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Directions (110): In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a
paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of
grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the
most appropriate option.

Q1. A. In 1849, a poor Bavarianimigrantnamed Levi Strauss

B. Landed in San Francisco, California,
C. at the invitation of his brotherinlaw David Stem
D. owner of dry goods business.
E. This dry goods business would laterbecameknown as Levi Strauss & Company.
(a) B only
(b) B and C
(c) A and B
(d) A only
(e) A, B and D

Q2. A. In response to the allegations and condemnation pouring in,

B. Nike implemented comprehensive policy changes in theirlabourpolicy.
C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide oflabourconcerns,
D. from the public would become a prominent media issue,
E. Nike sought to bea industryleader in employee relations.
(a) D and E
(b) D only
(c) A and E
(d) A and D
(e) B,Cand E

Q3. A. Charges andcounterchangesmean nothing.

B. to the few million who have lost their home.
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the government
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.
E. The death counthavejust begun.
(a) A only
(b) C only
(c) A and C
(d) A, C and D
(e) D only

Q4. A. I did not know what to make of you.

B. Because youd lived in India, I associate you more with my parents than with me.
C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem so innocent and obedient when I
visited them.
D. You were not curious about me in the least.
E. Although you did make effort to meet me.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) D only
(e) A and D

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Q5. A. Relations are improving between the United States and Libya.
B. President Bush telephoned the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar elQaddafi,
C. on Monday, afterLibyahas paid about $1.5 billion
D. to State Department to clear up terrorismrelated claims
E. from bombings and hijackings during the 1980s.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) C only
(e) C and D

Q6. A. Ive hada intenseyear.

B. Due to the book launch and movie release, Ive been out there on display,
C. focusing too much on the external world.
D.Itstime to look within, get in touch withmyselfagain and create something new.
E. As part of that, I have to stop the blog, interacting with media and other events.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) C only
(e) B and C

Q7. A. Now setting up Microsoft Project Manager to work with your companys existing
B. IT infrastructure can be a complicated task.
C. Systems will have to replace to make them compatible, space has to be allocated
D. for new hardware and there are considerable cost in implementing a desirable system.
E. A data center has to be setup and your IT department has to complete all this in addition to their
normal duties.
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) B and E
(d) C only
(e) B and D

Q8. A. We are heading into an age in which jobs are

B. likely to be invented and made obsolete faster and faster.
C. The chances of todays college kids working in the same jobs for the same companies for their
whole careers is about zero.
D. In sucha age,the greatest survival skill you can have is the ability to learn how to learn.
E. The best way to learn how to learn is to love to learn, and the best way to love to learn is to
have teachers who inspire.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A, B and E
(d) B and C only
(e) C and D

Q9. A. A New Zealand company called HortResearch is a world renowned fruit science company,
B. and they develop a unique and innovative fruit and food products for sustainability.
C. One of their previous innovative technologies were in developing a bio sensor to measure the
hormone levels in saliva.
D. This can be monitored in real time and also adopted to sports.
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E. Right now, it is investigating technologies for measuring biochemical indicators of stress and
performance in real time.
(a) A only
(b) A and B
(c) A and E
(d) E only
(e) A, C and E

Q10. A. Maragadavalli was running her fathers household ever since her mother had died when she
was 13.
B. It took a long time for her family to settle down after that, and she was 26 by the time she had
got married.
C. With 13 years of running a household under her belt, she married into a family meticulously run
by motherinlaw.
D. She liked the fact that there were servant maids to help with the housework.
E. She had very less to do around the houseexceptcut vegetable and wait for her husband to come
back from work.
(a) A only
(b) A and D
(c) A and E
(d) D only
(e) A, C and E

Directions (1115): In the following, there are sentences or parts of sentencelabelledA, B, C, D and
E. Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an Error. Ignore punctuation error, if any.

Q11. A. Anditsequally important to spread the news about companies that treat working parents
B. with fairness and respect, so that we all can try to work at these companies,
C. and send a message to others treating working parents
D. justly is a valuable employee recruitment and retention advantage.
E. No error
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q12. A. Ive been in Delhi for four days now

B. and so far the stay had been uneventful,
C. barring a stray incident
D. where I walked into a lamppost and then walked around Connaught Place
E. with a bloody nose.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. A. To be a citizen is to possess the rights

B. enshrined in our constitution,
C. and equally, the obligation of duty.
D. When one citizen upholds an individual right for another,
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E. he enacts his duty to himself.

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q14. A. This study takes its place alongside earlier research showing
B. that kids who are allowed to serve their own food
C. take smaller portions that they would typically be served
D. and ate 25 percentage less, and that kids tend to eat more
E. when the portions on their plates have been double.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q15. A. Sixty years is too small a period to acquire new civilizational traits.
B. and tomouldour DNA. When that happens, we will automatically
C. realize the importance of the rule of law, the true meaning of freedom and democracy
D. and then we will behave like citizens who will not allow anyone
E. to sell their votes, and MPs will not beon sold.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. B only. The word immigrant is spelt incorrectly in A. B has no errors. C is incorrect because
David Stern is parenthetical hence should be surrounded by commas. D is incorrect because dry
goods business needs a determiner owner of a dry goods business. E is incorrectin tensewould
later become and not would later became.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. A and D. B is incorrect because the plural pronoun their is used for Nike (company) C is
incorrect because of the comma at the end separating it from the remaining part of the phrase
labour concerns from the public. E has the incorrect article a before industry an industry is
correct.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. A, C and D are correct. B is incorrect in the singular use of million with few it should be few
millions. E needs to link the singular subject the death count(usesingularverb has). Countercharge
as one word is correct like counterchallenge.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. A and D are correct. B has a tense error, it should be I associated C also has a tense error, it
should be who seemed so innocent E is incorrect, although is a conjunction; it is here as an adverb
it is better replacedwithhowever.

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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. A and B. Fragment C has a tense error has paid should be had paid because of telephoned
in the earlier fragment. D should have the before State Department. E has an inappropriate
apostrophe in the plural of 1980s. A and B are correct. Hence option B.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. B and C. A is incorrect it should be an intense year. In D its is needed instead of its. E has a
parallelism error. to stop the blog, media interactions and other events would be correct with all
the items in the series as nouns.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. B only. A is incorrect because there should be a comma after introductory adverbs like now.
(Now the trouble began is correct now is not an introductory word.) B is correct. C is incorrect
systems will have to replace should read as to be replaced. D is incorrect. It should there are
considerable costs. E is incorrect IT department is singular (the verb has is correct) but the pronoun
their is incorrect. The pronoun should be its.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. A, B and E are correct. head into is idiomatically correct. (Motorola is heading into an abyss)
C is incorrect because chances needs a plural verb the sentence has is. In sucha ageis incorrect
it should be an age.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. A and E only. B is incorrect the pronoun they is inconsistent with HortResearch which is
singular, also, a unique and innovative fruit and food products should be corrected to unique
and innovative fruit and food products. C is incorrect one of their is inconsistent with
HortResearch, and one ofpreviousinnovative technologies is singular, hence the verb should be was
and notwere. D is incorrect because adopt is confused withadapt. A and E are correct.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. D only. A has a tense error when since is used asconjunctionto show the time the perfect
tense is a must. The sentence should read Maragadavalli had been running her fathers household
ever since .Alsothere is ambiguity in mother had died when she was 13. B also has a tense
error. By the time she got married rather than she had got married the unnecessary shift in
tense makes the sentence meaningless. E is incorrect. The intensifier very is used incorrectly with
the comparative less, it should read very little rather than very less.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Its should be used instead ofitsin the first part of the sentence.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. D should read as in which I walked into or when I walked into

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. the preposition for should be corrected to of right of another, rather than right for
another

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. 25 percentage less is erroneous 25 percent less is correct usage. Use the word percent
withnumber; use percentage without using a number.
For example: 50 percent children, and a considerable percentage of children.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. We will not allow anyone to sell their votes

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Sol. We will not allow anyone to sell their votes has a problem in pronoun agreement, anyone is
singular hence he or she should be used rather than the plural their. Sixty years as period is
singular, hence the singular verb is correct.

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