Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts, out of which the last part is correct. There is an error in three parts of the sentence and only one part is correct. You have to choose the correct part for your answer.
1. Deaths of a number of children due to alleged lack on/ oxygen at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital in August 2017 had created/ political furore, leading to criminal cases/ being lodge by the government against/ doctors and administrators at BRD hospital.

A. Deaths of a number of children due to alleged lack on B. oxygen at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital in August 2017 had created C. political furore, leading to criminal cases D. being lodge by the government against E. All are correct

Answer: Option B
Explanation: Lack of will be used instead of lack on. A political furore is correct as there should be an article before political here. Lodged will be replaced by lodge as passive voice is used.
2. The Egyptian government has launched a drive to/ encourages more people to study medicine and/ enter into the profession after scores had changed/ field or left to work abroad as the government tackled/ increasing debt and a budget deficit.

A. The Egyptian government has launched a drive to B. encourages more people to study medicine and C. enter into the profession after scores had changed D. field or left to work abroad as the government tackled E. All are correct

Answer: Option B
Explanation: encourage will be used instead of encourages. The sentence is in the present tense so have changed is correct. Similarly, tackles will be used.
3. Low salaries as well as lack of /job security, including abuse by patients and their/ families, are among the issues which have/ left doctors looking for an alternative/ sources of income.

A. Low salaries as well as lack of B. job security, including abuse by patients and their C. families, are among the issues which have D. left doctors looking for an alternative E. All are correct

Answer: Option E
4. The farm sector must no longer be view/ as a source of wage-goods for meet industrialization or/ inflation-targeting goals, but/ a potent instrument at raising rural incomes/ and reducing poverty.

A. The farm sector must no longer be view B. as a source of wage-goods for meet industrialization or C. inflation-targeting goals, but D. a potent instrument at raising rural incomes E. All are correct

Answer: Option C
Explanation: viewed will be used instead of view. For meeting is the correct grammar.
5. The United Nations reports that every year,/ household indoor pollution is linked/ to 3.8 million premature deaths/ around the world, mostly in/ developing countries.

A. The United Nations reports that every year, B. household indoor pollution is linked C. to 3.8 million premature deaths D. around the world, mostly in E. All are correct

Answer: Option E

Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, a sentence has been split into five parts denoted by (1),(A),(B),(C) and (D). Rearrange the parts (A),(B),(C) and (D) to make the sentence both meaningfully and grammatically correct. Of the combination of the parts (A),(B),(C) and (D) given against the sentence select the combination which makes the sentence both meaningful and grammatically correct as your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, selects “No arrangement required “ as your answer. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.
1. Developing countries have resisted A)/ coal for energy generation B)/ is needed to power industries C)/ efforts to completely stop using D)/ arguing that the cheap fuel E)

A. ABCED B. ACEDB C. ADBEC D. ABDEC E. No change required

Answer: Option C
Explanation: Developing countries have resisted efforts to completely stop using coal for energy generation, arguing that the cheap fuel is needed to power industries.
2. aggravate climate change A)/ to offset the pollution generated by livestock B) / sources of methane and ammonia that C) /which is among the largest D)/ mitigation measures are also needed E)

A. ECDBA B. EBDCA C. ABEDC D. CAEDB E. No change required

Answer: Option B
Explanation: Mitigation measures are also needed to offset the pollution generated by livestock, which is among the largest sources of methane and ammonia that aggravate climate change.
3. The Fed must decide whether to signal A) / into the foreseeable future B)/ or that it will remain “patient” and C) / that it’s leaning toward easing soon D)/ hold interest rates steady E)

A. ADBCE B. ADECB C. ADCEB D. DAEBC E. No change required

Answer: Option C
Explanation: The Fed must decide whether to signal that it’s leaning toward easing soon or that it will remain “patient” and hold interest rates steady into the foreseeable future.
4. are less water in the river in Delhi and A) / industrial effluents into it B) / two of the major causes of pollution C)/ 22 drains dumping sewage and D)/ the experts and the MC stated that E)

A. BACDE B. ECADB C. ABEDC D. EADCB E. No change required

Answer: Option B
Explanation: The experts and the MC stated that two of the major causes of pollution are less water in the river in Delhi and 22 drains dumping sewage and industrial effluents into it.
5. Industrial output rose 3.4% in April, buoyed by a A)/ generally broad-based revival that saw electricity B)/ mining and even manufacturing post faster C) /growth compared to the listless performance D)/ witnessed in the January-March period E)

A. BACDE B. ECADB C. ABEDC D. EADCB E. No change required

Answer: Option E

Directions (1-5): Choose one of the words from the given options which makes sentence incorrect such that it changes the whole meaning of the sentence.
1. Unless(A) art facilitates(B) new thoughts- and that can often come from bearing(C) up a mirror to broader(D) society, it isn’t art at all.

A. B-enables B. A-while C. D-magnanimous D. C-holding E. None of these

Answer: Option D
2. In official(A) life if an officer asks a particular sychophant(B) to do various things, it means the officer is pleased(C) with his work and places full faith(D) in him.

A. D-conviction B. A-bureaucratic C. B-subordinate D. C-satisfied E. None of these

Answer: Option C
3. The real purpose(A) of education is to draw(B) out the best that is there in thr individual. An individual has potentialities(C) that go far beyond what he thinks himself masterly(D)of.

A. C-prowess B. D-competent C. A-aim D. B-eke E. None of these

Answer: Option B
4. A man without initiative(A) sense of service and creativity(B) can be estimated(C) anything but educated(D).

A. A-verve B. C-deemed C. D-sophisticated D. B-originality E. None of these

Answer: Option B
5. We all have those purest(A) gems inside the unfathomed(B) caves of our inner being, but for want of opportunity(C) and in the absence(D) of real education those go waste

A. B-pristine B. A-unexplored C. C-chances D. D-truancy E. None of these

Answer: Option E