lay off - suspend someone from a job(during a slow period)
lay into - scold or criticize severely
lay in on - scold or criticize severely lay down -establish (laws, rules)
lay away - save for the future

Q8. When my clothes got too small for me as a child, I handed them off to my sister.
(a) hand  down
(b) hand  in
(c) hand  back
(d) hand  over
(e) No improvement

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. hand  down- give as an inheritance
hand  in - submit
hand  back - return
hand  over -relinquish control of

Q9. Some people get along paying taxes by hiring a good accountant.
(a) get away
(b) get by
(c) get around
(d) get ahead of
(e) No improvement

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. get around -avoid someone or something
get away-escape
get by -survive without having the
things you need or want
get along- have a good relationship
get ahead of -surpass

Q10. Microsoft is coming by a new video game system next month.
(a) come over
(b)coming out with
(c) come through
(d) come into
(e) No improvement

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. come out with - produce and distribute a product
come over -visit someone at their
come to -regain consciousness
come through -do what is needed or expected
come by -visit a person at their house
come into - inherit

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. As a member of the Indian Angel Network, or IAN, the country's largest grouping of early-stage investors known better as angels, Roy made his first investment in a startup called Knowcross Solutions in 2006.

B. For India's growing startup ecosystem, while on one hand there is a lot of untapped money sloshing around to find its place, on the other hand the number of investment opportunities in high-quality entrepreneurs has dramatically increased the last few years.

C.  Over the next eight years or so, he invested in about 25 startups.

D. Then, as India's maturing startup ecosystem entered its next phase of growth, Roy picked up his pace of investments. He now has about 50 startups in his portfolio, including Wowmomos and Vienova Education

E. "Often, investors become choosy and so are interpreted wrongly as being slow and cautious," said Raman Roy, who, besides being a pioneer of India's business process outsourcing industry, was also among the earliest to recognize the tremendous potential of domestic startups.


Q11. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) B

Q12. Which of the following should be the FIFTH(last) sentence after rearrangement? 
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q13.  Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) E
(d) A
(e) D

Q14. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) D
(d) B
(e) C

Q15.  Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) A
(c) B
(d) C
(e) D

S11. Ans.(A)
Sol. BEACD is the correct sequence of the passage

S12. Ans.(C)
Sol. D is the concluding statement

S13. Ans.(B)
Sol. B statement is the first statement as it introduces the idea.It talks about investment opportunities.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Statement C is the fourth statement

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Statement E is the second sentence which gives paragraph formation a coherent meaning. It further explains investors

Vocabulary

Dear Readers,

Vocabulary is an important part of English that helps you deal with all kinds of questions in objective as well as descriptive papers of various exams. You can learn new words daily from our Daily Word List. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given word list. Here are a few lines from The Hindu.

Example: Showing no appetite for a bilateral rapprochement, the two acrimonious neighbours have limited their interactions to firing across the borders in Jammu and Kashmir and calling each other names in global forums.

1. Rapprochement [rap-rohsh-mahn; French ra-prawsh-mahn] 

• Noun: an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations.
• Synonyms: detente, détente, friendship, harmonization, harmony, reconciliation, agreement, cordiality, friendliness, reunion, softening, reconcilement.
• Antonyms: aloofness, disagreement, trouble, upset.

2. Acrimonious [ak-ruh-moh-nee-uh s] 

• Adjective: caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.
• Synonyms: belligerent, bitter, caustic, petulant, rancorous, testy, acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, biting, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, mad, mordant, peevish, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, splenetic.
• Antonyms: happy, helping, kind, mild.

Example: The regional security situation remains embattled, thanks to confused American policies in South Asia, continuing turmoil in Afghanistan, heightening India-China rivalry, and the India-Pakistan hostility.

3. Embattled [em-bat-ld] 

• Adjective: disposed or prepared for battle; engaged in or beset by conflict or struggle.
• Synonyms: beset, crenelated, fighting, fortified, prepared.

Example: One, the India-Pakistan escalation ladder has become far more precarious today it has ever been in the past one and a half decades, i.e. since the ceasefire was agreed to in 2003.

4. Precarious [pri-kair-ee-uh s] 

• Adjective: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure; dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another; arbitrary administration; exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky.
• Synonyms: dangerous, delicate, dicey, hazardous, insecure, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, ambiguous, borderline.
• Antonyms: certain, definite, guarded, happy.

Example: While stealthy surgical strikes may not, strictly speaking, qualify as conventional escalation, they certainly reduce the psychological distance between sub-conventional violence and conventional escalation in the classical sense.

5. Stealthy [stel-thee] 

• Adjective: done, characterized, or acting by stealth(secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure); furtive.
• Synonyms: clandestine, covert, furtive, hush-hush, unauthorized, fraudulent, hidden, hole-and-corner, on the QT, on the sly, private, skulking, slinking, sly, sneaking, stealthy, sub-rosa, under wraps, under-the-table.
• Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, honest, open.

Example: The perils of preventive strikes, in other words, are unpredictable.

6. Peril [per-uh l] 

• Noun: exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger; something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction.
• Verb: to expose to danger; imperil; risk.
• Synonyms: hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menace, pitfall, uncertainty, vulnerability, endangerment, exposure, liability, openness, cause for alarm, double trouble, risky business.
• Antonyms: certainty, protection, safety, safeness, security.

Example: Put differently, preventive strikes in hyper-nationalist bilateral settings could defy our expectations and go out of control, with disastrous implications.

7. Defy [verb dih-fahy; noun dih-fahy, dee-fahy] 

• Verb: to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly; to offer effective resistance to; to challenge (a person) to do something deemed impossible; to challenge to a combat or contest.
• Noun: a challenge; a defiance.
• Synonyms: confront, disregard, elude, flout, ignore, mock, oppose, provoke, resist, ridicule, spurn, thwart, violate, withstand, baffle, beard, brave, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, face, foil.
• Antonyms: aid, assist, flatter, help.

Example: Second, and more importantly, Pakistan’s responses thereafter of supporting insurgency in Kashmir, aiding infiltration across the border, and allegedly supporting attacks on the Indian army convoys and bases continued without much reaction from New Delhi.

8. Insurgency [in-sur-juh n-see] 

• Noun: the state or condition of being insurgent; insurrection against an existing government, usually one's own, by a group not recognized as having the status of a belligerent; rebellion within a group, as by members against leaders.
• Synonyms: dissent, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, revolution, uprising, apostasy, defiance, disobedience, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, nonconformity, rising, schism, sedition.
• Antonyms: calm, obedience, peace, orthodoxy.

9. Convoy [verb kon-voi, kuh n-voi; noun kon-voi] 

• Verb: to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
• Noun: the act of convoying; the protection provided by an escort; a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort; an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection; any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.
• Synonyms: attendance, attendant, companion, protection.

Example: With two hostile neighbours on either side, terror attacks against India on the rise, and the South Asian neighbourhood unsure of India’s leadership any more, New Delhi has a lot to be concerned about the continuation of its pivotal position in the region and the nature of its future engagement with it.

10. Hostile [hos-tl or, esp. British, -tahyl] 

• Adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy; opposed in feeling, action, or character; antagonistic; characterized by antagonism; not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable.
• Noun: a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly; Military. an enemy soldier, plane, ship, etc.
• Synonyms: adverse, belligerent, bitter, contentious, contrary, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, nasty, opposed, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, alien, anti, catty, chill, cold, militant, opposite, sour, allergic, argumentative, bellicose, competitive.
• Antonyms: agreeable, aiding, favorable, friendly.

ENGLISH CLASS

Q1. A city is more than a place to live, it had embodied a dreaming and the possibilities of a dream. Sometimes a city acquires the status of a myth, becomes a character in a novel.

(a) it will embodies a dream and the possibility of dream

(b) it have been embodies a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(c) it embodies a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(d) it embodied a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(e) No correction required

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.C is the correct choice as the sentence is in the present tense.

Q2. There is a sense of loss, a silence of mourn which no amount of political bluster and brand bravura can conceal.

(a) a silence of mourning that not some amount of political bluster

(b) the silence of mourning in which no amount of politically bluster 

(c) an silence for mourning those no amount of political blusters

(d) a silence of mourning which no amount of political bluster

(e) No correction required

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.'a silence of mourning which no amount of political bluster', is the coherent statement.The sentence is in present tense, which only sentence D follows. Other sentences have an article and adjective error.

Q3. The State Medical and Health Department has organised a series of outreach camp and nutrition days, especiality for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(a) a series of outreach camp and nutrition day, especially for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(b) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(c) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for the underprivilege sections in the urban areas.

(d) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for an underprivileged sections on the urban areas.

(e) No correction required

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. When it has the singular sense of "one set," it takes a singular verb, even when series is followed by of and a plural noun: A series of lectures is scheduled. When it has the plural sense of "two or more sets," it takes a plural verb: Two series of lectures are scheduled: one for experts and one for laypeople.

Q4. The government have been failed to meet their target revenue over recent years and a major reason for it was the trafficking of illegal liquor from neighbouring states.

(a) The government had been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(b) The government had  failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(c) The government has been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(d) The government is been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(e) No correction required

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Statement C is the correct choice, as it follows the rule pf Parallelism.

Q5. The recent introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is the most significant overhaul of the taxation system in India ever, aims to achieved an unified market across the nation for the first time.

(a) aims at achieving  the unified market across the nations for the first time

(b) has been aimed  to achieve a unified market across the nation at the first time

(c) aims to achieve an unified market across the nation for the first time

(d) aims to achieve a unified market across the nation for the first time

(e) No correction required

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement D is the correct choice.
Statement A and c has incorrect article usage. Statement B has incorrect tense usage.

Q6.  It wants to transform India in a manufactured, investment and research and development hub and consequentially, there would also be an increase in revenue generation.

(a) It wants to transform India into a manufacturing, investment and research

(b) It wants to transform India into an manufacturing, investmenting  and research

(c) It want to transform India into a manufacturing, investment and research

(d) It wanted to transform India in an manufacturing, investment and research

(e) No correction required

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Statement A is the correct choice. As it is gives grammatically correct and coherent meaning.

Q7. Tax administrators in India have for long implemented enforcement-based strategies and it is only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(a) strategies and it was only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(b) strategies and it had only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(c) strategies and it is only in recent years that there had been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(d) strategies and it was only in recent years that there is been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(e) No correction required

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required, as it follows the rule of Parallelism.

Q8. Bitcoin is just one of the applications for the technology, whose use had been testing across industries.

(a) whose use were being tested across industries.

(b) whose use is being tested across industries.

(c) whose use is been tested across industries.

(d) whose use had being tested across industries.

(e) No correction required

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol.'whose use is being tested across industries', is grammatically correct.

Q9. Non-financial players have been looked for ways about leveraging the opportunities that blockchain offers.

(a) Non-financial players has been looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(b) Non-financial players have being looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(c) Non-financial players have been looked for ways to leverage the opportunities

(d) Non-financial players have been looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(e) No correction required

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement B and C have tense error.
Statement A requires plural noun. 'has/have+been+ing' is the correct usage. 

Q10. An increase in the price of a stock, for instance, might cause short sellers to rush to buy the stock in order at preventing farther losses on their short position.

(a) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

(b) sellers to rush to buy the stocks in order at prevent further losses on there short position.

(c) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further looses on their short position.

(d) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

(e) No correction required

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. farther-over a large expanse of space or time.
further at, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

Directions (11-15): In the following sentences each contains two blanks, indicating that something has been left out of the sentence. Each answer choice contains one word or a set of words. Select the word or set of words, that, when inserted in the blank(s), best fits the context of the sentence.

Q11. For more than two years now,   _______ had been going on in connection with the ________ World Bank aid.

(a)activation, changes

(b) negotiations, projected

(c)discussions, ruled

(d) references, 

(e) No correction required

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. negotiations, projected. Choice B is most appropriate

Q12. A high-level committee is currently _______ on the issue whether or not cryptocurrencies should be _________ in India.

 (a)deciding,  uploaded

(b)popup, viewing 

(c) deliberating,  banned

(d)promoted, read

(e) referred, styled

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. deliberating-engage in long and careful consideration. Choice C is most appropriate

Q13.The usually quiet City streets were alive with singing ____ wending their way towards the Central Station throughout the _______.  

(a) crowds, night

(b)birds,  manner

(c)songs, week

(d)people, losses

(e) No correction required

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. crowds, night. Choice A is the correct option giving coherent meaning to the sentence.

Q14. The sudden increase in _________ for the stock causes its _______ to shoot up temporarily in the absence of additional supply. 

(a) amount, size

(b)money, aim

(c) demand,  price

(d)supply, style

(e) No correction required

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol.demand,  price
here hint is given i.e; 'shoot up', this phrase is used for price, which is given in C option.

Q15. The happy event was looked anxiously forward to by the ______ of Madras who had three months ago bid them farewell with anger on their brow and tears in their _______.

(a)man, dreams

(b) people, eyes

(c)crowd, pupil

(d) mob, glass

(e) No correction required

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. people, eyes
tears in eyes gives the coherent meaning to the sentence.