Directions(1-5): In each question given below, a sentence is given and is divided into three parts I, II, III. For each part, a correct statement is also given. You have to determine which part requires correction and select it as your answer.
1. The situation in the Gulf has been brewed / since a few months now and there / can be multiple ways to read it.
I - The situation in the Gulf has been brewing II - for a few months now and there III - can be multiple way to read it.

A. Only I and II B. Only I and III C. Only II and III D. Only I E. All I, II and III

Answer: Option A
2. Einstein was expressing his doubts of / quantum physics, which suggests sub-atomic particles / behave randomly and probabilistically. /
I - Einstein was expressing his doubts about II - quantum physics, which suggest sub-atomic particles III - behaves randomly and probabilistically.

A. Only I and II B. Only II C. Only III D. Only I E. No correction required

Answer: Option D
3. Iran has been at the wrong end of American sanctions / for decades now, and it has learned to negotiate its way / each time with creative new strategies. /
I - Iran has been in the wrong end of American sanctions II - since decades now, and it has learned to negotiate its way III - each time through creative new strategies.

A. Only I B. Only II C. Only III D. Only II and III E. No correction required

Answer: Option E
4. The Governor is understood to have accepted / Mr. Harihar Singh’s resignation but asked him to continue / till alternative arrangement were made. /
I - The Governor is understood to have accept II - Mr. Harihar Singh’s resignation but ask him to continue III - till alternative arrangements were made

A. Only I and II B. Only II and III C. Only III D. All I, II and III E. No correction required

Answer: Option C
5. Globalisation based on the mechanistic world view / also attempts to integrate nations through/ the concept of the world with one market. /
I - Globalisation based on the mechanistically world view II - also attempt to integrate nations through III - the concept of the world as one market.

A. Only I B. Only II C. Only I and III D. Only III E. No correction required

Answer: Option D

Direction (1-5): 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. A casual observer see Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn exchanging rhetorical blows over Brexit in the Commons today might imagine that they stand on opposite sides of this totemic issue. / But veterans of the debate knows they are equal in determination that Britain should leave the EU. / They are separated from consensus by small technical matters that can, for theatrical effect, be inflated into irreconcilable differences. That process is testimony to the hold that the two-party system exerts over English politics and to much of what is wrong with it.
a. A casual observer seeing Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn exchange rhetorical blows over Brexit in the Commons today might imagine that they stand on opposite sides of this totemic issue. b. But veterans of the debate know they are equal in determination that Britain should leave the EU. c. They are separated from consensus with small technical matters that can, for theatrical effect, be inflated into irreconcilable differences. That process is testimony to the hold that the two-party system exerts over English politics and to much of what is wrong with it.

A. Both a & b B. Both b & c C. Both c & a D. Only a E. None of these

Answer: Option D
Explanation: A casual observer seeing Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn exchange rhetorical blows over Brexit in the Commons today might imagine that they stand on opposite sides of this totemic issue. But veterans of the debate know they are equal in determination that Britain should leave the EU. They are separated from consensus by small technical matters that can, for theatrical effect, be inflated into irreconcilable differences. That process is a testimony to the hold that the two-party system exerts over English politics and to much of what is wrong with it.
2. Had they not, more people in the developed world might now be facing similar problems to those in Novaya Zemlya. / The playgrounds of this remote Russian archipelago were recently been invaded by a prowl of hungry polar bears, driven into human settlements in search of food and shelter after rising temperatures destroyed the last hospitable slices of the Arctic sea ice. / It’s the same story we see across the world: habitat loss driving elephants to raid crops, human settlements spreading into tiger territory, and people lost their lives to big cats.
a. Had they not, more people under the developed world might now be facing similar problems to those in Novaya Zemlya. b. The playgrounds of this remote Russian archipelago were recently invaded by a prowl of hungry polar bears, driven into human settlements in search of food and shelter after rising temperatures destroyed the last hospitable slices of the Arctic sea ice. c. It’s the same story we see across the world: habitat loss driving elephants to raid crops, human settlements spreading into tiger territory, and people losing their lives to big cats.

A. Both a & b B. Both b & c C. Both c & a D. Only a E. None of these

Answer: Option B
Explanation: Had they not, more people in the developed world might now be facing similar problems to those in Novaya Zemlya. The playgrounds of this remote Russian archipelago were recently invaded by a prowl of hungry polar bears, driven into human settlements in search of food and shelter after rising temperatures destroyed the last hospitable slices of the Arctic sea ice. It’s the same story we see across the world: habitat loss driving elephants to raid crops, human settlements spreading into tiger territory, and people losing their lives to big cats.
3. Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion and its people need to wake up before it is too late. / If they don’t, the European Union will go the way of the Soviet Union in 1991. / Neither our leaders nor ordinary citizens seem to understand that we are experiencing a revolutionary moment, that the range of possibilities is very broad, and that the eventual outcome is thus highly uncertain.
a. Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion and his people needed to wake up before it is too late. b. If they don’t, the European Union will go on the way of the Soviet Union in 1991. c. Neither our leaders nor ordinary citizens seem to understand that we are experiencing a revolutionary moment, that the range of possibilities are very big, and that the eventual outcome is thus highly uncertain.

A. Both a & b B. Both b & c C. Both c & a D. Only b E. None of these

Answer: Option E
Explanation: Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion and its people need to wake up before it is too late. If they don’t, the European Union will go the way of the Soviet Union in 1991. Neither our leaders nor ordinary citizens seem to understand that we are experiencing a revolutionary moment, that the range of possibilities is very broad, and that the eventual outcome is thus highly uncertain.
4. When you find yourself mansplaining the term “mansplaining” to a worked-up faction of Twitter on a Sunday evening, / you can assume you’re not drawing the best out of your leisure time. / And that’s not even the most foolish thing a man called Paul Bullen done over the weekend.
a. When you found yourself mansplaining the term “mansplaining” to a worked-up faction of Twitter on a Sunday evening, b. you can assume you’re not getting the best out of your leisure time. c. And that’s not even the most foolish thing a man called Paul Bullen did over the weekend.

A. Both a & b B. Both b & c C. Both c & a D. Only a E. None of these

Answer: Option B
Explanation: When you find yourself mansplaining the term “mansplaining” to a worked-up faction of Twitter on a Sunday evening, you can assume you’re not getting the best out of your leisure time. And that’s not even the most foolish thing a man called Paul Bullen did over the weekend.
5. Here’s the bad news. We are quite in many trouble. / A new study by the Institute for Public Policy Research suggests that a series of crises – from global warming to soil infertility – is set to hit us at the same time. / The consequences could include massive destabilisation, not just in individual countries but on a global level.
a. Here’s the bad news. We are quite in a lot of trouble. b. A new study by the Institute for Public Policy Research suggests that a series of crises – from global warming to soil infertility – are set to hit us at the same time. c. The consequences could include massive destabilisation, not just for individual countries but on a global level.

A. Both a & b B. Both b & c C. Both c & a D. Only c E. None of these

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Here’s the bad news. We are quite in a lot of trouble. A new study by the Institute for Public Policy Research suggests that a series of crises – from global warming to soil infertility – are set to hit us at the same time. The consequences could include massive destabilization, not just in individual countries but on a global level. From the damage inflicted on human health, to a possible economic meltdown caused by mass insurance claims if the US is ravaged by floods and forest fires, we are not remotely prepared.

Directions(1-5): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase given in underline to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.
1. Why does he worry over petty matters is not known.

A. he worries B. he did worry C. he does worry D. should he be worry E. No correction required

Answer: Option A
2. Leaders enable a group by imagining and create a future which will fulfil the group purpose.

A. by imagining to create B. to imagine and by create C. to imagine and create D. to imagining creativity E. No correction required

Answer: Option C
3. Being a man of principle, he refused to follow the illegitimate instructions.

A. following the illegitimate B. to following illegitimately C. to follow the illegitimately D. not to follow illegitimately E. No correction required

Answer: Option E
4. The active learning of adulthood is not only possible but infinitely and desirable.

A. possible but only infinite B. only possibly infinite and C. possible only if infinite D. only possible but infinitely E. No correction required

Answer: Option D
5. Making a donation to charity helps some people feel good.

A. helped some people felt B. helps some people felt C. helping some people to feel D. helps some of people feeling E. No correction required

Answer: Option E