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Directions (1-10): In the sentences given below, the parts marked a), b), c) and d) may contain errors. Choose the part which is error-free. If the sentence is error free, choose e) no error.
1) Last time when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared in a video, (a)/ the Islamic State (IS) was at the pinnacle of its glory. (b)/ He was seen in the pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, (c)/ Iraq’s second largest city, after the IS declared a new “Caliphate.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
2) Almost five years later, he reappeared in another video,(a)/ released by al-Furqan, part of the IS media cell, on April 29 at a time (b)/ when the IS was practically on the run. In the 18-minute video, he was seeing sitting cross-legged (c)/ on the floor of a room talking to a few followers, with a Kalashnikov leaning against the wall in the background.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a, b, d
e) no error
3) The CBI have sought his custodial interrogation and (a)/ claimed that he responded either evasive (b)/ or arrogantly during an apex court-ordered questioning(c)/ in Shillong recently. It said his arrest was being required. (d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
4) Meera Selva, Director of the journalism fellowship (a)/ program at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, explains (b)/ that Sri Lanka has a “long history of censoring the press, by killing journalists,(c)/ blocking websites and using draconian laws to fine and imprison reporters”. (d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
5) Mr. Mnuchin expressed hope on April 29 (a)/ the latest talks will make enough progress so that (b)/ U.S. officials can recommend to President (c)/ Donald Trump whether to making a deal with Beijing.(d)
a) a and b
b) a, b, c
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
6) This is not the first time the IS had (a)/ using the crusade imagery. In the IS (b)/ literature, the Westerner have (c)/ always being called crusaders.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
7) In the five years since his Mosul appearance, the IS has lost (a)/ almost all territories it had captured. The remains of the al-Nuri Mosque,(b)/ from where Baghdadi gave the sermons, are now with the Iraqi government. Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS, is (c)/ controlled by Kurdish militias with help from the U.S. A month ago, the IS lost Baghouz, the last slicing of territory it had in Syria, to Kurdish militants. (d)
a) a, b, and c
b) only b
c) only a
d) a and d
e) no error
8) She draws our attention to the fact that the country’s (a)/ media remains largely divided by language and geography. She points out that (b)/ there are no outlets that are used and trusted equally by the Sinhala-speaking majority(c)/ in the south and west, and the Tamil-speaking minority in the north and east.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
9) U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he(a)/ hopes for “substantial progress” in talks with(b)/ Chinese officials aimed of ending a tariff war over(c)/ Beijing’s technology ambitions.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a , b and d
e) no error
10) Banning social media is a easy option,(a)/ indeed a lazy one, that leave no (b)/ room for innovative(c)/ approaches on crisis management.(d)
a) a and b
b) only b
c) only c
d) a and d
e) no error
Answers :
Directions (1-10):
1) Answer: e)
The sentence is error-free and grammatically correct.
2) Answer: d)
Use ‘seen’ instead of ‘seeing’ in part c of the sentence.
3) Answer: c)
Use ‘has’ for a single entity.
Use ‘evasively’ instead of ‘evasive’.
Use only ‘was ‘ instead of ‘was being’.
4) Answer: e)
The sentence is error-free and grammatically correct.
5) Answer: b)
Use ‘to make’ instead of ‘to making’ here.
6) Answer: b)
Use ‘is’ instead of ‘had’ as it is a present continuous tense.
Use ‘westerners’ since you are referring to crusaders.
Use ‘been’ instead of ‘being’.
7) Answer: a)
It should be– last slice, and not last slicing. So only part d contains error.
8) Answer: e)
The sentence is error-free and grammatically correct.
9) Answer: d)
Use ‘at’ instead of ‘of’ as the suitable preposition.
10) Answer: c)
Use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’.
Use ‘leaves’ for a single entity.
Use ‘in’ as the suitable preposition instead of ‘on’.
