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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of Punctuation , If any)
The ban of Indian hockey today is /(1) lack of interest by the part of the public /(2)Which in turn is fuelled by the perception that /(3) it doesn't pay to take up the sport as a career, /(4) No error /(5)
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Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been admitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The once _ district is gradually being _ of its green cover.
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Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been admitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Much of the _ that cricket has is due to the fact it is a _ sport.
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Which of the words/phrases (1), {2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the word/ phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
Although complete treatment of cancer is beyond the reach of the underprivileged but no child should lose his life for want of funds
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K. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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J. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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H. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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F. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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E. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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C. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above. There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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A. In the following passage There are blank, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find oat the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
The economics of owing and running a Ration Shop, the familiar name for the outlets in our Public Distribution System (PDS), are such that under normal business termes, the shop-owner could never make a profit. Yet (A) the government announces that new permits for ration shops will be given out, there is frenzy in. the market to grab one of these. (B) ? The answer is obvious: the business is not for the honest and if one knows the (C), there is a fortune to be made.
What are these tricks of the trade?
Getting fake names into the user list is the most obvious option; the State seems to be (D) a losing battle against this practice, judging by the endless efforts to weed out bogus ration cards.
The next is to get the 'right customers' on the list, not just more customers. These are people who are registered but who do not have any interest in (E) on their entitlements. In a system where caste and income certificates are for sale, it is not (F) to 'produce'these documents for mutual benefit. Receipts are duly made in their names, and the rations thus 'drawn' are (G) off into the open market. The sale price of an item like rice makes clear the (H) economics - it costs Rs. 8 in a ration shop while in the latter it is Rs. 30 or above.There are also customers who would rather exchange their entitlements for hard cash at the beginning of the month.
As the degradation progresses, the shop keeper, in (I) with the official machinery, manages to withhold effectively the entitlements from even the genuine beneficiaries, and diverts them to the open market. The targeted group is usually not in a position to (J) itself to get its due.
And thus, one has all the'(K)'if a good PDS business.
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Rearrange the following , seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) But seriously, how much would you pay to know what thoughts are swimming around in someone else's head?
(B) In most fictional movies thus, the idea of reading minds-of seeing the private intentions of another, and the possibility of intervening in those plans - has always been highly attractive.
(C) Such fantastical questions have long been the bread and butter of fiction.
(D) Today, more than four centuries since the phrase, "A penny for your thoughts?", was first recorded, inflationary accounting makes that ancient penny worth more than $40.
(E) The going rate for a "thought"-a probe into the thinking of another - was once quite a bargain.
(F) And if you could really know their truthfulness how much more would you pay?
(G) Even with the sliding value of the dollar, this still seems quite a bargain.
Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (Last) sentences after rearrangement ?
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What does 'low-hanging fruits that can be plucked, and pretty quickly' mean in the context of the passage?
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Rearrange the following , seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) But seriously, how much would you pay to know what thoughts are swimming around in someone else's head?
(B) In most fictional movies thus, the idea of reading minds-of seeing the private intentions of another, and the possibility of intervening in those plans - has always been highly attractive.
(C) Such fantastical questions have long been the bread and butter of fiction.
(D) Today, more than four centuries since the phrase, "A penny for your thoughts?", was first recorded, inflationary accounting makes that ancient penny worth more than $40.
(E) The going rate for a "thought"-a probe into the thinking of another - was once quite a bargain.
(F) And if you could really know their truthfulness how much more would you pay?
(G) Even with the sliding value of the dollar, this still seems quite a bargain.
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentences after rearrangement?
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Rearrange the following , seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) But seriously, how much would you pay to know what thoughts are swimming around in someone else's head?
(B) In most fictional movies thus, the idea of reading minds-of seeing the private intentions of another, and the possibility of intervening in those plans - has always been highly attractive.
(C) Such fantastical questions have long been the bread and butter of fiction.
(D) Today, more than four centuries since the phrase, "A penny for your thoughts?", was first recorded, inflationary accounting makes that ancient penny worth more than $40.
(E) The going rate for a "thought"-a probe into the thinking of another - was once quite a bargain.
(F) And if you could really know their truthfulness how much more would you pay?
(G) Even with the sliding value of the dollar, this still seems quite a bargain.
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentences after rearrengement ?