1.
Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of this part is your answer.
The telecom regulator’s September(A)/ decided to more than halve the fee that operators(B)/ pay on cross-network calls has only added to(C)/ their woes, resulting in a steep and continuing erosion(D)/ in average revenues per user and margins(E).
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Answer: Option (b)
2.
Directions: Which of the following phrases given below the sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction required” as the answer.
We knew the hull has anti-nutrition factors that hindering digestion and that dehulling will increase amino acid digestibility.
(a) has been anti-nutrition factors that hinders
(b) has anti-nutrition factors that hinder
(c) have anti-nutrition factors that hinder
(d) have been anti-nutrition factors that hinders
(e) No correction required
Answer: Option (b)
3.
Directions: In the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below the sentence, there are five options and each blank is to be filled with one of the words given below to make the sentence correct. Fill up the sentence with the correct word.
Mathews has been troubled by ___________ injuries since being brought back as ODI captain in January and had to sit out some matches before the current series against South Africa.
(a) tough
(b) hard
(c) seldom
(d) repressing
(e) recurring
Answer: Option (e)
Directions (4-5): Choose the word out of five which is not the synonym of the word given in bold in each question.
4. AGGRANDIZE
(a) acclaim
(b) heighten
(c) abridge
(d) multiply
(e) augment
Answer: Option (c)
5. BEREFT
(a) beggared
(b) happy
(c) fleeced
(d) destitute
(e) divested
Answer: Option (b)