13/07/2021
Directions: In each of the questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts, one of which may contain an error. Identify that fragment and mark it as your answer. The words in bold are contextually and grammatically correct. Mark (E) if the sentence contains no error.
1. Forecasting for the year 2050, a UN report estimates that the percentage of urban residents in India would be 52.8 while Delhi would edge past Tokyo as the world’s more populous city by 2028.
A. Forecasting for the year 2050, a UN report estimates
B. that the percentage of urban residents in India
C. would be 52.8 while Delhi would edge past
D. Tokyo as the world’s more populous city by 2028.
E. No error
2. Small businesses, which account for a major part of the export universe, are being made to invest a disproportionate amount of time, money and resources on GST compliance.
A. Small businesses, which account for a major part
B. of the export universe, are being made to
C. invest a disproportionate amount of time,
D. money and resources on GST compliance.
E. No error
3. While farm loan waivers appear to be the popular and instant solution to calm dissent, they only provide temporary relief and do little to enchant income or prevent future distress.
A. While farm loan waivers appear to be the
B. popular and instant solution to calm dissent,
C. they only provide temporary relief and do
D. little to enchant income or prevent future distress.
E. No error
4. Sluggish rural wages and sub-normal performance of the sector refers subdued non-farm rural activity and income.
A. Sluggish rural wages and sub-normal
B. performance of the sector
C. refers subdued non-farm
D. rural activity and income.
E. No error
5. If judges are allowed to easily depart from precedence, citizens might find themselves in an impossible position, where the statement of law remains prone to the constant vagaries of human interpretation.
A. If judges are allowed to easily depart from precedence,
B. citizens might find themselves in an impossible
C. position, where the statement of law remains
D. prone to the constant vagaries of human interpretation.
E. No error
6. The Centres somewhat liberal estimate shows over 60% of about 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated daily is collected which essentially means a staggering 10,000 tonnes of trash is being released into the environment, with a lot of it going into the sea.
A. The Centres somewhat liberal estimate shows over 60% of about
B. 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated daily is collected which
C. essentially means a staggering 10,000 tonnes of trash is being
D. released into the environment, with a lot of it going into the sea.
E. No error
7. The Taliban’s announcement of a three-day ceasefire with Afghan government troops for Eid, two days after President Ashraf Ghani declared an unconditional week-long ceasefire, is a glimmer for hope for a breakthrough in the long-struggling peace process.
A. The Taliban’s announcement of a three-day ceasefire with Afghan
B. government troops for Eid, two days after President Ashraf
C. Ghani declared an unconditional week-long ceasefire, is a glimmer
D. for hope for a breakthrough in the long-struggling peace process.
E. No error
8. The World Bank has warned that the effect of the increased use of tariffs to regulate international trade could be similar as the significant drop in global trade after the financial crisis a decade ago.
A. The World Bank has warned that the effect of the
B. increased use of tariffs to regulate international
C. trade could be similar as the significant drop in
D. global trade after the financial crisis a decade ago.
E. No error
9. While the European Commission is mulling the option of imposing import duties on American goods if the trade war with the U.S. intensifies, it is not alone in waging a battle against imports from the U.S. with nations like China, Mexico and Canada following suit.
A. While the European Commission is mulling the option of imposing
B. import duties on American goods if the trade war with the U.S.
C. intensifies, it is not alone in waging a battle against imports from the
D. U.S. with nations like China, Mexico and Canada following suit.
E. No error
10. Mediation is a process of resolution of disputes by the parties to them and involves moving out of the loop of allegations and counter-allegations and assessing where interests lie in resolving the disputes.
A. Mediation is a process of resolution of
B. disputes by the parties to them and involves
C. moving out of the loop of allegations and
D. counter-allegations and assessing where
E. No error
