English Language Practice Questions (20 – 04 – 2018)
Directions (1 – 5): In
the following question, one part of the sentence has a/an error(s). Find out
that part. The number of that part is your answer. If the sentence is free from
error(s), your answer is (E).
1. Some
recent study on panchayats (A) have shown the positive effect (B) of reservation
and allocation of (C) resources among the oppressed. (D) No error (E).
2. Knowing
that millions of people around (A) the world are to be watching in person and
(B) on television and expecting great things from him, (C) the American gold
medalist was feeling a lot of performance pressure. (D) No error (E)
3. The bill
contains an amendment that calls (A) on the Department of Defense (B) to
reassess its approach to partner with India (C) and to appoint an individual
to oversee this process. (D) No error (E)
4. A trivial
squabble between (A) two of the family members from each (B) family
inculcated into a filthy family feud that people (C) from generations after
generations would remember as a bitter recollection. (D) No error (E)
5. The
restaurant had a very (A) classy decor and ambience with singers
singing (B) retro songs at the bar counter, (C) yet the deem light
rendered the atmosphere unenthusiastic. (D) No error (E)
Directions (6 – 10): Rearrange
the following six sentences/ group of 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. From
what we eat to how much energy we consume: everything is trackable,
B. Not
least because our gadgets come equipped with clever sensors.
C. Take the
recent obsession with self-tracking.
D. Smart
technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo.
revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.
E. But
it won’t take long for governments to start exploring self-tracking as a
solution to problems that could, and probably should be tackled differently.
F. Right
now, most of such self-tracking efforts come from the grass-roots enthusiasts.
6. Which of the
following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
7. Which of the
following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement.
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) D
e) E
8. Which of the
following should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement.
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
e) F
9. Which of the
following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement.
a) A
b) F
c)C
d) E
e) D
10. Which of the
following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement.
a) B
b) C
c) A
d) D
e) E
Answers with
Explanations:
1. A) Since the
rest of the sentence is plural the correct answer would be 'recent
studies on panchayats have shown' and not 'recent study'.
2. B) The
sentence is in future perfect continuous tense. It should be 'the world
would be watching'. '...the world are to be watching' is incorrect.
3. C) The
correct answer would be 'approach to partnering with India' and
not 'approach to partner with India'.
'Partnering'
is the present participle form of the verb 'Partner'. 'ing' is added to a verb
when the action is still continuing. The party to the bill is yet to partner
with India and therefore we should use 'partnering'.
4. C) The phrase
which indicates how a trivial matter turned into a big, nasty issue contains a
vocabulary error.
The
word 'inculcated' means to implant an idea
or a belief in someone.
However,
this particular sentence requires a word which would indicate a climax or culmination i.e
to reach the most exciting height.
Hence,
the correct answer would be (C).
5. D) The
sentence describes how a dull light makes an otherwise enthusiastic atmosphere,
shabby.
The
word 'deem' means to consider while its
homophone 'dim' means dull.
Hence,
the phrase would be correct if the word 'deem' is replaced by 'dim'. So,
the correct answer is (D).
(6 – 10): The correct
sequence is 'DCABFE'.
6. A) The first
and second sentences are the introductory sentences which tell about the smart
technologies, so following them, the third sentence should be 'From what we eat
to how much energy we consume: everything is trackable'.
7. C) Following
the sentence 'A', which is the third sentence, the fourth one completes it by
mentioning that 'Not least because our gadgets come equipped with clever
sensors'.
8. D) The last
sentence concludes the paragraph by mentioning that 'But it won’t take long for
governments to start exploring self-tracking as a solution to problems that
could, and probably should be tackled differently'.
9. C) The
sentence 'C' follows the first one as it is in the introductory part only. The
second sentence is 'Take the recent obsession with self-tracking'.
10. D) 'D' is
clearly the introductory sentence as it does not have a previous link. So,
the first sentence after rearrangement should be 'D', i.e. 'Smart technologies
are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. revolutionary
in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.
