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The former diplomat talk about his A – Replace ―whom‖ with ―who‖
academic life, (A)/ which began on a C – Replace ―pattern‖ with ―patterns‖
Malayalam medium school (B)/ at
Kayamkulam, and shares (C)/ his views  The Japanese, however, could not
on India‘s education system. (D)/ capitalise as she (A)/ hit wide and Sindhu
1) C And D unleashed two sensational (B)/ returns,
2) B and D including a quick return in serve, (C)/ to
3) D and A once again open down a five-point
4) A and B cushion.(D)/
5) All of the above 1) C And D
Answer & Explanation 2) B and D
Answer – 1) 3) D and A
Explanation: C And D 4) A and B
A – Replace ―talk‖ with ―talks‖ 5) All of the above
B – Replace ―on‖ with ―in‖ Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
 Machine learning and artificial Explanation: A and B

intelligence will proactively (A)/ analyse C – Replace ―in‖ with ―on‖
past data and throw up probable D – Replace ―open down‖ with ―open up‖
breakdown (B)/ scenarios, based on which
companies will need to (C)/ offer  She led 10-8 before entering the break
preventive solutions before the actual with a (A)/ three-point advantage after
breakdowns occur.(D)/ producing (B)/ another scintillating cross-
1) C And D court (C)/ smash on her rival‘s
2) B and D backhand.(D)/
3) D and A 1) C And D
4) A and B 2) B and D
5) All of the above 3) D and A
Answer & Explanation 4) A and B
Answer – 5) 5) All of the above
Explanation: All of the above Answer & Explanation
Given sentence is correct. Answer – 5)
Explanation: All of the above
 The focus will be to hire data analysts Given sentence is correct.
whom can (A)/ significantly enhance
productivity by seeing (B)/ pattern in the  In scenes similar to the World
data and developing (C)/ better way of Championship final (A)/ in Glasgow in
doing things.(D)/ August, this match (B)/ gone down to the
1) C And D wire as the duo (C)/ engaged in a battle
2) B and D for attrition and nerves.(D)/
3) C and A 1) A And B
Answer & Explanation 4) A and C
Explanation: B and D Answer & Explanation

Answer – 1) 2) B and D
Explanation: A And B 3) D and A
C – Replace ―gone‖ with ―went‖ 4) A and B
D – Replace ―for‖ with ―of‖ 5) All of the above
Answer & Explanation
 The 22-year-old came agonisingly close Answer – 5)
to clinching the (A)/ title before finishing Explanation: All of the above
runner-up once again in she third (B)/ Given sentence is correct.
major tournament, following last year Rio
Olympics (C)/ and this year Glasgow  I was able to go only because an
World Championship.(D)/ anonymous American (A)/ family give
1) C And A money for the scholarship I (B)/ never
2) C and B knew a family (C)/ and would never know
3) D and A them.(D)/
4) A and B 1) C And D
5) All of the above 2) B and D
Answer & Explanation 3) D and A
Answer – 3)

4) A and B
Explanation: A and D 5) All of the above
B – Replace ―she‖ with ―her‖ Answer & Explanation
C – Replace ―year‖ with ―year‘s‖ Answer – 3)
Explanation: D and A
 Amidst applause from the gathered B – Replace ―give‖ with ―gave‖
personnel, (A)/ who had flown the iconic C – Replace ―a‖ with ―the‖
craft, the military grey machine (B)/
slowly lifted in the Bengaluru skies in a 
swan song, (C)/ its long rotor whirring as Fortunately, the orders of the court now
it literally melded into orange sunset.(D)/ provide (A)/ actionable point with
1) A And C deadlines for implementation, (B)/
2) B and D Governments should be call to account on
3) D and A these, and civil (C)/ society must ensure
4) A and B that they act without compromise.(D)/
5) All of the above 1) C And D
Explanation: A and B 4) A and B
C – Replace ―in‖ with ―into‖ 5) All of the above
D – Replace ―rotor‖ with ―rotors‖ Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
 According to the respected annual Explanation:D and A
Bain-Dasra India Philanthropy Report, B – Replace ‗point‘ with ‗points‘
(A)/ private individual donations in the C – Replace ‗call‘ with ‗called‘
past five years (B)/ have grown faster
than either foreign donations (C)/ or  The most important among these is the
corporate donations via CSR or Road Safety (A)/ Action Plan which each
government welfare funding.(D)/ State and Union (B)/ Territory must
1) C And D announce with March 2018, (C)/ and roll

out after giving due publicity.(D)/  A lion‘s share, or more than 70%, of
1) C And D economic activity (A)/ in the sector was
2) B and D measured using growth (B)/ among
3) D and A private listed corporate entities, (C)/
4) A and B based on the numbers reported by
5) All of the above them.(D)/
Answer & Explanation 1) C And D
Explanation: D and A 3) D and A
B – Replace ‗which‘ with ‗that‘ 4) A and B
C – Replace ‗with‘ with ‗by‘ 5) All of the above
 Even the existing minor penalty are not Answer – 5)
being imposed, (A)/ and road conditions Explanation: All of the above
remain hazardous due to poor Given sentence is correct.
engineering, (B)/ This is proof for the
apathy of the system, (C)/ It‘s time to  Sustaining and building on this reversal

shake the system out of its of momentum (A)/ may be more
indifference.(D)/ challenging in the coming months, (B)/
1) C And D given another economic data that are (C)/
2) B and D a cause for concerns and some external
3) C and A headwinds.(D)/
4) A and B 1) C And D
5) All of the above 2) B and D
Answer & Explanation 3) D and A
Answer – 2) 4) A and B
Explanation: B and D 5) All of the above
A – Replace ‗penalty‘ with ‗penalties‘ Answer & Explanation
C – Replace ‗for‘ with ‗of‘ Answer – 4)
Explanation: A and B
 The reversal in direction apart, what is C – Replace ‗another‘ with ‗other‘
equal (A)/ noteworthy is that this revival D – Replace ‗concerns‘ with ‗concern‘
were coterminous (B)/ with the
nationwide roll-out of (C)/ the goods and  Agriculture are a significant
services tax from July 1.(D)/ contributor to rural incomes (A)/ and
1) C And D consumption demand, and the impact of
2) B and D (B)/ an protracted agricultural slowdown
3) D and A (C)/ on the larger economy cannot be
4) A and B overstated.(D)/
5) All of the above 1) C And A
Explanation: C And D 4) A and B
A – Replace ‗equal‘ with ‗equally‘ 5) All of the above
B – Replace ‗were‘ with ‗was‘ Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation: B and D

A – Replace ‗are‘ with ‗is‘ Answer – 5)

C – Replace ‗an‘ with ‗a‘ Explanation: All of the above
Given sentence is correct.
 After consultation papers issued in May
2016 and this (A)/ January, the regulator
reiterated that there (B)/ cannot be China, the global locomotive of the 2000s, is
discriminatory treatment (C)/ of websites now (A)/ an upper-middle-income country
on the Internet by service providers.(D)/ whose growth (B)/ rate have halved, It no
1) A And C longer pulls (C)/ along the world economy
2) B and D in the same speed.(D)/
3) D and A 1) C And D
Answer & Explanation 4) A and B
Explanation: All of the above
Given sentence is correct. Answer & Explanation

 This, in a nutshell, means that service Answer – 1)
providers such so (A)/ telecom companies Explanation: C)- Replace ‗have‘ with
cannot stand in the way of (B)/ a ‗has‘, Use has for growth rate.
consumer access to content that would D) Replace ‗in‘ with ‗at‘ at –
otherwise (C)/ be provided to her without expressing location or arrival in a
any undue hindrance.(D)/ particular place or position.
1) C And D
2) B and D Hence Western expectations of ever-rising
3) D and A (A)/ wages in 20th century have been (B)/
4) A and B replaced by wage stagnation and voter
5) All of the above fears(C)/ that the future would be ever
bleaker.(D)/
1) C And D
Explanation: B and D 3) D and A
A – Replace ‗so‘ with ‗as‘ 4) A and B
C – Replace ‗consumer‘ with ‗consumer‘s‘ 5) All of the above
 While TRAI‘s new guidelines will help
the (A)/ cause of building the Internet as a
public (B)/ platform with open access to
Answer – 2)
all, the concerns of (C)/ service providers
Explanation: B – ‗the‘ article should
should not be dismissed altogether.(D)/
be added before 20th.
1) C And D
D – Replce ―would‖ with ―will ‖ for
2) B and D future.
3) D and A
4) A and B Our working-ages population is growing,
5) All of the above and (A)/ our productivity is still so (B)/
Answer & Explanation abysmal in many sector that we can (C)/
reap large gains by simply catching up with

the West.(D)/ ―excels‖

1) C And D D – Replce ―in‖ with ―into‖
2) B and D
3) C and A Later in life, there was larger subterfuges,
4) A and B like building (A)/ a nuclear programme
5) All of the above with French help in (B)/ the Negev desert
away from all eye, including (C)/ the prying
Answer & Explanation eye of their biggest ally, the United
States.(D)/
Answer – 3) 1) C And D
Explanation: C – Replce ―sector‖ 2) B and D
with ―sectors‖ with many. 3) D and A
A – Replce ―ages‖ with ―age‖, Our 4) A and B
working-age population…. 5) All of the above
The book features 19 handpicked story, Answer & Explanation

(A)/ embellished with the author
expansively (B)/ visualised descriptions of Answer – 3)

their settings and (C)/ confined largely to Explanation: A – Replce ―was‖ with
circumstances of privilege.(D)/ ―were‖ for subterfuges.
1) C And D D – Replce ―eye‖ with
2) B and D ―eyes‖[/su_spoiler
3) D and A
4) A and B More of rural India, in spite of the
5) All of the above panchayat level (A)/ decentralisation, is still
ruled through systems (B)/ those were
Answer & Explanation designed to extract revenue and (C)/ govern
populations through excessive control of
Answer – 4) resources.(D)/
Explanation: A – Replce ―story‖ with 1) C And A
―stories‖ 2) B and D
B – Replce ―author‖ with ―author‘s‖ 3) D and A
4) A and B
The author writes effectively in first person, 5) All of the above
(A)/ the conversations are genteel (B)/ and
colloquial, and she excel (C)/ in weaving Answer & Explanation
quotes in a cohesive narrative.(D)/
1) C And D Answer – 1)
2) B and D Explanation: A – Replce ―more‖ with
3) D and A ―Much‖
4) A and B C – Replce ―those‖ with ―that‖
5) All of the above
 It became a even more efficient and
Answer & Explanation ruthless system (A)/ of revenue collection,
extraction (B)/ of natural resource and of
Answer – 1) (C)/ the setting up of infrastructural
Explanation: C – Replce ―excel‖ with regimes of control.(D)/

1) A And C ―Flows‖, 3rd person present: flows.

2) B and D A – Replce ―looks‖ with ―look‖.
3) D and A
4) A and B 
5) All of the above It cover a range of different situations, /
Answer & Explanation against which medical science has made
Answer – 1) big / breakthroughs in terms of
Explanation: A – Replce ―a‖ with ―an‖, understanding, / lowering mortality and
use an with even targeting therapies.
Replce ―resource‖ with ―resources‖ 1) It cover a range of different situations,
2) against which medical science has made
 Whether through shaping agricultural big
demand, (A)/ influencing rural lives 3) breakthroughs in terms of understanding,
through circular (B)/ migration or 4) lowering mortality and targeting
controlling a use (C)/ of natural resources therapies.
alike fish and minerals.(D)/ 5) No error
1) C And D Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)

2) B and D
3) D and A Explanation: Replace ‗cover‘ with ‗covers‘
4) A and B
5) All of the above  It‘s the way people once spoke of the /
Answer & Explanation plague and pestilence, or of tuberculosis /
Answer – 1) as consumption – what we don‘t fully
Explanation: C – Replce ―a‖ with ―the‖ understand / is fertile ground of fear and
D – Replce ―alike‖ with ―like‖ , Alike is fantasy.
used when a high degree of similarity is 1) It‘s the way people once spoke of the
being described. Like is used when one 2) plague and pestilence, or of tuberculosis
person, or one set of persons, or any ONE 3) as consumption – what we don‘t fully
entity, is being compared to someone or understand
something. Alike is used when two or more 4) is fertile ground of fear and fantasy.
persons or things are being compared to one 5) No error
another. Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
 A closer looks, however, reveals that it Explanation: Replace ‗of‘ with ‗for‘
only (A)/ describes power equations that for – intended to be given to and having the
exist and are (B)/ indeed overwhelmingly purpose of.
influential — based on (C)/ flow of
economic energy and urban dominance.  Only karmic justice could make sense
(D)/ of why / cancer strikes one tobacco-
1) C And D chewing / person and not another, he said,
2) B and D / finally backing of and apologising.
3) D and A 1) Only karmic justice could make sense of
4) A and B why
5) All of the above 2) cancer strikes one tobacco-chewing
Answer & Explanation 3) person and not another, he said,
Answer – 3) 4) finally backing of and apologising.
Explanation: D – Replce ―Flow‖ with 5) No error

Answer & Explanation  Recently, we‘ve viewed it as a disease /

Answer – 4) of consumer capitalism run amok, worry /
Explanation: Correct phrase will be – about non-stick pans and artificial
backing off sweeteners / and hair dye and microwaves
backing off – draw back from action or and cellphones.
confrontation. 1) Recently, we‘ve viewed it as a disease
2) of consumer capitalism run amok, worry
 It covers a range of different situations, 3) about non-stick pans and artificial
/ against which medical science has made sweeteners
big / breakthroughs in terms of 4) and hair dye and microwaves and
understanding, / lowering mortality and cellphones.
targeting therapies. 5) No error
1) It covers a range of different situations, Answer & Explanation
2) against which medical science has made Answer – 2)
big Explanation: Replace ‗worry‗ with
3) breakthroughs in terms of understanding, ‗worrying‗
4) lowering mortality and targeting
 We still doesn‘t know enough about /

therapies.
5) No error how our genetics and surroundings /
Answer & Explanation interact, the reasons driving a renegade /
Answer – 5) cell, what determines metastasis.
Explanation: No error 1) We still doesn‘t know enough about
Given sentence is correct. 2) how our genetics and surroundings
3) interact, the reasons driving a renegade
 When politicians compare racism or 4) cell, what determines metastasis.
corruption or / certain religions to cancer, 5) No error
they‘re certailny / suggesting some violent Answer & Explanation
treatment – wrench it out, / irradiate it, Answer – 1)
destroy everything in the vicinity. Explanation: Replace ‗doesn‘t‘ with ‗don‘t‘
1) When politicians compare racism or I,we,you—do.
corruption or He,she,it,name—does.
2) certain religions to cancer, they‘re
certainly  People often complain with the military
3) suggesting some violent treatment – / metaphors for cancer; when it is a battle
wrench it out, / to be bravely fought, when tumours / are
4) irradiate it, destroy everything in the invaders, when chemotherapy is warfare.
vicinity. 1) People often complain with the military
5) No error 2) metaphors for cancer; when it is a battle
Answer & Explanation 3) to be bravely fought, when tumours
Answer – 2) 4) are invaders, when chemotherapy is
Explanation: Replace ‗certainly‘ with warfare.
‗usually‘ 5) No error
Certainly – used to emphasize the speaker‘s Answer & Explanation
belief that what is said is true. Answer – 1)
Usually – under normal conditions; Explanation: Replace ‗with‘ with ‗about‘
generally. about – on the subject of; concerning.

 The unique identification number ‗between‗

bolstered / by an individual‘s biometric between – at, into, or across the space
data is now / being used for everything separating (two objects or regions).
from school / admissions to obtaining
death certificates.  They disrupt the existing order of
1) The unique identification number things / and enable people to achieve a
bolstered new and / different awareness of the
2) by an individual‘s biometric data is now world and of their / interactions with it,
3) being used for everything from school and with each other.
4) admissions to obtaining death certificates. 1) They disrupt the existing order of things
5) No error 2) and enable people to achieve a new and
Answer & Explanation 3) different awareness of the world and of
Answer – 5) their
Explanation: No error 4) interactions with it, and with each other.
Given sentence is correct. 5) No error
 Current data collection practices in the Answer – 5)

country / hardly inspire confidence, with Explanation: No error
personal information / regularly being Given sentence is correct.
shared among different / parties without
the knowledge of customers.  They form a company with a registered
1) Current data collection practices in the / trademark and have it list on the /
country sacramental stock exchange to compete /
2) hardly inspire confidence, with personal with similar other organisations.
information 1) They form a company with a registered
3) regularly being shared among different 2) trademark and have it list on the
4) parties without the knowledge of 3) sacramental stock exchange to compete
customers. 4) with similar other organisations.
5) No error 5) No error
Answer & Explanation Answer & Explanation
Answer – 5) Answer – 2)
Explanation: No error Explanation: Replace ‗list‘ with ‗listed‗
Given sentence is correct. Has/have + Verb3rd form.‖have it listed…‖
  Indeed, it should considered meeting

Perhaps one way in which to see the / future / demand by importing part of its
difference among the two is to / borrow needs / rather than trying to set up giant /
an analogy from the / realm of refineries that export surplus production.
entrepreneurial enterprise. 1) Indeed, it should considered meeting
1) Perhaps one way in which to see the future
2) difference among the two is to 2) demand by importing part of its needs
3) borrow an analogy from the 3) rather than trying to set up giant
4) realm of entrepreneurial enterprise. 4) refineries that export surplus production
Explanation: Replace ‗among‘ with Explanation: Replace ‗considered‘ with

‗consider‘ Answer – 4)
Should + verb first form. Explanation: Replace ‗as well as‘ with ‗as
well‘
 No court will ban bad tea either, even / ‗As well (as)‘ means also/too. ‗As well‘
though the judges pass through those / goes at the end of a sentence, only. ‗As well
airports and see the injustice happen / in as‘ is placed at the beginning or in the
front of their eye every day. middle of a sentence:
1) No court will ban bad tea either, even
2) though the judges pass through those  It tracked the spot price of every crude
3) airports and see the injustice happen around / the globe, and seized
4) in front of their eye every day. opportunities to buy dirty / crudes that
5) No error were relatively cheap compared / with the
Answer & Explanation refined products they could produce.
Answer – 4) 1) It tracked the spot price of every crude
Explanation: Replace ‗eye‘ with ‗eyes‘ around
their + plural noun. 2) the globe, and seized opportunities to buy
dirty
 A recent study reveals that cancer

3) crudes that were relatively cheap
accounts / for a much larger percentage compared
of deaths / in the 40-69 age group in the 4) with the refined products they could
northeast / compared to other backward produce.
states. 5) No error
1) A recent study reveals that cancer Answer & Explanation
accounts Answer – 1)
2) for a much larger percentage of deaths Explanation: Replace ‗around‘ with
3) in the 40-69 age group in the northeast ‗across‗
4) compared to other backward states. across – from one side to the other of (a
5) No error place, area, etc.).
Answer – 5)  Christ returns at the time of the
Explanation: No error Inquisition / to preach his gospel that the
Given sentence is correct. kingdom / of heaven is within us, that we
need / neither church nor clergy to enter
 If Sarma‘s statement is meant to be a / it.
rationalisation of state failure in 1) Christ returns at the time of the
upholding / public health, then it is a Inquisition
bizarre extension / of the same principle 2) to preach his gospel that the kingdom
to matters of disease as well as. 3) of heaven is within us, that we need
1) If Sarma‘s statement is meant to be a 4) neither church nor clergy to enter it.
2) rationalisation of state failure in 5) No error
upholding Answer & Explanation
3) public health, then it is a bizarre Answer – 5)
extension Explanation: No error
4) of the same principle to matters of disease Given sentence is correct.
as well as.
5) No error  There is a huge difference between /
Answer & Explanation spirituality and religion, though / the two

are often confused and seen / as been one  His early years in / journalism
and the same. coincided to / the authoritarian phase / of
1) There is a huge difference between the ruling Congress.
2) spirituality and religion, though 1) His early years in
3) the two are often confused and seen 2) journalism coincided to
4) as been one and the same. 3) the authoritarian phase
5) No error 4) of the ruling Congress
Answer & Explanation 5) No error
Answer – 4) Answer & Explanation
Explanation: Replace ‗been‘ with ‗being‗ Answer – 2)
being – existence. Explanation: Replace ―to‖ with ―with‖.
  Therefore it was no surprise that his

I was the eighteenth century satirist brand / of journalism, somewhat unique
Joseph / Addison who told his task / was at the / time in south India, had / an anti-
―to enliven morality with wit, / and to establishment resonance for much years.
temper wit with morality‖. 1) Therefore it was no surprise that his brand

1) I was the eighteenth century satirist 2) of journalism, somewhat unique at the
Joseph 3) time in south India, had
2) Addison who told his task 4) an anti-establishment resonance for much
3) ―to enliven morality with wit, years
4) and to temper wit with morality‖ 5) No error
5) No error Answer & Explanation
Answer & Explanation Answer – 4)
Answer – 2) Explanation: Replace ―much‖ with
Explanation: It should be ―said‖ instead of ―many‖.
―told‖ It should be many years instead of much
years.
 Often moving beyond the journalistic
role, he utilised his / numerous political  It is easy to sum up Cho‘s political
friendship to bring together / parties and views: / he was a committed nationalist, /
leaders and sought / to influence major a right-of-centre analyst, and a firm
developments. believer / in a strong Central government.
1) Often moving beyond the journalistic 1) It is easy to sum up Cho‘s political views
role, he utilised his 2) he was a committed nationalist
2) numerous political friendship to bring 3) a right-of-centre analyst, and a firm
together believer
3) parties and leaders and sought 4) in a strong Central government
4) to influence major developments 5) No error
Answer – 2) Explanation: No error
Explanation: It should be ―friendships‖
instead of ―friendship‖  There was a streak for conservatism in
Use Friendships for numerous (plural). his / political outlook, which influenced
the manner in / which he addressed the
issues before the / country, both as an

analyst and as a playwright.  She continued with MGR‘s policies,

1) There was a streak for conservatism in his targeting the weaker / sections, the rural
2) political outlook, which influenced the peasants and the / unorganise workers
manner in through food subsidies and / social
3) which he addressed the issues before the welfare schemes, expanding the
4) country, both as an analyst and as a AIADMK‘s reach.
playwright 1) She continued with MGR‘s policies,
5) No error targeting the weaker
Answer & Explanation 2) sections, the rural peasants and the
Answer – 1) 3) unorganise workers through food
Explanation: Replace ―for‖ with ―of‖. subsidies and
4) social welfare schemes, expanding the
 In her passing, India has lost a leader AIADMK‘s reach
who play a / vital role in the shaping of 5) No error
Tamil Nadu during / a crucial phase of Answer & Explanation
the / country‘s economic development and Answer – 3)
social progress. Explanation: Replace ―unorganise‖ with

1) In her passing, India has lost a leader who ―unorganized‖ because given sentence is
play a from past tense.
2) vital role in the shaping of Tamil Nadu
during  This allowed her to take a strong stand
3) a crucial phase of the on / issues such as Cauvery, forcing the /
4) country‘s economic development and Centre to toe her line, / or at least heed
social progress. her views.
5) No error 1) This allowed her to take a strong stand on
Answer & Explanation 2) issues such as Cauvery, forcing the
Answer – 1) 3) Centre to toe her line
Explanation: Replace ―play‖ with ―played‖ 4) or at least heed her views
Has/have + verb 3rd form. 5) No error
 This she did by reuniting the two Answer – 5)
faction of the / party, retrieving its Explanation: No error.
election symbol, reviving / the alliance
with the Congress / and, finally, becoming 
Chief Minister in 1991. True success means taking a step toward /
1) This she did by reuniting the two faction infinite freedom because we‘ve / learnt an
of the important life lesson that we / no longer
2) party, retrieving its election symbol, need to repeat.
reviving 1) True success means taking a step toward
3) the alliance with the Congress 2) infinite freedom because we‘ve
4) and, finally, becoming Chief Minister in 3) learnt an important life lesson that we
1991 4) no longer need to repeat.
Explanation: it should be ―fractions‖ Explanation: Replace ‗toward‘ with
instead of ―fraction‖. ‗towards‘.

Towards – in the direction of. 1) Remember also that our

The Difference Between Toward and 2) thoughts send in a kind of
Towards. The meaning of both words is the 3) magnetism that draws to us whatever
same within the same context, but 4) is expressive of that thought.
the meaning depends on whether the word 5) No error
is used as an adjective or a preposition. As Answer & Explanation
an adjective, ―toward(s)‖ means coming Answer – 2)
soon or happening at the moment. Explanation: Replace ‗send in‘ with ‗send
out‘
 If you can be centred in yourself, and Send out (phrasal verb) – If you send out
act from / within outward, then you will things such as letters or bills, you send them
have that / degree of poise and relaxation to a large number of people at the same
to turn left or / right as the circumstances time.
dictate.
1) If you can be centred in yourself, and act  We have to be practical, but the most /
from important thing is to have faith in / God
2) within outward, then you will have that and to live in the thought / that God is

3) degree of poise and relaxation to turn left with you, always.
or 1) We have to be practical, but the most
4) right as the circumstances dictate. 2) important thing is to have faith in
5) No error 3) God and to live in the thought
Answer & Explanation 4) that God is with you, always.
Answer – 5) 5) No error
Explanation: No error Answer & Explanation
Given sentence is correct. Answer – 5)
Explanation: No error
 Once you‘ve accepted a certain / Given sentence is correct.
possibility, you can then put all / of your
energy in the / constructive action  When exposed, it revealed an ecosystem
necessary for success. / of Vyapam officials in collusion / with
1) Once you‘ve accepted a certain racketeers and middlemen who had /
2) possibility, you can then put all rigged the central examination systems
3) of your energy in the thoroughly.
4) constructive action necessary for success. 1) When exposed, it revealed an ecosystem
5) No error 2) of Vyapam officials in collusion
Answer & Explanation 3) with racketeers and middlemen who had
Answer – 3) 4) rigged the central examination systems
Explanation: Replace ‗in‘ with ‗into‘. thoroughly.
Into – expressing movement or action with 5) No error
the result that someone or something Answer & Explanation
becomes enclosed or surrounded by Answer – 4)
something else. Explanation: it should be system instead
of systems.
 Remember also that our / thoughts
send in a kind of / magnetism that draws  Thousands of medical students / and
to us whatever / is expressive of that government employee / are alleged to
thought. have benefited / from the cosy

arrangements. 4) challenges and difficulty.

1) Thousands of medical students 5) No error
2) and government employee Answer & Explanation
3) are alleged to have benefited Answer – 4)
4) from the cosy arrangements. Explanation: Replace ‗difficulty‘ with
5) No error ‗difficulties‘
Answer – 2) 
Explanation: it should a) The crux, which is the damage to patient
be employees instead of employee. health, dependence caused, is what need to
be addressed.
 People with that attitude will have the / b) The allegation of incentives and loss of
degree of relaxation needed to work / revenue to insurance companies, is in a way
without tension or fear, and even if / they taking the heat away from the key issue of
fail, they are able for rise again. health.
1) People with that attitude will have the c) Here one does not have to mince words,
2) degree of relaxation needed to work and declare in advance one‘s conformity of

3) without tension or fear, and even if patient fears.
4) they fail, they are able for rise again. d) Such interactions, and prescription that
5) No error follow, lead to a positive outcome.
Answer & Explanation 1) Only a
Answer – 4) 2) Only b & c
Explanation: Replace ‗for‘ with ‗to‘. 3) Only b & c
to – expressing motion in the direction of (a 4) Only c & d
particular location) and used with the base 5) No Error
form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in Answer & Explanation
the infinitive, in particular. Answer – 3)
Explanation: a) Replace ‗need‘ with
 You attain it by discharging / your ‗needs‘
responsibilities and / winning on the d) Replace ‗prescription‘ with
battlefield / of life, in the true sense. ‗prescriptions‘
1) You attain it by discharging
2) your responsibilities and  a) It‘s a great mistake to try to reduce
3) winning on the battlefield stress and tension by avoiding challenges
4) of life, in the true sense. and difficulties.
5) No error b) You do not attain peace merely by
Answer & Explanation escaping responsibility.
Answer – 5) c) This part I concede is essential to
Explanation: No error evolution for medical science.
Given sentence is correct. d) The government rescue will enable them
to write of unrecoverable debts, and start
 It‘s a great mistake to / try to reduce lending again.
stress / and tension by avoiding / 1) Only a
challenges and difficulty. 2) Only a & b
1) It‘s a great mistake to 3) Only b & c
2) try to reduce stress 4) Only a & d
3) and tension by avoiding 5) No Error


Explanation: c) Replace ‗for‘ with ‗of‘, of – Explanation: b) Replace ‗been‘ with ‗be‘,
expressing the relationship between a part be – used with a present participle to form
and a whole. continuous tenses and used with a past
d) Replace ‗write of‘ with ‗write off‘, write participle to form the passive voice.
off – a vehicle or other object that is too c) Replace ‗written of‘ with ‗written off‘
badly damaged to be repaired.
 a) Auditors may not understand, but
 a) That the medication prescribed is only visionaries whom pioneered healthcare in
a temporary ―crutch‖, and its role is over, this land need not change course.
once the pain is over. b) China is ready to engage in world trade
b) Disease, and innovations to tackle it, shall with any country under bilateral or existing
stay. terms.
c) One does not give a knee implant to a c) The sagacity and wisdom of an ancient
person, who has lost power in his leg due to trading civilization were under-estimated.
another malady. d) Banks must insist on global tendering for

d) Greater diligence in project screening and equipment to thwart cost inflation by
a quick exit for bad promoters must be the promoter.
two main aims of purposive bank reform. 1) Only a
1) Only a 2) Only a & c
2) Only a & b 3) Only b & c
3) Only b & c 4) Only a & b
4) Only c & d 5) No Error
5) No Error Answer & Explanation
Answer – 5) Explanation: a) Replace ‗whom‘ with
Explanation: No Error ‗who‘, who – used to introduce a clause
All given sentences are grammatically giving further information about a person or
correct. people previously mentioned.
d) Replace ‗promoter‘ with ‗promoters‘
 a) Here in comes the balancing wisdom of
clinical therapeutics for better outcomes.  a) It is open to for any foreign
b) The game of volumes shall have to been investments or collaborations, that is
played on larger turnovers, and reasonable mutually beneficial.
margins. b) As a neighbour, India is always ready
c) It will also enable zombie companies, with learn, and has appreciations.
whose debts are written of, to invest and c) The declaration, is further filled with
grow again. some popular global terms.
d) Certification agencies are needed, but d) They cannot lend more for want of
their track records must be scrutinised, with supporting minimum capital required by
penalties and prosecution in suitable cases. law.
1) Only a 1) Only a
2) Only a & b 2) Only a & b
3) Only b & c 3) Only b & c
4) Only a & d 4) Only c & d
5) No Error 5) No Error

Answer & Explanation 4) Only c & d

Answer – 4) 5) No Error
Explanation: a) Replace ‗is‘ with ‗are‘ Answer & Explanation
b) Replace ‗with learn‘ with ‗to learn‘ Answer – 5)
Explanation: No Error
 a) Tianenmen Square and all that, was All given sentences are grammatically
taken as their internal matter, and the correct.
country went on course, pretty close to
destination.  a) Private sector banks have mostly
b) It denounces terrorism in any form, is thrived even as public sector banks have
sensitive, even ready to take a lead in a sink.
cleaner environment. b) Private banks can take quick decisions,
c) It could more accurately be called a resist government pressures to lend to
decision to let the pigs keep feed at the dubious schemes, and accept genuine
public trough. mistakes.
d) The SBI affiliate goes through the c) This inflated the amount of borrowing
motions, collects its 2% fee, and signs off needed by the project and could render a

with zero liability if its assessment turns out project unviable at birth.
to be rubbish. d) Without reforms, recapitalisation may
1) Only a simply encourage continued bad behaviour
2) Only a & b banks.
3) Only b & c 1) Only a
4) Only c & d 2) Only a & b
5) No Error 3) Only b & c
Answer & Explanation 4) Only c & d
Answer – 2) 5) No Error
Explanation: c) Replace ‗feed‘ with Answer & Explanation
‗feeding‘ Answer – 3)
d) Replace ‗signs of‘ with ‗signs off ‗ signs Explanation: a) Replace ‗sink‘ with ‗sunk‘
off – conclude a letter, broadcast, or other with have. (Have + V3)
message. d) Replace ‗with‘ with ‗by‘
 a) It does not reform the woeful practices  a) The government hopes this will revive
that have led to bad lending and bust banks. investment and spur the economy.
b) If banks disclosed in their accounts the b) Bank nationalisation in 1969 led to a
full extent of bad debts, the losses would culture where bank lent in pursuance of
wipe out their equity capital. government pressures, legitimate or
c) Public sector banks must create or otherwise.
purchase the expertise for excellent project c) This process has began, but its speed and
evaluation. effectiveness have yet to be proved.
d) Bank managers happily lend with d) Banks should but don‘t have the expertise
certification that protects them from CVC to evaluate all Detailed Project Reports of
investigations. promoters.
1) Only a 1) Only a
2) Only a & b 2) Only a & d
3) Only b & c 3) Only b & c

4) Only c & d  a) When we look at a flower, we doesn‘t

5) No Error actually see the flower.
Answer & Explanation b) When that happens, the emphasis is on
Answer – 2) one‘s likes and dislikes and not actually on
Explanation: b) Replace ‗bank‘ with the flower.
‗banks‘ c) one‘s experience of the external world is a
c) Replace ‗began‘ with ‗begun‘ with has. product of one‘s internal mind.
(Has + V3) d) The struggle is to see and know in the
light of what I knew in my past.
 1) Only a
a) Most of us are caught in the small part of 2) Only a & b
life and miss seeing the whole. 3) Only b & c
b) Without leaving our room, we want to see 4) Only c & d
the vastness of the sky. 5) No Error
c) We live a parts of the whole and that part Answer & Explanation
is our pattern, our positionality, our ego. Answer – 3)
d) We limit our brains to limited paradigm. Explanation: a) Replace ‗doesn‘t‘ with

1) Only a ‗don‘t‘.I,WE,YOU + Do and He,she,it +
2) Only b & c Does.
3) Only b & c d) Replace ‗knew ‗ with ‗know‘ , given
4) Only c & d sentence is talking about past situations in
5) No Error present hence it should be ‗know‘ instead of
Answer & Explanation ‗knew‘
Answer – 2)
Explanation: a) Replace ‗parts‘ with ‗part‘  a) A childlike perception is freeing
d) Replace ‗paradigm‘ with ‗paradigms‘ oneself from that background and hence
inwardly be free and from that freedom to
 a) To drop our shallow way of seeing and see.
to see the whole is managing our life b) A childlike perception has no image and
effective. then its innocence comes in touch with the
b) To take that leap, one has to have a object.
childlike perspective and not a childish c) The struggle for seeing that one image is
perspective. validated is not there and hence no pain.
c) We have not learnt to observe our life, d) Be like a child, open, innocent and than
and hence we are lost in our limitations. with that perception you will see something
d) We have to learn how to perceive, how to new.
looks, how to see. 1) Only a
1) Only a 2) Only a & b
3) Only b & c 4) Only a & d
4) Only a & d 5) No Error
5) No Error Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3) Explanation: c) Replace ‗one‘ with
Explanation: a) Replace ‗effective‘ with ‗one‘s‘. use apostrophe for possessive case.
‗effectively‘
d) Replace ‗looks‘ with ‗look‘

d) Replace ‗than‘ with ‗then‘.use than for Answer – 5)

comparison. Explanation: No Error
All given sentences are grammatically
 a) The ability to see something new is a correct.
product of one‘s inner being, free from one‘s
past.  a) It has shrunk to become dominated by
b) Widespread malnutrition has been termed medical care.
a national shame and a top priority. b) There‘s no denying that Abe has made
c) It is rarely about the chronic hunger of Japan more proactive on the foreign policy
millions instead the country‘s much-touted front.
economic growth. c) I love it, nothing makes me happier than a
d) There is, of course, no food scarcity, bunch of guys sweating for their lives.
unlike in places affected with civil war or d) It brings the issue of workplace sexual
natural calamities. harassment into the open, and gives the
1) Only a creeps pause for thought.
2) Only a & c 1) Only a
3) Only b & c 2) Only a & b

5) No Error 4) Only c & d
Answer & Explanation 5) No Error
Explanation: c) Replace ‗instead‘ with Answer – 5)
‗despite‘. despite – without being affected Explanation: No Error
by; in spite of. All given sentences are grammatically
d) Replace ‗with‘ with ‗by‘. by – identifying correct.
the agent performing an action or indicating
the means of achieving something.  a) Sadly my happiness was short lived and
what kill it was this.
 a) These are underfunded and depend on b) A security-led approach alone is, of
millions of contractual workers, mostly course, insufficient to resolve Kashmir.
women. c) Sharma himself has stated that he is
b) The government pays them meagre willing to talk to anyone who is interested in
‗honorarium‘ and ‗incentives‘ less than the dialogue.
minimum wages. d) Understandably, certain section are
c) As children continue to be born sceptical of the Centre‘s latest dialogue
premature or underweight, the burden keeps initiative.
growing. 1) Only a
d) The relative neglect of malnutrition 2) Only a & b
reflects a broader shift from preventive to 3) Only b & c
curative healthcare. 4) Only c & d
1) Only a 5) No Error
2) Only a & b Answer & Explanation
3) Only b & c Answer – 3)
4) Only c & d Explanation: a) Replace ‗kill‘ with ‗killed‘
5) No Error d) Replace ‗section ‗ with ‗sections‘

 a) For the sake of peace, the government that something, especially something good,
has no option but to keep trying. will happen.
b) A number of people i know go on fasts,
every now and then. 
c) Some of them do it for religious reasons, a) The mission will focus on increase trade
during the Navratra, or Muharram, or Easter. and investment between Texas and India in
d) The national anthem is a expression of a range of sectors.
love and pride for the nation. b) Five new member will be elected to the
1) Only a seven-member Standing Committee of the
2) Only a & b party.
3) Only b & c c) No rescuer asked about the race or the
4) Only c & d colour of the person he or she is going to
5) No Error rescue.
Answer & Explanation d) It was just a service to a fellow human
Answer – 2) being and that is what matters, he said.
Explanation: c) Replace ‗Navratra‘ with 1) Only a
‗Navratras‘ it is ‗Navratras‘ because 2) Only a & b

‗Navratras‘ are 9 days festive events 3) Only b & c
while Muharram and Easter are one day 4) Only c & d
festival events. 5) No Error
d) Replace ‗a‘ with ‗an‘ Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
 a) The choice of a cinema hall was both Explanation: a) Replace ‗increase‘ with
puzzling and distress, as people visit ‗increasing‘
cinemas for relaxation and leisure. b) Replace ‗member‘ with ‗members‘
b) It harmonises the elements and increases
life expectant.  a) The cynical manipulation of such
c) It brings about natural development in section of the law is bad enough.
the spheres of education, economics and so b) To seek cuts in a film on the ground that
forth. some of the spoken words are false is
d) The loss of vegetation and forests causes ludicrous.
degeneration in the earth‘s nourishment. c) This would have sent out a chilling
1) Only a message to the entire film industry.
2) Only a & d d) public approval of the proposal on a
3) Only b & c plebiscite will be the all-important
4) Only c & d challenge.
5) No Error 1) Only a
2) Only a & b
Answer – 4) 3) Only b & c
Explanation: 1) Replace ‗distress‘ with 4) Only a & d
‗distressing‘ 5) No Error
b) Replace ‗expectant‘ with ‗expectancy‘ Answer & Explanation
expectant – having or showing an excited Answer – 3)
feeling that something is about to happen, Explanation: a) Replace ‗section‘ with
especially something good. ‗sections‘
expectancy – the state of thinking or hoping d) Replace ‗on‘ with ‗in‘

 a) The scarce-currency clause has an c) as we concluded in our final report, non-

interesting history. inclusive growth patterns will always
b) The idea was to pressure countries to ultimately fail.
reduce their current-account surpluses. d) Many developing countries have
c) Of the world four largest economies, only experienced extend periods of slow or no
the US suffers persistently weak growth.
competitiveness. 1) Only a
d) The scarce-currency clause has remain a 2) Only a & c
dead letter ever since. 3) Only b & c
1) Only a 4) Only a & b
2) Only a & b 5) No Error
3) Only b & c Answer & Explanation
4) Only c & d Answer – 2)
5) No Error Explanation: b) Replace ‗country‘ with
Answer & Explanation ‗countries‘
Answer – 2) d) Replace ‗extend‘ with ‗extended‘
Explanation: c) Replace ‗world‘ with
 a) In some cases, a country leaders are

‗world‘s‘
d) Replace ‗remain‘ with ‗remained‘ simply confused, and do not understand
what needs to be done.
 a) Under Masch‘s CFT arrangement, it b) Achieving a higher growth equilibrium is
would be up to each surplus country to limit rare a gradual or incremental transition.
their exports to the US. c) The value of insightful analyses of such
b) if they tried to export more than allowed complex problems should not be discounted.
without paying the fine, their surplus exports d) This vote of confidence is built on solid
would be blocked. foundations.
c) The result is that imbalances between 1) Only a
creditors and debtors have been locked into 2) Only a & b
place. 3) Only b & c
d) One way to unlock current imbalance 4) Only c & d
would be to adapt the Bretton Woods 5) No Error
mechanism. Answer & Explanation
1) Only a Answer – 4)
2) Only a & b Explanation: a) Replace ‗country‘ with
3) Only b & c ‗country‘s ‗
4) Only a & d b) Replace ‗rare‘ with ‗rarely‘
5) No Error
Answer & Explanation  a) It also seems to be reflected in Spanish
Answer – 3) politics.
Explanation: a) Replace ‗their‘ with ‗its‘ b) Much of the world has made great strides
d) Replace ‗imbalance‘ with ‗imbalances‘ in making childbirth safer.
c) The practical solutions on offer seem to
 a) Advocates of open borders can pay be fairly consistent across the political
now, or they will certainly pay later. spectrum.
b) Several years ago, I had the privilege of d) A third corrective is to improve
chairing a commission on growth in employees‘ pay and working conditions.
developing country. 1) Only a

2) Only a & b Answer – 2)

3) Only b & c Explanation: c) Replace ‗an‘ with ‗a‘
4) Only c & d d) Replace ‗at‘ with ‗in‘
5) No Error
Answer & Explanation  a) The scarce-currency clause has an
Answer – 5) interest history.
Explanation: No Error b) The idea was to pressure countries to
All given sentences are grammatically reduce its current-account surpluses.
incorrect. c) It is hard to say for sure whether these
two objectives are in direct conflict with
 a) in Britain, the government must address each other.
the public-housing crisis. d) The scarce-currency clause has remained
b) the tension between diffusion and a dead letter ever since.
concentration is intensifying at all levels of 1) Only a
the economy. 2) Only a & d
c) Much of the world has made great strides 3) Only b & c
in making childbirth safer. 4) Only c & d

d) A third corrective is to improve 5) No Error
employees‘ pay and working conditions. Answer & Explanation
1) Only a Answer – 4)
2) Only a & b Explanation: a) Replace ‗interest‘ with
3) Only b & c ‗interesting‘
4) Only c & d b) Replace ‗its‘ with ‗their‘
5) No Error
Answer & Explanation 
Answer – 5) a) Though providing leadership to oppose
Explanation: No Error both the disruption and destruction of our
All given sentences are grammatically value system is essential, that alone will not
correct. do.
b) Our integrity, commitment to values and
 a) China‘s technocrats have collectively our attitudes are etched and stored in digital
engineered a miraculous transformation. mode.
b) The question is whether they will have an c) we must be careful in our utterance lest
open field on which to run. they come back to haunt us.
c) China has reached an moment of d) Our taxing regime must be far more
significant uncertainty. humane then it is today.
d) Since taking power at 2012, Xi has A) Only a
changed this policy framework in several B) Only a & b
key ways. C) Only b & c
1) Only a D) Only c & d
2) Only a & b E) No Error
3) Only b & c Answer & Explanation
4) Only c & d Answer – D)
5) No Error Explanation: Only c & d
Answer & Explanation Replace ‗utterance‘ with ‗utterances‘
Replace ‗then‘ with ‗than‘

 a) The world have changed radically. for delivery.

b) The communication revolution has A) Only a
eliminate the concept of distance. B) Only a & b
c) Proximity is the order of the day. C) Only b & c
d) Every word we utter is heard with rapt D) Only a & d
attention. E) No Error
A) Only a Answer & Explanation
B) Only a & b Answer – B)
C) Only b & c Explanation: Replace ‗educates‘ with
D) Only a & d ‗educate‘
E) No Error Replace ‗issue‘ with ‗issues‘
Answer – B)  a) Those details must be work out after
Explanation: Only a & b thoughtful debate.
Replace ‗have‘ with ‗has‘ b) A similar exercises must be done with
Replace ‗eliminate‘ with ‗eliminated‘ reference to the delivery of health care.
c) Existing systems of education and health
 a) Politics must be grounded to solve the

care suffer from a deep malaise.
problems of today. d) Any proposed solution must take that into
b) While a party may draw inspiration from account.
the past, it must live in the present. A) Only a
c) The laurels of the past will not serve the B) Only a & c
present. C) Only b & c
d) The present is far more dynamic than the D) Only a & b
past ever was. E) No Error
B) Only a & b Answer – D)
C) Only b & c Explanation: Replace ‗work‘ with ‗worked‘
D) Only c & d Replace ‗exercises‘ with ‗exercise‘
E) No Error
Answer & Explanation  a) We need to deregulate both our mindset
Answer – E) and governmental procedure.
Explanation: No Error b) Investigating agency must not be used to
All given sentences are grammatically throttle enterprises.
incorrect. c) Our taxing regime must be far more
humane than it is today.
 a) Political parties must be alive to this d) Money in the hands of the private sector
and have an army of digital soldiers to guide is often more efficiently used than by
and educates. government.
b) More important is the ability of a political A) Only a
party to sensitise itself to the most B) Only a & b
fundamental issue of the people. C) Only b & c
c) The two areas of concern to every home D) Only c & d
are educating children and health-care E) No Error
facilities for the family. Answer & Explanation
d) We need a transformational education Answer – B)
policy and a radically different mechanism Explanation: Replace ‗procedure‘ with

‗procedures‘ time for the separation of molecules.

Replace ‗agency‘ with ‗agencies‘ b) This ISRU approach could help
significantly simplify the logistics of a
 a) We also need a carbon tax various mission to Mars.
models for these have been discussed. c) This involve the use of plants as fuel.
b) Otherwise, today‘s largely policies would d) The released carbon dioxide is then
merely shift current problems on to the captured and safely store indefinitely.
shoulders of future generations. A) Only a
c) Industry must flourish of economic B) Only a & b
growth. C) Only b & c
d) We must not view business, and through D) Only c & d
it prosperity, with suspicions. E) No Error
C) Only b & c Explanation: Replace ‗involve‘ with
D) Only c & d ‗involves‘
E) No Error Replace ‗store‘ with ‗stored‘

Answer – D)  a) ―A huge, beautiful sunspot was formed
Explanation: Replace ‗of‘ with ‗for‘ from yesterday to today.
Replace ‗suspicions‘ with ‗suspicion‘ b) A flare is a sudden increase in the
brightness of a region of the Sun
 a) These models also fail to consider atmosphere.
equity dimensions and social and c) Sending a manned mission to Mars is one
technological barriers. of the next major step in our exploration of
b) A society that places most of its eggs in space.
the negative emissions basket will likely d) Mars has excellent conditions for In-Situ
face catastrophic choices. Resource Utilisation (ISRU) by plasma.
c) The adverse effects of these would be A) Only a
severe and difficult to adapt to. B) Only a & d
d) Scientists, they urge, need to speak C) Only b & c
openly and freely about the dangers of D) Only c & d
climate change without leaning on E) No Error
euphemisms. Answer & Explanation
A) Only a Answer – C)
B) Only a & b Explanation: Replace ‗sun‘ with ‗Sun‘s‘
C) Only b & c Replace ‗step‘ with ‗steps‘
D) Only c & d
E) No Error 
Answer & Explanation a) The intolerance debate might now be
Answer – E) reaching a tipping point.
Explanation: No Error b) This is my way of coping under and
All given sentences are grammatically keeping pace with the current ―new normal‖
incorrect. in the world.
c) It is this distinction that is the key to how
 a) The low atmospheric temperature also successfully we evolve and adapt to changes
works to slow the reaction, giving additional as indicated above.

d) They appear to be afraid to step down attendance of opinion makers was

from their Olympian heights, lest they be disappointing reflecting parliamentary trend.
seen as lesser mortals. A) Only a
A) Only a B) Only a & b
B) Only a & b C) Only b & c
C) Only b & c D) Only c & d
D) Only c & d E) No Error
E) No Error Answer & Explanation
Answer & Explanation Answer – C)
Answer – B) Explanation: Replace ‗with‘ with ‗of‘
Explanation: Replace ‗might‘ with ‗may‘ Replace ‗could‘ with ‗can‘
Replace ‗coping under‘ with ‗ coping up‘
coping up – to face and deal with  a) I am not suggest that Tequila is a
responsibilities, problems, or difficulties, woman‘s only shot at declaring her
especially successfully or in a calm or emancipation.
adequate manner: After his breakdown he b) Admit not all women across India are at
couldn‘t cope any longer. the same level of independent living and

thinking.
 a) Social media and TV have further c) At the core of this ongoing effort is the
brought it literally into our living space. economic independence of women.
b) Many schools now regular practice d) There is still a huge gap between the
emergency response to dreaded contingency. earnings of men and women for the same
c) Seminar spread over two and half jobs.
eventful days brimmed with youthful energy A) Only a
and awe for our Armed Forces. B) Only a & b
d) Interest was kept alive by leveraging C) Only b & c
format of popular TV debating programmes. D) Only c & d
A) Only a E) No Error
B) Only a & b Answer & Explanation
C) Only b & c Answer – B)
D) Only c & d Explanation: Replace ‗suggest‘ with
E) No Error ‗suggesting‘
Answer & Explanation Replace ‗admit‘ with ‗Admittedly‘
Answer – B)
Explanation: Replace ‗spaces‘ with  a) Work distribution between casual and
‗spaces‘ highly skilled jobs is still gender-skewed.
Replace ‗regular‘ with ‗regularly‘ b) Inheritance of property or ownership of
agricultural land are still dark areas for
 a) We hope that educational institutions women.
will follow this model and organise more c) Meanwhile step by step, the brave
such events. amongst we break down taboos and boldly
b) While very few may don the uniform yet step on unchartered territory.
all of them must be the citizens that a soldier d) Each small step that signifies a woman
is proud with fight and die for. independent nurturing space, her capacity to
c) Visits to museums and forward areas spend and to make informed choices in
could augment and contextualise education. every sphere of life.
d) Despite PM‘s direct instructions, A) Only a

B) Only a & b ‗came up‘

C) Only b & c Replace ‗delay‘ with ‗delayed‘
D) Only c & d
E) No Error  a) It was not the first time either that
Answer & Explanation someone tweeted about trains getting
Answer – D) delayed by more than 20 hours.
Explanation: Replace ‗we‘ with ‗us‘ b) If people reach after 10 at night, then they
Replace ‗woman‘ with ‗woman‘s ‗ have to wait for the morning.
c) She is scared to go out and doesn‘t let her
 a) Before leaving for the station, I check father move a inch for fear of being attacked
the timing. again.
b) To my utter shock, I find that the train has d) Kashmiris don‘t have mob mental but
been rescheduled to 5.15 am, the next day. also cannot stay calm for long.
c) Many people came according to the A) Only a
original time and found themselves at a loss B) Only a & b
spending the night at the platform. C) Only b & c
d) I could have still reached my place by D) Only c & d

next afternoon, but the train was getting E) No Error
delayed. Answer & Explanation
A) Only a Answer – D)
B) Only a & b Explanation: Replace ‗a‘ with ‗an‘
C) Only b & c Replace ‗mental‘ with ‗mentality‘
D) Only c & d
E) No Error  a) All we have is circumstantial evidence
Answer & Explanation and there are cases which apparently go
Answer – B) beyond the truth.
Explanation: Replace ‗check‘ with b) BR Ambedkar described villages as
‗checked‘ cesspools of degradation, and chastised
Replace ‗find‘ with ‗found‘ intellectuals for romanticising the Indian
village.
 a) A whole day was wasted because the c) Oppression of those at the bottom rungs
train refused to run on time. of the caste hierarchy is not always by those
b) The 36-hour journey was made difficult on top.
by the absence of a pantry car in the train. d) That is due to relative advance in
c) When I enquired about the delay of the democratising society, resulting in political
train, they came on with two excuses. empowerment of all sections.
d) No matter from which part of country you A) Only a
are coming, journey to Bihar would always B) Only a & b
be delay. C) Only b & c
A) Only a D) Only c & d
B) Only a & b E) No Error
C) Only b & c Answer & Explanation
D) Only c & d Answer – E)
E) No Error Explanation: No Error
Answer & Explanation All given sentences are grammatically
Answer – D) incorrect.
Explanation: Replace ‗came on‘ with

 a) Clearly, continued growth of industry develop by the international Bahá‘í

and new, organised services is the key to community,
creating non-traditional jobs. c) with the intention of helping adults
b) Urbanisation, thus, is a key element of understand its higher moral purpose.
breaking up the material basis of caste. d) One after the other they come out of the
c) The key to taking up these opportunities closet.
is education, good health, governance, A) Only a
infrastructure. B) Only a & b
d) Globalised growth is the key to sustained C) Only b & c
structural diversification of the economy. D) Only a & d
A) Only a E) No Error
B) Only a & b Answer & Explanation
C) Only b & c Answer – D)
D) Only c & d Explanation: b) it should be ‗developed‘
E) No Error instead of ‗develop‘.
Answer & Explanation c) – It should be ‗their‘ instead of ‗its‘
Answer – E)
 a) But the casting couch is an established

All given sentences are grammatically tradition in Hollywood.
incorrect. b) when the memory of Weinstein fades, it
will still be there in full force.
 c) It can be done at the point of a sword,
a) The prevalence of corruption at all level through inducement, or willingly.
of society is widely acknowledged and self- d) A close friend of mine has an interesting
evident. tale to tell about corporate America.
b) Statistics are readily available, but for A) Only a
illustrative purposes they are hard necessary: B) Only a & b
c) one need only open one‘s eyes to see the C) Only b & c
widespread effects of the moral gaps in D) Only c & d
public policy and working life. E) No Error
d) This capacity-building work is carried out Answer & Explanation
in a number of ways. Answer – E)
A) Only a Explanation: No Error
B) Only a & b All given sentences are correct.
C) Only b & c
D) Only c & d  a) As Shakespeare said, hell hath no fury
E) No Error as a woman scorned.
Answer & Explanation b) By this time he had became paranoid.
Answer – D) c) They in turn scotched every prospects that
Explanation: a) – Replace ‗level‘ with he had in advancing in his job.
‗levels‘ in sentence first. d) As they say in baseball, three strikes and
b) – Replace ‗hard‘ with ‗hardly‘ you are out.
A) Only a
 a) Bahá‘ís work with small groups of B) Only a & b
children with the aim of consolidating their C) Only b & c
moral character, D) Only a & d
b) A series of study materials have also been E) No Error

Answer & Explanation instead of ‗speak‘ because given sentence is

Answer – D) from past tense.
Explanation: b) – Replace ‗became‘ with b) – Replace ‗way‘ with ‗ways‘ with some.
‗become‘.Had + V3rd.
c) – it should be ‗prospect‘ instead of  a) The government also seem to have
‗prospects‘. missed out on the concept of ‗change
management‘.
 a) Little wonder then that the government b) That if not all of us, then many of we,
went into defensive mode, calling out have a little Weinstein bobbing inside of us.
naysayers and pessimists. c) Sexual harassment rides on the most
b) It will also be concerne about the self- basic, and the most base, of human instincts.
fulfilling nature of economic pessimism. d) India is one of the few countries with
c) If everyone believes times are bad, hunger data in NSSO surveys.
tightens their purse strings and reduces A) Only a
spending, then the economy does indeed go B) Only a & b
down. C) Only b & c
d) In a worst-case scenario, this could turn D) Only c & d

in Despair 2018. E) No Error
B) Only a & c Answer – D)
C) Only b & c Explanation: a) – Replace ‗seem‘ with
D) Only c & d ‗seems‘
E) No Error b) – Replace ‗we‘ with ‗us‘.
Answer – B)  a) Many feels embarrassed by such a low
Explanation: b) – It should be ‗ concerned‘ hunger ratio.
instead of ‗ concern‘.present tense + s/es b) Besides, huge subsidies to two-third of
d) – Replace ‗in‘ with ‗into (into Despair)‘. the population look unwarranted if only 2%
are hungry.
 a) He returned to India, where he speak to c) Additional income was used not for more
a friend, as straight-laced a man as a man calories but to switch to superior foods and
can be. non-food items.
b) His energy, zeal, hard work and belief in d) Clearly the poor have priorities other than
India continues to be inspiring in some way. calories.
c) A lot of black money holders have done A) Only a
business for decades in a culture of tax B) Only a & b
evasion. C) Only b & c
d) Nobody wants to grow or take big risks in D) Only c & d
an atmosphere of fear. E) No Error
C) Only b & c Explanation: a) – It should be ‗feel‘ instead
D) Only c & d of ‗feels‘.
E) No Error b) – it should be ‗two-thirds‘ instead of
Answer & Explanation ‗two-third‘
Answer – D)
Explanation: a) – It should be ‗spoke‘

 a) To insist that their reported and Answer – 1)

demonstrated lack of hunger is illusory is Explanation: The
patronising elitism. judgment systematically demolishes
b) Many studies show that mechanization
has greatly reduced calorie requirements.  1) Even if what was stated in the
c) To insist that their reported and 2) conference was to crude,
demonstrated lack of hunger is illusory is 3) it opened the door
patronising elitism. 4) for salacious possibilities.
d) Many studies show that mechanization 5) No error
has greatly reduced calorie requirements. Answer & Explanation
A) Only a Answer – 2)
B) Only a & b Explanation: conference was too crude,
C) Only b & c
D) Only c & d  1) The assertion that the ‗father was as
E) No Error characterless as
2) the daughter‘ is reprehensible at so many
level, but
Answer – E)
3) once somebody said that, it made

everything else,
All given sentences are correct.
4) however bizarre, feel less over the top.
 a) Instead of walking for miles, people 5) No error
now cycle or take buses. Answer & Explanation
b) whatever the exaggerations, surely there Answer – 2)
are genuine problems to. Explanation: the daughter‘ is reprehensible
c) Again, many studies reveal discrimination at so many levels, but..
against women, especially female children, Many + Plural verb/noun
on food and health spending.
d) The answer is better sanitation rather than  1) Technology is obviously more
more food subsidies. 2) profitable but surprisingly
A) Only a 3) even government hospitals
B) Only a & d 4) succumb to these lure.
C) Only b & c 5) No error
D) Only c & d Answer & Explanation
E) No Error Answer – 4)
Explanation: succumb to these lures.
Answer – B) It should be lures with these.
Explanation: b) – Replace ‗to‘ with ‗too‘  1) The aim is for death to occur at
c) – Replace ‗on‘ with ‗in‘ 2) home or in surroundings of
 3) one‘s choice, with
1) The judgment systematic demolishes 4) minimal or no discomfort.
2) every element of the case, and 5) No error
3) it is important to tune in to Answer & Explanation
4) the kind of language it uses. Answer – 5)
5) No error Explanation: No error

 1) Many Indian hospitals now provide  1) The fact that there so many disparate
2) quality of care comparable to 2) clues to construct fanciful narrative
3) the best in the world, and 3) around, made this is an exercise
4) ICU standard are quite uniform. 4) in imagination for so many.
Explanation: ICU standards are quite Explanation: clues to construct
uniform. fanciful narratives
It should be standards because given
sentence is talking about more than one ICU 
of many hospitals. 1) She was far more connected
2) to our classical Sanskrit civilisation
 1) My vast experience do make me 3) in which kama means
2) understand that it is very important 4) both desires and pleasure.
3) to do things based on how they want 5) No error
4) to go about their studies. Answer & Explanation

5) No error Answer – 4)
Answer & Explanation Explanation: both desire and pleasure.
Answer – 1)
Explanation: My vast  1) My grandmother drew a distinction
experience does make me between
It should be does instead of do with my 2) sensory and intellectual pleasures and
(pronoun). 3) she was a devotee of the latter —
especially the
 1) The fact that there so many disparate 4) delights of reading, thought, and beauty.
2) clues to construct fanciful narratives 5) No error
3) around, made this is an exercise Answer & Explanation
4) in imagination for so many. Answer – 2)
5) No error Explanation: sensory and
Answer & Explanation intellectual pleasure and
Answer – 5)
Explanation: No error  1) With good common sense,
2) she believed that physical
 1) The loss of a compass, the dilution of 3) pleasures were also a
certitudes 4) necessary part of the human life.
2) about the way in which we lead our lives, 5) No error
is a possible explanation Answer & Explanation
3) of why we were so open to believing Answer – 5)
something that Explanation: No error
4) is at a fundamental human level, so
unpalatable.  1) What was bad was excessives
5) No error 2) indulgence, not the pleasure
Answer & Explanation 3) itself, which as Aristotle says,
Answer – 2) 4) is essential to the good life.
Explanation: about the ways in which we 5) No error
lead our lives, is a possible explanation Answer & Explanation


Explanation: What was bad was excessive Answer – 2)
Explanation: with success
 1) When India embark this year on the and credibility backing
2) goods and services tax, the most sensible
3) tax reform in our history, the commissar  1) The UN Commissioner of Human
4) mentality of the licence raj reasserted 2) Rights has lent its voice to the
itself. 3) charge that Myanmar forces are
5) No error conducting
Answer & Explanation 4) an ethnic cleansing of the Rakhine state.
Explanation: When India embarked this Answer & Explanation
year on the Answer – 1)
Explanation: The UN
 1) One brave woman ready to risk it all Commissioner for Human
and expose
2) those vile and violent men who, for  1) In a recent meeting with the US
decades,

2) ambassador, the Myanmar army chief
3) have been shamelessly exploiting its 3) said Rohingyas were not natives of
positions Myanmar
4) to demean women in every conceivable 4) and the numbers of those displaced are
way. exaggerated.
Explanation: have been shamelessly Explanation: No error
exploiting their positions

 1) As a former editor of a popular film 1) If the endearingly named Sprocket
magazine, pocket-size printer,
2) I used to hear gory stories about any of 2) were alive, you can almost imagine a
the sprightly impish
3) biggest names in Bollywood, and the 3) creature leaping out of your bag and
ghastly games performing
4) they played with leading ladies they 4) a bunch of silly stunts all over the room.
fancied. 5) No error.
Answer – 2) Explanation: No error.
Explanation: I used to hear gory stories
about some of the  1) Retro has gone geek, with board-game
2) creator reinvent or tweaking old
 1) All it takes is one gutsy actress, 3) favourites to make them relevant
2) with success and credibile backing 4) and appeal to a new, young player.
3) her, to open her mouth and nail 5) No error.
4) a serial offender in Bollywood. Answer & Explanation
5) No error

Answer – 2)  1) In normal cell, the amount of

Explanation: creators reinventing or 2) TrxR enzyme is very little and
tweaking old 3) hence the FRET mechanism is not
4) eliminated, resulting in yellow emission.
 1) Since visible light cannot penetrate 5) No error.
2) human tissue, the potential application Answer & Explanation
3) of that technique may be during Answer – 1)
4) surgery to know tumour spread. Explanation: In normal cells, the amount of
5) No error.
Answer & Explanation  1) In the case of the latter two,
Answer – 3) 2) the creators used crowdfunding platform
Explanation: of this technique may be 3) Kickstarter to fund their endeavour,
during proving
4) that the boards and cards are here to stay.
 1) In its newly revamp version, traditional 5) No error.
2) bank notes that were carefully collected, Answer & Explanation
3) counted and categorised, have been Answer – 5)
4) replaced by debit cards and swipe

Explanation: No error.
machines.
5) No error.  1) Fly me to the moon, let me play
Answer & Explanation between
Answer – 1) 2) the stars, let me see what spring is
Explanation: In its 3) like, on Jupiter and Mars‖ sang
newly revamped version, traditional 4) Frank Sinatra sixty years ago.
5) No error.
 1) The interaction with the game is still Answer & Explanation
2) very tactile thanks to the board set-on Answer – 1)
3) and the probability-oriented environment Explanation: Fly me to the moon, let me
of play among
4) rolling the die, all of which remains
unchanged.  1) The interaction with the game is still
5) No error. very
Answer & Explanation 2) tactile thanks to the board set-up and the
Answer – 2) 3) probability-oriented environment of roll
Explanation: very tactile thanks to the 4) the die, all of which remains unchanged.
board set-up 5) No error.
 1) The most important thing is Answer – 3)
2) that it is programme in a way Explanation: probability-oriented
3) so that the chess pieces don‘t environment of rolling
4) collide during automatic movements.
5) No error. 
Answer & Explanation 1) The apex court asked the official
Answer – 2) 2) liquidator to go ahead with the
Explanation: that it is programmed in a 3) auctioning process over the direct
way 4) supervision of the company judge.
5) No error

Answer & Explanation  1) This is critical as parts and sub-

Answer – 3) assemblies
Explanation: auctioning process under the 2) of such product are manufactured in
direct many
3) countries and delay in shipment at one
 1) The top court was hearing SEBI‘s plea port
2) seeking contempt action against the 4) disrupts manufacturing schedule in
3) Sahara group for allegedly obstructing another country.
4) the auctioning process of Aamby Valley. 5) No error
Answer – 5) Explanation: of such products are
Explanation: No error manufactured in many
 1) The needle of suspicion initial moved  1) The platform should allow exporter to
2) towards 45-year- old Hemraj, who had file all
gone 2) information/documents online doing

3) missing, but his body was recovered from away with the
4) the terrace of the house two days later. 3) need to deal with customs, DGFT,
5) No error shipping companies,
Answer & Explanation 4) sea and air ports, and banks separately.
Explanation: The needle of Answer & Explanation
suspicion initially moved Answer – 1)
Explanation: The platform should
 1) ―Given the magnitude of this allow exporters to file all
2) task, it is necessary that
3) the entire country works unitedly  1) Selvaraj admitted that production of
4) and is in the same page. green
5) No error 2) cracker emitting less or no smoke would
Answer & Explanation be
Answer – 4) 3) a challenging task, but said the industry
Explanation: and is on the same page. 4) was willing to explore alternatives.
5) No error
 1) Once the tunnel for the Metro is dug Answer & Explanation
under the premises, Answer – 2)
2) the magnetic circuits will be breach and Explanation: crackers emitting less or no
the negative smoke would be
3) forces of physical and spiritual pollution
will attack  1) India needs to redesign its quality
4) the holy fires with full force, thus 2) infrastructure to help firms move to
diminishing their spiritual powers. 3) higher quality standards and protect
5) No error 4) the country from substandard imports.
Answer & Explanation 5) No error
Explanation: the magnetic circuits will Answer – 5)
be breached and the negative Explanation: No error

 1) Consider India‘s advanced R&D Answer – 3)

capabilities, Explanation: emerging nations, but in
2) diversify manufacturing skill set and recent months
3) extensive vendor base, and a trillion
dollar  1) For a country with a history of mass
4) export turnover is a target within reach. 2) shootings and a primary target of
5) No error 3) international terror groups,
Answer & Explanation 4) the debate is an important one.
Explanation: diversified manufacturing Answer & Explanation
skill set and Answer – 5)
Explanation: No error

1) Imports have surged to  1) its implications for private schools,
2) to meet consumer demand, 2) which are obligated with 25%
3) widening the trade deficit 3) reservations by reimbursements below
4) and cutting onto GDP growth. 4) the average cost, are serious.
5) No error

5) No error
Explanation: and cutting into GDP growth. Explanation: reservations with reimbursem
ents below
 1) There are much reforms
2) that India could carry  1) In emphasising infrastructure and
3) out to become more 2) teacher-student ratio while omitting
4) competitive in manufacturing. 3) any consideration of learning outcome
5) No error 4) its priorities are misplaced.
5) No error
Explanation: There are many reforms Answer – 3)
Explanation: any consideration of
 1) That might be enough to push India learning outcomes
2) back into sync with the world,
3) hopefully while it is still enjoying  1) I had participated in the Rajya Sabha
4) this synchronise global recovery. 2) debate in July 2009 when this Bill
5) No error 3) have come up for consideration,
4) expressing serious concerns.
Explanation: this synchronised global Answer & Explanation
recovery. Answer – 3)
Explanation: had come up for
 1) For decades India‘s economic fortunes consideration,
2) ebbed and flowed with other
3) emerging nation, but in recent months  1) He cited our total disregard for rules
4) it seems to have become unmoored. 2) on planes, but the situation on the
5) No error 3) street is scarier: we trample over

4) ourselves, and others, on a daily basis. 4) so that it becomes a reality.

Explanation: No error Explanation: The yogic view sees sankalp
as resolve
 1) The yogic view see sankalp as resolve
2) or promise to oneself, embedded in the
3) subconscious mind, repeated frequently

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