1.
a) Pollution is common in New Delhi, which is a frequent cause of school cancellations and traffic accidents especially in the winter months.
b) Pollution is common in New Delhi, which is a frequent cause of school cancellations and traffic accidents in the winter months especially.
c) Pollution, which is common in New Delhi, is a frequent cause of school cancellations and traffic accidents in the winter months.
d) Pollution is common in New Delhi, which is a frequent cause of school cancellations and traffic accidents in the winter months.
e) Pollution is common in New Delhi, where residents frequently face school cancellations and traffic accidents in the winter months
Answer : E
2.
a) Having completed the technical inspection, the machine was found to be in perfect order.
b) Having completed the technical inspection, the engineer found the machine to be in perfect order.
c) Having completed the inspection technically, the machine is found to be in perfect order.
d) Having completed the mechanical inspection, the engineer was found to be in perfect order.
e) Having completed the inspection mechanically, the machine was found to be in perfect order.
Answer : B
3.
a) The psychologist reported that the most common problems undergraduates experience stem from a lack of self-esteem, difficulty in adjusting to university life and loneliness.
b) The psychologist reported that the most common problems undergraduates experienced stemmed from a lack of self-esteem, difficulty in adjusting to university life and loneliness
c) The psychologist reported that the most common problems undergraduates experience stem from loneliness, a lack of selfesteem, and difficulty in adjusting to university life
d) The psychologist reported that the most common problem undergraduates have experienced stems from a lack of self-esteem, loneliness, and difficulty in adjusting to university life
e) The psychologist reported that the most common problems undergraduates had experienced stem from difficulty in adjusting to university life, lack of selfesteem, and loneliness
Answer : C
4.
a) In archeological terms the university was a latecomer to the town, which was already centuries old by the time we first hear of the establishment of a community of scholars and teachers in the late 12th Century.
b) In archeological terms the university was a latecomer to the town, already centuries old by the time we first hear of its establishment of a community of scholars and teachers in the late 12th Century.
c) In archeological terms the university was a latecomer to the town, which was centuries old already when we first hear of the establishment of a community of scholars and teachers in the late 12th Century.
d) In archeological terms the university was a latecomer to the town, that was already centuries old by the time we first are hearing of the establishing of a community of scholars and teachers in the late 12th Century.
e) In archeological terms the university was a latecomer to the town, that was already centuries old by the time we first hear that they had established a community of scholars and teachers in the late 12th Century
Answer : A
5.
a) A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tales, becomes distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
b) A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tales, became distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
c) A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tales, become distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
d) A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tales, become distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
e) A classic such as Cinderella, or other similar fairy tale, become distorted from its original, and sometimes less than positive, story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption.
Answer : C
Directions (Q.No.6-10): Five sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Four sentences are logically connected; one sentence is out of the context. Find the odd sentence.
6.
a) I am particularly optimistic about the potential for technological innovation to improve the lives of the poorest people in the world.
b) Companies are then willing to make the investments required to build new systems, and customers are able to accept the transition costs of adopting new behaviours.
c) But I believe that a realistic appraisal of the human condition compels an optimistic worldview.
d) Usually, ‘optimism’ and ‘realism’ are used to describe two different outlooks on life.
e) Though they are different outlooks they have some connectivity.
Answer : B
7.
a) In general, it is fair to say that these activities are performed more efficiently as a result.
b) Many activities that were previously performed ‘for free’ such as home maintenance, and care for the sick and elderly, are now frequently outsourced and counted as economic output.
c) People whose skills are worth, say, $50 per hour spend more of their time earning $50, rather than performing chores ‘worth’ $10 or $20 per hour.
d) But many individuals, most of the time, go online without any interest in buying something.
e) Everything comes at a cost and any facility can be availed by paying.
Answer : D
8.
a) In these centuries, there were important advances in the aesthetics of nature, including the emergence of the concepts of disinterestedness and the picturesque, as well as the introduction of the idea of positive aesthetics.
b) Although environmental aesthetics has developed as a subfield of philosophical aesthetics only in the last 40 years, it has historical roots in eighteenth and nineteenth-century aesthetics.
c) Thus, by the end of the eighteenth century, there were three clearly distinct ideas each focusing on different aspects of nature’s diverse and often contrasting moods.
d) These notions continue to play a role in contemporary work in environmental aesthetics, especially in the context of its relationship to environmentalism.
e) Understanding the aesthetics of nature assists in addressing the issues troubling the environment.
Answer : C
9.
a) Drugs with serious adverse safety profiles are used to treat potentially fatal conditions – including various forms of cancer, inflammatory arthritis, and HIV – because they ultimately help more than they hurt.
b) Moreover, drug safety is a leading factor in determining how medicines are regulated.
c) Rather than assess a medicine’s safety in isolation, its adverse effects must be considered in relation to its efficacy.
d) Modern medicines have been a great source of relief in fighting many deadly diseases.
e) In other words, a benefit-risk balance must be struck.
Answer : B
10.
a) Reputed newspapers appoint well informed journalists for their news coverage.
b) Doctors should always abide by their professional ethics.
c) For a healthy functioning of the judiciary lawyers should be more professional in their outlook.
d) Every citizen should abide by the laws of his country.
e) Teachers are live role models for students.
Answer : D
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