Mixed English Questions for Upcoming exams — Set 114

Directions (1-5): In each of the following sentences, find if any part of the sentence (1), (2), (3) or (4) contains error. If there is no error mark “No Error” as you answer.

1. Traditionally, the major reason for CPI inflation(1)/ being higher than WPI inflation (2)/ has been that food articles (3)/ had a higher weight in CPI than WPI(4).A) (1)
   B) (2)
   C) (3)
   D) (4)
   E) NE
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: insert ‘in’ before ‘WPI’
   
2. India is at the threshhold of becoming an economy (1)/ superpower and it is critical for all of us (2)/ to participate in this progress and contribute (3)/ towards transforming India’s socio-economic landscape(4).
   A) (1)
   B) (2)
   C) (3)
   D) (4)
   E) NE
   
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      Option A
   Explanation: replace economy’ with ‘ economic’
   
3. I am confident that the govt.’s effort(1)/ to enforce ey reforms and revive industrial sentiment will be pivotal (2)/ in achieving short and medium term wins (3)/ during the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament(4).
   A) (1)
   B) (2)
   C) (3)
   D) (4)
   E) NE
   
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      Option E
   Explanation: No Error
   
4. The Germans pulled down (1)/ the gauntlet before (2)/ the French, who (3)/ readily took it up(4).
   A) (1)
   B) (2)
   C) (3)
   D) (4)
   E) NE
   
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      Option A
   Explanation: pulled = threw
   
5. When one is trying to swim (1)/ one must keep (2)/ his mouth (3)/ above water(4).
   A) (1)
   B) (2)
   C) (3)
   D) (4)
   E) NE
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: his = one’s
   

Directions(6-10): Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.

6. The central bank’s concern over the external environment is valid, as is its __ to aloow a gentle __ of the rupee and shut out volatility.A) appetite, backup
   B) inclination, depreciation
   C) prefrence, push
   D) susceptibility, pull
   E) impulse, reduction
   
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      Option B
7. Television can be a great democratic __, but is can also be an electoral__ at least if good sense and the rules are ignored.
   A) authority, assistance
   B) medium, facility
   C) source, support
   D) enabler, impediment
   E) instrument, bottleneck
   
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      Option D
8. With heavy rains causing __ in Chennai, HDFC has decided to __ off any penalty on its home loan customers impacted by the rains for any delay in EMIpayments for last month.
   A) Catastrophe, see
   B) calamity, lay
   C) flood, put
   D) havoc, waive
   E) disorder, take
   
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      Option D
9. The Himanchal High Court dismissed a __ of petition file against setting up of mobile towers on heath grounds saying there is no __ to suggest that emission from mobile tower constitute a health hazard.
   A)  group, significance
   B) clutch, evidence
   C) set, witness
   D) bunch, contradiction
   E) number, mark
   
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      Option B
10. California was one of the first states to __ such a  systems in 1980s after the first alarm were __ about deteriorating quality in L.A.
    A) implement , raised
    B) apply, rang
    C) launch, constructed
    D) start, sounded
    E) begin, tuned
    
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       Option A

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