Q1: Spotting Error:
All police stations have sufficient stock (1)/ of anti-riot weapons and equipment (2)/ but these are lying dumped in the stores (3)/ instead of been used at the time of crisis (4)/ No error (5)
Answer: (4)
Correct: All police stations have sufficient stock (1)/ of anti-riot weapons and equipment (2)/ but these are lying dumped in the stores (3)/ instead of *being* used at the time of crisis (4)/ No error (5)
Explanation: 'Being' should replace 'been' - because after 'instead of' -ing form of verb should be used.
Q2: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph :
Answer: The correct arrangement is : CFBEAD
The US will now join Syria and Nicaragua in a rather *ignominious* and exclusive club as the only nations that are not part of the global effort to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
All police stations have sufficient stock (1)/ of anti-riot weapons and equipment (2)/ but these are lying dumped in the stores (3)/ instead of been used at the time of crisis (4)/ No error (5)
Answer: (4)
Correct: All police stations have sufficient stock (1)/ of anti-riot weapons and equipment (2)/ but these are lying dumped in the stores (3)/ instead of *being* used at the time of crisis (4)/ No error (5)
Explanation: 'Being' should replace 'been' - because after 'instead of' -ing form of verb should be used.
Q2: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph :
A) Moreover, salaries in public sector enterprises are not as competitive as those offered by private or foreign corporate.
B) This trend should be a wake-up call for stakeholders to examine why employee are seeking better opportunities with private companies in India and abroad.
C) Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) have been experiencing severe challenges in attracting, motivating and retaining their key staff.
D) Having identified these as the reasons why employees leave PSEs, it is important to empower stakeholders to find ways to remedy the situation.
E) One reason is that young employees lured away by private firms are more willing to undertake professional risks.
F) Employees in specialist roles especially have become increasingly difficult to retain.
C) Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) have been experiencing severe challenges in attracting, motivating and retaining their key staff.
F) Employees in specialist roles especially have become increasingly difficult to retain.
B) This trend should be a wake-up call for stakeholders to examine why employee are seeking better opportunities with private companies in India and abroad.
E) One reason is that young employees lured away by private firms are more willing to undertake professional risks.
A) Moreover, salaries in public sector enterprises are not as competitive as those offered by private or foreign corporate.
D) Having identified these as the reasons why employees leave PSEs, it is important to empower stakeholders to find ways to remedy the situation.
Q3: *COMPREHENSION *
On the death of Alexander the great his vast empire was almost immediately broken up into three main divisions. In the East, his General Seleucus Nikator founded an empire comprising Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria and part of Asia Minor, that is, almost all the area from the Hellespont to the Indus. The capital of this empire was Antioch, which became one of the greatest commercial centres of those times, through which merchandise for Arabia, India and China flowed into the Mediterranean.
The second division of the Alexandrian empire was the Graeco-Egyptian kingdom founded by Ptolemy I, another general of Alexander. Its chief city was Alexandria which, with its safe harbour and splendid library, became for a long time the most important centre of Greek civilisation and culture in the ancient world.
The third and the smallest division was Macedon, ruled by Autigonus and his successor, who had partial control over Greece till 146 B.C. In that, year Greece was made a Roman province under name of Achaea. Later, both Syria and Egypt were also conquered by the Romans.
1. When Alexander died, his empire :
(A) Was disintegrated to several pieces.
(B) Was broken into three divisions.
(C) Was expanded by his son.
(D) Went totally out of existence.
(E) Did not die but remained intact to continue for several centuries thereafter.
Answer: (B) Was broken into three divisions.
Explanation: Please read first line: "On the death of Alexander the great his vast empire was almost immediately broken up into three main divisions." It's clear... when Alexander died, his empire *was broken into three divisions*.
Q4: (Latest Pattern Question):
Mark the out-of-context sentence for your answer.
A. Political capital has to be spent to make the haircuts that banks would have to take while doing that restructuring viable.
B. It might not be sufficient to authorise the RBI to restructure the bad loans of the banks it supervises.
C. But how that coordination takes place is as important as the need for it.
D. They would much rather dither and retire, and let their successors handle the mess.
E. If bank chairmen are not assured that such haircuts would not lead to charges of causing loss to the exchequer that land them in jail, few would venture to take the plunge.
B. It might not be sufficient to authorise the RBI to restructure the bad loans of the banks it supervises.
C. But how that coordination takes place is as important as the need for it.
D. They would much rather dither and retire, and let their successors handle the mess.
E. If bank chairmen are not assured that such haircuts would not lead to charges of causing loss to the exchequer that land them in jail, few would venture to take the plunge.
Answer: C (But how that coordination takes place is as important as the need for it.)
Explanation: In such questions, we have to rearrange 4 sentences and rest sentence which is not connected is the answer.
The correct sequence is B A E D. The main idea here is that the only way to push up lending and growth is political capital. C talking about the coordination is not matching up so out of the context.
Please note: *Political capital* refers to the trust, goodwill and influence a politician has with the public and other political figures.
Haircut: In finance, a haircut is the difference between the market value of an asset used as loan collateral and the amount of the loan.
Q5: (Latest pattern question):
In the question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I, II and III. For each part a correction statement is also given. You have to determine which part requires correction and mark it as your answer.
In some rich countries ex-smokers now outnumber those who still puffed on. / But in many poor countries smoking / is on the rise, particularly as per men.
I. In some rich countries ex-smokers now outnumber those who still puffed on.
II. Likewise in many poor countries smoking
III. is on the rise, particularly as per men.
A) Both I and II
B) Both II and III
C) Both I and III
D) Only I
E) All I, II and III
I. In some rich countries ex-smokers now outnumber those who still puffed on.
II. Likewise in many poor countries smoking
III. is on the rise, particularly as per men.
A) Both I and II
B) Both II and III
C) Both I and III
D) Only I
E) All I, II and III
Answer: C) Both I and III
Explanation: I. In some rich countries ex-smokers now outnumbered those who still *puff on*.
Here, "Puff on" has to be used as a part of present-indefinite tense.
Extra information: Outnumber means be more numerous than.
puff on means breathe in repeated short gasps.
III. is on the rise, particularly *among* men.
"as per" words were not showing any sense.
Whereas II is correct.
Q6: Vocabulary word:
While most serious, award-winning poets — those who did thoughtful work — got hardly any attention, people who wrote short, *trite* poetry got tons of likes and followers.
"Trite" means?
Means: (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness;
Synonym: Dull
Real Life Example: If we are conscious then lecture of teacher is interesting otherwise it's *trite* for us.
Q7: Ignominious
The US will now join Syria and Nicaragua in a rather *ignominious* and exclusive club as the only nations that are not part of the global effort to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Ignominious means?
Means: deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Synonym: Shameful
Real Life Example: According to Saint Kabir, we should choose our teachers cautiously and if the teacher is chosen then should follow the teacher unconditionally otherwise we may have become *ignominious*.
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