Directions(Q.1 - 5): Replace the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, the answer is (e).
1. The teacher asked, "Why are you late?"
a) Why you were late
b) Why late you are
c) Why are you late
d) Why late you were
e) No correction is required
2. The teacher asked the intruder who was he and why was he occupying his chair.
a) Who he was and why he had
b) who he was and why he was
c) who he had been and why he had been
d) who was he and why he was
e) No correction is required
3. 'Hard Days' was his last novel.
a) latter
b) recent
c) latest
d) later
e) No correction is required
4. Bad habits must be nipped at the bud.
a) nipped off the bud
b) nipped in the bud
c) nipped on the bud
d) nipped upon the bud
e) No correction is required
5. Various practices and norms for bank's transactions are laid down by the Reserve Bank of India.
a) are laid up
b) are led down
c) are lead up
d) are led to
e) No correction is required
Directions (Q.6 - 10): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. It was a cycling race launched in 1903, by Henri Desgrance, a magazine editor in Paris.
B. The Tour De France is a test of human endurance.
C. His idea worked and the magazine boomed.
D. His aim was to boost the circulation of his magazine.
E. He wanted to achieve this by covering every stage of the three-week-long, 3500-km-long cycling race.
F. Till today the race remains more popular than he could ever have dreamed.
6. Which of the following should be FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
7. Which of the following should be SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
8. Which of the following should be THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
9. Which of the following should be FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) F
10. Which of the following should be SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
a) B
b) C
c) D
d) E
e) F
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