Q1: Spotting Errors:
A young community activist began a road journey (1)/to 21 countries to emphasise(2)/ the need for peace (3)/ between India and Pakistan (4)/ No error (5)
Answer: (2)
Correct: A young community activist began a road journey (1)/*through* 21 countries to emphasise(2)/ the need for peace (3)/ between India and Pakistan (4)/ No error (5)
Explanation: The idea here is to go from one country to other *through* road journey. So, "through" is required to be used here.
Q2: Cloze-Test:-
To think that a single tweet can affect international markets and in other cases escalate tension between two nations is spine chilling. Does this mean that the government should roll down the shutters on social networking sites? Definitely not. Real-time censoring of Internet traffic, given the volume (which is only going to increase), is unthinkable. Governments, especially in India, should, through its various wings, create more Internet awareness and give, cyber monitoring cells in the police and other agencies, more teeth. Internet and social networking sites are here to stay and evolve; shying away from them or banning them will be (Q2).
Options: (1) intellectual (2) counterproductive (3) miserably (4) idle (5) vainglorious
Answer: (2) counterproductive
Correct: To think that a single tweet can affect international markets and in other cases escalate tension between two nations is spine chilling. Does this mean that the government should roll down the shutters on social networking sites? Definitely not. Real-time censoring of Internet traffic, given the volume (which is only going to increase), is unthinkable. Governments, especially in India, should, through its various wings, create more Internet awareness and give, cyber monitoring cells in the police and other agencies, more teeth. Internet and social networking sites are here to stay and evolve; shying away from them or banning them will be *counterproductive*.
Counterproductive means: having the opposite of the desired effect.
For other options:
Miserably (adv)- badly
Vainglorious (adj)-boastful
Q3: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph:
A young community activist began a road journey (1)/to 21 countries to emphasise(2)/ the need for peace (3)/ between India and Pakistan (4)/ No error (5)
Answer: (2)
Correct: A young community activist began a road journey (1)/*through* 21 countries to emphasise(2)/ the need for peace (3)/ between India and Pakistan (4)/ No error (5)
Explanation: The idea here is to go from one country to other *through* road journey. So, "through" is required to be used here.
Q2: Cloze-Test:-
To think that a single tweet can affect international markets and in other cases escalate tension between two nations is spine chilling. Does this mean that the government should roll down the shutters on social networking sites? Definitely not. Real-time censoring of Internet traffic, given the volume (which is only going to increase), is unthinkable. Governments, especially in India, should, through its various wings, create more Internet awareness and give, cyber monitoring cells in the police and other agencies, more teeth. Internet and social networking sites are here to stay and evolve; shying away from them or banning them will be (Q2).
Options: (1) intellectual (2) counterproductive (3) miserably (4) idle (5) vainglorious
Answer: (2) counterproductive
Correct: To think that a single tweet can affect international markets and in other cases escalate tension between two nations is spine chilling. Does this mean that the government should roll down the shutters on social networking sites? Definitely not. Real-time censoring of Internet traffic, given the volume (which is only going to increase), is unthinkable. Governments, especially in India, should, through its various wings, create more Internet awareness and give, cyber monitoring cells in the police and other agencies, more teeth. Internet and social networking sites are here to stay and evolve; shying away from them or banning them will be *counterproductive*.
Counterproductive means: having the opposite of the desired effect.
For other options:
Miserably (adv)- badly
Vainglorious (adj)-boastful
Q3: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) Erratic power supply and malfunctioning motor pumps compounded the problem of poor irrigation.
(B) Many cultivators sprayed their crops with pesticides 15 to 20 times in a season as against the recommended six or eight doses.
(C) Excessive spraying increased the resistance to chemical pesticides of the most common crop pests.
(D) The farmers committed their first mistake by abandoning the short-duration variety of cotton suitable for the low rainfall and shallow soil of fields.
(E) They planted long-duration varieties suitable to areas with assured irrigation.
Answer: The correct arrangement is : DEABC
(D) The farmers committed their first mistake by abandoning the short-duration variety of cotton suitable for the low rainfall and shallow soil of fields.
(E) They planted long-duration varieties suitable to areas with assured irrigation.
(A) Erratic power supply and malfunctioning motor pumps compounded the problem of poor irrigation.
(B) Many cultivators sprayed their crops with pesticides 15 to 20 times in a season as against the recommended six or eight doses.
(C) Excessive spraying increased the resistance to chemical pesticides of the most common crop pests.
Q4: COMPREHENSION
True, it is the function of the army to maintain law and order in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force that compels citizens to obey the laws and to act with due regard to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and the properties of law abiding men. Laws are made to secure the personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will obey these laws and he takes care that everything he does is done
with due regard to the rights and well-being of others. But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these laws by fear of the consequence of his actions. And the necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law and order in a State is in the hands of a Minister who is responsible to the State Assembly and acts through the Inspector General of Police.
Q: The expression 'customs and ceremonies' means :
(a) fairs and festivals.
(b) usual practices and religious rites.
(c) superstitions and formalities.
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) usual practices and religious rites.
Explanation: The expression 'customs and ceremonies' means : usual practices and religious rites.
Please read the lines: "They are made to secure the property of the citizens against theft and damage to protect the rights of communities and castes to carry out their customs and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the rights of others."
It's clear that here *customs and ceremonies* means: usual practices of the castes and their religious rites.
Q5: (Latest Pattern Question):
Five statements are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit with the other statements in the passage:
A) There are a number of constitutional laws on child labour and also provisions for stringent punishment for violators. But child labour remains a major challenge in India.
B) The reason is that the problem lies not only in society, but in the homes as well of such children.
C) Sadly, parents and guardians, who are supposed to give food, shelter, security and education to their wards, till such time the latter are ready to face the cruel world, instead view them as working hands right from their tender ages, for increasing family income.
D) These helping hands try to put the noose around the neck of unscrupulous employers and their source of recruitment.
E) A loose definition of a child labour is one who is under the age of 18 and made to work in some way that harms him/her, physically, mentally or morally.
B) The reason is that the problem lies not only in society, but in the homes as well of such children.
C) Sadly, parents and guardians, who are supposed to give food, shelter, security and education to their wards, till such time the latter are ready to face the cruel world, instead view them as working hands right from their tender ages, for increasing family income.
D) These helping hands try to put the noose around the neck of unscrupulous employers and their source of recruitment.
E) A loose definition of a child labour is one who is under the age of 18 and made to work in some way that harms him/her, physically, mentally or morally.
Answer: D (These helping hands try to put the noose around the neck of unscrupulous employers and their source of recruitment.)
Explanation: You have to read the question carefully. 4 sentences have to be chosen and meaningfully they have to be rearranged. Now, the rest sentence i.e. 5th sentence will be the answer. Here, proper rearrangement will be: EABC. So, 'D' is the answer because 'D' is not connected with meaningful paragraph: EABC.
Q6: Fill in the blanks:
A day —— call is one which tells you to buy or ————— a share on the same day.
(1) trading, share
(2) trading, sell
(3) trades, sell
(4) trading, buy
(5) trading, close
Answer: (2) trading, sell
Explanation: A day *trading* call is one which tells you to buy or *sell* a share on the same day.
After "day" we have to use "trading" here which is used as a noun. Also, naturally after "buy" -- "sell" should be used here.
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