Directions for Questions 21 to 32 :

In each of the following questions, a

sentence divided into five parts .
answer. given. One of the parts may
contain an error. Choose the option
with the part containing error as the
an is Consider part the part in bold
to be correct. If there is no error,
mark 'No error' as your answer.
21. Starting May this year, (1) / the
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) plants to (A)/ send up at
least eight earth observation (EO)
satellites (B)/ of varied hues and in
the rate of (C)/ almost one a month.
(D).
(a) B (b) C
(c) D (d) A (e) No error
22. South Korea launched (1)/
the world’s first nationwide 5G
mobile network (A)/ two days ago in
a late-night (B)/scramble to be the
first providers (C)/ of the super-fast
wireless technology. (D)
(a) A (b) C
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
23. As international health
systems are combating (A)/ rising
healthcare cost, (B)/ there is an
impend need to (C)/ systematically
make healthcare (D)/ inclusive to all.
(1)
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) C
(e) No error
24. The legislation was pushed
through (1)/ as part of a process,
which have seen (A)/ lawmakers
seize control of (B)/ parliamentary
time in order to (C)/influence the
away forward on Brexit.
(D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) D (d) B
(e) No error
25. Ministry of Home Affairs
has notified (A)/ the Citizenship
(Amendament) Rulkes this year,
(B)/ making it mandatory for a
person (C)/ applying for Indian
citizenship to declared (D)/ her or
his religion. (1)
(a) A (b) C
 (c) B (d) D
(e) No error
26. Poor diet has now overtook
(A)/ smoking as the world's biggest
killer, (B)/ according to the latest
(C)/ Global Burden of Disease
study, causing 20% of (D)/ deaths
globally in 2017. (1)
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) No error
27. Monetary policy would
require better (A)/ anchors than the
current headline inflation, (B)/ and
better communication by the central
bank, (C)/ increase labour market
flexibility and other structural
 reforms (D)/ can achieve this
purpose, (1).
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
(e) No error
28. The government said there
were many flaws (1)/ with the
legislation, including the lack of
time (A)/ available for all the steps
(B)/ it sets in, and had concerns (C)/
about the precedent it sets.
(D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
29. IndiGo, India’s largest
airline by market share, (A), has said
it will operate about 30 lesser flights
 (B)/ each day for the remainder (C)/
of the winter schedule as it battles
(D)/ a shortage of pilots. (1)
(a) C (b) B
(c) D (d) A
(e) No error
30. Apart from staring at the
prospect of (1)/ losing customers to
other modes of transport, (A),
airlines could also see a spike in (B)/
input costs as vendors readjust their
(C)/ margins to make in for lost
revenue. (D)
(a) C (b) A
(c) B (d) D
(e) No error
31. Health, education and
physical infrastructure (1)/ are
 central to the capabilities of
individuals, (A)/ and the extent of
their presence (B)/ in a society
determine whether the (C)/ poor will
remain so or exit poverty
permanently. (D)
(a) C (b) D
(c) A (d) B
(e) No error
32. While cash on hand
prevented (1)/ many families from
being completely destabilized (A) /
by an emergency, about half (B) / of
those reported feeling (C) /
financially strapped in it's aftermath
(D).
(a) B (b) A
(c) D (d) C
 (e) No error
Directions for Questions 33 to 36 :
In each of the following questions, a
sentence divided in parts is given.
The errors, if any, will be in two
parts of the sentence and the
combination of those parts will be
the answer. If no part in the sentence
has an error then, mark 'No error' as
your answer.
33. To build an AI system that
behaves (A)/ ethical, ideas about
values and right and wrong need to
(B)/ be made sufficiently precise
that they can be implemented (C)/ in
algorithms, but precision and
algorithms are sorely lacking on
current ethical deliberations. (D)
 (a) AC (b) BD
(c) CD (d) AB
(e) No error
34. Much of us engage in some
(A)/ kind of teamwork, whether its
(B)/ for projects at the office,
coordinating (C)/ a community
event, or organizing a birthday
party. (D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) CD (d) AB
(e) No error
35. Niall Ferguson is yet
another (A)/ one of those person
with (B)/ an agenda who thinks he
(C)/ can predict the future. (D)
(a) AB (b) AD
(c) BC (d) CD
 (e) No error
36. There is a difference
between bidding (A)/ on the
international market and (B)/ have
your own special friend (C)/ who
won't cut out supply. (D)
(a) BD (b) AC
(c) BC (d) CD
(e) No error
Directions for Questions 37 to 40 :
In each of the following questions, a
sentence is given, divided into five
parts (1), (A), (B), (C)and (D). The
errors, if any, will be in two parts of
the sentence and the combination of
those parts will be the answer.
Consider part (1) as grammatically
and contextually correct.
37. Despite several innovations
in the healthcare (1)/ sector in recent
times, on line with (A)/India's
relentless pursuit of reforms, (B)/the
government remains woeful short of
its (C)/ambition to increase public
health spending to 2.5% of GDP.
(D)
(a) AC (b) BC
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
38. Last year, the U.S. Nuclear
Posture Review (1)/ noted that
Beijing was steam forward (A)/with
the expansion of it's cruise-missile
arsenal, (B)/potentially neutralising
the capability of American warships
(C)/ that could seek to approach the
 Chinese coastline during a standoff.
(D)
(a) AD (b) BC
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
39. Today's sense of adventure
(1)/ come from following online
(A)/recommendations at unknown
(B)/people - even if those
suggestions (C)/only reinforce
stereotypes. (D)
(a) AD (b) BD
(c) AB (d) AC
(e) No error
40. The Indian government's
proposal (1)/to make it mandatory
for online platforms to trace (A)/ the
origin of unlawful messages, will
 require (B)/ WhatsApp to modify
the product of one without privacy,
(C)/a spokesperson on the instant
messaging app said on Wednesday.
(D)
(a) AC (b) BD
(c) AB (d) CD
(e) No error
Directions for Questions 41 to 46 :
In each of the following questions, a
sentence is given, divided into five
parts. Part (E) is grammatically
correct. Of the other four parts, only
one part is without error. Mark the
option containing the part with no
error as the answer.
41. They had proved (A)/
themselves capable of (B)/
 protecting their allies, the Hurons,
(C)/ and, indeed, had more than
enough (D)/ to do to maintain their
own position. (E)
(a) B (b) D
(c) A (d) C
(e) None has error
42. At first, the kings fights with
(A)/ there spears while riding upon
their horses, (B)/ then leaping to the
ground, (C)/ they attacked each
other fierce (D)/ with their swords.
(E)
(a) B (b) C
(c) A (d) D
(e) None has errors
43. Not much of the rulers (A)/
of Rome declared as blunt (B)/ as
 Constantine that they meant (C)/ to
ruled the Church, but that was (D)/
the intention of most of them. (E)
(a) D (b) A
(c) B (d) C
(e) All have errors
44. Everywhere in Europe, (A)/
great castles had rose (B)/ in which
lived the largely (C)/ landowners or
lord, the (D)/ wealthiest men in the
kingdoms. (E)
(a) A (b) C
(c) D (d) B
(e) All have errors
45. One of his first act (A)/ were
the capture of the town (B)/ of Goa,
to the north of Calicut, (C)/ for the
 commercially capital of (D)/ the
Portuguese in India. (E)
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
(e) All have errors
46. With each aged, (A)/ there
ships increased (B)/ in size and
number, (C)/ until they become the
(D)/ chief carriers of Europe. (E)
(a) C (b) D
(c) B (d) A
(e) None has error
Directions for Questions 47 to 57:
In each of the questions below, four
statements are given which may or
may not contain an error. Choose the
one that is grammatically and
meaningfully correct.
47. (a) A few lakhs of rupees
will suffice for us to overcome the
distress.
(b) A few lakhs of rupees will be
suffice for us to overcome the
distress.
(c) A few lakhs rupees will suffice
for us to overcome the distress.
(d) A few lakhs of rupees will
sufficient for us to overcome the
distress.
(e) None are correct.
48. (a) From a guy who is
somewhat famous, this sure is a
cryptic note for his odd riddle-talk.
(b) This sure is a cryptic note-from a
guy who is somewhat famous for his
odd riddle-talk.
 (c) This sure is a cryptic note from a
guy who does nothing but also odd
riddle-talk.
(d) On a guy who is somewhat
famous for his odd riddle-talk, this
sure is a cryptic note.
(e) All are correct
49. (a) The UN have declared
2017 the International Year of
Sustainable Tourism for
Development, heralding the role of
international travel in reducing
poverty.
(b) Citizens of ten nations, most of
them in Europe and North America,
make about half of all international
travel.
 (c) Less developed countries lack
the critical goods and services that
tourists require, including airports,
accommodation, key attractions,
tour guides and telecommunications,
to name just a fewer.
(d) Making sure that visitor dollars
benefit local people also depend on
the commitment of foreignowned
companies, particularly hotel
groups, to partner with and invest in
local communities.
(e) All are correct
50. (a) The bank's better-than-
expected overall results were also
fuelled by its performance in private
equity investments and from higher
fees that it earned through deal
making.
(b) The bank's better-than-expected
overall results were also fuelled by
it's performance in private equity
investments and from higher fees
that it earned through deal making.
(c) The bank's better-then-expected
overall results were also fuelled by
its performance in private equity
investments and from higher fees
that it earned through deal making.
(d) The banks' better-than-expected
overall results were also fuelled by
their performance in private equity
investments and from higher fees
that it earned through deal making.
(e) None are correct
51. (a) Scientists use complex
mathematical models to look at how
diseases spread through social
groupings.
(b) Understanding age-specific
social mixing patterns are vital for
studying outbreaks of infectious
diseases like flu and measles, which
can spread rapidly, particularly
among children.
(c) Researchers say analysing social
mixing patterns is important for
infection diseases and vaccination
planning.
(d) Mathematical models that predict
the spread of infectious diseases are
now an essential part of public
 health decisions for introducing of
new vaccines.
(e) None are correct
Q.52: (a) Two hundred low-floor non-
AC buses will ply over the
Millennium City as part of the
Gurugram Metropolitan
Development Authority-run city bus
service.
(b) Two hundred low-floor non-AC
buses will ply across the Millennium
City as part of the Gurugram
Metropolitan Development
Authority-run city bus service.
(c) As a part of the Gurugram
Metropolitan Development
Authority-run city bus service, two
hundred low-floor non-AC buses
 will be seen plying across the
Millennium City.
(d) Two hundred low-floor non-AC
buses will ply between the
Millennium City as part of the
Gurugram Metropolitan
Development Authority-run city bus
service.
(e) Both (b) and (c) are correct.
53. (a) Minimizing such
contamination is possible adjusting
the maximum dose of herbicide.
(b) By adjusting the maximum dose
of herbicide can possibly minimize
such contamination.
(c) Such contamination minimizing
are possible by adjusting the
maximum dose of herbicide.
 (d) Minimization of such
contamination is possible by
adjusting the maximum dose of
herbicide.
(e) All are correct
54. (a) Freshly crushed garlic is
superior cardioprotective agent than
the processed garlic.
(b) Processed garlic is inferior than
freshly crushed garlic as a cardio-
protective agent.
(c) As a cardioprotective agent,
freshly crushed garlic is superior
than processed garlic.
(d) Freshly crushed garlic is a
superior cardioprotective agent than
processed garlic.
(e) All are correct
55. (a) He was leaning against a
railing, looking down at a pristine
basketball court used exclusive by
Jewish settlers.
(b) He leaned against a railing and
look down at a pristine basketball
court used exclusively by Jewish
settlers.
(c) Looking down at a pristine
basketball court used exclusively by
Jewish settlers, he leaned against a
railing.
(d) Against a railing he leaned,
looking down at a pristine basketball
court used exclusively to Jewish
settlers.
(e) All are correct
56. (a) As the week began, the
clamour around the disappearance of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi had
reached such volume that it was
impossible for even President Trump
to ignore it any longer.
(b) Being the most unique dress in
the whole store, nobody could buy it
because it was too expensive.
(c) She is one of best dancer in the
whole university campus.
(d) Although there was heavy traffic,
but we went out for shopping in the
mall.
(e) All are correct.
57. (a) in grand style, the hotel
put on a show featuring the dancers
from the Icon Show Bar for guests.
(b) It is this bright and fresh view of
London that makes the paintings so
impressive.
(c) The monsoon rains in this region
has been the heaviest for almost a
century and, yesterday, western
India was drenched again.
(d) One of the problem is that many
buildings in Japan have wooden
frames and tile roofs.
(e) None are correct
Directions for Questions 58 to 65 :
In each of the questions below, four
statements are given which are
based on same or different theme
and may or may not contain an error.
Choose the one that is
grammatically and meaningfully
 incorrect. Please ignore errors of
punctuation, if any.
58. (a) Our research provides
guidance to managers and leaders
who wants to promote
thoughtfulness in employees.
(b) During our visit, we were struck
again and again by seeing people
walking about the side of the road;
nearly all of them were barefoot.
(c) For the last 15 years, Lal
Mohammed had worked as a
rickshaw puller in Kolkata, India.
(d) Melinda and I was travelling
through Kenya, Tanzania, and Zaire
(now the Democratic Republic of
the Congo).
(e) All are incorrect
59. (a) The Book of New Sun is
set on a dying Earth (or Urth), set so
far in the future that our Old Sun is
growing cold.
(b) The gender ideologies that
influenced the housing policies of
the early 1900s still flourished in the
middle of the century.
(c) While policy preference for
single-family housing was
established with the nuclear family
in mind, it did not respond to the
complexities of the female
experience.
(d) The City of Toronto has
acknowledged that the current
design of community consultations
are flawed.
 (e) All are correct
60. (a) The war between Iran
and Iraq that lasted at most of the
1980s was one of the bloodiest
conflicts of the late 20th century.
(b) The targeting by Iran and Iraq of
each other's merchant shipping and
in particular oil tankers became
known as the Tanker War.
(c) From the outset of hostilities in
1981 until 1983, Iraqi anti-shipping
strikes were intermittent and
primarily targeted Iranian ships in
the northern Gulf.
(d) While the weight of Iraqi efforts
always remained ground-based,
these anti-shipping strikes,
particularly against Iranian oil
 tankers and associated installations,
were viewed as a means of bringing
economic pressure to bear on the
Iranian regime.
(e) All are correct
61. (a) Become to authentic and
you simply rule out self-
improvement.
(b) Nobody shares all their private
complaints with an audience, but
how do we know how much to share
and with whom?
(c) Certainly, in the name of various
kinds of shared commitments, it
seems best to hash out your
differences in private.
(d) A couple's well-being is usually
best served by avoiding arguments
 in the presence of the in-laws. (e)
All are correct
62. (a) There can be value in
debate even when the other party
does not argues in good faith.
(b) Almost one in four people will
be aged 60 or more by 2050.
(c) Trust may be particularly
important for the successful
functioning of older adults as they
come to rely more on others in the
face of physical and cognitive
decline.
(d) Trust is also important for
establishing and maintaining
cooperation between individuals-and
groups, and promoting social
 behaviour, good health, life
satisfaction, and longevity.
(e) All are incorrect
63. (a) People revolted in order
that they could at last have freedom
and equality and be the masters of
their own fate.
(b) Soon, only one man ruled the
whole country in the name of the
very revolution that was supposed to
put the people in charge.
(c) Speech was controlled and
inconvenient views were suppressed
until all dissent was outlawed.
(d) The stories we tell each other,
fundamentally shaped our social
world.
(e) All are correct
64. (a) Up until modernity,
reading was an act of participating in
a community of those who could
read against those who couldn't,
which for most parts of history was
much off humanity.
(b) No one understood this ability of
reading to transform individuals into
ideologues better than the
Communists in USSR.
(c) But for all these claims of
ennobling, in our age of great
distractions, the act of reading, the
possession of books is still often
seen as the indulgences of those with
disposable incomes.
(d) Reading, German philosopher
Martin Heidegger believed, allowed
 for “befriending of man through the
word of the other”.
65. (a) In 1949, France’s most
prestigious publishing house,
Gallimard, added a new book to a
series called “Espoir.”
(b) At a time when “espoir” or
“hope” in France was rationed as
severe as bread, the name was an
optimistic one.
(c) Barely risen from the ruins of a
world war, France was riven by the
Cold War in 1949.
(d) The book’s preface, written by
the series editor, was no more
reassuring.
(e) All are correct.