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Direction (1-5): In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no replacement is needed, mark (E) as your answer.
1) The erosion of democracy in the US, led upon a downtrodden president, emboldened by his white supremacist base, will have both domestic and geopolitical consequences
A.led upon a defeated president
B.led by a defeated president
C.led into a defeated president
D.led on a defeated president
E.No correction required
2) January 6 will be remembered as a black and bleak day in the annals of the history of the United States (US), when the world’s oldest and most powerful democracy allowed its legislative heart.
A.as on black and bleak day
B.as upon black and bleak day
C.as against black and bleak day
D.as such black and bleak day
E.No correction required
3) This tragic turn of events in what could have been an arranged transfer of governance in a democracy has resulted in four deaths.
A.should has been an arranged
B.should had been an arranged
C.could had been an arranged
D.should have been an orderly
E.No correction required
4) The fact that this mass protest was announced days in advance and that the high-touted security procedure of the US capital and the over-protected legislature allowed this violence to unspool.
A.that the highly-touted security practice
B.that the mighty-touted security system
C.that the much-touted security system
D.though the much-touted guarding system
E.No correction required
5) However, to the credit of the US political ecosystem and its inherent resilience, the commitment and both constitutional principles and rule of law was reiterated by the US Congress within hours of the deplorable attack.
A.the commitment on both the constitutional principles
B.the commitment towards both constitutional principles
C.the commitment to both constitutional principles
D.the commitment while both constitutional principles
E.No correction required
Direction (6-10): In each question, a sentence is given with two/three phrases printed in bold.The bold phrases may or may not be grammatically correct. If the phrases are incorrect, find replacement for them from the options. If the phrases are correct, mark “no improvement” as your answer.
6) The full report of the NSO’s survey for ‘Household Social Consumption on Education in India’, for July 2017-June 2018, highlight the poor state of computerand Internet access in several State.
A.the NSO’s survey for ‘Household Social Consumption on Education in India’; no improvement
B.No improvement; highlights the poor state of computer
C.the NSO’s survey of ‘Household Social Consumption on Education in India’; highlights the poor state of computer
D.the NSO’s survey in ‘Household Social Consumption on Education in India’; no improvement
E.no improvement; no improvement
7) The killing of eight policeman by a criminal gang in Kanpur of Uttar Pradesh bear the violent signature of a dysfunctional society and an alarming emaciation of governance in India’s most popular state.
A.the murder of eight policeman; no improvement; governance in india’s most populous state.
B.no improvement; bears the violent signature; correct.
C.the killing of eight policemen; bears the violent signature of; governance in india’s most populous state.
D.no improvement; no improvement; governance in india’s most populous state.
E.no improvement; no improvement; no improvement
8) The digital chasm that separates the privileged from the deprived remains unbridgedyears after the broadband policy of 2004, and its effects are painful evidentduring the pandemic as students struggle to log on to online classes.
A.no improvement; its effects are painfully evident
B.remained unbridged; its effects are painfully evident
C.remained unbridged; no improvement
D.remain unbridged; no improvement
E.no improvement; no improvement
9) Straddling the worlds of government contracts, politics and crime, the gangster Vikas Dubey is emblematic of the nexus between politics and crime in many parts of the country.
A.no improvement; emblematic to; no improvement.
B.no improvement; emblematic for; nexus among.
C.no improvement; no improvement; nexus amongst.
D.straddle the worlds of; no improvement; no improvement
E.no improvement; no improvement; no improvement
10) Mapping the needs of each district based on the NSO data will help to identify areas where children do need equipment and connectivity.
A.no improvement; help to identify area
B.based in the NSO data; help identify areas
C.no improvement; help identify areas
D.no improvement; help identified areas
E.No improvement; no improvement; no improvement
Answers :
1) Answer: B
The original sentence is incorrect.
Reason: There are two errors in the bold phrase.
1st. Instead of ‘led upon’, the Prepositional Phrase. ‘led by’ should be used here.
2nd. In the sentence, the writer refers to the subject ‘downtrodden’ and not the adjective ‘defeated’. Therefore, ‘defeated’ should be used
to make it a meaningful sentence.Therefore, among the given choices option B replaces the bold part most appropriately.
The sentence after replacement becomes:
The erosion of democracy in the US, led by a defeated president, emboldened by his white supremacist base, will have both domestic and geopolitical consequences.
Therefore, option B is the correct answer choice to this question.
2) Answer: E
The original sentence is absolutely correct and needs no correction.
Therefore, option E is the correct answer choice to this question.
3) Answer: D
The original sentence is incorrect.
Reason: There are two errors in the bold phrase.
1st. As we can observe that the sentence is made up with incorrect auxillary verb `could have’, usage of past form is erroneous here.
Instead ‘should have’(because the subject is plural) should be used here.2nd. ‘arranged’ means ‘arranged or disposed in some order or
pattern’ and the word doesn’t make any sense in the context of the sentence. Instead the adjective ‘orderly’ that means ‘characterized by or observant of law, rule, or discipline’ should be used here.
Therefore, among the given choices option D replaces the bold part most appropriately.
The sentence after replacement becomes:
This tragic turn of events in what should have been an orderly transfer of governance in a democracy has resulted in four deaths.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer choice to this question.
4) Answer: C
The original sentence is incorrect.
Reason: There are two errors in the bold phrase.
1st. The phrase ‘high-touted’ and not ‘much-touted’ is used to denote a phrase extravagantly. Therefore, ‘high-touted’ must be replaced by
‘much-touted’ here.2nd. As the adjective ‘security procedure’ is used in its plural form, it’s clear that the subject has to be plural too.
Therefore, the noun ‘security’ must be accompanied by ‘system’ here.Therefore, among the given choices option C replaces the bold part
most appropriately.The sentence after replacement becomes:
\The fact that this mass protest was announced days in advance and that the much-touted security system of the US capital and the
over-protected legislature allowed this violence to unspool Therefore, option C is the correct answer choice to this question.
5) Answer: C
The original sentence is erroneous.
Reason: The sentence implies a contradiction of thoughts and therefore usage of ‘and’ as a conjunction is absurd here. Instead, a
conjuction that implies the same context should have been used, however a preposition connecting two parts of the phrase is moreappropriate.
Among the given choices, only option C replaces the given bold part most appropriately.
The sentence after replacement becomes:
However, to the credit of the US political ecosystem and its inherent resilience, the commitment to both constitutional principles and
rule of law was reiterated by the US Congress within hours of the deplorable attack.Therefore, option C is the correct answer choice to this question.
6) Answer: C
In the first bold phrase, “for” should be replaced with “of” as here we need possessive case.
In the 2nd bold phrase, “highlight” should be replaced with “highlights” as the subject “report” is singular.
Hence, (c) is correct.
7) Answer: C
The 1st bold phrase is incorrect as after plural quantity (“eight”) a plural noun (“policemen”) should be used. Correct phrase: “The killing of eight policemen”
The 2nd bold phrase is incorrect as with a singular subject (“killing”) V5(“bears”) should be used. Correct phrase: “bears the violent signature of”.
The 3rd bold phrase is in correct as the word “popular” is contextually wrong here, it should be replaced with “populous” (densely populated). Correct phrase: “governance in India’s most populous state.”
All the three correct phrases are present in option C.
8) Answer: A
The 1st bold phrase is correct.
In the 2nd bold phrase, “painful” should be replaced with “painfully” as an adverb should be used before the adjective “evident”.
Hence, (a) is correct.
9) Answer: E
All the bold phrases are correct.
After “emblematic” we should use “of”. Emblematic of- symbolic of.
“among”, “amongst” are used in case of “more than two”.
Hence, (e) is correct.
10) Answer: C
The 1st bold phrase is correct.
In the 2nd bold phrase, “to” should be omitted as after “help” bare infinitive (only V1 without “to) should be used.
Hence (c) is correct.
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