English: Sentence Corrections Set 76 (SBI PO Mains Pattern)

Direction (1-10): In each question given below a sentence is given and is divided into three parts a, b and c. For each part a correction statement is also given. You have to determine which part requires correction and mark it as your answer.

1. The Akali Dal government of Punjab proposed a similar law for defiling the Guru Granth Sahib, / in the wake of repeatedly incidents of deliberate attempts for incite religious fury by strewing torn pages and mangled copies of the Sikh holy book in different parts of Punjab. / The Centre had turned down the proposal on the ground that it was not secular. The present amendment incorporates the holy books of other major faiths and, so, seeks to clear the secular bar.
   a. The Akali Dal government of Punjab had proposed a similar law for defiling the Guru Granth Sahib,
   b. in the wake of repeated incidents of deliberate attempts to incite religious fury by strewing torn pages and mangled copies of the Sikh holy book in different parts of Punjab.
   c. The Centre had turned down the proposal on the grounds that it was not secular. The present amendment incorporates the holy books of other major faiths and, so, seeks to clear the secular bar.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   None of these
   Option A
   The Sentence is:- The Akali Dal government of Punjab had proposed a similar law for defiling the Guru Granth Sahib, in the wake of repeated incidents of deliberate attempts to incite religious fury by strewing torn pages and mangled copies of the Sikh holy book in different parts of Punjab. The Centre had turned down the proposal on the ground that it was not secular. The present amendment incorporates the holy books of other major faiths and, so, seeks to clear the secular bar.

    

2. He should worry, more usefully, on why the Tier II account of the National Pension System, / which offers the general public low-cost access to fund management expertise, is not open to one and all, instead of being open only to those who hold a Tier I pension account. / He worries that the Rs 25 lakh threshold for an investor is to put her money into portfolio management schemes (PMS) is too low.
   a. He should worry, more usefully, on why Tier II account of the National Pension System,
   b. which offer the general public low-cost access to fund management expertise, is not open to one and all, instead of being open only to those who hold a Tier I pension account.
   c. He worries that the Rs 25 lakh threshold for an investor to put her money into portfolio management schemes (PMS) is too low.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   None of these
   Option D
   The Sentence is:- He should worry, more usefully, on why the Tier II account of the National Pension System, which offers the general public low-cost access to fund management expertise, is not open to one and all, instead of being open only to those who hold a Tier I pension account. He worries that the Rs 25 lakh threshold for an investor to put her money into portfolio management schemes (PMS) is too low.

    

3. Of the 30 stocks in the Sensex, less than 15, or half, can boast on a sustained increase in valuation. / These include L&T, HDFC, ITC, TCS, Wipro, Reliance and so on. The largest lender, SBI, is in the red, as if is the largest private sector bank, ICICI. / The sector has been bruised by bad loans and fraud. Manufacturing companies like Tata Motors or Bajaj Auto, sputter. First-quarter corporate earnings are flat.
   a. Of the 30 stocks in the Sensex, less than 15, or half, can boast of a sustained increase in valuation.
   b. These include L&T, HDFC, ITC, TCS, Wipro, Reliance and so on. The largest lender, SBI, is in the red, as is the largest private sector bank, ICICI.
   c. The sector has been bruised under bad loans and fraud. Manufacturing companies like Tata Motors or Bajaj Auto, sputter. First-quarter corporate earnings are flat.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   None of these
   Option A
   The Sentence is:- Of the 30 stocks in the Sensex, less than 15, or half, can boast of a sustained increase in valuation. These include L&T, HDFC, ITC, TCS, Wipro, Reliance and so on. The largest lender, SBI, is in the red, as is the largest private sector bank, ICICI. The sector has been bruised by bad loans and fraud. Manufacturing companies like Tata Motors or Bajaj Auto, sputter. First-quarter corporate earnings are flat.

    

4. The controversy over accepting foreign aid for reconstruction in Kerala is best avoided. / The matter should not be seen just from the perspective of coping with flood damage. / Accepting foreign aid has implications for the country as a whole.
   a. The controversy on accepting foreign aid for reconstruction in Kerala is best avoided.
   b. The matter should just not be seen from the perspective of coping with flood damage.
   c. Accepting foreign aid had implications for the country as a whole.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only b
   None of these
   Option E
   The Sentence is:- The controversy over accepting foreign aid for reconstruction in Kerala is best avoided. The matter should not be seen just from the perspective of coping with flood damage. Accepting foreign aid has implications for the country as a whole.

    

5. For WhatsApp, India is a big market, with more than 22 crore users, / who spend 85 billion hours using the app over the last three months. / WhatsApp is preparing to monetise this huge user base through a payments app and through message delivery for businesses.
   a. For WhatsApp, India is a large market, with more than 22 crore users,
   b. who spent 85 billion hours using the app over the last three months.
   c. WhatsApp is preparing to monetise this huge user base by a payments app and through message delivery for businesses.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only b
   None of these
   Option D
   The Sentence is:- For WhatsApp, India is a big market, with more than 22 crore users, who spent 85 billion hours using the app over the last three months. WhatsApp is preparing to monetise this huge user base through a payments app and through message delivery for businesses.

    

6. People sit long hours in cars and buses without the facility of reclining seats and do not come to blew. / The average chairs in offices are also not similar equipped, but their occupants complaint little. / So what is it about airline trips, however brief, that makes passengers want to lie back and enjoy it?
   a. People sit for hours in cars and buses without the facility of reclining seats and do not come to blows.
   b. The average chairs in offices are also not similarly equipped, but their occupants complain little.
   c. So what is it over airline trips, however brief, that makes passengers want to lie back and enjoy it?
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   None of these
   Option A
   The Sentence is:- People sit for hours in cars and buses without the facility of reclining seats and do not come to blows. The average chairs in offices are also not similarly equipped, but their occupants complain little. So what is it about airline trips, however brief, that makes passengers want to lie back and enjoy it?

    

7. The separation of powers means the Supreme Court (SC) was quite right in not laying down / a law against for ministers facing criminal or corruption charges. / The norms of representative democracy implies that a person assuming a role of a legislator, or a minister appointed by a chief minister or the PM, has every right to continue in that role unless found guilty of wrongdoing in a court of law.
   a. The separation of powers mean the Supreme Court (SC) was quite right in not laying down
   b. a law against having ministers facing criminal or corruption charges.
   c. The norms of representative democracy imply that a person assuming the role of a legislator, or a minister appointed by a chief minister or the PM, has every right to continue in that role unless found guilty of wrongdoing in a court of law.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only a
   None of these
   Option B
   The Sentence is:- The separation of powers means the Supreme Court (SC) was quite right in not laying down a law against having ministers facing criminal or corruption charges. The norms of representative democracy imply that a person assuming the role of a legislator, or a minister appointed by a chief minister or the PM, has every right to continue in that role unless found guilty of wrongdoing in a court of law.

    

8. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is needlessly pushing IITs to scrap its four-year undergraduate programmes (FYUP). / Conformity with the UGC’s national policy was used as the instrument to end Delhi University’s unguided FYUP. / Now, the UGC wanted to straitjacket that national policy on the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institute of Science and some innovative private universities.
   a. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is needlessly pushing IITs to scrap their four-year undergraduate programmes (FYUP).
   b. Conformity with the UGC’s national policy was used as the instrument to end Delhi University’s misguided FYUP.
   c. Now, the UGC wants to straitjacket that national policy on the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institute of Science and some innovative private universities.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only b
   None of these
   Option E
   The Sentence is:- The University Grants Commission (UGC) is needlessly pushing IITs to scrap their four-year undergraduate programmes (FYUP). Conformity with the UGC’s national policy was used as the instrument to end Delhi University’s misguided FYUP. Now, the UGC wants to straitjacket that national policy on the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institute of Science and some innovative private universities.

    

9. There is the pressing need to overhaul and modernising production-sharing contracts (PSC) for exploration and production (E&P) of hydrocarbons, / namely crude oil and natural gas, in domestic sedimentary basins. The fiscal regime in extent PSC, with its primary focus on recovery of upstream / costs by operators of oil and gas blocks, while ideal in theory has only led to endless controversy in practice.
   a. There is the pressing need to overhaul and modernise production-sharing contracts (PSC) for exploration and production (E&P) of hydrocarbons,
   b. namely crude oil and natural gas, in domestic sedimentary basins. The fiscal regime in extant PSC, with its primary focus on recovery of upstream
   c. costs from operators of oil and gas blocks, while ideal in theory has only led to endless controversy in practice.
   Both a & b
   Both b & c
   Both c & a
   Only c
   None of these
   Option A
   The Sentence is:- There is the pressing need to overhaul and modernise production-sharing contracts (PSC) for exploration and production (E&P) of hydrocarbons, namely crude oil and natural gas, in domestic sedimentary basins. The fiscal regime in extant PSC, with its primary focus on recovery of upstream costs by operators of oil and gas blocks, while ideal in theory has only led to endless controversy in practice.

    

10. The past few weeks have seen many unceremonious exits of officials — including some right into the waiting cells of investigating agencies. / These have highlighted a few-known reality: the fungibility of government jobs. / The thousands of ‘civil service aspirants’ who despaired that the loss of a few marks’ worthy of English-biased questions would mean the difference between the coveted Indian Administrative Service and those of lesser import should rejoice therefore, that service allotments appear to be irrelevant when it comes to plum posts.
    a. The past few weeks have seen many unceremonious exits of officials — including some right in the waiting cells of investigating agencies.
    b. These have highlighted a little-known reality: the fungibility of government jobs.
    c. The thousands of ‘civil service aspirants’ who despaired that the loss of a few marks’ worth of English-biased questions would mean the difference between the coveted Indian Administrative Service and those of lesser import should rejoice therefore, that service allotments appear to be irrelevant when it comes to plum posts.
    Both a & b
    Both b & c
    Both c & a
    Only a
    None of these
    Option B
    The Sentence is:- The past few weeks have seen many unceremonious exits of officials — including some right into the waiting cells of investigating agencies. These have highlighted a little-known reality: the fungibility of government jobs. The thousands of ‘civil service aspirants’ who despaired that the loss of a few marks’ worth of English-biased questions would mean the difference between the coveted Indian Administrative Service and those of lesser import should rejoice therefore, that service allotments appear to be irrelevant when it comes to plum posts.