Directions (Q.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 out of 4 left. You have to choose the correct part as your answer.
1. By digital means straddling across the spheres of reading as well,/ the future of hard paperbacks looks uncertainly now./ Whether it will grow, plateau, or decline/ could be deciding by the viability of/ digital reading technologies.
A. By digital means straddling across the spheres of reading as well,
B. the future of hard paperbacks looks uncertainly now
C. Whether it will grow, plateau, or decline
D. could be deciding by the viability of
E. All are correct
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
In A, replace ‘by’ with ‘with’
In B, replace ‘uncertainly’ by ‘uncertain’
In D, replace ‘deciding’ by ‘ decided’
2. When those who listen to/ a speech take objection to/ what a speaker is saying,/ they too are exercising their/ right to free speech.
A. When those who listen to
B. a speech take objection to
C. what a speaker is saying,
D. they too are exercising their
E. All are correct
Answer: Option E
3. The bestselling phenomenon corrupt writing./ It focuses on game the system./ Indians today are reading the bestselling books,/ not the best books and we could only wish/ for the situation to be otherwise.
A. The bestselling phenomenon corrupt writing
B. It focuses on game the system
C. Indians today are reading the bestselling books,
D. not the best books and we could only wish
E. All are correct
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
In A, replace ‘corrupt’ by corrupts’
In B, replace ‘game’ by ‘gaming’
In D, replace ‘could’ by ‘can’
4. The art of putting across one’s point of view/ in a way that makes the listener or reader/ pause and think rather than/ react strongly is not easy./ It involves restraint on both sides.
A. The art of putting across one’s point of view
B. in a way that makes the listener or reader
C. pause and think rather than
D. react strongly is not easy
E. All are correct
Answer: Option E
5. Often, the term experiential get/ thrown around a lot by schools/ that focus overtly on be so/ without understanding the purpose from/ actually doing so.
A. Often, the term experiential get
B. thrown around a lot by schools
C. that focus overtly on be so
D. without understanding the purpose from
E. All are correct
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
In A, replace ‘get’ by ‘gets’
In C, replace ‘be’ by ‘being’
In D, replace ‘from’ with ‘of’