Competitive guidance- General English

Directions (Q. 1-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake / error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is 'No error', mark (5) as your answer.



1.    A great deal of human invention since the last 400 years (1)/ has been directed to taming the power hidden in nature, (2)/ and to channeling it to study sources of energy (3)/ that can drive machines. (4)/ No error (5)



2.    Having spent her childhood in Tamilnadu (1)/ she has developed (2)/ her ability to converse (3)/ in Tamil properly good. (4)/ No error (5)



3.    He is too proud (1)/ of his position (2)/ that he looks down upon (3)/ all his subordinates. (4)/ No error (5)

4.    We must (1)/ set forth this condition (2)/ in the agreement (3)/ we are. (4)/ No error (5)

5.    Half as many people (1)/ were infected this year alone (2)/ than have died (3)/ in the whole epidemic to date. (4)/ No error (5)



6.    This herculean task required (1)/ that a large number of consultants (2)/ spent about thirty percent of their time (3)/ on knowledge-building. (4)/ No error (5)



7.    This is expected to cause an end to a month (1)/ of political turmoil (2)/ caused by the (3)/ commission's report. (4)/ No error (5)



8.    Oil is now so expensive that (1)/ India will have to cut (2)/ subsidies instead face running out (3)/ of funds to import oil. (4)No error. (5)



9.    The revised government's (1) /guidelines have reduced (2)/ the number of mergers (3)/ taking place among banks. (4) No error (5)



10.    A majority of banks (1)/ today uses technology (2)/ to reach out to those (3)/living in rural areas. (4) No error (5)



Directions (Q. 11-15): Rearrange the following six sentences(A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

A)    This reduces attacks like the one's mentioned above, although these methods aren't commercially applicable as costs of implementation are high.

B)    Between the artifact and the real biological target and gain access to sensitive data/materials.

C)    This reduces their real world application and hence makes biometrics insecure until these methods are commercially viable.

D)    Biometric spoofing is a method of fooling a biometric identification management system, where a counterfeit mold is presented in front of the biometric scanner.

E)    Using the principle of pulse oximetry the liveliness of the test subject is taken into account by measure of blood oxygenation and the heart rate.  

F)    This counterfeit mold emulates the unique biometric attributes of an individual so as to confuse the system.



11.  What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

    1) A    2) B 3) C    4) D

    5) F



12.    What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

    1) A    2) B 3) C     4) D

    5) F



13. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

    1) A    2) B    3) D    4) E    5) F



14.    What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

    1) A    2) B    3) C    4) D    5) E



15.    What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

    1) A    2) B    3) C    4) D    5) E



Directions (Q. 16-20): Each question below has a blank / two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word/ set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

16.    A solution may not yet be in ----------, but the important thing was to get a --------- between them started.

1)    Future … conflict

2)    Near … debate

3)    Sight … dialogue

4)    Seeing … conversation

5)    Vision … discussion



17.    His attitude to his boss was so ------------ that it caused a ------------ deal of repulsion.

1)    Arrogant … better

2)    Floppy … shaky

3)    Sycophantic … good

4)    Hybrid … reserved

5)    Superior … preserved



18.    The influence of the environment on man is revealed by the ------------ study.

1)    Ecological    2)Anthropology

3)    Epigraphic    4) Endemic

5)    Numismatic



19.    She had a terrible night caused by a(n) ----------- during her sleep.

1)    Debility    2) Delusion

3)    Obsession    4)Possession

5)    Incubus



Key

1) 1    2) 4    3) 5    4) 5

5) 3    6) 3    7) 1    8) 3

9) 1    10) 2    11) 4    12) 5

13) 2    14) 5    15) 3    16) 3

17) 3    18) 1

19) 5