Directions: In the following questions, four statements are given in which only one statement is grammatically correct. You have to choose the option which is free from error. If all the statements are correct, then mark (E) as your answer
1.
A. It is desirable that you love your school, but it is also important to appreciate other schools and interact with them instead of constantly putting yourself on the back and boasting about the superior students your school produce.
B. The onerous emphasis that has been laid through the centuries on faithfulness, fidelity and loyalty has not considered at par the virtues of honesty, ethics and individual principles
C. The free and frank expression of contrarian viewpoints even if they are perceived to hurt the interest of the nation-state and as long as they are not a call to violence or extra constitutional in nature are an essential component of mature democracies.
D. In a word where large segments of humanity perceived themselves to be culturally uprooted and orally adrifted, a promise to return to traditional forms of collective identities based on race, nationality, religion or cast provide a highly cherished, although, illusory sense of stability.
E. All are correct
Sol:
(A)- ‘Produce’ will be replaced by ‘produces’. Because ‘your school’ is singular and verb is used according to its subject.
(B)- ‘at par’ will be replaced by ‘on par with’
When referring to the comparison of two things or people then it’s always “on par with”
When you are talking about something being or reaching a particular level, getting to certain point, then it is always “at par”
(D)- ‘Adrift’ is an adjective or an adverb. It does not contain verb form. So, ‘adrifted’ will be replaced by ‘adrift’, which means ‘floating without being moored or steered.’
2)
A. The national family health survey (NFHS) -5 shows negligent gains in nutritional outcomes among, under five, children, there has been tardy progress in reducing under nutrition, wasting and stunting.
B. Real- time monitoring of the public distribution system (PDS) will go a long way in ensuring food at the family level. Except in a few states where web-based portals are functioning, there is no monitoring of when PDS shops are open as well as the quantity and quality of dry rations supplied.
C. Further, there is a marked likeness in the Cambrian of Western Europe and eastern America; many fossils of this period are common to Britain, Sweden and eastern Canada; therefore, it is likely that a north Atlantic basin existed.
D. Mindful of tolerance as the nucleus in all behavior and mutual practices, every citizen have a responsibility to move forward on the pathway of prosperity and peace not only within the country but for the welfare of all on the planet.
E. All are correct
Sol:
(A)- ‘Negligent’ will be replaced by ‘negligible’ ‘Negligent’ means –‘careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention’, whereas, ‘negligible’ means ‘to be able to ignore or exclude from consideration; too small or unimportant to be concerned.’
(C)- ‘In’ will be replaced by ‘between’. Likeness is followed by preposition ‘between’ when it talks about two similar things
(D)- ‘have’ will be replaced by ‘has’. ‘Every + singular countable noun’ is used as the subject of the sentence. It functions as a singular subject. So, it takes a singular verb.
3)
A. Despite occasional aberration in human behavior and conflicts, the pages of Indian history largely reveal the high level of tolerance shown by those who have understood the concept of VasudhaivKutumbakam.
B. Subsequently, some locals spotted a fire in the forest near Coonoor and rushed to the spot where they observed the wreckage of the military helicopter engulf in flames.
C. A ball of gloom descended upon the country as the news broke about the crash of Mi-178V5 , carrying chief of defense staff (CDS) General BipinRawat and 13 others into the Nilgiri Hills.
D. When people were locked inside their homes after public and private vehicles were banned from the roads and business operations such as factories and construction activities were halted, the metropolis notorious noxious air cleared for once.
E. All are correct
Sol:
(B)- ‘engulf’ will be replaced by ‘engulfed’. The sentence is in the past tense. So, the second form of the verb ‘engulfed’ will be used here.
(C)- ‘Ball’ will be replaced by ‘pall’. ‘Pall of gloom’ meaning a feeling of sadness, mystery etc. that seems to spread over a group of people
(D)- ‘notorious’ will be replaced by ‘notoriously’. Noxious is an adjective and we need an adverb to qualify an adjective.
4)
A. In urban areas the results are much better though a little more effort is required to achieve the SDG target of universal access to clean cooking fuel.
B. Almost two years ago, when the coronavirus was on the horizon but whose actual horror and scale still lay in the future, it was cruise ship that served as Petri dishes, where the virus could flourish and spread.
C. At most big box stores, if you kick up a line about a product that didn’t meet your expectations, you will almost definitely get a refund.
D. The future of all of us is at stake, and that future will be peaceful only if it is integrated, it is an illusion to think it is enough to keep ourselves safe, to defend ourselves from those in greater need who knock at our door, his words, which signify a profound moment in the history of the Papacy, must resonate in the echo- chamber’ of European capitals.
E. All are correct
Sol:
(A)- ‘than’ will not be used after access, because no comparison is made here. It is simply, ‘more effort is required to achieve the SDG target of Universal access to clean cooking fuel’
(C)- The right idiom is ‘kick up a row’, which means ‘to be very vocal in one’s displeasure about something, to make a scene.’
(D)- “Resonate” will be replaced by “resonates”. The verb must qualify its subject (echo-chamber) which is singular.