Directions (Q.1 - 10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then answer is 'E'.
1. No country can long endure (a)/ if its foundations (b)/ were not laid deep (c)/ in the material prosperity. (d)
2. Mahatma Gandhi did not solve (a)/ all the future problems (b)/ but he did solve (c)/ problems of his own age. (d)
3. We now look forward for (a)/ some great achievements (b)/ which to some extent (c)/ can restore the country's prestige once again. (d)
4. While Mahendra was away (a)/ on a long official tour (b)/ his office receive an important letter (c)/ which was marked 'Urgent'. (d)
5. We will pack not only (a)/ the material properly (b)/ but will also deliver it (c)/ to your valued customers. (d)
6. We cannot handle (a)/ this complicated case today (b)/ unless full details are not given (c)/ to us by now. (d)
7. According to one survey (a)/ only those forests which were (b)/ not under village management (c)/ succumbed from fires recently. (d)
8. Our school is making (a)/ every possible effort (b)/ to provide best facilities (c)/ and personal attention for each child. (d)
9. We have done everything (a)/ that could be done (b)/ to avert the storm (c)/ which is now coming on. (d)
10. Jayesh loved his Guru immensely (a)/ and gave him fullest loyalty, (b)/ yet he had his own (c)/ independent way of thinking. (d)
Directions (Q.11 - 15): In each of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pair of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
11. Our latest battle plan _____________ some projects ______________ at saving the earth's biological diversity.
a) finishes, stirring
b) covers, aimed
c) finances, looking
d) encloses, looked
e) excludes, arriving
12. Unless the authorities adopt the principle _______________ the strategies cannot become ______________.
a) whole-heartedly, successful
b) fully, defunct
c) finally, obsolete
d) legitimately, noteworthy
e) logically, trivial
13. Trying to _______________ a team without a good and simple system is like trying a car without a steering wheel ______________.
a) form, working
b) place, exploratory
c) organize, empowering
d) make, guidance
e) achieve, developmental
14. ______________ members of a group often _______________ influence the outcome of a consensus forecast.
a) Fixed, exert
b) Majority, rightly
c) Oral, legitimately
d) Minority, inadvertently
e) Dominant, unduly
15. Transforming _______________ bureaucracies into dynamic, this task os customer-driven organisations is ______________ under prevailing circumstances.
a) ideal, important
b) lazy, undesirable
c) inefficient, challenging
d) civilized, ineffective
e) lethargic, insurmountable
Answers:
1. (c) Change 'were not' to 'are not'.
2. (b) Change 'all the future problems' to 'the problems of the future'.
3. (a) Change 'forward for' to 'forward to'.
4. (c) Change 'receive' to 'received'.
5. (a) Change Part (a) to 'We will not only pack'.
6. (c) Avoid using double negative. Part (c) should be 'unless full details are given'.
7. (d) Change 'from' to 'to' part (d) should be 'succumbed to fires recently'.
8. (d) Change 'for' to 'to'.
9. (E)
10. (d) Delete independent.
11. (b)
12. (a)
13. (a)
14. (e)
15. (c)
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