Directions (1-3): Each of the following questions has a sentence from which a phrase has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the sentence in the most appropriate way.
Q1. Self-reliance in state-run heavy industries and strategic sectors in the decades __________________ India ahead of most developing countries.
(a) Following independence had placed
(b) It completely missed out by
(c) Could simply be bought from
(d) Didn’t delivered the what was
(e) None of these
Q2. Early administration of a combination of antiviral medications __________________ is desirable for the treatment of COVID-19.
(a) Will examine whether early
(b) Enhances anti-viral efficacy
(c) Acting by different mechanisms
(d) Because standard supportive care
(e) None of these
Q3. It will be the first issue __________________ will be credited to eligible shareholders’ demat accounts and will be freely tradable.
(a) Four trading sessions of listing
(b) However marquee companies’ shares
(c) Share prices and the rights issue
(d) Where the rights entitlements
(e) None of these
Directions (4-5): In the question given below few sentences are given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by the word/phrase given above the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose the best possible combination as your answer accordingly from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.
Q4. WHEREAS
(A) If for 8 hours of work in a day an employee (regular) gets Rs 2,000 then the 500 on contract basis gets just 300 rupees.
(B) It means that the regular employee is getting Rs 250 per hour work.
(C) The contract workmen are getting just Rs 300 for 8 hours.
(D) That the government employees do not work, is a myth that must be broken as soon as possible.
(a) Only D-A
(b) Only A-B
(c) Only B-C
(d) Both A-B and C-D
(e) None of the above
Q5. BY THE TIME
(A) The population of monarch butterflies in the Mexican forests where they spend the winter fell to the second-lowest figure on record this season.
(B) The legislation, which was introduced and passed in the Rajya Sabha on February 5, makes important changes to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
(C) That’s a signal that the storm is going to get more intense, quickly.
(D) I hope that soon vaccines will be effectively used as methods of individual therapy.
(a)Only A-B
(b)Only B-C
(c)Only D-C
(d)Only D-B
(e) None of the above
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. option (a) fits in the blank making it grammatically and contextually correct.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. option (c) fits in the blank making it grammatically and contextually correct.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. option (d) fits in the blank making it grammatically and contextually correct.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. The conjunction “WHEREAS” means in contrast or comparison with the fact that. The word can be used to connect only the sentences (B) and (C) to produce a coherent sentence. Other combinations accordingly give incorrect impressions to the sentences so formed.
“It means that the regular employee is getting Rs 250 per hour work whereas the contract workmen are getting just Rs. 300 for 8 hours.”
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. None of the above
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