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Directions (1-10): Find out the error(s) if any, in each of the following sentences and choose the correct option.
1) The Taliban’s intransigence has darkened (A)/the prospects of peace. The talks between Taliban representatives (B)/ and Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative, (C)/ are primarily focus on withdrawing foreign troops from Afghanistan.(D)
a) Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
2) The U.S., which is in talks with the Taliban,(A)/ should not overlook the interests of Kabul. (B)/ It must put pressure on the Taliban to cease hostilities (C)/ and engage with Mr. Ghani’s government. (D)
a) Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
3) Catastrophic erosion of ecosystems is being driven (A)/ by unsustainable use of land and water, direct harvesting of species,(B)/ climate change, pollution and release (C)/ of alien plants and animals in new habitats. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
4) If the world continues to pursue the (A)/ current model for economic growth without (B)/ factoring in environmental costs, one million (C)/ species could go extinct, many in a matter of decades. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B only
e) No error
5) The result of such skewed policies, as the (A)/ IPBES estimates, is that the global rate of species extinction is at least (B)/ tens to hundreds of times higher today than the average (C)/ rate over the past 10 million years, and it is accelerating alarmingly.(D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
6) Ecological economists have for years point to the (A)/extreme harm that humanity as a whole is courting by modifying terrestrial, (B)/ marine and freshwater ecosystems to suit immediate needs, such raising (C)/ agricultural and food output and extracting materials that aid ever-increasing consumption. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
7) The fact that a special law to deal with sexual harassment (A)/ at the workplace is in force through 2013 appears to have made no difference. (B)/ The court could not bring itself, even in the interest of appearing fair, to adopt a (C)/ formal procedure or allow the complainant to have legal representation. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) Only B
d) B and D
e) No error
8) The manner in which the court dealt with (A)/ the complaint on the administrative side has been less than fair. It is (B)/ true that the in-house procedure devised in 1999 (C)/ envisages only a committee of three judges to deal with allegations against serving Supreme Court judges. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
9) All that is known is that she was heard, (A)/ and questioned, for two sittings. She later (B)/ withdrawn from the enquiry, saying she was denied the help of a lawyer or (C)/ a representative, that she found the questions from a panel of three sitting Supreme Court judges quite intimidating.(D)
a)Only A
b) B and C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
10) For all its judicial homilies on fairness, when it comes (A)/ on dealing with its own the Supreme Court has come across as a prisoner (B)/ of procedure and displayed an alarming propensity to mix(C)/ up its institutional reputation with an individual interest. (D)
a)Only A
b) Only C
c) A and C
d) B and D
e) No error
Answers:
Directions (1-10):
1) Answer: d)
B and D
It should be prospects ‘for’ peace instead of prospects ‘of’ peace.
Use ‘focussed’ instead of ‘focus’ as the correct form of tense.
2) Answer: e)
No error
The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
3) Answer: e)
No error
The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
4) Answer: d)
B only
The correct form of preposition should be- current model ‘of’ economic growth instead of current model ‘for’ economic growth.
5) Answer: e)
No error
The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
6) Answer: c)
A and C
Use ‘pointed’ as the correct form of tense, instead of ‘point’.
Use ‘such as’ instead of ‘such’.
7) Answer: c)
Only B
Use ‘since’, instead of ‘through’ in part B of the sentence, because a time frame is considered for the event that is still continuing.
8) Answer: e)
No error
The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct.
9) Answer: b)
B and C
Use ‘at’ as the correct form of preposition, instead of ‘for’.
Use ‘withdrew’ as the correct form of tense instead of withdrawn.
10) Answer: d)
B and D
Use ‘to’ as the correct form of preposition, instead of ‘on’.
Use apostrophe- individual’s interest instead of individual interest.
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